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Movies that feel likeCivil War (2024)

In the near future, a group of war journalists attempt to survive while reporting the truth as the United States stands on the brink of civil war.

If you loved Civil War, the closest films we have are Greyhound (2020), Uri: The Surgical Strike (2019) and Lone Survivor (2013). All three share Civil War's bleak and kinetic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Beanpole (2019).

πŸ… 80% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Alex Garlandbleakkineticcontemplative
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Greyhound
2020 Β· dir. Aaron Schneider
πŸ… 77%β˜… 7war Β· action Β· dramaApple TV+

Both land bleakness and momentum at once

A first-time captain leads a convoy of allied ships carrying thousands of soldiers across the treacherous waters of the "Black Pit" to the front lines of WWII. With no air cover protection for 5 days, the captain and his convoy must battle the surrounding enemy Nazi U-boats in order to give the allies a chance to win the war.

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Uri: The Surgical Strike
2019 Β· dir. Aditya Dhar
πŸ… 57%β˜… 8.2action Β· drama Β· war

Both lean on stillness more than on war

Following the roguish terrorist attacks at Uri Army Base camp in Kashmir, India takes the fight to the enemy, in its most successful covert operation till date with one and only one objective of avenging their fallen heroes.

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Lone Survivor
2013 Β· dir. Peter Berg
πŸ… 75%β˜… 7.5war Β· action Β· dramaPrime VideoStarz

Action with a pulse of bleakness, in both cases

Four Navy SEALs on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level Taliban operative must make an impossible moral decision in the mountains of Afghanistan that leads them into an enemy ambush. As they confront unthinkable odds, the SEALs must find reserves of strength and resilience to fight to the finish.

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Letters from Iwo Jima
2006 Β· dir. Clint Eastwood
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.8action Β· drama Β· war

Kinetic drama in both cases

The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.

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Shadow
2018 Β· dir. Zhang Yimou
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7action Β· warPrime Video

War built on bleakness, twice over

The difference: Easier on the stillness than Civil War

In a kingdom ruled by a young and unpredictable king, the military commander has a secret weapon: a shadow, a look-alike who can fool both his enemies and the King himself. Now he must use this weapon in an intricate plan that will lead his people to victory in a war that the King does not want.

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Beanpole
2019 Β· dir. Kantemir Balagov
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.2drama Β· warRent or buy

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

1945, Leningrad. World War II has devastated the city, demolishing its buildings and leaving its citizens in tatters, physically and mentally. Two young women, Iya and Masha, search for meaning and hope in the struggle to rebuild their lives amongst the ruins.

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Tears of the Sun
2003 Β· dir. Antoine Fuqua
πŸ… 34%β˜… 6.6war Β· action Β· dramaNetflix

Both are working the same pair: civil war, war crimes

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Navy SEAL Lieutenant A.K. Waters and his elite squadron of tactical specialists are forced to choose between their duty and their humanity, between following orders by ignoring the conflict that surrounds them, or finding the courage to follow their conscience and protect a group of innocent refugees. When the democratic government of Nigeria collapses and the country is taken over by a ruthless military dictator, Waters, a fiercely loyal and hardened veteran is dispatched on a routine mission to retrieve a Doctors Without Borders physician.

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Balkan Line
2019 Β· dir. Andrey Volgin
β˜… 6.6drama Β· action Β· warPrime Video

Kinetic action in both cases

After the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, the Yugoslav army pulls out of Kosovo region, leaving Serbian people at the mercy of the Albanian UCK. A small band of soldiers must take over the Slatina airport, and hold it until the Russian peacekeepers arrive.

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Stalingrad
2013 Β· dir. Fyodor Bondarchuk
πŸ… 51%β˜… 5.7war Β· action Β· drama

Contemplative war in both cases

A band of determined Russian soldiers fight to hold a strategic building in their devastated city against a ruthless German army, and in the process become deeply connected to a Russian woman who has been living there.

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300: Rise of an Empire
2014 Β· dir. Noam Murro
πŸ… 45%β˜… 6.2action Β· drama Β· warParamount+

Both working the same action territory

Greek general Themistocles attempts to unite all of Greece by leading the charge that will change the course of the war. Themistocles faces the massive invading Persian forces led by mortal-turned-god, Xerxes and Artemesia, the vengeful commander of the Persian navy.

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Fury
2014 Β· dir. David Ayer
πŸ… 75%β˜… 7.6war Β· drama Β· actionApple TV+

Both know what they want from drama

April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theater, a battle-hardened army sergeant commands a Sherman tank with a five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines.

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The Woman King
2022 Β· dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood
πŸ… 94%β˜… 6.9action Β· drama Β· historyHulu

Both play war straight

The difference: Leans harder into history than Civil War does

The story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen, and General Nanisca as she trains the next generation of recruits and readies them for battle against an enemy determined to destroy their way of life.

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