feelsalike.comSign in

Movies that feel like Midway (2019)

If you loved Midway, the closest films we have are Kalashnikov AK-47 (2020), The Shadow in My Eye (2021) and The Captain (2018). All three share Midway's bleak and epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 5 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and OVID and others, checked against today's data.

The story of the Battle of Midway, and the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude and bravery to overcome massive odds.

🍅 42% Rotten Tomatoes6.7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Roland Emmerichbleakepiccontemplative
See it on the map

When is Midway streaming? →

If Midway hit the spot, these will too

Kalashnikov AK-47 poster
Kalashnikov AK-47
2020 · dir. Konstantin Buslov
6.6war · history · drama

Both keep coming back to the same thing: world war ii

A Russian military propaganda film about the tank commander Kalashnikov, severely injured in battle in 1941. The accident leaves him incapacitated and unable to return to the front line. While recovering in the hospital, he begins creating the initial sketches of what will become one of the world’s most legendary weapons. A self-taught inventor is only 29 when he develops the now iconic assault riffle — the AK-47. Shot in occupied Crimea.

The Shadow in My Eye poster
The Shadow in My Eye
2021 · dir. Ole Bornedal
7.3war · drama · history

Two things both keep coming back to: a true story and 1940s

On March 21st, 1945, the British Royal Air Force set out on a mission to bomb Gestapo's headquarters in Copenhagen. The raid had fatal consequences as some of the bombers accidentally targeted a school and more than 120 people were killed, 86 of whom were children.

The Captain poster
The Captain
2018 · dir. Robert Schwentke
🍅 83%7.3war · drama · history

One thread runs through both: world war ii

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Germany, 1945. Soldier Willi Herold, a deserter of the German army, stumbles into a uniform of a Nazi captain abandoned during the last and desperate weeks of the Third Reich. Newly emboldened by the allure of a suit that he has stolen only to stay warm, Willi discovers that many Germans will follow the leader, whoever he is.

Katyn poster
Katyn
2007 · dir. Andrzej Wajda
🍅 91%7drama · history · war

Common ground: a true story

On September 1st, 1939, Nazi Germany invades Poland, unleashing World War II. On September 17th, the Soviet Red Army crosses the border. The Polish army, unable to fight on two fronts, is defeated. Thousands of Polish men, both military and government officials, are captured by the invaders. Their fate will only be known several years later.

The Monuments Men poster
The Monuments Men
2014 · dir. George Clooney
🍅 30%6.1war · drama · history

Both land bleakness and scale at once

Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on seven over-the-hill, out-of-shape museum directors, artists, architects, curators, and art historians who went to the front lines of WWII to rescue the world’s artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their rightful owners. With the art hidden behind enemy lines, how could these guys hope to succeed?

T-34 poster
T-34
2018 · dir. Alexey Sidorov
6.8drama · history · war

Both lean on stillness more than on war

In 1944, a courageous group of Russian soldiers managed to escape from German captivity in a half-destroyed legendary T-34 tank. Those were the times of unforgettable bravery, fierce fighting, unbreakable love, and legendary miracles.

The Zone of Interest poster
The Zone of Interest
2023 · dir. Jonathan Glazer
🍅 93%7.3drama · history · war

History built on bleakness, twice over

The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.

The King poster
The King
2019 · dir. David Michôd
🍅 71%7.3drama · history · war

Both are built on the same subject: historical fiction

England, 15th century. Hal, a capricious prince who lives among the populace far from court, is forced by circumstances to reluctantly accept the throne and become Henry V.

Letters from Iwo Jima poster
Letters from Iwo Jima
2006 · dir. Clint Eastwood
🍅 91%7.8action · drama · war

Both are working the same pair: pacific war, pacific theater

The difference: Missing the scale of Midway

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.

Warsaw 44 poster
Warsaw 44
2014 · dir. Jan Komasa
6.6drama · history · war

The same preoccupation in both: 1940s

City of Warsaw, Poland, August 1st, 1944. Citizens have experienced inhuman acts of terror and violence during five long years of Nazi occupation. As the Soviet Army relentlessly approaches, the youngest and bravest among them rise up as one and face tyranny fighting street by street, but the price to pay will be high and hard the way to freedom…

Land of Mine poster
Land of Mine
2015 · dir. Martin Zandvliet
🍅 91%7.8war · drama · history

Epic drama, and it commits to that

In the days following the surrender of Germany in May 1945, a group of young German prisoners of war is handed over to the Danish authorities and subsequently sent to the West Coast, where they are ordered to remove the more than two million mines that the Germans had placed in the sand along the coast. With their bare hands, crawling around in the sand, the boys are forced to perform the dangerous work under the leadership of a Danish sergeant.

The Thin Red Line poster
The Thin Red Line
1998 · dir. Terrence Malick
🍅 80%7.6drama · history · war

Both keep coming back to the same thing: pacific war

The difference: Made in the 1990s, in a different era of the craft

The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II battle of Guadalcanal. It follows their journey, from the surprise of an unopposed landing, through the bloody and exhausting battles that follow, to the ultimate departure of those who survived.

In the mood for more bleak?

all bleak movies →

The best-reviewed films that share Midway’s defining feeling.