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Movies that feel like Operation Red Sea (2018)

If you loved Operation Red Sea, the closest films we have are Badland Hunters (2024), T-34 (2018) and Shadow (2018). All three share Operation Red Sea's bleak feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.

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πŸ… 80% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.6 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Dante Lam Chiu-yinkinetictensebleakepic
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If Operation Red Sea hit the spot, these will too

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Badland Hunters
2024 Β· dir. Heo Myeong-haeng
πŸ… 67%β˜… 5.9action Β· adventure Β· thriller

The same mix in both: momentum, then tension

After a deadly earthquake turns Seoul into a lawless badland, a fearless huntsman springs into action to rescue a teenager abducted by a mad doctor.

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T-34
2018 Β· dir. Alexey Sidorov
β˜… 6.8drama Β· history Β· war

One thread runs through both: tank battle

The difference: Missing the momentum of Operation Red Sea

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.

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

Action built on bleakness, twice over

The difference: None of the tension Operation Red Sea is built on

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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Black Crab
2022 Β· dir. Adam Berg
πŸ… 53%β˜… 5.7action Β· thriller

Kinetic thriller, and it commits to that

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

To end an apocalyptic war and save her daughter, a reluctant soldier embarks on a desperate mission to cross a frozen sea carrying a top-secret cargo.

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Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan
2007 Β· dir. Sergei Bodrov
πŸ… 86%β˜… 7.2history Β· war Β· action

War with a pulse of scale, in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to history than Operation Red Sea does

The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan, a slave who went on to conquer half the world in the 11th century.

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Red Cliff II
2009 Β· dir. John Woo
β˜… 7.5action Β· adventure Β· drama

Both lean on bleakness more than on adventure

The battle of Red Cliff continues and the alliance between Xu and East Wu is fracturing. With Cao Cao's massive forces on their doorstep, will the kingdoms of Xu and East Wu survive?

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Pathaan
2023 Β· dir. Siddharth Anand
πŸ… 85%β˜… 5.8action Β· adventure Β· thriller

Tense action in both cases

A soldier caught by enemies and presumed dead comes back to complete his mission, accompanied by old companions and foes.

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Ashfall
2019 Β· dir. Kim Byung-seo
πŸ… 70%β˜… 6.2action Β· adventure Β· thriller

Thriller with a pulse of scale, in both cases

A group of unlikely heroes from across the Korean peninsula try to save the day after a volcano erupts on the mythical and majestic Baekdu Mountain.

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Eastern Condors
1987 Β· dir. Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
β˜… 7.1action Β· adventure Β· war

Kinetic war, and it commits to that

The difference: Made in the 1980s, in a different era of the craft

A motley group of Chinese prisoners held in the US is sent on a covert mission with the promise of a pardon: to go deep into Vietnam and destroy a secret depot of missiles that the US left behind during the pull-out.

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Red Cliff
2008 Β· dir. John Woo
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7.3adventure Β· drama Β· history

Adventure built on bleakness, twice over

In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minster Cao convinced the fickle Emperor Han the only way to unite all of China was to declare war on the kingdoms of Xu in the west and East Wu in the south. Thus began a military campaign of unprecedented scale. Left with no other hope for survival, the kingdoms of Xu and East Wu formed an unlikely alliance.

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Sisu
2022 Β· dir. Jalmari Helander
πŸ… 94%β˜… 6.9action Β· war Β· thriller

Action with a pulse of tension, in both cases

When an ex-soldier who discovers gold in the Lapland wilderness tries to take the loot into the city, German soldiers led by a brutal SS officer battle him.

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12 Strong
2018 Β· dir. Nicolai Fuglsig
πŸ… 50%β˜… 6.5war Β· action Β· history

War built on scale, twice over

A team of special forces head into Afghanistan in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks in an attempt to dismantle the Taliban.

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