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Movies that feel like Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004)

If you loved Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War, the closest films we have are Red Cliff II (2009), Red Cliff (2008) and Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan (2007). All three share Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War's kinetic and epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 4 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Amazon Prime Video, Criterion Channel and OVID and others, checked against today's data.

When two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest missions if it will help shield the younger from battle.

πŸ… 79% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 8 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Kang Je-kyukineticepiccontemplativebleak

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

Both land momentum and scale at once

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

Contemplative where it counts, bleak underneath

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

Kinetic action, and it commits to that

The difference: Not nearly as contemplative

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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9th Company
2005 Β· dir. Fyodor Bondarchuk
πŸ… 69%β˜… 7.1war Β· drama Β· history

Drama built on scale, twice over

Russian army recruits complete training and take their posting in late 1980s Afghanistan, where the insurgents are slowly gaining the upper hand.

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Flame & Citron
2008 Β· dir. Ole Christian Madsen
πŸ… 86%β˜… 7.2drama Β· history Β· war

Contemplative history in both cases

Gunman Flame and his partner Citron assassinate Nazi collaborators for the Danish resistance. Assigned targets by their Allies-connected leader, Aksel Winther, they relish the opportunity to begin targeting the Nazis themselves. When they begin to doubt the validity of their assignments, their morally complicated task becomes even more labyrinthine.

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Katyn
2007 Β· dir. Andrzej Wajda
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7drama Β· history Β· war

War with a pulse of bleakness, in both cases

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.

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King Arthur
2004 Β· dir. Antoine Fuqua
πŸ… 30%β˜… 6.3adventure Β· war Β· history

Both lean on momentum more than on adventure

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy cavalry troops stationed in Britain, and that the Roman-British military commander, Lucius Artorius Castus is the historical person behind the legend.

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The Flowers of War
2011 Β· dir. Zhang Yimou
πŸ… 41%β˜… 7.5drama Β· history Β· war

Drama with a pulse of scale, in both cases

A Westerner finds refuge with a group of women in a church during Japan's rape of Nanking in 1937. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.

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Stalingrad
1993 Β· dir. Joseph Vilsmaier
β˜… 7.5drama Β· history Β· war

Both lean on stillness more than on history

A German Platoon is explored through the brutal fighting of the Battle of Stalingrad. After half of their number is wiped out and they're placed under the command of a sadistic captain, the platoon lieutenant leads his men to desert. The platoon members attempt escape from the city, now surrounded by the Soviet Army.

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

Action with a pulse of bleakness, in both cases

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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Kingdom of Heaven
2005 Β· dir. Ridley Scott
πŸ… 39%β˜… 7.3drama Β· action Β· adventure

Both working the same adventure territory

After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.

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The Captain
2018 Β· dir. Robert Schwentke
πŸ… 83%β˜… 7.3war Β· drama Β· history

The war is handled with the same confidence

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.

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