20 best movies like Behind Enemy Lines (2001)

List of the best movies like Behind Enemy Lines (2001): Lone Survivor, Patriots Day, Dunkirk, Black Hawk Down, The Courier, The Lost City of Z, American Renegades, Armed Response, The Kill Team, Bat*21.

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Markimdb: 7.5
Genreaction, drama, military
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration01:56

    Four Navy SEALs on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level al-Qaeda 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.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, history
    CountryUSA, Hong Kong
    Duration02:46

    An account of Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis's actions in the events leading up to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the aftermath, which includes the city-wide manhunt to find the terrorists behind it.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genredrama, military, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Netherlands, France, USA
    Duration02:27

    The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genreaction, drama, military, history
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration02:24

      When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryUnited Kingdom

      This intense action-thriller unfolds in real time as two embattled souls fight for their lives. Gary Oldman stars as a vicious crime boss out to kill Nick, the lone witness set to testify against him. He hires a mysterious female motorcycle courier to unknowingly deliver a poison-gas bomb to slay Nick, but after she rescues Nick from certain death, the duo must confront an army of ruthless hired killers in order to survive the night.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genreaction, drama, adventure, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:59

      A true-life drama in the 1920s, centering on British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, who discovered evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilazation in the Amazon and disappeared whilst searching for it.

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, crime, military
      CountryFrance, Belgium, Germany, USA, Malta, Croatia, Netherlands
      Duration02:19

      In the midst of the Balkan wars, a squad of Navy SEALs attempts to unravel a long-forgotten mystery after discovering an enormous treasure trove hidden at the bottom of a lake in Serbia.

      Markimdb: 3.7
      Genrehorror, action, thriller
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:38

      The story follows a team of highly trained operatives who find themselves trapped inside an isolated military compound.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, military, biography
      CountrySpain, USA, United Kingdom

      When Andrew Briggman—a young soldier in the US invasion of Afghanistan—witnesses other recruits killing innocent civilians under the direction of a sadistic Sergeant, he considers reporting them to higher-ups. However, the heavily-armed and increasingly-violent platoon becomes suspicious that someone in their ranks has turned on them, and Andrew begins to fear that he'll be the next target.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genredrama, military
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:45

      Lt. Col. Iceal "Ham" Hambleton is a weapons countermeasures expert and when his aircraft is shot over enemy territory the Air Force very much wants to get him back. Hambleton knows the area he's in is going to be carpet-bombed but a temporary shortage of helicopters causes a delay. Working with an Air Force reconnaissance pilot, Capt. Bartholomew Clark, he maps out an escape route.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, military, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
      Duration01:37

      Britain, A.D. 117. Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Virilus' legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the Earth and destroy their leader, Gorlacon.

      Markimdb: 4.9
      Genreadventure, military, history
      CountryRussia
      Duration02:00

      A prototype of a new cutting edge tank is being taken on a secret mission to Moscow, to Comrade Stalin. Soon the cross-country run turns into a ruthless race. Followed by Nazis, the tanks' team defeats their pursuers and proves the great ability and vast superiority of the machine that is about to become a legendary T-34.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genreaction, thriller
      CountryCanada
      Duration02:04

      A logger defends his family from a group of dangerous drug runners.

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genreaction, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:33

      A city in Washington state awakens to the surreal sight of foreign paratroopers dropping from the sky - shockingly, the U.S. has been invaded and their hometown is the initial target. Quickly and without warning, the citizens find themselves prisoners and their town under enemy occupation. Determined to fight back, a group of young patriots seek refuge in the surrounding woods, training and reorganizing themselves into a guerrilla group of fighters. Taking inspiration from their high school mascot, they call themselves the Wolverines, banding together to protect one another, liberate their town from its captors, and take back their freedom.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genreaction, drama, military
      CountryFrance
      Duration01:44

        Afghanistan. War correspondent Elsa Casanova is taken hostage by the Taliban. Faced with her imminent execution, a Special Forces unit is dispatched to free her. In some of the world’s most breathtaking yet hostile landscapes, a relentless pursuit begins between her kidnappers who have no intention of letting their prey escape them and a group of soldiers who risk their lives in pursuit of their single aim – to bring her home alive. This strong, independent woman and these men of duty are thrown together and forced to confront situations of great danger that inextricably bind them – emotionally, violently and intimately.

        Markimdb: 5.5
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, military
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:30

        The true story of the formation of Ian Fleming's 30 Commando unit, a precursor for the elite forces in the U.K.

        Markimdb: 8
        Genreaction, drama, adventure, western, biography
        CountryUSA, Hong Kong, Taiwan
        Duration02:27

          In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.

          Markimdb: 4.3
          Genreaction, drama, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:08

          A troubled man runs away to Mexico and is recruited to join a paramilitary group of teens fighting the drug cartels. He proves himself to the group, but questions their motive.

          Markimdb: 4.6
          Genreaction, thriller, adventure, crime
          CountryUSA

          When a D.E.A. and S.W.A.T. cartel takedown ends in a shootout, S.W.A.T. Agent Travis Hall seizes a mysterious prisoner taking him into custody. Before long, the S.W.A.T. compound is under siege by wave-after-wave of assault teams attempting to recover the prisoner known as “The Scorpion” for the tattoo blazed across his back. When Travis discovers that his prisoner is a Secret Ops double agent planted within the cartel, it’s up to him and his expert S.W.A.T. team to keep “The Scorpion” and his billion dollar secrets safe.

          Markimdb: 7.3
          Genreaction, drama, military, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:12

            U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle takes his sole mission—protect his comrades—to heart and becomes one of the most lethal snipers in American history. His pinpoint accuracy not only saves countless lives but also makes him a prime target of insurgents. Despite grave danger and his struggle to be a good husband and father to his family back in the States, Kyle serves four tours of duty in Iraq. However, when he finally returns home, he finds that he cannot leave the war behind.

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genreaction, thriller, drama, military, history
            CountryUSA, Malta, Morocco
            Duration02:20

            An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.

            Markimdb: 7.1
            Genreaction, drama, military
            CountryUSA

            Korean War, April 1953. Lieutenant Clemons, leader of the King company of the United States Infantry, is ordered to recapture Pork Chop Hill, occupied by a powerful Chinese Army force, while, just seventy miles away, at nearby the village of Panmunjom, a tense cease-fire conference is celebrated.

            Markimdb: 4.9
            Genreaction, thriller, crime
            CountryUSA, Canada
            Duration01:35

            A courier for a local crime lord must deliver a mysterious package while being chased by a horde of unusual gangsters.

            Markimdb: 8.1
            Genredrama, military, biography, history
            CountryAustralia, USA
            Duration02:29

              WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.

              Markimdb: 6.5
              Genreaction, drama, military, history
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:34

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

              Markimdb: 7.4
              Genreaction, drama, military, history
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:58

              The film concentrates on the camaraderie and the divisions between the troops as they ready for the big offensive. Told in a taut narrative, the men of the 101st, led by Van Johnson, wait out the winter in the Ardennes forest to confront the German army in what would be the last major offensive of World War II. The men are demoralized and trapped, with no hope of support from the Allies.

              Markimdb: 7.1
              Genreaction, drama, adventure, military, history
              CountryRussia
              Duration01:37

              The film is based on the eponymous book by Emmanuil Kazakevich. In the summer of 1944 the Nazi Armies prepare a massive Tank Division named 'Viking" for the offensive on occupied Russian land. The Russian Army's special group of seven snipers named "Zvezda" is sent for a reconnaissance operation behind the enemy lines in the back of the Nazi Tank Division. Two previous Russian groups never came back. The seven Russians know that they are going to an almost certain Death for the sake of Victory.

              Markimdb: 6.6
              Genreaction, thriller, crime
              CountryUSA

              Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him back to Japan. However, in Japan he manages to escape, and as they try to track him down, they get deeper and deeper into the Japanese Mafia scene and they have to learn that they can only win by playing the game—the Japanese way.

              Markimdb: 7.1
              Genredrama, military
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:53

              A veteran sergeant of World War I leads a squad in World War II, always in the company of the survivor Pvt. Griff, the writer Pvt. Zab, the Sicilian Pvt. Vinci and Pvt. Johnson, in Vichy French Africa, Sicily, D-Day at Omaha Beach, Belgium and France, and ending in a concentration camp in Czechoslovakia where they face the true horror of war.

              Markimdb: 7.1
              Genreaction, drama, military, biography, history
              CountryRussia, Ukraine
              Duration02:17

              The breakout of the war shatters the world of a young student, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, forcing her to enlist in the army in 1941. The maiden turns out to be a natural-born sniper, her impressive skill and prowess make her stand out among men and women alike. Seeing Pavlichenko as a tangible threat, the German High Command gives orders to eliminate the girl whatever the cost. In the meanwhile, Lyudmila meets a man and falls in love. War fades into the background... Soon, however, another misfortune befalls Lyudmila leaving the man she loves on the brink of death and herself seriously wounded. The girl is pulled out of combat and later goes to the United States with a publicity visit. Eleanor Roosevelt welcomes Lyudmila in the White House and the two women soon become close. It won't be long before Pavlichenko stands before an audience in Chicago pressing for a second front. Will her words have the capacity to change the course of war?

              Markimdb: 6.4
              Genreaction, drama, adventure, military
              CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
              Duration01:58

              Mallory and Miller are back. The survivors of Navarone are sent on a mission along with a unit called Force 10, which is led by Colonel Barnsby. But Force 10 has a mission of their own which the boys know nothing about.

              Markimdb: 5.5
              Genreaction, thriller
              CountryGermany, Spain, USA
              Duration02:02

              An assassin forges an unlikely partnership with one of his targets: a woman seeking revenge for the murder of her family.

              Markimdb: 6.4
              Genreaction, thriller, drama, military
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:45

              A group of Vietnam War veterans re-unite to rescue one of their own left behind and taken prisoner by the Vietnamese...

              Markimdb: 4.1
              Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure
              CountryUSA, Lithuania, Italy
              Duration01:26

              Captain Martin Stone is leading a finely-trained, elite platoon of Allied soldiers as they attack an enemy bunker. Underestimating their enemy's strength, they are quickly beaten back into the forest. As they try to regroup, they are suddenly attacked by the same soldiers they had just killed a few minutes earlier. Forced to flee deeper into Russian territory, they discover one of war's most terrifying secrets and realize they have woken up a far more deadlier enemy.

              Markimdb: 6.2
              Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, crime
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:36

              Mason is a man down on his luck with nothing to lose when he's approached to lead a group of wealthy hunters on an expedition in the Pacific Northwest. But things get really twisted when Mason discovers the group isn't after wild animals -- they're after him.

              Markimdb: 7.2
              Genreaction, military, biography, history
              CountryRepublic of Ireland, South Africa
              Duration02:07

              Irish Commandant Pat Quinlan leads a stand off with troops against French and Belgian Mercenaries in the Congo during in the early 1960s.

              Markimdb: 5.7
              Genreaction, thriller, crime
              CountryFrance, Belgium, Italy
              Duration01:29

              When police is about to apprehend a famous gang of bank robbers, an elite sniper opens fire from a roof, thus facilitating the flee of his accomplices. However, one of them is seriously injured, which compromises the plans of the thieves.

              Markimdb: 4.7
              Genreaction, thriller
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:38

              When former black ops operative Tom Steele and his partner Manning are assigned to decommission an old prison, they must oversee the arrival of two mysterious female prisoners. Before long, an elite force of mercenaries assault the prison in search of the new arrivals. As the true identities of the women are revealed, Steele realizes he's caught in the middle of something far bigger than he had imagined.

              Markimdb: 6.3
              Genrefantastic, action, adventure
              CountryUSA, Hungary
              Duration01:59

                A special-ops team is dispatched to fight supernatural being that have taken over a European city.

                Markimdb: 6.7
                Genredrama, military, biography
                CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
                Duration02:34

                One of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontlines of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless.

                Markimdb: 6.8
                Genreaction, adventure, western
                CountryUSA, Australia
                Duration02:10

                Seven gun men in the old west gradually come together to help a poor village against savage thieves.

                Markimdb: 7.3
                Genrethriller, drama, military
                CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada
                Duration02:20

                A UK-based military officer in command of a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya discovers the targets are planning a suicide bombing and the mission escalates from “capture” to “kill.” As American pilot Steve Watts is about to engage, a nine-year old girl enters the kill zone, triggering an international dispute reaching the highest levels of US and British government over the moral, political, and personal implications of modern warfare.

                Markimdb: 6.5
                Genredrama, adventure, military, history
                CountryKazakhstan
                Duration02:13

                A universal story about the freedom of the human spirit and the struggle against slavery and despotism, about love, loss and betrayal. It is seen through the eyes of simple Kazakh kids and teenagers.

                Markimdb: 8.3
                Genreaction, drama, crime
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:51

                Obsessive master thief, Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective, Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the other even though they are aware their cat-and-mouse game may end in violence.

                Markimdb: 4.8
                Genrehorror, action, thriller, crime
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:44

                Part crime caper gone awry, part survival horror film, this 1970s set thriller depicts a harrowing fight for survival after a pair of wannabe crooks botch a bank heist and flee into the desert, where they inexplicably stumble upon Carnage Park, a remote stretch of wilderness occupied by a psychotic ex-military sniper.

                Markimdb: 6.8
                Genreadventure, military
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:06

                A World War I British Army patrol is crossing the Mesopotamian desert when their commanding officer, the only one who knows their destination, is killed by the bullet of unseen bandits. The patrol's sergeant keeps them heading north on the assumption that they will hit their brigade. They stop for the night at an oasis and awaken the next morning to find their horses stolen, their sentry dead, the oasis surrounded and survival difficult.

                Markimdb: 6.8
                Genreaction, drama, military, history
                CountryAustralia

                Vietnam War, 1966. Australia and New Zealand send troops to support the United States and South Vietnamese in their fight against the communist North. Soldiers are very young men, recruits and volunteers who have never been involved in a combat. On August 18th, members of Delta Company will face the true horror of a ruthless battle among the trees of a rubber plantation called Long Tân. They are barely a hundred. The enemy is a human wave ready to destroy them.

                Markimdb: 5.2
                Genrefantastic, action, adventure
                CountryUSA
                Duration04:31

                We always knew they were coming back. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare us for the aliens’ advanced and unprecedented force. Only the ingenuity of a few brave men and women can bring our world back from the brink of extinction.

                Markimdb: 4.3
                Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:05

                After a massive shootout, a mysterious stranger (Van Damme) arrives at a local hospital on the brink of death. Then, a foreign gang brazenly comes to the hospital to hunt him down. His nurse, the sole surviving witness to the follow-up shootout, must face an FBI interrogation that unlocks a plot of international intrigue and revenge. With enough twists and turns, KILL'EM ALL will keep you guessing until the final bullet is fired.

                Markimdb: 5.1
                Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
                CountryFrance, Canada

                Red, a safe cracker who has just been released from prison, is trying to hold his family together as his past catches up with him in the form of Luc, a psychopathic contract killer who's seeking revenge for the death of his brother.




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