20 best movies like Sharks and Little Fish (1957)

List of the best movies like Sharks and Little Fish (1957): Der Stern von Afrika, Punishment Battalion, Genghis Khan, The Captain, The French Revolution, Spirits' Homecoming, Çanakkale: Yolun Sonu, The Lost Strait, Dunkirk, For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada.

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Markimdb: 6.4
Genredrama, military, biography, history
CountryWest Germany, Spain

Biographic Movie of the German fighter ace, who was killed in a plane crash after over 150 kills in North Africa.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genredrama, military, history
CountryWest Germany

The film focuses on life in a World War II German penal battalion camp somewhere in Russia. The convicts include a heroic doctor unjustly convicted of avoiding military service, an officer who retreated against orders, and common criminals. It shows their life in the camp, clearing mines, living in trenches on the front line.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genredrama, adventure, military, history
CountryUnited Kingdom, West Germany, Yugoslavia, USA
Duration02:07

This is the story of the shy Mongol boy Temujin who,during the 13th century, becomes the fearless Mongol leader Genghis Khan that unites all Mongol tribes and conquers India,China,Persia,Korea and parts of Rusia,Europe and Middle-East.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrethriller, drama, military, history
CountryGermany, France, Poland, China, Portugal
Duration01:51

Germany, 1945. Soldier Willi Herold, a deserter of the German army, stumbles into a uniform of 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.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrethriller, drama, military, history
CountryFrance, Italy, West Germany, Canada, United Kingdom
Duration06:00

A history of the French Revolution from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Generaux in 1789 in order to deal with France's debt problem. The first part of the movie tells the story from 1789 until August 10, 1792 (when the King Louis XVI lost all his authority and was put in prison). The second part carries the story through the end of the terror in 1794, including the deaths by guillotine of Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, Danton, and Desmoulins.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genredrama, military, history
CountrySouth Korea
Duration01:10

Two Korean girls, Jung-Min (14) and Young-hee (15) are kidnapped by the Japanese Imperial Army and taken to a 'Comfort Station' in China. There, they join other kidnapped girls in serving Japanese soldiers as sexual slaves known as 'Comfort Women'. Decades later, an elderly lady attempts to reunite with the spirit of her lost friend. Inspired by the testimony of Kang Il-chul.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genreaction, drama, military, history
CountryTurkey

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Markimdb: 6.5
Genreaction, drama, military, history
CountryIran

The resistance of Ammar battalion in Abughoraib strait at the last days of Iran-Iraq war.

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: 6.5
Genredrama, western, military, history
CountryMexico
Duration02:25

A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genremelodrama, drama, musical, military, history
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration02:38

    An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France, in which a paroled prisoner named Jean Valjean seeks redemption.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genreaction, melodrama, drama, military, history
    CountryTurkey
    Duration01:54

    The human tragedy and the suffering of the Crimean Turks who were taken hostage as prisoners of war in German prison camps during World War II.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genredrama, military, history
    CountryRussia, Germany
    Duration02:10

    The historical drama set during the Second World War centres on three people whose paths cross: a Russian aristocratic emigrant and member of the French resistance, a French collaborator and a high-ranking German SS officer.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrethriller, drama, military, history
    CountryNorway
    Duration01:16

    After a failed anti-Nazi sabotage mission leaves his eleven comrades dead, a Norwegian resistance fighter finds himself fleeing the Gestapo through the snowbound reaches of Scandinavia.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genreaction, melodrama, drama, military, history
    CountryRomania, Hungary, Canada, USA

    Regent Horthy is the leader of Hungary and a German ally, but his favorable standing with Hitler changes as the war comes to an end. Forced to cede Hungary’s power or else witness the execution of his son, Regent Horthy gives up control of his country to the Nazis, who quickly move Hungarians to ghettos and death camps, with no hope in sight. But the despair changes when a young man named Elek emerges. Separated from his family during the relocations and aided by the woman he loves , Elek defies the enemy by becoming one of them. In a race against time, disguised as a Nazi Officer he embarks on a mission to save his family and thousands of his countrymen.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genreaction, drama, military, history
    CountryUSA

    An escaped slave travels north and has chance encounters with Frederick Douglass and John Brown. Based on the life story of Shields Green.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrethriller, drama, military, history
    CountryPoland, Netherlands, Germany

    Summer of 1945. A temporary orphanage is established in an abandoned palace surrounded by forests for the eight children liberated from the Gross-Rosen camp. Hanka, also a former inmate, becomes their guardian. After the atrocities of the camp, the protagonists slowly begin to regain what is left of their childhood but the horror returns quickly. Camp Alsatians roam the forests around. Released by the SS earlier on, they have gone feral and are starving. Looking for food they besiege the palace. The children are terrified and their camp survival instinct is triggered.

    Markimdb: 4.4
    Genredrama, military, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:39

    North Carolina 1863, the Civil War is raging. In this inspired story of tragedy and love we follow the lives of Melody, a precocious seven-year old, and her young mother Sarah as they struggle on their farm to survive during the Civil War.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genremelodrama, drama, military, history
    CountryLithuania
    Duration01:30

    The coming-of-age tale of 16-year-old Lina Vilkas who is deported to Siberia amid Stalin's reign of terror in the Baltic region during WWII. An aspiring artist, she secretly documents her harrowing journey with her drawings.

    Markimdb: 5
    Genredrama, military, history
    CountryPoland, Lithuania

    This harrowing war film is an epic dramatization of the first battle of World War II. The Battle of Westerplatte that began on 1 September 1939 will forever be remembered as the one that announced the beginning of the Second World War in Europe. Over one week, fewer than 200 Polish soldiers fought against heavy German bombardment and in the process came to symbolize the power of resistance. As the violence rages, a complex battle of a more personal nature plays out between two Polish commanders over how to best lead their men. Amid the bloodshed, they must ask themselves – should they fight until the last man standing or surrender in the face of overwhelming odds? What unfolds is a stirring exploration of the fight against the forces of tyranny.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrethriller, drama, military, history
    CountryNorway, United Kingdom

    Norway, 1942, during World War II. After being separated from her family, Esther, a young Jewish girl from Trondheim, arrives at an isolated farm where she must assume a new identity in order to survive the Nazi persecution.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genredrama, military, history
    CountryChina

    An actress working undercover for the Allies in 1941 Shanghai discovers the Japanese plan to attack Pearl Harbor.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genremelodrama, drama, military, history
    CountryFrance, West Germany
    Duration01:47

    The story follows the life of a regular German women Leni Gruyten during the 1930s and 1940s. Through her interactions with friends, family and other people she knows, the regular folks' perception of the Nazi era is shown.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genredrama, military, history
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:36

    After a story of Tamara Tinberg, "Seventh Symphony". The Leningrad block. February 1942. Ends the worst blockade winter. Nina Voronova completely desperate. Her three-year-old son, Mitya, has weakened, and the ration cards have already been delivered two days in advance. Last hope - evacuation. But with small children do not take. Then the woman goes to a monstrous step - is evacuated, leaving her son alone in a frozen apartment. During the raid, the boy is saved by a teenage girl Katya Nikonorova. The girl gives Mitya for her brother and promises herself to do everything so that Mitya survived. No matter what.




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