20 best movies like Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016)

List of the best movies like Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016): 12 Strong, Colonia, War Machine, Lone Survivor, War Dogs, Shock and Awe, American Sniper, A Private War, Hacksaw Ridge, Von Richthofen and Brown.

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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: 7.1
Genredrama, biography, history
CountryGermany, France, Luxembourg, United Kingdom, USA
Duration01:05

A young woman's desperate search for her abducted boyfriend that draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody ever escaped from.

Markimdb: 6
Genrecomedy, drama, military
CountryUSA
Duration02:00

A rock star general bent on winning the “impossible” war in Afghanistan takes us inside the complex machinery of modern war. Inspired by the true story of General Stanley McChrystal.

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: 7.1
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime, military, biography
    CountryUSA, Cambodia, Romania
    Duration02:11

      Based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrethriller, drama, military, biography, history
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:22

      A group of journalists covering George Bush's planned invasion of Iraq in 2003 are skeptical of the presidents claim that Saddam Hussein has "weapons of mass destruction."

      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: 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: 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: 5.9
          Genreaction, drama, military, biography, history
          CountryUSA

          Spend time on both sides of World War I, partly with German flying ace Baron Manfred Von Richthofen (John Phillip Law), aka "The Red Baron," and his colorful "flying circus" of Fokker fighter planes, during the time from his arrival at the war front to his death in combat. On the other side is Roy Brown of the Royal Air Force, sometimes credited with shooting Richthofen down.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genredrama, military, biography
          CountryUSA, India
          Duration02:26

          A group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they've left the battlefield.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, military
          CountrySerbia, United Kingdom, USA, Argentina, Mexico
          Duration02:16

          A man, shaken by fate after his wife's death, chooses to be a monk.

          Markimdb: 7.1
          Genreaction, drama, military, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:26

          The true story of Marine Corporal Megan Leavey, who forms a powerful bond with an aggressive combat dog, Rex. While deployed in Iraq, the two complete more than 100 missions and save countless lives, until an IED explosion puts their faithfulness to the test.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genrecomedy, drama, music, biography
          CountryUnited Kingdom, France
          Duration02:24

          The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress, who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genredrama, adventure, military
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:49

          Matrac (Humphrey Bogart) is a freedom-loving French journalist who sacrifices his happiness and security to battle Nazi tyranny.

          Markimdb: 6.4
          Genredrama, military
          CountryUSA, Turkey
          Duration01:56

          After returning home from an extended tour in Afghanistan, a decorated U.S. Army medic and single mother struggles to rebuild her relationship with her young son.

          Markimdb: 7.2
          Genreaction, drama, adventure, military, history
          CountryUSA, India
          Duration02:26

            Follows a young man named Albert and his horse, Joey, and how their bond is broken when Joey is sold to the cavalry and sent to the trenches of World War One. Despite being too young to enlist, Albert heads to France to save his friend.

            Markimdb: 6.3
            Genredrama, military, biography, history
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:48

            Battle Hymn was inspired by the true story of American minister Dean Hess, played here with rare sensitivity by Rock Hudson. A bomber pilot during World War II, Hess inadvertently releases a bomb which destroys a German orphanage. Tortured by guilt, Hess relocates in Korea after the war to offer his services as a missionary. Combining the best elements of Christianity and Eastern spiritualism, Hess establishes a large home for orphans. The preacher's efforts are threatened when the Korean "police action" breaks out in 1950.

            Markimdb: 7.1
            Genremelodrama, drama, military, biography
            CountryFrance, Belgium
            Duration02:10

            From his childhood in Poland to his adolescence in Nice to his years as a student in Paris and his tough training as a pilot during World War II, this tragi-comedy tells the romantic story of Romain Gary, one of the most famous French novelists and sole writer to have won the Goncourt Prize for French literature two times.

            Markimdb: 6.9
            Genredrama, military, biography, history
            CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
            Duration01:57

            Forced into exile by the English after being crowned King of Scotland, legendary warrior Robert the Bruce fights to reclaim the throne.

            Markimdb: 6.1
            Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, musical, military
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:16

            World War I. Lili Smith is a beloved British music hall singer, often providing inspiration for the British and French troops and general populace singing rallying patriotic songs. She is also half German and is an undercover German spy, using her feminine wiles to gather information from the high ranking and generally older military officers and diplomats she seduces.

            Markimdb: 6.9
            Genrecomedy, drama, military
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:06

            In 1944, Capt. Josiah J. Newman is the doctor in charge of Ward 7, the neuropsychiatric ward, at an Army Air Corps hospital in Arizona. The hospital is under-resourced and Newman scrounges what he needs with the help of his inventive staff, especially Cpl. Jake Leibowitz. The military in general is only just coming to accept psychiatric disorders as legitimate and Newman generally has 6 weeks to cure them or send them on to another facility. There are many patients in the ward and his latest include Colonel Norville Bliss who has dissociated from his past; Capt. Paul Winston who is nearly catatonic after spending 13 months hiding in a cellar behind enemy lines; and 20 year-old Cpl. Jim Tompkins who is severely traumatized after his aircraft was shot down. Others come and go, including Italian prisoners of war, but Newman and team all realize that their success means the men will return to their units.

            Markimdb: 7.2
            Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, military, biography, history
            CountryCzech Republic, United Kingdom, USA, France
            Duration02:24

            In December 1941, Czech soldier Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš parachute into their occupied homeland to assassinate Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich

            Markimdb: 6.9
            Genreaction, drama, military
            CountryUnited Kingdom, Japan, USA
            Duration01:47

            The "Memphis Belle" is a World War II bomber, piloted by a young crew on dangerous bombing raids into Europe. The crew only have to make one more bombing raid before they have finished their duty and can go home. In the briefing before their last flight, the crew discover that the target for the day is Dresden, a heavily-defended city that invariably causes many Allied casualties

            Markimdb: 6.8
            Genrecomedy, drama, military
            CountrySpain
            Duration01:50

            Somewhere in the Balkans, 1995. A team of aid workers must solve an apparently simple problem in an almost completely pacified territory that has been devastated by a cruel war, but some of the local inhabitants, the retreating combatants, the UN forces, many cows and an absurd bureaucracy will not cease to put obstacles in their way.

            Markimdb: 7.1
            Genreaction, drama, adventure, military, history
            CountryUSA, Japan
            Duration02:15

            There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the story of three of the six surviving servicemen – John 'Doc' Bradley, Pvt. Rene Gagnon and Pvt. Ira Hayes, who fought in the battle to take Iwo Jima from the Japanese.

            Markimdb: 6.6
            Genreaction, thriller, drama, detective, military
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:57

            A US Army officer had made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up and he was reassigned to a desk job. Later he was tasked to investigate a female chopper commander's worthiness to be awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously. At first all seemed in order then he begins to notice inconsistencies between the testimonies of the witnesses....

            Markimdb: 6.5
            Genredrama, military, history
            CountryJapan, USA
            Duration01:45

            As the Japanese surrender at the end of WWII, Gen. Fellers is tasked with deciding if Emperor Hirohito will be hanged as a war criminal. Influencing his ruling is his quest to find Aya, an exchange student he met years earlier in the U.S.

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genrecomedy, drama, military, biography
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:56

            Radio funny man Adrian Cronauer is sent to Vietnam to bring a little comedy back into the lives of the soldiers. After setting up shop, Cronauer delights the G.I.s but shocks his superior officer, Sergeant Major Dickerson, with his irreverent take on the war. While Dickerson attempts to censor Cronauer's broadcasts, Cronauer pursues a relationship with a Vietnamese girl named Trinh, who shows him the horrors of war first-hand.

            Markimdb: 8.2
            Genredrama, military, biography, history
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:53

            This movie tells the story of Omar Mukhtar, an Arab Muslim rebel who fought against the Italian conquest of Libya in WWII. It gives western viewers a glimpse into this little-known region and chapter of history, and exposes the savage means by which the conquering army attempted to subdue the natives.

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genredrama, adventure, military
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:51

            During the war in Afghanistan a Soviet tank crew commanded by a tyrannical officer find themselves lost and in a struggle against a band of Mujahadeen guerrillas in the mountains.

            Markimdb: 7
            Genredrama, adventure, military, biography
            CountryUnited Kingdom
            Duration01:30

            This 1942 fictionalized biopic chronicles the true story of how two of the most remarkable men in aviation history - visionary Spitfire designer R.J. Mitchell and his test pilot Geoffrey Crisp - designed a streamlined monoplane that led to the development of the Spitfire.

            Markimdb: 7
            Genredrama, military, biography
            CountryUSA

            Based on the story about Guy Gabaldon, a Los Angeles Hispanic boy raised in the 1930s by a Japanese-American foster family. After Pearl Harbor, his foster family is interned at the Manzanar camp for Japanese Americans, while he enlists in the Marines, where his ability to speak Japanese becomes a vital asset. During the Battle of Saipan, he convinces 800 Japanese to surrender after their general commits suicide.

            Markimdb: 6.6
            Genredrama, military, biography, history
            CountryIndia
            Duration02:30

            The film begins in 1857, when India was ruled by the British East India Company. Mangal Pandey is a sepoy, a soldier of Indian origin, in the army of the East India Company. Pandey is fighting in the Anglo-Afghan Wars and saves the life of his British commanding officer, William Gordon. Gordon is indebted to Pandey and a strong friendship develops between them, transcending both rank and race.

            Markimdb: 6.7
            Genremelodrama, drama, military, biography
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:16

            The life of celebrated but reclusive author, J.D. Salinger, who gained worldwide fame with the publication of his novel, The Catcher in the Rye.

            Markimdb: 6.1
            Genrecomedy, drama, military
            CountryUSA, Germany
            Duration01:58

            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?

            Markimdb: 6.8
            Genreaction, drama, military, history
            CountryUSA, Bulgaria

            A small unit of U.S. soldiers, alone at the remote Combat Outpost Keating, located deep in the valley of three mountains in Afghanistan, battles to defend against an overwhelming force of Taliban fighters in a coordinated attack. The Battle of Kamdesh, as it was known, was the bloodiest American engagement of the Afghan War in 2009 and Bravo Troop 3-61 CAV became one of the most decorated units of the 19-year conflict.

            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: 7.2
            Genrecomedy, drama, biography
            CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, USA
            Duration01:37

            With their golden era long behind them, comedy duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy embark on a variety hall tour of Britain and Ireland. Despite the pressures of a hectic schedule, and with the support of their wives Lucille and Ida – a formidable double act in their own right – the pair's love of performing, as well as for each other, endures as they secure their place in the hearts of their adoring public

            Markimdb: 6.2
            Genremelodrama, drama, military, biography
            CountryUSA

            Two Navy fighter pilots find themselves in the midst of a forbidden relationship throwing their lives and careers into disarray.

            Markimdb: 8
            Genredrama, documentary, military, biography
            CountryGermany, United Kingdom, France
            Duration01:20

            In 1966, Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos, captured, and, down to 85 pounds, escaped. Barefoot, surviving monsoons, leeches, and machete-wielding villagers, he was rescued. Now, near 60, living on Mt. Tamalpais, Dengler tells his story: a German lad surviving Allied bombings in World War II, postwar poverty, apprenticed to a smith, beaten regularly. At 18, he emigrates and peels potatoes in the U.S. Air Force. He leaves for California and college, then enlistment in the Navy to learn to fly. A quiet man of sorrows tells his story: war, capture, harrowing conditions, escape, and miraculous rescue. Where did he find the strength; how does he now live with his memories?

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genredrama, military, biography, history
            CountryUnited Kingdom, Denmark
            Duration02:09

            Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a woman’s point of view. A searing journey from youthful hopes and dreams to the edge of despair and back again, it’s a film about young love, the futility of war and how to make sense of the darkest times.

            Markimdb: 5.1
            Genreaction, comedy, drama, adventure, family, military
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:47

            Five Green Berets stationed in Vietnam in 1968 grudgingly undertake the mission of a lifetime -- to secretly transport an 8,000-pound elephant through 200 miles of rough jungle terrain. High jinks prevail when Capt. Sam Cahill promises the Montagnard villagers of Dak Nhe that he'll replace their prized elephant in time for an important ritual. But for Capt. T.C. Doyle, the mission becomes a jumbo-sized headache!

            Markimdb: 7.2
            Genredrama, military, history
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:18

            In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Japanese homeland.

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genrethriller, drama, military, biography
            CountryUSA, Luxembourg
            Duration02:00

            A US Fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.

            Markimdb: 6.1
            Genreaction, comedy, melodrama, drama, military
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:43

            During the Battle of the Bulge, an anachronistic count shelters a ragtag squad of Americans in his isolated castle hoping they will defend it against the advancing Germans.

            Markimdb: 6.6
            Genrethriller, drama, military, biography, history
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:32

            In 1960, a team of Israeli secret agents is deployed to find Adolf Eichmann, the infamous Nazi architect of the Holocaust, supposedly hidden in Argentina, and get him to Israel to be judged.

            Markimdb: 6.2
            Genredrama, military
            CountryUnited Kingdom
            Duration01:42

            Set in the fields of Devon and the WW1 battlefields of Flanders, two brothers fall for the same girl while contending with the pressures of their feudal family life, the war, and the price of courage and cowardice.

            Markimdb: 6.3
            Genredrama, crime, biography
            CountrySpain, Bulgaria, USA
            Duration02:30

            The film chronicles the rise and fall of the world's most feared drug lord Pablo Escobar and his volatile love affair with Colombia's most famous journalist Virginia Vallejo throughout a reign of terror that tore a country apart.

            Markimdb: 5.7
            Genreaction, drama, military, biography, history, sport
            CountryUSA

            Zamperini returns to California where he wound up marrying Cynthia Applewhite while wrestling with untreated PTSD, suffering constant nightmares, angry, bitter and deeply depressed, his wife convinces Zamperini to attend the 1949 Billy Graham Crusade.




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