Most Similar Movies to Reach for the Sky (1957)


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Memphis Belle (1990), Unbroken (2014), The Dam Busters (1955), Midway (2019), The Bridge at Remagen (1969), Up Periscope (1959), Ships With Wings (1941) ... Let's take a look at the following list...

Memphis Belle (1990)

Memphis Belle (1990)

6.9/10 Action, Drama, War

In 1943, the crew of a B-17 based in UK prepares for its 25th and last bombing mission over Germany before returning home to the USA.

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Unbroken (2014)

Unbroken (2014)

7.2/10 Biography, Drama, War

After a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, Olympian Louis Zamperini spends a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two fellow crewmen before he's caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.

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The Dam Busters (1955)

The Dam Busters (1955)

7.4/10 War

The story of how the British attacked German dams in World War II by using an ingenious technique to drop bombs where they would be most effective.

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Midway (2019)

Midway (2019)

6.7/10 War, Drama, History

The story of the Battle of Midway, told by the leaders and the sailors who fought it.

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The Bridge at Remagen (1969)

The Bridge at Remagen (1969)

6.7/10 War, Drama, History

As the Allied armies close in, the Germans decide to blow up the last Rhine bridge, trapping their own men on the wrong side. But will it happen?

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Up Periscope (1959)

Up Periscope (1959)

6.5/10 War

In 1942, Navy Lieutenant Kenneth Braden from the underwater demolition team is sent to a Japanese island to photograph secret radio codes.

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Ships With Wings (1941)

Ships With Wings (1941)

5.9/10 War

Lt. Dick Stacey is dismissed from the Fleet Air Arm for poor discipline. He joins the Aircraft Carrier "HMS Ark Royal" (The Ship with Wings). When they go into battle in the Mediterranean he acts heroically and redeems himself.

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Submarine X-1 (1968)

Submarine X-1 (1968)

5.3/10 War

During World War II, the British Royal Navy used experimental midget submarines to raid German warships in Norway.

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Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

8.1/10 War, Drama, Biography, History

World War II American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people, and becomes the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor without firing a shot.

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Darkest Hour (2017)

Darkest Hour (2017)

7.4/10 Biography, Drama, History, War

In May 1940, the fate of Western Europe hangs on British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler, or fight on knowing that it could mean a humiliating defeat for Britain and its empire.

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The Wind Rises (2013)

The Wind Rises (2013)

7.8/10 Animation, Biography, Drama, History

A look at the life of Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed Japanese fighter planes during World War II.

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Twelve O'Clock High (1949)

Twelve O'Clock High (1949)

7.7/10 War, Drama

A hard-as-nails general takes over a bomber unit suffering from low morale and whips them into fighting shape.

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The Story of Qiu Ju (1992)

The Story of Qiu Ju (1992)

7.6/10 Drama, War

A pregnant peasant woman seeks redress from the Chinese bureaucracy after the village chief kicks her husband in the groin in this comedy of justice. As she is frustrated by each level of the hierarchy and travels farther and farther away from the countryside the viewer is also provided with a look at the changing Chinese society through the verite camera used in most...Read all

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Breakout (1959)

Breakout (1959)

6.9/10 Drama, War

In 1943, an Italian-administered P.O.W. camp for captured Allies goes through a series of failed escapes only to culminate in a daring plan for a dramatic mass escape.

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San Demetrio, London (1943)

San Demetrio, London (1943)

6.7/10 War

The San Demetrio of the title is a British merchant ship in an Atlantic convoy in 1940. Disabled and left to the mercy of patrolling U-boats the crew must keep her afloat and out of harms way.

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The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)

The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)

6.6/10 War

During World War II, German ships are "safely" docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of kayakers to attack them.

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God Is My Co-Pilot (1945)

God Is My Co-Pilot (1945)

6.5/10 Biography

During WW2, American volunteer pilots are stationed in China where, as part of the Flying Tigers unit, they dog-fight against Japanese warplanes.

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Wing and a Prayer (1944)

Wing and a Prayer (1944)

6.5/10 War

In WW2, an American aircraft carrier sails around the Pacific on a decoy mission until it joins the battle of Midway against the Japanese forces.

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