Movies like Code Name: Emerald
If Code Name: Emerald's mix of world war ii, double agent and d-day stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Code Name: Emerald's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Patton
1970 · Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner · 172 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: world war ii, d-day · Also war and drama
"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with Patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third…
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Escape to Victory
1981 · Directed by John Huston · 116 min6.9
Why you'll like itWith Max von Sydow · Shares: world war ii · Also drama and war · From the same decade (1980s)
A group of POWs in a German prison camp during World War II play the German National Soccer Team in this powerful film depicting the role of prisoners during wartime.
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Saving Private Ryan
1998 · Directed by Steven Spielberg · 169 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: world war ii, d-day · Also war and drama
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held…
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Inglourious Basterds
2009 · Directed by Quentin Tarantino · 153 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: world war ii, german occupation of france · Also drama and war
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis.
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The Great Escape
1963 · Directed by John Sturges · 173 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: world war ii · Also drama and war
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war.
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Life Is Beautiful
1997 · Directed by Roberto Benigni · 116 min8.4
Why you'll like itWith Horst Buchholz · Shares: world war ii
A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp…
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Battle of the Bulge
1965 · Directed by Ken Annakin · 169 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: world war ii · Also drama and war
In the winter of 1944, the Allied Armies stand ready to invade Germany at the coming of a New Year. To prevent it, Hitler orders an all-out offensive to re-take French territory and capture the major port city of…