Movies like The Eagle

A feature-film shortlist from the cached Film Atlas engine. The interactive map may include more titles or newer results. These are similarity matches, not a guarantee of age suitability.

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   How I Live Now

   Same director

   2013 · 101 min · Drama · Romance · Science Fiction

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   An American girl, sent to the English countryside to stay with relatives, finds love and purpose while fighting for her survival as war envelops the world around her.

   Why it connects

   • the same director
   • a closely matched era
   • shared production studio: Film4 Productions

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   Starred Up

   Same studio

   2014 · 106 min · Drama

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   19-year-old Eric, arrogant and ultra-violent, is prematurely transferred to the same adult prison facility as his estranged father. As his explosive temper quickly finds him enemies in both prison authorities and fellow inmates — and his already volatile relationship with his father is pushed past breaking point — Eric is approached by a volunteer psychotherapist, who runs an anger management group for prisoners. Torn between gang politics, prison corruption, and a glimmer of something better, Eric finds himself in a fight for his own life, unsure if his own father is there to protect him or join in punishing him.

   Why it connects

   • substantial genre overlap
   • a closely matched era
   • shared production studio: Film4 Productions

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   Centurion

   Strong story similarity

   2010 · 97 min · Action · Adventure · Drama

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   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.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong shared themes: 2nd century and ancient rome
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   King Arthur

   Strong story similarity

   2004 · 126 min · Action · Adventure · Drama · History · War

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   The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy cavalry troops stationed in Britain, and that the Roman-British military commander, Lucius Artorius Castus is the historical person behind the legend.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared themes: hadrian’s wall and roman empire
   • shared genre DNA

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   This Is England

   Same studio

   2007 · 102 min · Crime · Drama

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   A story about a troubled boy growing up in England, set in 1983. He comes across a few skinheads on his way home from school, after a fight. They become his new best friends, even like family. Based on experiences of director Shane Meadows.

   Why it connects

   • strong recommendation signals
   • shared production studio: Film4 Productions

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   Jack the Giant Slayer

   Strong movie match

   2013 · 114 min · Action · Adventure · Fantasy

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   The story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth for the first time in centuries, the giants strive to reclaim the land they once lost, forcing the young man, Jack into the battle of his life to stop them. Fighting for a kingdom, its people, and the love of a brave princess, he comes face to face with the unstoppable warriors he thought only existed in legend–and gets the chance to become a legend himself.

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   • strong recommendation signals

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   The Day After Tomorrow

   Strong movie match

   2004 · 124 min · Adventure · Science Fiction · Thriller

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   After paleoclimatologist Jack Hall is largely ignored by UN officials when presenting his environmental concerns about the beginning of a new Ice Age, his research proves true when a superstorm develops, setting off catastrophic natural disasters throughout the world. Trying to get to his son, Sam, who is trapped in New York City with his friend Laura and others, Jack and his crew must travel to get to Sam before it's too late.

   Why it connects

   • strong recommendation signals

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   Blood Diamond

   Strong movie match

   2006 · 143 min · Action · Drama · Thriller

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   An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son, conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed countrywide.

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   • strong recommendation signals

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   Warcraft

   Strong movie match

   2016 · 123 min · Action · Adventure · Fantasy

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   The peaceful realm of Azeroth stands on the brink of war as its civilization faces a fearsome race of invaders: orc warriors fleeing their dying home to colonize another. As a portal opens to connect the two worlds, one army faces destruction and the other faces extinction. From opposing sides, two heroes are set on a collision course that will decide the fate of their family, their people, and their home.

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    Hostiles

    Genre overlap

    2017 · 134 min · Adventure · Drama · History · Western

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    A legendary Native American-hating Army captain nearing retirement in 1892 is given one last assignment: to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory back to his Montana reservation.

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    • substantial genre overlap

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