Movies like Tolkien

Tolkien (2019) is a war movie directed by Dome Karukoski. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.

1. Testament of Youth (2015)
★ 7.2 · 813 votes · History, Drama, War
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.
Movies like Testament of Youth →
2. Legends of the Fall (1994)
★ 7.4 · 2,971 votes · Drama, Western, Romance
In early 20th-century Montana, Col. William Ludlow lives on a ranch in the wilderness with his sons, Alfred, Tristan, and Samuel. Eventually, the unconventional but close-knit family are bound by loyalty, tested by war, and torn apart by love, as told over the course of several decades in this epic saga.
Movies like Legends of the Fall →
3. A Room with a View (1986)
★ 6.9 · 867 votes · Drama, Romance
When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emersons could change Lucy's life forever but, once back in England, how will her experiences in Tuscany affect her marriage plans?
Movies like A Room with a View →
4. Howards End (1992)
★ 7.0 · 613 votes · Drama, Romance
A saga of class relations and changing times in an Edwardian England on the brink of modernity, the film centers on liberal Margaret Schlegel, who, along with her sister Helen, becomes involved with two couples: wealthy, conservative industrialist Henry Wilcox and his wife Ruth, and the downwardly mobile working-class Leonard Bast and his mistress Jackie.
Movies like Howards End →
5. The Imitation Game (2014)
★ 8.0 · 18,535 votes · History, Drama, Thriller
Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.
Movies like The Imitation Game →
6. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
★ 7.8 · 984 votes · Drama, War
When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is destroyed by the harsh realities of combat.
Movies like All Quiet on the Western Front →
7. Schindler's List (1993)
★ 8.6 · 18,037 votes · Drama, History, War
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
Movies like Schindler's List →
8. Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
★ 8.2 · 15,409 votes · Drama, History, War
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.
Movies like Hacksaw Ridge →
9. American Sniper (2014)
★ 7.4 · 13,945 votes · War, Action
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.
Movies like American Sniper →
10. Flyboys (2006)
★ 6.5 · 877 votes · Drama, History, War
The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots.
Movies like Flyboys →
11. The Art of Getting By (2011)
★ 6.6 · 1,386 votes · Drama, Romance
George, a lonely and fatalistic teen who's made it all the way to his senior year without ever having done a real day of work, is befriended by Sally, a popular but complicated girl who recognizes in him a kindred spirit.
Movies like The Art of Getting By →
12. Journey's End (2017)
★ 6.3 · 345 votes · War, Drama, Action
Set in a dugout in Aisne in 1918, a group of British officers, led by the mentally disintegrating young officer Stanhope, variously await their fate.
Movies like Journey's End →
13. Never Let Me Go (2010)
★ 6.8 · 2,550 votes · Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
As children, Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy spend their childhood at an idyllic and secluded English boarding school. As they grow into adults, they must come to terms with the complexity and strength of their love for one another while also preparing for the haunting reality awaiting them.
Movies like Never Let Me Go →
14. Where Hands Touch (2018)
★ 7.9 · 543 votes · War, Drama, Romance
Germany, 1944. Leyna, the 15-year old daughter of a white German mother and a black African father, meets Lutz, a compassionate member of the Hitler Youth whose father is a prominent Nazi soldier, and they form an unlikely connection in this quickly changing world.
Movies like Where Hands Touch →
15. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
★ 7.7 · 771 votes · Drama, Romance, War
It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.
Movies like The Best Years of Our Lives →
16. Great Expectations (2012)
★ 6.4 · 361 votes · Drama, Romance
Orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.
Movies like Great Expectations →

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Movies like Tolkien

Tolkien (2019) is a war movie directed by Dome Karukoski. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.

1. Testament of Youth (2015)
★ 7.2 · 813 votes · History, Drama, War
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.
Movies like Testament of Youth →
2. Legends of the Fall (1994)
★ 7.4 · 2,971 votes · Drama, Western, Romance
In early 20th-century Montana, Col. William Ludlow lives on a ranch in the wilderness with his sons, Alfred, Tristan, and Samuel. Eventually, the unconventional but close-knit family are bound by loyalty, tested by war, and torn apart by love, as told over the course of several decades in this epic saga.
Movies like Legends of the Fall →
3. A Room with a View (1986)
★ 6.9 · 867 votes · Drama, Romance
When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emersons could change Lucy's life forever but, once back in England, how will her experiences in Tuscany affect her marriage plans?
Movies like A Room with a View →
4. Howards End (1992)
★ 7.0 · 613 votes · Drama, Romance
A saga of class relations and changing times in an Edwardian England on the brink of modernity, the film centers on liberal Margaret Schlegel, who, along with her sister Helen, becomes involved with two couples: wealthy, conservative industrialist Henry Wilcox and his wife Ruth, and the downwardly mobile working-class Leonard Bast and his mistress Jackie.
Movies like Howards End →
5. The Imitation Game (2014)
★ 8.0 · 18,535 votes · History, Drama, Thriller
Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.
Movies like The Imitation Game →
6. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
★ 7.8 · 984 votes · Drama, War
When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is destroyed by the harsh realities of combat.
Movies like All Quiet on the Western Front →
7. Schindler's List (1993)
★ 8.6 · 18,037 votes · Drama, History, War
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
Movies like Schindler's List →
8. Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
★ 8.2 · 15,409 votes · Drama, History, War
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.
Movies like Hacksaw Ridge →
9. American Sniper (2014)
★ 7.4 · 13,945 votes · War, Action
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.
Movies like American Sniper →
10. Flyboys (2006)
★ 6.5 · 877 votes · Drama, History, War
The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots.
Movies like Flyboys →
11. The Art of Getting By (2011)
★ 6.6 · 1,386 votes · Drama, Romance
George, a lonely and fatalistic teen who's made it all the way to his senior year without ever having done a real day of work, is befriended by Sally, a popular but complicated girl who recognizes in him a kindred spirit.
Movies like The Art of Getting By →
12. Journey's End (2017)
★ 6.3 · 345 votes · War, Drama, Action
Set in a dugout in Aisne in 1918, a group of British officers, led by the mentally disintegrating young officer Stanhope, variously await their fate.
Movies like Journey's End →
13. Never Let Me Go (2010)
★ 6.8 · 2,550 votes · Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
As children, Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy spend their childhood at an idyllic and secluded English boarding school. As they grow into adults, they must come to terms with the complexity and strength of their love for one another while also preparing for the haunting reality awaiting them.
Movies like Never Let Me Go →
14. Where Hands Touch (2018)
★ 7.9 · 543 votes · War, Drama, Romance
Germany, 1944. Leyna, the 15-year old daughter of a white German mother and a black African father, meets Lutz, a compassionate member of the Hitler Youth whose father is a prominent Nazi soldier, and they form an unlikely connection in this quickly changing world.
Movies like Where Hands Touch →
15. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
★ 7.7 · 771 votes · Drama, Romance, War
It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.
Movies like The Best Years of Our Lives →
16. Great Expectations (2012)
★ 6.4 · 361 votes · Drama, Romance
Orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.
Movies like Great Expectations →

1. Testament of Youth (2015)

2. Legends of the Fall (1994)

3. A Room with a View (1986)

4. Howards End (1992)

5. The Imitation Game (2014)

6. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

7. Schindler's List (1993)

8. Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

9. American Sniper (2014)

10. Flyboys (2006)

11. The Art of Getting By (2011)

12. Journey's End (2017)

13. Never Let Me Go (2010)

14. Where Hands Touch (2018)

15. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

16. Great Expectations (2012)

Related lists

1. Testament of Youth (2015)

2. Legends of the Fall (1994)

3. A Room with a View (1986)

4. Howards End (1992)

5. The Imitation Game (2014)

6. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

7. Schindler's List (1993)

8. Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

9. American Sniper (2014)

10. Flyboys (2006)

11. The Art of Getting By (2011)

12. Journey's End (2017)

13. Never Let Me Go (2010)

14. Where Hands Touch (2018)

15. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

16. Great Expectations (2012)

Related lists