
Movies that feel likeLawrence of Arabia (1962)
If you loved Lawrence of Arabia, the closest films we have are The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), The Longest Day (1962) and Where Eagles Dare (1968). All three share Lawrence of Arabia's epic and bleak feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Stalingrad (1993).
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If Lawrence of Arabia hit the spot, these will too

The same hand behind both of them: David Lean
The difference: Sits closer to drama than Lawrence of Arabia does

Two things both keep coming back to: a true story and historical fiction

Epic and bleak in the same breath

Adventure with a pulse of scale, in both cases

Both lean on bleakness more than on history

War built on scale, twice over


Both are built on the same subject: world war i
The difference: Made in the 1930s, in a different era of the craft

Both keep coming back to the same thing: a true story
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair


The same preoccupation in both: historical fiction

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