Movies Like Gallipoli from Above (2012)

Gallipoli from Above is a 2012 documentary, history, war film from Wain Fimeri with a MovieMagicScore of 8.0/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Gallipoli and Gallipoli.

Documentary History War

Gallipoli

1981

Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in the Ottoman Empire during World War I.

7.0

MagicScore

Gallipoli

2005

The Gallipoli campaign of World War I was so controversial & devastating, it changed the face of battle forever. Using diaries, letters, photographs and memoirs, acclaimed director, Tolga Ornek, traces the personal journeys of Australian, New Zealand, British and Turkish soldiers, from innocence and patriotism to hardship and heartbreak.

7.1

MagicScore

Canakkale: End of the Road

2013

Corporal Muhsin is a sharp shooter who previously fought in the Balkan War. When mobilization is declared again, he joins the war alongside his brother Hasan. The two brothers support each other in the fight against the enemy.

5.9

MagicScore

Turkish Ice Cream

2019

In 1915, two Turks in Australia make a living by selling ice cream. When they hear war has broken out, they decide to go to Çanakkale. Authorities don't let them leave the island, so the two decide to put up a fight in Australia.

5.9

MagicScore

The Water Diviner

2014

In 1919, Australian farmer Joshua Connor travels to Turkey to discover the fate of his three sons, reported missing in action. Holding on to hope, Joshua must travel across the war-torn landscape to find the truth and his own peace.

6.8

MagicScore

The Promise

2016

Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, a love triangle develops between Mikael, a brilliant medical student, the beautiful and sophisticated artist Ana, and Chris, a renowned American journalist based in Paris.

6.9

MagicScore

Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan

2019

Vietnam War, 1966. Australia and New Zealand send troops to support the United States and South Vietnamese in their fight against the communist North. Soldiers are very young men, recruits and volunteers who have never been involved in a combat. On August 18th, members of Delta Company will face the true horror of a ruthless battle among the trees of a rubber plantation called Long Tân. They are barely a hundred. The enemy is a human wave ready to destroy them.

6.8

MagicScore

Thuppakki

2012

Captain Jagadish, an intelligence officer in the Indian Army, returns to Mumbai for a vacation but soon finds himself in a deadly mission. After witnessing a bus bombing, he uncovers a network of sleeper cells planning multiple attacks across the city. With no official backing, he embarks on a personal mission with his trusted comrades to eliminate the mastermind, ensuring the sleeper cells remain leaderless and trapped in silence, waiting for orders that will never come. Ready to sacrifice his own life, he sets out on his final mission—but does he succeed, and at what cost?

7.3

MagicScore

Madras Cafe

2013

An Indian intelligence agent journeys to a war-torn coastal island to break a resolute rebel group and meets a passionate journalist.

6.6

MagicScore

#10

Vishwaroopam

2013

Vishwanathan, a Kathak dance teacher in New York, is happy in his marriage with Nirupama, a nuclear oncologist who married him to pursue higher studies in the USA. Deciding to cut ties with her husband, Nirupama hires a private detective to monitor his activities. To her utter shock, certain truths about her husband are subsequently revealed, setting off a chain of events that will change both of their lives irreversibly.

6.3

MagicScore

#11

120

2008

During the Sarikamis Battle, the Ottoman army runs out of ammunition and appeals to the people of Van for help, who happen to have supplies. However, the First World War is on and all men are fighting at four corners of the empire and therefore can not respond to to the appeal. The young children of Van want to do something...

6.4

MagicScore

#12

Utu

1984

In New Zealand in the 1860s the native Māori people fought the British colonials to keep the land guaranteed to them by treaty. The warrior Te Wheke fights for the British until betrayal leads him to seek utu (revenge). The settler Williamson in turn seeks revenge after Te Wheke attacks his homestead. Meanwhile Wiremu, an officer for the British, seems to think that resistance is futile.

7.0

MagicScore

#13

Ararat

2002

Interrogated by a customs officer, a young man recounts how his life was changed during the making of a film about the Armenian genocide.

6.1

MagicScore

#14

The Breath

2009

A small task force of the Turkish army have to defend a relay station in the middle of nowhere against a possible terrorist raid.

7.3

MagicScore

#15

The World's Fastest Indian

2005

The life story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years building a 1920 Indian motorcycle—a bike which helped him set the land-speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967.

7.7

MagicScore

#16

Background to Danger

1943

An American gets caught up in wartime action in Turkey.

6.6

MagicScore

#17

The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari

2022

A close examination of the Whakaari / White Island volcanic eruption of 2019 in which 22 lives were lost, the film viscerally recounts a day when ordinary people were called upon to do extraordinary things, placing this tragic event within the larger context of nature, resilience, and the power of our shared humanity.

7.3

MagicScore

#18

They Shall Not Grow Old

2018

A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of Armistice Day, and the end of the war.

7.8

MagicScore

#19

The Lark Farm

2007

The Lark Farm is set in a small Turkish town in 1915. It deals with the genocide of Armenians, looking closely at the fortunes, or rather, misfortunes of one wealthy Armenian family.

6.1

MagicScore

#20

Beyond The Edge

2013

A 3D feature film about Sir Edmund Hillary's monumental and historical ascent of Mt. Everest in 1953 - an event that stunned the world and defined a nation.

6.7

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Gallipoli from Above?

The top films similar to Gallipoli from Above by MovieMagicScore are Gallipoli (7.0), Gallipoli (7.1), Canakkale: End of the Road (5.9). Each shares documentary/history/war themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Gallipoli from Above worth watching?

Gallipoli from Above holds a MovieMagicScore of 8.0/10 from 1 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Gallipoli from Above?

Gallipoli from Above (2012) is a documentary, history, war film directed by Wain Fimeri, starring Nicholas Bell, Nick Farnell, William Gluth.

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About movies like Gallipoli from Above

This ranked list pairs Gallipoli from Above (2012), a documentary and history and war film from Wain Fimeri, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Nicholas Bell take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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