SimilarScreen
Contact

Contact

19855.51h 8m

Overview

A platoon of British paratroopers on border patrol in South Armagh face a series of tense encounters.

Directed by Alan Clarke
Written by A.F.N. Clarke
Produced by Terry Coles
0

Top Cast

Sean Chapman

Sean Chapman

Platoon Commander

Steve Sweeney

Steve Sweeney

Smith

Gary Hailes

Gary Hailes

Jones

Graham Fletcher-Cook

Graham Fletcher-Cook

Rankin

John Blundell

John Blundell

Corporal

O

Ozzie Stevens

L/Corporal

J

Jem Ahmet

J

Jason Cunliffe

Steve Fletcher

Steve Fletcher

D

Dennis Savage

About Contact

Contact is a drama, tv movie, war film released in 1985. Directed by Alan Clarke, it stars Sean Chapman, Steve Sweeney, Gary Hailes. A platoon of British paratroopers on border patrol in South Armagh face a series of tense encounters.

Movies Similar to Contact

Discover titles like Contact — ranked by similarity and community votes

We found 14 movies similar to Contact

If you enjoyed Contact, you'll love these handpicked recommendations. Each title below shares similar themes, tone, and storytelling style. Our algorithm analyzes genres, keywords, director filmography, and cast connections to find the closest matches. Whether you're looking for the same emotional depth, narrative structure, or visual style, these picks are curated to deliver the best viewing experience for fans of Contact.

The Scarlet and the Black
19% Match

Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His activities become so large that the Nazis decide to assassinate him the next time he leaves the Vatican.

Jacknife
18% Match

Jacknife(1989)

Movie6.3/10

A conflict develops between a troubled Vietnam veteran and the sister he lives with when she becomes involved romantically with the army buddy who reminds him of the tragic battle they both survived.

Danny Boy
17% Match

Danny Boy(2021)

Movie6.8/10

Soldier Brian Wood, is accused of war crimes in Iraq by the human rights lawyer Phil Shiner. The two men go head to head in a legal and moral conflict that takes us from the battlefield, at so-called Checkpoint Danny Boy, to the courtroom and one of Britain’s biggest ever public inquiries, the Al-Sweady Inquiry.

Stop-Loss
15% Match

Stop-Loss(2008)

Movie6.1/10

A veteran soldier returns from his completed tour of duty in Iraq, only to find his life turned upside down when he is arbitrarily ordered to return to field duty by the Army.

Taking Sides
14% Match

One of the most spectacular and renowned conductors of the 1930s, Wilhelm Furtwangler's reputation rivaled that of Toscanini's. After the war, he was investigated as part of the Allies' de-Nazification programme. In the bombed-out Berlin of the immediate post-war period, the Allies slowly bring law and order to bear on an occupied Germany. An American major is given the Furtwangler file, and is told to find everything he can and to prosecute the man ruthlessly. Tough and hard-nosed, Major Steve Arnold sets out to investigate a world of which he knows nothing.

Dirty War
14% Match

Dirty War(2004)

Movie6.0/10

After years of meticulous planning, a terrorist operation is reaching its final stages. The authorities have received no intelligence; they are in a race against time but don't yet know it. As the operation unfolds, we see the working lives of men and women directly affected by terrorism. Among them: a firemen worried about the increasingly dangerous conditions he and his men are expected to work under; the head of the anti-terrorist branch whose responsibility it is to protect London and a female Muslim detective brought into Scotland Yard to investigate another suspected terrorist cell. But it is too late to stop the attack.

Cross of Iron
14% Match

It is 1943, and the German army—ravaged and demoralised—is hastily retreating from the Russian front. In the midst of the madness, conflict brews between the aristocratic yet ultimately pusillanimous Captain Stransky and the courageous Corporal Steiner. Stransky is the only man who believes that the Third Reich is still vastly superior to the Russian army. However, within his pompous persona lies a quivering coward who longs for the Iron Cross so that he can return to Berlin a hero. Steiner, on the other hand is cynical, defiantly non-conformist and more concerned with the safety of his own men rather than the horde of military decorations offered to him by his superiors.

The Bad Seed Returns
11% Match

Several years after the murderous events of the first movie left her father dead, Emma is now living with her aunt Angela and navigating high school. Angela’s husband begins to suspect that Emma may not be as innocent as she appears and suggests sending her off to boarding school. Meanwhile, a new girl at school seems to know Emma’s secrets, leaving Emma no choice but to slip back to her old ways and take care of her enemies by any means necessary.