Movies like Rolling Thunder
If Rolling Thunder's mix of vietnam veteran, post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) and repayment stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Rolling Thunder's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Death Sentence
2007 · Directed by James Wan · 105 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: repayment, revenge, shootout · Also action and crime
Nick Hume is a mild-mannered executive with a perfect life, until one gruesome night he witnesses something that changes him forever. Transformed by grief, Hume eventually comes to the disturbing conclusion that no…
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No Country for Old Men
2007 · Directed by Joel Coen · 122 min8.0
Why you'll like itWith Tommy Lee Jones · Shares: vietnam veteran, motel · Also crime and thriller
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail.
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The Punisher: One Last Kill
2026 · Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green · 51 min8.3
Why you'll like itShares: post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), revenge · Also action and drama
As Frank Castle searches for meaning beyond revenge, an unexpected force pulls him back into the fight.
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Memento
2000 · Directed by Christopher Nolan · 113 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: motel, flashback, revenge
Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer, however, is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term…
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Bad Times at the El Royale
2018 · Directed by Drew Goddard · 141 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), motel · Also thriller and crime
Lake Tahoe, 1969. Seven strangers, each one with a secret to bury, meet at El Royale, a decadent motel with a dark past. In the course of a fateful night, everyone will have one last shot at redemption.
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Rambo: Last Blood
2019 · Directed by Adrian Grünberg · 89 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), revenge · Also action and thriller
After fighting his demons for decades, John Rambo now lives in peace on his family ranch in Arizona, but his rest is interrupted when Gabriela, the granddaughter of his housekeeper María, disappears after crossing the…
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Forrest Gump
1994 · Directed by Robert Zemeckis · 142 min8.5
Why you'll like itShares: vietnam veteran, post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do.
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Cherry
2021 · Directed by Joe Russo · 142 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) · Also drama and crime
Cherry drifts from college dropout to army medic in Iraq—anchored only by his one true love, Emily. But after returning from the war with PTSD, his life spirals into drugs and crime as he struggles to find his place in…
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Dead Man's Shoes
2004 · Directed by Shane Meadows · 90 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: revenge · Also drama and thriller
A soldier returns to his small town and exacts a deadly revenge on the thugs who tormented his disabled brother while he was away.
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Dead Presidents
1995 · Directed by Albert Hughes · 119 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) · Also crime and drama
On the streets they call cash dead presidents. And that's just what a Vietnam veteran is after when he returns home from the war only to find himself drawn into a life of crime.
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War
2007 · Directed by Philip G. Atwell · 103 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: revenge · Also action and crime
FBI agent Jack Crawford is out for revenge when his partner is killed and all clues point to the mysterious assassin Rogue. But when Rogue turns up years later to take care of some unfinished business, he triggers a…