Movies like Explosion
If Explosion's mix of vietnam war, psychiatrist and vancouver stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Explosion's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Apocalypse Now
1979 · Directed by Francis Ford Coppola · 147 min8.3
Why you'll like itShares: vietnam war · Also drama and war
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret…
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Full Metal Jacket
1987 · Directed by Stanley Kubrick · 117 min8.1
Why you'll like itShares: vietnam war · Also drama and war
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
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The Deer Hunter
1978 · Directed by Michael Cimino · 183 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: vietnam war · Also drama and war
Three steelworkers enlist in the army and are sent to Vietnam, one leaving behind a rushed marriage, the others a shared love. What they encounter during the war changes their lives forever.
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Platoon
1986 · Directed by Oliver Stone · 120 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: vietnam war · Also drama and war
As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.
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The Last Full Measure
2020 · Directed by Todd Robinson · 110 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: vietnam war · Also drama and war
The incredible true story of Vietnam War hero William H. Pitsenbarger, a U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen medic who personally saved over sixty men.
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Casualties of War
1989 · Directed by Brian De Palma · 113 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: vietnam war · Also drama and war
During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.
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Birdy
1984 · Directed by Alan Parker · 120 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: vietnam war · Also drama and war
Two young men are seriously affected by the Vietnam War. One of them has always been obsessed with birds - but now believes he really is a bird, and has been sent to a mental hospital.
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Born on the Fourth of July
1989 · Directed by Oliver Stone · 145 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: vietnam war · Also drama and war
Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
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Heaven & Earth
1993 · Directed by Oliver Stone · 140 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: vietnam war · Also war and drama
In a small Vietnamese village torn apart by war, a young woman faces unimaginable horrors before deciding to escape to the city. There, she encounters a compassionate Marine who offers her hope and a chance at a new…
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Da 5 Bloods
2020 · Directed by Spike Lee · 155 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: vietnam war · Also war and drama
Four African-American Vietnam veterans return to Vietnam. They are in search of the remains of their fallen squad leader and the promise of buried treasure.
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Bat★21
1988 · Directed by Peter Markle · 105 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: vietnam war · Also war and drama
Lt. Col. Iceal "Ham" Hambleton is a weapons countermeasures expert and when his aircraft is shot over enemy territory the Air Force very much wants to get him back.