Movies like Combat Shock
If Combat Shock's mix of vietnam, post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) and nihilism stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Combat Shock's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Deer Hunter
1978 · Directed by Michael Cimino · 183 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: vietnam, post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) · 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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Apocalypse Now
1979 · Directed by Francis Ford Coppola · 147 min8.3
Why you'll like itShares: vietnam · 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 · Also drama and war · From the same decade (1980s)
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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Jacob's Ladder
1990 · Directed by Adrian Lyne · 113 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) · Also drama and horror
After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rapidly falls apart as the world and people around him morph and twist…
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Repulsion
1965 · Directed by Roman Polanski · 105 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) · Also drama and horror
Beautiful young manicurist Carole suffers from androphobia (the pathological fear of interaction with men). When her sister and roommate, Helen, leaves their London flat to go on an Italian holiday with her married…
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Born on the Fourth of July
1989 · Directed by Oliver Stone · 145 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) · Also drama and war · From the same decade (1980s)
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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Civil War
2024 · Directed by Alex Garland · 109 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) · Also war and drama
In the near future, a group of war journalists attempt to survive while reporting the truth as the United States stands on the brink of civil war.
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Thank You for Your Service
2017 · Directed by Jason Hall · 109 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) · Also drama and war
A group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they've left the battlefield.
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Heaven & Earth
1993 · Directed by Oliver Stone · 140 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: vietnam · 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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His House
2020 · Directed by Remi Weekes · 93 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) · Also horror and drama
After making a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, a young refugee couple struggle to adjust to their new life in a small English town that has an unspeakable evil lurking beneath the surface.
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Da 5 Bloods
2020 · Directed by Spike Lee · 155 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: vietnam · 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 · Also war and drama · From the same decade (1980s)
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.