Movies like The Devastator
If The Devastator's mix of drug dealer, vietnam veteran and small town stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what The Devastator's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Taxi Driver
1976 · Directed by Martin Scorsese · 114 min8.1
Why you'll like itShares: drug dealer, vietnam veteran
Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city.
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The Big Lebowski
1998 · Directed by Joel Coen · 117 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: vietnam veteran, marijuana
Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink White Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged into a strange…
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First Blood
1982 · Directed by Ted Kotcheff · 93 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: vietnam veteran · From the same decade (1980s)
When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, he is forced to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.
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We Were Soldiers
2002 · Directed by Randall Wallace · 138 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: vietnam veteran
The year is 1965 and America is at war with North Vietnam. Commanding the air cavalry is Lt. Col. Hal Moore (Gibson), a born leader committed to his troops.
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Vanishing Point
1971 · Directed by Richard C. Sarafian · 105 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: vietnam veteran
Kowalski works for a car delivery service, and takes delivery of a 1970 Dodge Challenger to drive from Colorado to San Francisco. Shortly after pickup, he takes a bet to get the car there in less than 15 hours.
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Rolling Thunder
1977 · Directed by John Flynn · 100 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: vietnam veteran
A recently-returned Vietnam POW loses his family and his right hand during a violent home invasion, and seeks retribution against those responsible.
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Walking Tall
2004 · Directed by Kevin Bray · 86 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: small town
A former U.S. soldier returns to his hometown to find it overrun by crime and corruption, which prompts him to clean house.
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The Replacement Killers
1998 · Directed by Antoine Fuqua · 87 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: drug dealer
Hired assassin John Lee is asked by Chinatown crime boss Terence Wei to murder the young son of policeman Stan Zedkov. Lee has the boy in his sights, but his conscience gets the better of him, and he spares the child's…