Movies like Cherry
If Cherry's mix of post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), war veteran and heroin stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Cherry's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Dead Presidents
1995 · Directed by Albert Hughes · 119 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), war veteran · 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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Mudbound
2017 · Directed by Dee Rees · 135 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), war veteran
In the post–World War II South, two families are pitted against a barbaric social hierarchy and an unrelenting landscape as they simultaneously fight the battle at home and the battle abroad.
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Trainspotting
1996 · Directed by Danny Boyle · 94 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: heroin, drug addiction · Also drama and crime
Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends --Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride.
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Forrest Gump
1994 · Directed by Robert Zemeckis · 142 min8.5
Why you'll like itShares: post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), drug addiction
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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Lord of War
2005 · Directed by Andrew Niccol · 122 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: drug addiction · Also crime and drama
Yuri Orlov is a globetrotting arms dealer and, through some of the deadliest war zones, he struggles to stay one step ahead of a relentless Interpol agent, his business rivals and even some of his customers who include…
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Rolling Thunder
1977 · Directed by John Flynn · 100 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) · Also drama and crime
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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You Were Never Really Here
2017 · Directed by Lynne Ramsay · 89 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) · Also crime and drama
A traumatized veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe's nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered—leading to what may be his death trip or…
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Devil in a Blue Dress
1995 · Directed by Carl Franklin · 102 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: war veteran · Also crime and drama
In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a mysterious white man looking for someone to investigate the…
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Harsh Times
2005 · Directed by David Ayer · 116 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) · Also crime and drama
Jim Davis is an ex-Army Ranger who finds himself slipping back into his old life of petty crime after a job offer from the LAPD evaporates.
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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)
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) · From the same decade (2020s)
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)
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.