Movies like Platoon
If Platoon's mix of vietnam war, helicopter and ambush stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Platoon's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Born on the Fourth of July
1989 · Directed by Oliver Stone · 145 min7.0
Why you'll like itAlso directed by Oliver Stone · With Willem Dafoe · Shares: vietnam war, anti war · 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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Heaven & Earth
1993 · Directed by Oliver Stone · 140 min6.6
Why you'll like itAlso directed by Oliver Stone · Shares: vietnam war, war crimes · 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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Apocalypse Now
1979 · Directed by Francis Ford Coppola · 147 min8.3
Why you'll like itShares: vietnam war, jungle, anti 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, helicopter, infantry · 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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Casualties of War
1989 · Directed by Brian De Palma · 113 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: vietnam war, jungle, soldier · Also drama and war · From the same decade (1980s)
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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We Were Soldiers
2002 · Directed by Randall Wallace · 138 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: vietnam war, soldier, battle · Also action and war
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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Rambo: First Blood Part II
1985 · Directed by George P. Cosmatos · 96 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: vietnam war, helicopter, soldier · Also action and war · From the same decade (1980s)
John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam.
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Hamburger Hill
1987 · Directed by John Irvin · 110 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: vietnam war, jungle, soldier · Also war and action · From the same decade (1980s)
The men of Bravo Company are facing a battle that's all uphill… up Hamburger Hill. Fourteen war-weary soldiers are battling for a mud-covered mound of earth so named because it chews up soldiers like chopped meat.
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Guy Ritchie's The Covenant
2023 · Directed by Guy Ritchie · 123 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: ambush, wounded soldier · Also war and action
After an ambush, Afghan interpreter Ahmed goes to Herculean lengths to save US Army Sergeant John Kinley's life. When Kinley learns that Ahmed and his family were not given safe passage to America as promised, he must…
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Letters from Iwo Jima
2006 · Directed by Clint Eastwood · 141 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: anti war, intense · Also action and drama
The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.
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How to Train Your Dragon
2010 · Directed by Chris Sanders · 98 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: village, battle, combat
As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite of passage: he must kill a dragon to prove his warrior mettle.
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Civil War
2024 · Directed by Alex Garland · 109 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: war crimes, soldier · Also war and action
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.