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Bat*21 (1988)

3.20 Stars

Drama, War

During the Vietnam War, Colonel Hambleton's aircraft is shot down over enemy territory and a frantic rescue operation ensues.

Helicopter, Pilot, Rescue, Vietnam, Vietnam War

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

The Green Berets (1968)

2.80 Stars

Drama, War

Col. Mike Kirby picks two teams of crack Green Berets for a mission in South Vietnam. First off is to build and control a camp that is trying to be taken by the enemy the second mission is to kidnap a North Vietnamese General.

Similarity: 8.62 (Very Similar)

Green Beret, Special Forces, U.s. Military, Vietnam, Vietnam War, Propaganda, Propaganda Film

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

Apocalypse Now (1979)

4.25 Stars

Drama, Mystery, War

A U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.

Similarity: 8.60 (Very Similar)

Insanity, Jungle, Secret Mission, Vietnam, Vietnam War

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

There Is No 13

3.80 Stars

Drama, Romance, War

Independent film about a soldier during the Vietnam War, and his memories of the 12 women he had been involved with...there is no 13.

Similarity: 8.53 (Very Similar)

Low Budget Film, Memory, Soldier, Vietnam, Vietnam War

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

1969 (1988)

2.85 Stars

Drama, War

Two friends living in a small town during the 1960s, run away to enjoy their freedom during the Vietnam War, thus disappointing the father of one of them. When they return to town, they realize the importance of family unity.

Similarity: 7.96 (Very Similar)

Death, Prejudice, Unfaithfulness, Vietnam, Vietnam War

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

Faith of My Fathers (2005)

3.15 Stars

Biography, Drama, War

The story of John McCain's experience as a Vietnam War POW. Based on the memoir of the same title.

Similarity: 7.92 (Very Similar)

John Mccain, Torture, U.s. Naval Academy, Vietnam, Vietnam War

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

Flight of the Intruder (1991)

2.85 Stars

Action, Drama, Thriller

During the air war over Vietnam, a U.S. Navy A-6 Intruder bomber pilot schemes with a hardened veteran to make an unauthorized air strike on Hanoi.

Similarity: 7.73 (Very Similar)

Bomber, Bombing Run, Pilot, Vietnam, Vietnam War, Bombing, Hanoi Vietnam

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

Gardens of Stone (1987)

3.20 Stars

Drama, Romance, War

A Sergeant must deal with his desires to save the lives of young soldiers being sent to Viet Nam. Continuously denied the chance to teach the soldiers about his experiences, he settles for trying to help the son of an old Army buddy.

Similarity: 7.15 (Similar)

Female Journalist, Sergeant, Soldier, Vietnam, Vietnam War

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan (2019)

3.40 Stars

Action, Drama, War

In August 1966, in a Vietnamese rubber plantation called Long Tan, 108 young and inexperienced Australian and New Zealand soldiers are fighting for their lives against 2500 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong soldiers.

Similarity: 6.99 (Similar)

1960s, Based On True Story, Battle Of Long Tan, Vietnam, Vietnam War, Timeframe 1960s

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

The Hanoi Hilton (1987)

3.05 Stars

Drama, War

A drama focusing on the suffering, torture, and brutal treatment the American P.O.W.s had to deal with daily while in North Vietnam's Hoa Lo Prison, the most infamous P.O.W. camp in Hanoi. The film focuses on the resistance the priso

Similarity: 6.92 (Similar)

Man Tortured By Electric Shocks To Nipples, Strappado, Torture, Vietnam, Vietnam War

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

Last Days in Vietnam (2014)

3.80 Stars

Documentary, History, War

During the final days of the Vietnam War, North Vietnamese forces closed in on Saigon as South Vietnamese resistance crumbled. An unlikely group of heroes emerged as Americans and South Vietnamese took matters into their own hands.

Similarity: 6.51 (Similar)

Country Name In Title, Embassy, Title Directed By Female, Vietnam, Vietnam War, Military And War Documentary

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

We Were Soldiers (2002)

3.60 Stars

Action, Drama, History

The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War, and the soldiers on both sides that fought it, while their wives wait nervously and anxiously at home for the good news or the bad news.

Similarity: 6.40 (Similar)

Based On True Story, Battle, Helicopter, Soldier, Vietnam War

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

Forrest Gump (1994)

4.40 Stars

Drama, Romance

The presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal and other historical events unfold from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, whose only desire is to be reunited with his childhood sweeth

Similarity: 6.36 (Similar)

Amputee, Based On Book, Based On Novel, Vietnam War, War Hero, Mother, Vietnam

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1998)

4.00 Stars

Biography, Documentary, Drama

German-American Dieter Dengler discusses his service as a U.S. naval pilot in the Vietnam War. Dengler also revisits the sites of his capture and eventual escape from the hands of the Viet Cong, recreating many events for the camera.

Similarity: 6.15 (Similar)

Escape, Five Word Title, Vietcong, Vietnam, Vietnam War, Military And War Documentary, History Documentary

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

Uncommon Valor (1983)

3.15 Stars

Action, Drama, Thriller

Ten years after his son went M.I.A. in Vietnam, U.S. Marine retired Colonel Jason Rhodes assembles a private rescue team to find Americans held in P.O.W. camps in Laos.

Similarity: 6.11 (Similar)

Bangkok Thailand, Missing In Action, Prisoner Of War Camp, Vietnam, Vietnam War

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

To Save a Soldier (1969)

4.05 Stars

Documentary, War

Documentary film which depicts the rescue of a wounded American soldier in the field in Vietnam, his helicopter transport to a combat medical center, then on to a support hospital in the Phillippines and from there to a hospital in t

Similarity: 6.09 (Similar)

Rescue, Soldier, Vietnam War

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

Casualties of War (1989)

3.55 Stars

Action, Crime, Drama

During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.

Similarity: 6.06 (Similar)

Beer Drinking, Railroad Trestle, Scarf, Vietnam War, Water Buffalo, Soldier, Stabbing, Vietnam, Village

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

Vietnam - The Chopper War (2008)

3.50 Stars

Documentary, History, War

The Vietnam War and the helicopter, the two go hand in hand. The story of how the helicopter revolutionised how war was carried out and the enduring images of the conflict in Vietnam.

Similarity: 5.85 (Similar)

Helicopter, Vietnam War

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

Full Metal Jacket (1987)

4.15 Stars

Drama, War

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.

Similarity: 5.82 (Similar)

Boot Camp, Drill Instructor, Military, U.s. Marine, Vietnam War

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

Hearts and Minds (1975)

4.10 Stars

Documentary, History, War

A startling and courageous landmark documentary that unflinchingly confronted the United States' involvement in Vietnam at the height of the controversy that surrounded it.

Similarity: 5.77 (Similar)

Interview, Militarism, National Film Registry, Vietnam, Vietnam War, Timeframe 1960s, Timeframe 1970s

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

Soldiers of Vietnam

4.10 Stars

Documentary, War

An intimate look at the brave soldiers who fought during the Vietnam conflict. We hear about their time on the ground, as well as their treatment upon returning home.

Similarity: 5.64 (Similar)

Soldier, Veteran, Vietnam, Vietnam War

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

Hamburger Hill (1987)

3.35 Stars

Action, Drama, Thriller

A very realistic interpretation of one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War.

Similarity: 5.54 (Similar)

Combat, Hill, Jungle, Vietnam, Vietnam War

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

Le 17e parallèle: La guerre du peuple (1968)

3.85 Stars

Documentary, War

During some months, the Dutch movie director Ivens and some North Vietnamese colleagues filmed the life of North Vietnamese peasants under the menace of heavy American bombardments. The result is an indictment of all forms of war.

Similarity: 5.53 (Similar)

Dead Soldier, Soldier, Vietnam, Vietnam War, Village

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

Good Morning, Vietnam (1989)

3.65 Stars

Biography, Comedy, Drama

In 1965, an unorthodox and irreverent DJ named Adrian Cronauer begins to shake up things when he is assigned to the U.S. Armed Services radio station in Vietnam.

Similarity: 5.50 (Similar)

Censorship, Disc Jockey, Radio Dj, Vietnam, Vietnam War

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

Nam Angels

2.50 Stars

Action, Adventure, War

Lt. Vance Calhoun takes on a dangerous rescue mission of American POWs in the treacherous Darloc Valley in Vietnam. His only chance to escape is with the help of five young, fearless soldiers on motorcycles.

Similarity: 5.47 (Similar)

Exploitation, Motorcycle, Rescue, Rescue Mission, Vietnam

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

Platoon (1987)

4.05 Stars

Drama, War

Chris Taylor, a neophyte recruit in Vietnam, finds himself caught in a battle of wills between two sergeants, one good and the other evil. A shrewd examination of the brutality of war and the duality of man in conflict.

Similarity: 5.40 (Similar)

American War Crimes, Combat Fatigue, Gore, Gunfire, Vietnam War, Infantryman, Tropics

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

The Deer Hunter (1979)

4.05 Stars

Drama, War

An in-depth examination of the ways in which the Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of several friends in a small steel mill town in Pennsylvania.

Similarity: 5.38 (Similar)

American Imperialism, Russian Roulette, U.s. Army, U.s. Soldier, Vietnam War Veteran, Drunk, Pittsburgh Steelers, Vietnam War, Wedding Reception

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

Hanna's War (1988)

3.10 Stars

Biography, Drama, War

During WW2 Hanna Szenes, a Hungarian Jew living in British Palestine, volunteers to go behind enemy lines to rescue Jews from deportation to death camps.

Similarity: 5.34 (Similar)

Apostrophe In Title, Death, Jew, Punctuation In Title, Rescue

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

Birdy (1984)

3.60 Stars

Drama, War

After two friends return home from the Vietnam War one becomes mentally unstable and obsesses with becoming a bird.

Similarity: 5.31 (Similar)

Best Friend, Mental Illness, Obsession, Vietnam War, Woman Exposing Her Breasts For A Man, Breast Groping

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

Mimino (1978)

4.10 Stars

Comedy, Drama

Local Georgian pilot Mimino dreams of flying airplanes for major international airlines. To realize his aspirations, he goes to Moscow where he encounters a fellow comrade from the Caucasus, the Armenian Rubik. Many misadventures ens

Similarity: 5.27 (Similar)

Georgian, Helicopter, Hotel, Pilot, Travel, Armenia, Village

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

Air America (1990)

2.90 Stars

Action, Comedy, War

A young pilot finds himself recruited unwittingly into a covert and corrupt C.I.A. airlift organization operating in Vietnam War-era Laos.

Similarity: 5.25 (Similar)

Black Comedy, Cia, Laos, Pilot, Vietnam War

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

The Forgotten Man (1971)

3.45 Stars

Drama, War

Former Vietnam War POW Lt.Joe Hardy returns home to the US where he finds a totally changed life situation and where he struggles with PTSD.

Similarity: 5.15 (Similar)

Beach, Ptsd Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Return To Civilian Life, Shot Down, Vietnam

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

In Country (1989)

2.95 Stars

Drama, Romance, War

A young girl whose father died in the Vietnam War becomes determined to find out more about him and his experiences.

Similarity: 5.09 (Similar)

Car, Memorial, Ptsd Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Vietnam, Vietnam War Veteran, Bare Legs, Legs

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

The Eagle and the Hawk (1933)

3.55 Stars

Action, Drama, War

The pilots of a Royal Air Force squadron in World War I face not only physical but mental dangers in their struggle to survive while fighting the enemy.

Similarity: 4.90 (Slightly Similar)

Machine Gunner, Pilot, Reluctant Hero, Royal Air Force, Suicide By Gunshot

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

Shaheed-E-Mohabbat Boota Singh (1999)

3.80 Stars

Biography, Drama, Musical

The film is set in 1947. The exodus has begun after Partition. A Sikh ex-military man in his thirties finds a 16-year-old Muslim girl alone in a nearby village and brings her home. But the villagers tell him he should either marry he

Similarity: 4.89 (Slightly Similar)

Arrest, Husband Wife Relationship, Love, Rescue, Tragedy

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

The Bridges at Toko-Ri

3.35 Stars

Drama, Romance, War

Set during the Korean War, a Navy fighter pilot must come to terms with with his own ambivalence towards the war and the fear of having to bomb a set of highly defended bridges. The ending of this grim war drama is all tension.

Similarity: 4.88 (Slightly Similar)

Aerial Camera Shot, Fear, Lighting A Cigarette, Pilot, White Man Asian Woman Relationship

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

Go Tell the Spartans (1978)

3.35 Stars

Drama, War

During the early 1960s, U.S. military advisers in South Vietnam discover the same challenges that plagued the French army in Indochina ten years prior.

Similarity: 4.84 (Slightly Similar)

American, Begins With Text, Major, Scene During Opening Credits, Vietnam

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

Blue Thunder (1983)

3.20 Stars

Action, Crime, Drama

The cop test pilot for an experimental police helicopter learns the sinister implications of the new vehicle.

Similarity: 4.83 (Slightly Similar)

Automatic Gunfire, Helicopter, Pilot, Police Helicopter, Surveillance, Aircraft Cockpit, Airplane Shot Down, Overhearing Sex, Power, Violence

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

Trooper (2015)

3.85 Stars

Drama, Romance, War

A story of a father and son, two veterans from two very different Wars, helping each other to get through each day, and heal the wounds of War.

Similarity: 4.82 (Slightly Similar)

Iraq, Ptsd Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Soldier, Veteran, Vietnam

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

The Walking Dead (1995)

2.45 Stars

Action, Drama, War

1972 Vietnam, a small group of United States Marines relive flashbacks of their contrite lives prior to serving in the military while being left to survive behind enemy lines.

Similarity: 4.81 (Slightly Similar)

1970s, African American, Black American, U.s. Marine Corps, Vietnam

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

Off Limits (1988)

3.10 Stars

Action, Drama, Thriller

McGriff and Albaby are probably doing the worst law enforcement job in the world - they are plain clothes U.S. military policemen on duty in war-time Saigon. However, their job becomes even harder when they start investigating the se

Similarity: 4.80 (Slightly Similar)

Female Nudity, Race Against Time, Serial Killer, Vietnam, Vietnam War

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

Sluchay s Polyninym (1971)

3.60 Stars

Drama, War

An experienced commander of an air regiment, who had already fought in Spain, Colonel Polynin falls in love with twenty-seven-year-old metropolitan actress Galina Prokofieva.

Similarity: 4.79 (Slightly Similar)

Actress, Parting, Pilot, Soviet Union, World War Two

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

Tunnel Rats (2008)

2.35 Stars

Action, Drama, War

During the Vietnam War [1959-1975] a special US combat unit is sent out to hunt and kill the Viet Cong soldiers in a man-to-man combat in the endless tunnels underneath the jungle of Vietnam. Suicide squads of a special kind.

Similarity: 4.74 (Slightly Similar)

American Abroad, Hole In The Ground, Tunnel Rat, U.s. Soldier, Vietnam War

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

Da 5 Bloods (2020)

3.25 Stars

Adventure, Drama, War

Four African-American vets battle the forces of man and nature when they return to Vietnam seeking the remains of their fallen squad leader and the gold fortune he helped them hide.

Similarity: 4.73 (Slightly Similar)

1960s, Father Son Relationship, Gunfire, Reciting The 23rd Psalm, Vietnam War

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

Railway Spine (2016)

3.25 Stars

Crime, Drama, War

Michael Delucca, a Vietnam veteran broken by his struggle with post-traumatic stress, recollects his violent postwar life in a raw and touching memoir for the son he never knew.

Similarity: 4.72 (Slightly Similar)

Memoir, Memoir Movie, Memoir Trailer, Memoir War, Vietnam

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

Tigerland (2001)

3.50 Stars

Drama, War

A group of recruits go through Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana's infamous Tigerland, last stop before Vietnam for tens of thousands of young men in 1971.

Similarity: 4.71 (Slightly Similar)

Fort Polk Louisiana, Platoon, Recruit, Sergeant, Vietnam

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

Love and Honor (2013)

2.85 Stars

Drama, Romance, War

When a young soldier in Vietnam gets dumped by his girlfriend back home, he and his best friend decide to go AWOL and return to the States to win her back.

Similarity: 4.69 (Slightly Similar)

Girl, Soldier, Vietnam War

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

L'ennemi intime (2007)

3.45 Stars

Drama, History, War

A drama following a French platoon during Algeria's war of independence.

Similarity: 4.65 (Slightly Similar)

Cigarette Smoking, French Military, Helicopter, Kill, Military Uniform, Christmas, Downward Spiral, French History, No Female Character, War On Christmas

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

Kippur (2000)

3.15 Stars

Drama, War

When the Yom Kippur War breaks out, two Israeli soldiers find themselves unable to locate their unit. Eager to take part in the war effort, they join an airborne medical evacuation unit.

Similarity: 4.64 (Slightly Similar)

Rescue, Soldier, Syria, Year 1973, Yom Kippur War

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

Platoon Leader

2.70 Stars

Drama, War

A young officer, just out of West Point is sent to Vietnam, where the men don't respect him until he gets wounded and returns to be a wiser soldier and a better commander

Similarity: 4.53 (Slightly Similar)

Male Nudity, Male Rear Nudity, Medical Examination, Shower, Vietnam

Similar to Bat*21 (1988)

More American Graffiti (1979)

2.65 Stars

Comedy, Drama, War

Told in four different New Year's Eves in the mid 1960s, John, Terry, Debbie, Steve and Laurie deal with adulting, the Vietnam war, peace-rallies, and relationships.

Similarity: 4.51 (Slightly Similar)

Bar Brawl, Concert, Rock Band, Teen Sex Comedy, Vietnam, Barroom Brawl, Lucasfilm, Timeframe 1960s