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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.

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

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

Blood and Oil: The Middle East in World War I (2006)

3.75 Stars

Documentary, History, War

Marty Callaghan's Synopsis: Except for the Dardanelles/Gallipoli campaigns, the extensive combat operations in the Middle East during World War I have been largely overlooked in documentary programs. Given the historical significance

Similarity: 5.97 (Similar)

Middle East, Military, Oil, Ottoman Empire, Syria

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

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: 5.73 (Similar)

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

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

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: 5.56 (Similar)

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

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

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: 5.45 (Similar)

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

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

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.

Similarity: 5.44 (Similar)

Helicopter, Pilot, Rescue, Vietnam, Vietnam War

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

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: 5.41 (Similar)

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

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

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: 5.40 (Similar)

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

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

De Oost (2021)

3.45 Stars

Drama, Thriller, War

A young Dutch soldier deployed to suppress post-WWII independence efforts in the Netherlands' colony of Indonesia finds himself torn between duty and conscience when he joins an increasingly ruthless commander's elite squad.

Similarity: 5.39 (Similar)

1940s, Independence, Military, Soldier, Year 1946, Based On True Story, Indonesia

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

La grande illusion (1937)

4.05 Stars

Drama, War

During WWI, two French soldiers are captured and imprisoned in a German P.O.W. camp. Several escape attempts follow until they are eventually sent to a seemingly inescapable fortress.

Similarity: 5.33 (Similar)

Christmas, French Soldier, Military, Prisoner Of War Camp, Upper Class, Border Crossing, Broken Arm, Burning Book, Prison Guard

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

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: 5.24 (Similar)

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

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

Jarhead (2005)

3.50 Stars

Action, Biography, Drama, War

A psychological study of Marine's state of mind during the Gulf War. Told through the eyes of a U.S. Marine sniper who struggles to cope with boredom, a sense of isolation, and other issues back home.

Similarity: 5.18 (Similar)

Boot Camp, Desert, Gulf War, Sniper Rifle, Soldier, Sniper

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

Taking Chance (2009)

3.70 Stars

Drama, War

Based on real-life events, Lt. Col. Michael Strobl, a volunteer military escort officer, accompanies the body of 19-year-old Marine Chance Phelps back to his hometown of Dubois, Wyoming.

Similarity: 5.17 (Similar)

Casket, Closed Casket, Gratitude, Military, Pool Table

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

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: 5.17 (Similar)

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

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

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: 5.13 (Similar)

Insanity, Jungle, Secret Mission, Vietnam, Vietnam War

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

Uri: The Surgical Strike (2019)

4.20 Stars

Action, Drama, War, History

Indian army special forces execute a covert operation, avenging the killing of fellow army men at their base by a terrorist group.

Similarity: 5.12 (Similar)

Indian Army, Indian Soldier, Military, Soldier, Year 2016

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

Heartbreak Ridge (1986)

3.40 Stars

Drama, War

Hard-nosed, hard-living Marine Gunnery Sergeant Tom Highway (Clint Eastwood) clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude.

Similarity: 5.05 (Similar)

Gunnery Sergeant, Machismo, Marine, Military, U.s. Marine Corps, Grenada, Vietnam War Veteran

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

G.I. Jane (1997)

3.00 Stars

Action, Drama, War

A female Senator succeeds in enrolling a woman into Combined Reconnaissance Team training where everyone expects her to fail.

Similarity: 5.02 (Similar)

Feminism, Military, Soldier, Strong Female Character, Training

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

The Problem with Honor (2013)

3.95 Stars

Drama, Sci-fi, War

A Galactic War has just ended atrocities were committed and some one needs to be held accountable. Both sides are prepared to present their cases do cultural consideration outweigh justice or is our understanding of Justice an absolu

Similarity: 4.98 (Slightly Similar)

Courtroom, Justice, Military

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

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: 4.95 (Slightly Similar)

Death, Prejudice, Unfaithfulness, Vietnam, Vietnam War

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

Sand Castle (2017)

3.15 Stars

Action, Drama, War

The story follows a young soldier, and his introduction into the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Based on true events, it bears witness to the destruction, and horrors of war.

Similarity: 4.94 (Slightly Similar)

Based On True Story, Military, Shower, Soldier, Taking A Shower, 2003 Invasion Of Iraq, U.s. Military, U.s. Soldier

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

Narenjak (2008)

3.70 Stars

Drama, Short, War

Set in a war torn landscape, 'Narenjak' is the story of three innocent boys who amuse themselves with their own playground version of war. When they stumble across a live grenade, their mock battle becomes real as they argue over wha

Similarity: 4.91 (Slightly Similar)

Grenade, Military, Peace, Refugee, Return

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

Kapisa (2009)

3.70 Stars

Drama, Short, War

Caught in the crossfire of the intensifying war in Afghanistan, members of a small team of US Army soldiers are forced to choose between promises made to one another and those assured to their loved ones back home.

Similarity: 4.90 (Slightly Similar)

Afghanistan, Military

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

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: 4.84 (Slightly Similar)

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

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

Geroite na Shipka (1955)

3.50 Stars

Drama, History, War

Epic historical drama. The Russo - Turkish War of Liberation of 1878 and the role of the Bulgarian Volunteer Gorps.

Similarity: 4.79 (Slightly Similar)

Battle, Bulgarian Soldier, Military, Uniform, Year 1878

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

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: 4.76 (Slightly Similar)

Female Journalist, Sergeant, Soldier, Vietnam, Vietnam War

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

Keerthi Chakra (2006)

3.65 Stars

Action, Drama, War

Based on a real life incident that happened during the Kargil War.

Similarity: 4.76 (Slightly Similar)

Human Rights Activist, Military, Mosque, Rape, Shootout

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

Windtalkers (2002)

3.05 Stars

Action, Drama, War

Two U.S. Marines in World War II are assigned to protect Navajo Marines, who use their native language as an unbreakable radio cypher.

Similarity: 4.71 (Slightly Similar)

Japanese Army, Japanese Soldier, Navajo Indian, U.s. Soldier, Year 1944, Military, Saipan

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

Thank You for Your Service (2017)

3.25 Stars

Biography, Drama, 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.

Similarity: 4.69 (Slightly Similar)

Dog Fight, Flashback, Soldier, U.s. Soldier, Violence, Dropping A Baby, Sex Scene, U.s. Invasion Of Iraq, Military

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

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: 4.69 (Slightly Similar)

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

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

Battle Cry (1955)

3.25 Stars

Drama, Romance, War

A group of young Marines have adventures in love and war.

Similarity: 4.65 (Slightly Similar)

1940s, Pacific War, U.s. Marine, United States Marine Corps, Usmc

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

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: 4.63 (Slightly Similar)

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

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

Triptikh (2017)

2.85 Stars

Drama, War

The story of a Russian family living and dying through four wars: the Russian Civil War in 1920, the Great Patriotic War in 1942, the First Chechen War in 1996, and the Russian military intervention in Ukraine in 2017.

Similarity: 4.54 (Slightly Similar)

Military

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

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: 4.53 (Slightly Similar)

Girl, Soldier, Vietnam War

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

The Last Full Measure (2020)

3.40 Stars

Drama, War

Thirty-four years after his death, Airman William H. "Pits" Pitsenbarger is awarded the nation's highest military honor for his actions on the battlefield.

Similarity: 4.45 (Slightly Similar)

Colt .45, Honor, M16 Rifle, Medal Of Honor, Vietnam War

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

Otoko-tachi no Yamato (2005)

3.20 Stars

Drama, History, War

The movie follows 3 Japanese friends from embarking on Yamato, the world's largest battleship, until it's sunk 3 1/2 years later on April 7, 1945 on it's way to Okinawa to stop American advance at the end of WWII.

Similarity: 4.36 (Slightly Similar)

1940s, Imperial Japan, Japan, Japanese History, Japanese Navy, Military

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

Shiiku (1961)

3.45 Stars

Drama, War

Towards the end of WWII, a black American pilot is captured and imprisoned by rural Japanese villagers, who await official instructions as to how to proceed with their "catch."

Similarity: 4.36 (Slightly Similar)

Airplane Crash, Japanese New Wave, Military, Racism, World War Two

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

A Soldier's Choice (2008)

2.55 Stars

Drama, Short, War

Marine private John Rossi is looking forward to a new assignment in New York City on the night he ventures into a Hell's Kitchen bar, and meets a handsome but lonely boy named Damon Conrad. Damon assumes the Marine just wants sex, bu

Similarity: 4.36 (Slightly Similar)

Gay, Love Torn, Military, Urban Setting

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

Beneath Hill 60 (2010)

3.55 Stars

Drama, History, War

In 1916, the 1st Australian Tunnelling Company is tunneling beneath German fortifications and bunkers to detonate massive explosive charges.

Similarity: 4.35 (Slightly Similar)

1910s, British Military, Trench Warfare, World War One, Year 1916, Australian Military, Military, Australian Soldier, Tunneling, Undermining, World War One Soldier

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

Land of Plenty (2004)

3.20 Stars

Drama, War

A drama that investigates anxiety and disillusionment in America.

Similarity: 4.34 (Slightly Similar)

Borax, Cigarette Smoking, Timeframe 2000s, Vietnam War, Watching Tv

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

The Last Rescue (2015)

2.35 Stars

Action, Drama, War

World War II: Shortly after D-Day, three American soldiers and two Army Corps nurses are stranded behind enemy lines. They take a high-ranking German officer as their prisoner and try to orchestrate an escape.

Similarity: 4.33 (Slightly Similar)

1940s, Man, Military, Woman, Year 1944

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

D-Day the Sixth of June (1956)

3.00 Stars

Drama, Romance, War

En route to Normandy, an American and a British officer reminisce in flashback about their romances with the same woman.

Similarity: 4.27 (Slightly Similar)

1940s, Military, Soldier, United Kingdom, Year 1944

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

Beachhead (1954)

2.85 Stars

Drama, War

In 1943, in the wake of the Allied amphibious landing on the Japanese-held Bougainville Island, four Marines are sent to scout the location of Japanese minefields.

Similarity: 4.19 (Slightly Similar)

Amphibious Landing, Amphibious Vehicle, Semiautomatic Rifle, Tommy Gun, U.s. Marine

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

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: 4.08 (Slightly Similar)

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

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

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: 3.97 (Slightly Similar)

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

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

Ghost Army

Drama, War

The US military forms a squadron of unconventional recruits during World War II to trick the German army into thinking there were outposts and bases where there were only mannequins, props and inflatable tanks.

Similarity: 3.92 (Slightly Similar)

Military

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

First Blood (1982)

3.85 Stars

Action, Adventure, War, Thriller

A veteran Green Beret is forced by a cruel Sheriff and his deputies to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.

Similarity: 3.81 (Slightly Similar)

Abuse Of Power, Corrupt Cop, Corrupt Sheriff, Veteran, Vietnam War Veteran, Bad Cop, Vietnam War

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

For the Freedom of the World

Drama, War

Gordon Harvey, a wealthy American, enlists in the American Legion of the Canadian Army to fight with the Allies even before his own country has entered World War I. He woos and weds Betty Milburn, and then, because the young bride ca

Similarity: 3.80 (Slightly Similar)

College Friend, Father Son Relationship, Military, Mother Son Relationship, Soldier

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

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: 3.79 (Slightly Similar)

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

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

Drama, War

The British military recruits a small group of highly-skilled soldiers to strike against Nazi forces behind enemy lines during World War II.

Similarity: 3.73 (Slightly Similar)

Military

Similar to Full Metal Jacket (1987)

The Memory of Justice (1978)

4.25 Stars

Documentary, War

Explores the subject of atrocities during wartime, especially during World War II and the Vietnam War.

Similarity: 3.68 (Slightly Similar)

Atrocity, Laws Of War, Nuremberg Trial, Vietnam War, War Crime