Movies and TV shows like Tour of Duty

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Tour of Duty (1987)
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Tour of Duty (1987)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story: The trials of a U.S. Army platoon serving in the field during the Vietnam War.
Style: rough, bleak, serious, realistic, vintage
Plot: vietnam war, jungle warfare, war, battles, military, cold war, freedom, revolutionary, destruction, conflict, war trauma, struggle, revolutionary war, soldier, survival, heroes, friendship, politics, captivity, pow, escapades, danger, innocence lost, military life, political unrest ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 1960s
Place: vietnam, asia, indochina

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, rough and suspenseful films and TV series with plots about war, military, soldier, battles, military life, vietnam war and heroes mostly in War, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Tour of Duty: The Veteran (2006), Bat*21 (1988), Combat! (1962), Over There (2005), 84C MoPic (1989). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Veteran (2006)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Sidney J. Furie's The Veteran is a respectable straight-to-DVD movie that was headed for the "pleasant surprise" category before self-destructing with a terrible, out-of-the-blue ending.
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: vietnam war, vietnam veteran, soldier, confined, vengeance, war, friendship, politics, haunted by the past, military, state affairs, innocence lost ...
Place: asia, vietnam
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Bat*21 (1988)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Lt. Col. Iceal "Ham" Hambleton is a weapons countermeasures expert and when his aircraft is shot over enemy territory the Air Force very much wants to get him back. Hambleton knows the area he's in is going to be carpet-bombed but a ...
Style: realistic, suspense, harsh, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: vietnam war, military, survival, rescue, aviation, danger, against the odds, friendship, soldier, daring rescue, battles, jungle ...
Place: vietnam, asia
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Combat! (1962)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of American soldiers fighting the Germans in France during World War II. The program starred Rick Jason as ...
Style: retro, serious, realistic, vintage
Plot: world war two, military, world war, tank, mission, american soldier, soldier, us military, infantrymen, anti war, navy, d day ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944, 20th century, 60s
Place: europe, prague, france, czech republic
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Over There (2005)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Gritty, intense, evocative and emotional, "Over There" takes you to the front lines of battle and explores the effects of war on a U.S. Army unit sent to Iraq on their first tour of duty, as well as the equally powerful effects felt at ...
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, realistic, rough, intellectual ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: iraq war, military, soldier, combat, u.s. army, friendship, army life, violence, danger, hopes, self sacrifice, right and wrong ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iraq, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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84C MoPic (1989)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A cameraman embedded with a reconnaissance patrol charts their mission across territory controlled by the Vietnamese. An impressively naturalistic Vietnam film. Impressive performance by unknown actors in this low-budget Vietnam drama. The story is ...
Style: rough, suspenseful, bleak, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vietnam war, found footage, military, survival, escapades, against the odds, anti war, danger, battles, military life, heroic mission, jungle ...
Time: year 1989, 60s
Place: vietnam, asia
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The Rat Patrol (1966)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The exploits of four Allied soldiers — three Americans and one Englishman — who are part of a long-range desert patrol group in the North African campaign during World War II. Their mission: "to attack, harass and wreak havoc on Field ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, realistic, serious, fast ...
Plot: military, world war, french foreign legion, luftwaffe, mission, tank, soldier, battles, war, danger, uninhibited rivalry, escapades ...
Time: 20th century
Place: africa
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100%
The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, Czechoslovakia, West Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story: In March of 1945, as the War in Europe is coming to a close, fighting erupts between German and American troops at the last remaining bridgehead across the Rhine.
Style: realistic, intense, harsh, exciting, serious ...
Plot: world war two, war, battles, survival, soldier, nazi, world war, military, tank, escapades, anti war, wartime life ...
Time: 1940s, year 1969, year 1945, 20th century
Place: germany, europe
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100%
Band of Brothers (2001)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 594 min.
TV show
Story: Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as their journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men from paratrooper training in Georgia through the end of the war. As an elite rifle company ...
Style: heroic, epic, captivating, serious, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: world war two, military, combat, war, soldier, battles, courage, american soldier, paratrooper, behind enemy lines, nazi germany, infantry ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, y2k, 2000s
Place: germany, europe, belgium, netherlands, austria ...
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100%
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Lost Command (1966)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: The film begins with the final moments of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954, when the final assault of Viet Minh is imminent. The weakened French garrison awaits reinforcements that arrive with a single plane under the command of Major De ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, bleak
Audience: boys' night
Plot: algerian war, vietnam war, military, terrorism, revolution, struggle, conflict, revolutionary, freedom, african, cold war, french foreign legion ...
Time: year 1966, 1940s, year 1954
Place: algeria, africa, vietnam, asia
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100%
The Iron Triangle (1989)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Based on the diary of an unknown Viet Cong soldier, this film provides a sympathetic look at a Viet Cong soldier who protected a captured American soldier whom he believed did not kill him when the American had the opportunity. Written by John ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, exciting ...
Plot: vietnam war, confined, military life, captivity, battles, rebellion, espionage, on the run, life is a bitch, political unrest, wartime life, anti war ...
Time: year 1989
Place: vietnam, asia
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100%
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Hamburger Hill (1987)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: 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. They are fighting for their ...
Style: cult classic, realistic, action adventure, black and white, independent film ...
Audience: manly
Plot: vietnam war, soldier, military, combat, war, jungle, gunfight, anti war, great war, insanity, wartime, conflict ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1969
Place: vietnam, the philippines, asia
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China Beach (1988)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: Dateline: November 1967. Within klicks of Danang, Vietnam, sits a U.S. Army base, bar and hospital on China Beach filled with wounded soldiers and one very lovely but damaged Army Nurse Colleen McMurphy. Many heroes, dead and alive, try to make ...
Style: serious, sincere, realistic, touching, medical drama ...
Plot: vietnam war, medical, military, doctor, life is a bitch, superior officer, power relations, doctors and patients, military life, wartime life, military base, nurse ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
A Soldier's Sweetheart (1998)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: An Army medic brings his girlfriend to stay with him at an out of the way Vietnam outpost in 1967, the woman disappears one day and he begins searching for her.
Style: sex comedy, psychological, realistic, serious, rough ...
Plot: vietnam war, war, society, innocence lost, military, self discovery, buddies, danger, soldier, orphan, journalism, doctors and patients ...
Time: 20th century
Place: vietnam
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100%
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A Rumor of War (1980)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
TV show
Story: The memories of a US private in Vietnam who slowly gets disillusioned as the war progresses.
Style: historical drama
Plot: vietnam war, war trauma, cold war, firefight, helicopter, ambush, courage, degradation, casualty of war, idealism, vietcong, soldier ...
Place: vietnam
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Go Tell the Spartans (1978)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Go Tell the Spartans is a 1978 American war film based on Daniel Ford's 1967 novel "Incident at Muc Wa." It tells the story about U.S. Army military advisers during the early part of the Vietnam War. Led my Major Asa Barker, these ...
Style: serious, rough, realistic, bleak, independent film ...
Plot: vietnam war, military, war, military life, u.s. army, haunted by the past, battles, political unrest, soldier, hopes, idealism, mercenary ...
Time: 60s, year 1978, 20th century, 70s, year 1964
Place: vietnam, asia
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53%
The Hanoi Hilton (1987)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Lionel Chetwynd's film documents the horrific struggles that faced American POWs held in the North Vietnamese prison Hoa Lo -- more infamously known as the Hanoi Hilton -- between 1964 and 1975. Williamson (Michael Moriarty) leads a group of ...
Style: political, grindhouse, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Audience: manly
Plot: vietnam war, military, prison, cannon, conservative, military prison, prison escape, war trauma, electric torture, violent content, profanity, escape ...
Time: year 1987, 20th century
Place: vietnam
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43%
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Going Back (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A group of Marines return to Vietnam with a news crew to relive their tragic war experiences.
Style: realistic, serious, emotional
Plot: vietnam war, leadership, military life, battles, life is a bitch, military, love, terrorism, revolution, freedom, revolutionary, struggle ...
Time: year 2001
Place: vietnam, asia
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42%
Platoon Leader (1988)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: West Point graduate lieutenant Jeff Knight meets cynicism when taking command of sergeant Michael McNamara's tour veterans platoon in a Vietnamese trench camp. Unlike his predecessor, who hid till the end of his tour, Jeff takes charge, ...
Style: grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, exciting, rough ...
Plot: vietnam war, vietcong, military, war, cannon, real life, revolutionary war, revolution, freedom, struggle, revolutionary, us military ...
Place: vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Flight of the Intruder (1991)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: U.S. Navy pilot Lt. Jake Grafton and his bombardier buddy, Lt. Cmdr. Virgil Cole, are two soldiers embedded in the Vietnam War growing frustrated by the military's constraints on their missions. Despite the best efforts of their commanding ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vietnam war, military, war, bomber, pilot, fighter pilot, combat, bombing, aviation, fighter jet, fighter plane, evil ...
Time: year 1991, 70s
Place: vietnam, europe, china, asia, france
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41%
The Walking Dead (1995)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Five young marines on a suicide mission in Vietnam, struggle for survival in a jungle minefield. The mean streets of home did not prepare them for this.
Style: action adventure, independent film, serious, realistic, biting ...
Plot: vietnam war, jungle, black, interracial, violent content, military life, interracial relations, danger, escapades, soldier, military, war ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: vietnam, asia
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41%
Behind Enemy Lines (1986)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Col. Carradine leads a group of American P.O.W.s, battling their way to freedom as Saigon falls to the Viet Cong.
Style: independent film, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vietnam war, cannon, conflict, special forces, bomb, jungle warfare, prisoner of war camp, battles, escape, violent content, nudity, rescue ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1973, 70s
Place: vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Tunnel Rats (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story: 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.
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspense, controversial ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vietnam war, soldier, survival, heroic mission, danger, military life, escapades, chaos, war, blood, iraq war, cavalry ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
The Boys in Company C (1978)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Disheartened by futile combat, appalled by the corruption of their South Vietnamese ally, and constantly endangered by the incompetence of their own company commander, the young men find a possible way out of the war. They are told that if they ...
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, rough, bleak
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vietnam war, military, war, bare chested male, soccer, football, war trauma, conflict, exodus, american football, friendship, army ...
Time: year 1978, 60s, 20th century
Place: vietnam, the philippines, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Baa Baa Black Sheep (1976)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The dramatized World War II adventures of US Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington and his Marine Attack Squadron 214, AKA The Black Sheep Squadron.
Style: realistic, semi serious, exciting, suspenseful, sitcom ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, aviation, military, world war, mission, air force, american soldier, wartime, revolution, freedom, struggle, revolutionary ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: pacific ocean
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38%
Sharpe's Eagle (1993)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story: Sharpe is a Captain saddled with the South Essex, a battalion run by incompetents and filled with soldiers who have never been in battle. When the South Essex loses its colours (its regimental flag), Sharpe vows to save the honor of the regiment by ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, exciting, factual ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: napoleonic wars, military, battles, heroes, war, soldier, state affairs, escapades, rebellion, military life, medieval, napoleonic era ...
Time: 19th century
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35%
Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan (2019)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Vietnam War, 1966. Australia and New Zealand send troops to support the United States and South Vietnamese in their fight against the communist North. Soldiers are very young men, recruits and volunteers who have never been involved in a combat. On ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, tense, rough ...
Plot: vietnam war, war, military, soldier, wartime, fight, battles, brutality, danger, world war two, struggle for survival, gunfight ...
Time: 60s
Place: vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Green Berets (1968)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: 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
Style: realistic, serious, thought provoking, captivating, retro ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vietnam war, propaganda, green beret, military, culture clash, politics, war, freedom, soldier, battlefield, journalism, special forces ...
Place: vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
We Were Soldiers (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Germany, USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.
Style: serious, factual, realistic, emotional, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: military, vietnam war, war, battles, soldier, battlefield, army, military life, heroic mission, wartime, justice, u.s. army ...
Time: 20th century, year 2002, 60s, 2000s
Place: vietnam, america, asia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Kill Zone (1993)
Genre: Action, War
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: An American colonel will pay any price to defeat the Viet Cong. When his unauthorized fighting force in Cambodia is discovered, he becomes a one man army, fighting a war of his own for a cause he knows is just.
Style: independent film, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Plot: vietnam war, exploitation, martial arts, violent content, tough heroes, battles, disability, one man army, heroes, escapades, military, rivalry ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: vietnam, cambodia
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The Lost Battalion (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Fact-based war drama about an American battalion of over 500 men which gets trapped behind enemy lines in the Argonne Forest in October 1918 France during the closing weeks of World War I. Based on a true story, The Lost Battalion is set in 1918 ...
Style: serious, rough, bleak, realistic, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war one, war, military, trench warfare, great war, survival, military life, american abroad, u.s. military, u.s. army, pigeon, heroes ...
Time: 1910s, year 1918, 20th century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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