Movies like Heaven & Earth

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Heaven & Earth (1993)
 6.8
 15K
Heaven & Earth (1993)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, France
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Le Ly lives in a small Vietnamese village whose serenity is shattered when war breaks out. Caught between the Viet Cong and the South Vietnamese army, the village is all but destroyed. After being both brutalized and raped, Le Ly resolves to flee. She leaves for the city, surviving desperate situations, but surviving nonetheless. Eventually she meets a U.S. Marine named Steve Butler who treats her kindly and tells her he would like to be married -- maybe to her.
Style: psychological, realistic, intense, bleak, serious, epic, scenic, sad, art house, anamorphic ...
Plot: vietnam war, buddhism, survival, interracial relations, military, biopic, redemption, village, war crime, life is a bitch, haunted by the past, opposites attract, crumbling marriage, rape, culture clash, father daughter relationship, domestic violence, friendly fire, unlikely friendships, torture, dog, women, cold war, intrigue, peace ...
Time: 90s, year 1993
Place: vietnam, asia, saigon, iraq, california, indochina
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Most similar movies to Heaven & Earth

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, emotional and captivating films with plots about military, war, soldier, vietnam war, military life, war trauma and anti war mostly in Drama, War and Action genres. Some movies like Heaven & Earth: Alexander (2004), The Iron Triangle (1989), Born on the Fourth of July (1989), The Killing Fields (1984), Casualties of War (1989). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Alexander (2004)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK, Germany, Netherlands, France, Italy
Duration: 175 min.
Story: Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then known world, venturing farther than any westerner had ever gone, all the way to India.
Style: epic, breathtaking, period piece, serious, factual ...
Audience: date night, boys' night
Plot: ancient history, war, conquering, battles, royalty, warlord, greek, ambition, gay, ruler, knight, mythology ...
Time: ancient times, year 2004, middle ages
Place: ancient greece, greece, persia, alexandria egypt, egypt ...
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
Style: factual, disturbing, realistic, emotional, intense ...
Plot: vietnam war, anti war, disability, war, wartime, biopic, fighting the system, military, vietnam veteran, guilt, disabled, injustice ...
Time: 70s, 60s, 20th century, year 1989, 50s ...
Place: vietnam, texas, the philippines, usa, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
The Killing Fields (1984)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 141 min.
Story: The Killing Fields tells the real-life story of a friendship between two journalists, an American and a Cambodian, during the bloody Khmer Rouge takeover of Cambodia in 1975, which led to the death of 2-3 million Cambodians during the next four ...
Style: disturbing, rough, political, emotional, heartbreaking ...
Plot: genocide, journalism, vietnam war, war, photographer, civil war, photograph, brutality, anti war, friendship, photography, politics ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 80s, year 1984
Place: cambodia, vietnam, east asia, asia, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Casualties of War (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager. Based on the actual events of an incident on Hill 192 in November, 1966.
Style: disturbing, rough, emotional, realistic, intense ...
Plot: vietnam war, soldier, military, pow, rape, war crime, anti war, war, murder, atrocity, brutality, wartime ...
Time: 20th century, year 1989, 60s, year 1966, year 1974 ...
Place: vietnam, asia, california, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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 ⇓
53%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 6.5
 15K
Emperor (2012)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: As the Japanese surrender at the end of WWII, Gen. Fellers is tasked with deciding if Emperor Hirohito will be hanged as a war criminal. Influencing his ruling is his quest to find Aya, an exchange student he met years earlier in the U.S.
Style: touching, captivating, sincere, epic, retro ...
Plot: world war two, japanese history, war, emperor, investigation, politics, occupation, military, war crime, political intrigue, moral dilemma, ruler ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1932, year 1945 ...
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 6.5
 10K
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1988)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Australia, USA, Philippines
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A Marine patrol stops at Firebase Gloria at the start of the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam war. With the firebase attacked, the patrol remains to help defend it. The Marines barely hold off the VC (Viet Cong), but in the end, hold the base.
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, independent film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vietnam war, military, siege, sergeant, battles, survival, war, escapades, danger, soldier, military life, heroic mission ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Gardens of Stone (1987)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A sergeant must deal with his desires to save the lives of young soldiers being sent to Vietnam. Continuously denied the chance to teach the soldiers about his experiences, he settles for trying to help the son of an old army buddy.
Style: realistic, intense, harsh, bleak, serious ...
Plot: vietnam war, military, war, soldier, vietnam veteran, justice, politics, military life, civil war, dialogue, wartime, casualty of war ...
Time: 20th century, year 1987, 60s, year 1968
Place: washington d.c., vietnam, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 8.1
 437K
Platoon (1986)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story: As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.
Style: epic, realistic, rough, disturbing, emotional ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: vietnam war, military, soldier, battlefield, battles, squad, combat, jungle warfare, anti war, conflict, violent, jungle ...
Time: year 1986, year 1967, year 1968, 60s, 20th century
Place: vietnam, southeast asia, the philippines, america, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Faith of My Fathers (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Faith of My Fathers is based on the story of Lieutenant Commander John McCain's experiences as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam for five and a half years during the Vietnam War, interleaved with his memories of growing up in a heritage rich ...
Style: uplifting, captivating, disturbing, serious, suspense ...
Plot: vietnam war, prison, human spirit, survival, military, confined, captivity, patriotism, hopes, rebellion, danger, soldier ...
Time: 60s, 70s, 50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place: vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 6.8
 2K
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 7.2
 25K
Birdy (1984)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Two young men are seriously affected by the Vietnam war. One of them has always been obsessed with birds - but now believes he really is a bird, and has been sent to a mental hospital. Can his friend help him pull through?
Style: depressing, emotional, psychological, realistic, touching ...
Plot: vietnam war, mental illness, bird, obsession, psychology, best friend, military, psychiatry, friendship, illness, mental institution, coming of age ...
Time: 20th century, year 1984, 60s
Place: vietnam, philadelphia, usa, asia, atlantic city new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 7.1
 33K
Nixon (1995)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 192 min.
Story: An all-star cast powers this epic look at American President Richard M. Nixon, a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands within. Spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking ...
Style: political, factual, talky, compassionate, intense ...
Plot: politics, vietnam war, government, political corruption, biopic, campaign, election, american politics, conspiracy, manipulation, greed, historical figure ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 70s, 1930s, 1920s ...
Place: washington d.c., chile, china, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Missing in America (2005)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A haunted Vietnam veteran, living in exile in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, is faced with a life-changing decision after he is visited by a former platoon member and his young Amerasian daughter.
Style: psychological, realistic, emotional, touching, captivating ...
Plot: vietnam veteran, friendship, homecoming, exile, solitary, life is a bitch, society, orphan, redemption, farm, family relations, children ...
Place: usa, asia, vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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 7.2
 182K
Unbroken (2014)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport, War
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 137 min.
Story: A chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II.
Style: motivational, uplifting, inspirational, epic, dramatic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: world war two, war, survival, torture, biopic, soldier, human spirit, prison, olympics, prisoners of war, lone hero, hopes ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 2014, 2010s, 1930s ...
Place: japan, asia, pacific ocean, germany, berlin germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 6.7
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Austrian mountaineer, Heinrich Harrer journeys to the Himalayas without his family to head an expedition in 1939. But when World War II breaks out, the arrogant Harrer falls into Allied forces' hands as a prisoner of war. He escapes with a ...
Style: dramatic, inspirational, philosophical, realistic, captivating ...
Audience: family outing, adult
Plot: buddhism, beautiful scenery, expedition, mountain, world war two, biopic, wanderlust, travel, friendship, culture clash, survival, self discovery ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, 1940s, 90s, year 1997
Place: tibet, himalaya, austria, chile, asia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 5.4
 349
Company K (2004)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Based on the popular World War I novel by author William March, director Robert Clem's COMPANY K follows a veteran of the first great conflict as he finishes a book about his wartime experiences and reflects on how a man's true character ...
Style: serious, psychological, captivating, disturbing, epic ...
Plot: world war one, veteran, soldier, wartime life, battles, state affairs, military, life is a bitch, politics, prison life, haunted by the past, military life ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, year 1917
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 5.2
 718
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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 3.9
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
A Bright Shining Lie (1998)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Something in his past keeps career Army man John Paul Vann from advancing past colonel. He views being sent to Vietnam as part of the US military advisory force a stepping stone to promotion. However, he disagrees vocally (and on the record) with ...
Style: realistic, serious
Plot: vietnam war, vietcong, military, soldier, great war, cold war, wartime, war trauma, insurgent, pregnancy, adultery, corruption ...
Time: 60s, 70s, 20th century
Place: vietnam, saigon, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 7.3
 7K
Assembly (2007)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: China, Hong Kong, South Korea
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Follows a soldier trying to gain recognition for comrades who died in 1948, at a turning point in the civil war between the communists and the nationalist forces of the Kuomintang (KMT).
Style: tense, realistic, emotional, bleak, captivating ...
Plot: war, military, civil war, pow, war crime, battles, behind enemy lines, battle zone, post war, danger, life is a bitch, military life ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 1950s, 50s
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the story of three of the six surviving servicemen – John 'Doc' Bradley, Pvt. Rene Gagnon ...
Style: realistic, emotional, sincere, epic, factual ...
Plot: war, military, world war two, propaganda, wartime, battles, guilt, survival, world war, fame, american history, political intrigue ...
Time: year 2006, 1940s, 20th century
Place: japan, asia, pacific ocean, america, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
12 Years a Slave (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In ...
Style: motivational, heartbreaking, disturbing, harsh, bleak ...
Audience: teens
Plot: slavery, racism, survival, civil rights, torture, african american, freedom, american history, life is a bitch, black history, interracial relations, kidnapping ...
Time: 19th century, year 2013, 2010s, victorian era, ancient times ...
Place: louisiana, new orleans, america, africa, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Radio funny man Adrian Cronauer is sent to Vietnam to bring a little comedy back into the lives of the soldiers. After setting up shop, Cronauer delights the G.I.s but shocks his superior officer, Sergeant Major Dickerson, with his irreverent take ...
Style: funny, feel good, political, clever, realistic ...
Plot: vietnam war, radio, military, radio dj, great war, politics, wartime, satire, radio station, violence, conflict, american history ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1965
Place: vietnam, saigon, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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