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The Iron Triangle (1989)
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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 Sacksteder
Style:
rough, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, bleak, captivating, cult film
Plot:
vietnam war, war, captivity, confined, military life, battles, espionage, life is a bitch, anti war, rebellion, on the run, political unrest, wartime life, military, terrorism, conspiracy, soldier, village, heroes, graphic violence, village life, interracial relations, leadership, society, idealism ...
Place:
vietnam, asia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, rough and bleak films with plots about military, war, soldier, battles, military life, vietnam war and heroes mostly in Drama, War and Action genres. Some movies like The Iron Triangle: The Boys in Company C (1978), Tour of Duty (1987), The Hanoi Hilton (1987), Go Tell the Spartans (1978), 84C MoPic (1989). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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:
serious, realistic, exciting, rough, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
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vietnam war, military, war, football, friendship, army, soccer, marines, battles, chaos, power relations, friends ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, the philippines, asia
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min.
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The trials of a U.S. Army platoon serving in the field during the Vietnam War.
Style:
rough, realistic, serious, bleak
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vietnam war, jungle warfare, war, battles, military, soldier, survival, innocence lost, heroes, state affairs, politics, idealism ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, asia
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100%
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, serious, realistic, captivating, thought provoking ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
vietnam war, military, prison, military prison, prison escape, electric torture, escape, graphic violence, battles, revolution, tough heroes, rebelliousness ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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:
rough, serious, bleak, realistic, gloomy ...
Plot:
vietnam war, military, war, military life, haunted by the past, battles, political unrest, hopes, soldier, idealism, mercenary, rescue ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 70s, year 1964
Place:
vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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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 ...
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rough, realistic, serious, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, military, found footage, survival, escapades, anti war, against the odds, battles, military life, heroic mission, jungle, cult ...
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60s
Place:
vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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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.
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serious, psychological, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
vietnam war, vietnam veteran, soldier, vengeance, confined, politics, war, friendship, haunted by the past, state affairs, innocence lost, military ...
Place:
vietnam, asia
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48%
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:
serious, realistic, emotional, cult film
Plot:
vietnam war, leadership, military life, battles, life is a bitch, military, love, terrorism, heroes, soldier, war, anti war ...
Place:
vietnam, asia
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42%
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, rough, suspenseful, realistic, cult film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, military, siege, sergeant, battles, survival, war, escapades, soldier, military base, against the odds, heroic mission ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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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:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, survival, soldier, heroic mission, chaos, escapades, military life, war, suspense, iraq war, jungle, vietcong ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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:
exciting, serious, realistic, rough, cult film
Plot:
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Place:
vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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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:
realistic, serious, biting, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
vietnam war, jungle, suspense, graphic violence, society, war, life is a bitch, military, survival, escapades, soldier, interracial relations ...
Time:
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Place:
vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The first U.S.-made film drama set during the Iraq war, THE SITUATION chronicles the tragic death of an Iraqi teenager at the hands of U.S. soldiers. The incident sets off an "investigation," a cover-up, and complications involving Iraqi ...
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serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough
Plot:
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Place:
middle east, iraq
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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 ...
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realistic, harsh, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
vietnam, iraq, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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:
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Time:
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Place:
vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Based on a true story its the untold story of Italian World War II POW"S in Jan 1946. Luca Zingaretti stars as one of over 50,000 Italian Prisoners of War detained at POW camps in the U.S. Roy Schneider stars as Colonel Gartner, the Commander ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
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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:
realistic, psychological, serious, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
vietnam war, war, innocence lost, daring rescue, society, military, journalism, soldier, orphan, buddies, self discovery, battles ...
Time:
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Place:
vietnam
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36%
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 ...
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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, cult film
Plot:
vietnam war, vietcong, military, soldier, insurgent, pregnancy, corruption, adultery, peasant, ambassador, adulterous husband, helicopter ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, saigon, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Battle-scarred and disillusioned by the war, Corporal Chris Merrimette is put in charge of a unit whose next mission is to resupply a remote outpost on the edge of Taliban-controlled territory. While driving through the hostile Helmand province, a ...
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Audience:
boys' night
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navy seal, taliban, military, war, male nudity, battles, wartime life, heroic mission, against the odds, heroes, race against time, terrorism ...
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Place:
afghanistan, middle east
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Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Thirteen years after the end of the Vietnam War, a family who was tragically affected by the war are forced to emigrate to America.
Style:
serious, sincere, bleak, political, realistic
Plot:
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Country: China
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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29%
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Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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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. ...
Style:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, Germany, Italy
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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27%
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Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A motley group of Asian prisoners held in the US are given one chance for freedom. They are to go deep into Vietnam and destroy a secret depot of missles that the US left behind during the pull-out. The group, led by Lt. Lam and convict Tung, hook ...
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Time:
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26%
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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