Movies like Rambo: First Blood Part II
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Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
173K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam.
Style:
harsh, intense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, ridiculous, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
revenge, chase, one man army, weapons, violent, rambo, prison, vietnam war, violence, heroes, soldier, military, brutality, lone wolves, guilty pleasure, pow, jungle, gunfight, vietnam veteran, muscleman, prisoner, liberation, master warrior, behind enemy lines, daring rescue ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, arizona, asia, russia, usa
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Most similar movies to Rambo: First Blood Part II
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, cult film and exciting films with plots about chase, gunfight, revenge, machine gun, gun, violence and explosion mostly in Action, Thriller and Adventure genres. Some movies like Rambo: First Blood Part II: Rambo (2008), Commando (1985), Rambo III (1988), Deadly Prey (1987), First Blood (1982). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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236K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When governments fail to act on behalf of captive missionaries, ex-Green Beret John James Rambo sets aside his peaceful existence along the Salween River in a war-torn region of Thailand to take action. Although he's still haunted by violent ...
Style:
brutal, realistic, bloody, harsh, rough ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
violent, warrior, lone hero, one man army, rambo, mercenary, sniper, jungle, military, soldier, survival, gunfight ...
Time:
80s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
burma, asia, thailand, arizona, southeast asia
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89%
165K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
John Matrix, the former leader of a special commando strike force that always got the toughest jobs done, is forced back into action when his young daughter is kidnapped. To find her, Matrix has to fight his way through an array of punks, killers, ...
Style:
exciting, tense, serious, campy, funny ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, rescue, revenge, hostage, commando, race against time, gunfight, machismo, warrior, violence, assassination, one man army ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1985
Place:
california, los angeles, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
134K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Combat has taken its toll on Rambo, but he's finally begun to find inner peace in a monastery. When Rambo's friend and mentor Col. Trautman asks for his help on a top secret mission to Afghanistan, Rambo declines but must reconsider when ...
Style:
intense, homoerotic, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
manly, family outing, boys' night
Plot:
lone hero, one man army, desert, revenge, violence, gunfight, loner, war, heroes, military, rambo, torture ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
afghanistan, russia, pakistan, ussr, middle east ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A group of sadistic mercenaries led by Col. John Hogan kidnap Michael Danton from his home, and set him loose on the grounds of their secret camp to be used as training for new recruits. Danton has been called the "most perfect killer ...
Style:
psychotronic, perverse, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
manhunt, mercenary, kidnapping, swamp, fistfight, gunfight, rapist, psychopath, military, exploitation, serial killer, buddies ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
259K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, the Vietnam vet snaps, runs for the hills and rat-a-tat-tats his way into the action-movie hall of fame. Hounded by a relentless sheriff, Rambo ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, tense, bloody ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens
Plot:
gunfight, vietnam war, soldier, tough heroes, one man army, police brutality, escape, vietnam veteran, lone wolves, tough guy, manhunt, chase ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, washington state, usa, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Barney, Christmas and the rest of the team comes face-to-face with Conrad Stonebanks, who years ago co-founded The Expendables with Barney. Stonebanks subsequently became a ruthless arms trader and someone who Barney was forced to kill… or so he ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, humorous, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
mercenary, commando, partners, heroes, cia, mission, weapons, fight, martial arts, spy, violent, terrorism ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, california, new york, bucharest, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, China
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Mr. Church reunites the Expendables for what should be an easy paycheck, but when one of their men is murdered on the job, their quest for revenge puts them deep in enemy territory and up against an unexpected threat.
Style:
exciting, bloody, humorous, stylized, entertaining ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
gunfight, ex military, mercenary, hotshot, tough heroes, revenge, villain, tough guy, violent, martial arts, fistfight, battles ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
europe, china, new orleans, nepal, paris france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria, Spain, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Barney Ross leads a band of highly skilled mercenaries including knife enthusiast Lee Christmas, a martial arts expert, heavy weapons specialist, demolitionist, and a loose-cannon sniper. When the group is commissioned by the mysterious Mr. Church ...
Style:
exciting, brutal, bloody, suspenseful, humorous ...
Audience:
manly, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
gunfight, martial arts, tough guy, mercenary, chase, machismo, showdown, sniper, military, fistfight, unstoppable, warrior ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
latin america, new orleans, somalia, fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA, South Africa, Namibia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A Russian KGB agent is sent to Africa to kill an anti-Communist black revolutionary. However, he has a change of heart when he sees how the Russians and their Cuban allies are killing and repressing the locals, so he switches sides and helps the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, touching, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, brutality, gunfight, assassination, justice, gratuitous violence, soldier, mission of murder, war, politics, state affairs, fighting the system ...
Time:
80s
Place:
africa, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
75K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far reaching plans.
Style:
slasher, intense, melancholic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
gang, serial killer, murder, car chase, car, hostage, police investigation, violence, suspense, tough cop, rivalry, chase ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Joe Armstrong, an orphaned drifter will little respect for much other than martial arts, finds himself on an American Army base in The Philippines after a judge gives him a choice of enlistment or prison. On one of his first missions driving a ...
Style:
entertaining, exciting, serious, suspenseful, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
ninja, martial arts, chase, lone hero, runaway, fight scenes, military, master warrior, heroes, violence, fight, mortal combat ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
the philippines, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
American servicemen are still being held captive in Vietnam and it's up to one man to bring them home in this blistering, fast-paced action/adventure starring martial arts superstar Chuck Norris.Following a daring escape from a Vietnamese POW ...
Style:
exciting, intense, rough, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
vietnam war, jungle, martial arts, military, one man army, heroes, suspense, fight scenes, justice, rescue, heroic mission, military life ...
Time:
80s
Place:
vietnam, the philippines, thailand, asia, saigon ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Prequel to the first Missing In Action, set in the early 1980s it shows the capture of Colonel Braddock during the Vietnam war in the 1970s, and his captivity with other American POWs in a brutal prison camp, and his plans to escape.
Style:
campy, feel good, unusual plot structure, tear jerker, humorous ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, military, escape, martial arts, prison, prison escape, survival, jungle, war, vietcong, rat, fight ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century, year 1972
Place:
vietnam, asia, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C., demanding the the release of their imprisoned leader. Intelligence expert David Grant (Kurt Russell) suspects another reason and he is soon the reluctant member of a special assault team that is ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
airplane, terrorism, hostage, rescue, suspense, surveillance, hijacking, bomb, twists and turns, terrorist, ransom, pilot ...
Time:
20th century, year 1995, 90s
Place:
pentagon, washington d.c., athens greece, london, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
During a rescue mission, a team of Navy Seals discover that a terrorist group have access to deadly US built Stinger missiles, and must set out to locate and destroy them before they can be used.
Style:
exciting, intense, humorous, suspenseful, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, war, military, u.s. navy, soldier, race against time, battles, heroes, gunfight, save the day, heroic mission, tough heroes ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
middle east, pentagon, usa, north america, beirut lebanon ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Films like The Expendables
101K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When rogue stealth-fighter pilot Vic Deakins deliberately drops off the radar while on maneuvers, the Air Force ends up with two stolen nuclear warheads -- and Deakins's co-pilot, Riley Hale, is the military's only hope for getting them ...
Style:
exciting, stylized, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
terrorism, betrayal, mexican standoff, train, desert, race against time, escapades, fighter jet, rivalry, airplane, suspense, nuclear bomb ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, hong kong, utah
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A 707 aircraft jetliner on its way from Athens to Rome and then to New York City is hijacked by Lebanese terrorists. The terrorists demand that the pilot take them to Beirut. What the terrorists don't realize is that an elite team of commandoes ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, buddy movie, unusual plot structure, melancholic ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, military, martial arts, hostage, fight, terrorist, violence, aviation, rescue mission, patriotism, spy, chase ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
middle east, israel, athens greece, beirut lebanon, lebanon
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A one-man army comes to the rescue of the United States when a spy attempts an invasion.
Style:
exciting, humorous, intense, campy, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, manly, boys' night
Plot:
violence, vigilantism, martial arts, machismo, spy, vigilante, revenge, terrorism, fight, lone hero, gunfight, chase ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
florida, miami, usa, everglades, atlanta georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
When DEA agents are taken captive by a ruthless South American kingpin, the Delta Force is reunited to rescue them in this sequel to the 1986 film.
Style:
funny, campy, splatter, humorous, buddy movie ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, revenge, rescue, kung fu, guilty pleasure, gunfight, death, sword fight, hostage, soldier, military, car chase ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
latin america, the philippines, rio de janeiro, miami, south america
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A group of Vietnam War veterans re-unite to rescue one of their own left behind and taken prisoner by the Vietnamese...
Style:
intense, tense, exciting, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, manly, boys' night
Plot:
military, vietnam war, prison, war, jungle, survival, rescue, suspense, soldier, captivity, military life, missing person ...
Time:
80s, year 1972, year 1977, year 1983, year 1982 ...
Place:
vietnam, texas, california, laos, bangkok thailand ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Movies like Rambo
344K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
FBI chemical warfare expert Stanley Goodspeed is sent on an urgent mission with a former British spy, John Patrick Mason, to stop Gen. Francis X. Hummel from launching chemical weapons on Alcatraz Island into San Francisco. Gen. Hummel demands $100 ...
Style:
tense, exciting, entertaining, intense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, girls' night
Plot:
terrorism, alcatraz, suspense, prison, twists and turns, military, gunfight, car chase, escape, hostage, swat team, disney ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
This action-packed thriller takes place on the soon-to-be-decommissioned USS Missouri. Disgruntled ex-CIA operative Strannix, his assistant Krill and their group of terrorists seize the battleship with nuclear blackmail in mind. They've planned ...
Style:
intense, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
martial arts, u.s. navy, terrorism, terrorist plot, suspense, one man army, lone hero, violence, mercenary, one against many, terrorist, hostage ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1991, 80s
Place:
new jersey, san francisco, hawaii, pentagon, pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the ...
Style:
exciting, compassionate, intense, captivating, futuristic ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, monkey, virus, revenge, suspense, gorilla, animals, future war, killer animal, journey, battles, survival ...
Time:
future, 2040s, near future
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, War
Country: Italy, Philippines, India
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Miles O’Keeffe stars as an ex-military specialist in Vietnam trying to recover his son after learning that his wife has died in a concentration camp. The government considers the child their property since the war is over. There are others ...
Style:
surprise ending, psychotronic, cult film
Plot:
vietnam war, mission, spy, monster, killing an animal, bunker, guerilla warfare, death sentence, sarcasm, child with gun, cell, military base ...
Time:
80s
Place:
the philippines, hong kong, thailand, malaysia, vietnam ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Forrest Taft is an environmental agent who works for the Aegis Oil Company in Alaska. Aegis Oil's corrupt CEO, Michael Jennings, is the kind of person who doesn't care whether or not oil spills into the ocean or onto the land, just as long ...
Style:
entertaining, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, corruption, conspiracy, fight, environmental, oil, revenge, brutality, justice, vigilante, heroes, vengeance ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
alaska, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Firefighter Jesse Graves has to save ornithologist Jennifer and other people caught in a forest fire, which was set up by the lawyer of convicted killer Earl Shaye, who escaped from the prison with several of his inmates posing as firefighters to ...
Style:
humorous, satirical, factual, campy, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, prison, natural disaster, fire, hostage, firefighter, catastrophe, survival, fugitives, violence, first contact, multiple storylines ...
Time:
90s
Place:
wyoming
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
When a covert mission to rescue a kidnapped CIA operative uncovers a chilling plot, an elite, highly trained U.S. SEAL team speeds to hotspots around the globe, racing against the clock to stop a deadly terrorist attack.
Style:
realistic, talky, intense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, swat team, military, terrorist plot, rescue mission, navy seal, cia, army, soldier, navy, torture, war ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
somalia, iraq, las vegas, costa rica, ukraine ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As the national ...
Style:
exciting, rough, serious, intense, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, manly, boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, secret service, white house, president, hostage, terrorist attack, one man army, daring rescue, politics, betrayal, bodyguard, u.s. president ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa, north korea, pentagon, north america
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When a woman's father goes missing, she enlist a local to aid in her search. The pair soon discover that her father has died at the hands of a wealthy sportsman who hunts homeless men as a form of recreation.
Style:
exciting, entertaining, intense, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
martial arts, chase, gunfight, suspense, ex military, manhunt, mercenary, justice, survival, track down, tough heroes, hunting ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
new orleans, hong kong, louisiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
108K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Ray Tango and Gabriel Cash are narcotics detectives who, while both being extremely successful, can't stand each other. Crime Lord Yves Perret, furious at the loss of income that Tango and Cash have caused him, frames the two for murder. Caught ...
Style:
intense, buddy movie, realistic, rough, semi serious ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
prison, police detective, reluctant partners, buddies, police, law enforcement, buddy cop, prisoner, prison escape, organized crime, escape, buddy ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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