Movies like Tears of the Sun
If you like "Tears of the Sun" you are looking for intense, touching and serious movies about / with military, war, jungle, civil war, soldier, rescue mission and gunfight themes of Action, Drama and Thriller genre shot in USA.
Find your next favorite and similar movies in two steps:
1. Identify all themes of interest from this film (block below).
2. Look for them in the presented list.
Tears of the Sun (2003)
125K
Where to Watch
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Navy SEAL Lieutenant A.K. Waters and his elite squadron of tactical specialists are forced to choose between their duty and their humanity, between following orders by ignoring the conflict that surrounds them, or finding the courage to follow their conscience and protect a group of innocent refugees. When the democratic government of Nigeria collapses and the country is taken over by a ruthless military dictator, Waters, a fiercely loyal and hardened veteran is dispatched on a routine mission to retrieve a Doctors Without Borders physician.
Style:
intense, touching, serious, factual, compassionate, brutal, political, rough, suspenseful, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, war, jungle, civil war, soldier, rescue mission, gunfight, navy seal, genocide, violence, u.s. navy, brutality, refugee, child soldier, war crime, moral dilemma, suspense, escapades, daring rescue, army, betrayal, survival, revenge, fight, border ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
africa, iraq, nigeria, hawaii
Movie in categories
Most similar movies to Tears of the Sun
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious and rough films with plots about military, soldier, gun, gunfight, war, weapons and brutality mostly in War, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Tears of the Sun: Saving Private Ryan (1998), Behind Enemy Lines (2001), We Were Soldiers (2002), Lone Survivor (2013), Zero Dark Thirty (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Subscribe for new and better recommendations:
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
Style:
epic, realistic, breathtaking, captivating, rough ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick
Plot:
war, world war two, military, courage, battles, nazi, sniper, army, self sacrifice, d day, friendship, tank ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, middle ages, 20th century
Place:
normandy, poland, germany, france, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
While flying a routine reconnaissance mission over Bosnia, fighter pilot Chris Burnett photographs something he wasn't supposed to see and gets shot down behind enemy lines, where he must outrun an army led by a ruthless Serbian general. With ...
Style:
exciting, dramatic, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
military, sniper, fighter pilot, survival, war, behind enemy lines, suspense, bosnian war, gunfight, atrocity, navy, fight scenes ...
Time:
year 1995, 21st century
Place:
iraq, balkan, serbia, europe, former yugoslavia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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, emotional, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, vietnam war, war, battles, soldier, battlefield, heroic mission, military life, death, wartime, justice, anti war ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
vietnam, asia, usa, iraq
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
293K
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Four Navy SEALs on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level al-Qaeda operative must make an impossible moral decision in the mountains of Afghanistan that leads them into an enemy ambush. As they confront unthinkable odds, the SEALs must find ...
Style:
rough, tense, brutal, captivating, emotional ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, survival, terrorism, soldier, war, gunfight, courage, military life, selflessness, squad, swat team, army ...
Time:
2000s, year 2005, 21st century
Place:
afghanistan, middle east, iraq, usa, israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, political, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, espionage, cia, military, swat team, spy, manhunt, terrorist, al qaeda, investigation, terrorist group, 9/11 ...
Time:
september 11 2001, year 2005, year 2003, year 2011, 2000s ...
Place:
middle east, pakistan, iraq, baghdad iraq, langley virginia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Also search:
Films like Fury
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Malta, Morocco
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.
Style:
intense, realistic, suspenseful, tense, factual ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
war, terrorism, cia, courage, swat team, rescue mission, mercenary, gunfight, mission, battlefield, navy seal, embassy ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
libya, pentagon, africa, iraq, middle east ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Fourth-generation Army Col. William McNamara is imprisoned in a brutal German POW camp. Still, as the senior-ranking American officer, he commands his fellow inmates, keeping a sense of honor alive in a place where honor is easy to destroy, all ...
Style:
realistic, tense, harsh, factual, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, war, military, prison, nazi, racism, soldier, prison escape, ethnic conflict, pow, russian, propaganda ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, 20th century
Place:
germany, poland, europe, belgium
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle takes his sole mission—protect his comrades—to heart and becomes one of the most lethal snipers in American history. His pinpoint accuracy not only saves countless lives but also makes him a prime target of insurgents. ...
Style:
tense, emotional, intense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
war, iraq war, sniper, military, soldier, violence, navy seal, battles, american soldier, assassin, courage, u.s. marine ...
Time:
september 11 2001, year 1998, year 2013, year 2001, 21st century
Place:
iraq, middle east, usa, california, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
75%
559K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son ...
Style:
serious, captivating, thought provoking, emotional, harsh ...
Plot:
greed, mercenary, gem, treasure hunt, escapades, civil war, smuggling, journalism, mining, rebel, brutality, fisherman ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2000s, year 2003, year 1999
Place:
africa, south africa, angola, zimbabwe, belgium ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Also search:
Films like 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
280K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the simple life of a farmer. But when his son Gabriel enlists in the army to defend their new nation, ...
Style:
epic, dramatic, rough, uplifting, sincere ...
Audience:
manly, girls' night, kids, boys' night
Plot:
war, american revolution, battles, military, vengeance, freedom, revolution, human spirit, rebellion, heroic mission, wartime, soldier ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era, 1770s, 1780s
Place:
south carolina, southern usa, scotland, england, virginia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
151K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet partisans to combat the Nazis. The brothers begin the rescue of roughly 1,200 Jews still trapped in ...
Style:
emotional, sincere, epic, dramatic, realistic ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, jewish, war, survival, nazi, judaism, partisan, genocide, rebellion, military, prejudice ...
Time:
post world war two, 20th century, 1940s, year 1942, year 1941
Place:
poland, germany, israel, russia, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
504K
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, China, UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Last months of World War II in April 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theater, a battle-hardened U.S. Army sergeant in the 2nd Armored Division named Wardaddy commands a Sherman tank called "Fury" and its five-man ...
Style:
serious, exciting, tense, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, date night
Plot:
world war two, war, tank, soldier, military, battles, heroism, american soldier, nazi germany, nazi, ambush, battlefield ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945, 20th century
Place:
europe, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.
Style:
realistic, intense, epic, rough, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
war, courage, battles, combat, chaos, gunfight, military, survival, sniper, warrior, american soldier, rescue mission ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s, 20th century, year 1992
Place:
africa, somalia, iraq, north africa, east africa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Also search:
Shooter similar movies
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:
realistic, bloody, brutal, disturbing, harsh ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
vietnam war, soldier, military, war, combat, anti war, jungle, gunfight, insanity, survival, battles, world war two ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1969
Place:
vietnam, the philippines, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
100%
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:
intense, entertaining, clever, unusual plot structure, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, military, war, bomber, pilot, suspense, airplane, bombing, u.s. navy, fight scenes, fantasy world, courage ...
Time:
70s
Place:
vietnam, europe, asia, china, france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Movie in collections
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
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, harsh, intense, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, war, battles, soldier, survival, nazi, military, tank, escapades, anti war, wartime life, heroes ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945, 20th century
Place:
germany, italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Mercenary James Shannon, on a reconnaissance job to the African nation of Zangaro, is tortured and deported. He returns to lead a coup.
Style:
intense, harsh, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mercenary, military, war, revolution, torture, gunfight, espionage, suspense, undercover, soldier, political intrigue, commando ...
Time:
80s, year 1980
Place:
africa, new york, london, central america, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Also search:
Brothers related movies
139K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK, France, Spain, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller and his team of Army inspectors were dispatched to find weapons of mass destruction believed to be stockpiled in the Iraqi desert. Rocketing from one booby-trapped ...
Style:
tense, exciting, serious, suspenseful, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cia, war, iraq war, soldier, military, spy, swat team, army, deception, pow, chase, investigation ...
Time:
2000s, year 2003, 21st century
Place:
iraq, middle east, baghdad iraq, israel
⇓ 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 ⇓
100%
25K
Genre: Action, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Peru
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Tough guy Thomas Beckett is an US soldier working in the Panamanian jungle. His job is to seek out rebels and remove them using his sniper skills. Beckett is notorious for losing his partners on such missions. This time he's accompanied by ...
Style:
psychological, exciting, suspenseful, buddy movie, intense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens
Plot:
sniper, soldier, lone hero, military, gunfight, hitman, assassin, manhunt, helicopter, army, spy, killer ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
panama, latin america, central america, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Movie in collections
84K
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A female Senator succeeds in enrolling a woman into Combined Reconnaissance Team training where everyone expects her to fail.
Style:
political, rough, suspenseful, bleak, sincere ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, boys' night
Plot:
strong female lead, military, strong female character, army, female soldier, fighting the system, soldier, female protagonist, suspense, basic training, feminism, officers and cadets ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
libya, israel, middle east, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
navy seal, taliban, military, war, male nudity, battles, wartime life, heroic mission, against the odds, heroes, race against time, terrorism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
afghanistan, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Also search:
Movies similar to Olympus Has Fallen
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Seal Team Eight must fight their way deep into Africa's Congo, decommission a secret uranium mine, and stop our most dangerous enemy from smuggling weapon's grade yellow-cake out of the country.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
race against time, soldier, heroes, battles, military, betrayal, rescue mission, u.s. navy, woman with a gun, graphic violence, sexual content, renegade ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, congo, johannesburg south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Forced to play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse in the chaos of war, an elite Army bomb squad unit must come together in a city where everyone is a potential enemy and every object could be a deadly bomb.
Style:
realistic, emotional, tense, intense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
iraq war, military, terrorism, soldier, war, army, sniper, suspense, bomb, bomb squad, marines, gulf war ...
Time:
2000s, year 2004, 21st century
Place:
middle east, iraq, baghdad iraq, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: South Africa, USA, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Brandon Beckett (Collins), the son of the previous Sniper film's star Thomas Beckett (Tom Berenger), takes up the mantle set by his father and goes on a mission of his own.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
sniper, military, marines, terrorism, heroes, soldier, behind enemy lines, rescue, vengeance, daring rescue, rivalry, track down ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
congo, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The series follows John Porter, a former British Special Forces soldier, who is drafted back into service by Section 20, a fictional branch of the Secret Intelligence Service.
Style:
heroic, serious, realistic, exciting, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mission, swat team, soldier, military, top secret, terrorist, heroes, one man army, undercover, ex military, daring rescue, heroic mission ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
middle east, iraq, afghanistan, pakistan, england ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
85K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A team of CIA agents and special forces head into Afghanistan in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks in an attempt to dismantle the Taliban.
Style:
touching, suspenseful, exciting, rough, perverse ...
Plot:
cia, military, taliban, soldier, heroism, behind enemy lines, us military, al qaeda, machismo, swat team, war on terror, navy seal ...
Time:
september 11 2001, year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
afghanistan, usa, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Subscribe for new and better recommendations:
Related movie lists
