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Uncommon Valor (1983)
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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, suspense, exciting, serious, suspenseful, perverse, cult classic, surprise ending, black comedy ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
vietnam war, prison, jungle, rescue, soldier, military, captivity, danger, missing person, military life, against the odds, daring rescue, prison escape, vietnam veteran, mercenary, survival, army, violence, death, brutality, courage, pow, destruction, redemption, prisoner of war camp ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, 70s, year 1973, year 1972, year 1982, year 1977
Place:
vietnam, texas, bangkok thailand, laos, asia, southeast asia, california ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious and rough films with plots about soldier, explosion, military, combat, death, danger and battles mostly in Action, Drama and War genres. Some movies like Uncommon Valor: Dead Presidents (1995), Tears of the Sun (2003), Missing in Action (1984), Soldier Boyz (1995), Rambo (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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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:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A group of prisoners are going to Vietnam to rescue the daughter of a V-I.P. The Ones who survive get their freedom back...but hell awaits them.
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Australia, USA, Philippines
Duration: 97 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:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
vietnam, asia, indochina
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Country: Italy, Philippines, India
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Style:
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Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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