Movies like Hunter of the Apocalypse
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Hunter of the Apocalypse (1980)
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Original name: L'ultimo cacciatore
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
During the Vietnam war, an American soldier gets trapped beind enemy lines. A squad of his buddies sets out to rescue him.
Style:
macaroni combat, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
Plot:
vietnam war, soldier, behind enemy lines, violent, vietcong, war, apocalypse, survival, heroes, military, battles, rescue, anti war, escapades, stoners, chaos, against the odds, jungle, violence, female nudity, torture, betrayal, photographer, cold war, suicide ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 60s, 1960s
Place:
vietnam, asia, saigon, southeast asia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, rough and suspenseful films with plots about soldier, military, war, heroes, battles, danger and escapades mostly in War, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Hunter of the Apocalypse: Tunnel Rats (2008), The Sunset Warrior (1984), The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1988), 84C MoPic (1989), Eastern Condors (1987). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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:
realistic, serious, rough, controversial, exciting ...
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 ⇓
95%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Hong Kong, South Korea
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Thai government hires group of Chinese mercenaries to capture a powerful druglord from Golden Triangle. The mercenaries manage to capture the druglord, but his men are trying to set him free.
Style:
bloody, serious, realistic, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, mexican standoff, mercenary, heroic mission, law enforcement, heroes, partners, daring rescue, tough law enforcer, soldier, uninhibited rivalry, escapades ...
Time:
80s
Place:
china, vietnam, asia, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
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 ⇓
84%
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, 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 ...
Time:
60s
Place:
vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, War
Country: Hong Kong
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 ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, exciting, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, military, battles, kung fu, war, military life, heroic mission, jungle, tough heroes, race against time, save the day, vietnam war ...
Time:
70s
Place:
vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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Movies like Fury
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 ⇓
68%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Col. Carradine leads a group of American P.O.W.s, battling their way to freedom as Saigon falls to the Viet Cong.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
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boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, bomb, helicopter, prisoner of war camp, jungle warfare, swat team, escape, battles, military, heroes, rescue, war ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1973, 70s
Place:
vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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:
70s, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
When three close friends escape from Hong Kong to war-time Saigon to start a criminal's life, they all go through a harrowing experience which totally shatters their lives and their friendship forever.
Style:
realistic, bleak, allegory, gloomy, poignant ...
Plot:
vietnam war, gangsters, gunfight, heroic bloodshed, murder, suspense, friendship, betrayal, drug addiction, kung fu, gang, war ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
vietnam, hong kong, china, asia, saigon
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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 ...
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vietnam, texas, california, laos, bangkok thailand ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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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 ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
vietnam war, war, confined, captivity, military life, battles, life is a bitch, rebellion, on the run, espionage, anti war, wartime life ...
Place:
vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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 ⇓
52%
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 ⇓
49%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Philippines
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A pleasent trip to the Phillipines is turned into tragedy when the tour bus is kidnapped by a group of rebels that want to exchange the prisoners for the Rebel Leader's brother...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hijacking, kidnapping, bus, military, soldier, hostage, chaos, tough heroes, chaos and mayhem, missing person, political unrest, jungle ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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 ⇓
47%
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Movies like Behind Enemy Lines
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, harsh, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, military, war, jungle, golf, survival, rescue, suspense, against the odds, daring rescue, soldier, battles ...
Place:
vietnam, iraq, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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 ...
Style:
intense, touching, serious, factual, compassionate ...
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boys' night
Plot:
military, war, jungle, civil war, soldier, rescue mission, gunfight, navy seal, genocide, violence, u.s. navy, brutality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, iraq, nigeria, hawaii
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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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 ...
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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 ⇓
45%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The existence of the anti-Iraq coalition was threatened when Saddam targetted Israel. In order to keep Israel out of the war, and the coalition together the Scuds had to be stopped. SAS patrol Bravo Two Zero, under the command of Sgt. Andy McNab was ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, realistic, serious, bleak ...
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boys' night
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Time:
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Place:
iraq, israel, middle east, saudi arabia, syria
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Indian Army Sepoy Tarun Chauhan is assigned to proceed to Northeastern part of India that has been rocked by riots and violence with orders to report to his superior, Havaldar Mohammed Ali. Once there, he comes to know that things can be quiet for ...
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serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, exciting ...
Plot:
war, terrorism, rescue, anti war, heroes, soldier, fight club, politics, battlefield, military, confined, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Action, War, Drama
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Set in the Philippines during WW II, two U.S. Army officers are caught and shot by a Japanese officer. One survives and soon joins with a guerrilla troop to battle the enemy... and get revenge.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, exciting, bleak ...
Plot:
soldier, vengeance, confined, escapades, military, heroes, war, rivalry, against the odds, battles, surrender, wound ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
the philippines, japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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 ⇓
42%
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:
vietnam war, vietcong, military, war, us military, self discovery, heroes, escapades, soldier, jungle, infantrymen, abuse ...
Place:
vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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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:
rough, realistic, epic, disturbing, atmospheric ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, military, soldier, battles, battlefield, squad, war, anti war, jungle warfare, combat, violent, jungle ...
Time:
year 1967, year 1968, 60s, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, the philippines, southeast asia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Vietnam, 1969. War is Hell. For Marine Sergeant Jack Stryker (Brian Schulz), however, Hell is just the beginning. Trapped outside a Viet Cong village, Stryker takes two bullets to the leg. Sent home from the war, he discovers his ex-girlfriend ...
Style:
scary, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, gang, gangsters, cult, psychopath, battles, heroes, soldier, jungle, graphic violence, tough heroes, abduction ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Movies like We Were Soldiers
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
A WWII film set on a Pacific island. Japanese and allied forces occupy different parts of the island. When a group of British soldiers are sent on a mission behind enemy lines, things don't go exactly to plan. This film differs in that some of ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, realistic, psychological, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, jungle, anti war, war, survival, military, destiny, suspense, british army, rivalry, soldier, rescue ...
Time:
70s, year 1942
Place:
the philippines, japan, tokyo, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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 ...
Style:
bleak, rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, algerian war, terrorism, vietnam war, cold war, french foreign legion, soldier, heroes, rebelliousness, state affairs, rebellion, war ...
Time:
1940s, year 1954
Place:
africa, vietnam, asia, algeria
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A soldier attacks his corrupt superior officer and is court marshalled but before he can be sent to a firing squad he escapes...
Style:
macaroni combat, cult film
Plot:
vietnam war, green beret, escape, frustration, pow, journalist, military officer, vietcong, reporter, prisoner of war camp, torture, violence ...
Place:
vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, Germany, Italy
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
THE FALLEN is a three-sided story about German, Italian, and American soldiers, set in Northern Italy during the final weeks of the World War II. On the one side, a group of American supply soldiers delivers ammunition to the front line, a journey ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, rough, bleak
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, war, soldier, survival, military life, military, captivity, against the odds, battles, against humanity, leadership ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two
Place:
italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Three British soldiers find themselves stranded in No Man's Land after a failed charge on the German Trenches. Set in France 1916.
Style:
tense, realistic, bleak, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
world war one, military, survival, against the odds, mission gone awry, escapades, infantrymen, world war two, graphic violence, soldier, hapless soldier, war ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century
Place:
france
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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