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A Rumor of War (1980)
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
TV show
Story:
The memories of a US private in Vietnam who slowly gets disillusioned as the war progresses.
Style:
cult film
Plot:
vietnam war, soldier, gunfight, helicopter, courage, jungle warfare, desperation, vietcong, ambush, degradation, autobiography, idealism, casualty of war, camaraderie, u.s. marine corps, fire fight
Place:
vietnam
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out cult film, realistic, serious and rough films and TV series with plots about vietnam war, military, soldier, war, military life, battles and helicopter mostly in War, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like A Rumor of War: Tour of Duty (1987), The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1988), Platoon (1986), Full Metal Jacket (1987), China Beach (1988). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
The trials of a U.S. Army platoon serving in the field during the Vietnam War.
Style:
rough, realistic, serious, bleak
Plot:
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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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
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100%
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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
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100%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
Style:
disturbing, bleak, psychological, clever, tense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
military, vietnam war, war, anti war, soldier, suicide, boot camp, military life, sniper, suspense, infantry, violence ...
Time:
60s, year 1968, year 1967, 20th century, 80s
Place:
vietnam, asia, south carolina
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
Dateline: November 1967. Within klicks of Danang, Vietnam, sits a U.S. Army base, bar and hospital on China Beach filled with wounded soldiers and one very lovely but damaged Army Nurse Colleen McMurphy. Many heroes, dead and alive, try to make ...
Style:
serious, sincere, realistic, touching, medical drama ...
Plot:
vietnam war, military, doctor, life is a bitch, superior officer, power relations, military life, doctors and patients, wartime life, military base, medical, nurse ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Australia, UK, USA
Duration: 185 min.
TV show
Story:
In 1964 in Laos, young Tim Page discovers his vocation as a photojournalist and is given a job, a camera, and a trip to Vietnam. There, he learns the ropes, learns about the war first in Saigon, and then "in country" on patrol with troops. ...
Style:
cult film
Plot:
vietnam war, photographer, war photographer, vietcong, journalism, motorcycle, boat, brothel, execution, helicopter, tank, photograph ...
Time:
60s
Place:
vietnam, laos, french riviera, england, saigon
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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
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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:
vietnam war, vietcong, military, war, us military, self discovery, heroes, escapades, soldier, jungle, infantrymen, abuse ...
Place:
vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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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 ⇓
38%
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 ⇓
38%
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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 ⇓
34%
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
Style:
disturbing, realistic, emotional, factual, intense ...
Plot:
vietnam war, anti war, politics, disability, military, fighting the system, war, wartime, handicapped, desert, vietnam veteran, u.s. military ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 50s, 80s, year 1970 ...
Place:
vietnam, the philippines, texas, iraq, new york ...
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33%
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:
uplifting, serious, captivating, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
vietnam war, prison, military, confined, human spirit, survival, captivity, patriotism, soldier, hopes, rebellion, ambition ...
Time:
50s, 60s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
vietnam
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33%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Vietnam War, 1966. Australia and New Zealand send troops to support the United States and South Vietnamese in their fight against the communist North. Soldiers are very young men, recruits and volunteers who have never been involved in a combat. On ...
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, tense, rough, perverse ...
Plot:
vietnam war, war, military, soldier, fight, brutality, world war two, struggle for survival, gunfight, murder, suspense, showdown ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, australia
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32%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In this wartime drama, a young soldier spends much of stint in Vietnam remembering his life and his 12 love affairs. The story ends before he can have a 13th.
Plot:
vietnam war, memory, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, sex, soldier
Place:
vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Movies like Jarhead
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
From director John Frankenheimer ('The Manchurian Candidate') comes this powerful drama of soaring ambition and shattered dreams that takes a provocative insider's look at the way our country goes to war--as seen from inside the LBJ ...
Style:
serious, tense, political, realistic, cult film
Plot:
vietnam war, politics, military, political corruption, state affairs, campaign, political unrest, idealism, assassination attempt, heroes, head of state, battles ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1968, year 1966
Place:
vietnam, asia, saigon, pentagon, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A Navy surgeon and a nurse fall in love while serving in Vietnam during the war. Their affection for one another provides a striking contrast to the violence of warfare.
Style:
political, captivating, realistic, serious, sentimental ...
Plot:
vietnam war, love, wartime, bittersweet, military, love and romance, war, fall in love, wartime life, tragic love, unfulfilled love, warship ...
Place:
vietnam, asia
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30%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Radio funny man Adrian Cronauer is sent to Vietnam to bring a little comedy back into the lives of the soldiers. After setting up shop, Cronauer delights the G.I.s but shocks his superior officer, Sergeant Major Dickerson, with his irreverent take ...
Style:
funny, feel good, clever, political, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
vietnam war, radio, military, radio dj, war, politics, soldier, satire, anti war, violence, death, rebellion ...
Time:
80s, 60s, 20th century, year 1965
Place:
vietnam, iraq, saigon, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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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 ⇓
30%
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 ⇓
30%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 198 min.
TV show
Story:
The true story of a young woman named Sybil, whose childhood was so harrowing to her that she developed at least 13 different personalities.
Style:
psychological, touching, disturbing, emotional, depressing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mental illness, dissociative identity disorder, psychology, split personality, psychiatrist, children, mental disorder, child abuse, women, child rape, medical, abuse ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 50s
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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:
emotional, psychological, realistic, intense, bleak ...
Plot:
vietnam war, survival, war crime, interracial relations, military, redemption, village, life is a bitch, haunted by the past, crumbling marriage, opposites attract, culture clash ...
Time:
90s
Place:
vietnam, iraq, california, asia, saigon
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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.
Style:
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Genre: Action, War
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A squad of U.S. troops seek out a mysterious agent hiding out in the jungles of 1960s Vietnam whom has classified documents that could win the war.
Style:
cult film
Plot:
vietnam war, conspiracy, jungle, gunfight, secret mission, tunnel, brawl, fistfight, vietcong, explosion
Place:
vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
In March 1970, a U.S. Army officer arrived at the Iowa farm of Peg and Gene Mullen and informed them that their son Michael had been killed in Vietnam by "friendly fire." Their determined attempts to learn more about the circumstances of ...
Plot:
vietnam war, friendly fire, cover-up, killed in action, bureaucracy, loss of son, dead son, death of son, frustration, journalist, witness, flashback ...
Time:
70s, year 1970
Place:
iowa, vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Vietnam, Soviet Union
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Coordinates of Death (Russian Title: Koordinaty smerti / Координаты смерти) is a 1985 Soviet-Vietnamese co-production directed by Samvel Gasparov and Nguyen Xuan Chan. Set during the Vietnam War (presumably during Operation ...
Plot:
vietnam war, sadistic killer, sailor, actor, officer, soldier, singer, vietcong, engineer
Place:
ussr
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: War
Country: Italy, Philippines
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Texas Ranger Daniel Custer leaves for Vietnam to find his brother Michael, a Green Beret Lieutenant who has been reported missing in action. Michael's squad was searching for a mysterious group of 'phantom soldiers' that had been ...
Style:
cult film
Plot:
vietnam war, exploitation, green beret, soldier, army, rescue mission, jungle, texas ranger
Place:
vietnam
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27%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Col. Mike Kirby picks two teams of crack Green Berets for a mission in South Vietnam. First off is to build and control a camp that is trying to be taken by the enemy the second mission is to kidnap a North Vietnamese General
Style:
realistic, serious, thought provoking, captivating, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, war, green beret, propaganda, military, jungle, culture clash, politics, soldier, battlefield, journalism, u.s. military ...
Time:
80s
Place:
vietnam, iraq, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Action, War
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A rag tag group is assembled for a secret mission into Cambodia, led by legendary special forces commando Richard Harrison.
Style:
cult film
Plot:
vietnam war, mercenary, swat team, jungle, helicopter, american soldier, soldier, shooting
Time:
60s
Place:
cambodia, vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
An Army medic working in a mortuary in Saigon becomes emotionally involved with a group of Vietnamese orphans.
Plot:
vietnam war, orphanage, orphan, physician, american soldier, battles, female doctor, dying, blackmail, drug dealer, suicide, tragic event ...
Place:
vietnam
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25%
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