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The Tribe (1970)
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The Tribe (1970)
Original name: Tribes
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A Marine Corps drill instructor who is disgusted by the fact that the Corps now accepts draftees finds himself pitted against a hippie who has been drafted but refuses to accept the military's way of doing things.
Style: political, thought provoking, bleak, serious, realistic, disturbing
Plot: vietnam war, hippie, individuality, military training, recruit, military, culture clash, military life, boot camp, basic training, war, soldier, misfit, marines, rebellion, social relations, power relations, hindu, sergeant, military service, zen, nonconformity, metaphysics, conformity, u.s. marine corps ...
Time: 60s

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, bleak and psychological films with plots about military, soldier, military life, society, vietnam war, war and battles mostly in Drama and War genres. Some movies like The Tribe: Baby Blue Marine (1976), Paratroopers (1977), Infiltration (2010), Memorial Day (1983), Green Dragon (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Baby Blue Marine (1976)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A would-be Marine fails basic training, and is sent home wearing the "baby blue" fatigues of a washout. En route, he is mugged by a battle-fatigued Marine Raider, who leaves him to hitch-hike home in an undeserved hero's uniform. A ...
Style: uplifting, captivating, touching, serious, realistic
Plot: basic training, military, military training, mistaken identity, world war two, marine, battles, disorder, social relations, dull life, power relations, cons and scams ...
Time: 1940s, year 1976, 20th century
Place: colorado, los angeles
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95%
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Paratroopers (1977)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Not everyone is born to be a soldier. Not even in Israel, where universal conscription is the tradition. This movie is about a Sad Sack in the Israeli army, incompetent to complete training and yet incompetent to extricate himself.
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, thought provoking, bleak
Plot: israeli, basic training, army investigation, military, misfit, soldier, power relations, boot camp, officers and cadets, hapless soldier, military life, bare chested male ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
 6.2
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Infiltration (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A tragical-comedy film story that follows a young non-combatant platoon with defective fitness. Set in "Bahad 4" in the 50's, the movie focuses mainly on two characters: Alon (Oz Zehavi), who believes he was accidentally sent to Bahad ...
Style: realistic, bleak, serious, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: military life, military base, power relations, basic training, military, boot camp, immigrant, society, social differences, humiliation, lgbt, soldier ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place: israel, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
 6.8
 74
Memorial Day (1983)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: An attorney finds himself at the center of a surprise reunion with the veterans of his platoon from Vietnam.The reunion stirs up painful memories and disturbing secrets for all involved.
Style: contemplative, disturbing, bleak, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot: vietnam war, legal, hopes, war, moral dilemma, buddies, military, introspection, state affairs, friendship, friends, battles ...
Place: vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Green Dragon (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A tale about Vietnamese refugees sent to an orientation camp on the Camp Pendleton Marine Base in California, 'Green Dragon' focuses on a young boy and his sister. Set in 1975, the film chronicles the stories told to the two children by ...
Style: psychological, sincere, emotional, touching, independent film ...
Plot: military, vietnam war, interracial relations, military life, friendship, self discovery, coming of age, homecoming, culture clash, translator, human nature, immigrant ...
Time: year 2001, 70s
Place: vietnam, usa, asia, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
The Boys in Company C (1978)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Disheartened by futile combat, appalled by the corruption of their South Vietnamese ally, and constantly endangered by the incompetence of their own company commander, the young men find a possible way out of the war. They are told that if they ...
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, rough, bleak
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vietnam war, military, war, bare chested male, soccer, football, war trauma, conflict, exodus, american football, friendship, army ...
Time: year 1978, 60s, 20th century
Place: vietnam, the philippines, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Welcome Home (1989)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: An Air Force officer (Kris Kristofferson) returns to his father (Brian Keith), son and remarried wife (JoBeth Williams) in Vermont after 17 years in Vietnam.
Style: realistic, serious, bleak, emotional, contemplative
Plot: vietnam war, vietnam veteran, grief, family relations, high school football, war veteran, power relations, hospital, military life, parents and children, anti war, captivity ...
Time: year 1989, 20th century
Place: vietnam, cambodia, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Go Tell the Spartans (1978)
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: serious, rough, realistic, bleak, independent film ...
Plot: vietnam war, military, war, military life, u.s. army, haunted by the past, battles, political unrest, soldier, hopes, idealism, mercenary ...
Time: 60s, year 1978, 20th century, 70s, year 1964
Place: vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Summertree (1971)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Jerry, not a member of the 'protest generation' but is instead, an 'All American boy,' is drafted into the Army, just as things begin to go well for him. He decision to flee to Canada sparks off conflict with his parents, ending ...
Style: independent film, contemplative, realistic, serious, touching ...
Plot: vietnam war, age-gap relationship, college, dying man, father son relationship, musician, older woman younger man relationship, college dropout, battles, military life, parents and children, anti war ...
Time: year 1971, 70s
Place: vietnam, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Journey from the Fall (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Thirteen years after the end of the Vietnam War, a family who was tragically affected by the war are forced to emigrate to America.
Style: serious, sincere, bleak, informative, political ...
Plot: vietnam war, human spirit, fighting the system, refugee, parents and children, political unrest, re-education, hopes, military, tragic hero, society, life is a bitch ...
Time: 70s, 80s, 20th century
Place: vietnam, california, usa, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Resting Place (1986)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A television movie set in Rockville, Georgia, in 1972. Major Kendall Laird, a Survival Assistance Officer, arrives in this sleepy little town with the body of Lieutenant Dwyte Johnson, a Vietnam war hero. It's Laird's job to help ...
Style: sincere, realistic, talky, serious
Plot: vietnam war, racism, parents and children, interracial relations, military, military life, investigation, mysterious death, patriot, death of son, racial segregation, society ...
Time: year 1986, year 1972, 70s
Place: asia, vietnam, georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
The Hanoi Hilton (1987)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Lionel Chetwynd's film documents the horrific struggles that faced American POWs held in the North Vietnamese prison Hoa Lo -- more infamously known as the Hanoi Hilton -- between 1964 and 1975. Williamson (Michael Moriarty) leads a group of ...
Style: political, grindhouse, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Audience: manly
Plot: vietnam war, military, prison, cannon, conservative, military prison, prison escape, war trauma, electric torture, violent content, profanity, escape ...
Time: year 1987, 20th century
Place: vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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One of Us (1989)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A few Palestinian guerilla's break into an Israeli camp in the occupied territories. They kill a few Israeli soldiers before they are killed, apart from one who dies in the camp after being captured alive. The Israeli military dispatch an ...
Style: realistic, serious, thought provoking, captivating, suspenseful
Plot: israeli, military, moral dilemma, army investigation, soldier, power relations, basic training, military life, military base, machismo, macho man, gay subtext ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: israel, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
An American Story (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: World War II has ended and many soldiers return to their houses and families. But three of them find themselves with big problems when they arrive at their home village.
Style: contemplative, bleak, disturbing, gloomy, thought provoking ...
Plot: battles, world war two, politics, soldier, friends, cons and scams, political corruption, homecoming, friendship, military, state affairs, innocence lost ...
Time: 1940s
Place: usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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 589
Word of Honor (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Prompted by a just-published book that holds ex-lieutenant Ben Tyson accountable for a hushed-up massacre committed by his platoon in a Hue hospital 18 years before, the army recalls Tyson to stand trial for murder. Tyson, confronted by an army ...
Style: rough, suspenseful, tense, serious, bleak ...
Plot: vietnam war, courtroom drama, army investigation, uncover truth, protagonist as suspect, rebellion, military, dedicated lawyer, legal, law enforcement, society, dishonesty ...
Place: vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Cadence (1990)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: As punishment for drunken, rebellious behavior, a young white soldier is thrown into a stockade populated entirely by black inmates. But instead of falling victim to racial hatred, the soldier joins forces with his fellow prisoners and rises up ...
Style: inspirational, captivating, realistic, serious, disturbing ...
Plot: prison, time travel, black, exodus, sergeant, army life, racism, gang, military, rebellion, hopes, life is a bitch ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 6.9
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Tigerland (2000)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A group of recruits go through Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana's infamous Tigerland, last stop before Vietnam for tens of thousands of young men in 1971
Style: realistic, tense, psychological, talky, harsh ...
Plot: military, boot camp, vietnam war, basic training, recruit, anti war, military base, insubordination, buddies, army, war, male nudity ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1971, year 2000
Place: vietnam, louisiana, usa, kansas
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 6.7
 422
Going Home (1993)
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium, Indonesia
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Johan Ten Berghe joins the Dutch army when the Dutch East Indies unilaterally declare independence as Indonesia. He initiates his naive driver Twan in life in the East, having grown up there as son of colonial official Hendrik, now missing. Their ...
Style: non-linear, captivating, realistic, serious, emotional ...
Plot: male bonding, loyalty, best friend, friends, revolution, rebellion, military, soldier, rivalry, society, war, culture clash ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, 1940s
Place: asia, indonesia
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Badland (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 165 min.
Story: Jerry (Jamie Draven) was an idealist when he served in the first Gulf War. But when he was later deployed to Iraq, Jerry was an older man, a father of three and embittered by broken promises and unfulfilled desires. When Jerry returns from Iraq he ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, serious, realistic, contemplative ...
Plot: soldier, starting over, homecoming, military, life turned upside down, life is a bitch, hopes, war, desperation, intrigue, trauma, war in afghanistan ...
Time: 90s
Place: iraq, middle east, afghanistan
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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The Wild Dogs (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Set during the cull of the stray dogs in the city of Bucharest, The Wild Dogs weaves together a week in the lives of several citizens of and visitors to the hauntingly beautiful city. Geordie, a visiting Canadian pornographer, Bogdan, a reluctant ...
Style: thought provoking, realistic, serious, disturbing, bleak
Plot: social decay, rich and poor, culture clash, family relations, society, life is a bitch, redemption, friendship, city life, homelessness, deformity, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, romania
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37%
A Soldier's Sweetheart (1998)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: An Army medic brings his girlfriend to stay with him at an out of the way Vietnam outpost in 1967, the woman disappears one day and he begins searching for her.
Style: sex comedy, psychological, realistic, serious, rough ...
Plot: vietnam war, war, society, innocence lost, military, self discovery, buddies, danger, soldier, orphan, journalism, doctors and patients ...
Time: 20th century
Place: vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
A Glimpse of Hell (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A Navy officer tries to set the record straight after the Navy blames a 1989 explosion aboard the USS Iowa on a homosexual affair between two sailors.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, bleak
Plot: battleship, military, u.s. navy, society, military life, fighting the system, investigation, ship, political conspiracy, campaign, army investigation, state affairs ...
Time: 80s
Place: usa, iowa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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84C MoPic (1989)
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, suspenseful, bleak, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vietnam war, found footage, military, survival, escapades, against the odds, anti war, danger, battles, military life, heroic mission, jungle ...
Time: year 1989, 60s
Place: vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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The Veteran (2006)
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: psychological, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: vietnam war, vietnam veteran, soldier, confined, vengeance, war, friendship, politics, haunted by the past, military, state affairs, innocence lost ...
Place: asia, vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Hello Herman (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Set in the not so distant future, in Any Town USA, sixteen year old Herman Howards makes a fateful decision. He enters his suburban school and kills thirty nine students, two teachers, and a police officer. Just before his arrest he emails his idol, ...
Style: psychological, thought provoking, serious, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot: school shooting, social relations, haunted by the past, youth, losing-it hero, bullying, high school, loneliness, social misfits, teenage life, high school life, murder ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: usa, iowa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Tracks (1976)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A soldier returns from Vietnam on special assignment, accompanying the body of his friend by train to California for burial. During the trip, he falls in love with a gentle college student. But their relationship is shattered by his flashbacks to ...
Style: indie film, independent film, contemplative, psychological, serious ...
Plot: vietnam war, train, soldier, grief, friendship, homecoming, nudity, male pubic hair, love, mental illness, college, battles ...
Place: vietnam, usa, asia, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Once They Marched Through a Thousand Towns (1981)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: A dramatization of the controversial trial concerning the right for Neo-Nazis to march in the predominately Jewish community of Skokie.
Style: political, contemplative, serious, realistic, uplifting ...
Plot: holocaust, courtroom drama, lawyer, aging, grief, suburbs, civil rights, injustice, religions or cults, hopes, politics, legal ...
Time: 80s
Place: illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
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, suspense, bleak, psychological, clever ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: vietnam war, military, war, anti war, suicide, soldier, basic training, boot camp, sniper, military life, brutality, blood ...
Time: 20th century, year 1967, year 1968, year 1987, 60s ...
Place: vietnam, persia, america, asia, south carolina
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Katherine (1975)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A harrowing look at the 60s and early 70s through the eyes of Katherine Alman, a wealthy debutante who slowly, but inexorably spirals down into a fight for the causes that shook a nation, leading a path to the underground life. Written by Miguel Cane
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot: swing, vietnam war, girl, revolution, rebellion, politics, teenage life, militant, political unrest, state affairs, life is a bitch, society ...
Time: 60s, year 1970, year 1967, year 1968, year 1969 ...
Place: san francisco, peru, guatemala
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Hearts & Minds (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Conscription has been introduced in Britain. Across the country, young people are being called upon to serve the nation in another reactionary Middle-Eastern conflict. They face war on a scale not seen in any of their lifetimes. hearts & minds ...
Style: thought provoking, serious, realistic, sincere, captivating ...
Plot: introspection, life is a bitch, wartime life, soldier, military, conscription, war on terror, protest, youth, fictional war, character change, lifestyle change ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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