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Birdy (1984)
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Birdy (1984)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Two young men are seriously affected by the Vietnam war. One of them has always been obsessed with birds - but now believes he really is a bird, and has been sent to a mental hospital. Can his friend help him pull through?
Style: depressing, emotional, psychological, touching, realistic, art house, thought provoking, offbeat, political, surreal ...
Plot: vietnam war, mental illness, obsession, bird, psychology, best friend, military, psychiatry, friendship, illness, mental institution, coming of age, lgbt, disability, military hospital, ptsd, hunting, sex scene, cold war, doctor, autism, education, intrigue, isolation, health ...
Time: 20th century, year 1984, 60s, 1960s
Place: vietnam, philadelphia, usa, asia, atlantic city new jersey, indochina
Keyword: doctors, dreams

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, independent film and psychological films with plots about vietnam war, war, military, soldier, anti war, friendship and military life mostly in Drama, War and Romance genres. Some movies like Birdy: Johnny Got His Gun (1971), Apocalypse Now (1979), Combat Shock (1984), Requiem for a Dream (2000), Slaughterhouse-Five (1972). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Joe, a young American soldier, is hit by a mortar shell on the last day of World War I. He lies in a hospital bed in a fate worse than death - a quadruple amputee who has lost his arms, legs, eyes, ears, mouth and nose. Unbeknown to his doctors, he ...
Style: depressing, disturbing, thought provoking, surreal, political ...
Plot: anti war, hospital, disability, dream, haunted by the past, mute, amputation, patient, freak, isolation, soldier, world war one ...
Time: year 1971, near future, 1920s, 1900s, 1910s ...
Place: france, colorado, los angeles, europe, usa
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80%
 8.4
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Apocalypse Now (1979)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, War
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story: At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter ...
Style: bleak, psychological, disturbing, surreal, visual ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: vietnam war, insanity, jungle, mission, anti war, army, military, violence, secret mission, soldier, violent, river ...
Time: 20th century, year 1979, 60s, year 1969
Place: vietnam, cambodia, southeast asia, asia, the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.3
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Combat Shock (1984)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A dangerously disturbed Vietnam veteran struggles with life 15 years after his return home, and slowly falls into insanity from his gritty urban lifestyle.
Style: disturbing, depressing, controversial, devastating, intense ...
Plot: vietnam war, extreme, misfit, suicide, exploitation, mental disorder, teenager, psycho killer, cavalry, war trauma, military, freak ...
Place: new york, vietnam, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The hopes and dreams of four ambitious people are shattered when their drug addictions begin spiraling out of control. A look into addiction and how it overcomes the mind and body.
Style: psychological, disturbing, bleak, depressing, emotional ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: addiction, drug abuse, heroin, drug addiction, insanity, mental illness, junkie, drug, depression, dream, loneliness, drug addict ...
Time: year 2000, future, y2k, 20th century, 90s ...
Place: new york, america, britain, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: "Listen: Billie Pilgrim has come unstuck in time." Slaughterhouse-Five is an award-winning 1972 film adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's novel of the same name. Director Hill faithfully renders for the screen Vonnegut's obsessive story ...
Style: surreal, atmospheric, philosophical, non-linear, talky ...
Plot: world war two, time travel, assassination, surrealism, sent to the future, parents and children, alien encounter, imaginary, space and aliens, war, family relations, distopia ...
Time: future, 1940s, 1900s, 20th century, 1930s ...
Place: indiana, europe, new england, philadelphia, montana ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
41%
 5.9
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Happy New Year (2011)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A war-torn marine returns home to face his fiercest battle yet - the one against himself.
Style: psychological, rough, tense, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: haunted by the past, homecoming, military, under the surface, disability, military hospital, friendship, soldier, post traumatic stress disorder, anti war, society, therapy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, iraq
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 5.9
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In Country (1989)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Samantha Hughes, a teenaged Kentucky girl, never knew her father, who died in Vietnam before her birth. Samantha lives with her uncle Emmett, who also served in Vietnam. Emmett hangs around with Tom, Earl, and Pete, three other Vietnam vets who, ...
Style: emotional, touching, realistic, sex comedy, sincere ...
Plot: friendship, obsession, vietnam veteran, vietnam war, destruction, self discovery, soldier, coming of age, hopes, youth, human nature, homecoming ...
Time: year 1989
Place: kentucky, vietnam, usa, southern usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Gardens of Stone (1987)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A sergeant must deal with his desires to save the lives of young soldiers being sent to Vietnam. Continuously denied the chance to teach the soldiers about his experiences, he settles for trying to help the son of an old army buddy.
Style: realistic, intense, harsh, bleak, serious ...
Plot: vietnam war, military, war, soldier, vietnam veteran, justice, politics, military life, civil war, dialogue, wartime, casualty of war ...
Time: 20th century, year 1987, 60s, year 1968
Place: washington d.c., vietnam, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 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 ⇓
40%
 7.3
 15K
Coming Home (1978)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: The wife of a Marine serving in Vietnam, Sally Hyde (Jane Fonda) decides to volunteer at a local veterans hospital to occupy her time. There she meets Luke Martin (Jon Voight), a frustrated wheelchair-bound vet who has become disillusioned with the ...
Style: political, realistic, emotional, erotic, romantic ...
Plot: vietnam war, paraplegic, disability, love, vietnam veteran, homecoming, soldier, wartime, military, hospital, love story, suicide ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1978
Place: california, usa, los angeles, vietnam, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 3.9
 657
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 ⇓
39%
 6.3
 598
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 ⇓
39%
Missing in America (2005)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A haunted Vietnam veteran, living in exile in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, is faced with a life-changing decision after he is visited by a former platoon member and his young Amerasian daughter.
Style: psychological, realistic, emotional, touching, captivating ...
Plot: vietnam veteran, friendship, homecoming, exile, solitary, life is a bitch, society, orphan, redemption, farm, family relations, children ...
Place: usa, asia, vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 6.5
 2K
Streamers (1983)
Genre: Crime, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Four young recruits about to be sent to Vietnam confront their prejudicial feelings toward one another when it's learned one of them is homosexual.
Style: realistic, disturbing, serious, psychological, political ...
Plot: vietnam war, military, gay, soldier, racism, u.s. military, u.s. army, peer pressure, injustice, military life, lgbt, prejudice ...
Time: 60s, year 1983
Place: asia, vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Purple Hearts (1984)
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, anamorphic, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Plot: vietnam war, conflict, war trauma, wartime, struggle, love, bittersweet, war, military, fall in love, love and romance, unfulfilled love ...
Place: vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 6.7
 13K
The War (1994)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: The son of a Vietnam War Veteran must deal with neighborhood bullies as well as his dad's post-traumatic stress disorder while growing up in the deep south in the 1970's.
Style: realistic, emotional, sentimental, touching, dark comedy ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: bullying, vietnam war, coming of age, childhood, father son relationship, child, friendship, boy, children, war, youth, bittersweet ...
Time: 70s, 1900s, year 1994, 20th century
Place: vietnam, mississippi, usa, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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 ⇓
37%
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1969 (1988)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Two rebellious youths, Ralph and Scott, find themselves struggling with adulthood as the Vietnam War rages. Feeling trapped in their small town, Scott battles with his conservative veteran father, Cliff, and Ralph deals with his desperately sexual ...
Style: realistic, independent film, serious, thought provoking, sincere ...
Audience: teens
Plot: vietnam war, prejudice, anti war, unfaithfulness, death of father, drug use, hippie, small town, drug, male nudity, coming of age, college ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1969
Place: vietnam, usa, maine, canada, texas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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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 ⇓
37%
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Platoon (1986)
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: epic, realistic, rough, disturbing, emotional ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: vietnam war, military, soldier, battlefield, battles, squad, combat, jungle warfare, anti war, conflict, violent, jungle ...
Time: year 1986, year 1967, year 1968, 60s, 20th century
Place: vietnam, southeast asia, the philippines, america, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Bat*21 (1988)
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, suspense, harsh, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: vietnam war, military, survival, rescue, aviation, danger, against the odds, friendship, soldier, daring rescue, battles, jungle ...
Place: vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 6.4
 6K
Jacknife (1989)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A conflict develops between a troubled Vietnam veteran and the sister he lives with when she becomes involved romantically with the army buddy who reminds him of the tragic battle they both survived.
Style: realistic, talky, psychological, sincere, cult classic ...
Plot: vietnam war, vietnam veteran, friendship, dialogue, loneliness, depression, idealism, complex characters, siblings relations, haunted by the past, love and romance, homecoming ...
Time: 80s, year 1989, 20th century
Place: usa, vietnam, connecticut
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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The Iron Triangle (1989)
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: realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, exciting ...
Plot: vietnam war, confined, military life, captivity, battles, rebellion, espionage, on the run, life is a bitch, political unrest, wartime life, anti war ...
Time: year 1989
Place: vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Platoon Leader (1988)
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: grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, exciting, rough ...
Plot: vietnam war, vietcong, military, war, cannon, real life, revolutionary war, revolution, freedom, struggle, revolutionary, us military ...
Place: vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Adam Resurrected (2008)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, Israel, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Before the war, in Berlin, Adam was an entertainer- cabaret impresario, magician, musician-loved by all until he finds himself in a concentration camp, confronted by Commandant Klein. Adam survives the camp by becoming the Klein's ...
Style: touching, contemplative, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Plot: holocaust, nazi, world war two, survival, haunted by the past, against humanity, life is a bitch, mental illness, concentration camp, circus, patient, circus performer ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 2008, 60s, 1930s ...
Place: europe, israel, middle east, berlin germany, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 6.8
 2K
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 ⇓
36%
 5.4
 349
Company K (2004)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Based on the popular World War I novel by author William March, director Robert Clem's COMPANY K follows a veteran of the first great conflict as he finishes a book about his wartime experiences and reflects on how a man's true character ...
Style: serious, psychological, captivating, disturbing, epic ...
Plot: world war one, veteran, soldier, wartime life, battles, state affairs, military, life is a bitch, politics, prison life, haunted by the past, military life ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, year 1917
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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%
The Last Full Measure (2019)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: The incredible true story of Vietnam War hero William H. Pitsenbarger, a U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen medic who personally saved over sixty men. Thirty-two years later, Pentagon staffer Scott Huffman investigates a Congressional Medal of Honor ...
Style: tense, captivating, sincere, psychological, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vietnam war, military, war violence, jungle, heroes, death, saving a life, heroism, dying, investigation, thanksgiving, self sacrifice ...
Time: year 1999, year 1969
Place: vietnam, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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