American soldier movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant american soldier movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, tense, captivating, exciting and dramatic films and TV shows about / with american soldier, military, soldier, war, death, world war two, suspense, military life, army and explosion plots mostly in Drama, War and Action genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as american soldier: Black Hawk Down (2001), American Sniper (2014), Band of Brothers (2001), Hacksaw Ridge (2016), The Wall (2017), Jarhead (2005), The Kill Team (2019), Silent Night (2002), Brothers (2009), Fury (2014).
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List of american soldier movies
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.
Style:
realistic, intense, epic, rough, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
war, courage, battles, combat, chaos, gunfight, military, survival, sniper, warrior, american soldier, rescue mission ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s, 20th century, year 1992
Place:
africa, somalia, iraq, north africa, east africa ...
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle takes his sole mission—protect his comrades—to heart and becomes one of the most lethal snipers in American history. His pinpoint accuracy not only saves countless lives but also makes him a prime target of insurgents. ...
Style:
tense, emotional, intense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
war, iraq war, sniper, military, soldier, violence, navy seal, battles, american soldier, assassin, courage, u.s. marine ...
Time:
september 11 2001, year 1998, year 2013, year 2001, 21st century
Place:
iraq, middle east, usa, california, texas
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 594 min.
TV show
Story:
Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as their journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men from paratrooper training in Georgia through the end of the war. As an elite rifle company ...
Style:
heroic, captivating, epic, serious, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, military, war, combat, soldier, battles, american soldier, behind enemy lines, paratrooper, u.s. army, nazi germany, courage ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, 20th century
Place:
germany, europe, belgium, paris france, netherlands ...
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540K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Australia, USA, UK, China
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Style:
touching, inspirational, sentimental, emotional, brutal ...
Audience:
manly, girls' night
Plot:
world war two, war, soldier, conscientious objector, religion, american soldier, u.s. army, bible, military, father son relationship, pacifism, u.s. military ...
Time:
1940s, middle ages, 20th century, year 1945
Place:
okinawa, okinawa japan, japan, tennessee, usa
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28K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An American sniper and his spotter engage in a deadly cat-and-mouse game with an Iraqi sniper.
Style:
serious, tense, rough, melancholic, twist ending ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
sniper, iraq war, american soldier, marines, soldier, suspense, desert, wounded soldier, deception, taunting, trapped, murder ...
Place:
iraq
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194K
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA, UK, Germany
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s experience in the Gulf War. After putting up with an arduous boot camp, Swafford and his unit are sent to the Persian Gulf where they are eager to fight, but are forced to stay back from the ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, factual, brutal, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gulf war, war, iraq war, anti war, military, u.s. military, marines, american soldier, boot camp, desert, death, sniper ...
Time:
80s, year 1991, 90s, year 1990, year 1989 ...
Place:
iraq, middle east, saudi arabia, vietnam, california ...
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Spain, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When Andrew Briggman—a young soldier in the US invasion of Afghanistan—witnesses other recruits killing innocent civilians under the direction of a sadistic Sergeant, he considers reporting them to higher-ups. However, the heavily-armed and ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, exciting, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
war crime, military, american soldier, behind enemy lines, moral dilemma, suspense, soldier, murder, wartime life, military life, deception, heroism ...
Time:
2000s, year 2009, 21st century
Place:
afghanistan
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Fact-based World War II story set on Christmas Eve, 1944, finds a German Mother and her son seeking refuge in a cabin on the war front. When she is invaded by three American soldiers and then three German soldiers, she successfully convinces the ...
Style:
captivating, uplifting, realistic, serious, motivational
Audience:
family outing, girls' night
Plot:
christmas eve, anti war, world war two, christmas, american soldier, soldier, hitler youth, military, friendship, single parent, nazi, boy ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
germany, europe, africa, dunkirk
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133K
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When his helicopter goes down during his fourth tour of duty in Afghanistan, Marine Sam Cahill is presumed dead. Back home, brother Tommy steps in to look over Sam’s wife, Grace, and two children. Sam’s surprise homecoming triggers domestic ...
Style:
touching, psychological, emotional, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
war, family problems, adultery, military, marital infidelity, presumed dead, american soldier, brothers, dysfunctional family, soldier, suspicion, twists and turns ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
afghanistan, iraq, usa
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504K
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 ...
Style:
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
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443
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Soldier Brian Wood, is accused of war crimes in Iraq by the human rights lawyer Phil Shiner. The two men go head to head in a legal and moral conflict that takes us from the battlefield, at so-called Checkpoint Danny Boy, to the courtroom and one of ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
iraq war, war crime, american soldier, ex soldier, military, framed for a crime, accused of murder, soldier, suspense, hapless soldier, war violence, accusation ...
Place:
united kingdom
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115K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 530 min.
TV show
Story:
A 10-part mini-series from the creators of "Band of Brothers" telling the intertwined stories of three Marines during America's battle with the Japanese in the Pacific during World War II.
Style:
serious, disturbing, suspenseful, emotional, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, military, war, battlefield, battles, squad, soldier, marines, american soldier, u.s. military, imperial japan, navy ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945, 20th century
Place:
pacific ocean, japan, alabama, okinawa, asia ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Iraq, 2004: during a routine sortie a US patrol is ambushed and the young soldiers are forced to put their training and skills into action fast. A determined foe with superior local knowledge, the Fedayeen insurgents soon draw them into close ...
Style:
realistic, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, terrorism, war, battles, survival, confined, escapades, heroes, soldier, state affairs, good versus evil, wartime life ...
Place:
iraq, middle east
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Genre: Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Wylie is a lazy engineer. Landry is a Sergeant specialising in Armour. They have never met but their lives become entangled when Landry must take the tank Wylie designed into combat. Wylie is waiting for his employer to go out of business when he ...
Style:
humorous, melancholic, semi serious, tense, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
american soldier, espionage, happy ending, engineer, undercover, witnessing a crime, heroes, secret agents, fighting the system, save the day, heroic mission, spy ...
Time:
future, 80s, year 1984
Place:
middle east
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The true story of Marine Corporal Megan Leavey, who forms a powerful bond with an aggressive combat dog, Rex. While deployed in Iraq, the two complete more than 100 missions and save countless lives, until an IED explosion puts their faithfulness to ...
Style:
touching, disturbing, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dog, female soldier, human animal relationship, iraq war, military, strong female lead, u.s. marine, animals, soldier, u.s. military, boot camp, woman ...
Time:
2000s, year 2001, 21st century
Place:
iraq, new york, new york state
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A group of German boys is ordered to protect a small bridge in their home village during the waning months of the second world war. Truckloads of defeated, cynical Wehrmacht soldiers flee the approaching American troops, but the boys, full of ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, bleak
Plot:
world war two, war, military, heroic mission, soldier, left to die, young heroes, american soldier, combat casualty, german history, nazi, small town ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1945
Place:
germany
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Corporal Evan Albright joined the elite Marine Corps Security Guards to save the world and see some action-not necessarily in that order. But his first assignment, protecting a U. S. Embassy in a seemingly safe Middle Eastern capitol, relegates his ...
Plot:
marines, war, marine, rescue team, sniper, terrorist, american soldier, fistfight, gunfight, suicide bomber, mission, military ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
middle east
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Drama series set in 1943 following the Coyne family and their neighbours as they struggle to maintain a normal life after a US Army Air Force base is set up in the middle of their rural parish.
Style:
captivating, romantic, entertaining
Plot:
world war two, countryside, troubled marriage, american soldier, love triangle, soldier, military life, wartime, love and romance, parents and children, military, life ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
ireland, northern ireland
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA, New Zealand, Japan
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the ...
Style:
epic, breathtaking, serious, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
girls' night, manly
Plot:
samurai, sword fight, battles, war, military, courage, warrior, pride and honor, self discovery, katana, human spirit, martial arts ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1870s
Place:
japan, asia, africa, pacific ocean, san francisco ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Four soldiers trapped behind enemy lines must confront their fears and desires while finding a way back to their battalion.
Style:
tense, serious, exciting, psychological, sad ...
Plot:
war criminal, behind enemy lines, 18 year old, truck, 20 year old, gas mask, fictional war, bosnian war, military, survival, murder, suspense ...
Time:
20th century, 21st century
Place:
germany, normandy, congo, vietnam, cambodia
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338K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 183 min.
Story:
The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval nurse Evelyn Johnson. But the rivalry between the friends-turned-foes ...
Style:
romantic, sentimental, emotional, epic, factual ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, date night
Plot:
world war two, war, love, love triangle, military, airplane, love and romance, fighter pilot, aviation, navy, aerial combats, warship ...
Time:
1940s, 50s, post world war two, 20th century, year 1942 ...
Place:
hawaii, pearl harbor, japan, asia, tokyo ...
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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:
psychological, bleak, atmospheric, disturbing, surreal ...
Plot:
vietnam war, insanity, jungle, anti war, mission, military, violence, army, soldier, violent, war, secret mission ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1969
Place:
vietnam, cambodia, asia, the philippines, southeast asia
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21K
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A veteran soldier returns from his completed tour of duty in Iraq, only to find his life turned upside down when he is arbitrarily ordered to return to field duty by the Army.
Style:
emotional, sad, harsh, sexy, serious ...
Plot:
soldier, u.s. military, iraq war, friendship, death, war, homecoming, redemption, small town, depression, post traumatic stress disorder, wartime life ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa, canada, vietnam, middle east, iraq ...
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
Based on the graphic novel by James Jones, The Thin Red Line tells the story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II ...
Style:
epic, visually appealing, thought provoking, philosophical, atmospheric ...
Plot:
war, soldier, world war two, sergeant, anti war, jungle, infantry, existentialism, survival, invasion, pacific island, military life ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
asia, canada, japan, pacific ocean
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The war in Europe is over, but the one at home has only just begun. The Second World War is ending and throughout Britain, evacuees are returning home to their families - but not the families they remember. Like so many other women, Peggy’s life ...
Style:
touching, sincere, realistic, serious
Plot:
world war two, homecoming, mother daughter relationship, marriage, aristocrat, evacuation, american soldier, loss of husband, presumed dead, swing, swing dancing, snobbism ...
Place:
england
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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
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Genre: Comedy, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop the nuclear strike.
Style:
political, funny, satirical, dark, absurd ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
cold war, military, satire, end of the world, nuclear war, anti war, disaster, nuclear threat, u.s. president, president, nuclear holocaust, nuclear ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, 60s, year 1942
Place:
canada, washington d.c., pentagon, ussr, russia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Dominican Republic
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
1965, Dominican Republic. At a seaside brothel, the lives of a group of prostitutes take a dramatic turn when freedom fighters stage a revolutionary coup, making them realise they can have a better life and perhaps find love. But everything changes ...
Style:
tense, disturbing
Plot:
forced prostitution, prostitution, prostitute, female nudity, lesbian relationship, transsexual, rape, american soldier, freedom fighter, brothel, society, street prostitution ...
Time:
60s
Place:
dominican republic
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34K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Cherry drifts from college dropout to army medic in Iraq - anchored only by his true love, Emily. But after returning from the war with PTSD, his life spirals into drugs and crime as he struggles to find his place in the world.
Style:
psychological, tense, thought provoking, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
post traumatic stress disorder, heroin, drug addiction, war veteran, group therapy, drug use, iraq war veteran, masturbation, society, american soldier, black american, african american ...
Time:
year 2007, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
usa
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633
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When American soldiers inadvertently steal Attila the Hun's secret riches, the wrath of the barbarian is awakened; the mummified warrior will stop at nothing to kill the intruders.
Style:
psychotronic, rough, exciting, scary, captivating ...
Plot:
monster, supernatural, murder, military, chase, fictional war, characters murdered one by one, soldier, underground, mummy, killed in action, american soldier ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe
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