Movies like Hamburger Hill
Hamburger Hill (1987) is a war movie directed by John Irvin. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Platoon (1986)
★ 7.7 · 5,336 votes · Drama, War, Action
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.
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2. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
★ 8.1 · 11,841 votes · Drama, War
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.
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3. Apocalypse Now (1979)
★ 8.3 · 9,459 votes · Drama, War
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 Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.
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4. Kelly's Heroes (1970)
★ 7.4 · 867 votes · Adventure, Comedy, War
A misfit group of World War II American soldiers goes AWOL to rob a bank behind German lines.
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5. The Thin Red Line (1998)
★ 7.4 · 3,459 votes · Drama, History, War
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 battle of Guadalcanal. It follows their journey, from the surprise of an unopposed landing, through the bloody and exhausting battles that follow, to the ultimate departure of those who survived.
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6. The Hurt Locker (2008)
★ 7.2 · 6,417 votes · Drama, Thriller, War
During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
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7. Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
★ 6.7 · 4,516 votes · Action, Adventure, Thriller
John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam.
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8. Casualties of War (1989)
★ 7.2 · 1,055 votes · Drama, History, War
During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.
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9. Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
★ 7.0 · 1,964 votes · Drama, War
Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
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10. The Deer Hunter (1978)
★ 8.0 · 4,423 votes · Drama, War
Three steelworkers enlist in the army and are sent to Vietnam, one leaving behind a rushed marriage, the others a shared love. What they encounter during the war changes their lives forever.
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11. Windtalkers (2002)
★ 6.4 · 1,483 votes · War, Action
Joe Enders is a gung-ho Marine assigned to protect a "windtalker" - one of several Navajo Indians who were used to relay messages during World War II because their spoken language was indecipherable to Japanese code breakers.
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12. Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
★ 7.6 · 15,620 votes · Action, Sci-Fi
Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same day and is forced to fight and die again... and again - as physical contact with the alien has thrown him into a time loop.
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13. Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
★ 8.2 · 15,409 votes · Drama, History, War
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.
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14. Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
★ 7.3 · 3,125 votes · Comedy, Drama, War
A disk jockey goes to Vietnam to work for the Armed Forces Radio Service. While he becomes popular among the troops, his superiors disapprove of his humor.
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15. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
★ 7.8 · 984 votes · Drama, War
When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is destroyed by the harsh realities of combat.
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16. The Book of Eli (2010)
★ 6.8 · 6,948 votes · Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi
A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.
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17. Black Hawk Down (2001)
★ 7.4 · 6,650 votes · Action, War, History
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.
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18. Tears of the Sun (2003)
★ 6.9 · 2,731 votes · War, Action, Drama
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 conscience and protect a group of innocent refugees. When the democratic government of Nigeria collapses and the country is taken over by a ruthless military dictator, Waters, a fiercely loyal and hardened veteran is dispatched on a routine mission to retrieve a Doctors Without Borders physician.
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19. Commando (1985)
★ 6.8 · 3,327 votes · Action, Adventure, Thriller
John Matrix, the former leader of a special commando strike force that always got the toughest jobs done, is forced back into action when his young daughter is kidnapped. To find her, Matrix has to fight his way through an array of punks, killers, one of his former commandos, and a fully equipped private army. With the help of a feisty stewardess and an old friend, Matrix has only a few hours to overcome his greatest challenge: finding his daughter before she's killed.
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20. Air Force One (1997)
★ 6.5 · 3,463 votes · Action, Thriller
When Russian neo-nationalists hijack Air Force One, the world's most secure and extraordinary aircraft, the President is faced with a nearly impossible decision to give in to terrorist demands or sacrifice not only the country's dignity, but the lives of his wife and daughter.
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