Movies like The Hurt Locker
The Hurt Locker (2008) is a thriller movie directed by Kathryn Bigelow. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. American Sniper (2014)
★ 7.4 · 13,946 votes · War, Action
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. Despite grave danger and his struggle to be a good husband and father to his family back in the States, Kyle serves four tours of duty in Iraq. However, when he finally returns home, he finds that he cannot leave the war behind.
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2. The Wall (2017)
★ 6.4 · 1,089 votes · War, Thriller, Drama
An American sniper and his spotter engage in a deadly cat-and-mouse game with an Iraqi sniper.
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3. Jarhead (2005)
★ 6.7 · 3,305 votes · Drama, War
Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s experience in the Gulf War. After putting up with an arduous boot camp, Swofford and his unit are sent to the Persian Gulf where they are eager to fight, but are forced to stay back from the action. Swofford struggles with the possibility of his girlfriend cheating on him, and as his mental state deteriorates, his desire to kill increases.
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4. 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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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. Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
★ 7.0 · 5,067 votes · Thriller, Drama
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.
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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. 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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9. Green Zone (2010)
★ 6.5 · 2,479 votes · War, Action, Adventure
During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller and his team of Army inspectors are dispatched to find weapons of mass destruction believed to be stockpiled in the Iraqi desert. Rocketing from one booby-trapped and treacherous site to the next, the men search for deadly chemical agents but stumble instead upon an elaborate cover-up that threatens to invert the purpose of their mission.
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10. Civil War (2024)
★ 6.8 · 4,645 votes · War, Action, Drama
In the near future, a group of war journalists attempt to survive while reporting the truth as the United States stands on the brink of civil war.
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11. The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
★ 6.8 · 11,223 votes · Adventure, Action, Thriller
The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.
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12. Executive Decision (1996)
★ 6.4 · 1,077 votes · Action, Adventure, Drama
Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C., demanding the release of their imprisoned leader. Intelligence expert David Grant suspects another reason and he is soon the reluctant member of a special assault team that is assigned to intercept the plane and hijackers.
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13. Act of Valor (2012)
★ 6.5 · 1,311 votes · Action, Thriller, War
When a covert mission to rescue a kidnapped CIA operative uncovers a chilling plot, an elite, highly trained U.S. SEAL team speeds to hotspots around the globe, racing against the clock to stop a deadly terrorist attack.
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14. Eye in the Sky (2015)
★ 7.0 · 1,808 votes · Drama, Thriller, War
A UK-based military officer in command of a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya discovers the targets are planning a suicide bombing and the mission escalates from “capture” to “kill.” As American pilot Steve Watts is about to engage, a nine-year old girl enters the kill zone, triggering an international dispute reaching the highest levels of US and British government over the moral, political, and personal implications of modern warfare.
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15. Heartbreak Ridge (1986)
★ 6.9 · 1,174 votes · War, Drama
A hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude.
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16. Cross of Iron (1977)
★ 7.1 · 510 votes · Drama, Action, History
It is 1943, and the German army—ravaged and demoralised—is hastily retreating from the Russian front. In the midst of the madness, conflict brews between the aristocratic yet ultimately pusillanimous Captain Stransky and the courageous Corporal Steiner. Stransky is the only man who believes that the Third Reich is still vastly superior to the Russian army. However, within his pompous persona lies a quivering coward who longs for the Iron Cross so that he can return to Berlin a hero. Steiner, on the other hand is cynical, defiantly non-conformist and more concerned with the safety of his own men rather than the horde of military decorations offered to him by his superiors.
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17. One Shot (2021)
★ 6.7 · 950 votes · Action, Thriller, Crime
An elite squad of Navy SEALs, on a covert mission to transport a prisoner off a CIA black site island prison, are trapped when insurgents attack while trying to rescue the same prisoner.
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18. Tom Clancy's Without Remorse (2021)
★ 6.9 · 2,815 votes · Action, Thriller, War
An elite Navy SEAL uncovers an international conspiracy while seeking justice for the murder of his pregnant wife.
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19. UNABOMBER (2026)
★ 6.6 · 458 votes · Thriller, Drama, Crime
Follow Ted Kaczynski's transformation from Harvard prodigy into the infamous Unabomber. Subjected to controversial psychological experiments by Professor Henry Murray, Kaczynski's troubled past resurfaces decades later when his manhunt, led by FBI agent Joanne Miller, brings to light the chilling consequences of ambition and isolation.
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20. Land of Bad (2024)
★ 7.3 · 1,621 votes · Action, War, Thriller
When a Delta Force special ops mission goes terribly wrong, Air Force drone pilot Reaper has 48 hours to remedy what has devolved into a wild rescue operation. With no weapons and no communication other than the drone above, the ground mission suddenly becomes a full-scale battle when the team is discovered by the enemy.
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