Movies like Johnny Got His Gun
Johnny Got His Gun (1971) is a war movie directed by Dalton Trumbo. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. 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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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. 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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4. All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
★ 7.7 · 4,994 votes · War, Drama
Paul Baumer and his friends Albert and Muller, egged on by romantic dreams of heroism, voluntarily enlist in the German army. Full of excitement and patriotic fervour, the boys enthusiastically march into a war they believe in. But once on the Western Front, they discover the soul-destroying horror of World War I.
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5. 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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6. The Great Dictator (1940)
★ 8.3 · 3,837 votes · Comedy, War
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
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7. Paths of Glory (1957)
★ 8.3 · 3,406 votes · War, Drama
A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.
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8. 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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9. War Horse (2011)
★ 7.3 · 3,788 votes · War, History, Drama
On the brink of the First World War, Albert's beloved horse Joey is sold to the Cavalry by his father. Against the backdrop of the Great War, Joey begins an odyssey full of danger, joy, and sorrow, and he transforms everyone he meets along the way. Meanwhile, Albert, unable to forget his equine friend, searches the battlefields of France to find Joey and bring him home.
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10. Flyboys (2006)
★ 6.5 · 877 votes · Drama, History, War
The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots.
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11. Courage Under Fire (1996)
★ 6.6 · 1,107 votes · Drama, Thriller, Mystery
A US Army officer, who made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up, has been reassigned to a desk job. He is tasked to investigate a female chopper commander's worthiness to be awarded the Medal of Honor. At first all seems in order. But then he begins to notice inconsistencies between the testimonies of the witnesses...
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12. Journey's End (2017)
★ 6.3 · 345 votes · War, Drama, Action
Set in a dugout in Aisne in 1918, a group of British officers, led by the mentally disintegrating young officer Stanhope, variously await their fate.
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13. Operation Mincemeat (2022)
★ 6.5 · 848 votes · War, History, Drama
In 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to drop a corpse with false papers off the coast of Spain would fool Nazi spies into believing the Allied forces were planning to attack by way of Greece rather than Sicily.
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14. Devotion (2022)
★ 7.1 · 868 votes · War, Drama, History
The harrowing true story of two elite US Navy fighter pilots during the Korean War. Their heroic sacrifices would ultimately make them the Navy's most celebrated wingmen.
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15. Lifeboat (1944)
★ 7.4 · 505 votes · War, Drama
During World War II, a small group of survivors is stranded in a lifeboat together after the ship they were traveling on is destroyed by a German U-boat.
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