Movies like Restrepo
Restrepo (2010) is a war movie directed by Tim Hetherington. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Guy Ritchie's The Covenant (2023)
★ 7.7 · 3,413 votes · War, Action, Thriller
After an ambush, Afghan interpreter Ahmed goes to Herculean lengths to save US Army Sergeant John Kinley's life. When Kinley learns that Ahmed and his family were not given safe passage to America as promised, he must return to the war zone and repay his debt.
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2. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016)
★ 6.3 · 1,080 votes · Comedy, Drama, War
Stuck in a rut, reporter Kim Baker decides to shake things up by leaving her desk job in New York and taking a dangerous assignment in Afghanistan. Far from home and completely out of her comfort zone, a culture-shocked Kim befriends an adventurous reporter Tanya Vanderpoel, a stern Colonel, and a charming photojournalist to help her navigate this crazy new world.
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3. 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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4. Warhorse One (2023)
★ 7.2 · 350 votes · Action, War, Drama
A gunned down Navy SEAL Master Chief must guide a child to safety through a gauntlet of hostile Taliban insurgents and survive the brutal Afghanistan wilderness.
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5. Lone Survivor (2013)
★ 7.4 · 4,909 votes · War, Action, Drama
Four Navy SEALs on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level Taliban operative must make an impossible moral decision in the mountains of Afghanistan that leads them into an enemy ambush. As they confront unthinkable odds, the SEALs must find reserves of strength and resilience to fight to the finish.
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6. 12 Strong (2018)
★ 6.4 · 3,276 votes · War, Action, History
A team of special forces head into Afghanistan in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks in an attempt to dismantle the Taliban.
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7. The Outpost (2020)
★ 6.9 · 1,276 votes · War, Drama, History
A small unit of U.S. soldiers, alone at the remote Combat Outpost Keating, located deep in the valley of three mountains in Afghanistan, battles to defend against an overwhelming force of Taliban fighters in a coordinated attack. The Battle of Kamdesh, as it was known, was the bloodiest American engagement of the Afghan War in 2009 and Bravo Troop 3-61 CAV became one of the most decorated units of the 19-year conflict.
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8. Special Forces (2011)
★ 6.7 · 647 votes · Action, Drama, War
Afghanistan. War correspondent Elsa Casanova is taken hostage by the Taliban. Faced with her imminent execution, a Special Forces unit is dispatched to free her. In some of the world’s most breathtaking yet hostile landscapes, a relentless pursuit begins between her kidnappers who have no intention of letting their prey escape them and a group of soldiers who risk their lives in pursuit of their single aim – to bring her home alive. This strong, independent woman and these men of duty are thrown together and forced to confront situations of great danger that inextricably bind them – emotionally, violently and intimately.
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9. They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)
★ 7.8 · 707 votes · Documentary, History, War
A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of Armistice Day, and the end of the war.
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10. 20 Days in Mariupol (2023)
★ 8.1 · 323 votes · Documentary, War
As the Russian invasion begins, a team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting the war's atrocities.
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11. For Sama (2019)
★ 8.2 · 320 votes · Documentary, War
A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all while cataclysmic conflict rises around her. Her camera captures incredible stories of loss, laughter and survival as Waad wrestles with an impossible choice– whether or not to flee the city to protect her daughter’s life, when leaving means abandoning the struggle for freedom for which she has already sacrificed so much.
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