Movies like First They Killed My Father
First They Killed My Father (2017) is a war movie directed by Angelina Jolie. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. The Killing Fields (1984)
★ 7.5 · 872 votes · Drama, History, War
New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the help of local interpreter Dith Pran and American photojournalist Al Rockoff. When the U.S. Army pulls out amid escalating violence, Schanberg makes exit arrangements for Pran and his family. Pran, however, tells Schanberg he intends to stay in Cambodia to help cover the unfolding story — a decision he may regret as the Khmer Rouge rebels move in.
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2. Apocalypse Now (1979)
★ 8.3 · 9,460 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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3. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
★ 7.7 · 3,310 votes · Drama, History, War
Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his hotel in attempt to save their lives.
