Movies like Platoon
Platoon (1986) is a war movie directed by Oliver Stone. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
★ 8.1 · 11,845 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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2. 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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3. Apocalypse Now (1979)
★ 8.3 · 9,461 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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