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Movies that feel like Rambo III (1988)

If you loved Rambo III, the closest films we have are Eastern Condors (1987), Operation Red Sea (2018) and 12 Strong (2018). All three share Rambo III's kinetic and epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 4 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Hulu and others, checked against today's data.

Combat has taken its toll on Rambo, but he's finally begun to find inner peace in a monastery. When Rambo's friend and mentor Col. Trautman asks for his help on a top secret mission to Afghanistan, Rambo declines but must reconsider when Trautman is captured.

πŸ… 39% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 5.8 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Peter MacDonaldkineticepictensebleak
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If Rambo III hit the spot, these will too

Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: First Blood (1982) Β· Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) Β· Rambo (2008) Β· Rambo: Last Blood (2019)

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Eastern Condors
1987 Β· dir. Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
β˜… 7.1action Β· adventure Β· war

Kinetic where it counts, epic underneath

The difference: None of the tension Rambo III is built on

A motley group of Chinese prisoners held in the US is sent on a covert mission with the promise of a pardon: to go deep into Vietnam and destroy a secret depot of missiles that the US left behind during the pull-out.

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Operation Red Sea
2018 Β· dir. Dante Lam Chiu-yin
πŸ… 80%β˜… 6.6action Β· thriller Β· war

Both land tension and bleakness at once

The difference: Reviewed even better

A squad of the Jiaolong Commando Unit - Sea Dragon, a spec ops team of the Chinese Navy, carries out a hostage rescue operation in the nation of Yewaire, on the Arabian Peninsula, and fiercely fights against local rebel groups and Zaka, a terrorist organization.

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12 Strong
2018 Β· dir. Nicolai Fuglsig
πŸ… 50%β˜… 6.5war Β· action Β· history

Both keep coming back to the same thing: afghanistan

The difference: Sits closer to history than Rambo III does

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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Badland Hunters
2024 Β· dir. Heo Myeong-haeng
πŸ… 67%β˜… 5.9action Β· adventure Β· thriller

Kinetic action, and it commits to that

The difference: 36 years apart, and the 2020s show

After a deadly earthquake turns Seoul into a lawless badland, a fearless huntsman springs into action to rescue a teenager abducted by a mad doctor.

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Stalingrad
2013 Β· dir. Fyodor Bondarchuk
πŸ… 51%β˜… 5.7war Β· action Β· drama

Common ground in both: soviet union and soviet military

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Rambo III does

A band of determined Russian soldiers fight to hold a strategic building in their devastated city against a ruthless German army, and in the process become deeply connected to a Russian woman who has been living there.

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The Man with the Golden Gun
1974 Β· dir. Guy Hamilton
πŸ… 40%β˜… 6.7adventure Β· action Β· thriller

Both are built on the same subject: thailand

Cool government operative James Bond searches for a stolen invention that can turn the sun's heat into a destructive weapon. He soon crosses paths with the menacing Francisco Scaramanga, a hitman so skilled he has a seven-figure working fee. Bond then joins forces with the swimsuit-clad Mary Goodnight, and together they track Scaramanga to a Thai tropical isle hideout where the killer-for-hire lures the slick spy into a deadly maze for a final duel.

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Guy Ritchie's The Covenant
2023 Β· dir. Guy Ritchie
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7.5war Β· action Β· thriller

One thread runs through both: afghanistan

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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Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan
2007 Β· dir. Sergei Bodrov
πŸ… 86%β˜… 7.2history Β· war Β· action

War with a pulse of scale, in both cases

The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan, a slave who went on to conquer half the world in the 11th century.

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The Dirty Dozen
1967 Β· dir. Robert Aldrich
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7.7action Β· adventure Β· war

Both lean on bleakness more than on adventure

12 American military prisoners in World War II are ordered to infiltrate a well-guarded enemy chΓ’teau and kill the Nazi officers vacationing there. The soldiers, most of whom are facing death sentences for a variety of violent crimes, agree to the mission and the possible commuting of their sentences.

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King Arthur
2004 Β· dir. Antoine Fuqua
πŸ… 30%β˜… 6.3adventure Β· war Β· history

Kinetic thriller in both cases

The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy cavalry troops stationed in Britain, and that the Roman-British military commander, Lucius Artorius Castus is the historical person behind the legend.

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Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
1985 Β· dir. George Miller
πŸ… 80%β˜… 6.2action Β· adventure Β· science fiction

Action built on scale, twice over

Mad Max becomes a pawn in a decadent oasis of a technological society, and when exiled, becomes the deliverer of a colony of children.

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Tomorrow Never Dies
1997 Β· dir. Roger Spottiswoode
πŸ… 58%β˜… 6.5adventure Β· action Β· thriller

Adventure built on tension, twice over

A deranged media mogul is staging international incidents to pit the world's superpowers against each other. Now James Bond must take on this evil mastermind in an adrenaline-charged battle to end his reign of terror and prevent global pandemonium.

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