Films like American Sniper (2014)

American Sniper (2014) is action, war. These 24 films share its genres, ordered by how much overlap they have and how well they are rated.

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  Lucky Strike (2026)

  Also action and war. 6.9/10

  A wounded American soldier fights to survive behind enemy lines during WWII's Battle of the Bulge against the Germans, relying on his instinct, spy craft and a hand-radio to evade…

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  Fury (2014)

  Also action and war. 7.5/10

  April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theater, a battle-hardened army sergeant commands a Sherman tank with a five-man crew on a deadly mission behind…

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  Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

  Also action and war. 7.1/10

  After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.

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  The Last Samurai (2003)

  Also action and war. 7.6/10

  Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that…

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  Black Hawk Down (2001)

  Also action and war. 7.4/10

  When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy…

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  Braveheart (1995)

  Also action and war. 7.9/10

  Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village…

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  Civil War (2024)

  Also action and war. 6.8/10

  In the near future, a group of war journalists attempt to survive while reporting the truth as the United States stands on the brink of civil war.

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  Guy Ritchie's The Covenant (2023)

  Also action and war. 7.7/10

  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…

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  300 (2007)

  Also action and war. 7.2/10

  A story very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians.

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  Dunkirk (2017)

  Also action and war. 7.5/10

  The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour…

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  Sisu: Road to Revenge (2025)

  Also action and war. 7.3/10

  Returning to the house where his family was brutally murdered during the war, "the man who refuses to die" dismantles it, loads it on a truck, and is determined to rebuild it…

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  Primitive War (2025)

  Also action and war. 6.6/10

  During the Vietnam War, a recon unit ventures to an isolated jungle valley to uncover the fate of a missing platoon. They soon find themselves in a fight for their lives against…

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  Tropic Thunder (2008)

  Also action and war. 6.7/10

  A group of self-absorbed actors set out to make the most expensive war film ever. After ballooning costs force the studio to cancel the movie, the frustrated director refuses to…

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  Rambo (2008)

  Also action and war. 6.7/10

  In Thailand, ex-Green Beret John James Rambo joins a group of mercenaries to venture into war-torn neighboring Myanmar to rescue a group of Christian aid workers who have been…

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  Desert Warrior (2026)

  Also action and war. 6.2/10

  In 7th-century Arabia, Princess Hind becomes a warrior to defy the ruthless Emperor Kisra. Forged into a warrior and aided by legendary bandit Hanzala, Hind unites warring tribes…

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  The Patriot (2000)

  Also action and war. 7.2/10

  After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the simple life of a farmer. But…

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  300: Rise of an Empire (2014)

  Also action and war. 6.1/10

  Greek general Themistocles attempts to unite all of Greece by leading the charge that will change the course of the war. Themistocles faces the massive invading Persian forces led…

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  Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)

  Also action and war. 6.7/10

  John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam.

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  The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024)

  Also action and war. 7.0/10

  During World War II, the British Army assigns a group of competent soldiers to carry out a mission against the Nazi forces behind enemy lines... A true story about a secret…

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  Lone Survivor (2013)

  Also action and war. 7.4/10

  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…

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  Pearl Harbor (2001)

  Also action and war. 6.9/10

  The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval…

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  Platoon (1986)

  Also action and war. 7.7/10

  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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  The Tank (2025)

  Also action and war. 7.1/10

  A German Tiger tank crew is sent on a dangerous mission to rescue the missing officer Paul von Hardenburg from a top-secret bunker behind enemy lines. As they make their way…

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  Tears of the Sun (2003)

  Also action and war. 6.9/10

  Navy SEAL Lieutenant A.K. Waters and his elite squadron of tactical specialists are forced to choose between their duty and their humanity, between following orders by ignoring…