Films like Kandahar (2023)
Kandahar (2023) is action, thriller, war. These 24 films share its genres, ordered by how much overlap they have and how well they are rated.
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Sisu: Road to Revenge (2025)
Also action and thriller.
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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Guy Ritchie's The Covenant (2023)
Also action and 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…
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Rambo (2008)
Also action and thriller.
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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Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
Also action and thriller.
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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Sisu (2022)
Also action and thriller.
When an ex-soldier who discovers gold in the Lapland wilderness tries to take the loot into the city, German soldiers led by a brutal SS officer battle him.
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Land of Bad (2024)
Also action and thriller.
When a Delta Force special ops mission goes terribly wrong, Air Force drone pilot Reaper has 48 hours to remedy what has devolved into a wild rescue operation. With no weapons and…
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Allied (2016)
Also action and thriller.
In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their…
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Rambo III (1988)
Also action and thriller.
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…
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Tom Clancy's Without Remorse (2021)
Also action and thriller.
An elite Navy SEAL uncovers an international conspiracy while seeking justice for the murder of his pregnant wife.
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Crimson Tide (1995)
Also action and thriller.
After the Cold War, a breakaway Russian republic with nuclear warheads becomes a possible worldwide threat. U.S. submarine Capt. Frank Ramsey signs on a relatively green but…
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Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
Also action and thriller.
While flying a routine reconnaissance mission over Bosnia, fighter pilot Lt. Chris Burnett photographs something he wasn't supposed to see and gets shot down behind enemy lines…
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Green Zone (2010)
Also action and thriller.
During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller and his team of Army inspectors are dispatched to find weapons of mass destruction believed to…
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Red Dawn (1984)
Also action and thriller.
It is the dawn of World War III. In mid-western America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town—and their country—from invading Soviet forces.
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Prisoner of War (2025)
Also action and thriller.
British RAF Wing Commander James Wright is captured by the Japanese during WWII and forced to fight in brutal hand-to-hand combat. The Japanese soldiers get more than they…
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Act of Valor (2012)
Also action and thriller.
When a covert mission to rescue a kidnapped CIA operative uncovers a chilling plot, an elite, highly trained U.S. SEAL team speeds to hotspots around the globe, racing against the…
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12.12: The Day (2023)
Also action and thriller.
After the assassination of President Park, martial law has been declared. A coup d'état bursts out by Defense Security Commander Chun Doo-gwang and a private band of officers…
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Steel Rain 2: Summit (2020)
Also action and thriller.
A futuristic film about a crisis near the brink of war after three leaders are kidnapped by a North Korean nuclear submarine in a coup d’état during a summit between the two…
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13 Days, 13 Nights (2025)
Also action and thriller.
Kabul, August 15, 2021. US troops are preparing to withdraw from Afghanistan, while the Taliban are marching on the capital to seize power. Amid the chaos, Commander Mohamed Bida…
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The Delta Force (1986)
Also action and thriller.
A 707 aircraft jetliner, en route from Athens to Rome and then to New York City, is hijacked by Lebanese terrorists, who demand that the pilot take them to Beirut. What the…
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Bullet in the Head (1990)
Also action and thriller.
Three childhood friends from the slums of Hong Kong flee to war-time Saigon after accidentally murdering a gang leader, but their troubles only escalate.
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Operation Seawolf (2022)
Also action and thriller.
During the last days of World War II, Germany, desperate for any last grasp to defeat the allied powers, looked to their last remaining weapons and soldiers. The German Navy and…
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Beast of War (2025)
Also action and thriller.
When their boat sinks while crossing the Timor Sea during World War II, a troop of young Australian soldiers must find a way to survive the harsh seas on a quickly shrinking raft…
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Operation Red Sea (2018)
Also action and thriller.
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…
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Man of War (2026)
Also action and thriller.
When an aid worker vanishes in the first hours of war in Ukraine, a former Navy SEAL and CIA operative crosses into the shattered country to bring her home-facing mercenaries…