Films like The Hurt Locker (2008)
The Hurt Locker (2008) is drama, 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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Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Also drama and thriller.
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by…
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The Imitation Game (2014)
Also drama and thriller.
Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at…
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Courage Under Fire (1996)
Also drama and thriller.
A US Army officer, who made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up, has been reassigned to a desk job. He is tasked to investigate a female chopper commander's worthiness…
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Allied (2016)
Also drama 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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Brothers (2009)
Also drama and thriller.
When his helicopter goes down during his fourth tour of duty in Afghanistan, Marine Sam Cahill is presumed dead. Back home, brother Tommy steps in to look over Sam’s wife, Grace…
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Crimson Tide (1995)
Also drama 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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Valkyrie (2008)
Also drama and thriller.
Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and…
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Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
Also drama 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 drama 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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Dirty Angels (2024)
Also drama and thriller.
During the United States' 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, a group of female soldiers posing as medical relief are sent back in to rescue a group of kidnapped teenagers caught…
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Red Dawn (1984)
Also drama 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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Eye in the Sky (2015)
Also drama and thriller.
A UK-based military officer in command of a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya discovers the targets are planning a suicide bombing and the mission…
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12.12: The Day (2023)
Also drama 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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Fatherland (1994)
Also drama and thriller.
Fictional account of what might have happened if Hitler had won the war. It is now the 1960s and Germany's war crimes have so far been kept a secret. Hitler wants to talk peace…
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Rules of Engagement (2000)
Also drama and thriller.
A Marine Colonel is brought to court-martial after ordering his men to fire on demonstrators surrounding the American embassy in Yemen.
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Sniper: Reloaded (2011)
Also drama and thriller.
Marine Sgt. Brandon Beckett, son of the U.S. Marine Corps' deadliest sniper, Thomas Beckett, must turn to his father's former protégé (Billy Zane) to track down and kill a…
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Escape from Mogadishu (2021)
Also drama and thriller.
Diplomats from the North and South Korean embassies in Somalia attempt a daring joint escape from Mogadishu when the outbreak of civil war leaves them stranded.
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Chess Story (2021)
Also drama and thriller.
1938. While the Nazi troops march into Vienna, the lawyer Josef Bartok hastily tries to escape to the USA with his wife but is arrested by the Gestapo. Bartok remains steadfast…
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Wunderland (2018)
Also drama and thriller.
Christmas 1944, The Germans make one final push against the attacking allied armies in the West. Lt. Robert Cappa and his platoon of 2nd Infantry Division soldiers have been…
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Escape from Sobibor (1987)
Also drama and thriller.
The true story of WWII's notorious Sobibor Nazi death camp, where a courageous inmate orchestrates and leads the escape of over 300 prisoners.
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The Wall (2017)
Also drama and thriller.
An American sniper and his spotter engage in a deadly cat-and-mouse game with an Iraqi sniper.
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The Devil's Double (2011)
Also drama and thriller.
A chilling vision of the House of Saddam Hussein comes to life through the eyes of the man who was forced to become the double of Hussein's sadistic son.
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Black Book (2006)
Also drama and thriller.
Israel, 1956: Jewish teacher Rachel Stein rather unexpectedly meets an old friend at the kibbutz. It brings back memories of her experiences in the Netherlands during the war…
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Shining Through (1992)
Also drama and thriller.
Spirited New Yorker Linda Voss goes to work for international lawyer and secret Office of Strategic Services operative Ed Leland just before World War II. As they fall in love…