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10 Best Movies Like Flying Leathernecks

If you loved Flying Leathernecks, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

#1
The Horse Soldiers

The Horse Soldiers

1959★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Flying Leathernecks for fans of War. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail supply center. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes instant antipathy between him and t...

#2
Hatari!

Hatari!

1962★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Flying Leathernecks for fans of Action. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A female wildlife photographer arrives on an East African reservation where a group of men trap wild animals for zoos and circuses....

#3
The Day

The Day

2011★ 5.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Flying Leathernecks for fans of Action & Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Open war against humanity rages. For five survivors – lost and on the run – the pursuit is relentless, the bullets are dwindling and the battle is everywhere. This is a 24-hour loo...

#4
Breakthrough

Breakthrough

1979★ 5.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Flying Leathernecks for fans of War & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Starting in late May 1944, during the German retreat on the Eastern Front, Captain Stransky (Helmut Griem) orders Sergeant Steiner (Richard Burton) to blow up a railway tunnel to p...

#5
Back to Bataan

Back to Bataan

1945★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Flying Leathernecks for fans of War & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An Army colonel leads a guerrilla campaign against the Japanese in the Philippines....

#6
The Deer Hunter

The Deer Hunter

1978★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Flying Leathernecks for fans of War & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Three steelworkers enlist in the Vietnam War, one leaving behind a rushed marriage, the others a shared love. What they encounter overseas changes their lives forever....