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10 Best Movies Like Hearts and Minds

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

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#1
Why We Fight

Why We Fight

2005★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hearts and Minds for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Jarecki's shrewd and intelligent polemic would seem ...

#2
The Fog of War

The Fog of War

2003★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hearts and Minds for fans of Documentary & War. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Using archival footage, cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the 85-year-old Robert McNamara, The Fog of War depicts his life, from working as a WWII whiz-kid milit...

#3
We Were Soldiers

We Were Soldiers

2002★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hearts and Minds for fans of War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

The year is 1965 and America is at war with North Vietnam. Commanding the air cavalry is Lt. Col. Hal Moore (Gibson), a born leader committed to his troops. His target: the Ia Dr...

#4
Rambo: First Blood Part II

Rambo: First Blood Part II

1985★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hearts and Minds for fans of War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

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....

#5
First Blood

First Blood

1982★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hearts and Minds for fans of War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, he is forced to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war agains...

#6
Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses

Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses

2014★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hearts and Minds for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Vietnam vet Frank Vega now runs an East L.A. community center where he trains young boxers to survive in and out of the ring. But when his prize student falls in with the wrong cro...

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