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10 Best Movies Like Johnny Mad Dog

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

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#1
Beasts of No Nation

Beasts of No Nation

2015★ 7.6

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

Based on the experiences of Agu, a child fighting in the civil war of a West African country. Follows Agu's journey as he's forced to join a group of soldiers. While he fears his c...

#2
Glory

Glory

1989★ 7.5

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

Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates....

#3
The Yellow Birds

The Yellow Birds

2018★ 6.0

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

Two young soldiers, Bartle and Murph, navigate the terrors of the Iraq war under the command of the older, troubled Sergeant Sterling. All the while, Bartle is tortured by a promis...

#4
Field of Lost Shoes

Field of Lost Shoes

2015★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Johnny Mad Dog for fans of Drama & History & War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A group of teenage cadets sheltered from war at the Virginia Military Institute must confront the horrors of an adult world when they are called upon to defend the Shenandoah Valle...

#5
Zulu

Zulu

1964★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Johnny Mad Dog for fans of Drama & History & War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War, man-of-the-people Lt. Chard and snooty Lt. Bromhead are in charge of defending the isolated and vastly outnumbered Natal outpost of Rorke's Drif...

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The Great War

The Great War

2019★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Johnny Mad Dog for fans of Drama & History & War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In November of 1918 as World War I was ending, a unit of American soldiers goes behind enemy lines to find a lost platoon of African American soldiers....

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