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10 Best Movies Like The Man Left Behind

If you loved The Man Left Behind, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Little Boy

Little Boy

2015★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Man Left Behind for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An eight-year-old boy is willing to do whatever it takes to end World War II so he can bring his father home. The story reveals the indescribable love a father has for his little b...

#2
Dead Presidents

Dead Presidents

1995★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Man Left Behind for fans of Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

On the streets they call cash dead presidents. And that's just what a Vietnam veteran is after when he returns home from the war only to find himself drawn into a life of crime. Wi...

#3
The Deer Hunter

The Deer Hunter

1978★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Man Left Behind for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Three steelworkers enlist in the army and are sent to Vietnam, one leaving behind a rushed marriage, the others a shared love. What they encounter during the war changes their live...

#4
The Men Who Stare at Goats

The Men Who Stare at Goats

2009★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Man Left Behind for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army's New Earth Army, a unit that employs ...

#5
Universal Soldier

Universal Soldier

1992★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Man Left Behind for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

An American soldier who had been killed during the Vietnam War is revived 25 years later by the military as a semi-android, UniSols, a high-tech soldier of the future. After the fa...

#6
Cherry

Cherry

2021★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Man Left Behind for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Cherry drifts from college dropout to army medic in Iraq—anchored only by his one true love, Emily. But after returning from the war with PTSD, his life spirals into drugs and crim...

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