Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "war-buddy"

1. Lethal Weapon (1987)

R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Two newly paired cops who are complete opposites must put aside their differences in order to catch a gang of drug smugglers.

Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Mitchell Ryan

Votes: 276,225 | Gross: $65.21M

2. The Mother (2023)

R | 115 min | Action, Thriller

While fleeing from dangerous assailants, an assassin comes out of hiding to protect the daughter she left earlier in life.

Director: Niki Caro | Stars: Jennifer Lopez, Lucy Paez, Omari Hardwick, Joseph Fiennes

Votes: 47,065

3. Angel Has Fallen (2019)

R | 121 min | Action, Thriller

Mike Banning is framed for the attempted assassination of the President and must evade his own agency and the FBI as he tries to uncover the real threat.

Director: Ric Roman Waugh | Stars: Gerard Butler, Frederick Schmidt, Danny Huston, Rocci Boy Williams

Votes: 110,530 | Gross: $69.03M

4. Heartbreak Ridge (1986)

R | 130 min | Drama, War

Hard-nosed, hard-living Marine Gunnery Sergeant Tom Highway clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Marsha Mason, Everett McGill, Moses Gunn

Votes: 48,173 | Gross: $42.72M

5. Gemini Man (2019)

PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

An over-the-hill hitman faces off against a younger clone of himself.

Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clive Owen, Benedict Wong

Votes: 122,128 | Gross: $48.55M

6. The Hunted (2003)

R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An FBI deep-woods tracker attempts to capture a trained assassin who has made a sport of hunting humans.

Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Benicio Del Toro, Connie Nielsen, Leslie Stefanson

Votes: 51,398 | Gross: $34.24M

7. The Glimmer Man (1996)

R | 91 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Two cops are forced to work together to solve a chain of mysterious killings by a killer nicknamed "The Family Man".

Director: John Gray | Stars: Steven Seagal, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Bob Gunton, Brian Cox

Votes: 21,255 | Gross: $20.10M

8. The Gunman (2015)

R | 115 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

A sniper on a mercenary assassination team kills the minister of mines of the Congo. Terrier's successful kill shot forces him into hiding. Returning to the Congo years later, he becomes the target of a hit squad himself.

Director: Pierre Morel | Stars: Sean Penn, Idris Elba, Jasmine Trinca, Javier Bardem

Votes: 43,377 | Gross: $10.64M

9. Uncommon Valor (1983)

R | 105 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Ten years after his son went M.I.A. in Vietnam, U.S. Marine retired Colonel Jason Rhodes assembles a private rescue team to find Americans held in P.O.W. camps in Laos.

Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Gene Hackman, Patrick Swayze, Robert Stack, Fred Ward

Votes: 11,644 | Gross: $30.50M

10. The Yakuza (1974)

R | 112 min | Action, Crime, Drama

American private-eye Harry Kilmer returns to Japan to rescue a friend's kidnapped daughter from the clutches of the Yakuza.

Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura, Eiji Okada, Herb Edelman

Votes: 10,442

11. The Exterminator (1980)

R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A man's best friend is killed on the streets of New York City. The man (Robert Ginty) then transforms into a violent killer, turning New York City into a great war zone, and Christopher George is the only one to stop him.

Director: James Glickenhaus | Stars: Robert Ginty, Samantha Eggar, Christopher George, Steve James

Votes: 6,553

12. 7 Seconds (2005 Video)

R | 96 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

When an experienced thief accidentally makes off with a Van Gogh, his partner is kidnapped by gangsters in pursuit of the painting, forcing the criminal to hatch a rescue plan.

Director: Simon Fellows | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Tamzin Outhwaite, Deobia Oparei, Georgina Rylance

Votes: 7,612

13. Good Guys Wear Black (1978)

PG | 95 min | Action

An ex-US Army commando must find the reason why his comrades from his unit are being systematically murdered before he is next.

Director: Ted Post | Stars: Chuck Norris, Anne Archer, James Franciscus, Lloyd Haynes

Votes: 3,747 | Gross: $18.33M

14. Braddock: Missing in Action III (1988)

R | 103 min | Action, War

Braddock mounts a one-man assault to free his wife and son who are still being held in a Vietnam prison camp.

Director: Aaron Norris | Stars: Chuck Norris, Aki Aleong, Roland Harrah III, Miki Kim

Votes: 7,166 | Gross: $6.19M

15. Early Spring (1956)

145 min | Drama

A young man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital romance.

Director: Yasujirô Ozu | Stars: Chikage Awashima, Ryô Ikebe, Teiji Takahashi, Keiko Kishi

Votes: 3,712

16. McBain (1991)

R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, War

A former Vietnam War lieutenant reforms his old team in order to help a revolutionary's sister overthrow a ruthless dictator.

Director: James Glickenhaus | Stars: Christopher Walken, Maria Conchita Alonso, Michael Joseph DeSare, Chick Vennera

Votes: 2,261 | Gross: $0.46M

17. Sniper 3 (2004 Video)

R | 90 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Deadly sniper Tom Beckett is recruited by the CIA to go to Ho Chi Minh City and take out a ruthless drug dealer who turns out to be an old war buddy he thought was dead.

Director: P.J. Pesce | Stars: Tom Berenger, Byron Mann, John Doman, Denis Arndt

Votes: 4,556

18. Exterminator 2 (1984)

R | 89 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The flamethrower-wielding vigilante John Eastland returns to rid New York City of a drug lord and his gang.

Director: Mark Buntzman | Stars: Robert Ginty, Mario Van Peebles, Deborah Geffner, Frankie Faison

Votes: 2,790 | Gross: $3.74M

19. Athena (1954)

Passed | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

The story about two sisters in love. Everything should be wonderful, but father doesn't approve of his daughters' physically underdeveloped fiancés.

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Jane Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Virginia Gibson, Nancy Kilgas

Votes: 697

20. The Visitors (1972)

R | 88 min | Crime, Drama

Bill, Martha and their little child Hal are spending a quiet winter Sunday in their house when they get an unexpected visit from Mike Nickerson and Tony Rodriguez.

Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Patrick McVey, Patricia Joyce, James Woods, Steve Railsback

Votes: 1,580

21. A Twist of Sand (1968)

G | 90 min | Adventure

A former British Naval Officer now makes his living by smuggling goods around the Mediterranean. After being forced to dump his cargo after nearly being caught by the authorities in Malta, ... See full summary »

Director: Don Chaffey | Stars: Richard Johnson, Honor Blackman, Jeremy Kemp, Peter Vaughan

Votes: 291

22. Ginger in the Morning (1974)

PG | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An attractive young hitchhiker named Ginger meets and and takes up with a lonely, middle-aged advertising executive who is recently divorced. He is inspired by her free-spirited ... See full summary »

Director: Gordon Wiles | Stars: Monte Markham, Susan Oliver, Mark Miller, Sissy Spacek

Votes: 378

23. Eye Witness (1950)

Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

In 1949, when his former British war buddy is charged with murder, American lawyer Adam Hayward goes to England to see if he can help.

Director: Robert Montgomery | Stars: Ruth Lee, Robert Montgomery, Hal Osmond, Wylie Watson

Votes: 370

24. VANish (2015)

79 min | Action, Crime, Horror

A kidnapped young woman is forced on a road trip full of murder and mayhem that takes place entirely in her captor's getaway van.

Director: Bryan Bockbrader | Stars: Maiara Walsh, Tony Todd, Danny Trejo, Austin Abke

Votes: 1,819

25. Thunder Run (1985)

PG-13 | 90 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Charlie, a Korean War veteran, is driving a truck which is transporting plutonium from Nevada to Arizona. But there are a bunch of terrorists who want to steal the stuff...

Director: Gary Hudson | Stars: Forrest Tucker, John Ireland, John Shepherd, Jill Whitlow

Votes: 396 | Gross: $0.15M

26. 5 Against the House (1955)

Approved | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Four vets attending college on the GI Bill and a cabaret singer try to rob a Reno Casino and pull off the perfect crime.

Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Guy Madison, Kim Novak, Brian Keith, Alvy Moore

Votes: 2,052

27. Schutzengel (2012)

130 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A troubled veteran from the war in Afghanistan works to protect an orphaned teenager who witnessed a murder from the killer's henchmen.

Director: Til Schweiger | Stars: Numan Acar, Volker Albers, Loyd Bateman, Gode Benedix

Votes: 4,364

28. Strange World (1999–2002)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Brilliant, terminally ill, army scientist Paul Turner investigates criminal activities that involve unethical experiments on humans, environmental hazards, biological weapons and a mysterious group with a sinister agenda.

Stars: Tim Guinee, Sandra Quarterman, Vivian Wu, Kristin Lehman

Votes: 161

29. Commander (1988)

TV-PG | 99 min | Action, War

Commander and his small band of freedom fighters make life difficult for the VC after the Vietnam War is over. They free Vietnamese prisoners, and destroy enemy convoys every chance they ... See full summary »

Director: Ignazio Dolce | Stars: Craig Alan, David Light, Max Laurel, Larry Brand

Votes: 199

30. Search and Destroy (1979)

PG | 92 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

The members of a Vietnam veteran's old Army unit start turning up murdered. The police soon begin to suspect that he is in fact the killer. He knows he isn't, and must find the real killer ... See full summary »

Director: William Fruet | Stars: Perry King, Don Stroud, Tisa Farrow, George Kennedy

Votes: 374

31. Final Mission (1984)

R | 101 min | Action, Crime, War

Vince Deacon, a higly decorated Vietnam War veteran, serves as a SWAT team captain for LAPD. When his family gets attacked by thugs and he kills one of them in self defense he's being ... See full summary »

Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Richard Young, Christine L. Tudor, Jason Ross, John Dresden

Votes: 221

32. Hangfire (1991)

R | 91 min | Action, Thriller

A town has been taken hostage. Who will win the battle? Only the mighty will survive.

Director: Peter Maris | Stars: Brad Davis, Kim Delaney, Ken Foree, Lee de Broux

Votes: 392

33. The Deadly Game (1954)

Approved | 63 min | Crime, Drama

An American on vacation in Spain gets mixed up with a smuggling ring.

Director: Daniel Birt | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Finlay Currie, Maureen Swanson, Simone Silva

Votes: 156

34. Blood Massacre (1991)

Not Rated | 73 min | Horror

A group of deranged Vietnam vets start a robbery and murder spree at a local store and breaking into an isolated house they take a family hostage. As they terrorize the captive family, they don't realize they are soon in for a surprise.

Director: Don Dohler | Stars: George Stover, Robin London, James DiAngelo, Thomas Humes

Votes: 276

35. Hammerhead (1987)

90 min | Action

A detective's hunt for the man who murdered his friend takes him to the Caribbean, where he finds himself enmeshed in a web of corruption and murder.

Director: Enzo G. Castellari | Stars: Daniel Greene, Melonee Rodgers, Jorge Gil, Donna Rosea

Votes: 135

36. Koirankynnen leikkaaja (2004)

105 min | Drama

Bright young soldier Mertsi suffers a permanent brain injury in the Second World War. In the late 1940s he wanders around the Finnish countryside looking for simple work and relying on ... See full summary »

Director: Markku Pölönen | Stars: Peter Franzén, Taisto Reimaluoto, Ahti Kuoppala, Ville Virtanen

Votes: 1,482

37. Akallinen mies (1986)

115 min | Comedy

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Director: Edvin Laine | Stars: Martti Järvinen, Elisabeth Haavisto, Kauko Helovirta, Raili Tiensuu

Votes: 118

38. Oliver Sherman (2010)

82 min | Drama, Thriller, War

Feeling lost and disconnected, with no family of his own, veteran Sherman Oliver sets out to the countryside in search of the soldier who saved him back in the war. That man, Franklin Page,... See full summary »

Director: Ryan Redford | Stars: Garret Dillahunt, Molly Parker, Donal Logue, Fiona Highet

Votes: 316

39. Siete minutos para morir (1969)

78 min | Action

A US Secret Service agent must go to Hong Kong because of the disappearance of some important documents her former partner carried. These documents, if they fell into enemy hands, could be very dangerous and cause many more deaths.

Director: Ramón Fernández | Stars: Paolo Gozlino, Betsy Bell, Rubén Rojo, Nieves Navarro

Votes: 42

40. Return from Nowhere (1944)

Approved | 10 min | Short

A man recovers his lost memories when he is forced to relive events in his dreams.

Director: Paul Burnford | Stars: John Nesbitt, Morris Ankrum, Donald Curtis, Peter Cushing

Votes: 105

41. La belle de nuit (1934)

87 min | Drama

After he finds his woman is cheating on him with a war buddy, Claude happens to find her look-alike in the form of a prostitute, and plots to trick his rival by having the new woman impersonate the old.

Director: Louis Valray | Stars: Véra Korène, Aimé Clariond, Jacques Dumesnil, Paul Bernard

Votes: 34

42. Playing a Hard Game Up North (1959)

106 min | Crime, Thriller

About the adventures and crime of an international rogue and his look-alike.

Director: T.J. Särkkä | Stars: Tauno Palo, Teija Sopanen, Kaarlo Halttunen, Gunvor Sandkvist

Votes: 76

43. The Exorcism (2013)

4 min | Short, Comedy

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Director: Adam Bolt | Stars: Zuri Bella, Marian Bruno, Scott Tanner Jones, Wendy McColm

Votes: 23

44. Seven Days (1998–2001)
Episode: Pilot: Part 1 (1998)

43 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

The President and Vice President were killed in a terrorist attack. Now it seems that a secret branch of the government has in their possession technology from the alien landing at Roswell,... See full summary »

Director: John McPherson | Stars: Jonathan LaPaglia, Don Franklin, Norman Lloyd, Justina Vail

Votes: 396

45. Strange World (1999–2002)
Episode: Pilot (1999)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Scientist and Gulf War veteran Paul Turner is asked to assist the FBI after his war buddy becomes the prime suspect in a child kidnapping case. Turner finds evidence of a human cloning experiment. A secret group tries to cover it up.

Director: Mick Jackson | Stars: Tim Guinee, Sandra Quarterman, Vivian Wu, Kristin Lehman

Votes: 110

46. Alcoa Theatre (1957–1960)
Episode: Medals for Harry (1959)

30 min | Drama

After winning medals for bravery while fighting in the Korean War, an ex-GI returns stateside and shortly thereafter goes on trial for burglary. He then refuses to defend himself by saying why he committed the crime.

Director: Robert Ellis Miller | Stars: John Dennis, Ron Foster, Ruta Lee, Freeman Lusk

47. All in the Family (1971–1979)
Episode: Success Story (1971)

TV-PG | 26 min | Comedy, Drama

Archie's old buddy, Eddie Frazier, has amassed a fortune in the used car trade. However, Eddie's quest for money comes at a huge price: his estranged family wants nothing to do with him.

Director: John Rich | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Votes: 306

48. The Hitchhiker (1983–1991)
Episode: A Time for Rifles (1985)

TV-MA | 27 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Lew Bridgeman and Joe Caldwell are two longtime best friends who served together in the Vietnam War. Lew and Joe wind clashing with each other over Lew's fetching wife Rae, whom both men are in love with.

Director: David Wickes | Stars: Page Fletcher, Bo Hopkins, John Ireland, Kim Lankford

Votes: 72

49. It's Garry Shandling's Show. (1986–1990)
Episode: Mr Smith Goes to Nam (1988)

TV-14 | Comedy

Ailing comedienne Gilda Radner visits Garry together with her male nurse. Garry's neighbor, Leonard, recognizes him as one of his Vietnam war buddies whom he abandoned during a fight. Garry tries to help him literally face his past.

Director: Alan Rafkin | Stars: Garry Shandling, Molly Cheek, Scott Nemes, Michael Tucci

Votes: 32

50. Knight Rider (1982–1986)
Episode: Knight of the Rising Sun (1986)

TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Michael and RC are meeting with Nick O'Brien, an old friend of Devon, with whom he served in Korea. They end up protecting Nick's adopted son Coy from Ninja leader Taneka, who is convinced the boy is the rightful heir to his clan.

Director: Winrich Kolbe | Stars: David Hasselhoff, Edward Mulhare, Patricia McPherson, Peter Parros

Votes: 225