Movies Like Red Scorpion
If you liked Red Scorpion (1988), a adventure and action movie directed by Joseph Zito, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Triple Cross (1966)
★ 6.1/10Also adventure and warSafecracker Eddie Chapman is languishing in prison on the island of Jersey when the Nazis arrive. An adept manipulator of situations, Chapman convinces the Germans to use him to spy on the British. And when the…
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Kandahar (2023)
★ 6.8/10Also action and warAfter his mission is exposed, an undercover CIA operative stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan must fight his way out, alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all whilst avoiding…
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The Dirty Dozen (1967)
★ 7.6/10Also action and adventure12 American military prisoners in World War II are ordered to infiltrate a well-guarded enemy château and kill the Nazi officers vacationing there. The soldiers, most of whom are facing death sentences for a variety of…
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The Wild Geese (1978)
★ 6.8/10Also action and adventureA British multinational company seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and sends them in to save the virtuous but imprisoned opposition leader…
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Wake of Death (2004)
★ 6.1/10Also action and adventureBen Archer, an ex-mob enforcer, seeks revenge against a ruthless Chinese kingpin responsible for his wife's brutal murder. When Archer joins forces with his old underworld friends, an all-out war is waged against the…
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The Dogs of War (1980)
★ 5.8/10Also action and adventureMercenary soldiers Jamie and Drew are hired by a large corporation to liberate Zangaro, a small African nation, from an despot. Havoc ensues.
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Hell Hath No Fury (2021)
★ 6.4/10Also action and warBranded a traitor by her countrymen, French national Marie DuJardin is rescued by American soldiers on one condition: to survive, she must lead them to a cache of gold - before the Nazis return to claim it for…
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Tom Clancy's Without Remorse (2021)
★ 6.9/10Also action and warAn elite Navy SEAL uncovers an international conspiracy while seeking justice for the murder of his pregnant wife.
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Welcome to the Punch (2013)
★ 5.9/10Also action and adventureWhen notorious criminal Jacob Sternwood is forced to return to London, it gives detective Max Lewinsky one last chance to take down the man he's always been after.
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The Man with the Iron Heart (2017)
★ 6.5/10Also war and actionWith the Third Reich at its peak in 1942, the Czech resistance in London plans the most ambitious military operation of WWII – Anthropoid. Two young recruits are sent to Prague to assassinate the most ruthless Nazi…
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Walking with the Enemy (2014)
★ 6.3/10Also action and warRegent Horthy is the leader of Hungary and a German ally, but his favorable standing with Hitler changes as the war comes to an end. Forced to cede Hungary’s power or else witness the execution of his son, Regent…
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Battleground (1949)
★ 6.7/10Also action and warMembers of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the rugged terrain of Bastogne, Belgium, in December 1944. Holley and his American compatriots have already seen one of their…
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Sahara (1995)
★ 6.7/10Also action and adventureAfter the fall of Tobruk in June 1942, U.S. Army sergeant Joe Gunn leads his tank into the Sahara desert, in order to evade advancing Rommel's forces and reach Allied lines. Along the way he picks up few Allied…
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The Losers (2010)
★ 6.3/10Also action and adventureOn a mission deep in the Bolivian jungle, a team of elite commandos finds itself on the receiving end of a lethal betrayal. Now presumed dead, the men join forces with a mysterious operative named Aisha to hunt down…
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The Great Raid (2005)
★ 6.6/10Also action and warAs World War II rages, the elite Sixth Ranger Battalion is given a mission of heroic proportions: push 30 miles behind enemy lines and liberate over 500 American prisoners of war.
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Play Dirty (1969)
★ 6.3/10Also war and adventureDuring World War II in North Africa, a group of British commandos disguised as Italian soldiers must travel behind enemy lines and destroy a vital Nazi oil depot.
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The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (1985)
★ 6.3/10Also action and warMajor Reisman is "volunteered" to lead another mission using convicted army soldiers, sentenced to either death or long prison terms. This time their mission is to kill a Nazi general who plans to assassinate Hitler.
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Anna (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also action and adventureBeneath Anna Poliatova's striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the world's most feared government assassins.
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Seal Team Eight: Behind Enemy Lines (2014)
★ 6.1/10Also action and warSeal Team Eight must fight their way deep into Africa's Congo, decommission a secret uranium mine, and stop our most dangerous enemy from smuggling weapon's grade yellow-cake out of the country.
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Predator (1987)
★ 7.6/10Also action and adventureA team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.