Movies Like Rambo: First Blood Part II

If you liked Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985), a action and adventure movie directed by George P. Cosmatos, 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.

1
First Blood (1982)
★ 7.5/10Also action and thriller
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 against his pursuers.
2
Missing in Action (1984)
★ 5.9/10Also action and adventure
American servicemen are still being held captive in Vietnam and it's up to one man to bring them home in this blistering, fast-paced action/adventure starring martial arts superstar Chuck Norris. Following a daring…
3
Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985)
★ 5.8/10Also action and war
Prequel to the first Missing In Action, set in the early 1980s it shows the capture of Colonel Braddock during the Vietnam war in the 1970s, and his captivity with other American POWs in a brutal prison camp, and his…
4
Universal Soldier (1992)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and action
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 failure of the initiative to erase all…
5
Rambo III (1988)
★ 6.2/10Also action and adventure
Combat has taken its toll on Rambo, but he's finally begun to find inner peace in a monastery. When Rambo's friend and mentor Col. Trautman asks for his help on a top secret mission to Afghanistan, Rambo declines but…
6
Platoon (1986)
★ 7.7/10Also war and action
As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.
7
Hamburger Hill (1987)
★ 6.6/10Also war and action
The men of Bravo Company are facing a battle that's all uphill… up Hamburger Hill. Fourteen war-weary soldiers are battling for a mud-covered mound of earth so named because it chews up soldiers like chopped meat. They…
8
Ambush (2023)
★ 6.3/10Also war and action
When a small outpost is ambushed, a US Army squad must take the battle below ground on a high-stakes mission in a new type of warfare the likes of which they have never seen.
9
The Dogs of War (1980)
★ 5.8/10Also thriller and action
Mercenary soldiers Jamie and Drew are hired by a large corporation to liberate Zangaro, a small African nation, from an despot. Havoc ensues.
10
Nowhere to Run (1993)
★ 6.6/10Also action and thriller
Escaped convict Sam Gillen single-handedly takes on ruthless developers who are determined to evict a widow with two young children.
11
Total Recall (2012)
★ 6/10Also action and thriller
Factory worker Doug Quaid takes a virtual mind-trip vacation with the Rekall company, opting for implanted memories of being a spy. When the procedure goes wrong, Quaid becomes a wanted man by the police and joins…
12
Escape from New York (1981)
★ 7/10Also action and thriller
In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam free. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken has 24 hours to…
13
Kandahar (2023)
★ 6.8/10Also action and thriller
After 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…
14
Eraser (1996)
★ 6.1/10Also action and thriller
Eraser, an elite federal marshal who "erases" the pasts of jeopardized informers and relocates them into safe anonymity, must protect a moving target who stands to uncover a conspiracy that could shift the balance of…
15
Primeval (2007)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure and action
A news team is sent to Burundi to capture and bring home a legendary 25-foot crocodile. Their difficult task turns potentially deadly when a warlord targets them for death.
16
Rolling Thunder (1977)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller and action
A recently-returned Vietnam POW loses his family and his right hand during a violent home invasion, and seeks retribution against those responsible.
17
The Last Full Measure (2020)
★ 7.3/10Also action and war
The incredible true story of Vietnam War hero William H. Pitsenbarger, a U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen medic who personally saved over sixty men. Thirty-two years later, Pentagon staffer Scott Huffman investigates a…
18
Equilibrium (2002)
★ 7.1/10Also action and thriller
In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, and displays of emotion are punishable by death. A man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system.
19
Civil War (2024)
★ 6.8/10Also war and action
In the near future, a group of war journalists attempt to survive while reporting the truth as the United States stands on the brink of civil war.
20
Predator (1987)
★ 7.6/10Also action and adventure
A team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.