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Movies Like The Woman Inside

If you liked The Woman Inside (1981), a drama movie directed by Joseph Van Winkle, 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. 1Born on the Fourth of July

    Born on the Fourth of July (1989)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.

  2. 2Jacknife

    Jacknife (1989)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    A conflict develops between a troubled Vietnam veteran and the sister he lives with when she becomes involved romantically with the army buddy who reminds him of the tragic battle they both survived.

  3. 3Birdy

    Birdy (1984)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    Two young men are seriously affected by the Vietnam War. One of them has always been obsessed with birds - but now believes he really is a bird, and has been sent to a mental hospital. Can his friend help him pull…

  4. 4Casualties of War

    Casualties of War (1989)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.

  5. 5Da 5 Bloods

    Da 5 Bloods (2020)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    Four African-American Vietnam veterans return to Vietnam. They are in search of the remains of their fallen squad leader and the promise of buried treasure. These heroes battle forces of humanity and nature while…

  6. 6Heaven & Earth

    Heaven & Earth (1993)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    In a small Vietnamese village torn apart by war, a young woman faces unimaginable horrors before deciding to escape to the city. There, she encounters a compassionate Marine who offers her hope and a chance at a new…

  7. 7Missing in Action 2: The Beginning

    Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985)

    ★ 5.8/10Also drama

    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…

  8. 8Uncommon Valor

    Uncommon Valor (1983)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    A group of Vietnam War veterans re-unite to rescue one of their own left behind and taken prisoner by the Vietnamese.

  9. 9Rolling Thunder

    Rolling Thunder (1977)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    A recently-returned Vietnam POW loses his family and his right hand during a violent home invasion, and seeks retribution against those responsible.

  10. 10Gardens of Stone

    Gardens of Stone (1987)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    At Arlington National Cemetery during the Vietnam era, veteran sergeant Clell Hazard trains young soldiers while mourning those lost in combat. Unable to return to war himself, he mentors Jackie Willow—the idealistic…

  11. 11Full Metal Jacket

    Full Metal Jacket (1987)

    ★ 8.1/10Also drama

    A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.

  12. 12Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

    Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    Muhammad Ali’s historic Supreme Court battle from behind closed doors. When Ali was drafted into the Vietnam War at the height of his boxing career, his claim to conscientious objector status led to a controversial…

  13. 13American Pastoral

    American Pastoral (2016)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    Set in postwar America, a man watches his seemingly perfect life fall apart as his daughter's new political affiliation threatens to destroy their family.

  14. 14Saint Jack

    Saint Jack (1979)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    Jack Flowers is an American hustler trying to make his fortune in 1970s Singapore in small time pimping. His dreams of building a fortune by running a brothel himself and returning to the States is materialized when he…

  15. 15The Deer Hunter

    The Deer Hunter (1978)

    ★ 8/10Also drama

    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 lives forever.

  16. 16Hands of Stone

    Hands of Stone (2016)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.

  17. 17Bat★21

    Bat★21 (1988)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    Lt. Col. Iceal "Ham" Hambleton is a weapons countermeasures expert and when his aircraft is shot over enemy territory the Air Force very much wants to get him back. Hambleton knows the area he's in is going to be…

  18. 18The Last Full Measure

    The Last Full Measure (2020)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    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…

  19. 19Mexicali

    Mexicali (2026)

    ★ 7.7/10Also drama

    A former special forces contractor is forced out of retirement as an avocado farmer in Mexico when local gangsters try to force him and his family off their farm.

  20. 20Blue Thunder

    Blue Thunder (1983)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    Los Angeles, California. Officer Murphy, a veteran Metropolitan Police helicopter pilot suffering from severe trauma due to his harsh experiences during the Vietnam War, and Lymangood, his resourceful new partner, are…

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