Movies Like Bang Rajan
If you liked Bang Rajan (2000), a action and history movie directed by Tanit Jitnukul, 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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Rambo (2008)
★ 6.7/10Also action and warIn Thailand, ex-Green Beret John James Rambo joins a group of mercenaries to venture into war-torn neighboring Myanmar to rescue a group of Christian aid workers who have been kidnapped by a ruthless local infantry unit.
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The Last Samurai (2003)
★ 7.6/10Also action and warNathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the…
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Braveheart (1995)
★ 7.9/10Also history and warEnraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire…
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The Patriot (2000)
★ 7.2/10Also war and historyAfter proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the simple life of a farmer. But when his son Gabriel enlists in the army…
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The Uprising (2026)
★ 7.8/10Also action and historyAs war and plague devastate 14th-century England, a humble peasant ignites a rebellion, uniting an army of commoners to defy the King’s might in a desperate fight for justice and survival.
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Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)
★ 6.9/10Also history and actionThis film is a glimpse into the life, love and the unconquerable spirit of the legendary Bruce Lee. From a childhood of rigorous martial arts training, Lee realizes his dream of opening his own kung-fu school in…
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The Killing Fields (1984)
★ 7.5/10Also history and warNew York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the help of local interpreter Dith Pran and American photojournalist Al Rockoff. When the U.S. Army pulls out amid…
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The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die (2023)
★ 7.2/10Also action and warIn the wake of King Edward's death, Uhtred of Bebbanburg and his comrades adventure across a fractured kingdom in the hopes of uniting England at last.
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The Woman King (2022)
★ 7.6/10Also action and historyThe story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen, and General Nanisca as she trains…
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Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985)
★ 5.8/10Also action and warPrequel 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…
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Apocalypto (2006)
★ 7.7/10Also action and historySet in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits…
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Ironclad (2011)
★ 6.2/10Also action and historyIn the year 1215, the rebel barons of England have forced their despised King John to put his royal seal on the Magna Carta, a seminal document that upheld the rights of free men. Yet within months of pledging himself…
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Cold Mountain (2003)
★ 6.9/10Also war and historyIn this classic story of love and devotion set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier named W.P. Inman deserts his unit and travels across the South, aiming to return to his young…
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Sand Castle (2017)
★ 6.5/10Also war and actionSet during the occupation of Iraq, a squad of U.S. soldiers try to protect a small village.
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Uncommon Valor (1983)
★ 6.2/10Also war and actionA group of Vietnam War veterans re-unite to rescue one of their own left behind and taken prisoner by the Vietnamese.
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Walker (1987)
★ 6.5/10Also history and warWilliam Walker and his mercenary corps enter Nicaragua in the middle of the 19th century in order to install a new government by a coup d'etat.
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Missing in Action (1984)
★ 5.9/10Also action and warAmerican 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…
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Outlaws - For Greater Glory (2012)
★ 7/10Also history and actionA chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country.
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The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
★ 6.4/10Also action and historyIn 1429, a French teenager stood before her King with a message she claimed came from God; that she would defeat the world's greatest army and liberate her country from its political and religious turmoil. As she…
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Ong Bak 3 (2010)
★ 6.1/10Also action and historyTien is captured and almost beaten to death before he is saved and brought back to the Kana Khone villagers. There he is taught meditation and how to deal with his Karma, but very soon his arch rival returns…