Movies Like Welcome Home Allen
If you liked Welcome Home Allen (2016), a movie directed by Andrew Kavanagh, 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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Thank You for Your Service (2017)
★ 6.6/10A group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they've left the battlefield.
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Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses (1994)
★ 5.9/10After years of fame and misfortune in Mexico, the members of the Leningrad Cowboys decide to return to their native village. Their former manager Vladimir, who now calls himself Moses lead them on their way home.
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Stop-Loss (2008)
★ 6.1/10A veteran soldier returns from his completed tour of duty in Iraq, only to find his life turned upside down when he is arbitrarily ordered to return to field duty by the Army.
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Section 8 (2022)
★ 6.1/10After avenging the murder of his family, a former soldier is sprung from prison and recruited by a shadowy government agency.
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The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
★ 7.7/10It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.
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Hounds of War (2024)
★ 6.4/10After a mission goes wrong, only one of a group of mercenaries is left alive to avenge his fallen brothers.
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The Eastern Front (2020)
★ 6.5/10A dwindling group of German soldiers battle to return to their lines on the harsh Eastern Front.
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Wolf Hound (2022)
★ 6.4/10Inspired by the real-life German special operations unit KG 200 that shot down, repaired, and flew Allied aircraft as Trojan horses, "Wolf Hound" takes place in 1944 German-occupied France and follows the daring…
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Resident Evil (2002)
★ 6.7/10When a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hounds from hell, the government sends in an elite military task force to contain…
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Crossfire (1947)
★ 6.7/10A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of soldiers just out of the army. But which one? And why?
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Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016)
★ 6/1019-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle. Through flashbacks the film shows what really happened to his squad – contrasting the realities of war with America's perceptions.
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Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
★ 7.6/10Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back…
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Bunker (2023)
★ 6.7/10Trapped in a bunker during World War I, a group of soldiers are faced with an ungodly presence that slowly turns them against each other.
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The Railway Children Return (2022)
★ 6.5/10Follow a group of children who are evacuated to a Yorkshire village during the Second World War, where they encounter a young soldier who, like them, is far away from home.
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Chief of Station (2024)
★ 6.3/10After learning that the death of his wife was not an accident, a former CIA Station Chief is forced back into the espionage underworld, teaming up with an adversary to unravel a conspiracy that challenges everything he…
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My Mother's Wedding (2025)
★ 6.1/10Three sisters return to their home for the third wedding of their twice-widowed mother. But the mother and daughters are forced to revisit the past and confront the future, with help from a colorful group of unexpected…
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Off the Grid (2025)
★ 6.5/10After a morally-bankrupt company tries to weaponize a brilliant scientist's revolutionary technology, he goes off the grid to safeguard humanity. When the company sends a strike force to find him, they make their…
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Sunray: Fallen Soldier (2025)
★ 6.1/10Forced to confront the death of his daughter following a fatal encounter with drugs, ex-military soldier Andy becomes hell-bent on finding those responsible. With nothing to lose, a violent criminal underworld unravels…
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Man with No Past (2025)
★ 6.5/10Waking up in an unfamiliar city, a man with no memory must confront the mysteries of his own identity. However, his desperate search to uncover the past pits him against a powerful enemy, leading to a showdown that…
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Sand Castle (2017)
★ 6.5/10Set during the occupation of Iraq, a squad of U.S. soldiers try to protect a small village.