Movies Like Universal Soldier

If you liked Universal Soldier (1992), a thriller and action movie directed by Roland Emmerich, 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
Primitive War (2025)
★ 6.5/10Also action and science fiction
During the Vietnam War, a recon unit ventures to an isolated jungle valley to uncover the fate of a missing platoon. They soon find themselves in a fight for their lives against an unexpected enemy — prehistoric…
2
Missing in Action (1984)
★ 5.9/10Also action and thriller
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
Die Alone (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and science fiction
Lost in a world reclaimed by nature and overrun by mysterious creatures, Ethan, a young man with amnesia navigates the dangerous landscape in search of his lost love Emma. His journey takes an unexpected turn when he…
4
57 Seconds (2023)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and science fiction
When a tech blogger lands an interview with a tech guru and stops an attack on him, he finds a mysterious ring that takes him back 57 seconds into the past.
5
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
★ 6.7/10Also action and thriller
John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam.
6
Resident Evil (2002)
★ 6.7/10Also action and science fiction
When 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…
7
Blind Fury (1989)
★ 6.5/10Also action and thriller
A blind Vietnam vet, trained as a swordfighter, comes to America and helps to rescue the son of a fellow soldier.
8
40 Acres (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also action and thriller
Hailey Freeman and her family are the last descendants of African American farmers who settled in rural Canada after the Civil War. In a famine-decimated near future, they now struggle to safeguard their farm, as they…
9
Spectral (2016)
★ 6.6/10Also science fiction and thriller
A special-ops team is dispatched to fight supernatural beings that have taken over a European city.
10
Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985)
★ 5.8/10Also action and thriller
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…
11
Hollow Man (2000)
★ 6/10Also action and science fiction
Cocky researcher Sebastian Caine is working on a project to make living creatures invisible. Determined to achieve the ultimate breakthrough, Caine pushes his team to move to the next phase — using himself as the…
12
Walking Tall (2004)
★ 6.3/10Also action and thriller
A former U.S. soldier returns to his hometown to find it overrun by crime and corruption, which prompts him to clean house.
13
Attack on Darfur (2009)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and action
American journalists in Sudan are confronted with the dilemma of whether to return home to report on the atrocities they have seen, or to stay behind and help some of the victims they have encountered.
14
War Machine (2026)
★ 7.5/10Also action and science fiction
On one last grueling mission during Army Ranger training, a combat engineer must lead his unit in a fight against a giant otherworldly killing machine.
15
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…
16
Containment (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and science fiction
Neighbors in a block wake one morning to find they have been sealed inside their apartments. Can they work together to find out why? Or will they destroy each other in their fight to escape?
17
Blue Thunder (1983)
★ 6.3/10Also action and thriller
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…
18
Monsters of Man (2020)
★ 6.4/10Also science fiction and action
A robotics company vying to win a lucrative military contract team up with a corrupt CIA agent to conduct an illegal live field test. They deploy four weaponized prototype robots into a suspected drug manufacturing…
19
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.
20
Blood: The Last Vampire (2009)
★ 5.9/10Also action and science fiction
On the surface, Saya is a stunning 16-year-old, but that youthful exterior hides the tormented soul of a 400-year-old "halfling". Born to a human father and a vampire mother, she has for centuries been a loner obsessed…