50 Movies Like Rambo (2008) You Need to Watch Next
In 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
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If you loved Rambo (2008) by Sylvester Stallone, here are 50 movies that share its content DNA. iRankMovies measures real similarity using cosine similarity across eight weighted dimensions — genre (50%), tone (12%), pace (10%), structure (8%), era (7%), theme (6%), audience (4%) and narrative perspective (3%) — not just the rating. The closest matches according to our analysis are Tom Clancy's Without Remorse, Kandahar, Act of Valor. Every title is ranked by how closely it matches and backed by the iRank Score, a composite of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDb across 12,000+ analysed titles.
50 Movies Similar to Rambo
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
2021 · Stefano Sollima
An elite Navy SEAL uncovers an international conspiracy while seeking justice for the murder of his pregnant wife.
In common: Action · Thriller · War
Kandahar
2023 · Ric Roman Waugh
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, al
In common: Action · Thriller · War
Act of Valor
2012 · Mike McCoy
When a covert mission to rescue a kidnapped CIA operative uncovers a chilling plot, an elite, highly trained U.S. SEAL team speeds to hotspots around the globe, racing against the clock to stop a dead
In common: Action · Thriller · War
Sisu: Road to Revenge
2025 · Jalmari Helander
Returning to the house where his family was brutally murdered during the war, "the man who refuses to die" dismantles it, loads it on a truck, and is determined to rebuild it somewhere safe in their h
In common: Action · Thriller · War
Sisu
2022 · Jalmari Helander
When an ex-soldier who discovers gold in the Lapland wilderness tries to take the loot into the city, German soldiers led by a brutal SS officer battle him.
In common: Action · Thriller · War
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant
2023 · Guy Ritchie
During the war in Afghanistan, a local interpreter risks his own life to carry an injured sergeant across miles of grueling terrain.
In common: Action · Thriller · War
Land of Bad
2024 · William Eubank
When a Delta Force special ops mission goes terribly wrong, Air Force drone pilot Reaper has 48 hours to remedy what has devolved into a wild rescue operation. With no weapons and no communication oth
In common: Action · Thriller · War
Rambo III
1988 · Peter MacDonald
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, Ra
In common: Action · Thriller
Crimson Tide
1995 · Tony Scott
After the Cold War, a breakaway Russian republic with nuclear warheads becomes a possible worldwide threat. U.S. submarine Capt. Frank Ramsey signs on a relatively green but highly recommended Lt. Cmd
In common: Action · Thriller
Behind Enemy Lines
2001 · John Moore
While flying a routine reconnaissance mission over Bosnia, fighter pilot Lt. Chris Burnett photographs something he wasn't supposed to see and gets shot down behind enemy lines, where he must outrun a
In common: Action · Thriller
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
2016 · Michael Bay
An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.
In common: Action
Rambo: First Blood Part II
1985 · George P. Cosmatos
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.
In common: Action · Thriller
The Delta Force
1986 · Menahem Golan
A 707 aircraft jetliner, en route from Athens to Rome and then to New York City, is hijacked by Lebanese terrorists, who demand that the pilot take them to Beirut. What the terrorists don't realize is
In common: Action · Thriller · War
Unstoppable
2010 · Tony Scott
When a massive, unmanned locomotive roars out of control, the threat is more ominous than just a derailment. The train is laden with toxic chemicals, and an accident would decimate human life and caus
In common: Action · Thriller
Live Free or Die Hard
2007 · Len Wiseman
John McClane is back and badder than ever, and this time he calls on the services of a young hacker in his bid to stop a ring of Internet terrorists intent on taking control of America's computer infr
In common: Action · Thriller
Escape Plan
2013 · Mikael Håfström
Ray Breslin is the world's foremost authority on structural security. After analyzing every high security prison and learning a vast array of survival skills so he can design escape-proof prisons, his
In common: Action · Thriller
Those Who Wish Me Dead
2021 · Taylor Sheridan
A young boy finds himself pursued by two assassins in the Montana wilderness, with a survival expert determined to protect him, and a forest fire threatening to consume them all.
In common: Action · Thriller
Ransom
1996 · Ron Howard
When a rich man's son is kidnapped, he cooperates with the police at first but then tries a unique tactic against the criminals.
In common: Action · Thriller
Carry-On
2024 · Jaume Collet-Serra
An airport security officer races to outsmart a mysterious traveler forcing him to let a dangerous item slip onto a Christmas Eve flight.
In common: Action · Thriller
London Has Fallen
2016 · Babak Najafi
In London for the Prime Minister's funeral, Mike Banning discovers a plot to assassinate all the attending world leaders.
In common: Action · Thriller
Exterritorial
2025 · Christian Zübert
When her son vanishes inside a US consulate, ex-special forces soldier Sara does everything in her power to find him — and uncovers a dark conspiracy.
In common: Action · Thriller
The Contractor
2022 · Tarik Saleh
After being involuntarily discharged from the U.S. Special Forces, James Harper decides to support his family by joining a private contracting organization alongside his best friend and under the comm
In common: Action · Thriller
A Good Day to Die Hard
2013 · John Moore
Iconoclastic, take-no-prisoners cop John McClane, finds himself for the first time on foreign soil after traveling to Moscow to help his wayward son Jack - unaware that Jack is really a highly-trained
In common: Action · Thriller
The Mother
2023 · Niki Caro
A deadly female assassin comes out of hiding to protect the daughter that she gave up years before, while on the run from dangerous men.
In common: Action · Thriller
Air Force One
1997 · Wolfgang Petersen
When Russian neo-nationalists hijack Air Force One, the world's most secure and extraordinary aircraft, the President is faced with a nearly impossible decision to give in to terrorist demands or sacr
In common: Action · Thriller
Broken Arrow
1996 · John Woo
When rogue stealth-fighter pilot Vic Deakins deliberately drops off the radar while on maneuvers, the Air Force ends up with two stolen nuclear warheads -- and Deakins's co-pilot, Riley Hale, is the m
In common: Action · Thriller
Red Dawn
2012 · Dan Bradley
A city in Washington state awakens to the surreal sight of foreign paratroopers dropping from the sky—shockingly, the U.S. has been invaded and their hometown is the initial target. Quickly and withou
In common: Action · Thriller
The Ice Road
2021 · Jonathan Hensleigh
After a remote diamond mine collapses in far northern Canada, an ice road driver must lead an impossible rescue mission over a frozen ocean to save the trapped miners.
In common: Action · Thriller
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
1995 · Geoff Murphy
A passenger train has been hijacked by an electronics expert and turned into an untraceable command center for a weapons satellite. He has planned to blow up Washington DC and only one man can stop hi
In common: Action · Thriller
Apex
2026 · Baltasar Kormákur
A grieving woman pushing her limits on a solo adventure in the Australian wild is ensnared in a twisted game with a cunning killer who thinks she's prey.
In common: Action · Thriller
Fall
2022 · Scott Mann
For best friends Becky and Hunter, life is all about conquering fears and pushing limits. But after they climb 2,000 feet to the top of a remote, abandoned radio tower, they find themselves stranded w
In common: Action · Thriller
Taken 3
2014 · Olivier Megaton
Ex-government operative Bryan Mills finds his life is shattered when he's falsely accused of a murder that hits close to home. As he's pursued by a savvy police inspector, Mills employs his particular
In common: Action · Thriller
Taken
2008 · Pierre Morel
Bryan Mills, a former government operative, is trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter Kim. After reluctantly agreeing with his ex-wife to let Kim go to Paris on vacation with a friend, his wors
In common: Action · Thriller
Olympus Has Fallen
2013 · Antoine Fuqua
When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped withi
In common: Action · Thriller
Twisters
2024 · Lee Isaac Chung
As storm season intensifies, the paths of former storm chaser Kate Carter and reckless social-media superstar Tyler Owens collide when terrifying phenomena never seen before are unleashed. The pair an
In common: Action · Thriller
Flight Risk
2025 · Mel Gibson
A pilot transports a U.S. Marshal accompanying a government witness to a trial in New York. As they cross the Alaskan wilderness, tensions soar and trust is tested, as not everyone on board is who the
In common: Action · Thriller
Speed
1994 · Jan de Bont
Tensions run high when a crazed bomber rigs a Los Angeles bus with a device that will kill everyone on board if the vehicle's speed dips below fifty miles per hour.
In common: Action · Thriller
Extraction
2020 · Sam Hargrave
A hardened gun-for-hire's latest mission becomes a soul-searching race to survive when he's sent into Bangladesh to rescue a drug lord's kidnapped son.
In common: Action · Thriller
Angel Has Fallen
2019 · Ric Roman Waugh
After a treacherous attack, Secret Service agent Mike Banning is charged with attempting to assassinate President Trumbull. Chased by his own colleagues and the FBI, Banning begins a race against the
In common: Action · Thriller
Die Hard 2
1990 · Renny Harlin
One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time. On a snowy Christmas Eve, as he waits for his wife's plane to land
In common: Action · Thriller
Midway
2019 · Roland Emmerich
The story of the Battle of Midway, and the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude and bravery to overcome massive odds.
In common: Action · War
Monkey Man
2024 · Dev Patel
Kid is an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After y
In common: Action · Thriller
Ballerina
2023 · Lee Chung-hyun
Grieving the loss of a best friend she couldn't protect, an ex-bodyguard sets out to fulfill her dear friend's last wish: sweet revenge.
In common: Action · Thriller
We Were Soldiers
2002 · Randall Wallace
The year is 1965 and America is at war with North Vietnam. Commanding the air cavalry is Lt. Col. Hal Moore (Gibson), a born leader committed to his troops. His target: the Ia Drang Valley, called "
In common: Action · War
Black Hawk Down
2001 · Ridley Scott
When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing inte
In common: Action · War
First Blood
1982 · Ted Kotcheff
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.
In common: Action · Thriller
American Sniper
2014 · Clint Eastwood
U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle takes his sole mission—protect his comrades—to heart and becomes one of the most lethal snipers in American history. His pinpoint accuracy not only saves countless lives but
In common: Action · War
Warfare
2025 · Ray Mendoza
A platoon of Navy SEALs embarks on a dangerous mission in Ramadi, Iraq, with the chaos and brotherhood of war retold through their memories of the event.
In common: Action · War
Nobody
2021 · Ilya Naishuller
Hutch Mansell, a suburban dad, overlooked husband, nothing neighbor — a "nobody." When two thieves break into his home one night, Hutch's unknown long-simmering rage is ignited and propels him on a br
In common: Action · Thriller
Cleaner
2025 · Martin Campbell
When a group of radical activists take over an energy company's annual gala, seizing 300 hostages, an ex-soldier turned window cleaner suspended 50 storeys up on the outside of the building must save
In common: Action · Thriller