If You Liked American Sniper, Watch These Next
Finished American Sniper (2014) and want more of the same? These 20 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like American Sniper, most of them are war, action.
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20 titles · updated 3rd October 2026
2.Lone Survivor(2013)
7.4WarActionDramaAlso war and action
Four Navy SEALs on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level Taliban operative must make an impossible moral decision in the mountains of Afghanistan that leads them into an enemy ambush. As they confront unthinkable odds, the SEALs must find reserves of strength and resilience to fight to the finish.
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3.Jarhead(2005)
6.7DramaWarAlso war
Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s experience in the Gulf War. After putting up with an arduous boot camp, Swofford and his unit are sent to the Persian Gulf where they are eager to fight, but are forced to stay back from the action. Swofford struggles with the possibility of his girlfriend…
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4.Tom Clancy's Without Remorse(2021)
6.9ActionThrillerWarAlso action and war
An elite Navy SEAL uncovers an international conspiracy while seeking justice for the murder of his pregnant wife.
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6.The Yellow Birds(2018)
6.0WarDramaAlso war
Two young soldiers, Bartle and Murph, navigate the terrors of the Iraq war under the command of the older, troubled Sergeant Sterling. All the while, Bartle is tortured by a promise he made to Murph's mother before their deployment.
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7.Sniper: G.R.I.T. - Global Response & Intelligence Team(2023)
6.5ActionThrillerAlso action
When an international terrorist cult threatens global political stability and kidnaps a fellow agent, Ace Sniper Brandon Beckett and the newly-formed Global Response & Intelligence Team – or G.R.I.T. – led by Colonel Stone must travel across the world to Malta, infiltrate the cult, and take out its leader to free…
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8.Take Cover(2024)
6.4ActionThrillerAlso action
A burned-out professional sniper finds himself trapped in an all-glass penthouse by a lethal competitor and must find a way to survive and escape with little to no cover between him and the killer.
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9.Jarhead 2: Field of Fire(2014)
6.2WarActionAlso war and action
Battle-scarred and disillusioned by the war, Corporal Chris Merrimette is put in charge of a unit whose next mission is to resupply a remote outpost on the edge of Taliban-controlled territory. While driving through the hostile Helmand province, a Navy SEAL flags down their convoy and enlists the unit on an operation…
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10.Behind Enemy Lines(2001)
6.5ActionDramaThrillerAlso action and war
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 an army led by a ruthless Serbian general. With time running out and a deadly tracker on his trail, Burnett's…
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11.Enemy at the Gates(2001)
7.4WarHistoryAlso war
A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.
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12.13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi(2016)
7.3WarHistoryDramaAlso war
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.
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13.Thank You for Your Service(2017)
6.6DramaWarAlso war
A 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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14.We Were Soldiers(2002)
7.1ActionHistoryWarAlso action and war
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 "The Valley of Death." As Moore prepares for one of the most violent battles in U.S. history, he delivers a stirring…
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15.Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk(2016)
6.0DramaWarAlso war
19-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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16.The Great Raid(2005)
6.5ActionHistoryWarAlso action and war
As World War II rages, the elite Sixth Ranger Battalion is given a mission of heroic proportions: push 30 miles behind enemy lines and liberate over 500 American prisoners of war.
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17.The Thin Red Line(1998)
7.4DramaHistoryWarAlso war
The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II battle of Guadalcanal. It follows their journey, from the surprise of an unopposed landing, through the bloody and exhausting battles…
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18.Shooter(2007)
7.1DramaActionThrillerAlso action
A top Marine sniper, Bob Lee Swagger, leaves the military after a mission goes horribly awry and disappears, living in seclusion. He is coaxed back into service after a high-profile government official convinces him to help thwart a plot to kill the President of the United States. Ultimately double-crossed and framed…
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19.Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden(2012)
5.9ThrillerActionDramaAlso action
When the rumored whereabouts of Osama bin Laden are revealed, the CIA readies a team of seasoned U.S. Navy SEALs for the mission of a lifetime. Despite inconclusive evidence that bin Laden is inside the compound, and ignoring the possible ramifications of an unannounced attack on Pakistani soil, the Pentagon orders…
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20.The Hurt Locker(2008)
7.2DramaThrillerWarAlso war
During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
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