If You Liked Tears of the Sun, Watch These Next
Finished Tears of the Sun (2003) and want more of the same? These 19 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like Tears of the Sun, most of them are war, action, drama.
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19 titles · updated 3rd October 2026
1.Beasts of No Nation(2015)
7.6DramaWarAlso drama and war
Based on the experiences of Agu, a child fighting in the civil war of a West African country. Follows Agu's journey as he's forced to join a group of soldiers. While he fears his commander and many of the men around him, his fledgling childhood has been brutally shattered by the war raging through his country, and he…
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2.Hotel Rwanda(2004)
7.7DramaHistoryWarAlso drama and war
Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his hotel in attempt to save their lives.
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4.Attack on Darfur(2009)
5.9WarThrillerDramaAlso war and drama
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.
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5.The Kill Team(2019)
6.5WarActionDramaAlso war and action
When Andrew Briggman — a young soldier in the US Army during the invasion of Afghanistan — witnesses the murderous behavior of fellow soldiers, under the direction of a malevolent Sergeant, he faces a moral dilemma. His increasingly-violent platoon becomes suspicious that someone in their ranks has turned on them,…
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6.Seal Team Eight: Behind Enemy Lines(2014)
6.0ActionWarDramaAlso action and war
Seal Team Eight must fight their way deep into Africa's Congo, decommission a secret uranium mine, and stop our most dangerous enemy from smuggling weapon's grade yellow-cake out of the country.
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7.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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8.Emancipation(2022)
7.7DramaWarHistoryAlso drama and war
Inspired by the gripping true story of a man who would do anything for his family—and for freedom. When Peter, an enslaved man, risks his life to escape and return to his family, he embarks on a perilous journey of love and endurance.
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9.Field of Lost Shoes(2015)
6.1WarDramaHistoryAlso war and drama
A group of teenage cadets sheltered from war at the Virginia Military Institute must confront the horrors of an adult world when they are called upon to defend the Shenandoah Valley.
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10.Battleground(1949)
6.7ActionDramaWarAlso action and drama
Members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the rugged terrain of Bastogne, Belgium, in December 1944. Holley and his American compatriots have already seen one of their own, Roderigues, perish under enemy fire. The men try to rebuff another series of Nazi attacks, but…
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11.Sand Castle(2017)
6.5WarActionDramaAlso war and action
Set during the occupation of Iraq, a squad of U.S. soldiers try to protect a small village.
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12.The Siege of Jadotville(2016)
7.1WarDramaThrillerAlso war and drama
Irish Commandant Pat Quinlan leads a stand off with troops against French and Belgian Mercenaries in the Congo during the early 1960s.
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15.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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16.Sometimes in April(2005)
7.1DramaHistoryWarAlso drama and war
Two brothers are divided by marriage and fate during the 100 horrifying days of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
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18.Full Metal Jacket(1987)
8.1DramaWarAlso drama and war
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
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