The Waterdance

Movie · 6.0 / 10 · 13 May 1992 · English

Author Joel Garcia breaks his neck while hiking, and finds himself in a rehab center with Raymond, an exaggerating ladies man, and Bloss, a racist biker. Considerable tension builds as each character tries to deal with his new found handicap and the problems that go with it, especially Joel, whose lover Anna is having as difficult a time as he is.

Stop-Loss

Movie · 6.1 / 10 · 28 Mar 2008 · English

A 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.

Thank You for Your Service

Movie · 6.6 / 10 · 26 Oct 2017 · English

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.

Uncommon Valor

Movie · 6.3 / 10 · 16 Dec 1983 · English

A group of Vietnam War veterans re-unite to rescue one of their own left behind and taken prisoner by the Vietnamese.

Rolling Thunder

Movie · 6.7 / 10 · 2 Nov 1977 · English

A Vietnam veteran, Charles Rane, returns home after years in a POW camp and is treated as a hero. He has a hard time adjusting, and things go badly. A movie about the walking dead, before that meant just flesh-eating zombies.

Born on the Fourth of July

Movie · 7.0 / 10 · 20 Dec 1989 · English

Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.

Cherry

Movie · 7.3 / 10 · 26 Feb 2021 · English

Cherry drifts from college dropout to army medic in Iraq—anchored only by his one true love, Emily. But after returning from the war with PTSD, his life spirals into drugs and crime as he struggles to find his place in the world.

Passion Fish

Movie · 7.0 / 10 · 11 Dec 1992 · English

After an accident leaves her a paraplegic, a former soap opera star struggles to recover both emotionally and mentally, until she meets her newest nurse, who has struggles of her own.

The Railway Man

Movie · 6.8 / 10 · 2 Dec 2013 · English

A victim from World War II's "Death Railway" sets out to find those responsible for his torture. A true story.

The Deer Hunter

Movie · 8.0 / 10 · 8 Dec 1978 · English

Three steelworkers enlist in the army and are sent to Vietnam, one leaving behind a rushed marriage, the others a shared love. What they encounter during the war changes their lives forever.

The Manchurian Candidate

Movie · 6.5 / 10 · 30 Jul 2004 · English

Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's doubts deepen, Shaw's political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mysterious implant embedded in his back, the memory of what really happened begins to return.

Fort Bliss

Movie · 6.4 / 10 · 5 Sept 2014 · English

After returning home from an extended tour in Afghanistan, a decorated U.S. Army medic and single mother struggles to rebuild her relationship with her young son.