Movies like Redacted: 20 to watch next

If you loved Redacted (2007) — a war and drama film directed by Brian De Palma — these 20 movies are the closest matches.

The first picks are what fans of Redacted most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like journalist, tank and iraq. 8 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.

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1
Darfur 2009★ 5.9
Shares: War, 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.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
2
Men in War 1957★ 6.6
Shares: War, Drama
In Korea, on 6 September 1950, Lieutenant Benson's platoon finds itself isolated in enemy-held territory after a retreat. Soon they are joined by Sergeant Montana, whose overriding concern is caring for his catatonic colonel. Benson and Montana can't stand each other, but together they must get the survivors to Hill 465, where they hope the division is waiting. It's a long, harrowing march, fraught with all the dangers the elusive enemy can summon.
Stream in India on Plex
3
Hamburger Hill 1987★ 6.6
Shares: War, Drama
The men of Bravo Company are facing a battle that's all uphill… up Hamburger Hill. Fourteen war-weary soldiers are battling for a mud-covered mound of earth so named because it chews up soldiers like chopped meat. They are fighting for their country, their fellow soldiers and their lives. War is hell, but this is worse. Hamburger Hill tells it the way it was, the way it really was. It's a raw, gritty and totally unrelenting dramatic depiction of one of the fiercest battles of America's bloodiest war. This happened. Hamburger Hill - war at its worst, men at their best.
Stream in India on Movie Sphere+
4
Casualties of War 1989★ 7.2
Shares: Drama, War
During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.
Stream in India on Sony Pictures Amazon Channel
5
Born on the Fourth of July 1989★ 7.0
Shares: Drama, War
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.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
6
Seal Team Eight: Behind Enemy Lines 2014★ 6.1
Shares: War, Drama
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.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
7
Sahara 1943★ 7.2
Shares: War
In Libya, an American tank commander, along with a handful of Allied soldiers, tries to defend an isolated well with a limited supply of water from a German Afrika Korps battalion during the Western Desert Campaign of World War II.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
8
Storm Warning 1951★ 6.6
Shares: Drama
A fashion model witnesses the brutal assassination of an investigative journalist by the Ku Klux Klan while traveling to a small town to visit her sister.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
9
Jarhead: Law of Return 2019★ 6.5
Shares: War
Major Ronan Jackson, an accomplished fighter pilot for the Israel Defense Forces and son of a U.S. Senator, is shot down while flying through Syrian airspace. After miraculously surviving the crash, Jackson is taken captive by a group of Hezbollah militiamen. A squad of elite soldiers, led by Gunnery Sergeant Dave Torres, risk their own lives in the hopes of saving an ally they've never met.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
10
The Devil's Double 2011★ 6.7
Shares: Drama, War
A chilling vision of the House of Saddam Hussein comes to life through the eyes of the man who was forced to become the double of Hussein's sadistic son.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
11
Dead Man's Shoes 2004★ 7.1
Shares: Drama
A soldier returns to his small town and exacts a deadly revenge on the thugs who tormented his disabled brother while he was away.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
12
Ike: Countdown to D-Day 2004★ 6.5
Shares: Drama, War
The story of the senior-level preparations for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944 from the time of Dwight D. Eisenhower's appointment as the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, to the establishment of the beachhead in Normandy.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
13
Profile 2018★ 6.9
Shares: Drama
Looking to investigate recruitment techniques of ISIS to lure women into Syria, a journalist creates a Facebook profile of a Muslim convert. When an ISIS recruiter contacts her online character, she experiences the process first hand.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
14
Sometimes in April 2005★ 7.1
Shares: Drama, War
Two brothers are divided by marriage and fate during the 100 horrifying days of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
15
Walking with the Enemy 2014★ 6.3
Shares: Drama, War
Regent Horthy is the leader of Hungary and a German ally, but his favorable standing with Hitler changes as the war comes to an end. Forced to cede Hungary’s power or else witness the execution of his son, Regent Horthy gives up control of his country to the Nazis, who quickly move Hungarians to ghettos and death camps, with no hope in sight. But the despair changes when a young man named Elek emerges. Separated from his family during the relocations and aided by the woman he loves , Elek defies the enemy by becoming one of them. In a race against time, disguised as a Nazi Officer he embarks on a mission to save his family and thousands of his countrymen.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
16
No Way Out 1987★ 6.9
Shares: Drama
Navy Lt. Tom Farrell meets a young woman, Susan Atwell, and they share a passionate fling. Farrell then finds out that his superior, Defense Secretary David Brice, is also romantically involved with Atwell. When the young woman turns up dead, Farrell is put in charge of the murder investigation. He begins to uncover shocking clues about the case, but when details of his encounter with Susan surface, he becomes a suspect as well.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
17
Escape from Sobibor 1987★ 7.2
Shares: Drama, War
The true story of WWII's notorious Sobibor Nazi death camp, where a courageous inmate orchestrates and leads the escape of over 300 prisoners.
Stream in India on Artiflix, Plex
18
A Midnight Clear 1992★ 6.5
Shares: Drama, War
In 1944 France, an American Intelligence Squad locates a German Platoon wishing to surrender rather than die in Germany's final war offensive. The two groups of men, isolated from the war at present, put aside their differences and spend Christmas together before the surrender plan turns bad and both sides are forced to fight the other.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Missing in Action 2: The Beginning 1985★ 5.8
Shares: War, Drama
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 plans to escape.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
20
A Mighty Heart 2007★ 6.4
Shares: Drama
Based on Mariane Pearl's account of the terrifying and unforgettable story of her husband, Wall Street Journal reporter Danny Pearl's life and death.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now