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10 Best Movies Like Full Metal Jacket

If you loved Full Metal Jacket, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

1964★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Full Metal Jacket for fans of War. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop ...

#2
Eyes Wide Shut

Eyes Wide Shut

1999★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Full Metal Jacket for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexua...

#3
Taken

Taken

2008★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Full Metal Jacket for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

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 wit...

#4
Mississippi Burning

Mississippi Burning

1988★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Full Metal Jacket for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and...

#5
A Clockwork Orange

A Clockwork Orange

1971★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Full Metal Jacket for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

In a near-future Britain, young Alexander DeLarge and his pals get their kicks beating and raping anyone they please. When not destroying the lives of others, Alex swoons to the mu...

#6
The Shining

The Shining

1980★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Full Metal Jacket for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. ...