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10 Best Movies Like Missing in Action

If you loved Missing in Action, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Braddock: Missing in Action III

Braddock: Missing in Action III

1988★ 5.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Missing in Action for fans of Action & War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

When Colonel James Braddock is told that his Asian wife and 12-year-old son are still alive in Communist Vietnam, he mounts a one-man assault to free them. Armed with the latest hi...

#2
Missing in Action 2: The Beginning

Missing in Action 2: The Beginning

1985★ 5.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Missing in Action for fans of Action & War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

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 P...

#3
Block-Heads

Block-Heads

1938★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Missing in Action for fans of War. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

It's 1938, but Stan doesn't know the war is over; he's still patrolling the trenches in France, and shoots down a French aviator. Oliver sees his old chum's picture in the paper an...

#4
Madness in the Method

Madness in the Method

2019★ 5.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Missing in Action for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Jason wants to be taken more seriously as an actor, so he asks his friend Kevin Smith for advice, and decides to become a method actor. Trouble is, being a method actor drives him ...

#5
Breaker! Breaker!

Breaker! Breaker!

1977★ 4.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Missing in Action for fans of Action & Adventure & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Truck driver searches for his brother, who has disappeared in a town run by a corrupt judge....

#6
St. Peter

St. Peter

2005★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Missing in Action for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Saint Peter, a reluctant but passionate leader, from the crucifixion of Jesus to his own. The film's first half dramatizes the New Testament's "Acts": early fear, the renewal of Pe...