Movies like Ridge War Z (2013)
The best movies like Ridge War Z (2013) are Bunker (2023), Soldiers of the Damned (2015) and Man Down (2016). If Ridge War Z hooked you with its thriller and war, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedPlatoon (1986)7.7/10 from 5,393 votes
- Newest2000 Meters to Andriivka (2025)Released 2025
Bunker (2023)
Trapped in a bunker during World War I, a group of soldiers are faced with an ungodly presence that slowly turns them against each other.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & war
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSoldiers of the Damned (2015)
WWII German soldiers take an occult scientist into a haunted forest in Romania, only to be confronted by their own ghosts.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both war & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMan Down (2016)
When a U.S. Marine returns home from Afghanistan, he finds that the place he once called home is no better than the battlefields he fought on overseas. Accompanied by his best friend, he searches desperately for the whereabouts of his estranged son and wife. In their search, the two intercept a man carrying vital information about his family.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & war
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUniversal Soldier (1992)
An American soldier who had been killed during the Vietnam War is revived 25 years later by the military as a semi-android, UniSols, a high-tech soldier of the future. After the failure of the initiative to erase all the soldier's memories, he begins to experience flashbacks that are forcing him to recall his past.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Private War (2018)
One of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontlines of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both war
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Greatest Beer Run Ever (2022)
Chickie wants to support his friends fighting in Vietnam, so he does something wild—personally bring them American beer. What starts as a well-meaning journey quickly changes Chickie's life and perspective.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both war
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThank You for Your Service (2017)
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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both war
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCivil War (2024)
In the near future, a group of war journalists attempt to survive while reporting the truth as the United States stands on the brink of civil war.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both war
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDie Alone (2024)
Lost in a world reclaimed by nature and overrun by mysterious creatures, Ethan, a young man with amnesia navigates the dangerous landscape in search of his lost love Emma. His journey takes an unexpected turn when he encounters Mae, a hardened and eccentric survivor. Together, Ethan and Mae face threats both human and otherwise before a fateful encounter with Kai unravels a secret that lies just beyond Ethan's fractured memory.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBilly Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016)
19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle. Through flashbacks the film shows what really happened to his squad – contrasting the realities of war with America's perceptions.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both war
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStop-Loss (2008)
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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both war
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRedacted (2007)
A fictional documentary discusses the effects the Iraq war has had on soldiers and local people through interviews with members of an American military unit, the media, and local Iraqis.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both war
SnoozefestMovies like thisPlatoon (1986)
As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both war
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSilent Zone (2025)
In a zombie-ravaged world, a resourceful teen and her protector fight for survival, facing relentless dangers and testing the limits of hope and loyalty.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like this2000 Meters to Andriivka (2025)
Amid the failing counteroffensive, a journalist follows a Ukrainian platoon on their mission to traverse one mile of heavily fortified forest and liberate a strategic village from Russian occupation. But the farther they advance through their destroyed homeland, the more they realize that this war may never end.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both war
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisBlood on the Sun (1945)
Nick Condon, an American journalist in 20s Tokyo, publishes the Japanese master plan for world domination. Reaction from the understandably upset Japanese provides the action, but this is overshadowed by the propaganda of the time.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both war
SnoozefestMovies like thisHamburger Hill (1987)
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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both war
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Zookeeper's Wife (2017)
The account of keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Jan and Antonina Zabinski, who helped save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both war
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWhiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016)
Stuck in a rut, reporter Kim Baker decides to shake things up by leaving her desk job in New York and taking a dangerous assignment in Afghanistan. Far from home and completely out of her comfort zone, a culture-shocked Kim befriends an adventurous reporter Tanya Vanderpoel, a stern Colonel, and a charming photojournalist to help her navigate this crazy new world.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both war
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWarning Sign (1985)
An accident occurs in an ultra-secret government biological weapons laboratory spreading a sinister bacteria.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCorpus Crispi (2009)
While going hunting in the wilderness, two friends stumble upon a zombie who attacks them. They kill him and bury the body, but the police and people dressed as priests put their friendship at stake.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller
Severed (2005)
A multi-national forestry company engages in genetic experimentation to increase logging yield in a remote section of forest...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller
Land of the Dead (2005)
The living dead have taken over the world, and the remaining humans live in a walled city to protect themselves as they cope with the situation.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Bloody Hundredth (2024)
Meet the real-life airmen who inspired Masters of the Air as they share the harrowing and transformative events of the 100th Bomb Group.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both war
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPolytechnique (2009)
A dramatization of the École Polytechnique massacre in Montreal, on December 9, 1989, where 14 female engineering students were murdered (and 13 were wounded) by a 25 year old psychotic misogynist armed with a semi-automatic weapon.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGrindhouse (2007)
Grindhouse combines Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, a horror comedy about a group of survivors who battle zombie-like creatures, and Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof, an action thriller about a murderous stuntman who kills young women with modified vehicles. It is presented as a double feature with fictitious exploitation trailers preceding each segment.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMind Leech (2023)
A persuasive Leech wreaks havoc on rural Provinstate, ‘98
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller
Dead Friends Forever (2024)
On the run from her former employers through a zombie-ridden hellscape, a war-weary neurobiologist searches desperately for her missing sister. But an unlikely bond with a docile ghoul threatens to upend her understanding of the undead and the outbreak itself.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller
The Ultimate Warrior (1975)
Only a few people still live in New York in 2012. They are organized in gangs with their own turf. One of them is led by Baron, another one by Carrot, and they are constantly at war with each other.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisCru (2015)
A zombie outbreak breaks out in Lisbon during the financial crisis and Luísa, an unemployed woman, tries desperately to survive.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Ridge War Z?
The closest matches to Ridge War Z are Bunker (2023), Soldiers of the Damned (2015) and Man Down (2016). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Ridge War Z?
Start with Bunker (2023), the closest match to Ridge War Z.
What is the highest-rated movie like Ridge War Z?
Platoon (1986), rated 7.7/10 by 5,393 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Ridge War Z?
2000 Meters to Andriivka (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Ridge War Z?
Yes: Bunker (2023), Soldiers of the Damned (2015) and Man Down (2016).
How are movies similar to Ridge War Z chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Ridge War Z, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.