As we make ready for summer and wrap the birthday of Special Forces, here's a list of great Green Beret movies, older classics and newer blockbusters, for checkin' out over the holidays with fam & friends. Good times!
NOTE: Click the titles to see more about the films.
Billy Jack
A Personal Favorite, a Green Beret Half Breed helps out.
12 Strong
A good story of the Green Berets riding on horseback into the war.
(Sadly, the advisers were Seals and it shows).
Operation Dumbo Drop
A true story from a personal friend's A-Camp.
The Deer Hunter
A Green Beret rescues some friends from a POW Camp,
but not Viet Nam.
The Losers
A group of Special Forces go rogue after betrayal.
The Hunted
A story about a Green Beret gone bad.
Triple Frontier
Green Berets turn on the cartel.
(But their training reflects Rangers, not SF).
Apocalypse Now
A classic about a Green Beret Colonel gone rogue.
Farewell the King
A classic about the WW II mission to train Guerrilla Forces.
Walking Tall
A former Green Beret brings law and order with a bat.
For Whom The Bell Tolls
A film version of the classic book by Hemingway about linking up and fighting with partisans.
Rambo: First Blood
A Green Beret Viet Nam vet pushed too far.
Rambo IV
A Green Beret trying to lay low gets dragged into a fight.
Rambo V
A Green Beret trying to quietly retire, isn't allowed to do so.
The Man Who Would Be King
A classic about training guerrillas and raising an army based on Kipling's book.
The Green Berets
The absolute classic on the doctrine of S.F.
The Peacemaker
A Hollywood version of what SF did during the cold war.
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Based on true events during different times and current now.
The A-Team
A fun film remake of the series of renegade Green Berets.
(Altho' the movie went and made them Rangers, the TV series was SF).
Three Kings
A great film demonstrating a moral compass when it counts.
Commando
Green Berets are featured characters.
Predator
(The first one) My Company actually provided the medical support for this film. Everyone knows this film--if not, remedy it, ha!
Dear John
A soupy Green Beret story, but good to watch with your woman.
Bourne Series
Jason Bourne from the film is a former Green Beret in the books.
Lethal Weapon
Mel Gibson's character was a Green Beret.
The Objective
An obscure SciFi film about Green Berets in Afghanistan.
Taken
Great films about a Green Beret rescuing his daughter, et al.
(Sadly, the writer of the story was a total stolen valor fraud).
Merrill's Marauders
Based on the real deal from WWII Jungle Fighters.
Executive Decision
Green Berets are core part of the story, hostage rescue.
The Gunman
A Green Beret from a hit team returns and is targeted.
TV Shows
Persons of Interest, Jack Bauer (24), The Unit, and even the old Knight Rider- Green Berets.
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