Southern Comfort (1981)

A squad of National Guards on an isolated weekend exercise in the Louisiana swamp must fight for their lives when they anger local Cajuns by stealing their canoes. Without live ammunition and in a strange country, their experience begins to mirror the Vietnam experience.

Genres: Thriller, Action

What to watch after Southern Comfort

• Extreme Prejudice (1987) — Walter Hill directed both
• Rolling Thunder (1977)
• Rescue Dawn (2006) — Same subject: soldier
• Cape Fear (1991)
• Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) — Same subject: survival
• First Blood (1982) — Same subject: national guard