Rambo III is an American action film from 1988, directed by Peter MacDonald and co-written by Sylvester Stallone, who also reprises his role as Vietnam War veteran John Rambo. A sequel to Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985), it is the third instalment in the Rambo series.

The film depicts fictional events during the Soviet-Afghan War. In the movie, Rambo embarks on a perilous journey to Afghanistan to rescue his former commander and long-time best friend, Colonel Sam Trautman, from the clutches of an extremely powerful and ruthless Soviet army colonel who is determined to kill both Trautman and Rambo, while they assist a local group of Afghan rebels fighting against Soviet forces threatening to destroy their village.