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10 Best Movies Like 55 Days at Peking

If you loved 55 Days at Peking, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Beneath Hill 60

Beneath Hill 60

2010★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 55 Days at Peking for fans of History & War & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The true story of Australia's cat-and-mouse underground mine warfare—one of the most misunderstood, misrepresented and mystifying conflicts of WW I. It was secret struggle BENEATH ...

#2
Emperor

Emperor

2020★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 55 Days at Peking for fans of History & War & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An escaped slave travels north and has chance encounters with Frederick Douglass and John Brown. Based on the life story of Shields Green....

#3
Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher

Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher

2022★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 55 Days at Peking for fans of History & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

At the turn of the 19th century, Pugilism was the sport of kings and a gifted young boxer fought his way to becoming champion of England....

#4
The Scarlet and the Black

The Scarlet and the Black

1983★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 55 Days at Peking for fans of History & War & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His activities become so large th...

#5
The Last Valley

The Last Valley

1971★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 55 Days at Peking for fans of History & War & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

People in a small German village in the last valley to remain untouched by the devastating Thirty Years' War try to exist in peace with a group of soldiers occupying the valley....

#6
The Secret of Santa Vittoria

The Secret of Santa Vittoria

1970★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 55 Days at Peking for fans of War & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

During World War II, Italian villagers hide their wine from the German army....

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