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10 Best Movies Like A Forbidden God

If you loved A Forbidden God, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
For Whom the Bell Tolls

For Whom the Bell Tolls

1943★ 6.5

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

Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil war going on and Jordan—who has joined up on the side that appeals most to idealists ...

#2
The Scarlet and the Black

The Scarlet and the Black

1983★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Forbidden God for fans of Drama & War & History. 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...

#3
Cows

Cows

1992★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Forbidden God for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An act of cowardice influences the lives of two Basque families over three generations....

#4
Waiting for Anya

Waiting for Anya

2020★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Forbidden God for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain....

#5
The 13 Roses

The 13 Roses

2007★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Forbidden God for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

True story of thirteen totally normal young women that suffered harsh questioning and were put in prison under made up charges of helping the rebellion against Franco back in the 1...

#6
Land and Freedom

Land and Freedom

1995★ 7.3

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

David Carr is a British Communist who is unemployed. In 1936, when the Spanish Civil War begins, he decides to fight for the Republican side, a coalition of liberals, communists an...

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