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10 Best Movies Like A Soldier's Story

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

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#1
Cry Freedom

Cry Freedom

1987★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Soldier's Story for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald Woods is a white liberal journalist...

#2
The Island on Bird Street

The Island on Bird Street

1997★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Soldier's Story for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Alex is an 11-year old boy who, during WWII, hides in the Jewish ghetto from Nazis after all his relatives have been sent to the concentration camp. The movie portrays the ghetto t...

#3
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

1946★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Soldier's Story for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Three childhood friends, Martha, Walter and Sam, share a terrible secret. Over time, the ambitious Martha and the pusillanimous Walter have married. She is a cold businesswoman; he...

#4
100 Rifles

100 Rifles

1969★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Soldier's Story for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

When half-breed Indian Yaqui Joe robs an Arizona bank, he is pursued by dogged lawman Lyedecker. Fleeing to Mexico, Joe is imprisoned by General Verdugo, who is waging a war agains...

#5
The Twin

The Twin

1984★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Soldier's Story for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Matthias Duval is in love, but he can't choose between the two twin sisters Betty and Liz Kerner. To pick up the two sisters, he invents his own twin brother and will play both cha...

#6
Sunday Bloody Sunday

Sunday Bloody Sunday

1971★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Soldier's Story for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Recently divorced career woman Alex Greville begins a romantic relationship with glamorous mod artist Bob Elkin, fully aware that he's also intimately involved with middle-aged doc...