10 Best Movies Like Ascendancy
If you loved Ascendancy, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

The War Below
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ascendancy for fans of Drama & War & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
During World War I, a group of British miners are recruited to tunnel underneath no man's land and set bombs from below the German front in hopes of breaking the deadly stalemate o...

Ararat
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ascendancy for fans of Drama & War & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Interrogated by a customs officer, a young man recounts how his life was changed during the making of a film about the Armenian genocide....

Jacknife
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ascendancy for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A conflict develops between a troubled Vietnam veteran and the sister he lives with when she becomes involved romantically with the army buddy who reminds him of the tragic battle ...

Waiting for Anya
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ascendancy 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....

The Scarlet and the Black
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ascendancy 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...

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ascendancy for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A dramatization of the American general and his court martial for publically complaining about High Command's dismissal and neglect of the aerial fighting forces....