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

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

Jacknife
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Barefoot Gen 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 ...

Birdy
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Barefoot Gen for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Two young men are seriously affected by the Vietnam War. One of them has always been obsessed with birds - but now believes he really is a bird, and has been sent to a mental hospi...

The Scarlet and the Black
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Barefoot Gen for fans of Drama & War. 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...

Anatahan
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Barefoot Gen for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
From June 1944, twelve Japanese seamen are stranded for seven years on an abandoned and forgotten island called Anatahan....

Battleground
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Barefoot Gen for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
Members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the rugged terrain of Bastogne, Belgium, in December 1944. Holley and his American compatri...