Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 13, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Breakthrough

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

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#1
The Longest Day

The Longest Day

1962★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Breakthrough for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as p...

#2
When Trumpets Fade

When Trumpets Fade

1998★ 6.6

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

In WWII Western Germany, Private David Manning reluctantly leaves behind a mortally wounded fellow soldier and searches for survivors from his platoon, only to learn from commandin...

#3
13 Minutes

13 Minutes

2015★ 6.8

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

The breathtaking story of a man who nearly would have changed the world. In 1939, when Hitler tricked millions of people at the height of his power, radical Georg Elser — disparage...

#4
Fury

Fury

2014★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Breakthrough for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-hardened army sergeant named Wardaddy commands a Sherman tank and her five-man crew on a deadly m...

#5
Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin

Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin

2024★ 6.7

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

As the world teeters on the brink of annihilation, Dietrich Bonhoeffer joins a deadly plot to assassinate Hitler, risking his faith and fate to save millions of Jews from genocide....

#6
Patton

Patton

1970★ 7.5

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

"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with Patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion...

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