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10 Best Movies Like Closed to the Light

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

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#1
A Walk in the Sun

A Walk in the Sun

1945★ 5.8

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

In the 1943 invasion of Italy, one American platoon lands, digs in, then makes its way inland to attempt to take a fortified farmhouse, as tension and casualties mount....

#2
Waiting for Anya

Waiting for Anya

2020★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Closed to the Light 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....

#3
Operation Mincemeat

Operation Mincemeat

2022★ 6.5

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

In 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to drop a corpse with false papers off the coast of Spain would fool Nazi spies into beli...

#4
The Secret of Santa Vittoria

The Secret of Santa Vittoria

1970★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Closed to the Light for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

During World War II, Italian villagers hide their wine from the German army....

#5
Miracle at St. Anna

Miracle at St. Anna

2008★ 6.1

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

Miracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four American soldiers who are members of the all-black 92nd "Buffalo Soldier" Division stationed in Tuscany, Italy during World War II....

#6
The Scarlet and the Black

The Scarlet and the Black

1983★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Closed to the Light 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...

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