Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 10, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Counter-Attack

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

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#1
The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away

1957★ 6.8

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

Based on the true story of Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the only German prisoner of war captured in Britain to escape back to Germany during the Second World War....

#2
Waiting for Anya

Waiting for Anya

2020★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Counter-Attack for fans of War & Drama. 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
The War Below

The War Below

2021★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Counter-Attack for fans of War & Drama. 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...

#4
A Walk in the Sun

A Walk in the Sun

1945★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Counter-Attack for fans of War & Drama. 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....

#5
The Colditz Story

The Colditz Story

1955★ 6.8

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

The Germans believed that no man could escape from Colditz Castle, set as it was in the heart of the Reich, 400 miles from any neutral frontier. This film, based on Pat Reid's epic...

#6
A Time to Love and a Time to Die

A Time to Love and a Time to Die

1958★ 7.2

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

A German soldier home on leave falls in love with a girl, then returns to World War II....

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