Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 13, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Dongmei

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

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#1
Waiting for Anya

Waiting for Anya

2020★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dongmei 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....

#2
Cow

Cow

2009★ 7.1

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

A Chinese peasant is given the responsibility of protecting his village's special dairy cow during a particularly harsh winter in 1940....

#3
Devils on the Doorstep

Devils on the Doorstep

2001★ 8.2

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

During the Japanese occupation of China, two prisoners are dumped in a peasant's home in a small town. The owner is bullied into keeping the prisoners until the next New Year, at w...

#4
The Battle at Lake Changjin

The Battle at Lake Changjin

2021★ 6.2

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

Korean War, winter 1950. In the frozen and snowy area of Changjin Lake, a bloody battle is about to begin between the elite troops of the United States and China....

#5
The Scarlet and the Black

The Scarlet and the Black

1983★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dongmei 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...

#6
Black Coal, Thin Ice

Black Coal, Thin Ice

2014★ 6.5

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

Two former cops start investigating the series of murders that tanked their careers when the killings begin again....

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