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10 Best Movies Like Father & Soldier

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

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#1
Jacknife

Jacknife

1989★ 6.3

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

#2
Irena's Vow

Irena's Vow

2024★ 7.4

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

19 year old Irena Gut is promoted to housekeeper in the home of a highly respected Nazi officer in Poland when she finds out that the Jewish ghetto is about to be liquidated. Deter...

#3
Come What May

Come What May

2015★ 6.3

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

In may 1940, the German troops enter France. Frightened by the progress of the enemy, the people of a small village of Pas-de-Calais decide on the recommendations of the prefecture...

#4
15 Minutes of War

15 Minutes of War

2019★ 6.8

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

February 1976. Somalian rebels hijack a school bus carrying 21 French children and their teacher in Djibouti City. When the terrorists drive it to a no-man’s-land on the border bet...

#5
The Scarlet and the Black

The Scarlet and the Black

1983★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Father & Soldier for fans of War & Drama & History. 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
Field of Lost Shoes

Field of Lost Shoes

2015★ 6.1

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

A group of teenage cadets sheltered from war at the Virginia Military Institute must confront the horrors of an adult world when they are called upon to defend the Shenandoah Valle...

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