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10 Best Movies Like Fires on the Plain

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

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#1
The Unbelievable Truth

The Unbelievable Truth

1990★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Fires on the Plain for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After serving time for murder, Josh Hutton returns to his home town where he meets Audry Hugo. No one can remember exactly what Josh did......

#2
My Father and My Son

My Father and My Son

2005★ 7.4

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

A left-wing journalist whose wife died while giving birth to his son during a military coup returns to his family's farm. Estranged from his father for turning his back on the fami...

#3
L'Argent

L'Argent

1983★ 7.0

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

A forged 500-franc note is passed from person to person and shop to shop, until it falls into the hands of a genuine innocent who doesn't see it for what it is—which will have deva...

#4
Diary of a Country Priest

Diary of a Country Priest

1951★ 7.5

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

An inexperienced, sickly priest shows up in the rural French community of Ambricourt, where he joins the community's clergy. But the locals don't take kindly to the priest, and his...

#5
No Way Out

No Way Out

1950★ 6.9

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

Two hoodlum brothers are brought into hospital for gunshot wounds, and when one dies, the other accuses their Black doctor of murder....

#6
Zero Focus

Zero Focus

1961★ 6.3

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

One week into newlywed Teiko Uhara's marriage, her husband, Kenichi, leaves on a short business trip and never returns. Teiko travels across Japan to search for him, and along the ...