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10 Best Movies Like Five Came Back

If you loved Five Came Back, 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 Five Came Back for fans of 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
The Last Rifleman

The Last Rifleman

2023★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Five Came Back for fans of War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding...

#3
The Caine Mutiny

The Caine Mutiny

1954★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Five Came Back for fans of War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardize his ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny....

#4
The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away

1957★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Five Came Back for fans of War. 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....

#5
A Walk in the Sun

A Walk in the Sun

1945★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Five Came Back for fans of 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....

#6
Mister Roberts

Mister Roberts

1955★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Five Came Back for fans of War. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Mr. Roberts is a Navy officer who's yearning for battle but is stuck in the backwaters of World War II on a non-commissioned ship run by the bullying Captain Morton....

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