Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 12, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Friend

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

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#1
The Last Rifleman

The Last Rifleman

2023★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Friend for fans of Drama & History & 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...

#2
Field of Lost Shoes

Field of Lost Shoes

2015★ 6.1

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

#3
Emperor

Emperor

2020★ 7.6

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

An escaped slave travels north and has chance encounters with Frederick Douglass and John Brown. Based on the life story of Shields Green....

#4
The Scarlet and the Black

The Scarlet and the Black

1983★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Friend for fans of Drama & History & 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...

#5
Waiting for Anya

Waiting for Anya

2020★ 6.2

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

#6
The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away

1957★ 6.8

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

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