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10 Best Movies Like Good Luck, Mr. Yates

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

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#1
The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away

1957★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Good Luck, Mr. Yates for fans of War & Drama. 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....

#2
Waiting for Anya

Waiting for Anya

2020★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Good Luck, Mr. Yates for fans of War & Drama. 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....

#3
A Time to Love and a Time to Die

A Time to Love and a Time to Die

1958★ 7.2

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

A German soldier home on leave falls in love with a girl, then returns to World War II....

#4
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

1955★ 6.8

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

A dramatization of the American general and his court martial for publically complaining about High Command's dismissal and neglect of the aerial fighting forces....

#5
A Walk in the Sun

A Walk in the Sun

1945★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Good Luck, Mr. Yates for fans of War & Drama. 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
Cast a Giant Shadow

Cast a Giant Shadow

1966★ 6.3

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

An American Army officer is recruited by the yet to exist Israel to help them form an army. He is disturbed by this sudden appeal to his Jewish heritage. Each of Israel's Arab neig...

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