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10 Best Movies Like It Was In May

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

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#1
The Best in Hell

The Best in Hell

2022★ 7.7

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

Movie about units of the "whites" (PMC "Wagner") who perform an assault operation to capture buildings. They are opposed by the "yellow" units, which have dug in these buildings an...

#2
The Kill Team

The Kill Team

2019★ 6.4

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

When Andrew Briggman — a young soldier in the US Army during the invasion of Afghanistan — witnesses the murderous behavior of fellow soldiers, under the direction of a malevolent ...

#3
Kalashnikov AK-47

Kalashnikov AK-47

2020★ 7.4

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

A Russian military propaganda film about the tank commander Kalashnikov, severely injured in battle in 1941. The accident leaves him incapacitated and unable to return to the front...

#4
Officers

Officers

1971★ 7.1

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

Two friends are army officers, and the turbulent times throw them from the Civil War in the early 20s to the Soviet conflict in Finland, from China to the Urals....

#5
Hyena Road

Hyena Road

2015★ 6.8

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

Three different men, three different worlds, three different wars – all stand at the intersection of modern warfare – a murky world of fluid morality where all is not as it seems. ...

#6
Walking with the Enemy

Walking with the Enemy

2014★ 6.3

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

Regent Horthy is the leader of Hungary and a German ally, but his favorable standing with Hitler changes as the war comes to an end. Forced to cede Hungary’s power or else witness ...

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