
10 Best Movies Like Kandahar
If you loved Kandahar, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Max
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kandahar for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A dog that helped soldiers in Afghanistan returns to the U.S. and is adopted by his handler's family after suffering a traumatic experience....

The Devil's Arithmetic
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kandahar for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
An American-born Jewish adolescent, Hannah Stern, is uninterested in the culture, faith and customs of her relatives. However, she begins to revaluate her heritage when she has a s...

Septembers of Shiraz
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kandahar for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
In this adaptation of the critically acclaimed debut novel by Iranian American author Dalia Sofer, a secular Jewish family is caught up in the maelstrom of the 1979 Iranian Revolut...

Not Without My Daughter
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kandahar for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
An American woman, trapped in Islamic Iran by her brutish husband, must find a way to escape with her daughter as well....

Desert Flower
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kandahar for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
The autobiography of a Somalian nomad who was sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later to become finally an American supermodel and is now at the age of 38, the UN sp...

Beyond the Blackboard
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kandahar for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Inspired by a true story, “Beyond the Blackboard” is about a 24-year-old first-time teacher who makes a difference in the lives of the homeless children she teaches in a shelter’s ...