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10 Best Movies Like MacArthur's Children

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

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#1
House of Bamboo

House of Bamboo

1955★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to MacArthur's Children for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Eddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson, a former GI who has formed a gang of fellow servicemen and Japanese locals....

#2
Mister Roberts

Mister Roberts

1955★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to MacArthur's Children for fans of War & Drama & Comedy. 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....

#3
The Secret of Santa Vittoria

The Secret of Santa Vittoria

1970★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to MacArthur's Children for fans of War & Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

During World War II, Italian villagers hide their wine from the German army....

#4
Hyena Road

Hyena Road

2015★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to MacArthur's Children 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. ...

#5
A Hen in the Wind

A Hen in the Wind

1948★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to MacArthur's Children for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Tokiko is a mother patiently waiting for her husband's return from the war when her 4-year old son becomes ill. She takes him to the doctor for treatment but has no way of paying. ...

#6
In Full Bloom

In Full Bloom

2019★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to MacArthur's Children for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Set shortly after the end of World War II, a philosophical boxing drama of two fighters from opposite worlds (USA and Japan) who are pulled together for a questionable fight arrang...

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