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

Waiting for Anya
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Manila Calling 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....

Mister Roberts
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Manila Calling for fans of Drama & War. 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....

They Were Expendable
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Manila Calling for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
After a demonstration of new PT boats, navy brass are still unconvinced of their viability in combat, leaving Lt. "Rusty" Ryan frustrated. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, however...

To Hell and Back
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Manila Calling for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
The true WWII story of Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier in U.S. history. Based on the autobiography of Audie Murphy who stars as himself in the film....

Why We Fight: Prelude to War
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Manila Calling for fans of War. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
Prelude to War was the first film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series, commissioned by the Pentagon and George C. Marshall. It was made to convince American troops...

The One That Got Away
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Manila Calling 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....