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10 Best Movies Like Miracles Only Happen Once

If you loved Miracles Only Happen Once, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
War and Peace

War and Peace

1956★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Miracles Only Happen Once for fans of War & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army....

#2
I Was a Male War Bride

I Was a Male War Bride

1949★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Miracles Only Happen Once for fans of War & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After marrying an American lieutenant with whom he was assigned to work in post-war Germany, a French captain attempts to find a way to accompany her back to the States under the t...

#3
Dear John

Dear John

2010★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Miracles Only Happen Once for fans of War & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

While Sergeant John Tyree is home on two weeks leave from Germany, he meets Savannah after he dives into the ocean to retrieve Savannah's purse that had fallen off a pier. John eve...

#4
Waiting for Anya

Waiting for Anya

2020★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Miracles Only Happen Once for fans of 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....

#5
Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle

Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle

2021★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Miracles Only Happen Once for fans of War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Japan, 1944. Trained for intelligence work, Hiroo Onoda, 22 years old, discovers a philosophy contrary to the official line: no suicide; stay alive whatever happens; the mission is...

#6
Jacknife

Jacknife

1989★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Miracles Only Happen Once for fans of War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A conflict develops between a troubled Vietnam veteran and the sister he lives with when she becomes involved romantically with the army buddy who reminds him of the tragic battle ...

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