Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 16, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Mother at War

If you loved Mother at War, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Yellow Birds

The Yellow Birds

2018★ 6.0

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

Two young soldiers, Bartle and Murph, navigate the terrors of the Iraq war under the command of the older, troubled Sergeant Sterling. All the while, Bartle is tortured by a promis...

#2
The Boy in the Woods

The Boy in the Woods

2023★ 6.9

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

The remarkable true-life survival story of a Jewish boy hiding and being hunted in the forests of Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe, based on Maxwell Smart's memoir....

#3
Private Peaceful

Private Peaceful

2012★ 6.6

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

Set in the fields of Devon and the WW1 battlefields of Flanders, two brothers fall for the same girl while contending with the pressures of their feudal family life, the war, and t...

#4
Their Finest

Their Finest

2017★ 6.6

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

During the Blitz of World War II, a female screenwriter works on a film celebrating England's resilience as a way to buoy a weary populace's spirits. Her efforts to dramatise the t...

#5
Slaughterhouse-Five

Slaughterhouse-Five

1972★ 6.5

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

Billy Pilgrim, a veteran of the Second World War, finds himself mysteriously detached from time, so that he is able to travel, without being able to help it, from the days of his c...

#6
Beasts of No Nation

Beasts of No Nation

2015★ 7.6

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

Based on the experiences of Agu, a child fighting in the civil war of a West African country. Follows Agu's journey as he's forced to join a group of soldiers. While he fears his c...

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