Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 13, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Promise

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

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#1
The Winter War

The Winter War

1989★ 7.0

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

After Nazi Germany invades Poland in September 1939, Russia attacks Finland two months later. Finnish reservists leave home and go to war. Brothers Martti and Paavo Hakala, farmers...

#2
Waiting for Anya

Waiting for Anya

2020★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Promise 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....

#3
The Secret of Santa Vittoria

The Secret of Santa Vittoria

1970★ 6.9

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

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

#4
Their Finest

Their Finest

2017★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Promise 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
Flags of Our Fathers

Flags of Our Fathers

2006★ 6.9

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

There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the story of three of the six survi...

#6
The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away

1957★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Promise 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....

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