Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 13, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Rainbow: A Private Affair

If you loved Rainbow: A Private Affair, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away

1957★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Rainbow: A Private Affair for fans of War & Drama. 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....

#2
Waiting for Anya

Waiting for Anya

2020★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Rainbow: A Private Affair for fans of War & Drama. 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
A Walk in the Sun

A Walk in the Sun

1945★ 5.8

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

In the 1943 invasion of Italy, one American platoon lands, digs in, then makes its way inland to attempt to take a fortified farmhouse, as tension and casualties mount....

#4
The Scarlet and the Black

The Scarlet and the Black

1983★ 7.0

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

Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His activities become so large th...

#5
The War Below

The War Below

2021★ 6.6

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

During World War I, a group of British miners are recruited to tunnel underneath no man's land and set bombs from below the German front in hopes of breaking the deadly stalemate o...

#6
The Secret of Santa Vittoria

The Secret of Santa Vittoria

1970★ 6.9

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

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

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