Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Reykjavik

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

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#1
The Last Rifleman

The Last Rifleman

2023★ 6.6

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

A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding...

#2
Cross of Iron

Cross of Iron

1977★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Reykjavik for fans of Drama & History & War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

It is 1943, and the German army—ravaged and demoralised—is hastily retreating from the Russian front. In the midst of the madness, conflict brews between the aristocratic yet ultim...

#3
Pawn Sacrifice

Pawn Sacrifice

2015★ 6.8

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

During the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers when he challenges the Soviet Empire....

#4
The Scarlet and the Black

The Scarlet and the Black

1983★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Reykjavik for fans of Drama & History & War. 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
Overlord

Overlord

1975★ 6.7

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

During World War II, a young man is called up and, with an increasing sense of foreboding, undertakes his army training ready for D-Day, June 6th, 1944....

#6
Emperor

Emperor

2020★ 7.6

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

An escaped slave travels north and has chance encounters with Frederick Douglass and John Brown. Based on the life story of Shields Green....

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