Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Sometimes in April

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

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#1
Hotel Rwanda

Hotel Rwanda

2004★ 7.7

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

Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world....

#2
Trees of Peace

Trees of Peace

2021★ 7.2

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

Four women from different backgrounds forge an unbreakable sisterhood while trapped and in hiding during the genocide in Rwanda....

#3
Shooting Dogs

Shooting Dogs

2006★ 7.5

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

Two westerners, a priest and a teacher find themselves in the middle of the Rwandan genocide and face a moral dilemna. Do they place themselves in danger and protect the refugees, ...

#4
Zulu

Zulu

1964★ 7.4

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

In 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War, man-of-the-people Lt. Chard and snooty Lt. Bromhead are in charge of defending the isolated and vastly outnumbered Natal outpost of Rorke's Drif...

#5
Glory

Glory

1989★ 7.5

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

Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates....

#6
Amina

Amina

2021★ 6.4

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

In 16th-century Zazzau, now Zaria, Nigeria, Amina must utilize her military skills and tactics to defend her family's kingdom. Based on a true story....

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