Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 19, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Captain

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

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#1
The Eight Hundred

The Eight Hundred

2020★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Captain for fans of War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In 1937, eight hundred Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai battlefield, completely surrounded by the Japanese army....

#2
The Chef, The Actor, The Scoundrel

The Chef, The Actor, The Scoundrel

2013★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Captain for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

World War II: a cholera epidemic ravages the streets of Beijing. A crack team of Chinese intelligence agents kidnap a Japanese general and biochemist who may hold the antidote....

#3
The Herdsman

The Herdsman

1982★ 7.3

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

In 1980, Xu Jingshan, a wealthy Chinese-American businessman returns to China to find his son, Xu Lingjun, whom he had abandoned over 30 years earlier. Labeled a rightist because o...

#4
Summer Detective

Summer Detective

2019★ 6.7

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

Chaoying, a retired rancher, decides to renovate his house after selling off his cattle. Shuhe, a villager helping with the renovation, is found badly injured after a hit-and-run. ...

#5
Dak Bangla

Dak Bangla

1987★ 3.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Captain for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A man takes a job as caretaker of a mansion and moves there with his wife only to discover some thugs have invaded the place and there's also a mummy walled in the dungeon with a d...

#6
Bebaak

Bebaak

2019★ 7.5

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

Inspired by a true event, Bebaak is the story of Fatin, an economically vulnerable young woman, who gets chastised by a religious authority with blatant misogyny during a scholarsh...