Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Cardinal

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

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#1
Waiting for Anya

Waiting for Anya

2020★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Cardinal 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....

#2
Mister Roberts

Mister Roberts

1955★ 7.1

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

Mr. Roberts is a Navy officer who's yearning for battle but is stuck in the backwaters of World War II on a non-commissioned ship run by the bullying Captain Morton....

#3
The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away

1957★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Cardinal 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....

#4
Tobruk

Tobruk

1967★ 6.4

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

In September 1942, the German Afrika Korps under Rommel have successfully pushed the Allies back into Egypt. A counter-attack is planned, for which the fuel dumps at Tobruk are a c...

#5
Fatima

Fatima

2020★ 7.2

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

In 1917, outside the parish of Fátima, Portugal, a 10-year-old girl and her two younger cousins witness multiple visitations of the Virgin Mary, who tells them that only prayer and...

#6
36 Hours

36 Hours

1964★ 7.0

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

Germans kidnap an American major and try to convince him that World War II is over, so that they can get details about the Allied invasion of Europe out of him....

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