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10 Best Movies Like The Chicago 8

If you loved The Chicago 8, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
A Time to Love and a Time to Die

A Time to Love and a Time to Die

1958★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Chicago 8 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A German soldier home on leave falls in love with a girl, then returns to World War II....

#2
Waiting for Anya

Waiting for Anya

2020★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Chicago 8 for fans of 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
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

1955★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Chicago 8 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A dramatization of the American general and his court martial for publically complaining about High Command's dismissal and neglect of the aerial fighting forces....

#4
The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away

1957★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Chicago 8 for fans of 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....

#5
Woman Times Seven

Woman Times Seven

1967★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Chicago 8 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Seven mini-stories of adultery: a widow misbehaves at her husband's funeral, a wife turns to streetwalking for revenge, a prudish girl surprises, a neglected wife vies for her husb...

#6
Return to Peyton Place

Return to Peyton Place

1961★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Chicago 8 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Residents of the small town of Peyton Place aren't pleased when they realize they're the characters in local writer Allison MacKenzie's controversial first novel. A sequel to the h...

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