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10 Best Movies Like The Colonel

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

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#1
Outside the Law

Outside the Law

2010★ 6.6

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

After losing their family home in Algeria in the 1920s, three brothers and their mother are scattered across the globe. Messaoud joins the French army fighting in Indochina; Abdelk...

#2
Hyena Road

Hyena Road

2015★ 6.8

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

Three different men, three different worlds, three different wars – all stand at the intersection of modern warfare – a murky world of fluid morality where all is not as it seems. ...

#3
Battleground

Battleground

1949★ 6.7

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

Members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the rugged terrain of Bastogne, Belgium, in December 1944. Holley and his American compatri...

#4
Intimate Enemies

Intimate Enemies

2007★ 6.4

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

A drama following a French platoon during Algeria's war of independence....

#5
The Secrets We Keep

The Secrets We Keep

2020★ 6.0

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

In post-World War II America, a woman, rebuilding her life in the suburbs with her husband, kidnaps her neighbor and seeks vengeance for the heinous war crimes she believes he comm...

#6
Walking with the Enemy

Walking with the Enemy

2014★ 6.3

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

Regent Horthy is the leader of Hungary and a German ally, but his favorable standing with Hitler changes as the war comes to an end. Forced to cede Hungary’s power or else witness ...

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