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10 Best Movies Like The Drummer's Tale

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

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#1
They Fought for Their Motherland

They Fought for Their Motherland

1975★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Drummer's Tale for fans of War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In July 1942, in the Second World War, the rearguard of the Russian army protects the bridgehead of the Don River against the German army while the retreating Russian troops cross ...

#2
The Dawns Here Are Quiet

The Dawns Here Are Quiet

2015★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Drummer's Tale for fans of War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

It is late spring of 1942, and the Great Patriotic War is in full swing. A long way off from the front-line, at some God-forgotten junction, the Germans make an air landing operati...

#3
Buck Privates

Buck Privates

1941★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Drummer's Tale for fans of War. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The cop chasing them winds up as their drill instructor. A rich young man and his former...

#4
Ballad of a Hussar

Ballad of a Hussar

1963★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Drummer's Tale for fans of War. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A young girl decides to join a Hussar squadron and fight against Napoleon. Dressed as a man, she proves herself an excellent, even heroic soldier, but complications ensue when her ...

#5
The Scarlet and the Black

The Scarlet and the Black

1983★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Drummer's Tale for fans of TV Movie & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His activities become so large th...

#6
Outlaws - For Greater Glory

Outlaws - For Greater Glory

2012★ 6.8

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

A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country....

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