
10 Best Movies Like The Great Escaper
If you loved The Great Escaper, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

The Last Rifleman
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Great Escaper for fans of History & Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding...

The Longest Day
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Great Escaper for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as p...

The War Lord
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Great Escaper for fans of History & Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A knight in the service of a duke goes to a coastal village where an earlier attempt to build a defensive castle has failed. He begins to rebuild the duke's authority in the face o...

Overlord
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Great Escaper for fans of History & Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
During World War II, a young man is called up and, with an increasing sense of foreboding, undertakes his army training ready for D-Day, June 6th, 1944....

Patton
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Great Escaper for fans of History & Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with Patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion...

Field of Lost Shoes
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Great Escaper for fans of History & Drama & War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
A group of teenage cadets sheltered from war at the Virginia Military Institute must confront the horrors of an adult world when they are called upon to defend the Shenandoah Valle...