Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Great War

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

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#1
The Young Lions

The Young Lions

1958★ 6.8

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

The lives of three young men, a German and two Americans, during WWII....

#2
Battleground

Battleground

1949★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Great War for fans of War & Drama & Action. 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...

#3
Free State of Jones

Free State of Jones

2016★ 6.8

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

In 1863, Mississippi farmer Newt Knight serves as a medic for the Confederate Army. Opposed to slavery, Knight would rather help the wounded than fight the Union. After his nephew ...

#4
Walking with the Enemy

Walking with the Enemy

2014★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Great War for fans of History & War & Drama & Action. 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 ...

#5
Glory

Glory

1989★ 7.5

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

Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates....

#6
The Lost Battalion

The Lost Battalion

2001★ 6.8

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

Fact-based war drama about an American battalion of over 500 men which gets trapped behind enemy lines in the Argonne Forest in October 1918 France during the closing weeks of Worl...

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