Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Long Shadow

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

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#1
Decision Before Dawn

Decision Before Dawn

1951★ 6.7

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

WWII is entering its last phase: Germany is in ruins, but does not yield. The US army lacks crucial knowledge about the German units operating on the opposite side of the Rhine, an...

#2
Waiting for Anya

Waiting for Anya

2020★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Long Shadow for fans of War. 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
Kandahar

Kandahar

2023★ 6.8

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

After his mission is exposed, an undercover CIA operative stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan must fight his way out, alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction p...

#4
Triple Cross

Triple Cross

1966★ 6.0

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

Safecracker Eddie Chapman is languishing in prison on the island of Jersey when the Nazis arrive. An adept manipulator of situations, Chapman convinces the Germans to use him to sp...

#5
The Guns of Navarone

The Guns of Navarone

1961★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Long Shadow for fans of War. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue...

#6
Shining Through

Shining Through

1992★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Long Shadow for fans of War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Spirited New Yorker Linda Voss goes to work for international lawyer and secret Office of Strategic Services operative Ed Leland just before World War II. As they fall in love, the...

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