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10 Best Movies Like The Moon Is Down

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

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#1
633 Squadron

633 Squadron

1964★ 6.1

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

When Norwegian resistance leader Lieutenant Erik Bergman reports the location of a German V-2 rocket fuel plant, the Royal Air Force's 633 Squadron is assigned the mission to destr...

#2
The Heroes of Telemark

The Heroes of Telemark

1965★ 6.9

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

Set in German-occupied Norway, resistance fighter Knut Straud enlists the reluctant physicist Rolf Pedersen in an effort to destroy the German heavy water production plant in rural...

#3
Waiting for Anya

Waiting for Anya

2020★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Moon Is Down for fans of Drama & 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....

#4
The Scarlet and the Black

The Scarlet and the Black

1983★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Moon Is Down for fans of Drama & 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...

#5
Battleground

Battleground

1949★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Moon Is Down 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...

#6
The Secret of Santa Vittoria

The Secret of Santa Vittoria

1970★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Moon Is Down for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

During World War II, Italian villagers hide their wine from the German army....

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