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10 Best Movies Like The Necessary War

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

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#1
Trash

Trash

2014‱★ 7.1

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

Set in Brazil, three kids who make a discovery in a garbage dump soon find themselves running from the cops and trying to right a terrible wrong....

#2
Love at First Fight

Love at First Fight

2014‱★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Necessary War for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Arnaud, facing an uncertain future and a dearth of choices in a small French coastal town, meets and falls for the apocalyptic-minded Madeleine, who joins an army boot camp to lear...

#3
The Company You Keep

The Company You Keep

2012‱★ 6.2

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

A former Weather Underground activist goes on the run from a journalist who discovers his identity....

#4
The Gendarme Takes Off

The Gendarme Takes Off

1970‱★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Necessary War for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The whole clique of Cruchot's police station is retired. Now he lives with his rich wife in her castle - and is bored almost to death. He fights with the butler, because he isn't e...

#5
Angelique and the Sultan

Angelique and the Sultan

1968‱★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Necessary War for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

Angélique is in a North African Muslim kingdom where she is now part of the Sultan's harem. She refuses to be bedded as her captors try to beat sense into her. She finally decides ...

#6
Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard

Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard

1967‱★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Necessary War for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In the third and final episode of the trilogy, FantĂŽmas imposes a head tax on the rich, threatening to kill those who do not comply....