Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 16, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Ninth Wave

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

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#1
Jacknife

Jacknife

1989โ€ขโ˜… 6.3

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

A conflict develops between a troubled Vietnam veteran and the sister he lives with when she becomes involved romantically with the army buddy who reminds him of the tragic battle ...

#2
The War Below

The War Below

2021โ€ขโ˜… 6.6

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

During World War I, a group of British miners are recruited to tunnel underneath no man's land and set bombs from below the German front in hopes of breaking the deadly stalemate o...

#3
Waiting for Anya

Waiting for Anya

2020โ€ขโ˜… 6.2

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

1983โ€ขโ˜… 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Ninth Wave for fans of War & Drama & History. 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
The Kill Team

The Kill Team

2019โ€ขโ˜… 6.4

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

When Andrew Briggman โ€” a young soldier in the US Army during the invasion of Afghanistan โ€” witnesses the murderous behavior of fellow soldiers, under the direction of a malevolent ...

#6
The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away

1957โ€ขโ˜… 6.8

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

Based on the true story of Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the only German prisoner of war captured in Britain to escape back to Germany during the Second World War....

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