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10 Best Movies Like The Opium War

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

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#1
The War Below

The War Below

2021★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Opium War 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...

#2
Jacknife

Jacknife

1989★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Opium War 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 ...

#3
Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan

Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan

2019★ 6.8

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

Vietnam War, 1966. Australia and New Zealand send troops to support the United States and South Vietnamese in their fight against the communist North. Soldiers are very young men, ...

#4
Waiting for Anya

Waiting for Anya

2020★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Opium War 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....

#5
The Scarlet and the Black

The Scarlet and the Black

1983★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Opium War 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...

#6
Ararat

Ararat

2002★ 6.1

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

Interrogated by a customs officer, a young man recounts how his life was changed during the making of a film about the Armenian genocide....

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