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10 Best Movies Like The Privates

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

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#1
Musangwe: Fight Club

Musangwe: Fight Club

2007★ 7.7

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

The first rule is that there are no rules. For the bare-knuckle combatants competing in Musangwe fights, anything goes - you can even put a curse on him. The sport, which dates bac...

#2
Beautifully Maintained and Well Located

Beautifully Maintained and Well Located

2021★ 6.4

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

A mansion, a lawn, some trees: an unmoved frontal view, 9 minutes long. We hear an off-screen voice. It si the co-director, who commands what goes on in the image. He calls up part...

#3
Re-Births

Re-Births

2017★ 7.4

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

A documentary film depicting five intimate portraits of migrants who fled their country of origin to seek refuge in France and find a space of freedom where they can fully experien...

#4
Pennies

Pennies

2006★ 6.6

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

The story of Charlotte Brown,a waitress and young single mother who will do anything for her daughter Jenny, and when push comes to shove, she does. With a menacing figure on the o...

#5
Main Street on the March!

Main Street on the March!

1941★ 5.6

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

This Best Short Subject Academy Award winning film begins in the spring of 1940, just before the Nazi occupation of the Benelux countries, and ends immediately after the Japanese a...

#6
Gunpowder

Gunpowder

1985★ 5.9

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

At the end of September 1941, Soviet artillery troops in besieged Leningrad realize that pretty soon they will fire their last shot, and after that the defense of the city will be ...