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10 Best Movies Like The Railway Man

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

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#1
The Somme

The Somme

2005★ 5.7

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

Drama-documentary recounting the events of the 1st July 1916 and the Battle of the Somme on the Western Front during the First World War. Told through the letters and journals of s...

#2
The Second Sight

The Second Sight

2013★ 5.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Railway Man for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Jet is a young defense lawyer with a twisted gift to see how people will die - a vision he's been doomed with since birth. When Jet falls in love with a woman, Joom, he finds himse...

#3
Concussion

Concussion

2013★ 5.2

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

After a blow to the head, Abby decides she can't do it anymore. Her life just can't be only about the house, the kids and the wife. She needs more: she needs to be Eleanor....

#4
Get Me Roger Stone

Get Me Roger Stone

2017★ 7.0

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

From his days of testifying at the Watergate hearings to advising recent presidential candidate Donald Trump, Roger Stone has long offended people on both sides of the political fe...

#5
Finding Altamira

Finding Altamira

2016★ 5.8

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

The story of nine-year old Maria and her father Marcelino who, in 1879, found the first pre-historic cave paintings at the now world famous Altamira cave....

#6
Arthur Newman

Arthur Newman

2012★ 5.6

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

A story of a man who fakes his own death and assumes a new identity in order to escape his life, who then moves in with a woman who is also trying to leave her past behind....