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10 Best Movies Like The Red Cadets

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

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#1
The Best in Hell

The Best in Hell

2022★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Red Cadets for fans of War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Movie about units of the "whites" (PMC "Wagner") who perform an assault operation to capture buildings. They are opposed by the "yellow" units, which have dug in these buildings an...

#2
The Scarlet and the Black

The Scarlet and the Black

1983★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Red Cadets for fans of TV Movie & War. 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...

#3
Sharpe's Rifles

Sharpe's Rifles

1993★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Red Cadets for fans of TV Movie & War. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

During the Peninsular War in Spain against the French, Sergeant Richard Sharpe saves the life of Arthur Wellesley, the future Duke of Wellington and is promoted to Lieutenant. In o...

#4
The Kill Team

The Kill Team

2019★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Red Cadets for fans of War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

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

#5
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant

Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant

1998★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Red Cadets for fans of TV Movie & War. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Acting Lieutenant Hornblower attempts to study for his promotion examination, but becomes distracted by the serious supply problems that face his crew....

#6
Ballad of a Hussar

Ballad of a Hussar

1963★ 7.0

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

A young girl decides to join a Hussar squadron and fight against Napoleon. Dressed as a man, she proves herself an excellent, even heroic soldier, but complications ensue when her ...

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