Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 20, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Scream

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

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#1
Waiting for Anya

Waiting for Anya

2020★ 6.2

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

#2
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

1955★ 6.8

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

A dramatization of the American general and his court martial for publically complaining about High Command's dismissal and neglect of the aerial fighting forces....

#3
An Ordinary Man

An Ordinary Man

2017★ 6.2

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

A war criminal in hiding forms a relationship with his only connection to the outside world - his maid....

#4
The Scarlet and the Black

The Scarlet and the Black

1983★ 7.0

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

#5
Danny Boy

Danny Boy

2021★ 6.8

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

Soldier Brian Wood, is accused of war crimes in Iraq by the human rights lawyer Phil Shiner. The two men go head to head in a legal and moral conflict that takes us from the battle...

#6
Harrison's Flowers

Harrison's Flowers

2000★ 6.5

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

1991. Harrison Lloyd, a renowned photojournalist covering the war in Yugoslavia, is reported missing. Sarah, his wife, convinced that he is not dead, decides to go to Bosnia to fin...

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