Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 19, 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 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...

#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
Ararat

Ararat

2002★ 6.1

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

#5
Cast a Giant Shadow

Cast a Giant Shadow

1966★ 6.3

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

An American Army officer is recruited by the yet to exist Israel to help them form an army. He is disturbed by this sudden appeal to his Jewish heritage. Each of Israel's Arab neig...

#6
A Private War

A Private War

2018★ 6.8

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

One of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontlines of conflicts across the globe to give...

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