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10 Best Movies Like The Shortest Day

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

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#1
Day Watch

Day Watch

2006★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Shortest Day for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A man who serves in the war between the forces of Light and Dark comes into possession of a device that can restore life to Moscow, which was nearly destroyed by an apocalyptic eve...

#2
Baby's Day Out

Baby's Day Out

1994★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Shortest Day for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Baby Bink couldn't ask for more: he has adoring (if somewhat sickly-sweet) parents, lives in a huge mansion, and he's just about to appear in the social pages of the paper. Unfortu...

#3
Totò versus Maciste

Totò versus Maciste

1962★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Shortest Day for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Totokamen is an entertainer and an illusionist who performs in various Egyptian nightclubs assisted by his manager, Tarantenkamen. Taking advantage of cheesy tricks, Totokamen pret...

#4
La Tosca

La Tosca

1973★ 7.1

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

Rome, 1800. Napoleon threatens the power of the Church and executions of Jacobins are constant. Angelotti, the most famous of them all has escaped from prison and the chief of poli...

#5
365 Days: This Day

365 Days: This Day

2022★ 5.9

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

Laura and Massimo are back and hotter than ever. But the reunited couple's new beginning is complicated by Massimo’s family ties and a mysterious man who enters Laura’s life to win...

#6
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

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

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...