Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 13, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Unknown Soldier

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

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#1
Unknown Soldier

Unknown Soldier

2017★ 7.4

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

The film follows Finnish army machine gun company in Continuation War against Soviet Union, 1941–1944. Based on Väinö Linna's best selling novel Tuntematon Sotilas (The Unknown Sol...

#2
The Winter War

The Winter War

1989★ 7.0

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

After Nazi Germany invades Poland in September 1939, Russia attacks Finland two months later. Finnish reservists leave home and go to war. Brothers Martti and Paavo Hakala, farmers...

#3
Ambush

Ambush

1999★ 5.9

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

It is the summer of 1941 and the Finnish army has been mobilized along the border with Russia. A platoon led by Lt. Eero Perkola is waiting for orders to go on the offensive. The p...

#4
Waiting for Anya

Waiting for Anya

2020★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Unknown Soldier 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....

#5
The Guns of Navarone

The Guns of Navarone

1961★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Unknown Soldier for fans of War. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue...

#6
The Last Rifleman

The Last Rifleman

2023★ 6.6

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

A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding...

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