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10 Best Movies Like This Is Congo

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

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#1
City of Ghosts

City of Ghosts

2017★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is Congo for fans of Documentary & War. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

With unprecedented access, this documentary follows the extraordinary journey of “Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently”—a group of anonymous citizen journalists who banded together ...

#2
The War on Democracy

The War on Democracy

2007★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is Congo for fans of Documentary & War. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Set both in Latin America and the United States, the film explores the historic and current relationship of Washington with countries such as Venezuela, Bolivia and Chile. Pilger s...

#3
2000 Meters to Andriivka

2000 Meters to Andriivka

2025★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is Congo for fans of Documentary & War. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Amid the failing counteroffensive, a journalist follows a Ukrainian platoon on their mission to traverse one mile of heavily fortified forest and liberate a strategic village from ...

#4
Korengal

Korengal

2014★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is Congo for fans of Documentary & War. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Korengal picks up where Restrepo left off; the same men, the same valley, the same commanders, but a very different look at the experience of war....

#5
Jacknife

Jacknife

1989★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is Congo for fans of War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A conflict develops between a troubled Vietnam veteran and the sister he lives with when she becomes involved romantically with the army buddy who reminds him of the tragic battle ...

#6
The Scarlet and the Black

The Scarlet and the Black

1983★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is Congo for fans of 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...

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