Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 10, 2026

10 Best Movies Like This Mad World

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

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#1
The History of Love

The History of Love

2016★ 6.4

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

The story of a long-lost book that mysteriously reappears and connects an old man searching for his son with a girl seeking a cure for her mother's loneliness....

#2
Maria's Lovers

Maria's Lovers

1984★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Mad World for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A World War II prisoner returns home to his childhood sweetheart. However, back home, he discovers that he has to compete to win her love....

#3
Hyena Road

Hyena Road

2015★ 6.8

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

Three different men, three different worlds, three different wars – all stand at the intersection of modern warfare – a murky world of fluid morality where all is not as it seems. ...

#4
Ashes in the Snow

Ashes in the Snow

2018★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Mad World for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The coming-of-age tale of 16-year-old Lina Vilkas who is deported to Siberia amid Stalin's reign of terror in the Baltic region during WWII. An aspiring artist, she secretly docume...

#5
A Time to Love and a Time to Die

A Time to Love and a Time to Die

1958★ 7.2

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

A German soldier home on leave falls in love with a girl, then returns to World War II....

#6
Not Easily Broken

Not Easily Broken

2009★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Mad World for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple....

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