10 Best Movies Like Waiting for a Train
If you loved Waiting for a Train, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Jacknife
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Waiting for a Train for fans of Drama & 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 ...

Waiting for Anya
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Waiting for a Train 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....

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Waiting for a Train for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A dramatization of the American general and his court martial for publically complaining about High Command's dismissal and neglect of the aerial fighting forces....

King Rat
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Waiting for a Train for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
When Singapore surrendered to the Japanese in 1942, the Allied POWs, mostly British but including a few Americans, were incarcerated in Changi prison. Among the American prisoners ...

The Scarlet and the Black
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Waiting for a Train 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...

Hyena Road
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Waiting for a Train 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. ...