Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like 36 Hours

If you loved 36 Hours, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Waiting for Anya

Waiting for Anya

2020★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 36 Hours 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....

#2
The Guns of Navarone

The Guns of Navarone

1961★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 36 Hours for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping 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...

#3
Tobruk

Tobruk

1967★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 36 Hours for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In September 1942, the German Afrika Korps under Rommel have successfully pushed the Allies back into Egypt. A counter-attack is planned, for which the fuel dumps at Tobruk are a c...

#4
The Counterfeit Traitor

The Counterfeit Traitor

1962★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 36 Hours for fans of Drama & Thriller & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Blacklisted in modern day WW2, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies, by means of infiltrating and surveying Nazi Germany....

#5
The Sea Wolves

The Sea Wolves

1980★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 36 Hours for fans of Thriller & War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A German spy is passing on information about the location of Allied ships in the neutral harbor of Goa, India, with catastrophic results. Unable to undertake a full military operat...

#6
The Devil's Brigade

The Devil's Brigade

1968★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 36 Hours for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

At the onset of World War II, American Lt. Col. Robert Frederick is put in charge of a unit called the 1st Special Service Force, composed of elite Canadian commandos and undiscip...

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