Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 10, 2026

10 Best Movies Like 72 Hours

If you loved 72 Hours, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Bastards

Bastards

2006★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 72 Hours for fans of War & Drama & Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A "Hitlerjugend" kind of story, set in the Soviet Union during the Second World War, based on a fictitious story from the eponymous book by Vladimir Kunin....

#2
The Best in Hell

The Best in Hell

2022★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 72 Hours for fans of War & Drama & Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Movie about units of the "whites" (PMC "Wagner") who perform an assault operation to capture buildings. They are opposed by the "yellow" units, which have dug in these buildings an...

#3
Battleground

Battleground

1949★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 72 Hours for fans of War & Drama & Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the rugged terrain of Bastogne, Belgium, in December 1944. Holley and his American compatri...

#4
The Kill Team

The Kill Team

2019★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 72 Hours for fans of War & Drama & Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

When Andrew Briggman — a young soldier in the US Army during the invasion of Afghanistan — witnesses the murderous behavior of fellow soldiers, under the direction of a malevolent ...

#5
Field of Lost Shoes

Field of Lost Shoes

2015★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 72 Hours for fans of War & Drama & Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A group of teenage cadets sheltered from war at the Virginia Military Institute must confront the horrors of an adult world when they are called upon to defend the Shenandoah Valle...

#6
Walking with the Enemy

Walking with the Enemy

2014★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 72 Hours for fans of War & Drama & Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Regent Horthy is the leader of Hungary and a German ally, but his favorable standing with Hitler changes as the war comes to an end. Forced to cede Hungary’s power or else witness ...

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