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10 Best Movies Like A Medal for Benny

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

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#1
True Grit

True Grit

1969★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Medal for Benny for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, 'Rooster' Cogburn because h...

#2
Knock on Any Door

Knock on Any Door

1949★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Medal for Benny for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court....

#3
Hungry Hearts

Hungry Hearts

2015★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Medal for Benny for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance....

#4
Return

Return

2011★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Medal for Benny for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes....

#5
The Keys of the Kingdom

The Keys of the Kingdom

1944★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Medal for Benny for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A young priest, Father Chisholm is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish among the non-Christian Chinese. While his boyhood friend, also a priest, flourishes in his calling ...

#6
Waiting for Anya

Waiting for Anya

2020★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Medal for Benny for fans of Drama. 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....

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