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10 Best Movies Like A Soldier's Play

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

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#1
A Soldier's Story

A Soldier's Story

1984★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Soldier's Play for fans of Mystery. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In a rural town in Louisiana, a black Master Sergeant is found shot to death just outside the local Army Base. Military lawyer, Captain Davenport—also a black man—is sent from Wash...

#2
Glory

Glory

1989★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Soldier's Play for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates....

#3
A Raisin in the Sun

A Raisin in the Sun

1961★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Soldier's Play for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Walter Lee Younger is a young man struggling with his station in life. Sharing a tiny apartment with his wife, son, sister and mother, he seems like an imprisoned man. Until, that ...

#4
Peterloo

Peterloo

2018★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Soldier's Play for fans of History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s Field in Manchester turned into one of the blood...

#5
Rosewood

Rosewood

1997★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Soldier's Play for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Spurred by a white woman's lie, vigilantes destroy a black Florida town and slay inhabitants in 1923....

#6
Biloxi Blues

Biloxi Blues

1988★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Soldier's Play for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A Jewish teenager sets three goals: lose his virginity, become a writer, and survive World War II....

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