Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Across the Waters

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

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#1
Field of Lost Shoes

Field of Lost Shoes

2015★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Across the Waters for fans of Drama & History & War. 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...

#2
April 9th

April 9th

2015★ 6.7

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

In the early morning of April 9, 1940, the Danish army is alerted: the Germans have crossed the border....

#3
Outlaws - For Greater Glory

Outlaws - For Greater Glory

2012★ 6.8

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

A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country....

#4
Emperor

Emperor

2020★ 7.6

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

An escaped slave travels north and has chance encounters with Frederick Douglass and John Brown. Based on the life story of Shields Green....

#5
The Kill Team

The Kill Team

2019★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Across the Waters for fans of Drama & War. 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 ...

#6
Beneath Hill 60

Beneath Hill 60

2010★ 6.8

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

The true story of Australia's cat-and-mouse underground mine warfare—one of the most misunderstood, misrepresented and mystifying conflicts of WW I. It was secret struggle BENEATH ...

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