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10 Best Movies Like Afghan

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

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#1
In Full Bloom

In Full Bloom

2019★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Afghan for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Set shortly after the end of World War II, a philosophical boxing drama of two fighters from opposite worlds (USA and Japan) who are pulled together for a questionable fight arrang...

#2
The Kill Team

The Kill Team

2019★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Afghan for fans of 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 ...

#3
The Stoker

The Stoker

2010★ 6.1

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

A shell-shocked Afghanistan war hero named Ivan Skryabin (Mikhail Skryabin) spends his days stoking the fire in a giant coal furnace. When he isn’t tending the flames, he keeps bus...

#4
Never Back Down: Revolt

Never Back Down: Revolt

2021★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Afghan for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

An amateur fighter is lured by a trafficking syndicate specializing in elite underground fighting where her brutal captor forces her to fight or face certain death....

#5
Leaving Afghanistan

Leaving Afghanistan

2019★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Afghan for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

1988-1989. The end of the Soviet-Afghan war. The USSR begins its withdrawal from Afghanistan. Soviet General Vasiliev's son - a pilot named Alexander gets kidnapped by the mujahide...

#6
Bastards

Bastards

2006★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Afghan for fans of 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....

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