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10 Best Movies Like After the War

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

#1
Rainbow: A Private Affair

Rainbow: A Private Affair

2017★ 6.2

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

Summer 1943, Piedmont, Italy. Milton loves Fulvia who plays with his love: she only likes the depth of his thought and the letters he writes to her. One year later, Milton has join...

#2
Piccoli crimini coniugali

Piccoli crimini coniugali

2017★ 5.4

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

Following a terrible accident at home, Elia loses his memory. His wife tries to help him through a long conversation to piece together their life and perhaps give him a chance to r...

#3
Shoeshine

Shoeshine

1946★ 7.8

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

Two shoeshine boys in postwar Rome, Italy save up to buy a horse, but their involvement as dupes in a burglary lands them in juvenile prison; the experience take a devastating toll...

#4
The Flatwoods Monster: A Legacy of Fear

The Flatwoods Monster: A Legacy of Fear

2018★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to After the War for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Unlock a decades-old mystery that included a government-ordered military examination of a purported alien crash-site, and multiple UFOs seen by countless residents of Braxton Count...

#5
Her

Her

2013★ 7.8

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

In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer, purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every need. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic rel...

#6
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

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

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....