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10 Best Movies Like An Unusual Summer

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

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#1
In the Fog

In the Fog

2012★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to An Unusual Summer for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Western frontiers of the USSR, 1942. The region is under German occupation. A man is wrongly accused of collaboration. Desperate to save his dignity, he faces an impossible moral c...

#2
Mission «Sky»

Mission «Sky»

2021★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to An Unusual Summer for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In the center of the story are three main characters - Lieutenant Colonel Soshnikov, Captain Muravyov and Major Zakharov. Three ages, three different characters, three different de...

#3
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

1955★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to An Unusual Summer for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A dramatization of the American general and his court martial for publically complaining about High Command's dismissal and neglect of the aerial fighting forces....

#4
1942: Unknown Battle

1942: Unknown Battle

2019★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to An Unusual Summer for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

WWII 1942: Rzhev, USSR. Stuck in a crucial strategical position, a small company from the Red Army does whatever it takes to fend off the Nazis....

#5
Jacknife

Jacknife

1989★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to An Unusual Summer for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A conflict develops between a troubled Vietnam veteran and the sister he lives with when she becomes involved romantically with the army buddy who reminds him of the tragic battle ...

#6
The Commissar

The Commissar

1967★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to An Unusual Summer for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Klavdia Vavilova, a Red Army cavalry commissar, is waylaid by an unexpected pregnancy. She stays with a Jewish family to give birth and is softened somewhat by the experience of fa...

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