Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 10, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Anatahan

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

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#1
Waiting for Anya

Waiting for Anya

2020★ 6.3

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

During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain....

#2
A Midnight Clear

A Midnight Clear

1992★ 6.5

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

In 1944 France, an American Intelligence Squad locates a German Platoon wishing to surrender rather than die in Germany's final war offensive. The two groups of men, isolated from ...

#3
The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away

1957★ 6.8

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

Based on the true story of Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the only German prisoner of war captured in Britain to escape back to Germany during the Second World War....

#4
Jacknife

Jacknife

1989★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Anatahan 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 ...

#5
Birdy

Birdy

1984★ 7.1

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

Two young men are seriously affected by the Vietnam War. One of them has always been obsessed with birds - but now believes he really is a bird, and has been sent to a mental hospi...

#6
King Rat

King Rat

1965★ 7.1

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

When Singapore surrendered to the Japanese in 1942, the Allied POWs, mostly British but including a few Americans, were incarcerated in Changi prison. Among the American prisoners ...

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