Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like As We Were

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

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#1
Heneral Luna

Heneral Luna

2015★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to As We Were for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A Filipino general who believes he can turn the tide of battle in the Philippine-American war. But little does he know that he faces a greatest threat to the country's revolution a...

#2
The Magic of Ordinary Days

The Magic of Ordinary Days

2005★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to As We Were for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Pregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII....

#3
Breathe

Breathe

2017★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to As We Were for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Based on the true story of Robin, a handsome, brilliant and adventurous man whose life takes a dramatic turn when polio leaves him paralyzed....

#4
Ali and Nino

Ali and Nino

2016★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to As We Were for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Muslim prince Ali and Georgian aristocrat Nino have grown up in the Russian province of Azerbaijan. Their tragic love story sees the outbreak of the First World War and the world’s...

#5
The Scarlet and the Black

The Scarlet and the Black

1983★ 7.0

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

Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His activities become so large th...

#6
The Keys of the Kingdom

The Keys of the Kingdom

1944★ 7.1

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

A young priest, Father Chisholm is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish among the non-Christian Chinese. While his boyhood friend, also a priest, flourishes in his calling ...

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