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10 Best Movies Like Big Night and Big Day

If you loved Big Night and Big Day, 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 Big Night and Big Day 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
Wolf Hound

Wolf Hound

2022★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Big Night and Big Day for fans of War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Inspired by the real-life German special operations unit KG 200 that shot down, repaired, and flew Allied aircraft as Trojan horses, "Wolf Hound" takes place in 1944 German-occupie...

#3
Battleground

Battleground

1949★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Big Night and Big Day for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the rugged terrain of Bastogne, Belgium, in December 1944. Holley and his American compatri...

#4
Men in War

Men in War

1957★ 6.7

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

In Korea, on 6 September 1950, Lieutenant Benson's platoon finds itself isolated in enemy-held territory after a retreat. Soon they are joined by Sergeant Montana, whose overriding...

#5
The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away

1957★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Big Night and Big Day 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....

#6
The Auschwitz Report

The Auschwitz Report

2021★ 6.4

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

This is the true story of Freddy and Walter – two young Slovak Jews, who were deported to Auschwitz in 1942. On 10 April 1944, after meticulous planning, they manage to escape. Whi...

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