Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Breakthrough

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

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#1
When Trumpets Fade

When Trumpets Fade

1998★ 6.7

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

In WWII Western Germany, Private David Manning reluctantly leaves behind a mortally wounded fellow soldier and searches for survivors from his platoon, only to learn from commandin...

#2
Fury

Fury

2014★ 7.5

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

April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-hardened army sergeant named Wardaddy commands a Sherman tank and her five-man crew on a deadly m...

#3
13 Minutes

13 Minutes

2015★ 6.8

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

The breathtaking story of a man who nearly would have changed the world. In 1939, when Hitler tricked millions of people at the height of his power, radical Georg Elser — disparage...

#4
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission

The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission

1985★ 6.3

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

Major Reisman is "volunteered" to lead another mission using convicted army soldiers, sentenced to either death or long prison terms. This time their mission is to kill a Nazi gene...

#5
Cross of Iron

Cross of Iron

1977★ 7.1

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

It is 1943, and the German army—ravaged and demoralised—is hastily retreating from the Russian front. In the midst of the madness, conflict brews between the aristocratic yet ultim...

#6
Nuremberg

Nuremberg

2025★ 7.4

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

In postwar Germany, an American psychiatrist must determine whether Nazi prisoners are fit to go on trial for war crimes, and finds himself in a complex battle of intellect and eth...

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