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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
9th Company

9th Company

2005★ 6.7

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

Russian army recruits complete training and take their posting in late 1980s Afghanistan, where the insurgents are slowly gaining the upper hand....

#2
1942: Unknown Battle

1942: Unknown Battle

2019★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Breakthrough for fans of War & Drama. 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....

#3
The Last Frontier

The Last Frontier

2020★ 6.6

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

The story of the Podolsk cadets’ heroic stand outside Moscow in October 1941. Cadets were sent to the Ilyinsky line, fighting alongside units from the Soviet 43rd Army to hold back...

#4
The Beast

The Beast

1988★ 7.0

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

During the war in Afghanistan a Soviet tank crew commanded by a tyrannical officer find themselves lost and in a struggle against a band of Mujahadeen guerrillas in the mountains....

#5
In the Fog

In the Fog

2012★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Breakthrough for fans of War & Drama. 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...

#6
Alexandra

Alexandra

2007★ 6.0

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

Elderly Aleksandra visits her Russian soldier grandson, Denis, at the Chechen war front, providing comfort as she tours his army. All the while, Denis ponders the reason for her un...

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