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10 Best Movies Like Burning at Both Ends

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

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#1
Jacknife

Jacknife

1989★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Burning at Both Ends 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 ...

#2
Field of Lost Shoes

Field of Lost Shoes

2015★ 6.1

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

A group of teenage cadets sheltered from war at the Virginia Military Institute must confront the horrors of an adult world when they are called upon to defend the Shenandoah Valle...

#3
Outlaws - For Greater Glory

Outlaws - For Greater Glory

2012★ 6.8

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

A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country....

#4
Behold a Pale Horse

Behold a Pale Horse

1964★ 6.0

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

Manuel Artiguez, a famous bandit during the Spanish civil war, has lived in French exile for 20 years. When his mother is dying he considers visiting her secretly in his Spanish ho...

#5
A Midnight Clear

A Midnight Clear

1992★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Burning at Both Ends 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 ...

#6
Resistance

Resistance

2020★ 6.9

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

The story of mime Marcel Marceau as he works with a group of Jewish boy scouts and the French Resistance to save the lives of ten thousand orphans during World War II....

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