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10 Best Movies Like Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder

If you loved Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The War

The War

1994★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The son of a Vietnam War Veteran must deal with neighborhood bullies as well as his dad's post-traumatic stress disorder while growing up in the deep south in the 1970's....

#2
The Island on Bird Street

The Island on Bird Street

1997★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Alex is an 11-year old boy who, during WWII, hides in the Jewish ghetto from Nazis after all his relatives have been sent to the concentration camp. The movie portrays the ghetto t...

#3
The Boy in the Woods

The Boy in the Woods

2023★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The remarkable true-life survival story of a Jewish boy hiding and being hunted in the forests of Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe, based on Maxwell Smart's memoir....

#4
Hope and Glory

Hope and Glory

1987★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A middle-aged man recalls his childhood growing up in and around London during World War II....

#5
The Search

The Search

1948★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In postwar Germany, a displaced Czech boy, separated from his family during wartime, is befriended by an American GI while the boy's mother desperately searches for him....

#6
Rescue Dawn

Rescue Dawn

2007★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A US Fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War....

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