Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like First Oscar

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

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#1
Kalashnikov AK-47

Kalashnikov AK-47

2020★ 7.4

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

A Russian military propaganda film about the tank commander Kalashnikov, severely injured in battle in 1941. The accident leaves him incapacitated and unable to return to the front...

#2
The Battalion

The Battalion

2015★ 6.7

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

Russia, 1917, WWI. This is the story of the 1st Russian Women's Battalion of Death, formed as part of an ill-conceived propaganda ploy by the Russian Provisional Government in late...

#3
The Conquest of Siberia

The Conquest of Siberia

2019★ 6.3

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

Ivan Demarin, a young officer of Peter the First’s new guards, follows the Tsar’s order and goes to the frontier town of Tobolsk, deep in the Siberian forest. There Ivan falls in l...

#4
1942: Unknown Battle

1942: Unknown Battle

2019★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to First Oscar for fans of Drama & History. 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....

#5
Field of Lost Shoes

Field of Lost Shoes

2015★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to First Oscar for fans of Drama & Action & History. 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...

#6
Bastards

Bastards

2006★ 5.8

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

A "Hitlerjugend" kind of story, set in the Soviet Union during the Second World War, based on a fictitious story from the eponymous book by Vladimir Kunin....

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