Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 08, 2026

10 Best Movies Like For Sama

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

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#1
Essential Killing

Essential Killing

2010★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to For Sama for fans of War. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A Taliban soldier struggles to survive after he escapes his captors and flees into the Polish countryside....

#2
The Cave

The Cave

2019★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to For Sama for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Deep beneath the surface in the Syrian province of Ghouta, a group of female doctors have established an underground field hospital. Under the supervision of paediatrician Dr. Aman...

#3
Jarhead: Law of Return

Jarhead: Law of Return

2019★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to For Sama for fans of War. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Major Ronan Jackson, an accomplished fighter pilot for the Israel Defense Forces and son of a U.S. Senator, is shot down while flying through Syrian airspace. After miraculously su...

#4
Room 237

Room 237

2012★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to For Sama for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A subjective documentary that explores various theories about hidden meanings in Stanley Kubrick's classic film The Shining. Five very different points of view are illuminated thro...

#5
78/52

78/52

2017★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to For Sama for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The most famous murder scene in movie history comprises 78 camera settings and 52 cuts: the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. 78/52 tells the story of the man behind the c...

#6
One Child Nation

One Child Nation

2019★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to For Sama for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Through interviews with both victims and instigators, Nanfu Wang, a first-time mother, breaks open decades of silence on a vast, unprecedented social experiment that shaped — and d...

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