Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Going and Coming Back

If you loved Going and Coming Back, 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 Going and Coming Back 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
The Patience Stone

The Patience Stone

2013★ 7.0

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

In a war-ridden country, a woman watches over her husband, comatose from a bullet in the neck and abandoned by Jihad companions and brothers. One day, the woman decides to say thin...

#3
Waiting for Anya

Waiting for Anya

2020★ 6.3

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

During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain....

#4
The Boy in the Woods

The Boy in the Woods

2023★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Going and Coming Back 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....

#5
Behold a Pale Horse

Behold a Pale Horse

1964★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Going and Coming Back 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...

#6
Sarah's Key

Sarah's Key

2010★ 7.3

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

On the night of 16 July 1942, ten year old Sarah and her parents are being arrested and transported to the Velodrome d'Hiver in Paris where thousands of other jews are being sent t...

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