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10 Best Movies Like It Was In May

If you loved It Was In May, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Bastards

Bastards

2006★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It Was In May for fans of War & Drama. 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....

#2
The Best in Hell

The Best in Hell

2022★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It Was In May for fans of War & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Movie about units of the "whites" (PMC "Wagner") who perform an assault operation to capture buildings. They are opposed by the "yellow" units, which have dug in these buildings an...

#3
The Kill Team

The Kill Team

2019★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It Was In May for fans of War & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

When Andrew Briggman — a young soldier in the US Army during the invasion of Afghanistan — witnesses the murderous behavior of fellow soldiers, under the direction of a malevolent ...

#4
Kalashnikov AK-47

Kalashnikov AK-47

2020★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It Was In May for fans of War & Drama. 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...

#5
Walking with the Enemy

Walking with the Enemy

2014★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It Was In May for fans of War & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Regent Horthy is the leader of Hungary and a German ally, but his favorable standing with Hitler changes as the war comes to an end. Forced to cede Hungary’s power or else witness ...

#6
Leaving Afghanistan

Leaving Afghanistan

2019★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It Was In May for fans of War & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

1988-1989. The end of the Soviet-Afghan war. The USSR begins its withdrawal from Afghanistan. Soviet General Vasiliev's son - a pilot named Alexander gets kidnapped by the mujahide...

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