
10 Best Movies Like MacArthur's Children
If you loved MacArthur's Children, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

House of Bamboo
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to MacArthur's Children for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Eddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson, a former GI who has formed a gang of fellow servicemen and Japanese locals....

Mister Roberts
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to MacArthur's Children for fans of War & Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Mr. Roberts is a Navy officer who's yearning for battle but is stuck in the backwaters of World War II on a non-commissioned ship run by the bullying Captain Morton....

In Full Bloom
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to MacArthur's Children for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
Set shortly after the end of World War II, a philosophical boxing drama of two fighters from opposite worlds (USA and Japan) who are pulled together for a questionable fight arrang...

The Secret of Santa Vittoria
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to MacArthur's Children for fans of War & Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
During World War II, Italian villagers hide their wine from the German army....

Anatahan
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to MacArthur's Children for fans of War & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
From June 1944, twelve Japanese seamen are stranded for seven years on an abandoned and forgotten island called Anatahan....

A Hen in the Wind
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to MacArthur's Children for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Tokiko patiently awaits her husband's return from WWII when her four-year old son falls ill. She takes him to the doctor but has no means of paying, so she resorts to prostitution....