Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 10, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Manhunter

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

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#1
The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away

1957★ 6.8

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

Based on the true story of Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the only German prisoner of war captured in Britain to escape back to Germany during the Second World War....

#2
Men in War

Men in War

1957★ 6.7

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

In Korea, on 6 September 1950, Lieutenant Benson's platoon finds itself isolated in enemy-held territory after a retreat. Soon they are joined by Sergeant Montana, whose overriding...

#3
Waiting for Anya

Waiting for Anya

2020★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Manhunter for fans of War & Drama. 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
303 Squadron

303 Squadron

2018★ 5.9

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

After the fall of the September Campaign of 1939, two Polish pilots are forced to fight for their nation in foreign battlefronts....

#5
The Boy in the Woods

The Boy in the Woods

2023★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Manhunter for fans of War & Drama. 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....

#6
The Kill Team

The Kill Team

2019★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Manhunter 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 ...

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