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10 Best Movies Like Purgatory

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

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#1
The Best in Hell

The Best in Hell

2022★ 7.7

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

#2
First Squad: The Moment of Truth

First Squad: The Moment of Truth

2009★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Purgatory for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Set during the opening days of World War II on the Eastern Front. Its main cast are a group of Soviet teenagers with extraordinary abilities; the teenagers have been drafted to for...

#3
For Sama

For Sama

2019★ 8.2

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

A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets ...

#4
Ballad of a Soldier

Ballad of a Soldier

1959★ 8.0

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

During World War II, earnest young Russian soldier Alyosha Skvortsov is rewarded with a short leave of absence for performing a heroic deed on the battlefield. Feeling homesick, he...

#5
Jarhead: Law of Return

Jarhead: Law of Return

2019★ 6.5

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

#6
War

War

2002★ 6.8

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

During the bloody war in Chechnya, a British couple and two Russian soldiers are taken hostage by Chechen rebels. Two of the hostages are then released to bring the money for the B...

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