Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Sometimes in April

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

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#1
Shooting Dogs

Shooting Dogs

2006★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sometimes in April for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Two westerners, a priest and a teacher find themselves in the middle of the Rwandan genocide and face a moral dilemna. Do they place themselves in danger and protect the refugees, ...

#2
Casualties of War

Casualties of War

1989★ 7.2

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

During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager....

#3
Ike: Countdown to D-Day

Ike: Countdown to D-Day

2004★ 6.6

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

The story of the senior-level preparations for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944 from the time of Dwight D. Eisenhower's appointment as the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, to ...

#4
The Grey Zone

The Grey Zone

2001★ 6.6

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

The story of Auschwitz's twelfth Sonderkommando — one of the thirteen consecutive "Special Squads" of Jewish prisoners placed by the Nazis in the excruciating moral dilemma of assi...

#5
The Boys from Brazil

The Boys from Brazil

1978★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sometimes in April for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman discovers a sinister and bizarre plot, masterminded by Dr. Josef Mengele, to rekindle the Third Reich....

#6
Farming

Farming

2018★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sometimes in April for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Ins...

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