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

Cast a Giant Shadow
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sword in the Desert for fans of War & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
An American Army officer is recruited by the yet to exist Israel to help them form an army. He is disturbed by this sudden appeal to his Jewish heritage. Each of Israel's Arab neig...

Battleground
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sword in the Desert for fans of Action & War & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
Members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the rugged terrain of Bastogne, Belgium, in December 1944. Holley and his American compatri...

The Last Rifleman
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sword in the Desert for fans of War & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding...

Waiting for Anya
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sword in the Desert 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....

Palestine 36
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sword in the Desert for fans of War & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Year 1936. As villages across Palestine rise against British colonial rule, Yusuf drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond th...

The One That Got Away
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sword in the Desert 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....