10 Best Movies Like The Balloon Goes Up
If you loved The Balloon Goes Up, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Decision Before Dawn
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Balloon Goes Up for fans of War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
WWII is entering its last phase: Germany is in ruins, but does not yield. The US army lacks crucial knowledge about the German units operating on the opposite side of the Rhine, an...

Wolf Hound
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Balloon Goes Up for fans of War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
Inspired by the real-life German special operations unit KG 200 that shot down, repaired, and flew Allied aircraft as Trojan horses, "Wolf Hound" takes place in 1944 German-occupie...

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Balloon Goes Up for fans of War & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
During World War II, the British Army assigns a group of competent soldiers to carry out a mission against the Nazi forces behind enemy lines... A true story about a secret British...

Journey into Fear
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Balloon Goes Up for fans of War. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
An American ballistics expert in Turkey finds himself targeted by Nazi agents. Safe passage home by ship is arranged for him, but he soon discovers that his pursuers are also on bo...

Triple Cross
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Balloon Goes Up for fans of War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
Safecracker Eddie Chapman is languishing in prison on the island of Jersey when the Nazis arrive. An adept manipulator of situations, Chapman convinces the Germans to use him to sp...

Buck Privates
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Balloon Goes Up for fans of War & Music & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The cop chasing them winds up as their drill instructor. A rich young man and his former...