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10 Best Movies Like The Boy Named Captain

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

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#1
Trial on the Road

Trial on the Road

1986★ 7.0

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

Shot in 1971 but banned until 1986, this distinctly Russian war story takes place in 1942 behind enemy lines. A regiment of partisans captures former Red Army lieutenant Lazarev wh...

#2
Infiltration

Infiltration

2022★ 7.6

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

Ivan sets off on a dangerous mission into Syria to save his ex-commander Grey after his capture by ISIS. With the help of U.S. military patrols, he succeeds in freeing Grey and att...

#3
The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away

1957★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Boy Named Captain 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....

#4
Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow

Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow

1971★ 6.0

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

This five part epic war drama gives a dramatized detailed account of Soviet Union's war against Nazi Germany during world war two. Each of the five parts represents a separate majo...

#5
The Dawns Here Are Quiet

The Dawns Here Are Quiet

2015★ 6.8

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

It is late spring of 1942, and the Great Patriotic War is in full swing. A long way off from the front-line, at some God-forgotten junction, the Germans make an air landing operati...

#6
Mission «Sky»

Mission «Sky»

2021★ 8.1

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

In the center of the story are three main characters - Lieutenant Colonel Soshnikov, Captain Muravyov and Major Zakharov. Three ages, three different characters, three different de...

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