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10 Best Movies Like The Breitner Commando

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

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#1
The Scarlet and the Black

The Scarlet and the Black

1983★ 7.0

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

Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His activities become so large th...

#2
Battleground

Battleground

1949★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Breitner Commando for fans of 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...

#3
Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle

Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle

2021★ 7.1

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

Japan, 1944. Trained for intelligence work, Hiroo Onoda, 22 years old, discovers a philosophy contrary to the official line: no suicide; stay alive whatever happens; the mission is...

#4
Taking Sides

Taking Sides

2002★ 6.2

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

One of the most spectacular and renowned conductors of the 1930s, Wilhelm Furtwangler's reputation rivaled that of Toscanini's. After the war, he was investigated as part of the Al...

#5
Shepherd: The Story of a Jewish Dog

Shepherd: The Story of a Jewish Dog

2020★ 6.8

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

Follow the perilous journey to freedom when a young boy and his dog attempt to escape a concentration camp during World War II. Based on true events....

#6
Sarah's Key

Sarah's Key

2010★ 7.3

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

On the night of 16 July 1942, ten year old Sarah and her parents are being arrested and transported to the Velodrome d'Hiver in Paris where thousands of other jews are being sent t...

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