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10 Best Movies Like The Enemy General

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

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#1
The Seventh Cross

The Seventh Cross

1944★ 6.8

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

In Nazi Germany in 1936 seven men escape from a concentration camp. The camp commander puts up seven crosses and, as the Gestapo returns each escapee he is put to death on a cross....

#2
The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away

1957★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Enemy General 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....

#3
Escape to Victory

Escape to Victory

1981★ 6.9

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

A group of POWs in a German prison camp during World War II play the German National Soccer Team in this powerful film depicting the role of prisoners during wartime....

#4
Waiting for Anya

Waiting for Anya

2020★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Enemy General 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....

#5
The Colditz Story

The Colditz Story

1955★ 6.8

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

The Germans believed that no man could escape from Colditz Castle, set as it was in the heart of the Reich, 400 miles from any neutral frontier. This film, based on Pat Reid's epic...

#6
Eichmann

Eichmann

2007★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Enemy General for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Based upon the final confession of Adolf Eichmann, made before his execution in Israel, of his role in Hitler's plan for the final solution....

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