Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 14, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Long Voyage Home

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

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#1
Waiting for Anya

Waiting for Anya

2020★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Long Voyage Home for fans of Drama & War. 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....

#2
The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away

1957★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Long Voyage Home for fans of Drama & War. 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
The Battle of the River Plate

The Battle of the River Plate

1956★ 6.4

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

In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep the Atlantic convoy routes open to supply the British Isles, facing the great danger p...

#4
Sink the Bismarck!

Sink the Bismarck!

1960★ 6.9

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

The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen—during the early days of World War II. The Bismarck and her sister ship, Ti...

#5
The Cruel Sea

The Cruel Sea

1953★ 7.0

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

At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexperienced officers and men just out of training. The winter seas make life misera...

#6
The Last Rifleman

The Last Rifleman

2023★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Long Voyage Home for fans of Drama & War. 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...

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