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10 Best Movies Like The Oak and the Tree

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

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#1
Hive

Hive

2021★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Oak and the Tree for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Fahrije’s husband has been missing since the war in Kosovo so she sets up her own small business to provide for her kids, but as she fights against a patriarchal society that does ...

#2
Waiting for Anya

Waiting for Anya

2020★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Oak and the Tree 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....

#3
The Scarlet and the Black

The Scarlet and the Black

1983★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Oak and the Tree for fans of Drama & War. 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...

#4
Men in War

Men in War

1957★ 6.7

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

In Korea, on 6 September 1950, Lieutenant Benson's platoon finds itself isolated in enemy-held territory after a retreat. Soon they are joined by Sergeant Montana, whose overriding...

#5
Force 10 from Navarone

Force 10 from Navarone

1978★ 6.2

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

World War II, 1943. Mallory and Miller, the heroes who destroyed the guns of Navarone, are sent to Yugoslavia in search of a ghost from the past....

#6
Outlaws - For Greater Glory

Outlaws - For Greater Glory

2012★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Oak and the Tree for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country....

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