Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Pentagon Papers

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

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#1
Plan A

Plan A

2021★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Pentagon Papers for fans of Drama & Thriller & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Germany 1945, Max, a Jewish Holocaust survivor, meets a radical group of Jewish resistance fighters, who, like him, lost all hope for their future after they were robbed of their e...

#2
Shattered Glass

Shattered Glass

2003★ 7.0

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

The true story of fraudulent Washington, D.C. journalist Stephen Glass, who rose to meteoric heights as a young writer in his 20s, becoming a staff writer at The New Republic for t...

#3
Panther

Panther

1995★ 6.3

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

In this sprawling, fictionalized history of the Black Panthers, 1960s Oakland becomes a war zone as the Panthers battle for the right to exist....

#4
Little Boy Blue

Little Boy Blue

1997★ 6.1

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

Living in rural Texas is a dysfunctional family: an abusive dad, a Vietnam vet with a war wound that's left him impotent; a compliant wife and a son of about 20, two small sons who...

#5
Backstabbing for Beginners

Backstabbing for Beginners

2018★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Pentagon Papers for fans of Drama & Thriller & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An idealistic young employee at the U.N. investigates the grisly murder of his predecessor – and uncovers a vast global conspiracy that may involve his own boss....

#6
Oranges and Sunshine

Oranges and Sunshine

2010★ 7.0

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

The story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham, who uncovers one of the most significant social scandals in recent times – the forced migration of children from t...

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