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10 Best Movies Like War in the Highlands

If you loved War in the Highlands, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Officers' Ward

The Officers' Ward

2001★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to War in the Highlands for fans of Romance & Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The first days of WWI. Adrien, a young and handsome lieutenant, is wounded by a piece of shrapnel. He will spend the entire wartime at the Val-de-Grâce Hospital, in Paris. Five lon...

#2
Walking with the Enemy

Walking with the Enemy

2014★ 6.3

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

Regent Horthy is the leader of Hungary and a German ally, but his favorable standing with Hitler changes as the war comes to an end. Forced to cede Hungary’s power or else witness ...

#3
Emperor

Emperor

2020★ 7.6

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

An escaped slave travels north and has chance encounters with Frederick Douglass and John Brown. Based on the life story of Shields Green....

#4
Field of Lost Shoes

Field of Lost Shoes

2015★ 6.1

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

A group of teenage cadets sheltered from war at the Virginia Military Institute must confront the horrors of an adult world when they are called upon to defend the Shenandoah Valle...

#5
Macbeth

Macbeth

2015★ 6.4

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

Feature film adaptation of Shakespeare's Scottish play about General Macbeth whose ambitious wife urges him to use wicked means in order to gain power of the throne over the sittin...

#6
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

1999★ 6.4

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

In 1429, a French teenager stood before her King with a message she claimed came from God; that she would defeat the world's greatest army and liberate her country from its politic...

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