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10 Best Movies Like What Do Dragons Eat?

If you loved What Do Dragons Eat?, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Land and Freedom

Land and Freedom

1995★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What Do Dragons Eat? for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

David Carr is a British Communist who is unemployed. In 1936, when the Spanish Civil War begins, he decides to fight for the Republican side, a coalition of liberals, communists an...

#2
While at War

While at War

2019★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What Do Dragons Eat? for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Salamanca, Spain, 1936. In the early days of the military rebellion that began the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), writer Miguel de Unamuno supports the uprising in the hope that the ...

#3
Behold a Pale Horse

Behold a Pale Horse

1964★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What Do Dragons Eat? for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Manuel Artiguez, a famous bandit during the Spanish civil war, has lived in French exile for 20 years. When his mother is dying he considers visiting her secretly in his Spanish ho...

#4
Butterfly

Butterfly

1999★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What Do Dragons Eat? for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The film centres on Moncho and his coming-of-age experience in Galicia in 1936. Moncho develops a close relationship with his teacher Don Gregorio who introduces the boy to differe...

#5
The 13 Roses

The 13 Roses

2007★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What Do Dragons Eat? for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

True story of thirteen totally normal young women that suffered harsh questioning and were put in prison under made up charges of helping the rebellion against Franco back in the 1...

#6
The Endless Trench

The Endless Trench

2019★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What Do Dragons Eat? for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A small village in Huelva, Andalusia, Spain, 1936. Higinio and Rosa have been married only for a few months when the Civil War breaks out. Higinio, being afraid of possible reprisa...

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