10 Best Movies Like What the War Meant
If you loved What the War Meant, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What the War Meant for fans of Drama & War & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code w...
The Last Rifleman
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What the War Meant for fans of Drama & War & History. 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...
Operation Pacific
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What the War Meant for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
During WWII, Duke E. Gifford is second in command of the USS Thunderfish, a submarine which is firing off torpedoes that either explode too early or never explode at all. It's a di...
Emperor
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What the War Meant for fans of Drama & War & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
As the Japanese surrender at the end of WWII, Gen. Fellers is tasked with deciding if Emperor Hirohito will be hanged as a war criminal. Influencing his ruling is his quest to find...
The Scarlet and the Black
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What the War Meant for fans of Drama & War & History & TV Movie. 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...
They Were Expendable
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What the War Meant for fans of Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
After a demonstration of new PT boats, Navy brass are still unconvinced of their viability in combat, leaving Lt. "Rusty" Ryan frustrated. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, however...