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10 Best Movies Like Whistle Down the Wind

If you loved Whistle Down the Wind, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

#1
Drugstore Cowboy

Drugstore Cowboy

1989★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Whistle Down the Wind for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Portland, Oregon, 1971. Bob Hughes is the charismatic leader of a peculiar quartet, formed by his wife, Dianne, and another couple, Rick and Nadine, who skillfully steal from drugs...

#2
Dunkirk

Dunkirk

1958★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Whistle Down the Wind for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. He has to get them back to Britain somehow. Meanwhile, British civilia...

#3
Nuns on the Run

Nuns on the Run

1990★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Whistle Down the Wind for fans of Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Set up by their boss to be knocked off following a final heist, soon-to-retire crooks Brian Hope and Charlie McManus get wind of their impending demise and run off with the spoils ...

#4
A Bagful of Fleas

A Bagful of Fleas

1963★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Whistle Down the Wind for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The themes of anarchy and individualism that run through Věra Chytilová’s work begin here, in an almost docu-realist look at women finding freedom and joy amid the rigid conformity...

#5
The Glenn Miller Story

The Glenn Miller Story

1954★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Whistle Down the Wind for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A vibrant tribute to one of America's legendary bandleaders, charting Glenn Miller's rise from obscurity and poverty to fame and wealth in the early 1940s....

#6
The Titfield Thunderbolt

The Titfield Thunderbolt

1953★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Whistle Down the Wind for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When British Railways announce the closure of the Titfield to Mallingford branch line a group of local residents make a bid to run it themselves, backed by a monied member of the c...