15 Movies Like Closely Watched Trains

Loved Closely Watched Trains? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.

Schindler's List
#1

Schindler's List

The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Closely Watched Trains.

The Last of the Mohicans
#2

The Last of the Mohicans

In war-torn colonial America, in the midst of a bloody battle between British, the French and Native American allies, the aristocratic daughter of a British Colonel and her party are captured by a group of Huron warriors. Fortunately, a group of three Mohican trappers comes to their rescue.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Closely Watched Trains.

Touchless
#3

Touchless

Jolana (18) is an object of her step-father's desire. She is unable to cope, especially when her own mother turns a blind eye. Those events are heavily paid for when she finds herself working in a brothel. Her inability to cope raise a question: What is it she actually wants? Are her dreams of escaping really better than the reality she finds herself in?

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Closely Watched Trains.

The Creation of the World
#4

The Creation of the World

La Création du Monde is among the first animated feature films made in France. But to be exact, the film was animated in Czechia and directed by Eduard Hofman. It is adapted from a series of five books by Jean Effel, a French caricaturist and illustrator. The visual style is adapted from his drawings. The film is a comedy about the creation of the universe in six days, with the devil messing around and contributing in his own way.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Closely Watched Trains.

Men in Hope
#5

Men in Hope

Charming bon vivant Rudolf is convinced that infidelity is the basis for a happy marriage, since, after all, a woman does not want to be bored with her partner.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Closely Watched Trains.

The Eagle Has Landed
#6

The Eagle Has Landed

When the Nazi high command learns in late 1943 that Winston Churchill will be spending time at a country estate in Norfolk, it hatches an audacious scheme to kidnap the prime minister and spirit him to Germany for enforced negotiations with Hitler.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Closely Watched Trains.

The Catcher Was a Spy
#7

The Catcher Was a Spy

Former major league baseball player Moe Berg lives a double life working for the Office of Strategic Services in World War II Europe.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Closely Watched Trains.

Private Parts
#8

Private Parts

The life and career of shock-jock superstar Howard Stern is recounted from his humble beginnings to his view from the top. Possessing a desire to be an on-air personality since childhood, Stern meanders through the radio world, always with his supportive wife, Alison, by his side. Landing a gig in Washington, D.C., Stern meets Robin Quivers, who will become his long-time partner in crime. When the two move to New York, they face the wrath of NBC executives.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Closely Watched Trains.

Casualties of War
#9

Casualties of War

During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Closely Watched Trains.

Biloxi Blues
#10

Biloxi Blues

A Jewish teenager sets three goals: lose his virginity, become a writer, and survive World War II.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Closely Watched Trains.

Even Mice Belong in Heaven
#11

Even Mice Belong in Heaven

Whizzy is a little mouse, Whitebelly is a fox. They are naturally mortal enemies. One day, after an unfortunate accident, both meet in animal heaven. Together, they will embark on a fantastic journey and discover friendship can overcome everything.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Closely Watched Trains.

Zulu
#12

Zulu

In 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War, man-of-the-people Lt. Chard and snooty Lt. Bromhead are in charge of defending the isolated and vastly outnumbered Natal outpost of Rorke's Drift from tribal hordes.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Closely Watched Trains.

The Greatest Beer Run Ever
#13

The Greatest Beer Run Ever

Chickie wants to support his friends fighting in Vietnam, so he does something wild—personally bring them American beer. What starts as a well-meaning journey quickly changes Chickie's life and perspective.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Closely Watched Trains.

Shades of Fern
#14

Shades of Fern

Based on the only extensive prose work by the surrealist painter Josef Capek, Shades of Fern most resembles the philosophical fairy tales and fables of Josef’s older brother, the legendary Czech novelist and playwright Karel Capek. Two young poachers, more boys than men, kill a gamekeeper when they are caught illegally hunting. Panicked, they retreat into a forest that grows steadily more forbidding and deadly as their fear for the future—and guilt over their action—mounts. Loosely based on hundreds of oral folk tales and legends that haunt the woods of Czechoslovakia, Vlácil’s contemporary updating artistically underscores the relationship between man and nature, crime and punishment, isolation and society, and guilt and memory.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Closely Watched Trains.

Mandragora
#15

Mandragora

Marek is a 15-year-old from a provincial village who runs away to Prague when he begins to fail at school. He is mugged shortly after arriving in the city and is rescued by Honza with the promise of work. Marek is taken to an apartment, drugged, and becomes a male prostitute. He is a bit smarter than his colleagues and teams up with a friend, David, in order to go after bigger scores – to cash in and get out. They manage to stash away a bit of money, but when it comes time to return home, Marek loses his nerve and is soon back in the city.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Closely Watched Trains.