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15 Movies Like Retrograde

Loved Retrograde? 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.

Lucky Strike
#1

Lucky Strike

A wounded American soldier fights to survive behind enemy lines during WWII's Battle of the Bulge against the Germans, relying on his instinct, spy craft and a hand-radio to evade capture and find his way back to his unit.

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

Troy
#2

Troy

In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnon to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. They set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy.

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

Oppenheimer
#3

Oppenheimer

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.

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

Hacksaw Ridge
#4

Hacksaw Ridge

WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.

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

1000 Men and Me: The Bonnie Blue Story
#5

1000 Men and Me: The Bonnie Blue Story

Adult content creator Bonnie Blue announced that she’d slept with 1057 men in 12 hours. Exploring the polarising debate around Bonnie and the pornification of our society, the film follows her over the most eye-opening six months of her life.

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

Schindler's List
#6

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 fantastic follow-up watch to Retrograde.

Fury
#7

Fury

April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theater, a battle-hardened army sergeant commands a Sherman tank with a five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines.

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

Saving Private Ryan
#8

Saving Private Ryan

As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.

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

Inglourious Basterds
#9

Inglourious Basterds

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.

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

I Swear
#10

I Swear

Diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome at 15, John Davidson navigates his way against the odds through troubled teenage years and into adulthood, finding inspiration in the kindness of others to discover his true purpose in life.

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

The Imitation Game
#11

The Imitation Game

Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.

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

Green Book
#12

Green Book

Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.

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

Kingdom of Heaven
#13

Kingdom of Heaven

After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.

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

Pressure
#14

Pressure

In the tense 72 hours before D-Day, and the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Captain James Stagg face an impossible choice—launch the largest and most dangerous seaborne invasion in history or risk losing the war altogether.

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

Hidden Figures
#15

Hidden Figures

The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.

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