15 Movies Like Vivat, Naval Cadets!

Loved Vivat, Naval Cadets!? 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.

Kingdom of Heaven
#1

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 highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Vivat, Naval Cadets!.

Fierce Town
#2

Fierce Town

By the middle of the 12th century, the borders of the Mongolian Empire stretched from the Adriatic and Mediterranean Seas in the west to the southern lands of China in the east. The Mongolian army, under Khan Batu’s command, was known for its invisibility, destroying anyone who dared to challenge them. Yet, even within their central territories, some areas refused to bow to the Genghisids. Kozelsk was one of them. The Mongolian armies bypassed the high walls of this small town, considering that "the skin of the wolf was not worth the risk of encountering its teeth".However, one of the Khan’s commanders harbored a grudge against the town's citizens. Now, the people of Kozelsk must face a battle against the strongest army in the world, with no hope of victory. This is a story about people facing their death. Some try to escape, others are willing to do anything to survive, but most are prepared to protect their city from the relentless storms of the Mongolian hordes.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Vivat, Naval Cadets!.

Red Silk
#3

Red Silk

1927. Trans-Siberian Express. Secret documents that will determine the future of the USSR and China are being transported across Russia. Under the guise of ordinary passengers, foreign intelligence officers and real thugs are hiding, ready to do anything for the sake of documents. A young Red Army soldier and a former Tsarist agent have to team up to uncover a common enemy.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Vivat, Naval Cadets!.

Mirror
#4

Mirror

A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell of and juxtapose pivotal moments in Soviet history with daily life.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Vivat, Naval Cadets!.

Two Prosecutors
#5

Two Prosecutors

In 1937, amidst Stalin's Great Terror, a newly appointed prosecutor for the USSR is made aware of alleged corruption in the Secret Police, and takes it upon himself to investigate.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Vivat, Naval Cadets!.

Upon the Magic Roads
#6

Upon the Magic Roads

Romantic John the Fool and his friend Foal set out on a series of unpredictable adventures in different magical worlds. The two buddies will have to outsmart an evil tyrant king, catch the firebird, and find John’s true love.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Vivat, Naval Cadets!.

The Lost Battalion
#7

The Lost Battalion

Fact-based war drama about an American battalion of over 500 men which gets trapped behind enemy lines in the Argonne Forest in October 1918 France during the closing weeks of World War I.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Vivat, Naval Cadets!.

The Pilot: A Battle for Survival
#8

The Pilot: A Battle for Survival

December of 1941, Northwestern Front. A German tank column is moving towards Moscow. During a mission to stop the enemy advance, Nikolai Komlev's IL-2 is shot down. Komlev manages to crash-land his plane in a remote forest clearing. He's alive, but far from friendly territory. Ahead of him is a relentless trial of severe physical and mental endurance. After battling hunger and extreme cold, evading packs of wolves and detachments of Nazi soldiers, the wounded Komlev finally makes it back to safety. But there he faces another challenge, the most life-changing of them all.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Vivat, Naval Cadets!.

The Humpbacked Horse
#9

The Humpbacked Horse

Remake of the 1947 Soviet film directed by Ivan Ivanov-Vano and produced by the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Vivat, Naval Cadets!.

Ironclad
#10

Ironclad

In the year 1215, the rebel barons of England have forced their despised King John to put his royal seal on the Magna Carta, a seminal document that upheld the rights of free men. Yet within months of pledging himself to the great charter, the King reneged on his word and assembled a mercenary army on the south coast of England with the intention of bringing the barons and the country back under his tyrannical rule. Barring his way stood the mighty Rochester castle, a place that would become the symbol of the rebel's momentous struggle for justice and freedom.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Vivat, Naval Cadets!.

Ono
#11

Ono

The bureaucratic epos on the dialogues and plots of Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin "The History of a Town". In a metaphorical and grotesque form, the film conveys the history of Russia from the calling of the Varangians until the end of the 20th century. The film traces the change of the “chiefs” of the county town of Glupov, which differ in varying degrees of tyranny and the corresponding total number of “killed” city residents. The heads of the city easily guess the former heads of the Russian state and the USSR.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Vivat, Naval Cadets!.

Coma
#12

Coma

A young and talented architect comes to his senses after a horrific accident only to find himself in the odd dystopian world. A world that is filled with the memories of all current coma patients. Just like a human memory this world is fragmental, chaotic and unstable. This is COMA: icecaps, rivers and cities can all exist in a space of a single room and laws of physics are no longer laws as they can be bent.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Vivat, Naval Cadets!.

The Lost City of Z
#13

The Lost City of Z

A true-life drama in the 1920s, centering on British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, who discovered evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization in the Amazon and disappeared whilst searching for it.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Vivat, Naval Cadets!.

The Jungle
#14

The Jungle

A comedy about funny adventures of the married couple on the remote island.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Vivat, Naval Cadets!.

Chernobyl: Abyss
#15

Chernobyl: Abyss

The aftermath of a shocking explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power station made hundreds of people sacrifice their lives to clean up the site of the catastrophe and to successfully prevent an even bigger disaster that could have turned a large part of the European continent into an uninhabitable exclusion zone. This is their story.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Vivat, Naval Cadets!.