15 Movies Like War
Loved War? 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.
#1
Beast
MMA legend Patton James, now a commercial fisherman, is pulled back into the cage when his brother is in danger. Reuniting with his old coach Sammy, he commits to one final fight in one championship against the brutal champion Xavier Grau.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked War.
#2
The Young One
A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked War.
#3
Mexicali
A former special forces contractor is forced out of retirement as an avocado farmer in Mexico when local gangsters try to force him and his family off their farm.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked War.
#4
Trafficked
In this story inspired by real characters, three girls from America, Nigeria and India are trafficked through an elaborate global network and enslaved in a Texas brothel, and must together attempt a daring escape to reclaim their freedom.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked War.
#5
Girl in the Box
The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as a slave to her captors.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked War.
#6
El Dorado
In Granada in Spain, Sibilla works as a dancer in a squalid cabaret called El Dorado, struggling to earn enough to care for her sick child. The boy's father Estiria, a prominent citizen, refuses them both help and recognition, fearful of jeopardising the engagement of his adult daughter Iliana to a wealthy nobleman. Iliana however slips away from her engagement party to meet her real lover Hedwick, a Swedish painter. Sibilla, in desperation after a further rejection by Estiria, sees an opportunity to blackmail him by locking the lovers overnight in their meeting-place in the Alhambra.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to War.
#7
Fast Girls
A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked War.
#8
What Maisie Knew
In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked War.
#9
Most
A poetic and powerful story of a father forced to choose between love and duty.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked War.
#10
Goodbye June
Four siblings' lives change drastically when their ailing mother takes a turn for the worse over the holiday season.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked War.
#11
Salomé
After the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils, and with the solemn pledge from the very lips of Herod himself that she could have whatever her heart desires up to half his kingdom, wanton and proud young Salomé comes before her king with an unreasonable demand. Beguiled by John the Baptist, and then scorned for the sake of his god, lascivious Salomé—encouraged by her mother, the vindictive, Herodias—commands that John be executed and his head delivered on a silver platter.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked War.
#12
The Trials of Cate McCall
In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicted of murder.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked War.
#13
Eleanor the Great
94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked War.
#14
Hands of Stone
The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked War.
#15
Brotherly Love
West Philadelphia basketball star Sergio Taylor deals with the pressures of fame while his brother and sister have their own issues with ambition.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked War.