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Movies Like Towards Unity and Victory

If you liked Towards Unity and Victory (1937), a movie directed by Fernando G. Mantilla, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1The Silence of Others

    The Silence of Others (2019)

    ★ 8/10

    The story of the tortuous struggle against the silence of the victims of the dictatorship imposed by General Franco after the victory of the rebel side in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1975). In a democratic country, but…

  2. 2While at War

    While at War (2019)

    ★ 7.1/10

    Salamanca, Spain, 1936. In the early days of the military rebellion that began the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), writer Miguel de Unamuno supports the uprising in the hope that the prevailing political chaos will end…

  3. 3For Whom the Bell Tolls

    For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)

    ★ 6.5/10

    Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil war going on and Jordan—who has joined up on the side that appeals most to idealists of that era—has been given a high-risk…

  4. 4Butterfly

    Butterfly (1999)

    ★ 7.3/10

    The film centres on Moncho and his coming-of-age experience in Galicia in 1936. Moncho develops a close relationship with his teacher Don Gregorio who introduces the boy to different things in the world. While the…

  5. 5The Devil's Backbone

    The Devil's Backbone (2001)

    ★ 7.3/10

    Spain, 1939. In the last days of the Spanish Civil War, the young Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucía orphanage, where he will make friends and enemies as he follows the quiet footsteps of a mysterious presence eager for…

  6. 6Operation Ogre

    Operation Ogre (1979)

    ★ 6.9/10

    Spain, 1973. Dictator Francisco Franco has ruled the country since 1939 with an iron fist; but he is now a very old and sick man. The future of the weakened regime is in danger. Admiral Carrero Blanco is his natural…

  7. 7Guernica

    Guernica (2016)

    ★ 5.8/10

    The fates of Henry - an American correspondent - and Teresa, one of the Republic's censors during the Spanish Civil War.

  8. 8Behold a Pale Horse

    Behold a Pale Horse (1964)

    ★ 6/10

    Manuel Artiguez, a famous bandit during the Spanish civil war, has lived in French exile for 20 years. When his mother is dying he considers visiting her secretly in his Spanish home town. But his biggest enemy, the…

  9. 9The 13 Roses

    The 13 Roses (2007)

    ★ 6.6/10

    True story of thirteen totally normal young women that suffered harsh questioning and were put in prison under made up charges of helping the rebellion against Franco back in the 1940s. Despite of their innocence, the…

  10. 10LA BOLA NEGRA

    LA BOLA NEGRA (2026)

    ★ 8/10

    The intertwined lives of three men in three different eras, three lives intimately linked by sexuality and desire, pain, and legacy.

  11. 11Land and Freedom

    Land and Freedom (1995)

    ★ 7.3/10

    Summer 1936: young unemployed communist David Carr leaves Liverpool to join the fight against fascism in Spain. He joins an international group of Militia-men and women, the POUM (Partido Obrero de Unificación…

  12. 12The Girl of Your Dreams

    The Girl of Your Dreams (1998)

    ★ 6.5/10

    During the Spanish Civil War, a troupe of Spanish filmmakers is invited to shoot a film at UFA Studios in Nazi Germany.

  13. 13The Photographer of Mauthausen

    The Photographer of Mauthausen (2018)

    ★ 6.9/10

    Spanish photographer Francesc Boix, imprisoned in the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp, works in the SS Photographic Service. Between 1943 and 1945, he hides, with the help of other prisoners, thousands of…

  14. 14Garage Olimpo

    Garage Olimpo (1999)

    ★ 6.9/10

    María is eighteen years old, she lives with her mother in an old house in Buenos Aires in 1978, subletting rooms and giving classes to poor illiterate adults. Suddenly she is abducted by a military squad and finds…

  15. 15No

    No (2012)

    ★ 7.2/10

    In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, due to international pressure, is forced to call a plebiscite on his presidency. The country will vote ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to Pinochet extending his rule for another eight…

  16. 16Politically Incorrect

    Politically Incorrect (2024)

    ★ 5.8/10

    Two political rivals are trapped after suffering an accident and forge an unexpected bond, triggering a series of scandals in the Spanish presidential elections.

  17. 17Argentina 1985

    Argentina 1985 (2022)

    ★ 7.8/10

    In the 1980s, a team of lawyers takes on the heads of Argentina's bloody military dictatorship in a battle against odds and a race against time.

  18. 18Land Without Bread

    Land Without Bread (1933)

    ★ 7.1/10

    An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extremadura, Spain, as it was in 1932. Insalubrity, misery and lack of opportunities provoke the emigration of young people…

  19. 19Ay, Carmela!

    Ay, Carmela! (1990)

    ★ 6.7/10

    During the Spanish Civil War, a group of comics lightens the days of the Republican troops. Tired of life in the front lines, they make their way to Valencia, accidentally entering enemy land and falling prisoner.

  20. 20Paulina

    Paulina (2015)

    ★ 6.4/10

    Paulina is a young lawyer with a promising career in Buenos Aires, who chooses to go back to her home town. Her father, Fernando, is a well known judge. Against his will, Paulina decides to teach in a suburban high…

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