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Movies Like Haruko's Doll

If you liked Haruko's Doll (2018), a drama and romance movie, 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. 1Defiance

    Defiance (2008)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and history

    Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet partisans to combat the Nazis. The brothers begin the rescue of roughly…

  2. 2The Last Rifleman

    The Last Rifleman (2023)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and history

    A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding the courage to face the ghosts of his…

  3. 3Firebird

    Firebird (2021)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama and romance

    At the height of the Cold War, a troubled soldier forms a forbidden love triangle with a daring fighter pilot and his female comrade amid the dangerous surroundings of a Soviet Air Force Base.

  4. 4Waiting for Anya

    Waiting for Anya (2020)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and war

    During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain.

  5. 5Walking with the Enemy

    Walking with the Enemy (2014)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and history

    Regent Horthy is the leader of Hungary and a German ally, but his favorable standing with Hitler changes as the war comes to an end. Forced to cede Hungary’s power or else witness the execution of his son, Regent…

  6. 6LOLA

    LOLA (2023)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and war

    Sussex, England, 1938. Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, Thomasina and Martha Hanbury, two ingenious sisters, create LOLA, a miraculous machine.

  7. 7Outlaws - For Greater Glory

    Outlaws - For Greater Glory (2012)

    ★ 7/10Also history and drama

    A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country.

  8. 8Battleground

    Battleground (1949)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and war

    Members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the rugged terrain of Bastogne, Belgium, in December 1944. Holley and his American compatriots have already seen one of their…

  9. 9Field of Lost Shoes

    Field of Lost Shoes (2015)

    ★ 6.1/10Also war and drama

    A group of teenage cadets sheltered from war at the Virginia Military Institute must confront the horrors of an adult world when they are called upon to defend the Shenandoah Valley.

  10. 10Flyboys

    Flyboys (2006)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and history

    The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots.

  11. 11The History of Love

    The History of Love (2016)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and romance

    The story of a long-lost book that mysteriously reappears and connects an old man searching for his son with a girl seeking a cure for her mother's loneliness.

  12. 12Jacknife

    Jacknife (1989)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and war

    A conflict develops between a troubled Vietnam veteran and the sister he lives with when she becomes involved romantically with the army buddy who reminds him of the tragic battle they both survived.

  13. 13The Kill Team

    The Kill Team (2019)

    ★ 6.5/10Also war and drama

    When Andrew Briggman — a young soldier in the US Army during the invasion of Afghanistan — witnesses the murderous behavior of fellow soldiers, under the direction of a malevolent Sergeant, he faces a moral dilemma…

  14. 14To Hell and Back

    To Hell and Back (1955)

    ★ 6.6/10Also romance and drama

    The true WWII story of Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier in U.S. history. Based on the autobiography of Audie Murphy who stars as himself in the film.

  15. 15The Exception

    The Exception (2017)

    ★ 6.9/10Also war and drama

    Nothing is as it seems in this riveting World War 2 thriller as a wary soldier goes to investigate a mysterious German monarch at his secluded mansion, leading him into a web of deceit and a dangerous love affair with…

  16. 16The Secrets We Keep

    The Secrets We Keep (2020)

    ★ 6/10Also history and drama

    In post-World War II America, a woman, rebuilding her life in the suburbs with her husband, kidnaps her neighbor and seeks vengeance for the heinous war crimes she believes he committed against her.

  17. 17Their Finest

    Their Finest (2017)

    ★ 6.6/10Also romance and war

    During the Blitz of World War II, a female screenwriter works on a film celebrating England's resilience as a way to buoy a weary populace's spirits. Her efforts to dramatise the true story of two sisters who undertook…

  18. 18Suite Française

    Suite Française (2015)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and romance

    France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law as they both await news of her husband: a prisoner of war. Parisian…

  19. 19The Great Escaper

    The Great Escaper (2023)

    ★ 6.6/10Also history and drama

    In the summer of 2014, a World War II veteran sneaks out of his care home to attend the 70th anniversary commemoration of the D-Day landings in Normandy.

  20. 20Operation Mincemeat

    Operation Mincemeat (2022)

    ★ 6.5/10Also war and history

    In 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to drop a corpse with false papers off the coast of Spain would fool Nazi spies into believing the Allied forces were planning…

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