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Movies Like The Annotated Field Guide of Ulysses S. Grant

If you liked The Annotated Field Guide of Ulysses S. Grant (2020), a documentary and animation movie directed by Jim Finn, 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 Soviet Story

    The Soviet Story (2008)

    ★ 7.3/10Also documentary and war

    “The Soviet Story” is a story of an Allied power, which helped the Nazis to fight Jews and which slaughtered its own people on an industrial scale. Assisted by the West, this power triumphed on May 9th, 1945. Its…

  2. 2They Shall Not Grow Old

    They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)

    ★ 7.8/10Also documentary and history

    A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of Armistice Day, and the end of the war.

  3. 3Why We Fight: Prelude to War

    Why We Fight: Prelude to War (1942)

    ★ 6.4/10Also documentary and war

    Prelude to War was the first film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series, commissioned by the Pentagon and George C. Marshall. It was made to convince American troops of the necessity of combating the…

  4. 42000 Meters to Andriivka

    2000 Meters to Andriivka (2025)

    ★ 8.1/10Also documentary and war

    Amid the failing counteroffensive, a journalist follows a Ukrainian platoon on their mission to traverse one mile of heavily fortified forest and liberate a strategic village from Russian occupation. But the farther…

  5. 5Who Are You, Charlie Brown?

    Who Are You, Charlie Brown? (2021)

    ★ 6.9/10Also documentary and animation

    Lupita Nyong'o narrates a documentary about Peanuts and its creator, Charles M. Schulz. Famous fans—including Drew Barrymore, Kevin Smith, and Al Roker—share its influence on them, and a new animated story finds…

  6. 6The Age of Stupid

    The Age of Stupid (2009)

    ★ 6.6/10Also war and documentary

    Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in the devastated future world of 2055, looking at old footage from 2008 and asking: why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance?

  7. 7The Battle of San Pietro

    The Battle of San Pietro (1945)

    ★ 6.1/10Also war and documentary

    This documentary movie is about the battle of San Pietro, a small village in Italy. Over 1,100 US soldiers were killed while trying to take this location, that blocked the way for the Allied forces from the Germans…

  8. 8Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

    Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound (2019)

    ★ 6.9/10Also documentary and history

    The history of cinematic sound, told by legendary sound designers and visionary filmmakers.

  9. 9Korengal

    Korengal (2014)

    ★ 6.6/10Also documentary and war

    Korengal picks up where Restrepo left off; the same men, the same valley, the same commanders, but a very different look at the experience of war.

  10. 10Father Soldier Son

    Father Soldier Son (2020)

    ★ 6.5/10Also documentary and war

    When Sgt. First Class Brian Eisch is critically wounded in Afghanistan, it sets him and his sons on a journey of love, loss, redemption and legacy.

  11. 11The Bloody Hundredth

    The Bloody Hundredth (2024)

    ★ 7.2/10Also war and documentary

    Meet the real-life airmen who inspired Masters of the Air as they share the harrowing and transformative events of the 100th Bomb Group.

  12. 12For Sama

    For Sama (2019)

    ★ 8.2/10Also documentary and war

    A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all…

  13. 13Last Days in Vietnam

    Last Days in Vietnam (2014)

    ★ 7.3/10Also war and documentary

    During the chaotic final weeks of the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese Army closes in on Saigon as the panicked South Vietnamese people desperately attempt to escape. On the ground, American soldiers and diplomats…

  14. 14Let There Be Light

    Let There Be Light (1946)

    ★ 7.3/10Also documentary and war

    The final entry in a trilogy of films produced for the U.S. government by John Huston. Some returning combat veterans suffer scars that are more psychological than physical. This film follows patients and staff during…

  15. 15Another Day of Life

    Another Day of Life (2018)

    ★ 7.4/10Also animation and documentary

    In 1975, Ryszard Kapuściński, a veteran Polish journalist, embarked on a seemingly suicidal road trip into the heart of the Angola's civil war. There, he witnessed once again the dirty reality of war and discovered a…

  16. 16The Unknown Known

    The Unknown Known (2013)

    ★ 6.8/10Also documentary and history

    Former United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld discusses his career in Washington D.C. from his days as a congressman in the early 1960s to planning the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

  17. 17Virunga

    Virunga (2014)

    ★ 7.9/10Also documentary and war

    Virunga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is Africa's oldest national park, a UNESCO world heritage site, and a contested ground among insurgencies seeking to topple the government that see untold profits in the…

  18. 18City of Ghosts

    City of Ghosts (2017)

    ★ 7.2/10Also war and documentary

    With unprecedented access, this documentary follows the extraordinary journey of “Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently”—a group of anonymous citizen journalists who banded together after their homeland was overtaken by…

  19. 19The Kill Team

    The Kill Team (2013)

    ★ 6.9/10Also war and documentary

    In 2010, the media branded a platoon of U.S. Army infantry soldiers “The Kill Team” following reports of its killing for sport in Afghanistan. Now, one of the accused must fight the government he defended on the…

  20. 209/11: Inside the President's War Room

    9/11: Inside the President's War Room (2021)

    ★ 6.9/10Also documentary and history

    Experience the events of September 11, 2001 through the eyes of President Bush and his closest advisors as they personally detail the crucial hours and key decisions from that historic day.

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