15 Movies Like 1982

Loved 1982? 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.

The Voice of Hind Rajab
#1

The Voice of Hind Rajab

January 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A five-year old girl is trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her. Her name was Hind Rajab.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to 1982.

Capernaum
#2

Capernaum

After running away from his negligent parents, committing a violent crime and being sentenced to five years in jail, a hardened, streetwise 12-year-old Lebanese boy sues his parents in protest of the life they have given him.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to 1982.

The Bridge on the River Kwai
#3

The Bridge on the River Kwai

The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson, the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked 1982.

The Monuments Men
#4

The Monuments Men

Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on seven over-the-hill, out-of-shape museum directors, artists, architects, curators, and art historians who went to the front lines of WWII to rescue the world’s artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their rightful owners. With the art hidden behind enemy lines, how could these guys hope to succeed?

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked 1982.

Zulu
#5

Zulu

In 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War, man-of-the-people Lt. Chard and snooty Lt. Bromhead are in charge of defending the isolated and vastly outnumbered Natal outpost of Rorke's Drift from tribal hordes.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked 1982.

All That's Left of You
#6

All That's Left of You

In the Occupied West Bank in Palestine of the 1980s, a Palestinian teenager is swept into a protest that changes the course of his family's life. Reeling from its aftermath, his mother, Hanan, shares the story that led them to that fateful moment. Spanning seven decades, this epic drama traces the hopes and heartaches of one uprooted family, revealing not only the scars of ethnic cleansing, but the unbreakable spirit of survival.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to 1982.

Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces
#7

Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces

Twelve-year-old Noura dangles uncertainly in that difficult netherworld between childhood and adulthood. His growing libido has gotten him banned from the women's baths, where his mother took him when he was younger, but he's not yet old enough to participate in grown-up discussions with the men of his Tunisian village. Noura's only real friend is a troublemaker named Salih -- the village political outcast.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to 1982.

From the Ashes: The Pit
#8

From the Ashes: The Pit

Trapped in an underground pit during a storm, three students from an all-girls school must confront their personal conflicts as they fight to survive.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to 1982.

I Was a Stranger
#9

I Was a Stranger

A Syrian doctor and her daughter flee Aleppo, setting off a chain of events that binds five strangers together. A smuggler, a soldier, a poet, and a coast guard captain collide in a crisis that tests their courage, their choices, and their humanity.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to 1982.

Operation Mincemeat
#10

Operation Mincemeat

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 to attack by way of Greece rather than Sicily.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked 1982.

Chief Omar Harb
#11

Chief Omar Harb

Omar Harb runs a gambling casino. A quiet young man lands a job at the casino, despite his family's abhorrence and disapproval, to get the money necessary for his marriage. He excels at work and catches the attention of the manager who chooses him for a challenging task.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to 1982.

Bittersweet
#12

Bittersweet

An Egyptian-American returns to his homeland after twenty years abroad, filled with nostalgia and high hopes. But as he reconnects with his roots, he finds himself caught between two worlds—and begins to experience the reality of a country he thought he knew.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to 1982.

Eagles of the Republic
#13

Eagles of the Republic

George Fahmy, Egypt's most adored actor, is pressured to star in a film commissioned by the highest authorities. He reluctantly accepts and finds himself thrown into the inner circle of power. Like moth drawn to flame, he begins an affair with the mysterious wife of the general overseeing the project.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to 1982.

The War Below
#14

The War Below

During World War I, a group of British miners are recruited to tunnel underneath no man's land and set bombs from below the German front in hopes of breaking the deadly stalemate of the Battle of Messines.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked 1982.

The Battle of the River Plate
#15

The Battle of the River Plate

In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep the Atlantic convoy routes open to supply the British Isles, facing the great danger posed by the many German warships, such as the Admiral Graf Spee, which are scouring the ocean for cargo ships to sink.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked 1982.