15 Movies Like Anton

Loved Anton? 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.

Schindler's List
#1

Schindler's List

The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.

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

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
#2

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a Jewish prisoner or the role his own Nazi father plays in his imprisonment, Bruno embarks on a dangerous journey inside the camp's walls.

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

1917
#3

1917

At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.

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

Paths of Glory
#4

Paths of Glory

A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.

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

The Zone of Interest
#5

The Zone of Interest

The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.

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

War Horse
#6

War Horse

On the brink of the First World War, Albert's beloved horse Joey is sold to the Cavalry by his father. Against the backdrop of the Great War, Joey begins an odyssey full of danger, joy, and sorrow, and he transforms everyone he meets along the way. Meanwhile, Albert, unable to forget his equine friend, searches the battlefields of France to find Joey and bring him home.

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

Sniper: The White Raven
#7

Sniper: The White Raven

Mykola is an eccentric pacifist who wants to be useful to humanity. When the war begins in Donbas, Mykola’s naive world is collapsing as the militants kill his pregnant wife and burn his home to the ground. Recovered, he makes a cardinal decision and gets enlisted in a sniper company. Having met his wife’s killers, he emotionally breaks down and arranges “sniper terror” for the enemy.

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

The Guns of Navarone
#8

The Guns of Navarone

A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.

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

All Quiet on the Western Front
#9

All Quiet on the Western Front

When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is destroyed by the harsh realities of combat.

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

The Witch. Revenge
#10

The Witch. Revenge

The tale unfolds around an ancient witch from the Ukrainian town of Konotop, who long ago abandoned her extraordinary powers after falling in love with a mortal man. However, tragedy strikes when her beloved is brutally murdered by the russian soldiers as they occupy Konotop in February 2022. Fueled by grief and a thirst for revenge, she reclaims her supernatural abilities, embarking on a blood-soaked quest to mete out justice to her fiancé's killers.

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

The Eagle Has Landed
#11

The Eagle Has Landed

When the Nazi high command learns in late 1943 that Winston Churchill will be spending time at a country estate in Norfolk, it hatches an audacious scheme to kidnap the prime minister and spirit him to Germany for enforced negotiations with Hitler.

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

All Quiet on the Western Front
#12

All Quiet on the Western Front

At the start of World War I, Paul Baumer is a young German patriot, eager to fight. Indoctrinated with propaganda at school, he and his friends eagerly sign up for the army soon after graduation. But when the horrors of war soon become too much to bear, and as his friends die or become gravely wounded, Paul questions the sanity of fighting over a few hundreds yards of war-torn countryside.

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

The War Below
#13

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 Anton.

Waiting for Anya
#14

Waiting for Anya

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.

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

Munich - The Edge of War
#15

Munich - The Edge of War

At the tense 1938 Munich Conference, former friends who now work for opposing governments become reluctant spies racing to expose a Nazi secret.

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