Movies Like Goodnight, Mister Tom

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

The Naked Civil Servant

1975·1h 17m·★ 7.8·Jack Gold

Themes: 1930s, london, england, 1940sDir. Jack GoldDrama & TV Movie

Hope and Glory

1987·1h 53m·★ 7.3·John Boorman

Themes: children in wartime, london, england, 1940sFans also likedDrama & War

Zoo

2018·1h 36m·★ 6.5·Colin McIvor

Themes: children in wartime, 1940sFans also likedWar & History

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society

2018·2h 4m·★ 7.3·Mike Newell

Themes: london, england, 1940sFans also likedDrama & History

Night Train to Munich

1940·1h 36m·★ 7.2·Carol Reed

Themes: london, england, 1940sFans also likedDrama & War

Kensuke's Kingdom

2024·1h 24m·★ 6.9·Kirk Hendry

Themes: based on children's book, 1940sFans also liked

The Secret Garden

2020·1h 40m·★ 5.6·Marc Munden

Themes: based on children's book, 1940sFans also liked

Saving Private Ryan

1998·2h 49m·★ 8.6·Steven Spielberg

TMDB recommendsWar & Drama & History

Mirror

1975·1h 47m·★ 7.9·Andrei Tarkovsky

Themes: 1930s, 1940sDrama & History

Enemy at the Gates

2001·2h 11m·★ 7.5·Jean-Jacques Annaud

TMDB recommendsWar & History

The People

1972·1h 14m·★ 5.8·John Korty

TMDB recommendsDrama & TV Movie

Hear the Silence

2016·1h 34m·★ 5.9·Ed Ehrenberg

TMDB recommendsDrama & War

The Runner

2026·1h 26m·★ 6.8·Kevin Macdonald

Themes: mother son relationship, london, england

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

2005·2h 23m·★ 6.9·Andrew Adamson

Themes: based on children's book, 1940s

Night and Fog

1956·32m·★ 8.6·Alain Resnais

TMDB recommends

The Great Dictator

1940·2h 5m·★ 8.4·Charlie Chaplin

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Umberto D.

1952·1h 31m·★ 8.1·Vittorio De Sica

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One Life

2023·1h 49m·★ 7.5·James Hawes

Fans also likedHistory & Drama

Amores Perros

2000·2h 34m·★ 8.0·Alejandro González Iñárritu

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Pandora's Box

1929·2h 21m·★ 7.7·G.W. Pabst

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How Good Is Goodnight, Mister Tom?

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