Movies Like The Bat

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

Walter Defends Sarajevo

1972·2h 13m·★ 8.1·Hajrudin 'Šiba' Krvavac

Both star Velimir Živojinović & Ljubiša SamardžićDir. Hajrudin 'Šiba' Krvavac

Downfall

2004·2h 35m·★ 8.2·Oliver Hirschbiegel

TMDB recommendsDrama & History & War

The Tin Drum

1979·2h 42m·★ 7.4·Volker Schlöndorff

TMDB recommendsDrama & History & War

Betrayed

2020·2h 6m·★ 7.1·Eirik Svensson

TMDB recommendsDrama & History & War

The Cardinal

1963·3h 5m·★ 6.8·Otto Preminger

TMDB recommendsDrama & History & War

The Battle of Neretva

1969·2h 55m·★ 7.0·Veljko Bulajić

Fans also likedStarring Velimir ŽivojinovićDrama & War

German Concentration Camps Factual Survey

2017·1h 15m·★ 8.5·Sidney Bernstein

TMDB recommendsHistory & War

The Diary of Anne Frank

1959·2h 59m·★ 7.4·George Stevens

TMDB recommendsDrama & History

Soldier of Orange

1977·2h 28m·★ 7.6·Paul Verhoeven

TMDB recommendsDrama & War

Pearl Harbor

2001·3h 3m·★ 6.3·Michael Bay

TMDB recommendsWar & History

The Victors

1963·2h 55m·★ 6.9·Carl Foreman

TMDB recommendsDrama & War

Emperor

2020·1h 39m·★ 6.0·Mark Amin

Fans also likedHistory & War & Drama

Cross of Iron

1977·2h 13m·★ 7.4·Sam Peckinpah

Fans also likedDrama & History & War

The Scarlet and the Black

1983·2h 23m·★ 7.5·Jerry London

Fans also likedDrama & History & War

Battle of the Bulge

1965·2h 49m·★ 6.8·Ken Annakin

Fans also likedDrama & History & War

Defiance

2008·2h 17m·★ 7.1·Edward Zwick

Fans also likedDrama & History & War

Beneath Hill 60

2010·2h 2m·★ 7.0·Jeremy Sims

Fans also likedDrama & History & War

Overlord

1975·1h 23m·★ 7.1·Stuart Cooper

Fans also likedDrama & History & War

Ike: Countdown to D-Day

2004·1h 29m·★ 7.1·Robert Harmon

Fans also likedDrama & War & History

Red Tails

2012·2h 5m·★ 5.9·Anthony Hemingway

Fans also likedDrama & History & War

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