Movies like Pugowitza
If Pugowitza's mix of escape and post war stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Pugowitza's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Escape to Victory
1981 · Directed by John Huston · 116 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: escape · Also drama and war · From the same decade (1980s)
A group of POWs in a German prison camp during World War II play the German National Soccer Team in this powerful film depicting the role of prisoners during wartime.
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Run Boy Run
2014 · Directed by Pepe Danquart · 108 min7.1
Why you'll like itAlso a German drama
A true story of Jurek, an eight-year-old boy, who escapes from the Warsaw ghetto, then manages to survive in the woods and working as a farmhand, disguising himself as a Polish orphan.
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The Way Back
2010 · Directed by Peter Weir · 133 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: escape
A small band of multicultural convicts stages a daring escape from a WWII-era Siberian gulag, and embarks on a treacherous journey across five countries in a desperate race for freedom and survival.
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Blood & Gold
2023 · Directed by Peter Thorwarth · 100 min6.6
Why you'll like itAlso a German drama
At the end of World War II, a German soldier is looking for his daughter while an SS troop is looking for a Jewish treasure.