Movies like Rose (2026)

10 films to watch after Rose, ranked by how well they match its tone — not just its genre.

In the early 17th century, a soldier arrives at an isolated Protestant village in Germany claiming to be the heir to an abandoned farmstead. Even though he proves to be a good man, the villagers’ suspicions about his identity grow and they force a reckoning.

1

Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin (2024)

Fit 66%

Shares History, Drama and War with Rose.

As the world teeters on the brink of annihilation, Dietrich Bonhoeffer joins a deadly plot to assassinate Hitler, risking his faith and fate to save millions of Jews from genocide.
2

Cromwell (1970)

Fit 65%

Shares Drama, History and War with Rose.

Disgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World. But on the eve of their departure, Cromwell is drawn into the tangled web of religion and politics that will result in the English Civil War.
3

Munich - The Edge of War (2021)

Fit 61%

Shares Drama and History with Rose.

At the tense 1938 Munich Conference, former friends who now work for opposing governments become reluctant spies racing to expose a Nazi secret.
4

Henry V (1944)

Fit 60%

Shares History, Drama and War with Rose.

In 1415, in the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France.
5

War Horse (2011)

Fit 57%

Shares War, History and Drama with Rose.

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.
6

A Call to Spy (2020)

Fit 56%

Shares History and Drama with Rose.

The story of Vera Atkins, a crafty spy recruiter, and two of the first women she selects for Churchill's "secret army": Virginia Hall, a daring American undaunted by a disability and Noor Inayat Khan, a pacifist. These civilian women form an unlikely sisterhood while entangled in dangerous missions to turn the tide of the war.
7

Admiral (2015)

Fit 50%

Shares Drama and History with Rose.

When the young republic of The Netherlands is attacked by England, France and Germany and faces its own civil war no less, only one man, Michael de Ruyter, can lead the county's strongest weapon, the Dutch fleet.
8

Young Washington (2026)

Fit 47%

Shares History, War and Drama with Rose.

Before he led a nation, George Washington was a young soldier thrown into a global conflict. With alliances crumbling and war closing in, he must choose who to trust and confront the leader he's becoming.
9

Flyboys (2006)

Fit 46%

Shares Drama, History and War with Rose.

The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots.
10

The Scarlet Letter (1995)

Fit 41%

Shares Drama with Rose.

Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast after she becomes pregnant by a respected reverend. She refuses to divulge the name of the father, is "convicted" of adultery and forced to wear a scarlet "A" until an Indian attack unites the Puritans and leads to a reevaluation of their laws and morals.