Movies like Valkyrie
If Valkyrie's mix of friendship, suicide and plan stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Valkyrie's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Great Escape
1963 · Directed by John Sturges · 173 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: nazi, world war ii · Also drama and war
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war.
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The Longest Day
1962 · Directed by Ken Annakin · 178 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: resistance, world war ii · Also war and drama
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall,…
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A Hidden Life
2019 · Directed by Terrence Malick · 173 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: nazi, world war ii · Also drama and war
Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis during World War II.
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The Zone of Interest
2023 · Directed by Jonathan Glazer · 105 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: nazi, world war ii · Also drama and war
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.
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Alone in Berlin
2016 · Directed by Vincent Perez · 103 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: berlin, germany, world war ii · Also war and thriller
Berlin in June of 1940. While Nazi propaganda celebrates the regime’s victory over France, a kitchen-cum-living room in Prenzlauer Berg is filled with grief. Anna and Otto Quangel’s son has been killed at the front.
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All Quiet on the Western Front
1930 · Directed by Lewis Milestone · 133 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: friendship · Also drama and war
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.
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The Bourne Supremacy
2004 · Directed by Paul Greengrass · 108 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: berlin, germany · Also drama and thriller · From the same decade (2000s)
A CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living.
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A Bridge Too Far
1977 · Directed by Richard Attenborough · 175 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: world war ii · Also drama and war
The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland allowing access over the Rhine into Germany.
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010 · Directed by David Yates · 146 min7.7
Why you'll like itWith Bill Nighy · Shares: friendship
Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for immortality.
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Eye of the Needle
1981 · Directed by Richard Marquand · 108 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: world war ii · Also drama and thriller
Great Britain, 1944, during World War II. Relentlessly pursued by several MI5 agents, Henry Faber the Needle, a ruthless German spy in possession of vital information about D-Day, takes refuge on Storm Island, an…