Movies like Special Section
If Special Section's mix of politics, world war ii and judgment stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Special Section's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Inglourious Basterds
2009 · Directed by Quentin Tarantino · 153 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: world war ii, nazism · Also drama and thriller
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis.
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Army of Shadows
1969 · Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville · 145 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: world war ii · Also a French drama
Betrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Though Gerbier escapes to rejoin the Resistance in occupied Marseilles, France, and exacts his revenge on the informant,…
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The Round Up
2010 · Directed by Roselyne Bosch · 115 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: world war ii · Also a French drama
A faithful retelling of the 1942 "Vel' d'Hiv Roundup" and the events surrounding it.
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Farewell, Mr. Haffmann
2022 · Directed by Fred Cavayé · 115 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: world war ii · Also a French historical drama
Paris 1942. François Mercier is an ordinary man who only aspires to start a family with the woman he loves, Blanche. He is also the employee of a talented jeweler, Mr. Haffmann.
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Judgment at Nuremberg
1961 · Directed by Stanley Kramer · 191 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: world war ii · Also drama and history
In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity.
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
2008 · Directed by Mark Herman · 94 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: world war ii · Also drama and history
When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas.
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Nuremberg
2025 · Directed by James Vanderbilt · 149 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: world war ii · Also history and drama
In postwar Germany, an American psychiatrist must determine whether Nazi prisoners are fit to go on trial for war crimes, and finds himself in a complex battle of intellect and ethics with Hermann Göring, Hitler's…
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Conspiracy
2001 · Directed by Frank Pierson · 96 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: world war ii · Also history and drama
At the Wannsee Conference on January 20, 1942, senior Nazi officials meet to determine the manner in which the so-called "Final Solution to the Jewish Question" can be best implemented.
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Escape from Sobibor
1987 · Directed by Jack Gold · 169 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: world war ii · Also drama and thriller
The true story of WWII's notorious Sobibor Nazi death camp, where a courageous inmate orchestrates and leads the escape of over 300 prisoners.
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The Rainmaker
1997 · Directed by Francis Ford Coppola · 135 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: courtroom · Also drama and thriller
Fresh out of law school and desperate for work, idealistic rookie Rudy Baylor takes on a powerful insurance company accused of denying a dying boy’s claim.
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The Zone of Interest
2023 · Directed by Jonathan Glazer · 105 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: world war ii · Also drama and history
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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Operation Finale
2018 · Directed by Chris Weitz · 124 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: world war ii · Also drama and history
In 1960, a team of Israeli secret agents is deployed to find Adolf Eichmann, the infamous Nazi architect of the Holocaust, supposedly hidden in Argentina, and get him to Israel to be judged.