Movies like Germany, Year Zero
If Germany, Year Zero's mix of berlin, germany, nazi and world war ii stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Germany, Year Zero's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Rome, Open City
1945 · Directed by Roberto Rossellini · 104 min8.0
Why you'll like itAlso directed by Roberto Rossellini · Shares: nazi, world war ii, neo realism · Also a Italian drama · From the same decade (1940s)
During the Nazi occupation of 1944 Rome, Resistance leader Giorgio Manfredi is pursued by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a means of escape.
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Bicycle Thieves
1948 · Directed by Vittorio De Sica · 89 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: neo realism, italian neo realism · Also a Italian drama · From the same decade (1940s)
Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. However on his first day, his bicycle—essential to his work—gets stolen. His job is doomed unless he can find the thief.
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Valkyrie
2008 · Directed by Bryan Singer · 121 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: berlin, germany, nazi, world war ii
Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler.
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White Bird
2023 · Directed by Marc Forster · 121 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: nazi, world war ii
After being expelled from Beecher Prep for his treatment of a classmate with a facial deformity, Julian has struggled to fit in at his new school.
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
2008 · Directed by Mark Herman · 94 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: nazi, world war ii
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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The Zone of Interest
2023 · Directed by Jonathan Glazer · 105 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: nazi, world war ii
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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The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
1970 · Directed by Vittorio De Sica · 95 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: world war ii · Also a Italian drama
In 1930s Italy, a wealthy Jewish family tries to maintain their privileged lifestyle, hosting friends for tennis and parties at their villa.
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Escape to Victory
1981 · Directed by John Huston · 116 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: nazi, world war ii
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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Alone in Berlin
2016 · Directed by Vincent Perez · 103 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: berlin, germany, world war ii
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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Schindler's List
1993 · Directed by Steven Spielberg · 195 min8.6
Why you'll like itShares: nazi, world war ii
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
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Human Capital
2013 · Directed by Paolo Virzì · 111 min7.4
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian drama
The destinies of two families are irrevocably tied together after a cyclist is hit off the road by a jeep in the night before Christmas Eve.
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The Children's Train
2024 · Directed by Cristina Comencini · 106 min7.4
Why you'll like itAlso a Italian drama
In late 1940s Italy, a mother makes the difficult decision to send her son to the north, where he catches glimpses of a new life away from poverty.