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Inglourious Basterds (2009)

4.15 Stars

Adventure, Drama, War

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.

Brutality, Nazi, Nazi Hunter, Revenge, World War Two, Alternate History, France, Jewish Resistance

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The Book Thief (2013)

3.75 Stars

Drama, War

While subjected to the horrors of World War II Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. In the basement of her home, a Jewish refugee is being protected by her adoptive parents.

Similarity: 9.68 (Very Similar)

Book, Book Burning, Nazi, Nazi Germany, World War Two

Similar to Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Stalag 17

4.00 Stars

Comedy, Drama, War

After two Americans are killed while escaping from a German P.O.W. camp in World War II, the barracks black marketeer, J.J. Sefton, is suspected of being an informer.

Similarity: 9.41 (Very Similar)

Betting, Diversionary Tactic, Nazi, Prisoner Of War Camp, World War Two

Similar to Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Lifeboat

3.80 Stars

Drama, War

Several survivors of a torpedoed merchant ship in World War II find themselves in the same lifeboat with one of the crew members of the U-boat that sank their ship.

Similarity: 9.08 (Very Similar)

Lifeboat, Nazi, Sea, U Boat, World War Two

Similar to Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Saving Private Ryan (1998)

4.30 Stars

Drama, War

Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.

Similarity: 9.06 (Very Similar)

1940s, D Day, Rescue Mission, World War Two, Year 1944, Army, France, Unsubtitled Foreign Language

Similar to Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Schindler's List (1993)

4.50 Stars

Biography, Drama, History

In German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.

Similarity: 7.70 (Very Similar)

Accountant, Champagne, Soap, Villa, Womanizer, Black And White, Gratitude, Manicure, Shaving, Holocaust, Marriage, World War Two, Nazi

Similar to Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Suite Française (2015)

3.50 Stars

Drama, Romance, Thriller

During the early years of Nazi occupation of France in World War II, romance blooms between Lucile Angellier (Michelle Williams), a French villager, and Lieutenant Bruno von Falk (Matthias Schoenaerts), a German soldier.

Similarity: 7.23 (Similar)

France, German Occupation Of France, German Soldier, Nazi Occupation, World War Two

Similar to Inglourious Basterds (2009)

The Beast of War (1988)

3.65 Stars

Adventure, Drama, War

A Soviet tank and its warring crew become separated from their patrol and lost in an Afghan valley with a group of vengeance-seeking rebels on their tracks.

Similarity: 7.22 (Similar)

Brutality, Russian, Soldier, Tank Warfare, War Crime

Similar to Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Lore (2012)

3.55 Stars

Drama, Romance, War

As the Allies sweep across Germany, Lore leads her siblings on a journey that exposes them to the truth of their parents' beliefs. An encounter with a mysterious refugee forces Lore to rely on a person she has always been taught to h

Similarity: 7.14 (Similar)

Murder Of A Child, Nazi, Refugee, Survival, World War Two

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The Bridge on the River Kwai

4.10 Stars

Adventure, Drama, War

British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.

Similarity: 6.75 (Similar)

Bridge, British Soldier, Japanese Soldier, Jungle, Uniform, Army, Combat, Construction, Sten Gun, Brutality, Sweat, Bridge Construction

Similar to Inglourious Basterds (2009)

A Hidden Life (2020)

3.70 Stars

Biography, Drama, Romance

The Austrian Franz Jägerstätter, a conscientious objector, refuses to fight for the Nazis in World War II.

Similarity: 6.68 (Similar)

Anti Nazism, Death Penalty, Nazi, Third Reich, World War Two

Similar to Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Idi i smotri (1985)

4.20 Stars

Drama, Thriller, War

After finding an old rifle, a young boy joins the Soviet resistance movement against ruthless German forces and experiences the horrors of World War II.

Similarity: 6.35 (Similar)

Brutality, Crime Against Humanity, Mass Murder, Nazi Occupied Soviet Union, Year 1943, Nazi Occupation, Extermination, Fascism

Similar to Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Jojo Rabbit (2019)

3.95 Stars

Comedy, Drama, War

A young German boy in the Hitler Youth whose hero and imaginary friend is the country's dictator is shocked to discover that his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home.

Similarity: 6.06 (Similar)

Black Comedy, Mother Son Relationship, Nazi Germany, Satire, World War Two

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Letters from Iwo Jima (2007)

3.95 Stars

Action, Adventure, Drama

The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.

Similarity: 6.06 (Similar)

1940s, Imperial Japan, Iwo Jima, Japanese, World War Two, Blood Splatter, Imperial Japanese Army

Similar to Inglourious Basterds (2009)

The Exception (2017)

3.40 Stars

Drama, Romance, War

A German soldier tries to determine if the Dutch resistance has planted a spy to infiltrate the home of Kaiser Wilhelm in Holland during the onset of World War II, but falls for a young Jewish Dutch woman during his investigation.

Similarity: 6.00 (Similar)

Assassination Attempt, Espionage, Forbidden Romance, Male Full Frontal Nudity, Nazi, Kaiser

Similar to Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Darkest Hour (2017)

3.70 Stars

Biography, Drama, History, War

In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler, or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.

Similarity: 5.82 (Similar)

Politics, Prime Minister, Speech, Winston Churchill Character, World War Two

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The Dam Busters (1955)

3.70 Stars

Drama, History, War

The story of how the British attacked German dams in World War II by using an ingenious technique to drop bombs where they would be most effective.

Similarity: 5.78 (Similar)

Aircrew, British Military, Dangerous Mission, Raf Bomber Command, Risk Taking, Based On Book, Based On True Story, World War Two

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Empire of the Sun (1987)

3.85 Stars

Action, Drama, History, War

A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation of China during World War II.

Similarity: 5.75 (Similar)

Battle, Chase, Explosion, Murder, Student, Hong Kong, Imperial Japan, Imperial Japanese Army, Japanese Occupation, World War Two

Similar to Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Der Untergang (2004)

4.10 Stars

Biography, Drama, History

Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII.

Similarity: 5.73 (Similar)

Bunker, Nazi, Suicide, Third Reich, World War Two, Adolf Hitler, Hitler

Similar to Inglourious Basterds (2009)

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)

3.65 Stars

Drama, Romance, War

In the aftermath of World War II, a writer forms an unexpected bond with the residents of Guernsey Island when she decides to write a book about their experiences during the war.

Similarity: 5.71 (Similar)

German Occupation, Nazi Occupation, Nazi Occupied Guernsey, World War Two, Writer

Similar to Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Die Blechtrommel (1979)

3.75 Stars

Drama, War

In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of stairs and stops growing. In 1939, World War II breaks out.

Similarity: 5.71 (Similar)

Boy, Gnome, Nazi, Nazi Uniform, Sexual Intercourse, Murder, Murder Of Father, Subjective Camera

Similar to Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Little Boy (2015)

3.70 Stars

Drama, History, War

An eight-year-old boy is willing to do whatever it takes to end World War II so he can bring his father home. The story reveals the indescribable love a father has for his little boy and the love a son has for his father.

Similarity: 5.68 (Similar)

Faith, Father Son Relationship, Racial Discrimination, Spirituality, World War Two

Similar to Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Catch-22 (1970)

3.55 Stars

Comedy, Drama, War

A man is trying desperately to be certified insane during World War II, so he can stop flying missions.

Similarity: 5.66 (Similar)

Based On Novel, Bomber, U.s. Military, World War Two, Year 1944, U.s. Army Air Force, U.s. Soldier

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Au revoir les enfants (1987)

4.00 Stars

Drama, War

A French boarding school run by priests seems to be a haven from World War II until a new student arrives. Occupying the next bed in the dormitory to the top student in his class, the two young boys begin to form a bond.

Similarity: 5.65 (Similar)

Catholic, Jewish, Nazi, Priest, School

Similar to Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Mrs. Miniver (1942)

3.80 Stars

Drama, Romance, War

A British family struggles to survive the first months of World War II.

Similarity: 5.63 (Similar)

Airplane Crash, Family Relationships, Husband Wife Relationship, Marriage Proposal, World War Two

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Dara iz Jasenovca

4.40 Stars

Drama, War

Follows the story of a young girl named Dara who is sent to a concentration camp in Croatia during World War 2.

Similarity: 5.47 (Similar)

Concentration Camp, Concentration Camps In The Independent State Of Croatia, Genocide Of Serbs In The Independent State Of Croatia, Jasenovac Concentration Camp, World War Two

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Allied (2016)

3.55 Stars

Action, Drama, Romance

In 1942, a Canadian intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.

Similarity: 5.44 (Similar)

Betrayal, French, Nazi, Spy, World War Two

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The Boys from Brazil (1978)

3.50 Stars

Drama, Mystery, Sci-fi

A Nazi hunter in Paraguay discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich.

Similarity: 5.44 (Similar)

Doberman, Nazi, Nazi Hunter, Nazi War Criminal, Paraguay, Old Man

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Europa Europa (1990)

3.80 Stars

Drama, History, War

A boy in Nazi Germany, trying to conceal that he is Jewish, joins the Hitler Youth.

Similarity: 5.44 (Similar)

Circumcision, Hitler Youth, Jewish, Jewish Boy, Nazi

Similar to Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Le dernier métro (1980)

3.70 Stars

Drama, Romance, War

In occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis while doing both of their jobs.

Similarity: 5.36 (Similar)

Anxiety, Gestapo, Hideout, Jew, World War Two

Similar to Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Mai wei (2011)

3.85 Stars

Action, Drama, War

In World War II-era Korea, rival runners, one Korean (Jang Dong-gun) and one Japanese (Joe Odagiri), go to war together against the Soviets.

Similarity: 5.35 (Similar)

1940s, Dead Soldier, Korea, Russia, Year 1944, France, Imperial Japan, Imperial Japanese Army, World War Two

Similar to Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Fury (2014)

3.80 Stars

Action, Drama, War

A grizzled tank commander makes tough decisions as he and his crew fight their way across Germany in April, 1945.

Similarity: 5.27 (Similar)

American Soldier, Battle, Battlefield, Tank, World War Two, Combat

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Victory (1981)

3.30 Stars

Drama, Sport, War

As allied P.O.W.s prepare for a soccer game against the German National Team to be played in Nazi-occupied Paris, the French Resistance and British officers are making plans for the team's escape.

Similarity: 5.22 (Similar)

Escape, Prison, Prisoner Of War, Sports Team, World War Two

Similar to Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Henry V (1989)

3.75 Stars

Action, Biography, Drama, History, War

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

Similarity: 5.18 (Similar)

Battle, Battlefield, France, King, Shakespeare Play

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De slag om de Schelde (2021)

3.55 Stars

Drama, War

1944, the Second World War. A British glider pilot, a Dutch boy fighting on the German side and a Dutch female resistance member all end up involved in the Battle of the Schelde. Their choices differ, but their goal is the same: free

Similarity: 5.16 (Similar)

1940s, Boy, World War, World War Two, Year 1944, Based On True Story, Forgotten History, Soldier, Netherlands, Allied Forces, Canadian Army, Dutch Resistance

Similar to Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Irréversible (2002)

3.65 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the beautiful Alex is brutally raped and beaten by a stranger in the underpass.

Similarity: 5.10 (Similar)

Long Take, Rape, Revenge, Sexual Violence, Unsimulated Sex, Vengeance, Brutality

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Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

4.15 Stars

Drama, War

In 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazis judged for war crimes.

Similarity: 5.06 (Similar)

Judge, Nazi, Nuremberg Germany, Nuremberg Trials, War Crime, Allies Occupation Of Germany, War Crimes Court, War Crimes Trial

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In Darkness (2012)

3.65 Stars

Drama, War

A dramatization of one man's rescue of Jewish refugees in the German-occupied Polish city of Lvov.

Similarity: 5.03 (Similar)

1940s, Based On True Story, Holocaust, Jewish, Nazi

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Popiól i diament (1958)

3.90 Stars

Drama, Romance, War

As WWII and the German occupation ends, the Polish resistance and the Russian forces turn on each other in an attempt to take over leadership in Communist Poland.

Similarity: 5.02 (Similar)

1940s, Resistance Movement, Russian Abroad, Soviet Troops, World War Two

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La ciociara (1960)

3.90 Stars

Drama, War

In the Italy of WWII, a widow and her lonely daughter seek for distance between them and the horrors of war.

Similarity: 4.96 (Slightly Similar)

Gang Rape, Italy, Rape Victim, Raped By A Soldier, World War Two

Similar to Inglourious Basterds (2009)

U-571 (2000)

3.30 Stars

Action, War

A German submarine is boarded by disguised American submariners trying to capture their Enigma cipher machine.

Similarity: 4.93 (Slightly Similar)

Naval Officer, Nazi, Submarine Movie, U Boat, World War Two

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Roma città aperta (1945)

4.00 Stars

Drama, Thriller, War

During the Nazi occupation of Rome in 1944, the Resistance leader, Giorgio Manfredi, is chased by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a way to escape.

Similarity: 4.91 (Slightly Similar)

Nazi, Nazi Occupation, Priest, World War Two In Italy, Year 1944, Curfew, Blowtorch, Burned With Blowtorch, Catholic Priest

Similar to Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Twelve O'Clock High (1950)

3.85 Stars

Drama, War

A hard-as-nails general (Gregory Peck as General Savage) takes over a bomber unit suffering from low morale and whips them into fighting shape.

Similarity: 4.90 (Slightly Similar)

American Abroad, B 17 Bomber, Military Leadership, Reminiscence, World War Two, Airplane Navigator, Bombardier, American In The Uk, Boeing B 17 Flying Fortress, Four Engine Airplane, Ptsd Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Similar to Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Stalingrad (2013)

2.80 Stars

Action, Drama, War

A group of Russian soldiers fight to hold a strategic building in their devastated city against a ruthless German army, and in the process become deeply connected to two Russian women who have been living there.

Similarity: 4.86 (Slightly Similar)

Heroism, Russia, Russian History, Stalingrad, World War Two, Battle Of Stalingrad, Glorification, Heroic Military

Similar to Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Nanjing! Nanjing! (2009)

3.85 Stars

Drama, History, War

In 1937, Japan occupied Nanjing, the Chinese capital. There was a battle and subsequent atrocities against the inhabitants, especially those who took refuge in the International Security Zone.

Similarity: 4.86 (Slightly Similar)

Chinese Army, Chinese History, Japanese Flag, Japanese Occupation, Japanese Occupation Of China, China, Timeframe 1930s, World War Two

Similar to Inglourious Basterds (2009)

To Be or Not to Be (1983)

3.40 Stars

Comedy, Drama, War

At the onset of WW2, a Polish actor's family and the Polish Resistance help the troupe of a theatre escape Poland and the invading Nazis.

Similarity: 4.86 (Slightly Similar)

Gay Man, Gun Violence, Lgbt, Nazi, Neo Screwball Comedy

Similar to Inglourious Basterds (2009)

The Grey Zone (2001)

3.50 Stars

Drama, History, War

A Nazi doctor, along with the Sonderkommando, Jews who are forced to work in the crematoria of Auschwitz against their fellow Jews, find themselves in a moral grey zone.

Similarity: 4.78 (Slightly Similar)

Based On True Story, Concentration Camp, Gas Chamber, Jew, Nazi

Similar to Inglourious Basterds (2009)

The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)

3.25 Stars

Action, Adventure, Drama

The cruel King Louis XIV of France has a secret twin brother whom he keeps imprisoned. Can the twin be substituted for the real king?

Similarity: 4.70 (Slightly Similar)

17th Century, France, Musketeer, Three Musketeers, Twin

Similar to Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Casablanca (1943)

4.25 Stars

Drama, Romance, War

A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.

Similarity: 4.65 (Slightly Similar)

Anti Nazi, Casablanca Morocco, French Morocco, Love Triangle, Nazi, Nightclub

Similar to Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Bloodshot (2020)

2.85 Stars

Action, Drama, Sci-fi, Adventure

Ray Garrison, a slain soldier, is re-animated with superpowers.

Similarity: 4.65 (Slightly Similar)

Body Enhancement, Nanotechnology, One Word Title, Superhero, Valiant Comics, Brainwashing, Memory, Revenge

Similar to Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Where Eagles Dare (1969)

3.80 Stars

Action, Adventure, War

Allied agents stage a daring raid on a castle where the Nazis are holding American brigadier general George Carnaby prisoner, but that's not all that's really going on.

Similarity: 4.61 (Slightly Similar)

British Intelligence, Commando Unit, Infiltrator, Mi6, Sabotage, British Traitor, Cablecar, Castle, World War Two