Top 10 awesome movies like Downfall that you will enjoy watching
You just finished watching Downfall and you can't get over how good this movie was. Now you want to watch more of such masterpieces. We have curated a list of similar movies which are created by the likes of Oliver Hirschbiegel, Bruno Ganz and Alexandra Maria Lara . Here goes the list -
- The Romanovs: An Imperial Family
- The Killing Fields
- The Invisibles
- A Woman in Berlin
- The Last Emperor
- The Girl King
- John Rabe
- Hälfte des Lebens
- The Zookeeper's Wife
- Measuring the World
The Romanovs: An Imperial Family
The story of the last year and a half of Tsar Nicholas II and his family from the February Revolution of 1917 to their execution in July 1918.
This movie, created by Gleb Panfilov, Aleksandr Galibin and Lynda Bellingham, scores 7.0 on IMDb.
Genres - History | Drama | Biography
The Killing Fields
A journalist is trapped in Cambodia during tyrant Pol Pot's bloody 'Year Zero' cleansing campaign, which claimed the lives of two million 'undesirable' civilians.
This movie, created by Roland Joffé, Sam Waterston and Haing S. Ngor, scores 7.8 on IMDb.
Genres - History | Biography | Drama
You can watch this on Tubi Tv.
Watch TrailerThe Invisibles
While Joseph Goebbels infamously declared Berlin "free of Jews" in 1943, 1,700 managed to survive in the Nazi capital through the end of WWII. The Invisibles traces the stories of four young people who learned to hide in plain sight.
This movie, created by Claus Räfle, Max Mauff and Alice Dwyer, scores 7.1 on IMDb.
Genres - History | Drama | Biography
You can watch this on Amazon Prime Video and Tubi Tv.
Watch TrailerA Woman in Berlin
A woman tries to survive the invasion of Berlin by the Soviet troops during the last days of World War II.
This movie, created by Max Färberböck, Nina Hoss and Evgeniy Sidikhin, scores 7.1 on IMDb.
Genres - History | Biography | Drama
You can watch this on Amazon Video.
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The story of the final Emperor of China.
This movie, created by Bernardo Bertolucci, John Lone and Joan Chen, scores 7.7 on IMDb.
Genres - History | Biography | Drama
You can watch this on Hbo Now Amazon Channel.
Watch TrailerThe Girl King
THE GIRL KING paints a portrait of the brilliant, extravagant Kristina of Sweden, queen from age six, who fights the conservative forces that are against her ideas to modernize Sweden and who have no tolerance for her awakening sexuality.
This movie, created by Mika Kaurismäki, Malin Buska and Sarah Gadon, scores 5.9 on IMDb.
Genres - History | Biography | Drama
You can watch this on Hulu, Amazon Prime Video and Tubi Tv.
Watch TrailerJohn Rabe
A true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937-38.
This movie, created by Florian Gallenberger, Ulrich Tukur and Daniel Brühl, scores 7.2 on IMDb.
Genres - History | Biography | Drama
Watch TrailerHälfte des Lebens
Ten decisive years (1796 - 1806) in the life of the great German poet Friedrich Hölderlin. In order to earn money as a tutor "Hölder" moves in with the Gontards, a banker's family in Frankfurt, and gives lessons to the four children of the wealthy household. It doesn't take long for him to discover his passion for the children's mother, Susette Gontard. Ordinary family life is obstructed even further by news from the French Revolution.
This movie, created by Herrmann Zschoche, Ulrich Mühe and Jenny Gröllmann, scores 6.7 on IMDb.
Genres - History | Drama | Biography
The Zookeeper's Wife
The Zookeeper's Wife tells the account of keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Antonina and Jan Zabinski, who helped save hundreds of people and animals during the German invasion.
This movie, created by Niki Caro, Jessica Chastain and Johan Heldenbergh, scores 7.0 on IMDb.
Genres - History | Biography | Drama
You can watch this on Redbox, Amc On Demand, Fandangonow, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Youtube, Google Play Movies and Vudu.
Watch TrailerMeasuring the World
Germany in the early 19th century. "Die Vermessung der Welt" follows the two brilliant and eccentric scientists Alexander von Humboldt and Carl Friedrich Gauss on their life paths.
This movie, created by Detlev Buck, Albrecht Schuch and Baldanpurev Sambuu, scores 5.8 on IMDb.
Genres - History | Biography | Drama
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