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Movies that feel like Army of Shadows (1969)

If you loved Army of Shadows, the closest films we have are The Imitation Game (2014), Fail Safe (1964) and Schindler's List (1993). All three share Army of Shadows's bleak and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Lionsgate+ Amazon Channels, Howdy Amazon Channel and Netflix and others, checked against today's data.

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, he must continue a quiet, seemingly endless battle against the Nazis in an atmosphere of tension, paranoia and distrust.

πŸ… 97% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 8.1 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Jean-Pierre Melvillebleakcontemplativetenseepic

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Dark Shadows (2012) Β· What We Do in the Shadows (2014)

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The Imitation Game
2014 Β· dir. Morten Tyldum
πŸ… 90%β˜… 8history Β· drama Β· thriller

The same preoccupation in both: world war ii

The difference: A 2010s film, from a different era of filmmaking

Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.

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Fail Safe
1964 Β· dir. Sidney Lumet
πŸ… 93%β˜… 8thriller Β· drama Β· war

Bleak and contemplative in the same breath

The difference: None of the scale that defines Army of Shadows

Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring.

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Schindler's List
1993 Β· dir. Steven Spielberg
πŸ… 98%β˜… 9drama Β· history Β· war

The same two preoccupations: nazi, and concentration camp

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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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
2008 Β· dir. Mark Herman
πŸ… 65%β˜… 7.7drama Β· war Β· history

Nazi sits at the heart of each

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

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. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a Jewish prisoner or the role his own Nazi father plays in his imprisonment, Bruno embarks on a dangerous journey inside the camp's walls.

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Downfall
2004 Β· dir. Oliver Hirschbiegel
πŸ… 90%β˜… 8.2drama Β· history Β· war

Both keep circling back to world war ii

In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his generals and advisers to fight to the last man. When the end finally does come, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender.

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Saving Private Ryan
1998 Β· dir. Steven Spielberg
πŸ… 94%β˜… 8.6war Β· drama Β· history

Epic war, and it commits to that

As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.

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Inglourious Basterds
2009 Β· dir. Quentin Tarantino
πŸ… 89%β˜… 8.4drama Β· thriller Β· war

Both rooted in Paris

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. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.

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Hacksaw Ridge
2016 Β· dir. Mel Gibson
πŸ… 84%β˜… 8.1drama Β· history Β· war

Drama with a pulse of bleakness, in both cases

WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.

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1917
2019 Β· dir. Sam Mendes
πŸ… 88%β˜… 8.2war Β· drama Β· history

Both trade on stillness more than on being history

At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.

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Valkyrie
2008 Β· dir. Bryan Singer
πŸ… 62%β˜… 7.1drama Β· thriller Β· war

Tense thriller in both cases

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. When events unfold so that he becomes a central player, he finds himself tasked with both leading the coup and personally killing the FΓΌhrer.

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πŸ… 52%β˜… 7.3war Β· history Β· drama

War built on scale, twice over

An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.

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The Hurt Locker
2008 Β· dir. Kathryn Bigelow
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.5drama Β· thriller Β· war

Drama with a pulse of tension, in both cases

During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.

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