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Movies that feel like Labyrinth of Lies (2014)

If you loved Labyrinth of Lies, the closest films we have are The Girl with the Needle (2024), Borg vs McEnroe (2017) and Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001). All three share Labyrinth of Lies' contemplative and epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 5 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.

A young prosecutor in postwar West Germany investigates a massive conspiracy to cover up the Nazi pasts of prominent public figures.

πŸ… 83% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.3 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Giulio Ricciarellicontemplativeepic

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Labyrinth (1986)

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The Girl with the Needle
2024 Β· dir. Magnus von Horn
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.5drama Β· history

The same preoccupation in both: a true story

Struggling to survive in post-WWI Copenhagen, a newly unemployed and pregnant young woman is taken in by a charismatic elder to help run an underground adoption agency. The two form an unexpected bond, until a sudden discovery changes everything.

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Borg vs McEnroe
2017 Β· dir. Janus Metz
πŸ… 84%β˜… 6.9drama Β· history

Both are built on the same subject: a true story

The Swedish BjΓΆrn Borg and the American John McEnroe, the best tennis players in the world, maintain a legendary duel during the 1980 Wimbledon tournament.

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Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
2001 Β· dir. Ashutosh Gowariker
πŸ… 95%β˜… 8.1adventure Β· drama Β· history

The same mix in both: stillness, then scale

The difference: Sits closer to adventure than Labyrinth of Lies does

The year is 1893 and India is under British occupation. In a small village, the tyrannical Captain Russell has imposed an unprecedented land tax on its citizens. Outraged, Bhuvan, a rebellious farmer, rallies the villagers to publicly oppose the tax. Russell offers a novel way to settle the dispute: he challenges Bhuvan and his men to a game of cricket, a sport completely foreign to India. If Bhuvan and his men can defeat Russell's team, the tax will be repealed.

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Judgment at Nuremberg
1961 Β· dir. Stanley Kramer
πŸ… 93%β˜… 8.3drama Β· history

Both are working the same pair: nazi, world war ii

The difference: 53 years apart, and the 1960s show

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. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his defense attorney Hans Rolfe, but also from the widow of a Nazi general, an idealistic U.S. Army captain and reluctant witness Irene Wallner.

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Wolf Totem
2015 Β· dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud
πŸ… 67%β˜… 6.6adventure Β· drama

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

In 1969, a young Beijing student, Chen Zhen, is sent to live among the nomadic herdsmen of Inner Mongolia. Caught between the advance of civilization from the south and the nomads' traditional enemies - the marauding wolves - to the north; humans and animals, residents and invaders alike, struggle to find their true place in the world.

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Kalashnikov AK-47
2020 Β· dir. Konstantin Buslov
β˜… 6.6war Β· history Β· drama

One thread runs through both: world war ii

A Russian military propaganda film about the tank commander Kalashnikov, severely injured in battle in 1941. The accident leaves him incapacitated and unable to return to the front line. While recovering in the hospital, he begins creating the initial sketches of what will become one of the world’s most legendary weapons. A self-taught inventor is only 29 when he develops the now iconic assault riffle β€” the AK-47. Shot in occupied Crimea.

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Darkest Hour
2017 Β· dir. Joe Wright
πŸ… 84%β˜… 7.4drama Β· history

Both lean on scale more than on history

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.

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The Walk
2015 Β· dir. Robert Zemeckis
πŸ… 83%β˜… 7.3history Β· drama Β· adventure

Drama built on stillness, twice over

The story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's attempt to cross the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974.

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Steve Jobs
2015 Β· dir. Danny Boyle
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.2drama Β· history

Epic history in both cases

Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.

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King Richard
2021 Β· dir. Reinaldo Marcus Green
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.5drama Β· history

Drama approached the same way

The story of how Richard Williams served as a coach to his daughters Venus and Serena, who will soon become two of the most legendary tennis players in history.

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The Two Popes
2019 Β· dir. Fernando Meirelles
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7.6drama Β· history

Both play history straight

Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict. Instead, facing scandal and self-doubt, the introspective Pope Benedict summons his harshest critic and future successor to Rome to reveal a secret that would shake the foundations of the Catholic Church.

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Sully
2016 Β· dir. Clint Eastwood
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.4drama Β· history

Both keep coming back to the same thing: the investigation

On 15 January 2009, the world witnessed the 'Miracle on the Hudson' when Captain 'Sully' Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 souls aboard. However, even as Sully was being heralded by the public and the media for his unprecedented feat of aviation skill, an investigation was unfolding that threatened to destroy his reputation and career.

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