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Movies that feel likeNight and Fog (1956)

Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.

If you loved Night and Fog, the closest films we have are Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), Pather Panchali (1955) and Throne of Blood (1957). All three share Night and Fog's contemplative and epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Los Angeles Plays Itself (2004).

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Judgment at Nuremberg
1961 · dir. Stanley Kramer
🍅 93%★ 8.3drama · history

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

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Night and Fog does

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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Pather Panchali
1955 · dir. Satyajit Ray
🍅 98%★ 8.2drama · historyMax

Contemplative where it counts, epic underneath

Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work. Alone, his wife, Sarbojaya, looks after her rebellious daughter, Durga, and her young son, Apu, as well as Harihar's elderly aunt Indir. The children enjoy the small pleasures of their difficult life, while their parents suffer the daily indignities heaped upon them.

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Throne of Blood
1957 · dir. Akira Kurosawa
🍅 96%★ 8drama · historyMax

Contemplative history, and it commits to that

Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan is one of his most acclaimed films.

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Labyrinth of Lies
2014 · dir. Giulio Ricciarelli
🍅 83%★ 7.3drama · history

One thread runs through both: germany

The difference: Made in the 2010s, in a different era of the craft

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

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Hiroshima Mon Amour
1959 · dir. Alain Resnais
🍅 96%★ 7.8drama · history · romance

Alain Resnais directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The deep conversation between a Japanese architect and a French actress forms the basis of this celebrated French film, considered one of the vanguard productions of the French New Wave. Set in Hiroshima after the end of World War II, the couple -- lovers turned friends -- recount, over many hours, previous romances and life experiences. The two intertwine their stories about the past with pondering the devastation wrought by the atomic bomb dropped on the city.

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The Ten Commandments
1956 · dir. Cecil B. DeMille
🍅 82%★ 7.9drama · historyParamount+

Documentary with a pulse of scale, in both cases

Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon discovery of his true heritage, Moses embarks on a personal quest to reclaim his destiny as the leader and liberator of the Hebrew people.

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Paris Is Burning
1991 · dir. Jennie Livingston
🍅 99%★ 8.2documentary · historyMax

Both lean on stillness more than on documentary

Where does voguing come from, and what, exactly, is throwing shade? This landmark documentary provides a vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City's African American and Latinx Harlem drag-ball scene. Made over seven years, PARIS IS BURNING offers an intimate portrait of rival fashion "houses," from fierce contests for trophies to house mothers offering sustenance in a world rampant with homophobia, transphobia, racism, AIDS, and poverty. Featuring legendary voguers, drag queens, and trans women — including Willi Ninja, Pepper LaBeija, Dorian Corey, and Venus Xtravaganza.

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Spartacus
1960 · dir. Stanley Kubrick
🍅 93%★ 7.9history · drama · adventure

Common ground: torture

The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes.

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Mutiny on the Bounty
1935 · dir. Frank Lloyd
🍅 96%★ 7.6adventure · drama · history

Epic history in both cases

Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on revenge.

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Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004 · dir. Thom Andersen
🍅 96%★ 7.8documentary · history

The documentary is handled with the same confidence

From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen takes viewers on a whirlwind tour through the metropolis' real and cinematic history, investigating the myriad stories and legends that have come to define it, and meticulously, judiciously revealing the real city that lives beneath.

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🍅 60%★ 7.7documentary · history

Both are history through and through

In its first 25 years only 10 people have finished The Barkley Marathons. Based on a historic prison escape, this cult like race tempts people from around the world to test their limits of physical and mental endurance in this documentary that contemplates the value of pain.

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Captain Blood
1935 · dir. Michael Curtiz
🍅 100%★ 7.7adventure

A 1930s cousin in spirit

The difference: Takes it somewhere less contemplative than Night and Fog does

Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.

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