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Movies that feel likeLabyrinth of Lies (2014)

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

If you loved Labyrinth of Lies, the closest films we have are The Girl with the Needle (2024), The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young (2014) and Borg vs McEnroe (2017). All three share Labyrinth of Lies' contemplative and epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Ambassador (2011).

🍅 83% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗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 · dir. Magnus von Horn
🍅 93%★ 7.5drama · historyRent or buy

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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🍅 60%★ 7.7documentary · historyPrime Video

Both land stillness and scale at once

The difference: Leans harder into documentary than Labyrinth of Lies does

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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Borg vs McEnroe
2017 · dir. Janus Metz
🍅 84%★ 6.9drama · historyNetflixParamount+

Both are built on the same subject: a true story

The Swedish Björn 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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The Ambassador
2011 · dir. Mads Brügger
🍅 71%★ 7.2documentary · history

History with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

Danish journalist Mads Brügger goes undercover as a Liberian Ambassador to embark on a dangerous yet hysterical journey to uncover the blood diamond trade in Africa.

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Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
2001 · dir. Ashutosh Gowariker
🍅 95%★ 8.1adventure · drama · history

Both lean on scale more than on drama

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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The Act of Killing
2012 · dir. Joshua Oppenheimer
🍅 96%★ 8.2documentary · historyRent or buy

Contemplative history in both cases

After befriending documentarian Joshua Oppenheimer, former Indonesian death squad leaders reenact their real-life mass killings in the style of various American film genres. As they recreate their past atrocities, the line between reality and performance blurs, exposing the lingering impact of Indonesia's 1965-66 anti-communist purge and the unsettling psychology of its perpetrators.

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

Drama built on scale, twice over

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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Wolf Totem
2015 · dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud
🍅 67%★ 6.6adventure · drama

Drama in the same key

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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Milk
2008 · dir. Gus Van Sant
🍅 93%★ 7.5history · drama

History of the same temperament

The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an activist for gay rights and inspires others to join him in his fight for equal rights that should be available to all Americans.

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Jobs
2013 · dir. Joshua Michael Stern
🍅 27%★ 6drama · historyPrime VideoStarz

Drama approached the same way

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.

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Air
2023 · dir. Ben Affleck
🍅 93%★ 7.4drama · historyPrime Video

The same history instincts

Discover the game-changing partnership between a then undiscovered Michael Jordan and Nike's fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports and culture with the Air Jordan brand.

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Night and Fog
1956 · dir. Alain Resnais
★ 8.6documentary · historyMax

The same two preoccupations: nazi, and germany

The difference: Made in the 1950s, in a different era of the craft

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

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