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Movies that feel likeOppenheimer (2023)

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.

If you loved Oppenheimer, the closest films we have are The Zone of Interest (2023), Hacksaw Ridge (2016) and Dunkirk (2017). All three share Oppenheimer's epic and bleak feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Captain (2018).

🍅 93% Rotten Tomatoes★ 8.2 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Christopher Nolancontemplativeepicbleak
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If Oppenheimer hit the spot, these will too

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The Zone of Interest
2023 · dir. Jonathan Glazer
🍅 93%★ 7.3drama · history · warRent or buy

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

The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.

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Hacksaw Ridge
2016 · dir. Mel Gibson
🍅 84%★ 8.1drama · history · war

Both are built on the same subject: a true story

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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Dunkirk
2017 · dir. Christopher Nolan
🍅 92%★ 7.8war · action · historyParamount+

Christopher Nolan working the same nerve twice

The difference: Easier on the stillness than Oppenheimer

The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.

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The Shadow in My Eye
2021 · dir. Ole Bornedal
★ 7.3war · drama · historyNetflix

Common ground: world war ii

On March 21st, 1945, the British Royal Air Force set out on a mission to bomb Gestapo's headquarters in Copenhagen. The raid had fatal consequences as some of the bombers accidentally targeted a school and more than 120 people were killed, 86 of whom were children.

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🍅 52%★ 7.3war · history · drama

The same preoccupation in both: biography

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

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 King
2019 · dir. David Michôd
🍅 71%★ 7.3drama · history · warNetflix

One thread runs through both: a true story

England, 15th century. Hal, a capricious prince who lives among the populace far from court, is forced by circumstances to reluctantly accept the throne and become Henry V.

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Kalashnikov AK-47
2020 · dir. Konstantin Buslov
★ 6.6war · history · dramaPrime Video

Contemplative where it counts, epic underneath

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 — the AK-47. Shot in occupied Crimea.

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Napoleon
2023 · dir. Ridley Scott
🍅 58%★ 6.3history · war · dramaApple TV+

Bleak drama in both cases

An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his wife, Josephine.

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The Monuments Men
2014 · dir. George Clooney
🍅 30%★ 6.1war · drama · historyPrime Video

History built on stillness, twice over

Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on seven over-the-hill, out-of-shape museum directors, artists, architects, curators, and art historians who went to the front lines of WWII to rescue the world’s artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their rightful owners. With the art hidden behind enemy lines, how could these guys hope to succeed?

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The Captain
2018 · dir. Robert Schwentke
🍅 83%★ 7.3war · drama · historyPrime Video

Epic war, and it commits to that

Germany, 1945. Soldier Willi Herold, a deserter of the German army, stumbles into a uniform of a Nazi captain abandoned during the last and desperate weeks of the Third Reich. Newly emboldened by the allure of a suit that he has stolen only to stay warm, Willi discovers that many Germans will follow the leader, whoever he is.

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T-34
2018 · dir. Alexey Sidorov
★ 6.8drama · history · warPrime Video

Drama with a pulse of bleakness, in both cases

In 1944, a courageous group of Russian soldiers managed to escape from German captivity in a half-destroyed legendary T-34 tank. Those were the times of unforgettable bravery, fierce fighting, unbreakable love, and legendary miracles.

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1917
2019 · dir. Sam Mendes
🍅 88%★ 8.2war · drama · historyNetflix

Both lean on stillness more than on 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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