Movies like Brecht
If you like "Brecht" you are looking for psychological, tense and thought provoking movies about / with playwright, nazi, poet, nazism, world war one, literature and german culture themes of Biography, Drama and History genre shot in Germany or Austria.
Find your next favorite and similar movies in two steps:
1. Identify all themes of interest from this film (block below).
2. Look for them in the presented list.
Brecht (2019)
412
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Germany, Austria, Czech Republic
Duration: 187 min.
Story:
Bertolt Brecht, a theatre revolutionary, poet of the state, outsider, looks back on his life in 1956, the year of his death, in East Berlin: adolescent provocations in Augsburg during the First World War, early poetic and amorous flights of fancy in the Munich and Berlin of the 1920s, his escape from Hitler, returning from the US exile, followed by his later years caught in a dilemma between timeless classic and a failing GDR class fighter, an indefatigable free spirit and compromised artist.
Style:
psychological, tense, thought provoking, disturbing, humorous, visually appealing, fun
Plot:
playwright, nazi, poet, nazism, world war one, literature, german culture, life, art, biopic, female nudity, poem, portrait of an artist, leftist, shower, nazis
Time:
1920s, 1940s, 50s, 1930s, 1950s, 1910s, 30s ...
Place:
germany, berlin germany, east germany
Movie in categories
Most similar movies to Brecht
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, disturbing, tense and psychological films with plots about biopic, world war two, nazi, female nudity, writers, art and nazism mostly in Drama, History and Biography genres. Some movies like Brecht: Inside the Third Reich (1982), Goebbels and the Führer (2024), The Bad Poet (2020), The Invisibles (2017), Einstein and Eddington (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
Story:
A dramatization of the life of Albert Speer, Hitler's young architect and onetime confidant, and his meteoric rise into the Nazi hierarchy. Based upon Speer's own monograph of the same title.
Style:
political, tense, thought provoking, grim, bleak ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi, nazi germany, third reich, character study, biopic, architecture, ambition, moral ambiguity, ideology, totalitarianism, rise to power ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 1920s
Place:
berlin germany, germany
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, Slovakia
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
As Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels creates films and pictures used to prepare the Germans for Total War and the Holocaust. When the war is lost, he conceives his last staging, the most radical propaganda act still possible to him.
Style:
historical drama, disturbing, grim, period piece, dark ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, propaganda, nazi germany, hitler, biopic, manipulation, political corruption, husband wife relationship, infidelity, flashback, nazi propaganda ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s
Place:
berlin germany, germany
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
1936. Giovanni Comini, the youngest Federal in Fascist Italy, is summoned to Rome for a delicate mission: to monitor aging national poet Gabriele D'Annunzio, whose increasingly restless behavior Mussolini fears could damage his alliance with ...
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, disturbing
Plot:
fascism, poet, italian fascism, secret police, politics, relationship vs career, political unrest, political intrigue, federal agent, social problems, moral dilemma, biopic ...
Time:
1930s, year 1936
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Austria, Germany, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Before Dawn charts the years of exile in the life of famous Jewish Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, his inner struggle for the "right attitude" towards the events in war torn Europe and his search for a new home.
Style:
exciting, thought provoking, captivating, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
writers, exile, husband wife relationship, world war two, writing a book, ex husband ex wife relationship, judaism, art, politics, sociology, biopic, double suicide ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942, 1930s, year 1941, year 1936
Place:
germany, new york, buenos aires argentina, brazil
Similarity:
73%
Movie in collections
Genre: Documentary, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Four young Jews survive the Third Reich in the middle of Berlin by living so recklessly that they become "invisible."
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, suspense, sincere, thought provoking ...
Plot:
holocaust, nazi officer, world war two, holocaust survivor, refugee, courage, resistance, hiding, nazi, feminist, military, biopic ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, 20th century
Place:
germany, berlin germany
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A look at the evolution of Albert Einstein's theory of relativity, and Einstein's relationship with British scientist Sir Arthur Eddington, the first physicist to understand his ideas.
Style:
serious, realistic, thought provoking, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
science, world war one, astronomer, campus, workaholic, workplace situations, wartime life, workplace, mathematics, university, physicist, research ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
germany, europe, england
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
On January 20, 1942, the Wannsee Conference takes place in Berlin, a meeting that had only one item on the agenda: The Final Solution, the organization of the systematic mass murder of eleven million European Jews.
Style:
tense, disturbing, captivating, bleak, grim ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, nazi, nazism, ss officer, jew persecution, nazi officer, genocide, anti semitism, war crime, nazi germany, wartime ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942
Place:
berlin germany, germany
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Hungary, West Germany, Austria
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A man's story parallels Hitler's rise. Austrian Klaus Schneider, wounded in World War I, recovers in the care of Dr. Emil Bettleheim. Bettleheim discovers that Schneider possesses powers of empathy and of clairvoyance, such that could aid ...
Style:
spiritual, intelligent, esoteric, sad, realistic ...
Plot:
homoeroticism, nazi occultism, world war one, world war two, uncover truth, nazi, swastika, german soldier, german history, interwar period, occult, social commentary ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s
Place:
germany, eastern europe, berlin germany
Similarity:
56%
Movie in collections
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A look at the final days in the life of playwright William Shakespeare.
Style:
frightening, captivating, psychological, tense, touching ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
playwright, british history, shakespeare, historical figure, death of son, father daughter relationship, family secret, retirement, church, writers, biopic, society ...
Time:
ancient times, 17th century, medieval times
Place:
united kingdom
Similarity:
54%
618
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, West Germany, UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Two young boys from very different backgrounds become friends in 1933 Stuttgart. However, they don't realize how different they are until much later as one is the son of a well-to-do Jewish doctor and the other the son of a German aristocrat. ...
Style:
independent film, thought provoking, disturbing, serious, realistic
Plot:
world war two, anti semitism, friendship between boys, nazi, friendship, boyhood, religions or cults, against humanity, society, confined, coming of age, youth ...
Time:
1940s, year 1989, 1930s
Place:
europe, germany
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Poland, West Germany, East Germany
Duration: 171 min.
Story:
This Polish historical drama film traces the fascinating saga of a wealthy, princely Polish dynasty in years 1900-1935.
Style:
family saga
Plot:
renaissance, nazism, monarchy, dynasty, female nudity, nazi, aristocracy, brotherhood, mine, palace, incest, man in a wheelchair ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, pre world war two, 1920s, 1910s ...
Place:
poland, eastern europe
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The life pages of a man who changed the world but paid back everything he had. Leon Trotsky is being interviewed in Mexico city of the year 1940 by Canadian journalist Frank Jackson. During eight days they have eight interview sessions revealing the ...
Style:
rough, tense, tragic ending, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
lenin, rivalry, world war one, chase, danger, storytelling, violence, death, communism, imperial russia, russian politics, revolutionary ...
Time:
1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 19th century ...
Place:
ussr
Similarity:
51%
190
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: West Germany
Duration: 187 min.
Story:
This ethereal, three-hour biopic is the middle film in Hans-Jürgen Syberberg’s “German Trilogy” on the mythological foundations of the Third Reich. By fusing theater, music, and cinema, Syberberg conjures up Karl May (1842-1912), the ...
Style:
visual, surreal, avant garde
Plot:
writers, poet, divorce, flashback, journalist, death, past, symbolism, memory, male protagonist, dictator, nazi ...
Place:
germany
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A look at the life and career of controversial Louisiana governor Huey Long, whose nickname was "The Kingfish."
Style:
political, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, sincere ...
Plot:
corporation, politician, fascism, royalty, american politics, assassination, biopic, campaign, life is a bitch, human spirit, society, ambition ...
Time:
1930s, 1910s, 1920s
Place:
louisiana, usa
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Germany in the early 19th century. "Die Vermessung der Welt" follows the two brilliant and eccentric scientists Alexander von Humboldt and Carl Friedrich Gauss on their life paths.
Style:
captivating, realistic, psychological, factual, semi serious ...
Plot:
scientist, mathematics, science, inventions and discoveries, biopic, naturalist, society, rivalry, friendship, wanderlust, victorian england, monkey ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
germany
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Summer 1890. In order to make some money to feed his family, Anton Chekhov, modest physician, wrote short stories for newspapers to sign Antosha Tchékhonté. Important characters, writer and editor, just make him aware of his talent. His situation ...
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, captivating, gloomy ...
Plot:
writers, literature, writer's life, biopic, tuberculosis, family relations, couple relations, life is a bitch, obsession, siblings relations, artists and showbiz, infidelity ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
russia
Similarity:
46%
388
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Finland, Estonia
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
The life of a heroine. The life and work of Hella Wuolijoki. A poet, spy and millionaire, she turned into an internationally acclaimed businesswoman, politician and playwright, who collaborated with Europe's leading writers such as Bertolt ...
Style:
captivating, factual, psychological, tense
Plot:
playwright, power, writers, women in society, prisoner, politics, world war two, stage play, business, interrogation, jail, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
1940s, year 1936, year 1929, year 1941, year 1942 ...
Place:
finland, soviet union, helsinki finland, stockholm sweden, ussr
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Hungary
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Hollywood, 1942. The US government pressures Hungarian-born film director Michael Curtiz, who is about to finish shooting Casablanca, to accentuate the film's propaganda message in order to sway public opinion in favor of the country's ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
world war two, father daughter relationship, director, life is a bitch, political unrest, family problems, relationship problems, father and daughter, family relations, hollywood, propaganda, movie business ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
hungary
Similarity:
44%
Movie in collections
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Czech Republic, UK, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The account of keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Jan and Antonina Zabinski, who helped save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion.
Style:
factual, costume drama, rough, sad, tense ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
holocaust, zoo, nazi, world war two, marriage, hiding place, shoah, nazi occupied poland, women, zookeeper, world war, biopic ...
Time:
1930s, year 2017, 1940s
Place:
warsaw poland, poland, germany, central europe
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
At the tense 1938 Munich Conference, former friends who now work for opposing governments become reluctant spies racing to expose a Nazi secret.
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense, dramatic ...
Plot:
world war two, politics, nazi, nazi germany, government conspiracy, emergency, political conspiracy, conspiracy, political unrest, political intrigue, espionage, civil war ...
Time:
1930s, year 1938, 20th century
Place:
germany, munich germany, europe
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
historical drama, dramatic, period piece, serious, intense ...
Plot:
poet, german history, competition, writers, biopic, literary, playwright, ambition, palace intrigue, rivalry, sacrifice, desertion ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An intimate portrayal of the relationship between one of greatest artists of the 20th century, L.S. Lowry and his unhappy and controlling mother, Elizabeth, whom he lived with all his life.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thought provoking, disturbing
Plot:
painter, artist, art, mother, biopic, family relations, lifestyle, family problems, parents and children, relationship problems, follow your dream, artists' life ...
Time:
1930s, year 1934
Place:
manchester
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: France, Israel, Bulgaria, UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Victor Perez was a Jewish boxer who became world flyweight champion in 1931 and 1932, but was transported to Auschwitz concentration camp when Paris fell to the Nazi s in 1943. While there he was forced into slave labour and made to participate in ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
boxing, anti semitism, hopes, holocaust, contests and competitions, ambition, life is a bitch, human spirit, danger, rivalry, society, violence ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, 1940s
Place:
africa, europe
Similarity:
40%
Movie in collections
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Ukraine, Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
This is a metaphorical story about the tragic and mysterious death of the most powerful poet of 1960s, human rights activist, hero of Ukraine Vasyl Stus and his struggle with the Soviet system. The events of the film unfold during the last attempt ...
Style:
thought provoking, psychological, political, serious, disturbing ...
Plot:
human rights, kgb, fighting the system, poet, writer's life, writers, social activist, historical figure, activist, heroes, historical character, freedom fighter ...
Time:
60s
Place:
ukraine
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Austria, Czech Republic
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The events in Sarajevo in June 1914 are the backdrop for a thriller directed by Andreas Prochaska and written by Martin Ambrosch, focusing on the examining magistrate Dr. Leo Pfeffer (Florian Teichtmeister) investigating the assassination of ...
Style:
captivating, serious, factual, tense, historical drama
Plot:
world war one, assassination, political conspiracy, freedom fighter, investigation, dictatorship, great war, world war two, royalty, dictator, rivalry, society ...
Time:
1910s, year 1914
Place:
sarajevo, germany, bosnia herzegovina, serbia
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
This is the true story of Freddy and Walter – two young Slovak Jews, who were deported to Auschwitz in 1942. On 10 April 1944, after meticulous planning and with the help and the resilience of their inmates, they manage to escape. While the ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense, social
Plot:
nazi, concentration camp, nazi occupation, escape, world war two, wartime life, wartime, jew persecution, war violence, life is a bitch, male pubic hair, nazi propaganda ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
central europe, germany
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Lou Andreas-Salomé, the woman who enraptured 19th century Europe’s greatest minds, recounts her life to Ernst Pfeiffer in this German film directed by Cordula Kablitz-Post. A published novelist, poet and essayist, Salomé’s desire to live a ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, thought provoking, psychiatric
Plot:
psychiatry, psychoanalysis, psychiatrist, female psychiatrist, women, ambition, social relations, society, historical figure, high society, ambitious woman, social problems ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1860s
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 174 min.
TV show
Story:
The life and struggle of the Dassler brothers. Founders of the brands of Adidas and Puma.
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological
Plot:
brother brother relationship, shoemaker, business, family business, factory, nazism, father son relationship, nazi germany, ambition, rivalry, dysfunctional family, brothers ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 20th century, 1920s, 1950s ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
To Walk Invisible takes a new look at the extraordinary Brontë family, telling the story of these remarkable women who, despite the obstacles they faced, came from obscurity to produce some of the greatest novels in the English language.
Style:
captivating, dark, historical drama, cult classic, gothic ...
Plot:
writers, victorian england, novelist, sisters, female writer, publisher, women, sister, historical figure, family relations, social relations, writer's life ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1840s
Place:
yorkshire
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Austria, Luxembourg
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
At the beginning of the 20th Century Egon Schiele is one of the most provocative artists in Vienna. His life and work are driven by beautiful women and an era that is coming to an end. Two women will have a lasting impact on him - his sister and ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, touching, artsy ...
Plot:
painter, art, art history, brother sister relationship, biopic, model, trial, love, art exhibition, terminal illness, death of brother, money problems ...
Time:
1910s, year 1918
Place:
vienna
Similarity:
36%
Related movie lists
