Nazi war criminal movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant nazi war criminal movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out tense, serious, realistic, suspense, captivating and disturbing films and TV shows about / with nazi war criminal, world war two, nazi, holocaust, murder, nazi uniform, world war, war criminal, politics and judaism plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and War genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as nazi war criminal: Eichmann (2007), The Debt (2010), Remember (2015), The Replacement (2021), Labyrinth of Lies (2014), Apt Pupil (1998), The People vs. Fritz Bauer (2015), After the Truth (1999), Angel of Death (1985), Judgment at Nuremberg (1961).
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Hungary, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Based upon the final confession of Adolf Eichmann, made before his execution in Israel, of his role in Hitler's plan for the final solution.
Style:
serious, captivating, tense, disturbing, sincere ...
Plot:
holocaust, nazi, nazi war criminal, anti semitism, legal, life is a bitch, prison, genocide, nazi germany, courtroom, investigation, confined ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 60s, post world war two, 50s ...
Place:
europe, israel, middle east, budapest
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Israel, Hungary, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Rachel Singer is a former Mossad agent who tried to capture a notorious Nazi war criminal – the Surgeon of Birkenau – in a secret Israeli mission that ended with his death on the streets of East Berlin. Now, 30 years later, a man claiming to be ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, exciting, talky, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
mossad, spy, war criminal, redemption, nazi hunter, cold war, secret agent, espionage, passionate kiss, nazi, nazi war criminal, kidnapping ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 70s, year 1997, year 1966 ...
Place:
middle east, israel, germany, berlin germany, kiev ukraine ...
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30K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, Mexico, Germany, South Africa
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family.
Style:
unusual plot structure, twist ending, suspense, psychological, touching ...
Plot:
nazi, revenge, ss, auschwitz, holocaust, nazi war criminal, nazi officer, old man, swastika, disappearance, genocide, world war two ...
Time:
year 2015
Place:
germany, cleveland ohio, canada, reno nevada
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Spain, Belgium
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Spain, 1982. Andrés Expósito, a young police inspector, accepts a posting in Denia, a small town on the Mediterranean coast, in the hope of leading a quieter life and that the natural environment will help improve the fragile health of his ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, tense, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
nazi, corpse, alcohol abuse, murder, drug addiction, nazism, resort, family relations, investigation, drug, nazi war criminal, murder investigation ...
Time:
80s, year 1982
Place:
spain, germany, valencia spain
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A young prosecutor in postwar West Germany investigates a massive conspiracy to cover up the Nazi pasts of prominent public figures.
Style:
disturbing, serious, realistic, captivating, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
holocaust, lawyer, nazi, prosecutor, post war germany, ex nazi, nazi war criminal, idealism, world war two, genocide, holocaust survivor, investigation ...
Time:
post world war two, 20th century, 1950s, year 1958, year 1963 ...
Place:
germany, frankfurt germany, west germany, berlin germany
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France, Canada
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Neighborhood boy Todd Bowden discovers that an old man living on his block named Arthur Denker is nazi war criminal. Bowden confronts Denker and offers him a deal: Bowden will not go to the authorities if Denker tells him stories of the ...
Style:
psychological, tense, disturbing, suspense, serious ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
holocaust, nazi, stephen king, blackmail, nazism, violence, high school, murder, war criminal, obsession, world war two, death ...
Time:
year 1984, 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
germany, california, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
It is the late 1950s. Flourishing under the economic miracle, Germany grows increasingly apathetic about confronting the horrors of its recent past. Nevertheless, Fritz Bauer doggedly devotes his energies to bringing the Third Reich to justice. One ...
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, rough ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
nazi, war criminal, mossad, shoah, holocaust, courtroom, nazi hunter, nazi war criminal, world war two, attorney, gay affair, death threat ...
Time:
1950s, 60s, 20th century, 50s
Place:
germany, west germany, buenos aires argentina, jerusalem, israel ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The famous Nazi-Doctor Dr. Josef Mengele - the "death angel of Auschwitz", who killed more than 300.000 people - comes back from his hide out in Argentina to Germany as a 87 year old man. He must stand up in front of a court for his ...
Style:
controversial, realistic, serious, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
world war two, courtroom drama, military, politics, alternate history, courtroom, auschwitz, nazi war criminal, power relations, rivalry, uncover truth, life is a bitch ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
germany
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A secret group of Jewish activists locate and murder the doctors and soldiers who tortured their relations in a notorious extermination camp.
Style:
sexploitation film
Plot:
nazi exploitation, world war two, swastika, nazi, sex, sex horror, rape, sexploitation, revenge, exploitation, erotica, jewish girl ...
Time:
1940s, 70s
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A Jewish commando unit hunting Nazi war criminals tracks down the infamous Dr. Mengele in the jungle, and find that he is torturing nubile young virgins and performing horrible medical experiments on the locals. They prepare to battle their way past ...
Style:
cult classic
Plot:
exploitation, nazi war criminal, monster, world war two, kung fu classic, gunfight, war criminal, human experiment, taekwondo, helicopter, fistfight, commando ...
Place:
paraguay
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 179 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
black and white, political, philosophical, emotional, disturbing ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, judge, genocide, holocaust, lawyer, nazi, legal, redemption, court, trial, politics, justice ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1945, year 1961, post world war two ...
Place:
germany, europe, berlin germany, poland
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
An aging con artist cannot believe his luck when he meets a wealthy widow and marks her as his next target. But she hides a secret of her own.
Style:
surprise ending, twist ending, captivating, atmospheric, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
delusion, elderly, rich woman, deception, ruse, criminal, embezzler, online dating, male female relationship, money, old woman, lie ...
Time:
year 1948, year 2019, year 1943, year 2009, 2000s ...
Place:
usa, england, london, berlin germany
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Justice Robert H. Jackson leads Allied prosecutors in trying 21 Germans for Nazi war crimes after World War II.
Style:
sincere, captivating, disturbing, serious, political ...
Plot:
holocaust, courtroom drama, courtroom, nazi, legal, politics, execution, military, nazi war criminal, third reich, anti semitism, judge ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
germany, france, england, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
The true story about the biggest warcriminal from Holland during world war II, Andries "Al Capone" Riphagen.
Style:
period piece, realistic, emotional, serious
Plot:
nazi, nazi war criminal, holocaust, biopic, genocide, kickass, military, shoah, nazi officer, betrayal, violence, world war two ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, 20th century
Place:
holland, amsterdam
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A young lawyer stumbles upon a vast conspiracy while investigating a brutal murder case.
Style:
psychological, captivating, atmospheric, surprise ending, surreal ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, lawyer, courtroom, childhood trauma, nazi, trial, nazi war criminal, murder, german history, public defender, revenge killing, german soldier ...
Time:
year 2001, 1940s, 20th century, year 2019, 2000s ...
Place:
berlin germany, germany, frankfurt germany, tuscany
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich.
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, intense ...
Plot:
nazi, nazi hunter, conspiracy, chase, neo nazi, insanity, world war two, nazi war criminal, genetic engineering, obsession, clone, against humanity ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1978
Place:
paraguay, middle east, south america, latin america, usa ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Germany, Luxembourg, France, Israel
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Hannah Arendt is a portrait of the genius that shook the world with her discovery of “the banality of evil.” After she attends the Nazi Adolf Eichmann’s trial in Jerusalem, Arendt dares to write about the Holocaust in terms no one has ever ...
Style:
philosophical, psychological, realistic, political, anthropological ...
Plot:
holocaust, philosopher, nazi, feminist, strong female character, strong female lead, philosophy, biopic, nazi war criminal, world war two, war crime, legal ...
Time:
20th century, year 2012, 60s, year 1961
Place:
israel, germany, new york, usa, jerusalem
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A man who pretends to be a Dutch immigrant, is discovered by the Israelite Secret Service that he is a German Nazi War Criminal who escaped to Mexico.
Style:
dark, tense, grim
Plot:
nazi war criminal, ethical dilemma, war crime, deception, justice, fugitive, world war two, confrontation, identity crisis, moral ambiguity, investigation, covert operation ...
Place:
mexico
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Spain, Norway, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Patagonia, 1960. A German physician meets an Argentinean family and follows them on the long desert road to Bariloche where Eva, Enzo and their three children are going to open a lodging house by the Nahuel Huapi lake. This model family reawakens ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, tense, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
war criminal, doctor, nazi war criminal, wanted, on the run, nazi hunter, family relations, hidden identity, world war two, nazi, family life, mysterious character ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 50s, year 1960
Place:
south america, germany, latin america, argentina, patagonia
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When Israeli officials learn than Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann may be living in Argentina, they send a team of secret agents to apprehend him.
Style:
tense, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mossad, world war two, holocaust, nazi, nazi war criminal, judaism, kidnapping, post war, self control, disorder, righting the wronged, dishonesty ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
israel, latin america, argentina
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Arthur Goldman is a rich Jewish industrialist, living in luxury in a Manhattan high-rise. He banters with his assistant Charlie, often shocking Charlie with his outrageousness and irreverence about aspects of Jewish life. Nonetheless, Charlie is ...
Style:
sad, independent film, tense, talky, captivating ...
Plot:
holocaust, nazi, mossad, holocaust survivor, courtroom, world war two, anti semitism, courtroom drama, racism, lawyer, judaism, law ...
Time:
year 1975
Place:
israel, manhattan new york city, new york, middle east, usa
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Inspector Holloway is investigating a series of brutal murders in which a doll of each victim is found at the scene. The dolls, as it turns out,were purchased by the crippled Mrs. Von Sturm, whose home is overcrowded with a doll collection. Her ...
Style:
slasher, detective, suspense, psychotronic, independent film ...
Plot:
doll, serial killer, nude model, murder, revenge, poison, run over by a car, stalking, father daughter relationship, handicapped, sculptor, psychopath ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s
Place:
england, united kingdom, britain
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Finland, Denmark, Croatia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Criminal investigator Anders Olsen begins to solve a case in which a bank robber shoots two bank clerks and runs into the streets of Copenhagen with the money. When arrested, he claims to have committed the crime alone. Some eyewitnesses say the ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, tense, suspense, psychological thriller
Plot:
bank robbery, criminal, mind control, hypnotist, past, prisoner, police, danger, twists and turns, society, female pubic hair, pet cat ...
Time:
1950s, year 1951, post world war two, year 1947, 50s
Place:
denmark, copenhagen
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, Lithuania
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The behind-the-scenes true life story of a groundbreaking producer, Milton Fruchtman, and blacklisted TV director Leo Hurwitz who, overcoming enormous obstacles, set out to capture the testimony of one of the war's most notorious Nazis, Adolf ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, dark, thought provoking ...
Plot:
trial, media, nazi war criminal, nazi germany, genocide, holocaust, war criminal, shoah, world war two, nazi, judge, courtroom ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
israel, lithuania, jerusalem
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Spain
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Spanish photographer Francesc Boix, imprisoned in the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp, works in the SS Photographic Service. Between 1943 and 1945, he hides, with the help of other prisoners, thousands of negatives, with the purpose of showing ...
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, costume drama, period piece, rough ...
Plot:
holocaust, nazi, nazism, concentration camp, world war two, nazi occupation, nazi concentration camp, shoah, nazi war criminal, slave labor, spanish civil war, concentration camp survivor ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, year 1944, year 1945
Place:
spain, germany, central europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In this unsettling drama from Italian filmmaker Liliana Cavani, a concentration camp survivor discovers her former torturer and lover working as a porter at a hotel in postwar Vienna. When the couple attempt to re-create their sadomasochistic ...
Style:
sexy, psychological, serious, sexual, controversial ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, sex, nazi, hotel, eroticism, sexual perversion, guilt, bdsm, haunted by the past, sexuality, public nudity, holocaust ...
Time:
50s, 1940s, post world war two, 1950s, 20th century ...
Place:
hungary, vienna, germany, frankfurt germany, italy ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Israel, Sweden
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Eyal, an Israeli Mossad agent, is given the mission to track down and kill the very old Alfred Himmelman, an ex-Nazi officer, who might still be alive. Pretending to be a tourist guide, he befriends his grandson Axel, in Israel to visit his sister ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, sincere, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, mossad, terrorist, male pubic hair, gay club, lgbt, hitman, homoeroticism, redemption, glbt, murder ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
israel, germany, berlin germany, argentina, lebanon ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: Germany, Italy, USA
Duration: 189 min.
Story:
Inspired by real events and spanning three eras of German history, film tells the story of Kurt, a young art student who falls in love with fellow student, Ellie. Ellie’s father, Professor Seeband, a famous doctor, is dismayed at his daughter’s ...
Style:
suspense, sensual, exciting, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
painter, art gallery, nazi, artist, nazism, berlin wall, sex scene, female pubic hair, forced abortion, romantic relationship, pregnancy, world war two ...
Time:
1950s, 1940s, 1930s, year 1948, 20th century ...
Place:
east germany, berlin germany, germany, west berlin west germany, west germany ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Australia, Germany, UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
After her Nazi parents are imprisoned, Lore leads her younger siblings across a war-torn Germany in 1945. Amidst the chaos, she encounters mysterious Jewish refugee Thomas, who shatters her fragile reality with hatred and desire. To live, she must ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, bleak, sincere, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
holocaust, nazi, world war two, survival, hitler, children, coming of age, youth, war, concentration camp survivor, children in wartime, child as adult ...
Time:
year 2012, post world war two, 90s, 1940s, 20th century ...
Place:
germany, russia, hamburg germany, berlin germany, poland ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in a bomb damaged London hotel during the aftermath of World War II, Close to the Enemy is a thriller that follows British intelligence officer Captain Callum Ferguson. His last task for the Army is to ensure that Dieter, a captured German ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, suspense
Plot:
world war two, war crime, military officer, brother brother relationship, american abroad, military base, investigator, adultery, politician, father daughter relationship, african american, spy ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, 20th century
Place:
england, london
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