Nazi germany movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant nazi germany movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, serious, realistic, suspense, tense and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with nazi germany, world war two, nazi, world war, nazi uniform, holocaust, german soldier, war, anti semitism and wartime life plots mostly in Drama, War and History genres shot in Germany, UK, USA and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as nazi germany: Before the Fall (2004), The Captain (2017), Olga (2004), The Turncoat (2020), The Exception (2016), Jojo Rabbit (2019), Unknown Soldier (2018), Where Hands Touch (2018), The Zone of Interest (2023), SS-GB (2017).

List of nazi germany movies

Before the Fall (2004)
Genre: Drama, Sport, Thriller, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story: In 1942, Friedrich Weimer's boxing skills get him an appointment to a National Political Academy (NaPolA) – high schools that produce Nazi elite. Over his father's objections, Friedrich enrolls. During his year in seventh ...
Style: melancholic, emotional, disturbing, harsh, touching ...
Plot: boxing, nazi, friendship, nazi germany, boarding school, german soldier, anti semitism, pow, boys' school, youth, military school, gestapo ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1942, post world war two
Place: germany, europe, berlin germany, cape town south africa, london ...
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The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Canada, Poland, Latvia
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Irena Sendler is a Catholic social worker who has sympathized with the Jews since her childhood, when her physician father died of typhus contracted while treating poor Jewish patients. When she initially proposes saving Jewish children from the ...
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, period piece, suspense ...
Audience: family outing, date night
Plot: holocaust, nazi germany, world war two, ghetto, social worker, rescue, wartime life, nazi, historical figure, world war, against humanity, life is a bitch ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: poland, europe, warsaw poland
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 7.3
 24K
The Captain (2017)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Germany, France, Poland, Portugal, China
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The Captain captures the final act of the Third Reich as Hitler's dream falls completely into ruins. The downfall is the seen through the eyes of a young German soldier who, amidst the chaos, decides to desert.
Style: thought provoking, tense, black and white, suspense, psychological ...
Plot: impostor, nazi, nazi germany, abuse, deserter, world war two, execution, nazi officer, war criminal, aerial bombardment, german soldier, world war ...
Time: 1940s, year 1945, year 2017, 20th century
Place: germany, canada
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 6.5
 4K
Olga (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Brazil
Duration: 141 min.
Story: Based upon the true story of Olga Benário, the German-born wife of Brazilian communist leader Luís Carlos Prestes. During the dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas (1930-1945) she was arrested and sent to Nazi Germany, where she was put to death in a ...
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, emotional, contemplative ...
Plot: nazi germany, world war two, concentration camp, holocaust, wartime life, life is a bitch, dictatorship, biopic, love affair, revolution, politics, confined ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: germany, rio de janeiro, europe, brazil
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 6.8
 2K
The Turncoat (2020)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Directed by Academy Award-winner Florian Gallenberger from Sigefried Lenz's international bestseller, "Der Überläufer" is set in the summer of 1944. German soldier Walter Proska is about to return to the Eastern Front when his train ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, suspense, unusual plot structure, captivating ...
Plot: world war two, german soldier, partisan, nazi germany, pow, eastern front, defector, political repression, nazi occupied poland, border crossing, swamp, jail ...
Time: 1940s, year 1945, year 1956, post world war two, year 1944
Place: berlin germany, east berlin, germany, hamburg germany
Is relevant?
 6.8
 17K
The Exception (2016)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK, USA, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A German soldier tries to determine if the Dutch resistance has planted a spy to infiltrate the home of Kaiser Wilhelm in Holland during the onset of World War II, but falls for a young Jewish Dutch woman during his investigation.
Style: sexy, suspense, captivating, tense, exciting ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: world war two, nazi germany, nazi officer, gestapo, german soldier, nazi occupation, royalty, espionage, conspiracy, german army, love, sex scene ...
Time: 1940s, year 1940, 1920s, year 1934
Place: germany, berlin germany, poland, netherlands, holland
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 7.9
 483K
Jojo Rabbit (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: New Zealand, USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in their attic. Aided only by his idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler, Jojo must ...
Style: black comedy, cute, sad, dark comedy, funny ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, adult
Plot: world war two, nazi germany, boy, nazi, satire, jewish girl, coming of age, nazism, first love, hitler youth, hitler, imaginary friend ...
Time: 1940s, 2010s, year 1945, year 2019, year 1944
Place: germany, los angeles, central europe, europe
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Unknown Soldier (2018)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story: The Unknown Soldier miniseries expands the story of the 2017 film of the same name. The World War II series based on Väinö Linna's classic novel closely follows a machine gun company of the Finnish Army on the Karelian front during the ...
Plot: nazi germany, world war two, soldier, friendship, death, military, army, patriotism, wounded soldier, wounded, independence, trench warfare ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: finland, soviet union, ussr
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Where Hands Touch (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, USA, Belgium
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Germany, 1944. Leyna, the 15-year old daughter of a white German mother and a black African father, meets Lutz, a compassionate member of the Hitler Youth whose father is a prominent Nazi solider, and they form an unlikely connection in this quickly ...
Style: disturbing, emotional, sincere, captivating, realistic ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: interracial romance, racism, nazi germany, hitler youth, world war two, concentration camp, interracial couple, nazi concentration camp, overcoming, brutality, biracial, interracial love ...
Time: 1940s, ancient times
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The Zone of Interest (2023)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Poland, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: 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.
Style: captivating, psychological, experimental, crying, period drama
Plot: garden, auschwitz, holocaust, world war two, ss officer, nazi germany, husband wife relationship, concentration camp, swimming pool, nazi, genocide, nazi officer ...
Time: 1940s, year 1943, year 1944, 20th century, year 1942 ...
Place: poland, berlin germany, hungary
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 6.6
 4K
SS-GB (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Adapted from Len Deighton’s 1978 alternate history novel. A British detective investigates a murder in German-occupied Britain during World War II.
Style: detective, suspense, serious, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot: nazi germany, resistance, world war two, alternate reality, infiltration, alternate history, murder, moral dilemma, rebel, love interest, father son relationship, nazi officer ...
Time: 1940s
Place: england, britain
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 7.1
 273K
Valkyrie (2008)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler. When events unfold so that he becomes a ...
Style: bad ending, factual, tense, period piece, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: world war two, nazi, nazism, nazi germany, conspiracy, war, hitler, german soldier, resistance, politics, wehrmacht, gestapo ...
Time: 1940s, year 2008, year 1944, year 1943, 20th century ...
Place: germany, berlin germany, europe, munich germany, tunisia ...
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The Man with the Iron Heart (2017)
Genre: Action, Biography, Thriller, War
Country: France, Belgium, UK, USA, Germany, Hungary
Duration: 120 min.
Story: With the Third Reich is at his peak in 1942, the Czech resistance in London plans the most ambitious military operation of WWII – Anthropoid. Two young recruits are sent to Prague to assassinate the most ruthless Nazi leader – Reinhardt ...
Style: captivating, bloody, suspenseful, suspense, tense
Plot: assassination, world war two, nazism, resistance, nazi, paratrooper, ss, holocaust, czech history, european history, naval officer, fascist ...
Time: year 1941, 1940s, year 1929, year 1942, year 1939 ...
Place: central europe, prague, germany, europe
Is relevant?
 8.4
 35K
Generation War (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Berlin, 1941. Five friends eager to become heroes in an adventure that will change the face of Europe - and that will forever change them as well.
Style: tense, captivating, thought provoking, serious, anime ...
Plot: world war two, nazism, holocaust, soldier, military, nazi germany, guilt, danger, eastern front, atrocity, wehrmacht, friends ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: germany, berlin germany, east germany, hawaii, soviet union ...
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 6.4
 6K
Sobibor (2018)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Russia, Germany, Lithuania
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Based on the true story, international historical project “Sobibor” is dedicated to the heroism of the Soviet o cer Alexander Pechersky. During the great Patriotic war, being in a Nazi concentration camp Sobibor he managed to do the impossible ...
Style: rough, factual, suspenseful, political, philosophical
Plot: world war two, holocaust, nazi, nazi germany, genocide, concentration camp, holocaust survivor, mass murder, rebellion, pow, escape, killing ...
Time: 1940s
Place: poland, germany, lithuania, soviet union
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Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story: True story of Germany's most famous anti-Nazi heroine brought to thrilling, dramatic life. Sophie Scholl stars Julia Jentsch in a luminous performance as the fearless activist of the underground student resistance group, The White Rose. Armed ...
Style: sincere, emotional, touching, suspenseful, political ...
Audience: teens
Plot: world war two, politics, nazism, nazi germany, death sentence, nazi, resistance, gestapo, justice, historical character, trial, lawyer ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1943, 2000s, year 2005 ...
Place: germany, munich germany, europe, poland, berlin germany ...
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Passport to Freedom (2021)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Aracy de Carvalho is a young clerk at the Brazilian Consulate. For two years, she has been secretly issuing passports to Jews without the dreaded "J" stamp, which not only won't allow them to travel, but will doom them to the horrors ...
Style: suspense, sincere, thought provoking, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot: jew persecution, brazilian history, diplomat, life risking, co worker co worker relationship, couple relations, relationship vs career, male female relationship, saving a life, immigration, workplace, female protagonist ...
Place: brazil, hamburg germany
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 6.7
 3K
Rosenstrasse (2003)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 136 min.
Story: When Ruth's husband dies in New York, in 2000, she imposes strict Jewish mourning, which puzzles her children. A stranger comes to the house - Ruth's cousin - with a picture of Ruth, age 8, in Berlin, with a woman the cousin says helped ...
Style: uplifting, serious, emotional, touching, contemplative ...
Plot: holocaust, nazi germany, world war two, anti semitism, nazi, wartime life, human spirit, hopes, couple relations, society, world war, strong female character ...
Time: 1940s, year 1943, 20th century, post world war two
Place: berlin germany, germany, europe, new york, usa
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Spies of Warsaw (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, France, Poland, USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A military attaché at the French embassy is drawn into a world of abduction, betrayal and intrigue in the diplomatic salons and back alleys of Warsaw.
Style: tense, romantic, captivating, suspense, political ...
Audience: teens
Plot: spy, world war two, nazi, nazi germany, soviet spy, nazi spy, interwar period, embassy, nazi soldier, nazism, military, world war ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: czechoslovakia, warsaw poland
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Shining Through (1992)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Spirited New Yorker Linda Voss goes to work for international lawyer and secret Office of Strategic Services operative Ed Leland just before World War II. As they fall in love, the United States enters the fight against Hitler, and Linda volunteers ...
Style: suspenseful, sentimental, suspense, melancholic, exciting ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: nazi germany, double agent, espionage, behind enemy lines, world war two, wartime, spy, wartime life, destiny, secret agent, working undercover, love and romance ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: germany, berlin germany, new york, usa, europe
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 7.7
 12K
Mephisto (1981)
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary, West Germany, Austria
Duration: 146 min.
Story: A German stage actor finds unexpected success and mixed blessings in the popularity of his performance in a Faustian play as the Nazis take power in pre-WWII Germany. As his associates and friends flee or are ground under by the Nazi terror, the ...
Style: political, horror musical, art film, mind twisting, disturbing ...
Plot: nazi, nazi germany, actor, pact with the devil, theater, nazism, ambition, ethics, success, price of fame, female nudity, biopic ...
Time: year 1981, 1930s, 1920s
Place: germany, hamburg germany, berlin germany, eastern europe, europe ...
Is relevant?
 5.9
 4K
Eichmann (2007)
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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Alone in Berlin (2016)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, France, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Berlin in June of 1940. While Nazi propaganda celebrates the regime’s victory over France, a kitchen-cum-living room in Prenzlauer Berg is filled with grief. Anna and Otto Quangel’s son has been killed at the front. This working class couple had ...
Style: period piece, costume drama, enigmatic, suspenseful, factual ...
Plot: nazi germany, gestapo, world war two, death of son, suicide, nazi, wartime, world war, holocaust, shoah, murder, german soldier ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1940, year 1943
Place: berlin germany, germany, central europe
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 7.5
 147K
The Book Thief (2013)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, USA, UK
Duration: 131 min.
Story: While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refuge is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.
Style: touching, sentimental, emotional, serious, sad ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teens, family outing, adult
Plot: holocaust, world war two, childhood, nazi, adoption, nazi germany, war, human spirit, against humanity, death, youth, nazism ...
Time: 1940s, year 2013, ancient times, year 1941, 2010s ...
Place: germany, europe
Is relevant?
 6.4
 7K
Fatherland (1994)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Fictional account of what might have happened if Hitler had won the war. It is now the 1960s and Germany's war crimes have so far been kept a secret. Hitler wants to talk peace with the US president. An American journalist and a German homicide ...
Style: political thriller, tech noir, apocalyptic, serious, realistic ...
Plot: third reich, dictator, nazi germany, world war two, gestapo, male pubic hair, alternate history, parallel universe, distopia, german soldier, male nudity, train station ...
Time: year 1964, 60s, 20th century, post world war two
Place: germany, berlin germany
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Munich: The Edge of War (2021)
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
Is relevant?
 6.2
 8K
Good (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The rise of national socialism in Germany should not be regarded as a conspiracy of madmen. Millions of "good" people found themselves in a society spiralling into terrible chaos. A film about then, which illuminates the terrors of now.
Style: serious, realistic, disturbing, period piece, romantic drama ...
Plot: nazi, politics, writers, nazi germany, third reich, moral dilemma, state affairs, society, political unrest, wartime life, holocaust, illicit affair ...
Time: 1930s, year 2008, 20th century, year 1937, year 1933 ...
Place: germany, europe, berlin germany, paris france
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 6.8
 3K
The Bunker (1981)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story: Dramatization depicting the events surrounding Adolf Hitler's last weeks in and around his underground bunker in Berlin before and during the battle for the city.
Style: bleak, realistic, captivating, disturbing, serious ...
Plot: world war two, hitler, nazi germany, nazi, against humanity, suicide, confinement indoors, wartime life, life is a bitch, state affairs, downfall, confined ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1945
Place: germany, berlin germany, europe
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The Last Train (2006)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, Czech Republic
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A group of people are imprisoned in a rail car bound from Berlin to a concentration camp in 1945.
Style: serious, realistic, bleak, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience: date night
Plot: holocaust, nazism, nazi, gestapo, nazi germany, anti semitism, danger, life is a bitch, pow, war, confined, world war ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1943, post world war two
Place: germany, israel, europe
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The Aryan Couple (2004)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A WWII Drama about a German/Jewish industrialist who, in order to ensure his family's safe passage out of Germany, is forced to hand over his business to the Nazis.
Style: serious, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: concentration camp, world war two, holocaust, undercover, survival, forbidden love, genocide, german army, gestapo, anti semitism, moral dilemma, life is a bitch ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944, post world war two
Place: germany, switzerland, hungary, europe
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