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10 Best Movies Like 1945

If you loved 1945, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Zone of Interest

The Zone of Interest

2023★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1945 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

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....

#2
The Devil's Arithmetic

The Devil's Arithmetic

1999★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1945 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An American-born Jewish adolescent, Hannah Stern, is uninterested in the culture, faith and customs of her relatives. However, she begins to revaluate her heritage when she has a s...

#3
Fateless

Fateless

2005★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1945 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A Hungarian youth comes of age at Buchenwald during World War II. György Köves is 14, the son of a merchant who's sent to a forced labor camp. After his father's departure, György ...

#4
White Bird

White Bird

2023★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1945 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After being expelled from Beecher Prep for his treatment of a classmate with a facial deformity, Julian has struggled to fit in at his new school. To transform his life, Julian's g...

#5
The Boy in the Woods

The Boy in the Woods

2023★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1945 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The remarkable true-life survival story of a Jewish boy hiding and being hunted in the forests of Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe, based on Maxwell Smart's memoir....

#6
God on Trial

God on Trial

2008★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1945 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In the Jewish tradition of arguing with God, Jewish prisoners in Auschwitz decide to put God on Trial....

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