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10 Best Movies Like De Gaulle

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

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#1
Darkest Hour

Darkest Hour

2017★ 7.4

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

In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the Briti...

#2
The Young Karl Marx

The Young Karl Marx

2017★ 6.8

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

26 year-old Karl Marx embarks with his wife, Jenny, on the road to exile. In 1844 in Paris, he meets Friedrich Engels, an industrialist’s son, who has been investigating the sordid...

#3
Final Portrait

Final Portrait

2017★ 6.0

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

Paris, 1964. The Swiss sculptor and painter Alberto Giacometti, one of the most accomplished and respected artists of his generation, asks his friend, the American writer James Lor...

#4
Memoir of War

Memoir of War

2017★ 6.1

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

In the last days of the Nazi-occupied France, writer Marguerite Duras awaits the return of her husband, Robert Antelme, arrested for being a Resistance fighter and then deported, w...

#5
The Happy Prince

The Happy Prince

2018★ 6.2

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

In 1895, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was the most famous writer in London, and Bosie Douglas, son of the notorious Marquess of Queensberry, was his lover. Accused and convicted of gros...

#6
Waterloo

Waterloo

1970★ 7.1

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

After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the French Army to defect from the...

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