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10 Best Movies Like Sommer '39

If you loved Sommer '39, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Hitler: A Career

Hitler: A Career

1977★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sommer '39 for fans of Documentary & History. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A keen chronicle of the unlikely rise to power of Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) and a dissection of the Third Reich (1933-1945), but also an analysis of mass psychology and how the desp...

#2
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

2019★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sommer '39 for fans of Documentary & History. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The history of cinematic sound, told by legendary sound designers and visionary filmmakers....

#3
Why We Fight: Prelude to War

Why We Fight: Prelude to War

1942★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sommer '39 for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Prelude to War was the first film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series, commissioned by the Pentagon and George C. Marshall. It was made to convince American troops...

#4
42 Up

42 Up

1999★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sommer '39 for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year wait. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during t...

#5
The Untold History Of The United States

The Untold History Of The United States

2012★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sommer '39 for fans of Documentary & History. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Oliver Stone charts the history of the United States from the Second World War to the present....

#6
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained

Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained

2021★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sommer '39 for fans of Documentary & History. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A tribute to Italian filmmaker Sergio Corbucci (1926-90), presented by American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino....

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