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10 Best Movies Like The Great King

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

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#1
The Last Valley

The Last Valley

1971★ 6.5

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

People in a small German village in the last valley to remain untouched by the devastating Thirty Years' War try to exist in peace with a group of soldiers occupying the valley....

#2
Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin

Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin

2024★ 6.8

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

As the world teeters on the brink of annihilation, Dietrich Bonhoeffer joins a deadly plot to assassinate Hitler, risking his faith and fate to save millions of Jews from genocide....

#3
Uprising

Uprising

2001★ 6.5

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

In the Warsaw ghetto in 1943, Jews rise against the Nazis....

#4
War Horse

War Horse

2011★ 7.3

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

On the brink of the First World War, Albert's beloved horse Joey is sold to the Cavalry by his father. Against the backdrop of the Great War, Joey begins an odyssey full of danger,...

#5
The Monuments Men

The Monuments Men

2014★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Great King for fans of History & Drama & War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on seven over-the-hill, out-of-shape museum directors, artists, arch...

#6
The Scarlet and the Black

The Scarlet and the Black

1983★ 7.0

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

Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His activities become so large th...

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