Movies Like Germany, Year Zero

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Rome, Open City

1945·1h 44m·★ 8.0·Roberto Rossellini

Themes: neo realism, italian neo realismDir. Roberto RosselliniFans also liked

Bicycle Thieves

1948·1h 29m·★ 8.2·Vittorio De Sica

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The Good German

2006·1h 48m·★ 6.0·Steven Soderbergh

Themes: post war, berlin, germanyTMDB recommends

Teenage Wolfpack

1956·1h 37m·★ 6.5·Georg Tressler

TMDB recommendsStarring Jo Herbst

American History X

1998·1h 59m·★ 8.5·Tony Kaye

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The 400 Blows

1959·1h 39m·★ 8.0·François Truffaut

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The Wages of Fear

1953·2h 33m·★ 8.1·Henri-Georges Clouzot

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Anatomy of a Murder

1959·2h 41m·★ 8.0·Otto Preminger

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Wings of Desire

1987·2h 8m·★ 7.9·Wim Wenders

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All Quiet on the Western Front

1930·2h 13m·★ 8.1·Lewis Milestone

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Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

1974·1h 33m·★ 8.0·Rainer Werner Fassbinder

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Amores Perros

2000·2h 34m·★ 8.0·Alejandro González Iñárritu

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All About My Mother

1999·1h 41m·★ 7.8·Pedro Almodóvar

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Three Colors: Blue

1993·1h 38m·★ 7.8·Krzysztof Kieślowski

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Breaking the Waves

1996·2h 39m·★ 7.8·Lars von Trier

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Betrayed

2020·2h 6m·★ 7.1·Eirik Svensson

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Walk on Water

2004·1h 43m·★ 7.3·Eytan Fox

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The Elementary Particles

2006·1h 45m·★ 6.5·Oskar Roehler

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How Good Is Germany, Year Zero?

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