Movies Like Jack Strong
If you liked Jack Strong (2014), a drama and history movie directed by Władysław Pasikowski, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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The Good Shepherd (2006)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and thrillerEdward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion, qualities that help him to be…
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Warsaw 44 (2014)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and historyCity of Warsaw, Poland, August 1st, 1944. Citizens have experienced inhuman acts of terror and violence during five long years of Nazi occupation. As the Soviet Army relentlessly approaches, the youngest and bravest…
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Katyn (2007)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and historyOn September 1st, 1939, Nazi Germany invades Poland, unleashing World War II. On September 17th, the Soviet Red Army crosses the border. The Polish army, unable to fight on two fronts, is defeated. Thousands of Polish…
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The Partisan (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and historyA Polish spy working for the British during World War II is betrayed and compromised in Warsaw, leaving her no other choice but to descend into a dangerous world of treachery and deception in order to survive.
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Leave No Traces (2021)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and historyIn 1983, communist Poland is shaken by the case of high school student Grzegorz Przemyk, who is beaten to death by police. The only witness of the beating becomes the number one enemy of the state.
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Schindler's List (1993)
★ 8.6/10Also drama and historyThe true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
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3 Days to Kill (2014)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and thrillerA dangerous international spy is determined to give up his high stakes life to finally build a closer relationship with his estranged wife and daughter. But first, he must complete one last mission - even if it means…
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The Informer (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and thrillerIn New York, former convict Pete Koslow, related to the Polish mafia, must deal with both Klimek the General, his ruthless boss, and the twisted ambitions of two federal agents, as he tries to survive and protect the…
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The Whisper Man (2026)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and thrillerWhen his young son vanishes, a widower enlists help from his estranged father, a retired detective who put away the serial killer now linked to the case.
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and thrillerGeorge Smiley, the aging master spy of the Cold War and once heir apparent to Control, is brought back out of retirement to flush out a top level mole within the Circus. Smiley must travel back through his life and…
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William Tell (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and historyThe narrative unfolds in the 14th Century, when the European nations vie for supremacy within the Holy Roman Empire. The ambitious Austrian Empire, desiring more land, invades neighbouring Switzerland, a serene and…
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Tetris (2023)
★ 7.8/10Also thriller and historyIn 1988, American video game salesman Henk Rogers discovers the video game Tetris. When he sets out to bring the game to the world, he enters a dangerous web of lies and corruption behind the Iron Curtain.
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The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (1965)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and thrillerBritish agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the Cold War during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final one.
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The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and historyRyevsk, Russia, 1870. Tensions abound in the Karamazov family. Fyodor is a wealthy libertine who holds his purse strings tightly. His four grown sons include Dmitri, the eldest, an elegant officer, always broke and at…
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The Catcher Was a Spy (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and thrillerFormer major league baseball player Moe Berg lives a double life working for the Office of Strategic Services in World War II Europe.
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Gorky Park (1983)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and dramaPolice Inspector Renko tries to solve the case of three bodies found in Moscow's Gorky Park but finds his attempts to solve the crime impeded by his superiors. Working on his own, Renko seeks out more information and…
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Escape from Sobibor (1987)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and thrillerThe true story of WWII's notorious Sobibor Nazi death camp, where a courageous inmate orchestrates and leads the escape of over 300 prisoners.
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Nocturnal Animals (2016)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and thrillerSusan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics…
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Deep Water (2022)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and thrillerA well-to-do husband who allows his wife to have affairs in order to avoid a divorce becomes a prime suspect in the disappearance of her lovers.
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Driven (2019)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and historyFBI informant Jim Hoffman lures troubled automobile magnate John DeLorean to an undercover sting for cocaine trafficking.