Movies Like The Butler

If you liked The Butler (2018), a history and romance movie directed by Filip Bajon, here are 19 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
The Adventures of Werner Holt (1965)
★ 7.9/10Also history
Two 17-year-olds, Werner Holt and Gilbert Wolzow, are pulled out of school and into Hitler's army. Gilbert becomes a fanatical soldier; but at the front, Werner begins to understand the senselessness of war.
2
Valkyrie (2008)
★ 7/10Also war
Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler. When events…
3
Jakob the Liar (1999)
★ 6.7/10Also history
In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caught out after curfew. While waiting for the German Kommondant, Jakob overhears a German radio broadcast about Russian…
4
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
★ 7.2/10Also history
The true, harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends, is forced into hiding in an attic in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.
5
The Standard (1977)
★ 4.2/10Also war and romance
During the final days of the First World War, Officer Menis does his duty in defending the battle flag of the defeated Austro-Hungarian empire, while his fellow troops, a motley gang recruited from several different…
6
To End All Wars (2001)
★ 6.4/10Also war
Based on a real-life story, this drama focuses on a small group of Allied soldiers in Burma who are held captive by the Japanese. Capt. Ernest Gordon, Lt. Jim Reardon and Maj. Ian Campbell are among the military…
7
Au Revoir les Enfants (1987)
★ 7.5/10Also war
Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true…
8
Kaya (1967)
★ 7.1/10Also war
An experimental film about a peaceful and carefree life in a small Dalmatian town, which turns into bloodshed and horror on the eve of the Italian occupation of the country.
9
Aimée & Jaguar (1999)
★ 6.8/10Also history and romance
In 1943, while the Allies are bombing Berlin and the Gestapo is purging the capital of Jews, a dangerous love affair blossoms between two women – one a Jewish member of the underground, the other an exemplar of Nazi…
10
Red Cross Dogs (1914)
Also war
Talented and obedient Red Cross dogs prepare to rescue Berlin's wounded from the Front.
11
Naked Among Wolves (1963)
★ 6.3/10Also war
Based on a true story of inmates at KZ Buchenwald that risked their lives to hide a small Jewish boy shortly before the liberation of the camp.
12
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
★ 7.6/10Also romance and history
In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.
13
Wyklęty (2017)
★ 7.4/10Also war and history
In the 1940s, a small band of underground paramilitaries attempt to fight back against the Soviet-backed security ministry in post-war Poland. Determined to fight for their country's future, the group goes to extreme…
14
Days of Glory (2006)
★ 6.7/10Also history and war
1943. They have never stepped foot on French soil but because France was at war, Said, Abdelkader, Messaoud and Yassir enlist in the French Army, along with 130,000 other “indigenous” soldiers, to liberate the…
15
Transit (2006)
★ 5.1/10Also war
A group of American pilots from Alaska ferry Airacobra fighter planes across the ocean on Lend-lease. The orderly course of life is disrupted when it becomes clear that the American pilots are attractive and charming…
16
Infinity (1996)
★ 6.3/10Also romance
Story of the early life of genius and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman.
17
Cameramen at War (1943)
★ 5.8/10Also war
A tribute to the cameramen of the newsreel companies and the service film units, in the form of a compilation of film of the cameramen themselves, their training and some of their most dramatic film.
18
The Dream (1966)
★ 5.8/10Also war
In the whirlpool of WW2, two peaceful towns that have already tasted peace are once again attacked by the Germans. Casualties are high, but the dream of a boy and a girl about their liberated towns cannot be destroyed.
19
Sunflower (1970)
★ 7.5/10Also war
After World War II, a woman refuses to believe her husband, missing on the Russian front, is dead. Flashbacks reveal their brief courtship and marriage. Years later, she travels to Russia with his photo, determined to…