Movies like Oppenheimer (2023)

Name: Oppenheimer
Released: 2023

10 films to watch after Oppenheimer, ranked by how well they match its tone — not just its genre.

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.

1

Schindler's List (1993)

Fit 79%

Shares Drama, History and War with Oppenheimer.

The 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.
2

Defiance (2008)

Fit 71%

Shares Drama, History and War with Oppenheimer.

Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet partisans to combat the Nazis. The brothers begin the rescue of roughly 1,200 Jews still trapped in the ghettos of Poland.
3

Twelve O'Clock High (1949)

Fit 68%

Shares War and Drama with Oppenheimer.

In the early days of daylight bombing raids over Germany, General Frank Savage must take command of a 'hard luck' bomber group. Much of the story deals with his struggle to whip his group into a disciplined fighting unit in spite of heavy losses, and withering attacks by German fighters over their targets.
4

Nuremberg (2025)

Fit 67%

Shares History and Drama with Oppenheimer.

In postwar Germany, an American psychiatrist must determine whether Nazi prisoners are fit to go on trial for war crimes, and finds himself in a complex battle of intellect and ethics with Hermann Göring, Hitler's right-hand man.
5

The Catcher Was a Spy (2018)

Fit 66%

Shares Drama, War and History with Oppenheimer.

Former major league baseball player Moe Berg lives a double life working for the Office of Strategic Services in World War II Europe.
6

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959)

Fit 62%

Shares War, Drama and History with Oppenheimer.

Kaji, sent to the Japanese army labeled Red, witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment against a fellow recruit. He also sees his friend Shinjô defecting to the Russian border, and he ends in the front to fight a lost battle against the Russian tanks division.
7

The Heroes of Telemark (1965)

Fit 61%

Shares Drama and War with Oppenheimer.

Set in German-occupied Norway, resistance fighter Knut Straud enlists the reluctant physicist Rolf Pedersen in an effort to destroy the German heavy water production plant in rural Telemark.
8

The World Will Tremble (2025)

Fit 61%

Shares Drama, War and History with Oppenheimer.

The incredible, untold true story of how a group of prisoners attempt a seemingly impossible escape from the first Nazi death camp in order to provide the first eyewitness account of the Holocaust.
9

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)

Fit 60%

Shares War, Drama and History with Oppenheimer.

After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his old life, he faces great odds in a variety of different harrowing circumstances as he and his men sneak behind enemy lines.
10

Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)

Fit 60%

Shares History and Drama with Oppenheimer.

When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.