Movies like The Imitation Game (2014)

Name: The Imitation Game
Released: 2014

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

Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.

1

The Courier (2020)

Fit 78%

Shares Thriller, History and Drama with The Imitation Game.

Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
2

All the President's Men (1976)

Fit 77%

Shares Drama and Thriller with The Imitation Game.

During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from his post.
3

JFK (1991)

Fit 75%

Shares Drama, Thriller and History with The Imitation Game.

Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.
4

Das Boot (1981)

Fit 73%

Shares Drama, History and War with The Imitation Game.

A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.
5

Capote (2005)

Fit 65%

Shares Drama with The Imitation Game.

A biopic of writer Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction book "In Cold Blood".
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The Guns of Navarone (1961)

Fit 64%

Shares Drama and War with The Imitation Game.

A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
7

Jobs (2013)

Fit 58%

Shares Drama and History with The Imitation Game.

The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.
8

WarGames (1983)

Fit 49%

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High school student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Department of Defense's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions. Together with his friend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.
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Flyboys (2006)

Fit 49%

Shares Drama, History and War with The Imitation Game.

The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots.
10

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

Fit 38%

Shares Drama and War with The Imitation Game.

It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.