Movies like Chess Story: 20 to watch next
If you loved Chess Story (2021) — a history, drama and war film directed by Philipp Stölzl — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Chess Story most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like chess, world war ii and playing chess. 7 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Walking with the Enemy 2014★ 6.3
Shares: Drama, History, War
Regent Horthy is the leader of Hungary and a German ally, but his favorable standing with Hitler changes as the war comes to an end. Forced to cede Hungary’s power or else witness the execution of his son, Regent Horthy gives up control of his country to the Nazis, who quickly move Hungarians to ghettos and death camps, with no hope in sight. But the despair changes when a young man named Elek emerges. Separated from his family during the relocations and aided by the woman he loves , Elek defies the enemy by becoming one of them. In a race against time, disguised as a Nazi Officer he embarks on a mission to save his family and thousands of his countrymen.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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13 Minutes 2015★ 6.8
Shares: History, Drama
The breathtaking story of a man who nearly would have changed the world. In 1939, when Hitler tricked millions of people at the height of his power, radical Georg Elser — disparaged as an assassin — is one of the greatest resistance fighters.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Secrets We Keep 2020★ 6.0
Shares: Thriller, History, Drama
In post-World War II America, a woman, rebuilding her life in the suburbs with her husband, kidnaps her neighbor and seeks vengeance for the heinous war crimes she believes he committed against her.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Field of Lost Shoes 2015★ 6.1
Shares: War, Drama, History
A group of teenage cadets sheltered from war at the Virginia Military Institute must confront the horrors of an adult world when they are called upon to defend the Shenandoah Valley.
Stream in India on Tubi TV
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Seeking Justice 2011★ 5.9
Shares: Drama, Thriller
After his wife is assaulted, a husband enlists the services of a vigilante group to help him settle the score.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Firebrand 2024★ 6.3
Shares: Drama, History, Thriller
Katherine Parr, the sixth wife of King Henry VIII, is named regent while the tyrant battles abroad. When the king returns, increasingly ill and paranoid, Katherine finds herself fighting for her own survival.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The People vs. Fritz Bauer 2015★ 6.8
Shares: History, Drama
It is the late 1950s. Flourishing under the economic miracle, Germany grows increasingly apathetic about confronting the horrors of its recent past. Nevertheless, Fritz Bauer doggedly devotes his energies to bringing the Third Reich to justice. One day Bauer receives a letter from Argentina, written by a man who is certain that his daughter is dating the son of Adolph Eichmann. Excited by the promising lead, and mistrustful of a corrupt judiciary system where Nazis still lurk, Bauer journeys to Jerusalem to seek alliance with Mossad, the Israeli secret service. To do so is treason — yet committing treason is the only way Bauer can serve his country.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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We Go In at Dawn 2020★ 5.9
Shares: History, War, Thriller
When a high-ranking war planner is captured and held in a German prisoner of war camp, a team of specialists take on the dangerous mission of trying to break him out. Trouble is, he doesn't want to be rescued.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Cross of Iron 1977★ 7.2
Shares: Drama, History, War
It is 1943, and the German army—ravaged and demoralised—is hastily retreating from the Russian front. In the midst of the madness, conflict brews between the aristocratic yet ultimately pusillanimous Captain Stransky and the courageous Corporal Steiner. Stransky is the only man who believes that the Third Reich is still vastly superior to the Russian army. However, within his pompous persona lies a quivering coward who longs for the Iron Cross so that he can return to Berlin a hero. Steiner, on the other hand is cynical, defiantly non-conformist and more concerned with the safety of his own men rather than the horde of military decorations offered to him by his superiors.
Stream in India on Cultpix
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Nuremberg 2025★ 7.6
Shares: History, Drama
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.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Europa 1991★ 7.3
Shares: Drama, Thriller
In 1945 Germany, following the end of World War II, Leopold Kessler, an American of German descent, is hired by his uncle as a sleeping car conductor on the Zentropa train line. Leopold's wish is to be neutral to the ongoing purges of loyalists by Allied forces and do what he can to help a hurting country, but ultimately finds himself being used by both sides.
Stream in India on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
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Decision Before Dawn 1951★ 6.8
Shares: War, Thriller
WWII is entering its last phase: Germany is in ruins, but does not yield. The US army lacks crucial knowledge about the German units operating on the opposite side of the Rhine, and decides to send two German prisoners to gather information. The scheme is risky: the Gestapo retains a terribly efficient network to identify and capture spies and deserters. Moreover, it is not clear that "Tiger", who does not mind any dirty work as long as the price is right, and war-weary "Happy", who might be easily betrayed by his feelings, are dependable agents. After Tiger and another American agent are successfully infiltrated, Happy is parachuted in Bavaria. His duty: find out the whereabouts of a powerful German armored unit moving towards the western front.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Operation Crossbow 1965★ 6.8
Shares: Drama, War, Thriller
Allied agents infiltrate the Nazi rocket complex at Peenemunde in order to obtain their secrets and sabotage the plant. The film alternates between German developments of the V-1 missile and V-2 rocket (with a German cast speaking their own language) and discovery by British Intelligence of the weapon.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Truth & Treason 2025★ 8.1
Shares: History, Drama, Thriller
In 1941 Nazi Germany, 16-year-old Helmuth Hübener begins questioning the regime after learning the truth about the war and seeing his Jewish friend persecuted. With two friends, he secretly listens to banned foreign broadcasts and distributes leaflets exposing Nazi lies. As the Gestapo closes in, the teenagers face mounting danger for choosing conscience over obedience. Based on the true story of one of Germany’s youngest resistance fighters.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Schindler's List 1993★ 8.6
Shares: Drama, History, War
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.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, JioHotstar, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Outlaws - For Greater Glory 2012★ 7.0
Shares: History, Drama, War
A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Ike: Countdown to D-Day 2004★ 6.5
Shares: Drama, War, History
The story of the senior-level preparations for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944 from the time of Dwight D. Eisenhower's appointment as the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, to the establishment of the beachhead in Normandy.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Kill Team 2019★ 6.5
Shares: War, Drama
When Andrew Briggman — a young soldier in the US Army during the invasion of Afghanistan — witnesses the murderous behavior of fellow soldiers, under the direction of a malevolent Sergeant, he faces a moral dilemma. His increasingly-violent platoon becomes suspicious that someone in their ranks has turned on them, and Andrew begins to fear for his safety. A fictionalized dramatization based on a true story.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Zee5, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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The Man with the Iron Heart 2017★ 6.5
Shares: War, History, Thriller
With the Third Reich at its peak in 1942, the Czech resistance in London plans the most ambitious military operation of WWII – Anthropoid. Two young recruits are sent to Prague to assassinate the most ruthless Nazi leader – Reinhard Heydrich, head of the Reich Security Main Office, the Gestapo and the architect of the Final Solution.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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When Trumpets Fade 1998★ 6.6
Shares: Drama, War
In WWII Western Germany, Private David Manning reluctantly leaves behind a mortally wounded fellow soldier and searches for survivors from his platoon, only to learn from commanding officer Captain Pritchett that they have all been killed in action. Despite requesting a discharge on the grounds of mental disability, Manning is promoted to sergeant and assigned to lead a new platoon of young inductees.
Stream in India on JioHotstar, VI movies and tv