Movies like The Devil's General: 20 to watch next
If you loved The Devil's General (1955) — a drama and war film directed by Helmut Käutner — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of The Devil's General most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like germany, world war ii and air force. 2 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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The Scarlet and the Black 1983★ 7.1
Shares: Drama, War
Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His activities become so large that the Nazis decide to assassinate him the next time he leaves the Vatican.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Battleground 1949★ 6.7
Shares: Drama, War
Members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the rugged terrain of Bastogne, Belgium, in December 1944. Holley and his American compatriots have already seen one of their own, Roderigues, perish under enemy fire. The men try to rebuff another series of Nazi attacks, but what they really need is a change in the weather. Without clear skies, they'll never get the air support they need.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Taking Sides 2002★ 6.3
Shares: Drama, War
One of the most spectacular and renowned conductors of the 1930s, Wilhelm Furtwangler's reputation rivaled that of Toscanini's. After the war, he was investigated as part of the Allies' de-Nazification programme. In the bombed-out Berlin of the immediate post-war period, the Allies slowly bring law and order to bear on an occupied Germany. An American major is given the Furtwangler file, and is told to find everything he can and to prosecute the man ruthlessly. Tough and hard-nosed, Major Steve Arnold sets out to investigate a world of which he knows nothing.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Rommel 2012★ 6.0
Shares: War, Drama
The story of the final seven months in the life of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel.
Stream in India on Magellan TV
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Escape to Victory 1981★ 6.9
Shares: Drama, War
A group of POWs in a German prison camp during World War II play the German National Soccer Team in this powerful film depicting the role of prisoners during wartime.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Battle of the Bulge 1965★ 6.9
Shares: Drama, War
In the winter of 1944, the Allied Armies stand ready to invade Germany at the coming of a New Year. To prevent it, Hitler orders an all-out offensive to re-take French territory and capture the major port city of Antwerp.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Young Lions 1958★ 6.7
Shares: War, Drama
The lives of three young men, a German and two Americans, during WWII.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Overlord 1975★ 6.8
Shares: Drama, War
During World War II, a young man is called up and, with an increasing sense of foreboding, undertakes his army training ready for D-Day, June 6th, 1944.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Memphis Belle 1990★ 6.8
Shares: Drama, War
The "Memphis Belle" is a World War II bomber, piloted by a young crew on dangerous bombing raids into Europe. The crew only have to make one more bombing raid before they have finished their duty and can go home. In the briefing before their last flight, the crew discover that the target for the day is Bremen.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Hell Is for Heroes 1962★ 6.5
Shares: War
World War II drama where the action centers around a single maneuver by a squad of GIs in retaliation against the force of the German Siegfried line. Reese joins a group of weary GIs unexpectedly ordered back into the line when on their way to a rest area. While most of the men withdraw from their positions facing a German pillbox at the far side of a mine-field, half a dozen men are left to protect a wide front. By various ruses, they manage to convince the Germans that a large force is still holding the position. Then Reese leads two of the men in an unauthorized and unsuccessful attack on the pillbox, in which the other two are killed; and when the main platoon returns, he is threatened with court-martial. Rather that face the disgrace, and in an attempt to show he was right, he makes a one-man attack on the pillbox.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Monuments Men 2014★ 6.1
Shares: War, Drama
Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on seven over-the-hill, out-of-shape museum directors, artists, architects, curators, and art historians who went to the front lines of WWII to rescue the world’s artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their rightful owners. With the art hidden behind enemy lines, how could these guys hope to succeed?
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Devotion 2022★ 7.0
Shares: War, Drama
The harrowing true story of two elite US Navy fighter pilots during the Korean War. Their heroic sacrifices would ultimately make them the Navy's most celebrated wingmen.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Operation Pacific 1951★ 6.1
Shares: War, Drama
During WWII, Duke E. Gifford is second in command of the USS Thunderfish, a submarine which is firing off torpedoes that either explode too early or never explode at all. It's a dilemma that he'll eventually take up personally. Even more personal is his quest to win back his ex-wife, a nurse; but he'll have to win her back from a navy flier who also happens to be his commander's little brother.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The German Lesson 2019★ 6.5
Shares: Drama
In a small North German village a drama played out during and shortly after the Second World War about duty versus individual conscience and morality.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Boy in the Woods 2023★ 7.0
Shares: Drama, War
The remarkable true-life survival story of a Jewish boy hiding and being hunted in the forests of Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe, based on Maxwell Smart's memoir.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Codes of War 2025★ 6.2
Shares: War
War stories about family, ethics and honor include the true story of two U.S. Marines who in a span of six seconds, must stand their ground to stop a suicide truck bomb, a Navy Corpsman who attempts to hold on to his humanity, and a WW2 soldier who gets separated from his squad and is forced to re-evaluate his code.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Bunker 1981★ 6.3
Shares: War, Drama
Dramatization depicting the events surrounding Adolf Hitler's last weeks in and around his underground bunker in Berlin before and during the battle for the city.
Stream in India on JustWatch TV Beta, Plex
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The Book Thief 2013★ 7.5
Shares: Drama
While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refugee is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Rose 2026★ 7.6
Shares: Drama, War
In the early 17th century, a soldier arrives at an isolated Protestant village in Germany claiming to be the heir to an abandoned farmstead. Even though he proves to be a good man, the villagers’ suspicions about his identity grow and they force a reckoning.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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633 Squadron 1964★ 6.2
Shares: Drama, War
When Norwegian resistance leader Lieutenant Erik Bergman reports the location of a German V-2 rocket fuel plant, the Royal Air Force's 633 Squadron is assigned the mission to destroy it. The plant is in a seemingly-impregnable location beneath an overhanging cliff at the end of a long, narrow fjord lined with anti-aircraft guns. The only way to destroy the plant is by collapsing the cliff on top of it.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now