Films like Inglourious Basterds
15 picks with a similar feel
What defines Inglourious Basterds, going by its Boxlist taste profile: A serious, moving war film: dark and wide-ranging. Best if you like depth over escapism. Its strongest markers on Boxlist are themes of injustice and vengeance, an all-consuming quest and resilience and survival, plus tags such as anti-semitism, british politics and swastika.
Here are 15 films with a similar feel, ranked by how closely they match that profile. Treat them as picks to try, not a definitive list.
Based on Inglourious Basterds (2009).
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Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
Film7.5
Why it's like Inglourious Basterds: Also weighty and emotional, with themes of injustice and vengeance and resilience and survival. Common ground: world war ii.
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Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
Film6.9
Why it's like Inglourious Basterds: Also weighty and emotional, with themes of injustice and vengeance and resilience and survival. Common ground: world war ii.
- 3
Downfall (2004)
Film7.8
Why it's like Inglourious Basterds: Also weighty and emotional, with themes of injustice and vengeance and an all-consuming quest. Common ground: adolf hitler, nazi, world war ii.
- 4
Platoon (1986)
Film7.7
Why it's like Inglourious Basterds: Also weighty and emotional, with themes of injustice and vengeance and resilience and survival.
- 5
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Film8.2Slower burn
Why it's like Inglourious Basterds: Also weighty and emotional, with themes of an all-consuming quest and resilience and survival. Common ground: self sacrifice, world war ii.
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Fury (2014)
Film7.5
Why it's like Inglourious Basterds: Also weighty and emotional, with themes of resilience and survival. Common ground: nazi, world war ii.
- 7
1917 (2019)
Film8.0Faster-paced
Why it's like Inglourious Basterds: Also weighty and emotional, with themes of an all-consuming quest and resilience and survival.
- 8
The Patriot (2000)
Film7.1
Why it's like Inglourious Basterds: Also weighty and sweeping, with themes of injustice and vengeance and an all-consuming quest.
- 9
First Blood (1982)
Film7.4
Why it's like Inglourious Basterds: Also weighty and dark, with themes of injustice and vengeance and an all-consuming quest. Common ground: guerrilla warfare.
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Allied (2016)
Film6.8
Why it's like Inglourious Basterds: Also weighty and sweeping, with themes of an all-consuming quest and resilience and survival. Common ground: nazi, world war ii.
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Brothers (2009)
Film7.0More intricate
Why it's like Inglourious Basterds: Also weighty and emotional, with themes of injustice and vengeance and resilience and survival.
- 12
The Last Samurai (2003)
Film7.5
Why it's like Inglourious Basterds: Also weighty and emotional, with themes of injustice and vengeance and resilience and survival.
- 13
Defiance (2008)
Film6.9
Why it's like Inglourious Basterds: Also weighty and emotional, with themes of resilience and survival. Common ground: world war ii.
- 14
Film7.8
Why it's like Inglourious Basterds: Also weighty and emotional, with themes of resilience and survival.
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Braveheart (1995)
Film7.9Slower burn
Why it's like Inglourious Basterds: Also weighty and emotional, with themes of injustice and vengeance and an all-consuming quest.
Boxlist compares Inglourious Basterds with every film in its catalogue on ten taste scores (pace, tone, weight, realism and more), story themes, genres and TMDB keywords, and ranks the closest. Every pick has a TMDB rating of 6.7 or more from at least 1,000 votes, new releases wait until their ratings settle, and only one title per franchise makes the list. It is an approximation of feel, so treat it as a starting point. Ratings are TMDB audience scores out of 10.
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- What should I watch if I like Inglourious Basterds?
- Picks with a similar feel include Letters from Iwo Jima, Flags of Our Fathers, Downfall and Platoon. Each shares part of Inglourious Basterds's taste profile, themes or tags; the full list has 15 films.
- How are these films like Inglourious Basterds chosen?
- Boxlist compares Inglourious Basterds with every film in its catalogue on ten taste scores (pace, tone, weight, realism and more), story themes, genres and TMDB keywords, and ranks the closest. Every pick has a TMDB rating of 6.7 or more from at least 1,000 votes, new releases wait until their ratings settle, and only one title per franchise makes the list. It is an approximation of feel, so treat it as a starting point.