Films like The Imitation Game
15 picks with a similar feel
What defines The Imitation Game, going by its Boxlist taste profile: A grounded, heavy war film: stirring and gritty. Best if you like real life over fantasy. Its strongest markers on Boxlist are themes of underdogs and resilience and survival, plus tags such as mathematician, homophobia and male homosexuality.
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 The Imitation Game (2014).
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The Man Who Knew Infinity (2016)
Film7.1
Why it's like The Imitation Game: Also grounded and weighty, with themes of underdogs. Common ground: mathematician, england, biography.
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The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Film7.8
Why it's like The Imitation Game: Also grounded and weighty, with themes of underdogs and resilience and survival. Common ground: world war ii.
- 3
Darkest Hour (2017)
Film7.4
Why it's like The Imitation Game: Also grounded and weighty, with themes of resilience and survival. Common ground: world war ii, biography.
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Unbroken (2014)
Film7.5
Why it's like The Imitation Game: Also grounded and weighty, with themes of underdogs and resilience and survival. Common ground: world war ii, biography.
- 5
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
Film8.0Warmer in tone
Why it's like The Imitation Game: Also grounded and weighty. Common ground: male homosexuality, gay theme, gay.
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Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Film8.0
Why it's like The Imitation Game: Also grounded and weighty, with themes of resilience and survival.
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Valkyrie (2008)
Film6.9
Why it's like The Imitation Game: Also weighty and grounded, with themes of underdogs and resilience and survival. Common ground: world war ii.
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The Zone of Interest (2023)
Film7.1
Why it's like The Imitation Game: Also grounded and weighty, with themes of resilience and survival. Common ground: world war ii, biography.
- 9
Schindler's List (1993)
Film8.6
Why it's like The Imitation Game: Also grounded and weighty, with themes of underdogs and resilience and survival. Common ground: world war ii, biography.
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Lion (2016)
Film8.1
Why it's like The Imitation Game: Also grounded and weighty, with themes of underdogs and resilience and survival. Common ground: biography.
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Paths of Glory (1957)
Film8.3Faster-paced
Why it's like The Imitation Game: Also grounded and weighty, with themes of resilience and survival.
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The Great Escape (1963)
Film8.0
Why it's like The Imitation Game: Also weighty and emotional, with themes of underdogs and resilience and survival. Common ground: world war ii.
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Spartacus (1960)
Film7.6
Why it's like The Imitation Game: Also weighty and grounded, with themes of underdogs and resilience and survival.
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The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
Film7.9
Why it's like The Imitation Game: Also grounded and weighty, with themes of underdogs and resilience and survival. Common ground: biography.
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Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Film8.2
Why it's like The Imitation Game: Also grounded and weighty, with themes of underdogs and resilience and survival. Common ground: world war ii, biography.
Boxlist compares The Imitation Game 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 The Imitation Game?
- Picks with a similar feel include The Man Who Knew Infinity, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Darkest Hour and Unbroken. Each shares part of The Imitation Game's taste profile, themes or tags; the full list has 15 films.
- How are these films like The Imitation Game chosen?
- Boxlist compares The Imitation Game 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.