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10 Best Movies Like Leutnant Gustl

If you loved Leutnant Gustl, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
My Neighbor Adolf

My Neighbor Adolf

2022★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Leutnant Gustl for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

South America, 1960. A lonely and grumpy Holocaust survivor convinces himself that his new neighbor is none other than Adolf Hitler. Not being taken seriously, he starts an indepen...

#2
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Leutnant Gustl for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

#3
The German Lesson

The German Lesson

2019★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Leutnant Gustl for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

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....

#4
Almost Friends

Almost Friends

2017★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Leutnant Gustl for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a s...

#5
Farming

Farming

2018★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Leutnant Gustl for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Ins...

#6
Lucky Star

Lucky Star

1929★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Leutnant Gustl for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Mary, a poor farm girl, meets Tim just as word comes that war has been declared. Tim enlists in the army and goes to the battlefields of Europe, where he is wounded and loses the u...

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