🎬 Movies Like Oppenheimer

Loved Oppenheimer (2023)? The narrative follows J. Here are 24 films with the same DNA — matched on shared themes, tone, people and story elements by CinePick's similarity engine, with the reasons each one made the list. Or explore Oppenheimer itself.

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   Nuremberg2025

   7.4 IMDb72% RT critics95% RT audience76% TMDB🍿 Crowd-pleaser72·95

   Often recommended together; Shared themes: 1940s, world war ii, based on true story

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   Tenet2020

   7.3 IMDb70% RT critics76% RT audience72% TMDB

   Shared talent: director Christopher Nolan; Same era (2020s)

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   The Power of the Dog2021

   6.8 IMDb94% RT critics76% RT audience67% TMDB🎓 Critics' darling94·76

   Often recommended together; Matching emotional, epic tone

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   Dunkirk2017

   7.8 IMDb92% RT critics81% RT audience74% TMDB

   Shared talent: director Christopher Nolan; Both are history/drama films

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   The Wife2017

   7.2 IMDb85% RT critics76% RT audience71% TMDB

   Often recommended together; Both are drama films

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   The Railway Man2013

   7.1 IMDb67% RT critics68% RT audience68% TMDB

   Often recommended together; Both are biography/drama films

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   The Catcher Was a Spy2018

   6.3 IMDb32% RT critics52% RT audience62% TMDB

   Often recommended together; Shared themes: world war ii, biography, based on true story

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   Interstellar2014

   8.7 IMDb73% RT critics74% Metacritic87% RT audience85% TMDB

   Shared talent: director Christopher Nolan; Matching cerebral, emotional tone

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   Trumbo2015

   7.4 IMDb74% RT critics79% RT audience72% TMDB

   Shared themes: mccarthyism, communism, set in washington, d.c.; Both are biography/drama films

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    To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb2023

    7.4 IMDb84% RT audience77% TMDB

    Shared talent: Christopher Nolan, Kai Bird; Shared themes: manhattan project, atomic bomb test, nuclear weapons

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    Hamilton2020

    8.3 IMDb98% RT critics99% RT audience78% TMDB

    Both are history/biography films; Matching emotional, epic tone

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    Killers of the Flower Moon2023

    7.5 IMDb93% RT critics84% RT audience74% TMDB

    Shared themes: guilt, husband wife relationship, based on true story; Both are history/drama films

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    Oslo2021

    6.7 IMDb72% RT critics69% RT audience65% TMDB

    Often recommended together; Both are history/drama films

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    Ford v Ferrari2019

    8.1 IMDb92% RT critics98% RT audience80% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim92·98

    Both are biography/drama films; Matching intense, emotional tone

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    All Quiet on the Western Front2022

    7.8 IMDb90% RT critics90% RT audience77% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim90·90

    Both are history/drama films; Matching emotional, intense tone

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    First Man2018

    7.3 IMDb87% RT critics68% RT audience70% TMDB🎓 Critics' darling87·68

    Shared themes: historical event, biography, based on true story; Both are history/biography films

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    I'm Still Here2024

    8.1 IMDb97% RT critics97% RT audience79% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim97·97

    Both are history/biography films; Matching emotional, epic tone

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    Society of the Snow2023

    7.8 IMDb90% RT critics88% RT audience80% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim90·88

    Both are biography/drama films; Matching emotional, epic tone

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    Hacksaw Ridge2016

    8.1 IMDb84% RT critics92% RT audience82% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim84·92

    Both are history/biography films; Matching emotional, epic tone

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    The King2019

    7.3 IMDb71% RT critics84% RT audience72% TMDB

    Both are history/biography films; Matching emotional, epic tone

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    Ted K2021

    6.0 IMDb85% RT critics51% RT audience60% TMDB

    Often recommended together; Both are biography/drama films

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    The Heroes of Telemark1965

    6.5 IMDb67% RT critics56% RT audience69% TMDB

    Often recommended together; Shared themes: atomic bomb, 1940s, world war ii

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    Unthinkable2010

    7.0 IMDb66% RT audience68% TMDB

    Often recommended together

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    Slaughterhouse-Five1972

    6.8 IMDb82% RT critics68% RT audience65% TMDB

    Often recommended together; Shared themes: husband wife relationship, world war ii, set in united states