Movies Like After the Truth (1999)

After the Truth is a 1999 crime, drama, thriller film from Roland Suso Richter with a MovieMagicScore of 6.0/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Labyrinth of Lies and None Shall Escape.

Crime Drama Thriller

Labyrinth of Lies

2014

A young prosecutor in postwar West Germany investigates a massive conspiracy to cover up the Nazi pasts of prominent public figures.

7.2

MagicScore

None Shall Escape

1944

Through flashbacks going as far back as the end of WW1, the story of a Nazi war criminal is exposed during his trial.

6.3

MagicScore

Schindler's List

1993

The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.

8.6

MagicScore

Denial

2016

Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a renowned denier, sues her for libel.

6.8

MagicScore

The Zone of Interest

2023

The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.

7.0

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The Grey Zone

2001

The story of Auschwitz's twelfth Sonderkommando — one of the thirteen consecutive "Special Squads" of Jewish prisoners placed by the Nazis in the excruciating moral dilemma of assisting in the extermination of fellow Jews in exchange for a few more months of life.

6.6

MagicScore

The Man in the Glass Booth

1975

Arthur Goldman is a rich Jewish industrialist, living in luxury in a Manhattan high-rise. He banters with his assistant Charlie, often shocking him with his outrageousness and irreverent musings on aspects of Jewish life. Nonetheless, Charlie is astonished one day when Israeli secret agents burst in and arrest Goldman for being a Nazi war criminal. Whisked to Israel for trial, Goldman forces his accusers to face, not only his presumed guilt, but their own.

6.1

MagicScore

The Photographer of Mauthausen

2018

Spanish photographer Francesc Boix, imprisoned in the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp, works in the SS Photographic Service. Between 1943 and 1945, he hides, with the help of other prisoners, thousands of negatives, with the purpose of showing the freed world the atrocities committed by the Nazis, exhaustively documented. He will be a key witness during the Nuremberg Trials.

7.0

MagicScore

The Replacement

2021

Spain, 1982. Andrés Expósito, a young police inspector, accepts a posting in Denia, a small town on the Mediterranean coast, in the hope of leading a quieter life and that the natural environment will help improve the fragile health of his daughter; but once in his new post he becomes involved by chance in the investigation of the strange death of the inspector he has come to replace.

6.1

MagicScore

#10

Naked Among Wolves

1963

Based on a true story of inmates at KZ Buchenwald that risked their lives to hide a small Jewish boy shortly before the liberation of the camp.

6.2

MagicScore

#11

The Guard of Auschwitz

2018

Nazi occupied Poland, during the World War II. Hans, a former brilliant student, has become an SS officer stationed at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. When he is commissioned by his superior officer to build an efficient gas chamber, Hans, facing the harsh reality, begins to realize the magnitude of the atrocious acts of which he is being accomplice.

4.2

MagicScore

#12

The Boys from Brazil

1978

Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman discovers a sinister and bizarre plot, masterminded by Dr. Josef Mengele, to rekindle the Third Reich.

6.7

MagicScore

#13

Au Revoir les Enfants

1987

Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie—until a secret is revealed. Based on events from writer-director Malle’s own childhood, the film is a subtle, precisely observed tale of courage, cowardice, and tragic awakening.

7.5

MagicScore

#14

Passenger

1963

A German woman on a ship returning to Europe notices a face of another woman which brings recollections from the past. She tells her husband that she had been an overseer in Auschwitz during the war, but she has actually saved a woman's life.

7.2

MagicScore

#15

The Last Stage

1948

Poland, during World War II. Martha Weiss, a Jewish woman, arrives at the Auschwitz extermination camp with her family. She is assigned the role of interpreter, but her loved ones are much less fortunate.

7.2

MagicScore

#16

God on Trial

2008

In the Jewish tradition of arguing with God, Jewish prisoners in Auschwitz decide to put God on Trial.

6.8

MagicScore

#17

Charlotte

2022

The true story of Charlotte Salomon, a young German-Jewish painter who comes of age in Berlin on the eve of the Second World War. Fiercely imaginative and deeply gifted, she dreams of becoming an artist. Her first love applauds her talent, which emboldens her resolve. When anti-Semitic policies inspire violent mobs, she escapes to the safety of the South of France. There she begins to paint again, and finds new love. But her work is interrupted, this time by a family tragedy that reveals an even darker secret. Believing that only an extraordinary act will save her, she embarks on the monumental adventure of painting her life story.

6.3

MagicScore

#18

The Murderers Are Among Us

1946

After returning from a concentration camp, Susanne finds a traumatized ex-soldier living in her apartment in bombed out Berlin. Together the two try to move past their experiences during WWII.

6.9

MagicScore

#19

Lore

2012

After being abandoned by their Nazi parents at the end of World War II, five German siblings embark on a harrowing journey across their war-torn country. Led by the eldest, 14 year-old Lore, the children are forced to confront their parents’ actions and the reality of a new world.

6.8

MagicScore

#20

Werewolves of the Third Reich

2018

In Germany at the height of World War II, a ragtag group of American soldiers discover Doctor Mengele's diabolical plan to create an unstoppable army of Nazi werewolves.

2.8

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like After the Truth?

The top films similar to After the Truth by MovieMagicScore are Labyrinth of Lies (7.2), None Shall Escape (6.3), Schindler's List (8.6). Each shares crime/drama/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is After the Truth worth watching?

After the Truth holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.0/10 from 22 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is After the Truth?

After the Truth (1999) is a crime, drama, thriller film directed by Roland Suso Richter, starring Götz George, Kai Wiesinger, Karoline Eichhorn.

Where can I find more recommendations like After the Truth?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more crime recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like After the Truth

This ranked list pairs After the Truth (1999), a crime and drama and thriller film from Roland Suso Richter, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Götz George take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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