Movies like “Wastage” of humans / Comrade Mauser / “Victim of History” (1991)
The best movies like “Wastage” of humans / Comrade Mauser / “Victim of History” (1991) are Nuremberg (2025), The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974) and My Dinner with Andre (1981). If “Wastage” of humans / Comrade Mauser / “Victim of History” hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
“Wastage” of humans / Comrade Mauser / “Victim of History”
Quick picks
- Highest ratedNever Look Away (2018)7.7/10 from 786 votes
- NewestNuremberg (2025)Released 2025
- In GermanThe Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)Also in German
Nuremberg (2025)
In postwar Germany, an American psychiatrist must determine whether Nazi prisoners are fit to go on trial for war crimes, and finds himself in a complex battle of intellect and ethics with Hermann Göring, Hitler's right-hand man.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
The film follows Kaspar Hauser, who lived the first seventeen years of his life chained in a tiny cellar with only a toy horse to occupy his time, devoid of all human contact except for a man who wears a black overcoat and top hat who feeds him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMy Dinner with Andre (1981)
Wally, a struggling playwright and actor, reluctantly agrees to catch up with his old friend Andre, a theater director who disappeared several years prior in order to travel the world. Meeting at a posh Manhattan restaurant, the two share life stories, anecdotes and philosophical musings over the course of an evening meal.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Pervert's Guide to Cinema (2006)
A hilarious introduction, using as examples some of the best films ever made, to some of Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Žižek's most exciting ideas on personal subjectivity, fantasy and reality, desire and sexuality.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAfire (2023)
Self-important author Leon joins his best friend on a summer holiday near the Baltic Sea to complete his novel. When they arrive, they find their house is already occupied by a carefree woman who challenges Leon to open up. Meanwhile, forest wildfires rage around them and impending disaster looms.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMother Night (1996)
An American spy behind the lines during WWII serves as a Nazi propagandist, a role he cannot escape in his future life as he can never reveal his real role in the war.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNever Look Away (2018)
German artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR regime.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNightwatching (2007)
An extravagant, exotic and moving look at Rembrandt's romantic and professional life, and the controversy he created by the identification of a murderer in the painting The Night Watch.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKöln 75 (2025)
The true story of Vera Brandes, teenage patron saint of the 1970s Cologne music scene, who risked everything to organize the greatest solo concert in music history: Keith Jarrett’s legendary Köln Concert.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFat Man and Little Boy (1989)
Assigned to oversee the development of the atomic bomb, Gen. Leslie Groves is a stern military man determined to have the project go according to plan. He selects J. Robert Oppenheimer as the key scientist on the top-secret operation, but the two men clash fiercely on a number of issues. Despite their frequent conflicts, Groves and Oppenheimer ultimately push ahead with two bomb designs — the bigger "Fat Man" and the more streamlined "Little Boy."
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Bunker (1981)
Dramatization depicting the events surrounding Adolf Hitler's last weeks in and around his underground bunker in Berlin before and during the battle for the city.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHitler: The Last Ten Days (1973)
Hitler: The Last Ten Days takes us into the depths of der Furher’s Berlin bunker during his final days. Based on the book by Gerhard Boldt, it provides a bleak look at the goings-on within, and without.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe 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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEleanor the Great (2025)
94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe (2016)
Before Dawn charts the years of exile in the life of famous Jewish Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, his inner struggle for the "right attitude" towards the events in war torn Europe and his search for a new home.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Addiction (1995)
A vampiric doctoral student tries to follow the philosophy of a nocturnal comrade and control her thirst for blood.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMetropolitan (1990)
A radical student is adopted by a group of young New Yorkers, serves as a catalyst to alter his and their lives. Gathering in a Manhattan apartment, the group of friends meet to discuss social mobility, Fourier's socialism and play bridge in their cocoon of upper-class society - until they are joined by a man with a critical view of their way of life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWhen Nietzsche Wept (2007)
Viennese doctor Josef Bruer meets with philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche to help him deal with his despair.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSalinger (2013)
An in-depth investigation into the private world of the American writer J. D. Salinger (1919-2010), who lived most of his life behind the impenetrable wall of a self-imposed seclusion: how his dramatic experiences during World War II influenced his life and work, his relationships with very young women, his obsessive writing methods, his many literary secrets.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTo Write Love on Her Arms (2015)
The story follows 19-year-old Renee who has always loved fairy tales: the idea of a princess, a hero and a happily ever after. But Renee’s life is that of a darker tale: she’s a young woman battling addiction, depression and self-injury. In a creative blend of artistic fantasy balanced with harsh reality, the movie follows Renee on her courageous journey towards recovery.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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What are the best movies like “Wastage” of humans / Comrade Mauser / “Victim of History”?
The closest matches to “Wastage” of humans / Comrade Mauser / “Victim of History” are Nuremberg (2025), The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974) and My Dinner with Andre (1981). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after “Wastage” of humans / Comrade Mauser / “Victim of History”?
Start with Nuremberg (2025), the closest match to “Wastage” of humans / Comrade Mauser / “Victim of History”.
What is the highest-rated movie like “Wastage” of humans / Comrade Mauser / “Victim of History”?
Never Look Away (2018), rated 7.7/10 by 786 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like “Wastage” of humans / Comrade Mauser / “Victim of History”?
Nuremberg (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there German movies like “Wastage” of humans / Comrade Mauser / “Victim of History”?
Yes: The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974), Afire (2023) and Never Look Away (2018).
How are movies similar to “Wastage” of humans / Comrade Mauser / “Victim of History” chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside “Wastage” of humans / Comrade Mauser / “Victim of History”, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.