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1. Cabaret (1972)

PG | 124 min | Drama, Music, Musical

A female girlie club entertainer in Weimar Republic era Berlin romances two men while the Nazi Party rises to power around them.

Director: Bob Fosse | Stars: Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem, Joel Grey

Votes: 59,430 | Gross: $42.77M

2. The Damned (1969)

R | 157 min | Drama, War

The dramatic collapse of a wealthy, industrialist/Junker family during the reign of the Third Reich.

Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Ingrid Thulin, Helmut Griem, Helmut Berger

Votes: 9,928 | Gross: $0.63M

3. Berlin 1933 - Tagebuch einer Großstadt (2023)

Documentary, History

Using extracts from individuals' diaries and some film records, this documentary series tells the story of the changes that occurred in Berlin (and Germany) during the pivotal year of 1933.

Stars: Tobias Büchner, Konstantin Achmed Bürger, Sophie Diernberger, August Diernberger

Votes: 72

4. Hitler's Coup 1923 (2023 TV Special)

Documentary, History

In 1923, Adolf Hitler led the infamous Beer Hall Putsch, an attempt to take power in Germany by force. It was a day that changed the world forever, birthing Hitler's regime.

Directors: Dominic Saville, Lyndy Saville | Stars: Giles Milton, Clare Mulley, Nicholas O'Shaughnessy, Richard John Evans

5. The Olympic Summer (1993)

85 min | Drama, History, Sport

In 1936, in Germany, a young, innocent apprentice, full of Olympic fever, leaves his rural village to see the ceremonies in Berlin. Upon arriving in the capital, he meets a widow and a ... See full summary »

Director: Gordian Maugg | Stars: Susanne Binninger, Jost Gerstein, Marcus Hambsch, Joachim John

Votes: 39

6. Babylon Berlin (2017– )
Episode: Episode #4.1 (2022)

TV-MA | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Charlotte is called to a crime scene as Nyssen throws a huge party with Helga and makes an important announcement. Season premiere.

Directors: Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries | Stars: Volker Bruch, Liv Lisa Fries, Benno Fürmann, Lars Eidinger

Votes: 508

7. Rise of the Nazis (2019–2023)
Episode: Politics (2019)

Documentary, History

Delving into the corridors of power where Germany's top political mastermind sees an opportunity to use the popularity of the Nazis for his own ends.

Director: Julian Jones | Stars: Stephan Malinowski, Mike Jackson, Richard John Evans, Helena Kennedy

Votes: 139

8. Rise of the Nazis (2019–2023)
Episode: The First Six Months in Power (2019)

Documentary, History

At the start of 1933, Hitler is the chancellor of Germany but he does not have absolute power. He sets his sights on dismantling the German state.

Director: Julian Jones | Stars: Richard John Evans, Richard Overy, Ash Sarkar, Heike B. Görtemaker

Votes: 124

9. Rise of the Nazis (2019–2023)
Episode: Night of the Long Knives (2019)

Documentary, History

Threatened by the ambition of SA leader Ernst Röhm, Hitler is persuaded by Himmler to destroy Röhm and his stormtroopers and make the SS Germany's only paramilitary force.

Director: Julian Jones | Stars: Heike B. Görtemaker, Richard John Evans, Mike Jackson, Richard Overy

Votes: 113

10. The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode: A New Germany: 1933-1939 (1973)

TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War

The rebirth of Germany and growth in power of the Nazi Party leading up to the outbreak of war.

Director: Hugh Raggett | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Hans Kehrl, Georg Konrad Morgen, Heinz Reinheimer

Votes: 701

11. Upstairs Downstairs (2010–2012)
Episode: The Love That Pays the Price (2012)

TV-PG | 62 min | Drama

After being told it is dangerous for her to have more children, Lady Agnes joins her husband in entertaining American ambassador Kennedy and his family, along with charming Jewish self-made... See full summary »

Director: Marc Jobst | Stars: Keeley Hawes, Ian Barritt, Neil Jackson, Laura Haddock

Votes: 142

12. The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022)
Episode: The Golden Door (Beginnings-1938) (2022)

TV-14 | 129 min | Documentary, History

A xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but is unable to coordinate a response.

Directors: Sarah Botstein, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, Peter Hayes, Daniel Mendelsohn, Rebecca Erbelding

Votes: 203

13. Apocalypse: The Rise of Hitler (2011)
Episode: La menace (2011)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History, War

Hitler's charismatic speeches may have won the impoverished but would the National Socialist Party risen to power without the Great Depression?

Director: Isabelle Clarke | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Richard Lintern, Doug Rand, Hans Baur

Votes: 145

14. Apocalypse: The Rise of Hitler (2011)
Episode: Le Führer (2011)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History, War

Was the support of a politically polarized minority of the population all Hitler needed to maneuver the Nazi party from a position of moderate influence to control of the government or was there more?

Directors: Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Richard Lintern, Doug Rand, Hans Baur

Votes: 138

15. Beyond the Myth: The SS Unveiled (2022– )
Episode: The Executioner: Reinhard Heydrich (2022)

Documentary, History, War

More than any other Nazi leader, Heydrich was an orchestrator of mass murder, and was terrifyingly clinical in approach.

Director: Alexander Hugh | Stars: Anna Hajkova, Robert Gerwarth, Alexandra Richie, Richard John Evans

16. Beyond the Myth: The SS Unveiled (2022– )
Episode: From the Protection Squadron to the SS State (2022)

Documentary, History, War

Trace the rise to power of the SS as we examine several perpetrators. Who was recruited? And why was the SS attractive to men?

Director: Gabriele Rose | Stars: Christopher Dillon, Alexandra Richie, Benjamin Carter Hett, Otto Kumm

17. Beyond the Myth: The SS Unveiled (2022– )
Episode: Heinrich Himmler (2022)

Documentary, History, War

An agriculturalist by trade, he went on to lead the SS and tried to escape responsibility at the end of the war. Who was Heinrich Himmler?

Director: Gabriele Rose | Stars: Christopher Browning, Alexandra Richie, Traudl Junge, Frank Bajohr

18. Hitler's Circle of Evil (2018)
Episode: Regrouping (2018)

TV-14 | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, History

It's 1923, Hitler is imprisoned and he has little support. His career seems at an end until he and Rudolf Hess think of a new way to get power.

Director: Matthew Hinchcliffe | Stars: Guy Walters, Nigel Jones, Michael Lynch, Richard Overy

Votes: 227

19. Hitler's Circle of Evil (2018)
Episode: The Fall of Rohm (2018)

TV-14 | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The financial crisis in the USA makes the Nazis look good. But in order to keep their new supporters they need to cleanse the party.

Director: Matthew Hinchcliffe | Stars: Guy Walters, Richard Overy, Toby Thacker, Michael Lynch

Votes: 214