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Fortunes of War (1987)
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Fortunes of War (1987)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 407 min.
TV show
Story: Fortunes of War is a 1987 BBC television adaptation of Olivia Manning's cycle of novels Fortunes of War. It stars Kenneth Branagh as Guy Pringle, lecturer in English Literature in Bucharest during the early part of the Second World War, and Emma Thompson as his wife Harriet. Other cast members included Ronald Pickup, Robert Stephens, Alan Bennett, Philip Madoc and Rupert Graves. The series stays relatively faithful to the original novels, with no notable departures from their plot.
Style: tense, clever, serious, captivating, emotional, realistic, contemplative, gloomy, period drama
Plot: world war two, world war, diplomacy, spy, resistance, activist, infidelity, lecturer, war, military, politics, betrayal, espionage, love and romance, life is a bitch, intrigue, couples, gays and lesbians, political intrigue, opposites attract, military life, crumbling marriage, wartime life, dishonesty, state affairs ...
Time: 1940s, 40s
Place: greece, egypt, africa, middle east, europe, romania, balkan ...

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, captivating and period drama films and TV series with plots about world war two, wartime life, war, world war, military, life is a bitch and soldier mostly in Drama, War and Romance genres. Some movies like Fortunes of War: Bomb Girls (2012), Foyle's War (2002), The Jewel in the Crown (1984), The Camomile Lawn (1992), Sword of Honour (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Bomb Girls (2012)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Focusing on a group of women working in a munitions plant during World War II, this ensemble drama depicts the dangers and new experiences they face.
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, stylized, historical drama ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: world war two, wartime life, working woman, factory, life is a bitch, sexism, workplace, society, gender, accident, strong female presence, lesbian love ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: canada
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Foyle's War (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, War
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Foyle's War opens in southern England in the year 1940. Later series sees the retired detective working as an ...
Style: clever, serious, captivating, detective, suspenseful ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: world war two, investigation, police investigation, police detective, war crime, spy, detective inspector, police, espionage, homicide detective, whodunit, murder investigation ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: england, europe, new mexico, london
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100%
The Jewel in the Crown (1984)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 778 min.
TV show
Story: The British Raj: though their position seems secure, thoughtful English men and women know that "their" time in India is coming to an end. The story begins with an unjust arrest for rape, and the consequences of this echo through the ...
Style: captivating, sincere, emotional, realistic, serious ...
Plot: forbidden love, british raj, world war two, rape, politics, racism, life is a bitch, culture clash, tragic love, dishonesty, state affairs, false accusation ...
Time: 1940s, 50s
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Camomile Lawn (1992)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 258 min.
TV show
Story: Presents the lives and loves of a family of cousins from 1939 to the present. Follows very closely the Mary Wesley novel. Begins with a funeral and uses the reminiscences of those gathered to fill in details in the lives of Richard and Helena and ...
Style: controversial, serious, realistic, touching, emotional ...
Plot: world war two, spanish civil war, family relations, family gatherings, unrequited love, cousin, couples, family problems, couple relations, life is a bitch, love and romance, society ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1939, 80s, 1930s ...
Place: england, hawaii, europe, london, cornwall
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100%
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Sword of Honour (2001)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 208 min.
Story: Guy Crouchback joins the war effort during World War 2, an idealistic quest to join the forces of good in the fight against evil. But his efforts is not rewarded, he never has any chance to join any real fighting, circumstances always prevent it. ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, touching, semi autobiographical ...
Plot: world war two, military, love triangle, fighting the system, love and romance, betrayal, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, military life, soldier, basic training, society ...
Time: future, 1940s
Place: england, europe
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47%
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Piece of Cake (1988)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 312 min.
TV show
Story: The lives and loves of the men of RAF Hornet Squadron who are transferred to France at the outbreak of World Wat II in September 1939. For the most part the men are competent fliers but there is little action in the first several months. The men ...
Style: costume drama, captivating, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Plot: world war two, aerial combats, battles, aviation, luftwaffe, world war, wartime, royal air force, friends, danger, heroes, military ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: europe
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46%
Island at War (2004)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 540 min.
TV show
Story: Island at War is a British television series that tells the story of the German Occupation of the Channel Islands. It primarily focuses on three local families: the upper class Dorrs, the middle class Mahys and the working class Jonases, and four ...
Style: tense, captivating, atmospheric, suspenseful, historical drama ...
Plot: world war two, occupation, wartime, island, wartime life, society, against humanity, military, anti semitism, genocide, oppression, invasion ...
Place: britain, europe, england
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45%
Above and Beyond (2006)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 240 min.
TV show
Story: True Story about the Atlantic Ferry Operation during World War II.
Style: serious, exciting, realistic, emotional
Plot: world war two, post war, captain, love affair, love and romance, danger, military, relationship vs career, against the odds, life is a bitch, heroes, wartime life ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s, 20th century
Place: europe, canada, newfoundland, england, london
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45%
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Home Fires (2015)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The story of a group of inspirational women in a rural Cheshire community with the shadow of World War II casting a dark cloud over their lives. As the conflict takes hold and separates the women from their husbands, fathers, sons and brothers, the ...
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, psychological, historical drama ...
Plot: world war two, village, female protagonist, friends, strong female presence, social relations, life is a bitch, society, husband wife relationship, family relations, british, father son relationship ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 1930s
Place: england, europe
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45%
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 3K
Colditz (2005)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 240 min.
TV show
Story: Three prisoners, Jack Rose, Tom Willis and Nick McGrade, embark on an heroic plan to escape from a World War Two POW camp. As Rose And Willis are recaptured by the Germans, McGrade manages to traverse their clutches and travels to London to inform ...
Style: realistic, serious, touching, tense, exciting ...
Plot: world war two, military, pow, soldier, love and romance, battles, love triangle, prison life, nazism, world war, danger, confined ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1939
Place: london, europe, germany, warsaw poland
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44%
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Spring 1941 (2007)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland, Israel
Duration: 120 min.
Story: After Germany invades Poland and the Nazis order the confinement of all local Jews in the ghetto, medical doctor Artur Planck (Joseph Fiennes) manages to flee with his family, seeking refuge at the farm of Emilia (Kelly Harrison), their former ...
Style: captivating, serious, tense, emotional, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, wartime life, love triangle, family in danger, confined, love and romance, infidelity, dishonesty, couple relations, against humanity, couples, life is a bitch ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: middle east, eastern europe, poland, europe
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44%
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X Company (2015)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: An emotionally-driven character drama, set in the thrilling and dangerous world of WWII espionage and covert operations. It follows the stories of five highly skilled young recruits - Canadian, American and British - torn from their ordinary lives ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating, exciting ...
Plot: world war two, espionage, spy, secret agent, heroic mission, undercover, danger, rivalry, friendship, nazi, strength, world war ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
World War II: When Lions Roared (1994)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 194 min.
TV show
Story: Based upon the actual cables between Washington, London and Moscow during the Second World War, this TV-movie examines the relationship between the leaders of these countries throughout the conflict. Franklin D. Roosevelt (John Lithgow), Winston ...
Style: contemplative, talky, captivating, thought provoking, serious ...
Plot: world war two, josef stalin, world war, head of state, diplomacy, winston churchill, marxist, intrigue, british politics, war, against humanity, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 1940s
Place: europe, germany, soviet union, usa, britain
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44%
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Land Girls (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 225 min.
TV show
Story: The lives, loves and highs and lows of four members of the Women's Land Army working at the Hoxley Estate during World War II.
Style: realistic, captivating, historical drama, costume drama, psychological ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: world war two, wartime life, strong female presence, life is a bitch, family relations, military, soldier, friendship, rise and fall, love, resistance, women ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: england, europe
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43%
War and Remembrance (1988)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 1620 min.
TV show
Story: War and Remembrance is an American miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Herman Wouk. It is the sequel to highly successful The Winds of War.
Style: historical drama, saga, captivating, exciting, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, war, holocaust, nazi germany, military, world war, submarine, nazi, wartime, conservative, cavalry, winston churchill ...
Time: 1940s
Place: asia, japan, europe, pacific ocean, pearl harbor ...
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The Boat (1985)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: West Germany, France, UK, Italy
Duration: 293 min.
TV show
Story: Life aboard a German U-Boat during World War II.
Style: bleak, gloomy, cult classic, captivating, tense ...
Plot: submarine, world war two, underwater, navy, sinking ship, battles, torpedo, military, military life, nazism, life is a bitch, survival ...
Time: year 1941, 20th century, 1940s
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43%
Till We Meet Again (1989)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 240 min.
TV show
Story: Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again was a 1989 TV mini-series based on the Judith Krantz novel, Till We Meet Again. Its stars included Mia Sara, Bruce Boxleitner, Hugh Grant and Courteney Cox.
Style: emotional, clever, talky, serious, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, wine, wartime, great war, world war, world war one, couples, battle zone, celebrity culture, lovers reunited, parents and children, showbiz ...
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43%
Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 830 min.
TV show
Story: The series is based on a true story of a Russian spy Colonel Isaev (Stirlitz) in Fascist Germany during 17 days in very end of WWII. Stirlitz has worked his way to the very top of the Fascist hierarchy without being caught. However, his ...
Style: serious, captivating, tense, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, spy, nazi, danger, nazi germany, espionage, state affairs, undercover agent, war, undercover, gestapo, intrigue ...
Time: 1940s, year 1945, 20th century
Place: soviet union, ussr, germany, europe, switzerland ...
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42%
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Look Back in Anger (1989)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Look Back in Anger is a love triangle involving the brilliant-but-disaffected young Jimmy Porter (Branagh), his upper-middle-class, impassive wife Alison Porter (Thompson), and her aristocratic best friend Helena Charles (Redmond). Cliff (Horan), an ...
Style: realistic, psychological, serious, tense, gloomy ...
Plot: social misfits, dance, working class, social differences, family in crisis, down on your luck, betrayal, couple relations, society, unsupportive spouse, life is a bitch, unfulfillment ...
Time: 80s, 50s
Place: europe, london, england
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Spies of Warsaw (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, France, Poland, USA
Duration: 120 min.
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Story: A military attaché at the French embassy is drawn into a world of abduction, betrayal and intrigue in the diplomatic salons and back alleys of Warsaw.
Style: captivating, romantic, suspense, tense, political ...
Audience: teens
Plot: spy, world war two, nazi, nazi germany, soviet spy, spy mission, nazi spy, interwar period, military, nazism, nazi soldier, world war ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: warsaw poland, czechoslovakia
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42%
The Passing Bells (2014)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, Poland
TV show
Story: At the outbreak of war, two teenage boys defy their parents to sign up.
Style: historical drama, epic, realistic, captivating, serious ...
Plot: world war one, military, wartime life, soldier, battles, life is a bitch, hopes, great war, friendship, danger, young soldier, battlefield ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century
Place: europe
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42%
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Birdsong (2012)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 165 min.
TV show
Story: As an English soldier fights in the horrific trenches of northern France, he is haunted by the memories of his forbidden love affair with a French woman.
Style: realistic, emotional, serious, stylized, epic ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: world war one, soldier, trench warfare, love affair, military, lovers, lovers apart, great war, war, battles, election, underground ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century
Place: france, united kingdom, europe
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42%
Stones for the Rampart (2014)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 111 min.
Story: To be defeated and not be - a victory. This is the motto that life is guided by three young friends: Alek, Sophy and Rudy. Scouts, high school graduates high school in Warsaw drifting ambitious plans for the future broken through September 1939. ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating, suspense ...
Plot: world war two, wartime life, against the odds, life is a bitch, daring rescue, danger, prospector, wartime, german occupation, resistance, resistance fighter, nazi occupation ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: europe, poland
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42%
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A Day in October (1991)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Denmark
Duration: 100 min.
Story: During the month of October 1943, the Danish resistance movement and just plain ordinary citizens joined together in staging a mass exodus by fishing boats to neutral Sweden of their Jewish countrymen, practically on the eve of the Nazi's ...
Style: independent film, contemplative, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Plot: world war two, world war, terrorism, rescue, evacuation, strong female presence, heroes, danger, against the rules, against humanity, fall in love, war ...
Time: 1940s, year 1991
Place: denmark, europe, scandinavia, eastern europe, copenhagen
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42%
The Winston Affair (1964)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In a remote jungle outpost in the Far Eastern theater of World War II, a hotheaded American soldier murders an allied British sergeant in cold blood. Stalwart American Lt. Colonel Barney Adams (Mitchum) is dispatched to defend him in the ensuing ...
Style: serious, captivating, bleak, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: world war two, courtroom drama, murder, legal investigation, soldier, dedicated lawyer, world war, court martial, society, politics, mentally unstable, state affairs ...
Place: india, asia
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41%
World on Fire (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 57 min.
TV show
Story: The story of World War II told through the intertwining fates of ordinary people from all sides of this global conflict as they grapple with the effect of the war on their everyday lives.
Style: suspense, thought provoking, psychological, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: world war two, soldier, military, musician, singer, gay, homosexual, wartime life, society, invasion, life is a bitch, slice of life ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s
Place: poland, france, england, manchester
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41%
The Saboteurs (2015)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Norway, Denmark, UK, Czech Republic, Sweden
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The story about the heavy water war unfolds during the prolouge, eruption and the end of the second world war. We follow the story of the the key personnel in the race of who develops the atomic bomb first.
Style: serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: world war two, atomic bomb, bomb, resistance, chemistry, danger, ambition, inventions and discoveries, heroic mission, soldier, military, moral dilemma ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, 1930s
Place: europe, germany, scotland
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41%
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The Blockhouse (1973)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A group of Slave workers, drafted by the Nazis to help construct their coastal defenses in 1944 are trapped in an underground bunker when the Allies land at Normandy on D-Day. They find huge dtores of food but not enough candles. The slow dying of ...
Style: grindhouse, bleak, suspenseful, gloomy, serious ...
Plot: world war two, chess, world war, bunker, d day, survival, claustrophobia, battles, holocaust, wartime life, prison, war ...
Time: 1940s
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Hamsun (1996)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Germany
Duration: 159 min.
Story: Knut Hamsun is Norway's most famous and admired author. Ever since he was young he has hated the English for the starvation they caused Norway during WWI. When the Germans occupy Norway 9 April 1940 he welcomes them and the protection they can ...
Style: sad, realistic, serious, emotional, sincere ...
Plot: world war two, holocaust, writers, world war, nazi, war, poet, biopic, writer's life, nobel prize winner, totalitarian state, fascism ...
Time: 1940s, year 1996, 1930s
Place: europe, germany
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41%
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Two Deaths (1995)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A tale of power, passion and obsession set in a politically torn Eastern European country.
Style: erotic drama, political, sensual, serious, realistic ...
Plot: romanian revolution, vengeance, obsession, revolution, couples, state affairs, master and servant, human nature, politics, society, couple relations, forbidden love ...
Time: 90s
Place: romania, europe, bucharest, eastern europe
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41%
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