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The Grüninger File (2014)
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Original name: Akte Grüninger
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Switzerland, Austria
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
1938. Austria has been annexed by Nazi Germany, and Switzerland has closed its borders for Jewish refugees - a death sentence for thousands. But not all Swiss officials observe this inhuman order.
Style:
historical drama, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, serious, period piece, inspirational, emotional, reflective ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi, border crossing, holocaust, conscience, refugee, immigration, moral dilemma, ethics, war, border, nazi germany, life is a bitch, nazi officer, border patrol, nazi soldier, nazi occupation, jew persecution, jewish history, rescue, courage, bureaucracy, biopic, resistance, police investigation ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
switzerland
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspenseful, captivating and serious films with plots about world war two, nazi, war, nazi germany, resistance, holocaust and biopic mostly in Drama, History and War genres. Some movies like The Grüninger File: The Conference (2022), The Invisibles (2017), Marie's Children (2002), The World Will Tremble (2025), April 9th (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
On January 20, 1942, the Wannsee Conference takes place in Berlin, a meeting that had only one item on the agenda: The Final Solution, the organization of the systematic mass murder of eleven million European Jews.
Style:
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Plot:
world war two, holocaust, nazi, nazism, ss officer, jew persecution, nazi officer, genocide, anti semitism, war crime, nazi germany, wartime ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942
Place:
berlin germany, germany
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Canada, Poland, Latvia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Irena Sendler is a Catholic social worker who has sympathized with the Jews since her childhood, when her physician father died of typhus contracted while treating poor Jewish patients. When she initially proposes saving Jewish children from the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, period piece, suspense ...
Audience:
family outing, date night
Plot:
holocaust, nazi germany, world war two, ghetto, social worker, rescue, wartime life, nazi, historical figure, world war, against humanity, life is a bitch ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
poland, europe, warsaw poland
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Genre: Documentary, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Four young Jews survive the Third Reich in the middle of Berlin by living so recklessly that they become "invisible."
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holocaust, nazi officer, world war two, holocaust survivor, refugee, courage, resistance, hiding, nazi, feminist, military, biopic ...
Time:
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Place:
germany, berlin germany
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
During the German occupation of France, a young woman - Marie - finds a Jewish boy in her room. His parents and other Jewish neighbors have been just been deported, but Maurice (the boy) escaped. Marie decides to hide him, secretly.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, historical drama, suspenseful ...
Plot:
world war two, jew persecution, hiding, life is a bitch, child custody, nazi occupied france, occupied france, rescue, anti semitism, german occupation, persecution, holocaust ...
Time:
1940s
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The incredible, untold true story of how a group of prisoners attempt a seemingly impossible escape from the first Nazi death camp in order to provide the first eyewitness account of the Holocaust.
Style:
historical drama, bleak, tense, intense, emotional ...
Plot:
holocaust, concentration camp, world war two, nazi germany, memories, prison escape, war crime, survival, resistance, biopic, sacrifice, forced labor ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Denmark
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In the early morning of April 9th 1940 the Danish army is alerted. The Germans have crossed the border; Denmark is at war against Europe's strongest army. In Southern Jutland Danish bicycle- and motorcycle companies are ordered out, to against ...
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi occupation, wehrmacht, military, war, soldier, battles, danger, against the odds, nazi, world war, friendship ...
Time:
20th century, year 1940, 1940s
Place:
denmark, germany, europe
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69%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Varian Fry rescues more than 2,000 artists from Nazi persecution during World War II.
Style:
tense, serious, emotional, sincere, realistic
Plot:
world war two, wartime life, hidden identity, uncover truth, politics, life is a bitch, moral dilemma, state affairs, rescue, danger, escapades, against humanity ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
france, europe, usa, marseille
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64%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Unable to serve in World War II because of a heart condition, a barber moves his family adjacent to a Wisconsin army base and prisoner-of-war camp to provide his services. But even in rural America -- far from the frontline -- the war finds victims.
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, historical drama, heartfelt ...
Plot:
world war two, family relations, wartime life, life is a bitch, parents and children, family in crisis, against humanity, couple relations, family problems, couples, family drama, empathy ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
usa, wisconsin
Similarity:
63%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Denmark
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When a folk high school is turned into an internment camp for German refugees, the headmaster couple Jakob and Lis and their children are thrust into an impossible situation. Should the family help the refugees - or stand firm in the Danish ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, psychological, serious, disturbing ...
Plot:
liberation, refugee camp, resistance, refugee, moral dilemma, occupation, world war, great war, wartime, prisoner of war camp, wartime life, war ...
Time:
year 1945, 1940s
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Greece
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The execution of 200 Greek resistance fighters by the German occupiers on May 1st, 1944 in Kaisariani, as reprisal for the Greek Resistance ambush against Nazis.
Style:
historical drama, suspense, touching, sincere, psychological ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi occupation, reprisal, resistance fighter, nazi officer, greek history, execution, prisoner of war camp, martyrdom, political persecution, tragedy, sacrifice ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
greece, athens greece, germany, europe, balkan
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Norway, Denmark, UK, Czech Republic, Sweden
Duration: 45 min.
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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, period piece ...
Plot:
world war two, inventions and discoveries, resistance, chemistry, atomic bomb, danger, heroic mission, moral dilemma, military, soldier, nazi, mountain ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1930s
Place:
europe, germany, scotland, england
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: West Germany, Austria
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A true story about Johann Georg Elser, a quiet carpenter who tried to assassinate Hitler with an explosive device in 1939.
Style:
historical drama, bleak, political thriller, period piece, melancholic ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi, nazi germany, assassination attempt, biopic, gestapo, sacrifice, courage, resistance, moral ambiguity, investigation, underdog ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
germany, munich germany
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Canada, Czech Republic
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In occupied France, Maurice and Joseph, two young Jewish brothers left to their own devices demonstrate an incredible amount of cleverness, courage, and ingenuity to escape the enemy invasion and to try to reunite their family once again.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, brother brother relationship, ss, nazi occupation, nazi, german occupation, children in wartime, german soldier, shoah, military, soldier ...
Time:
1940s, year 2017, year 1943, year 1942, year 1944
Place:
paris france, nice france, france
Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Czech Republic, UK, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The account of keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Jan and Antonina Zabinski, who helped save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion.
Style:
factual, costume drama, rough, sad, tense ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
holocaust, zoo, nazi, world war two, marriage, hiding place, shoah, nazi occupied poland, women, zookeeper, world war, biopic ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Netherlands
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Story:
In 1940s Amsterdam, Jewish Council co-chairman David Cohen and his daughter Virrie have their bond tested as they pursue increasingly opposing ways of safeguarding their community under Nazi rule.
Style:
historical drama, bleak, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, nazi occupation, world war two, nazi, anti semitism, persecution, moral ambiguity, moral dilemma, community, nazism, relationships, life is a bitch ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
amsterdam, netherlands
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Country: France, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
bleak, realistic, captivating, disturbing, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, hitler, nazi germany, nazi, against humanity, suicide, confinement indoors, wartime life, life is a bitch, state affairs, downfall, confined ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1945
Place:
germany, berlin germany, europe
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK, Italy
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His diplomatic status in a Catholic country prevents Colonel Kappler from openly arresting him, ...
Style:
factual, tense, serious, suspenseful, period piece ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
nazi, world war two, catholic, vatican, soldier, fighting the system, military, uninhibited rivalry, clergy, politics, hopes, survival ...
Time:
year 1943, 1940s, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
rome italy, europe, italy, germany, california
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Finland, Estonia, Sweden, Austria, Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
1942. The State of Finland has formed an alliance with Nazi Germany. An elderly man single-handedly tries to stop a secret attempt by the Finnish State Police to hand over Jewish refugees directly to the Gestapo.
Style:
historical drama, suspenseful, bleak, period piece, tension ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, anti semitism, persecution, collaboration, moral dilemma, secret police, resistance, danger, courage, gestapo, risk, survival ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
This is the true story of Freddy and Walter – two young Slovak Jews, who were deported to Auschwitz in 1942. On 10 April 1944, after meticulous planning and with the help and the resilience of their inmates, they manage to escape. While the ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense, social
Plot:
nazi, concentration camp, nazi occupation, escape, world war two, wartime life, wartime, jew persecution, war violence, life is a bitch, male pubic hair, nazi propaganda ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
central europe, germany
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Estonia, Finland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The events of the war in 1944, from the Blue Hills to Sõrve Peninsula. Shown through the eyes of Estonian soldiers who had to pick sides and fight against fellow brothers. Choices have to be made, not only by the soldiers, but also by their loved ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, psychological
Plot:
world war two, nazi, military, eastern front, nazi soldier, german army, soldier, enemy, death, retreat, battles, world war ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1944
Place:
estonia, europe, soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
world war two, holocaust, married couple, nazi, underground movement, problem, wartime, jew persecution, military, social problems, war, life is a bitch ...
Place:
poland
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In the last days of World War II, Gauleiter Eigruber ordered the blasting of the salt mine. Stolen art treasures are stored there. The villagers oppose it.
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, historical drama, tense, grim ...
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world war two, resistance, social relations, arts and culture, wartime, society, fighting the system, showdown, jewelry, art collection, war, artwork ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
historical drama, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
nazi occupation, holocaust, survival, holocaust survivor, world war two, fear, hiding, persecution, anti semitism, problem, nazism, nazi ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: China
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A former spy in the Chinese Nationalist Party falls for an opium-dealing widow, as China is ravaged by war and revolution.
Style:
historical drama, captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
world war two, social problems, wartime life, life is a bitch, wartime, couple relations, romantic relationship, loner, war, love story, in love, fall in love ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Based on a play, the story details the dramatic negotiations between UK, France, Poland, Nazi-Germany and USSR from the day Czechoslovakia fell, until Britain's declaration of war on Germany caused by Hitler's invasion of Poland.
Style:
historical drama, serious, period piece, tense, political ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi germany, hitler, world war, wartime, strategy, moral dilemma, war, sudden ending, politics, ultimatum, ambassador ...
Place:
soviet union, poland, united kingdom, france, czechoslovakia ...
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
During World War II in the freezing Netherlands winter of 1944/1945 the western Netherlands are in the grip of a famine. Many people move east to provide for their families. Fourteen year old Michiel can't wait to join the Dutch resistance, to ...
Style:
tense, sexy, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
world war two, coming of age, resistance movement, occupation, resistance, children in wartime, nazi, wartime life, execution, winter, nazism, nazi occupation ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 2008, post world war two
Place:
netherlands, germany, europe, holland
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
It is the mid-1930s and the storm clouds of WWII were forming in Germany. This films charts the work of Robert Watson Watt - the pioneer of Radar - and his hand-picked team of eccentric yet brilliant meteorologists as they struggle to turn the ...
Style:
clever, captivating, realistic, serious, historical drama ...
Plot:
world war two, biopic, workplace, couples, inventions and discoveries, couple relations, invention, british history, perseverance, teamwork, moving, espionage ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
england
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45%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, Netherlands, Belarus, Russia, Latvia
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Western frontiers of the USSR, 1942. The region is under German occupation. A man is wrongly accused of collaboration. Desperate to save his dignity, he faces an impossible moral choice.
Style:
realistic, serious, bleak, captivating, aesthetic ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi occupation, false accusation, moral dilemma, human nature, danger, survival, life is a bitch, wartime life, fog, resistance fighter, nazi ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1942
Place:
soviet union, germany, latvia, russia, ussr
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Im Kölner Stadtteil Ehrenfeld lebt eine Gruppe von Arbeiterkindern kurz vor Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs ihren ganz eigenen Alltag. Die selbsternannten „Edelweißpiraten“ träumen von einer gerechten Welt und sehnen sich nach der unbeschwerten ...
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tense, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
resistance, wartime life, world war two, nazi germany, human spirit, rebellion, young heroes, captivity, rebelliousness, life is a bitch, against humanity, idealism ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
europe, germany
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
During WWII, the death camp at Treblinka had an escape, causing the Commandant at a similar camp in Sobibor to vow (actually threaten) that his camp would never experience the same thing. But those who were its captives, the Jewish laborers that had ...
Style:
tense, realistic, thought provoking, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
concentration camp, world war two, pow, holocaust, escape, shoah, against humanity, genocide, military, captivity, nazi, hopes ...
Time:
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Place:
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