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Boat (2024)
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Original name: போட்
Genre: History
Country: India
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
During World War II, a group of 10 survivors from Madras get stranded in the ocean in a small boat, which unexpectedly stops and sinks mid-journey, and they are forced to take some drastic measures to save themselves.
Style:
suspenseful, intense, tension, bleak, dark, realistic, political thriller, period drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, world war two, ocean, shipwreck, stranded, fear, isolation, desperation, sea voyage, moral dilemma, human nature, minimalism, claustrophobia, morality, sacrifice, grief, drowning, storm, resourceful, survival horror, hopes, cannibalism, slow burn, psychological drama, adventure
Time:
1940s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out bleak, suspenseful, tense and captivating films with plots about survival, isolation, world war two, moral dilemma, moral ambiguity, sacrifice and fear mostly in History, Drama and War genres. Some movies like Boat: 3 Days in Malay (2023), The Tasters (2025), Road 47 (2013), Handcart (2002), Never Alone (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, History, War
Country: Thailand, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Marines stationed at an airfield in Malay during WWII get wind of a coming raid by the Japanese. Unable to get reinforcements approved, they engage in a harrowing 3-day battle against enemy forces.
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, bleak, thrilling ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, group, battles, combat, siege, military, great war, military service, world war, japanese soldier, wartime, wartime life ...
Time:
1940s
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95%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy, Belgium, Switzerland
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The film follows in the wake of young Rosa who flees bomb-stricken Berlin in the autumn of 1943 and heads to a small, isolated village near the eastern border. This is where her in-laws live and where her husband, who’s deployed on the front, has ...
Style:
bleak, intense, tense, grim, suspense ...
Plot:
nazi germany, world war two, moral dilemma, paranoia, survival, moral ambiguity, fear, betrayal, claustrophobia, sisterhood, occupation, poisoning ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943
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86%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Brazil, Italy, Portugal
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
During World War II, looking up the Mountain, in Italy, a Brazilian Expeditionary Force - FEB - mines weeping platoon is hit by a panic-attack that sets them running aimlessly right in the middle of 'no man's land'. Desperate cold and ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful
Plot:
world war two, survival, minefield, fear, sacrifice, moral ambiguity, anti war, desertion, moral dilemma, camaraderie, redemption, italian soldier ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
brazil
Similarity:
83%
Genre: History
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
This is a fictional love story with the 1856 Handcart Pioneers as the backdrop. Sam Hunter, falls for a Mormon Pioneer woman, Abigail, as she is moving west. As the pioneers stop in his town of Iowa City, he pretends to desire joining the Mormon ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, historical romance, emotional, dramatic ...
Plot:
christian, sacrifice, religious faith, love story, hardship, survival, suffering, religious community, moral dilemma, faith, pioneer, religious persecution ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s
Place:
iowa, utah
Similarity:
80%
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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:
finland
Similarity:
79%
Genre: History
Country: Poland, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In the early Middle Ages, two Christian knights set off to christen a small pagan village hidden deep in the mountains. Despite the differences in their views and perspectives on religion, the two men become travel companions and create a father-son ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, atmospheric ...
Plot:
medieval, pagan, inquisition, religious conflict, christianity, paganism, religious conversion, religious persecution, showdown, religion, preaching, preacher ...
Similarity:
79%
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Genre: History
Country: USA
Story:
Alina, Luisa and América are three women who after fighting to restore and stabilize democracy to their country realize they’ve been betrayed by the leader of the revolution. The three women begin to confront and challenge the new system in their ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, intense ...
Plot:
revolution, imprisoned, cuban revolution, women, imprisonment, oppression, women's prison, female protagonist, social problems, life is a bitch, prison, social issues ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Solar Eclipse is a conspiracy theory period movie based on true events, that led to the eventual assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. The movie demonstrates a violent India, at the backdrop of a non-violent Gandhi, and hard-line fanatic mindsets ...
Style:
tense, thrilling, captivating, realistic, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
assassination, conspiracy theory, political unrest, conspiracy, politics, murder, religious conflict, extremism, fanaticism, non violence, police procedural, betrayal ...
Time:
1940s, year 1947
Place:
india, usa
Similarity:
75%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In World War II British Columbia, Canada, a Japanese immigrant family has to endure the racist Canadian policy of being interned and their property confiscated as "enemy aliens". At the same time, a white Canadian family has to deal with ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, tension, independent film, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, racism, family drama, cultural conflict, social injustice, prejudice, identity, grief, civil liberties, resilience, human rights, moral dilemma ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
british columbia, canada
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy, France, Serbia
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
How will the Germans react to the armistice of the 8th of September 1943, due to which Italy betrays them and sides with the allied forces? This is the distressing questions that a group of 16 Italian - Greek Jews evacuated at The Meina Hotel ask ...
Style:
historical drama, emotional, melancholic, period piece, tension ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, hotel, war crime, execution, tragedy, nazism, massacre, fear, ss officer, desperation, escape ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama, History, Sci-Fi
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
On a storm-ravaged island that has seen its share of tragedy, a person who had been assumed dead reappears and ignites a frenzy of reactions, ranging from ecstatic religious fervor to fear.
Style:
tense, bleak, tension, suspense, grim ...
Plot:
island, ruins, fear, isolation, grief, moral ambiguity, resurrection, secrets, morality, desperation, haunting, civil unrest ...
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
At the end of World War II Lena Kuchler arrives at a refuge camp in search of her disappeared family members. But at this place she can get no information in her case but only encounters hungry children.
Style:
heartbreaking, historical drama, emotional, melancholic, bleak ...
Plot:
post war, holocaust, survivor, orphan, refugee camp, jewish history, anti semitism, survival, community, resilience, solidarity, violence ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
poland
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A Beast - Like Human Has Entered into the Nallamala Forests at a time, when the people of India have got ridden of slavery and are rejoicing the long-awaited freedom, what happened in the Nallamala forest after savage human being entered the forest ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, dark, grim
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, anxiety, man versus nature, isolation, revenge, grief, lawlessness
Similarity:
64%
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
Similarity:
61%
387
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
One of the most frequently dramatized of all William Faulkner stories, Old Man is based on a section of Faulkner's 1939 novel The Wild Palms. Set during the cataclysmic 1927 Mississippi river flood, the story revolves around the curious ...
Style:
tension, suspense, grim, art house, period drama
Plot:
flood, prisoner, man versus nature, pregnancy, survival, escape, redemption, moral dilemma, storm, rescue, fugitives, isolation ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
louisiana
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a passenger ship sinks, a ship's officer must decide which passengers in an overcrowded lifeboat must be sacrificed so the rest can survive an approaching typhoon.
Style:
tense, intense, bleak, suspenseful, grim ...
Plot:
shipwreck, survival, lifeboat, boat, disaster, sea, storm, moral dilemma, sacrifice, desperation, human nature, character study ...
Similarity:
57%
Genre: History
Country: India
Duration: 190 min.
Story:
Based on the Malabar riots of 1921.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, tense, thought provoking, bleak ...
Plot:
british raj, rebellion, revolution, political conflict, nationalism, resistance movement, oppression, leader, village life, biopic, martyrdom, revenge ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
This war drama is dedicated to the victory in the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). It revolves around Pavel Zubov, a school teacher whose village was occupied by the fascists. Being a teacher is his calling in life. He believes in such basic human ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, realistic, intense ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, great patriotic war, german occupation, occupation, world war two, wartime, nazi occupation, war, wartime life, life is a bitch, struggle for survival, teacher ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union
Similarity:
54%
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Genre: History
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
So much more than simply the story of the Thanksgiving meal, the epic saga of the Pilgrims is one of the fundamental narratives of our nation. This ambitious documentary presents the definitive history of the Pilgrims and their journey to and ...
Style:
educational, serious, captivating, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
american history, colonial america, colonialism, tomb raider, thanksgiving, water, castaway, shipwreck, sea, ship, colonization, new world ...
Time:
17th century
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The remarkable true-life survival story of a Jewish boy hiding and being hunted in the forests of Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe, based on Maxwell Smart's memoir.
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:
eastern europe
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Hungary
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A fictional account of the 1958 attack against the Hungarian embassy in Bern. Based on a true story about the aftermath of the 1956 Hungarian revolution.
Style:
political thriller, suspenseful, historical drama, tension
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cold war, claustrophobia, moral dilemma, realism, isolation, protest, interrogation, resistance movement, national identity, embassy, surveillance, international law ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Place:
switzerland, romania
Similarity:
50%
Genre: History, Thriller, War
Country: Sweden, Germany, Norway
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Despite the threat of war in the fall of 1939, the Germans decide to launch a sea expedition in search of evidence for Pangaea. Although the multi national geologists embark enthusiastically on their research mission, the growing political tension ...
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
world war two, scientific expedition, ship, wartime, military, expedition, war, mission, moral dilemma, isolation, political intrigue, claustrophobia ...
Time:
year 1939
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In 1945, at the end of World War II, Neus Català returns to France, where she recalls her life under the Nazi yoke.
Style:
historical drama, bleak, captivating, harsh, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, survival, female protagonist, concentration camp, concentration camp survivor, forced labor, war trauma, life is a bitch, survival horror, struggle for survival, life, woman ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Hungary, Latvia, France, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
World War II, occupied Soviet Union. István Semetka is a simple Hungarian farmer who serves as a Sub-Lieutenant in a special unit scouting for partisan groups. On their way to a remote village, his company falls under enemy fire. As the commander ...
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
prospector, reconnaissance, soldier, partisan, realism, eastern front, military, military officer, fight for supremacy, ambush, war, struggle for survival ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union, germany
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Ivan sets off on a dangerous mission into Syria to save his ex-commander Grey after his capture by ISIS. With the help of U.S. military patrols, he succeeds in freeing Grey and attempts to escape the country while being hunted by terrorists.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, bleak, serious, rough ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
military, russian abroad, hostage rescue, dangerous mission, isis, rescue mission, wartime, correspondents, war correspondent, ex military, ex soldier, wartime life ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
syria, middle east
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
The film tells of devastating earthquake in Banja Luka in 1969 and follows a group of prisoners in prison during devastating earthquake and people and residents of Banja Luka. Fate of prisoners,the fate of the city and residents of Banja Luka, are ...
Style:
tense, bleak, realistic, reflective, period piece ...
Plot:
earthquake, survival, disaster, social commentary, social realism, community, empathy, solidarity, ruins, isolation, humanitarian, fate ...
Place:
former yugoslavia, bosnia herzegovina
Similarity:
38%
Genre: History
Country: Taiwan
TV show
Story:
Adapted from the historical facts of Taiwan. On March 12, 1867, the American merchant ship – Rover was shipwrecked at the southern end of Taiwan’s Hengchun Peninsula.
While “The Rover Incident” broke out, Tiap-moe was 18 years old. She was ...
Style:
suspenseful, historical drama, exciting, captivating, period piece ...
Plot:
indigenous people, survival, rescue mission, tribe, lifeguard, salvation, native tribe, struggle for survival, rescue attempt, ship, tragedy, accident ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
taiwan
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Italy, Belgium
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
One dark night during the early phases of WWII, the Italian Royal Navy submarine Cappellini sinks an armed merchant ship sailing with lights out. At that moment, its commander Salvatore Todaro makes a decision that was destined to go down in ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, sea battle, shipwreck, rescue, sea, naval officer, castaway, sunken ship, war, warship, sinking ship, humanity ...
Time:
1940s, year 1940, 20th century
Place:
atlantic ocean
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Israel, USA
TV show
Story:
From the ambush at an open-air music festival to a family's last stand inside their home, ordinary people face life-or-death situations as a terrorist invasion turns southern Israel into a war zone.
Style:
tension, intense, realistic, suspenseful, tear jerker
Audience:
adult
Plot:
fear, resilience, war zone, survival, bravery, conflict, terrorist attack, trauma, chaos, family drama, home invasion, ambush ...
Place:
israel
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When a Japanese pilot crash-lands on the tiny remote Hawaiian island of Ni'ihau, he is met with courtesy and traditional Hawaiian hospitality from the locals - until they discover he was part of the recent attack on Pearl Harbor. Soon the ...
Style:
suspense, historical drama, captivating, disturbing, period piece ...
Plot:
world war two, island, cultural difference, interracial relations, air disaster, air strike, soldier, remote island, moral dilemma, isolation, prejudice, fear ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
hawaii, pearl harbor
Similarity:
37%
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