Movies like Dawn
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Dawn (2014)
94
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland, UK, Germany, Israel
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The story is set in Palestine in 1947, during the British mandate period. The Zionists are fighting for the establishment of a Jewish state, and four comrades in arms pressure the young Elisha to overcome his moral qualms and fully commit to the armed struggle.
Style:
tense, historical drama, political thriller, period piece, ambiguous ending
Plot:
moral dilemma, israeli palestinian conflict, hostage situation, occupation, political intrigue, sacrifice, resistance movement, assassination, holocaust survivor, kidnapping, claustrophobia, mature, brotherhood, minimalism, coming of age, holocaust, terrorism, manipulation, judaism, hostage, historical event, zionism, british soldier, psychological drama, military uniform
Time:
1940s, year 1947
Place:
middle east, palestine, israel
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Most similar movies to Dawn
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, bleak, period piece and historical drama films with plots about coming of age, moral dilemma, sacrifice, betrayal, moral ambiguity, youth and family relations mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Dawn: Tsili (2014), Cold Summer (2006), Dirty Hands (1989), Farha (2021), The Little Traitor (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
74
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, France, Italy
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Tsili is a young girl caught in the middle of World War II. After her family is taken to a concentration camp, Tsili hides in the forest, free from hatred and men, until the arrival of Marek, a stranger who speaks to her in Yiddish.
Style:
serious, realistic, bleak, disturbing, tense
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, survival, holocaust survivor, against humanity, youth, danger, woods, hiding, coming of age, violinist, rainstorm ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
europe
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The Wall - Berlin '61.
Style:
historical drama, dramatic, period piece, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
escape, berlin wall, escape attempt, cold war, smuggling, oppression, coming of age, moral dilemma, friendship, working class, claustrophobia, iron curtain ...
Time:
year 1961, 60s
Place:
east germany, west berlin west germany
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
A political drama set in the fictional country of Illyria between 1943 and 1945, the story is about the assassination of a leading politician. The country, an ally of Nazi Germany, is on the verge of being annexed to the Eastern Bloc. ...
Style:
intellectual, bleak, philosophical, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
assassination, political intrigue, moral ambiguity, ethical dilemma, power struggle, ambition, conspiracy, betrayal, character study, manipulation, adaptation, propaganda ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
71%
91K
Genre: Drama
Country: Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Sweden
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Palestine, 1948. After the withdrawal of the British occupiers, tensions rise between Arabs and Jews. Meanwhile, Farha, the smart daughter of the mayor of a small village, unaware of the coming tragedy, dreams of going to study in the big city.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
arab, palestinian-israeli conflict, bombing, aerial bombardment, teenage girl, suffering, moving, zionism, colonization, ethnic cleansing, father daughter relationship, female friendship ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
palestine, middle east
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Based on the novel "Panther in the Basement" by the world-renowned author, Amos Oz, the movie takes place in Palestine in 1947, just a few months before Israel becomes a state. Proffy Liebowitz, a militant yet sensitive eleven year old ...
Style:
realistic, thought provoking, sentimental, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
friendship, rebellion, british military, military, friends, state affairs, soldier, youth, coming of age, child protagonist, man boy relationship, boy ...
Time:
20th century, year 1947, 1940s, year 1977
Place:
middle east, israel, palestine, jerusalem, london
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
During the summer of 1968 a teenage boy goes to work for a matchmaker who has survived the Holocaust - both their lives are forever altered.
Style:
sentimental, stylized, realistic, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
matchmaking, looking for love, love and romance, teenage life, best friend, apprentice, male female relationship, adaptation, holocaust, judaism, summer, traumatic childhood ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1968
Place:
middle east, israel, palestine
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Italy, Israel
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The viscous conflict between Israel and the Palestinians is now a generation old. For many of the children of the region, the terrorist war has been going on for their entire lifetimes, killing their family and friends, and overshadowing their ...
Style:
emotional, intense, psychological, bleak, period piece ...
Plot:
terrorism, realism, bombing, anti war, moral dilemma, revenge, family tragedy, humanism, underground movement, guerilla warfare, forgiveness, politics ...
Time:
70s
Place:
middle east, palestine, israel
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Algeria
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A father with a dangerous secret searching for his daughter.
Style:
emotional, realistic, political, atmospheric, intense ...
Plot:
secrets, redemption, guilt, loss, grief, identity, occupation, honor, betrayal, revenge, claustrophobia, israeli army ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
palestine, israel, middle east, jerusalem
Similarity:
61%
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392
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, Germany, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Brothers Yaki and Shaul live with their parents in Petah Tikva, a satellite town of Tel Aviv. Yaki is doing military service. As for all other 18-year-old Israelis, this means he is allowed to carry a gun. This weapon gives the brothers the power to ...
Style:
realistic, tense, serious, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
family problems, kidnapping, family relations, unemployment, society, working class, parents and children, teenage life, dysfunctional family, soldier, youth, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Brothers Kenan and Sinan Yeşilyaprak, both officers in the Turkish army, have been conflicted since birth. Their father was a prominent — later persecuted — general and their mother a member of the oft-discriminated-against Kurdish minority.
Style:
tense, bleak, intense, political thriller
Plot:
moral dilemma, turkish army, brotherhood, political unrest, identity crisis, sacrifice, family drama, authoritarianism, court martial, persecution, tragic past, betrayal ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Anna, a divorced single mother, employs a mysterious young woman called Lise to care for her children.
Style:
tense, melancholic, art house, independent film, dark ...
Plot:
character study, female protagonist, single mother, lesbian, existential loneliness, intimacy, secrets, caretaker, young woman, moral ambiguity, trauma, claustrophobia ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
The political evolution in Chile seeing from three different times: 1937, 1947 and 1970. A film that shows how a revolution cannot be accomplished by electoral means, and how the wealthy class will always attempt to destroy that revolution, with the ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, tense, political, suspenseful ...
Plot:
class struggle, class conflict, revolution, working class, social inequality, social realism, armed forces, military coup, rebellion, political satire, politics, bourgeoisie ...
Time:
70s, 1940s, 1930s, year 1970, year 1947 ...
Place:
chile, latin america
Similarity:
50%
161
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The movie tells the life story and friendship of five blacksmiths in town of Leninakan during the war and the years preceding it - as told by the son of one of the blacksmiths.
Style:
poignant, historical drama, melancholic, period piece, sentimental
Audience:
kids
Plot:
friendship, world war two, sacrifice, memory, nostalgia, tragedy, brotherhood, loss, mourning, working class, coming of age, small town life ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
armenia, soviet union, caucasus, ussr
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The film is divided into two segments, both set in Europe during WWII.
Style:
emotional, historical drama, tension, inspirational, bleak ...
Plot:
persecution, courage, holocaust, bravery, rescue, world war two, sacrifice, nazi occupation, resistance, european, occupation, world war ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
france, poland
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Belgium
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In 2005, Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena was kidnapped in Iraq by a group of terrorists. Nicola Calipari, a SISMI agent, is tasked with rescuing her, but interference from US forces in Iraq compromises the operation. Despite the difficulties, and ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, bleak, historical drama, emotional ...
Plot:
terrorism, sacrifice, kidnapping, heroism, rescue mission, espionage, journalism, middle east conflict, betrayal, moral ambiguity, biopic, ethical dilemma ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
iraq, italy
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Andrew Angus Dalrymple's realistic portrait of a British soldier, his Irish lover and her twin sister amidst the strife of Northern Ireland.
Style:
tense, bleak, period piece, suspenseful, independent film
Plot:
trouble, political conflict, british soldier, civil unrest, social realism, violence, trauma, family drama, twin sister, occupation, forbidden romance, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
70s
Place:
belfast, ireland, northern ireland
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Israel
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A female American Israeli lawyer is defending a Palestinian charged by an Israeli court. It's a tough case because of strong political background. Meanwhile she finds out she's pregnant and thinks about abortion.
Style:
political, independent film, political drama
Plot:
abortion, conspiracy, lawyer, resistance, israeli, chaos, judaism, prison, deportation, cover up, prosecutor, investigation ...
Time:
year 1983
Place:
israel, middle east, jordan, south africa
Similarity:
43%
24
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Thessaloniki, Greece, 1948. The American journalist George Washington Polk, who works for CBS, walks into a restaurant. During his meal he discovers that he has already been murdered. A journey through the reflections of time and memory begins. The ...
Style:
historical drama, reflective, bleak, atmospheric, political thriller ...
Plot:
greek civil war, investigative journalism, assassination, journalism, political intrigue, post war, true crime, memory, investigation, character study, biopic, reflection ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
greece
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, Poland
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
City of Lodz in Poland, after the Second World War. Two brothers, Tadek and Andrzej, grow up without a father, and their mother, so busy at work, does not notice when the boys join a rowdy and anti-Semitic organization.Only when during a fight one ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, touching, historical drama ...
Plot:
self discovery, immigrant, immigration, family relations, culture clash, society, single parent, neo nazism, holocaust survivor, identity, family drama, anti semitism ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1950s, 60s
Place:
israel, middle east, poland, australia
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Black Horses is a film about the destiny of Serbian people who are forced to endure the "rule from the North" against their will. The empress Maria Theresia has designated their region of Banat to be the dungeon for insubordinate citizens ...
Style:
historical drama, bleak, period piece, dramatic, melancholic ...
Plot:
national identity, social injustice, identity crisis, moral dilemma, oppression, occupation, nationalism, ethnic conflict, class conflict, resistance, betrayal, revenge
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
Film version of the Royal Shakespeare Company's 2012 production of Shakespeare's fast-moving thriller. A vivid story about a struggle for democracy, Julius Caesar is also a love story between two men united by an explosive act of political ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, political thriller, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
shakespeare, antiquity, roman, political violence, political intrigue, betrayal, power struggle, conspiracy, assassination, ambition, empire, julius caesar ...
Time:
1st century
Place:
rome italy
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Radio Free Europe, BBC, and Voice of America can only rarely get through the Iron Curtain and Soviet mufflers to Lithuania, a country torn by a war between the local resistance movement and the Soviet regime that is forced onto Lithuanian people by ...
Style:
historical drama, captivating, suspense, psychological, bleak ...
Plot:
partisan, iron curtain, cold war, sacrifice, resistance movement, hopes, political oppression, post war, society, showdown, fight for supremacy, fighting the system ...
Time:
post world war two
Place:
lithuania
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A fatherless family immigrates to Israel from Egypt during the British Mandate period. The film traces the hardships the family suffers in the politically unstable country.
Style:
semi autobiographical, sincere, touching, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
widow, older woman younger man relationship, israeli, young romance, youth, coming of age, teenage boy, british soldier, labor strike, loss of virginity, age difference, world war two ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
palestine, africa, middle east, israel
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A Canadian doctor finds her sympathies sorely tested while working in the conflict ravaged Palestinian territories.
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, disturbing, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
israeli palestinian conflict, doctors and patients, political unrest, injustice, society, wartime life, friendship, life is a bitch, doctor, terrorism, tragedy, israeli ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
palestine, middle east, israel, palestinian authority, jerusalem
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Albania, 1958. Luana, the daughter of a well respected man in the village, makes friends with Agim, who moved here after his family were banned from the city by the communists. Years later, their childhood friendship turns into teenage love, but ...
Style:
historical drama, romantic drama, poignant, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
forbidden love, family drama, female protagonist, political oppression, sacrifice, loneliness, patriarchy, gender roles, moral dilemma, arranged marriage, family honor, coming of age ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
albania
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Criminals hijack an airplane that not only carries a dangerous organism that is to be used in bacterial warfare, but also five beauty contest finalists.
Style:
suspense, tension, crime thriller, action drama, period piece ...
Plot:
hijacking, kidnapping, airplane, hostage situation, virus, fear, flying, beauty pageant, claustrophobia, law enforcement, biohazard, confined ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A bored couple separately seduces young girls, when the husband becomes obsessed with and begins to pamper a young neighbor with disastrous results.
Style:
controversial, erotic drama, independent film, erotic, period piece ...
Plot:
infidelity, seduction, mature, sexual obsession, jealousy, manipulation, taboo, moral ambiguity, voyeurism, female exploitation, cautionary tale, sexual awakening ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
39%
134
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
An emotional story of two brothers; the biography of Dr. Amarjit Singh, an Indian American immigrant who walked through The First Kashmir War as a child, forced from his home with his severely disabled brother and a family in fear for their lives.
Style:
historical drama, poignant, emotional, dramatic, heartfelt ...
Plot:
biopic, immigration, brothers, brotherhood, resilience, survival, perseverance, family drama, cleaning, sacrifice, loss, refugee ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
kashmir, india, usa
Similarity:
39%
23
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Description : Belgium, 1943. The situation is becoming unbearable for the Field family : antisemitic persecutions become common and violent. Joseph Field, the father, rebels against the occupying army. He is arrested and deported. Esther, his wife, ...
Style:
emotional, bleak, realistic, serious, historical drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
anti semitism, world war two, wartime life, youth, elderly, holocaust, teenage life, against humanity, life is a bitch, family relations, cause and meaning, resistance ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
belgium, england, europe
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
2 Sisters are forced to get along when their parents get mixed up in the Civil War, and leave them in charge.
Style:
captivating, dramatic, emotional, historical drama, heartfelt ...
Plot:
sibling rivalry, civil war, family drama, sisterhood, sister sister relationship, family relations, sister, relationships, sisters, wartime, life, siblings ...
Similarity:
38%
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