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Colditz (2005)
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 120 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 Rose's girlfriend of his capture. So begins a complex love story...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, exciting, tense, historical drama, period drama
Plot:
pow, world war two, military, soldier, love triangle, battles, love and romance, prison life, nazism, world war, war, human spirit, love affair, danger, confined, siblings relations, wartime life, prisoners of war, british soldier, prison escape, drug addict, prisoner of war camp, prisoner, luftwaffe, jail ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1939, 40s
Place:
london, germany, europe, warsaw poland
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Most similar movies to Colditz
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and tense films and TV series with plots about world war two, world war, military, war, soldier, wartime life and danger mostly in War, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Colditz: Combat! (1962), Hogan's Heroes (1965), Stalingrad (1993), Sniper: Weapon of Retaliation (2009), Piece of Cake (1988). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of American soldiers fighting the Germans in France during World War II. The program starred Rick Jason as ...
Style:
retro, realistic, serious, vintage
Plot:
world war two, military, world war, tank, mission, american soldier, soldier, anti war, infantrymen, military life, babies and infants, war ...
Time:
year 1944, 1940s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
europe, prague, france, czech republic
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
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Story:
Hogan's Heroes is an American television sitcom that ran for 168 episodes from September 17, 1965, to July 4, 1971, on the CBS network. The show was set in a German prisoner of war camp during World War II. Bob Crane starred as Colonel Robert ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, spoof, parody, not serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
world war two, pow, prison, military, espionage, american soldier, prisoner of war camp, world war, us military, aviation, prisoner, military prison ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
germany, europe, berlin germany, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: West Germany, France, UK, Italy
Duration: 98 min.
TV show
Story:
Life aboard a German U-Boat during World War II.
Style:
gloomy, bleak, cult classic, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, submarine, underwater, navy, torpedo, sinking ship, battles, male male relationship, military, naval battle, german soldier, military life ...
Time:
year 1941, 20th century, 1940s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
"Stalingrad" follows the progress of a German Platoon through the brutal fighting of the Battle of Stalingrad. After having half their number wiped out and after being placed under the command of a sadistic Captain, the Lieutenant of the ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, gloomy, epic ...
Plot:
world war two, war, battles, nazism, eastern front, soldier, german soldier, starvation, survival, military life, holocaust, winter ...
Time:
year 1942, year 1943, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
russia, germany, europe, italy, berlin germany ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Belarus, Russia
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
This world war two story depicts the personal war between a Soviet sniper and a German sniper. Their feud continues after the war in Soviet occupied Germany. At the same time a Nazi rocket scientist continues his research while a Soviet secret ...
Plot:
world war two, sniper, revenge, vendetta, german army, soviet soldier, red army, cold war, theatrical producer, nkvd, secret document, killing ...
Time:
year 1941, year 1945
Place:
soviet union, ukraine, ussr
Similarity:
100%
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, serious, realistic, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
aerial combats, world war two, battles, aviation, luftwaffe, royal air force, warplane, wartime, world war, partner, friends, heroes ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 240 min.
TV show
Story:
True Story about the Atlantic Ferry Operation during World War II.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, emotional
Plot:
world war two, post war, captain, military, danger, love affair, love and romance, wartime life, relationship vs career, heroes, against the odds, life is a bitch ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
europe, canada, newfoundland, england, london
Similarity:
50%
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, gloomy, bleak, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, chess, world war, bunker, d day, survival, claustrophobia, battles, holocaust, wartime life, prison, against humanity ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
france
Similarity:
45%
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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:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
poland, europe
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
When Singapore surrendered to the Japanese in 1942 the Allied POWs, mostly British but including a few Americans, were incarcerated in Changi prison. This was a POW detention center like no other. There were no walls or barbed-wire fences for the ...
Style:
black and white, realistic, bleak, sad, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, prison, pow, british soldier, soldier, prisoner of war camp, capitalism, world war, prisoners of war, bullying, military, friendship ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945
Place:
asia, japan, singapore, california, england ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Danger UXB is a 1979 British ITV television series about World War II developed by John Hawkesworth and starring Anthony Andrews as Lieutenant Brian Ash, an officer in the Royal Engineers.
The series chronicles the exploits of the fictional 97 ...
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
world war two, world war, terrorism, military life, battles, danger, wartime life, soldier, anti hero, heroes, military, fall in love ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
london, europe, england
Similarity:
44%
438
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Changi is a six-part Australian television miniseries broadcast by ABC TV in 2001. It originally aired from 14 October 2001 to 18 November 2001.
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, tense, contemplative
Plot:
world war two, pow, war crime, survival, prisoner of war camp, military, friendship, wartime life, prison life, buddies, against humanity, isolation ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
singapore, japan, australia
Similarity:
43%
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, secret agent, working undercover, heroic mission, undercover, danger, espionage, rivalry, friendship, nazi, world war, strength ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
europe
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
During WWII, a three-man commando team places its trust in the hands of a band of Filipino resistors, as they try to knock out a Japenese communication center.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, tense, psychotronic ...
Plot:
world war two, espionage, danger, war, anti war, escapades, mission, world war, liberation, reconnaissance, battles, soldier ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
the philippines, japan, asia, usa
Similarity:
42%
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 ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, tense, emotional ...
Plot:
world war two, world war, diplomacy, dysfunctional marriage, spy, resistance, activist, infidelity, lecturer, life is a bitch, war, opposites attract ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s
Place:
greece, middle east, egypt, africa, romania ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Three British soldiers and their German captive trek through the European countryside.
Style:
serious, realistic
Plot:
world war two, soldier, holocaust, captive, battles, basic training, captivity, military life, prison, gory, anti war, war ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
europe, england, germany
Similarity:
41%
16K
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
North Africa, World War II. British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to struggle up a brutal incline. It's not a military objective. It's The Hill, a manmade instrument of torture, a tower of sand seared by a ...
Style:
black and white, tense, bleak, historically accurate, noir ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
world war two, prison, military, brutality, desert, sadism, prison escape, military prison, world war, prison life, great war, wartime ...
Time:
1940s, year 1965, 20th century, 70s
Place:
africa, north africa, libya, germany, sahara
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as their journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men from paratrooper training in Georgia through the end of the war. As an elite rifle company ...
Style:
heroic, captivating, epic, historical drama, period piece ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
world war two, combat, military, war, battles, soldier, american soldier, paratrooper, courage, behind enemy lines, infantry, nazi germany ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, y2k, 2000s, post world war two
Place:
germany, europe, belgium, netherlands, austria ...
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Drama, Sport, War
Country: UK, USA, Italy, Hungary
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A group of POWs in a German prison camp during World War II play the German National Soccer Team in this powerful film depicting the role of prisoners during wartime.
Style:
inspirational, serious, exciting, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, kids
Plot:
prison, world war two, soccer, football, escape, nazi, war, pow, contests and competitions, against the odds, world war, prison escape ...
Time:
year 1981, 20th century
Place:
germany, paris france, europe, france, argentina ...
Similarity:
40%
12K
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, Czech Republic
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
An inexperienced U-boat crew has to survive a secret mission and a young German woman is torn between loyalty for her home country and the French resistance in the WWII drama.
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
submarine, world war two, french resistance, navy, wehrmacht, rape, military, world war, nazi germany, insubordination, nazi occupation, leadership ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942, 20th century
Place:
europe, france
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 191 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, fighting the system, love triangle, life is a bitch, soldier, betrayal, love and romance, military life, haunted by the past, basic training, society ...
Time:
future, 1940s
Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Berlin, 1941. Five friends eager to become heroes in an adventure that will change the face of Europe - and that will forever change them as well.
Style:
tense, captivating, thought provoking, serious, anime ...
Plot:
world war two, nazism, holocaust, soldier, military, nazi germany, guilt, danger, eastern front, atrocity, wehrmacht, friends ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
germany, berlin germany, east germany, hawaii, soviet union ...
Similarity:
40%
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, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
world war one, military, wartime life, soldier, life is a bitch, hopes, battles, great war, friendship, danger, bittersweet, war ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 83 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:
romantic drama, realistic, emotional, serious, stylized ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
world war one, soldier, trench warfare, love affair, lovers, lovers apart, military, great war, abbey, battles, young lovers, tragic romance ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century
Place:
france, united kingdom, europe
Similarity:
40%
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, costume drama, period piece ...
Plot:
world war two, female protagonist, village, friends, strong female presence, social relations, british, husband wife relationship, family relations, mother son relationship, father son relationship, woman ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 66 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:
atmospheric, suspenseful, captivating, tense, historical drama ...
Plot:
occupation, wartime, island, wartime life, military, society, against humanity, oppression, genocide, anti semitism, world war two, holocaust ...
Time:
post world war two
Place:
britain, england, europe
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
This series chronicles the adventures--in the air and on the ground--of the men of the 918th Bombardment Group of the U.S. Eighth Air Force. First commanded by irascible General Frank Savage--and later by Colonel Joe Gallagher, the son of a Pentagon ...
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, vintage, period drama
Plot:
world war two, military, sacrifice, luftwaffe, air force, leadership, duty, camaraderie, aerial combat, heroism, responsibility, courage ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
39%
4K
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA, West Germany
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
During WWII, the United States set up army bases in Great Britain as part of the war effort. Against their proper sensibilities, many of the Brits don't much like the brash Yanks, especially when it comes to the G.I.s making advances on the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, touching, historical drama ...
Plot:
world war two, soldier, wartime life, forbidden love, premarital sex, american abroad, prejudice, racism, infidelity, couple relations, love affair, world war ...
Time:
1940s, year 1979, 20th century, year 1942
Place:
england, yorkshire, northern england, europe
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In September 1942, the German Afrika Korps under Rommel have successfully pushed the Allies back into Egypt. A counter-attack is planned, for which the fuel dumps at Tobruk are a critical impediment. In order to aid the attack, a group of British ...
Style:
spectacular, serious, realistic, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, war, military, soldier, desert, world war, espionage, prisoner, commando, secret mission, tank, british military ...
Time:
1940s, year 1967, year 1942, 20th century
Place:
africa, libya, egypt
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Germany, May 1945, deep in the Harz Mountains a U.S. tank crew discovers a platoon of Germans preparing to ambush U.S. supply trucks.
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
world war two, tank, military, racism, soldier, danger, battles, military life, against the odds, save the day, hopes, heroic mission ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, 20th century
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
39%
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