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Bardejov (2024)
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Genre: History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The story of Holocaust survivor Emil A. Fish, who was nine years old when he and his family in Bardejov, Slovakia were sent to a concentration camp.
Style:
historical drama, bleak, independent film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, european history, survival, auschwitz, rescue, memories, war crime, deportation, jewish history, persecution, courage, heroism, occupation, trauma, biopic, ghetto, resistance, small town, ethical dilemma, based on real people, concentration camp, child, world war, archival footage
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
slovakia, central europe
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Most similar movies to Bardejov
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out bleak, historical drama, realistic and tense films with plots about world war two, survival, holocaust, nazi, concentration camp, world war and nazi germany mostly in War, Drama and History genres. Some movies like Bardejov: The World Will Tremble (2025), Ghetto (2005), Berenshtein (2021), Forced March (1989), One Life (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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: History, War
Country: Germany, Lithuania
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In 1942, in Vilna, the Nazi annihilate 55,000 Jews and squeeze the 15,000 survivors in a seven blocks ghetto. The twenty-two year old sadistic commander Kittel is assigned to administrate the ghetto in the capital of Lithuania, becoming the master ...
Style:
realistic, serious, bleak, emotional, rough ...
Plot:
genocide, holocaust, war, world war two, anti semitism, survival, moral dilemma, heroes, confined, lifesaver, against humanity, world war ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
europe, baltics
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Biography, History, War
Country: Israel
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The unbelievable story of Leonid Bernshtein, a young Jewish soldier who rose to become the leader and led the operation to destroy the secret facility of the notorious Nazi V2 ballistic missiles.
Style:
thought provoking, historical drama, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, moral dilemma, soldier, guerilla warfare, nazi occupation, military, life is a bitch, holocaust, nazi germany, german officer, military life, german soldier ...
Time:
1940s
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Hungary, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Originally shot in Hungary in 1988, this new version of FORCED MARCH is even more haunting, given the re-emergence of anti-Semitism in today’s Hungary. Chris Sarandon plays BEN KLINE, an American television star and a “bankable name” who is ...
Style:
historical drama, bleak, poignant, serious, meditative ...
Plot:
holocaust, concentration camp, actor, trauma, jewish history, memories, haunting, empathy, memory, guilt, survival, identity ...
Time:
1940s, year 1989
Place:
hungary, los angeles, europe
Similarity:
69%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Czech Republic, Australia, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
British stockbroker Nicholas Winton visits Czechoslovakia in the 1930s and forms plans to assist in the rescue of Jewish children before the onset of World War II, in an operation that came to be known as the Kindertransport.
Style:
dramatic, historical drama, powerful, period drama
Plot:
child, rescue, jewish family, immigration, czech history, refugee, children, based on real people, biopic, world war two, deportation, war hero ...
Time:
1930s, year 1938, 20th century, 1940s, year 1987
Place:
czechoslovakia, central europe, london
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
During the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam, Otto Frank decides to hide his family, who are Jewish, after his daughter Margot is called to appear for transport to a Nazi labour camp. Miep Gies, Otto Frank's office assistant hides them in the attic ...
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, serious, disturbing, bleak
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, nazi, world war, anti semitism, journal, biopic, injustice, on the run, human spirit, war, life is a bitch ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
holland, europe, amsterdam
Similarity:
65%
159
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Russia, Belarus, Czech Republic, France, Poland, Israel, Ukraine
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The film tells about the history of the Holocaust through the stories of its unwitting Witnesses.
Style:
tense, thought provoking, bleak, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, ss officer, concentration camp, anti war, witness, war crime, genocide, atrocity, memory, anti semitism, auschwitz ...
Similarity:
63%
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:
61%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Poland, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
historical drama, heartbreaking, bleak, grim, period piece ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, gypsy, genocide, discrimination, nazi occupation, loss, auschwitz, suffering, persecution, tragedy, ethnic cleansing ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
poland
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Fact based drama about one of the internment camps used by the American military during World War II to detain some 100,000 Japanese Americans (most of them U.S. born) following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.
Style:
historical drama, bleak, emotional, educational, reflective ...
Plot:
world war two, concentration camp, american history, detention, identity, civil liberties, racism, trauma, evacuation, community, prejudice, coming of age ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
california
Similarity:
56%
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
Similarity:
54%
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:
53%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
It is the beginning of 1945 during WW2 in former Austria. 500 Russian prisoners of war who have refused to fight on the side of the Germans against their country were moved to the concentration camp in Mauthausen awaiting execution. They decide to ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, bleak, tension
Plot:
world war two, winter, escape, war crime, manhunt, persecution, survival, fear, barbarism, desperation, holocaust, collaboration ...
Place:
austria
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A Nazi doctor, along with the Sonderkomando Jews – who are forced to work in the crematoria of Auschwitz against their fellow-Jews – find themselves in a moral grey zone.
Style:
depressing, bleak, disturbing, factual, harsh ...
Plot:
holocaust, nazi, world war two, concentration camp, redemption, nazi germany, auschwitz, ss, shoah, moral ambiguity, world war, tragedy ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
poland, germany, europe, middle east, budapest ...
Similarity:
50%
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, suspenseful, thrilling, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi, border crossing, refugee, holocaust, immigration, moral dilemma, ethics, conscience, jewish history, nazi germany, border patrol ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
switzerland
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Georgia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Shindisi tells the story of the 2008 Russia-Georgia war through the fate of 17 Georgian soldiers who died during the Shindisi battle. The script was written by Irakli Solomanashvili based on real facts and the cast includes Georgian actors as well ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, thought provoking, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
military, occupation, battles, heroism, land grab, hostile takeover, sacrifice, loss, wartime, soldier, aggression, russian soldier ...
Place:
georgia, caucasus
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France, Germany, Hungary
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, disturbing, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
holocaust, concentration camp, nazism, holocaust survivor, german occupation, world war two, nazi, genocide, nazi concentration camp, shoah, world war, injustice ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 2009, post world war two, year 1942
Place:
paris france, vichy, france, middle east, europe ...
Similarity:
45%
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."
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, suspense, sincere, thought provoking ...
Plot:
holocaust, nazi officer, world war two, holocaust survivor, refugee, courage, resistance, hiding, nazi, feminist, military, biopic ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, 20th century
Place:
germany, berlin germany
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
This is a tale of how the angel of life was confronted by the angel of death. Set in Auschwitz Birkenau, 1944.
Style:
bleak, captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, concentration camp, midwife, auschwitz, war criminal, atrocity, holocaust, life is a bitch, abortionist, jew persecution, wartime, female protagonist ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Denmark
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
Karlskov is a self made, successful owner of a large electronics factory, has a wife and five children. They live the good, privileged upper-class life on Strandvejen north of Copenhagen when the Nazis occupy Denmark in April 1940. Karl struggles to ...
Style:
bleak, rough, suspense, realistic, historical drama ...
Plot:
world war two, businessman, factory, conflict, german occupation, family relations, industry, nazi occupation, collaboration, money, industrialist, family drama ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
denmark, germany, copenhagen
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Auschwitz is a hard-hitting war film which shows life as it really was at the death camp.
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, controversial, bleak, rough ...
Plot:
concentration camp, nazi, holocaust, world war two, shoah, mass murder, anti semitism, against humanity, life is a bitch, society, genocide, gas chamber ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
europe, poland
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: China
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
In the Nanjing Massacre of 1937, in order to save his life, postman A Chang pretended to be a photo developer in a photo studio and developed photos for the Japanese army. He also took in a group of Chinese soldiers and civilians, turning the studio ...
Style:
historical drama, bleak, period piece, educational, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
photography, japanese army, japanese occupation, refugee, heroism, sacrifice, occupation, resilience, wartime, moral ambiguity, resistance, urban ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, year 1937
Place:
china
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Music, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Based on a true story of a Polish musician who survived the concentration camp only because he could play on the accordion the title melody.
Style:
intense, emotional, bleak, dark, melancholic ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, concentration camp, survival, nazi germany, auschwitz, oppression, loss, suffering, dehumanization, resilience, trauma ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
poland
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: War
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Christmas 1944, The Germans make one final push against the attacking allied armies in the West. Lt. Robert Cappa and his platoon of 2nd Infantry Division soldiers have been ordered to hold a vital road junction against the German aggressors. Cappa ...
Style:
tense, action packed, suspenseful, period piece, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, battle of the bulge, battles, survival, heroism, winter, camaraderie, protection, patriotism, siege, trench warfare, military ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An unassuming young lawyer leads a fight against the Nazis near the end of the Second World War.
Style:
bleak, tension, suspense, period drama
Plot:
world war two, nazi, european, occupation, courage, determination, heroism, sacrifice, loss, resistance, ethical dilemma, ruthlessness ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Documentary, Short, History
Country: USA
Duration: 38 min.
Story:
From PBS - The secret Nazi death camp at Sobibor was created solely for the mass extermination of Jews. But on the 14th of October 1943, the inmates fought back, in the biggest and most successful prison outbreak of the Second World War. Told ...
Style:
grim, educational, bleak
Plot:
genocide, world war two, holocaust, nazi germany, war crime, prison break, shoah, memories, jewish history, death, survival, escape ...
Place:
poland
Similarity:
40%
Genre: History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The story is set in the latter days of World War 2, against the backdrop of fierce combat on the eastern front. Brother's War is based on real events.
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, bleak
Plot:
eastern front, world war two, friendship, battles, human spirit, military, survival, life is a bitch, confined, on the run, war, heroes ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
europe, germany
Similarity:
39%
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:
36%
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:
tense, disturbing, captivating, bleak, grim ...
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
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: History, Thriller, War
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The story of a refugee from Kazakhstan who in the spring of 2022 saved hundreds of Ukrainians in Bucha and other cities and towns occupied by Russian troops.
Style:
tense, realistic, political
Plot:
heroism, rescue, danger, war crime, war zone, humanitarian, occupation, refugee, loss, compassion, survival, grief ...
Place:
ukraine, eastern europe, kazakhstan
Similarity:
35%
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