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Moulin (2026)
Genre: Biography, History, War
Country: France
Story:
The story of Jean Moulin, a French civil servant and resistant who succeeded in unifying the main networks of the French Resistance in World War II, and who served as the first President of the National Council of the Resistance during the German occupation of France.
Style:
tense, bleak, educational, suspenseful, poignant, historically accurate, period drama, political drama
Plot:
world war two, nazi germany, heroism, occupation, sacrifice, french resistance, resistance movement, biopic, torture, gestapo, leadership, patriotism, interrogation, martyrdom, betrayal, tragedy, espionage, inspiration, surveillance, collaboration, parachute drop, unity
Time:
1940s
Place:
france, paris france
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Most similar movies to Moulin
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out bleak, tense, period drama and historical drama films with plots about sacrifice, biopic, world war two, betrayal, patriotism, resistance and heroism mostly in History, War and Drama genres. Some movies like Moulin: Line of Demarcation (1966), The World Will Tremble (2025), Sakay (1993), Berenshtein (2021), Heroes of Halyard (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, History
Country: France
Duration: 192 min.
Story:
The deeds of Jean Moulin, a hero of the French Resistance.
Style:
historical drama, psychological, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
world war two, french resistance, german occupation, resistance, courage, resistance movement, biopic, problem, war, life is a bitch, nazi germany, underground ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943
Place:
france, paris france, europe, marseille
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Line of Demarcation. is a 1966 film written and directed by Claude Chabrol. Its title in French is La Ligne de démarcation. It is based on upon the memoir Mémoires d'un agent secret de la France libre et La Ligne de démarcation by Gilbert ...
Style:
bleak, anthology, period drama
Plot:
french resistance, world war two, barber, nazi occupation, smuggler, doctor, resistance movement, occupation, occupied france, sacrifice, betrayal, escape ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
france
Similarity:
48%
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:
47%
Genre: Adventure, Biography, History, War
Country: Greece
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Captain Mihos Floros returns to Samarina to gather more men and lead them to the besieged by the Ottomans, Missolonghi, in order to assist the fight of the resistance at General Makris' bastion. With his personal friend Elias Manakas and 25 ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
independence, adventure hero, fight, war for independence, resistance, siege, battles, journey, mountain, heroism, tragedy, sacrifice ...
Time:
19th century, 1820s
Place:
ottoman empire
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Philippines
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Sakay is a 1993 Filipino historical drama film directed by Raymond Red. The film stars Julio Diaz, Tetchie Agbayani, and Leopoldo Salcedo. The film covers the life of Filipino patriot and hero Macario Sakay, who was declared an outlaw and a ...
Style:
period piece, dramatic, bleak, reflective, educational ...
Plot:
revolution, patriotism, colonialism, biopic, resistance, nationalism, guerilla warfare, sacrifice, national hero, rebellion, heroism, tragedy ...
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
41%
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
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Serbia
Story:
A story inspired by the largest single rescue mission of downed Allied airmen behind enemy lines in aviation history of all time, codenamed “The Halyard Mission”. This action took place in the summer of 1944. It was led by the Yugoslav Army in ...
Style:
tense, historical drama, period piece, bleak, family saga
Plot:
world war two, sacrifice, heroism, friendship, survival, evacuation, resistance movement, military operation, courage, dangerous mission, patriotism, nobility ...
Place:
serbia
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Biography, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A gripping story about a man who was the terror of the Russian Empire: the legendary figure of a Polish priest, chaplain and general - Father Stanislaw Brzoska.
Style:
historical drama, inspirational, tense, emotional, bleak ...
Plot:
resistance, biopic, rebellion, sacrifice, patriotism, courage, political oppression, russian empire, leadership, nationalism, loyalty, chaplain ...
Time:
19th century
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Biography, History, War
Country: Romania
Duration: 177 min.
Story:
At the end of the 16th century, Wallachia's ruler Michael the Brave dreams of uniting the kingdoms of Wallachia,Transylvania and Moldavia into a single country known as The United Principalities.
Style:
epic, dramatic, period drama
Plot:
historical epic, patriotism, leadership, nationalism, biopic, heroism, battles, medieval, royalty, political intrigue, strategy, sacrifice ...
Time:
16th century, 17th century, medieval times
Place:
transylvania, romania, ottoman empire, europe
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Iran
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Mehdi Bakeri asks his younger brother Hamid to return to the war zone and be by his side despite the problems and issues that have happened to him. Hamid accepts his request and goes with his brother. After the Operation Kheibar.
Style:
serious, emotional, poignant, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
battlefield, sacrifice, frontline, brotherhood, biopic, courage, tragedy, heroism, loyalty, patriotism, resilience, leadership ...
Place:
iran, iraq
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
Paris. 1940. Lili is 17 years old. In occupied France, she encounters war before love, and joins the Resistance. Through the interconnecting destinies of its teenage heroes, Resistance tells the story of young people going to any lengths to defend ...
Style:
historical drama, suspense, disturbing, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, french resistance, occupied france, female protagonist, resistance movement, occupation, teenager, resistance, wartime, resistance fighter, teenage life, wartime life ...
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Ireland, Belgium, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
As the world teeters on the brink of annihilation, Dietrich Bonhoeffer joins a deadly plot to assassinate Hitler, risking his faith and fate to save millions of Jews from genocide.
Style:
historical drama, thought provoking, intense, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot:
nazi germany, world war two, genocide, holocaust, resistance, sacrifice, religious faith, biopic, conscience, moral dilemma, assassination, heroism ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
berlin germany, germany, london
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
Story:
A dramatization of the life of Albert Speer, Hitler's young architect and onetime confidant, and his meteoric rise into the Nazi hierarchy. Based upon Speer's own monograph of the same title.
Style:
political, tense, thought provoking, grim, bleak ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi, nazi germany, third reich, character study, biopic, architecture, ambition, moral ambiguity, ideology, totalitarianism, rise to power ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 1920s
Place:
berlin germany, germany
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: East Germany
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
East German film about the history of Red Orchestra, a real life German pro-Soviet spy ring created after the rise of Hitler that turned into a resistance movement led by a leftist Nazi officer, Harro Schulze-Boysen, and Arvid Harnack.
Style:
political, bleak, suspenseful, tension, period drama ...
Plot:
resistance, anti fascist, world war two, spy, espionage, nazism, underground movement, betrayal, surveillance, biopic, propaganda, spying ...
Time:
year 1970
Place:
berlin germany, europe, east germany
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Paris, June 1940. The de Gaulle couple is confronted with the military and political collapse of France. Charles de Gaulle joins London while Yvonne, his wife, finds herself with her three children on the road of the exodus.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, captivating, psychological, historical drama ...
Plot:
world war two, french history, french president, male pubic hair, husband wife relationship, politician, politics, political leader, political unrest, world politics, flashback, philosopher ...
Time:
1940s, year 1940
Place:
france, paris france, brittany, england, north africa ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
World War II drama about covert organisation Lifeline helping allied airmen escape after being shot down in occupied Europe, working with the Resistance and hiding from the Gestapo.
Style:
costume drama, tension, period piece, suspense, grim ...
Plot:
world war two, resistance, escape, gestapo, luftwaffe, underground movement, nazi germany, occupation, sacrifice, survival, courage, heroism ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
belgium, brussels, brussels belgium
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Biography, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The year 1901, a psychiatric hospital in the Russian partition. One of the patients is a political prisoner - Józef Piłsudski. The Polish underground independence movement is preparing their mission to rescue the famous activist. Piłsudski is ...
Style:
political, historical drama, psychological, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
revolution, biopic, independence, political prisoner, underground movement, revolutionary, wartime life, wartime, life is a bitch, political unrest, nationalism, leadership ...
Time:
1900s, 1910s, pre world war one
Place:
poland
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
December 1942. Julia, a young schoolteacher, watches powerlessly as her husband Paul, a resistant fighter, is arrested by the Gestapo. Thrust into an underground resistance network determined to rescue Paul, Julia must accept a highly dangerous ...
Style:
historical drama, psychological, romantic drama, thrilling, romantic ...
Plot:
female protagonist, love triangle, gestapo, french resistance, world war two, love story, relationships, male female relationship, romantic relationship, family relations, resistance fighter, fall in love ...
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Norway, Sweden, Belgium
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Sonja Wigert, Scandinavia's most acclaimed female movie star, enlists as a spy for Swedish intelligence but ends up becoming entangled with the German Reichskommissar Terboven.
Style:
historical drama, suspense, tension, period piece
Plot:
world war two, espionage, spy, double agent, deception, female protagonist, female spy, moral ambiguity, nazi germany, betrayal, danger, political intrigue ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
stockholm sweden, oslo norway
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A love story or a tale of the resistance, this poignant movie tells both the haunting story of a French resistance cell in Lyon but also the love of Lucie Aubrac for her husband...
Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, visually appealing, sexy ...
Plot:
french resistance, world war two, gestapo, love, french history, resistance movement, nazi occupied france, biopic, resistance, male nudity, nazi, judaism ...
Time:
1940s, year 1997, 20th century, 19th century
Place:
france, lyon, california, england
Similarity:
28%
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:
27%
Genre: History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Gordon Welchman was one of the original elite codebreakers crucial to the allies defeating the Nazis in World War II. He is the forgotten genius of Bletchley Park.
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, disturbing, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, code breaking, historical character, historical figure, cryptography, intelligence, biopic, puzzle, wartime, wartime life, historical event, technology ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
england
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, Slovakia
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
As Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels creates films and pictures used to prepare the Germans for Total War and the Holocaust. When the war is lost, he conceives his last staging, the most radical propaganda act still possible to him.
Style:
historical drama, disturbing, grim, period piece, dark ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, propaganda, nazi germany, hitler, biopic, manipulation, political corruption, husband wife relationship, infidelity, flashback, nazi propaganda ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s
Place:
berlin germany, germany
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: China
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In 1932 Shanghai, a resistance leader and a gangster join forces to eliminate a Japanese military strategist. Their mission leads to violent encounters, public uprising, and ultimate sacrifice in the fight for freedom.
Style:
tense, heroic, bleak, political, dark ...
Plot:
assassination, resistance, japanese occupation, patriotism, espionage, double agent, betrayal, courage, sacrifice, spy thriller, underground movement, undercover ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
shanghai
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The film is based on the true story of a regiment of nationalist troop fighting Japanese forces several times of their strength. Due to the political reasons, such historical topic is avoided in China, and even after the reform, the cautious ...
Style:
tension, patriotic, emotional, suspense, melancholic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, military, sacrifice, battles, heroism, protection, bravery, siege, patriotism, combat, tragedy, leadership ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s
Place:
shanghai, china
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Bilkis Banu lost her husband Hasan on the night of 25th March 1971. She tries to forget him and concentrate on the urban guerrilla movements of Dhaka with Altaf Mahmud, Shahadat, Mrs Khan and many more. But when spies and the razakars inform them, ...
Style:
political, bleak, emotional, grim, tense ...
Plot:
bangladesh liberation war, brutality, resistance, sacrifice, realism, guerilla warfare, underground movement, oppression, nationalism, female protagonist, escape, trauma ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Croatia
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Movie follows life of Croatian war hero general Ante Gotovina.
Style:
emotional, tense, inspirational, political thriller, period drama
Plot:
biopic, heroism, legacy, leadership, patriotism, nationalism, courtroom drama, veteran, sexual content, relationships, identity, reconciliation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
croatia, balkan
Similarity:
24%
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:
24%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
September the 8th 1943, Rome, that crucial day, the armistice, in the town many life change their way. Danilo escapes the fascist enlist, while Michele succeeded to leave his administration moving from Rome. On the way to come back Rome the two ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, realistic, bleak, tense
Plot:
world war two, fascism, sabotage, heroism, resistance movement, sacrifice, nazi, occupation, courage, german occupation, bravery, tragedy ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
italy, rome italy
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: India
Duration: 195 min.
Story:
Set in the backdrop of the seventeenth century, the royal family of Kottayam is ruled by Pazhassi. The British government begins to impose heavy taxes on the locals in the Thalassery region of Kerala.
Style:
dramatic, epic, emotional, intense, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
guerilla warfare, resistance, rebellion, colonialism, bravery, patriotism, freedom fighter, biopic, sacrifice, royalty, leadership, jungle warfare ...
Time:
18th century, 17th century
Similarity:
24%
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