Movies like The Last Metro
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The Last Metro (1980)
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Original name: Le Dernier Métro
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: France
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
In occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis while doing both of their jobs.
Style:
sincere, thought provoking, sexy, art house, light, atmospheric, intellectual, enigmatic, breathtaking, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
world war two, love triangle, theater, anti semitism, women, jewish, wartime life, infidelity, actor, theatre play, love and romance, life is a bitch, confined, artists and showbiz, couple relations, love, lesbian, nazi, runaway, propaganda, marriage, war, catastrophe, fashion, time travel ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1942, 40s
Place:
france, paris france, europe, germany, tokyo, poland, montmartre paris
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, melancholic, sexy and unusual plot structure films with plots about storytelling, mentor, catastrophe, suprisingly clever, runaway, dialogue and love mostly in Drama, Romance and War genres. Some movies like The Last Metro: Lili Marleen (1981), Gloomy Sunday (1999), East/West (1999), The Woman Next Door (1981), Colonel Chabert (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance, War
Country: West Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Lili Marleen is the story of a German singer named Wilkie who while working in Switzerland falls in love with a Jewish composer named Robert who’s family is helping people to flee from the Nazis. Roberts family is skeptical of Walkie thinking she ...
Style:
stylized, clever, witty, atmospheric, art house ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
nazi germany, nazi, world war two, women, wartime, wartime life, nude, love, german, writers, brutality, sacrifice ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1938
Place:
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Genre: Romance, Drama
Country: Germany, Hungary
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Budapest in the thirties. The restaurant owner Laszlo hires the pianist András to play in his restaurant. Both men fall in love with the beautiful waitress Ilona who inspires András to his only composition. His song of Gloomy Sunday is, at first, ...
Style:
sentimental, sexy, harsh, sincere, emotional ...
Plot:
holocaust, love triangle, sex, suicide, jealousy, menage a trois, world war two, manipulation, infidelity, love and romance, musician's life, occupation ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
budapest, hungary, germany, england, eastern europe ...
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100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, France, Spain
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
June 1946: Stalin invites Russian emigres to return to the motherland. It's a trap: when a ship-load from France arrives in Odessa, only a physician and his family are spared execution or prison. He and his French wife (her passport ripped up) ...
Style:
touching, heartbreaking, realistic, harsh, sentimental ...
Plot:
kgb, propaganda, survival, freedom, brutality, destiny, tragedy, runaway, communism, world war two, love story, brainwashing ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, post world war two, year 1946
Place:
france, russia, ussr, germany, europe ...
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100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Madame Jouve, the narrator, tells the tragedy of Bernard and Mathilde. Bernard was living happily with his wife Arlette and his son Thomas. One day, a couple, Philippe and Mathilde Bauchard, moves into the next house. This is the accidental reunion ...
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psychological, suspenseful, captivating, thought provoking, sexy ...
Plot:
neighbor, adultery, obsession, love triangle, crimes of passion, love story, couples, dishonesty, destructive relationship, infidelity, haunted by the past, love ...
Time:
1920s, 19th century, 80s, 20th century
Place:
france, tokyo, middle east, paris france, rio de janeiro
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62%
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Colonel Chabert has been severely wounded in the French-Russian Napoleonic war to the point that the medical examiner has signed his death certificate. When he regains his health and memory, he goes back to Paris, where his "widow", Anne ...
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harsh, talky, disturbing, stylized, serious ...
Plot:
betrayal, napoleonic wars, battles, military, war, haunted by the past, homecoming, aristocracy, life is a bitch, dishonesty, infidelity, wartime life ...
Time:
19th century, 1810s, 18th century
Place:
france, paris france, tokyo, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In Paris, before WWI, two friends, Jules (Austrian) and Jim (French) fall in love with the same woman, Catherine. But Catherine loves and marries Jules. After the war, when they meet again in Germany, Catherine starts to love Jim... This is the ...
Style:
art house, philosophical, sexy, talky, atmospheric ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
love triangle, friendship, marriage, love, relationships, women, love story, melancholy, couples, adultery, promiscuity, unrequited love ...
Time:
1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 20th century, pre world war two ...
Place:
france, paris france, europe, germany
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38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A committed film director struggles to complete his movie while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.
Style:
humorous, feel good, sexy, atmospheric, tense ...
Plot:
filmmaking, art, nervous breakdown, adaptation, director, nothing goes right, actor's life, workplace, artists and showbiz, workplace situations, lifestyle, love and romance ...
Time:
20th century, future, 70s, 18th century
Place:
france, europe, nice france, french riviera, riviera
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Free-spirited writer Juliet Ashton forms a life-changing bond with the delightful and eccentric Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, when she decides to write about the book club they formed during the occupation of Guernsey in WWII.
Style:
touching, uplifting, romantic, sincere, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
world war two, writers, german occupation, friendship, marriage proposal, letter, nazi occupation, fiance fiancee relationship, strong female character, german soldier, female writer, unwed mother ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, year 1941, year 1946
Place:
england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: France, Italy, Portugal
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
Marcel Proust (1871-1922) is on his deathbed. Looking at photographs brings memories of his childhood, his youth, his lovers, and the way the Great War put an end to a stratum of society. His memories are in no particular order, they move back and ...
Style:
philosophical, atmospheric, sexy, thought provoking, lyrical ...
Plot:
writers, childhood, art, voyeurism, writer's life, artist, memory, death, surrealism, hallucination, guilt, melancholy ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, 1910s, 1890s, 19th century
Place:
france, tokyo, portugal, paris france, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Prof. Henri Laborit uses the stories of the lives of three people to discuss behaviorist theories of survival, combat, rewards and punishment, and anxiety. René is a technical manager at a textile factory and must face the anxiety caused by ...
Style:
philosophical, cerebral, clever, witty, sexy ...
Plot:
psychology, bittersweet, surrealism, reward, immortality, mentor, adaptation, honest, humanity, small town, life, vengeance ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1979, year 1977
Place:
france, paris france, europe, brittany
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Embarrassed by his large nose, a romantic poet/soldier romances his cousin by proxy.
Style:
touching, emotional, witty, atmospheric, entertaining ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
poet, love and romance, friendship, destiny, love triangle, tragic love, sword fight, fall in love, power of love, disorder, military, dishonesty ...
Time:
17th century, 18th century
Place:
france, paris france, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In 1941 America Kay and her husband are happy enough until he enlists after Pearl Harbor. Against his wishes, his wife takes a job at the local aircraft plant where she meets Hazel, the singer from across the way the two soon become firm friends and ...
Style:
sentimental, emotional, touching, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
world war two, love triangle, friendship, wartime, adultery, courage, unlikely friendships, betrayal, fascism, love and romance, couples, love affair ...
Time:
1940s, 50s, 1930s, year 1941, 20th century ...
Place:
poland, germany, los angeles, hawaii
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Poland, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Two intellectuals, a writer and a director, begin to play a mysterious psychological game in a peaceful countryside manor house during the Nazi occupation.
Style:
serious, psychological, realistic, emotional, biting ...
Plot:
world war two, soldier, countryside, social differences, losing-it hero, obsession, life is a bitch, teenage life, haunted by the past, wartime life, war, holocaust ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two
Place:
poland, warsaw poland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In Paris, Pierre and Anne have been living together for a couple of years and they have the eighteen months son Loulou, who stays with the nanny Laurence during the day while they work. Their best friends are the couple Victor and Claire, who also ...
Style:
psychological, sexy, allegory, poignant, affectionate ...
Plot:
betrayal, adultery, infidelity, dysfunctional family, writers, fantasy world, catastrophe, life & death, loneliness, humanity, crime gone awry, unlikely friendships ...
Time:
90s
Place:
france, paris france, argentina, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The Night of San Lorenzo, the night of the shooting stars, is the night when dreams come true in Italian folklore. In 1944, a group of Italians flee their town after hearing rumours that the Nazis plan to blow it up and that the Americans are about ...
Style:
realistic, sexy, enigmatic, biting, harsh ...
Plot:
world war two, fascism, civil war, war, farm, runaway, finnish, tragedy, german, beautiful scenery, gunfight, culture clash ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, year 1944
Place:
italy, poland, germany, tuscany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
Passengers on a ship traveling from Mexico to Europe in the 1930s represent society at large in that era. The crew is German, including the ship's Dr. Schumann, who falls in love with one of the passengers, La Condesa. A young American woman, ...
Style:
emotional, atmospheric, realistic, serious, tense ...
Plot:
world war two, ship, racism, anti semitism, jewish, fighting the system, love and romance, fall in love, society, love hate relationship, couples, human nature ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, pre world war two, year 1933
Place:
germany, mexico, europe, latin america, spain ...
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29%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
During World War II, the organisation "The Women's Land Army" recruited women to work on British farms while the men were off to war. Three such "land girls" of different social backgrounds - quiet Stella, young hairdresser ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, realistic, sexy, witty ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
world war two, countryside, friendship, love, working class, wartime life, war, farm, nude, woman, wine, segregation ...
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1940s, 20th century
Place:
england, united kingdom, english channel, europe, britain ...
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28%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance, War
Country: UK, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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lyrical, intense, touching, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
world war two, anti semitism, culture clash, gypsy, jewish, love story, secrets, wartime, adaptation, family relations, adoption, holocaust ...
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1930s, 1920s, 20th century
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russia, england, paris france, france, poland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, sexy, romantic, enigmatic, factual ...
Plot:
world war two, french resistance, gestapo, love, nude, graphic violence, resistance, brutality, male nudity, secrets, runaway, prison ...
Time:
1940s, 19th century, 20th century
Place:
france, england, lyon, california
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26%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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political, realistic, atmospheric, sexy, bleak ...
Plot:
love affair, terrorist, politics, muslim, anti war, monk, violence, restaurant, transformation, sacrifice, wartime, war ...
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macedonia, former yugoslavia, london, england, middle east ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Though married to the good-natured, beautiful Thérèse, young husband and father François finds himself falling unquestioningly into an affair with an attractive postal worker.
Style:
art house, sexy, thought provoking, visually appealing, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
infidelity, marriage, french countryside, love triangle, love, summer, adultery, bittersweet, female nudity, family relations, cheating, nude ...
Time:
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france, japan, tokyo, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A lonely Parisian woman comes to terms with her isolation and anxieties during a long summer vacation.
Style:
talky, realistic, sexy, art house, visually appealing ...
Plot:
isolation, loneliness, boredom, solitude, female nudity, summer, self discovery, friendship, summer vacation, children, depression, unlikely friendships ...
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paris france, france, tokyo, ireland, europe ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
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The Edge of love is a love story of two feisty women and a brilliant, charismatic poet who love both women. One woman Vera Phillips who is his first love and whom he lost for ten year, while other one is his present wife Caitlin who is adventurous ...
Style:
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chick flick, girls' night
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love triangle, marriage, husband wife relationship, jealousy, rivalry, infidelity, writers, pregnancy, world war two, unfulfillment, intrigue, love ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The story follows a married couple, apart for a night while the husband takes a business trip with a colleague to whom he's attracted. While he's resisting temptation, his wife encounters her past love.
Style:
melancholic, sentimental, sexy, thought provoking, enigmatic ...
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chick flick, date night, teens
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infidelity, adultery, temptation, love story, relationships, love and romance, old love, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend reunion, unfaithful husband, love, trust, moral dilemma ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden, Italy, Germany, Finland, Norway
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Scripted by Ingmar Bergman, this very personal film is about a destructive affair which wrecks the marriage of an actress (Marianne) and musician (Markus). Wanting to continue the affair, Marianne moves in with her lover. But she is tormented by ...
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psychological, sincere, atmospheric, lyrical, gloomy ...
Plot:
adultery, infidelity, betrayal, parenthood, custody, love affair, fall in love, family problems, crumbling marriage, destructive relationship, rivalry, parents and children ...
Time:
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26%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy, Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Nelly leaves her lazy, unemployed husband to work for retired judge Mr Arnaud, forty years her senior, after he offers to clear her bills for her. While she types his memoirs the two develop a close friendship, but Arnaud becomes jealous when Nelly ...
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love triangle, death, fighting the system, culture clash, love, love story, crime gone awry, corruption, destiny, french, greed, character study ...
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26%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Betrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier (Lino Ventura) finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Though Gerbier escapes to rejoin the Resistance in occupied Marseilles, France, and exacts his revenge on the informant, he must ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In the middle of the night, someone brings Ivan's body home to his wife and his sad-faced, jug-eared son. Through flashbacks, the film discloses the relationships among Ivan and his brother Alex, a cop with a cleanliness fetish; siblings ...
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Plot:
lesbian, obsession, lesbian sex, women, gangsters, love triangle, murder, male nudity, murder mystery, nude, glbt, car ...
Time:
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Place:
france, alps, lyon, paris france
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25%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: China
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An old leper who owned a remote sorghum winery dies. Jiu'er, the wife bought by the leper, and her lover, identified only as "my Grandpa" by the narrator, take over the winery and set up an idealized quasi-matriarchal community headed ...
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tense, sexy, light, visually appealing, gloomy ...
Plot:
world war two, wine, sino japanese war, macabre, visceral, crime gone awry, transformation, tragedy, vengeance, twists and turns, minimal dialogue, chinese ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
china, japan, tokyo, berlin germany, asia
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25%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
In a small town in Nazi-occupied Slovakia during World War II, decent but timid carpenter Tono is named "Aryan comptroller" of a button store owned by an old Jewish widow, Rozalie. Since the post comes with a salary and standing in the ...
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sincere, atmospheric, emotional, serious, realistic ...
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