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Enigma (2001)
23K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK, USA, Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A romantic thriller based around the World War 2 project to crack the codes behind the Enigma machine, used by the Germans to encrypt messages sent to their submarines.
Style:
clever, factual, tricky, captivating, suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense, epic, political thriller ...
Plot:
world war two, wartime, nazi, code breaking, espionage, war, cryptography, spy, mathematics, submarine, secret service, conspiracy, secrets, idealism, moral ambiguity, genius, race against time, couple relations, world war, betrayal, political intrigue, murder, chase, morse code, secret code ...
Time:
1940s, year 2001, 20th century, post world war two, 40s
Place:
poland, scotland, europe, london, big ben london, england, germany
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Most similar movies to Enigma
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspense and suspenseful films with plots about world war two, world war, war, wartime, nazi, wartime life and espionage mostly in Drama, War and Thriller genres. Some movies like Enigma: The Imitation Game (2014), Suite Française (2014), Shining Through (1992), Eye of the Needle (1981), Charlotte Gray (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley ...
Style:
inspirational, clever, intellectual, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, family friendly, adult
Plot:
world war two, mathematics, genius, inventor, inventions and discoveries, code, prodigy, code breaking, invention, mathematician, gay interest, computer ...
Time:
1940s, year 2014, 20th century, 1950s, year 1939 ...
Place:
england, london, britain, idaho, los angeles ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK, France, Canada, Belgium, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law as they both await news of her husband: a prisoner of war. Parisian refugees start to pour into their ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, romantic, period piece, costume drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
world war two, forbidden love, nazi occupied france, nazi occupation, german officer, german soldier, wartime, fall in love, wartime life, war, occupied france, nazi officer ...
Time:
1940s, ancient times, year 1940, 20th century, 18th century
Place:
france, europe, paris france, germany, england ...
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Spirited New Yorker Linda Voss goes to work for international lawyer and secret Office of Strategic Services operative Ed Leland just before World War II. As they fall in love, the United States enters the fight against Hitler, and Linda volunteers ...
Style:
suspenseful, sentimental, suspense, melancholic, exciting ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
nazi germany, double agent, espionage, behind enemy lines, world war two, wartime, spy, wartime life, destiny, secret agent, working undercover, love and romance ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
germany, berlin germany, new york, usa, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A ruthless German spy, trying to get out of Britain with vital information about D-Day, must spend time with a young woman and her crippled husband.
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, tense, suspense, political thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
world war two, espionage, spy, nazi, storm at sea, nazi spy, submarine, war, murder, chase, surveillance, wartime ...
Time:
1940s, year 1940, 20th century, year 1944, year 1981 ...
Place:
london, scotland, england, europe, fictional island ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Germany, Australia, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
This is a drama set in Nazi-occupied France at the height of World War II. Charlotte Gray tells the compelling story of a young Scottish woman working with the French Resistance in the hope of rescuing her lover, a missing RAF pilot. Based on the ...
Style:
sexy, sentimental, romantic, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
espionage, war, french resistance, nazi, holocaust, world war two, wartime life, women, resistance, wartime, secret agent, world war ...
Time:
1940s, year 2001, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
france, london, paris france, europe, scotland ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK, USA, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A German soldier tries to determine if the Dutch resistance has planted a spy to infiltrate the home of Kaiser Wilhelm in Holland during the onset of World War II, but falls for a young Jewish Dutch woman during his investigation.
Style:
sexy, suspense, captivating, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
world war two, nazi germany, nazi officer, gestapo, german soldier, nazi occupation, royalty, espionage, conspiracy, german army, love, sex scene ...
Time:
1940s, year 1940, 1920s, year 1934
Place:
germany, berlin germany, poland, netherlands, holland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, War
Country: France, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
In 1919, Mathilde was 19 years old. Two years earlier, her fiancé Manech left for the front at the Somme. Like millions of others he was "killed on the field of battle." It's written in black and white on the official notice. But ...
Style:
romantic, touching, sexy, period piece, visually stunning ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
world war one, private detective, war, love and romance, missing person, wartime, life & death, prostitute, soldier, relationships, brutality, young lovers ...
Time:
2000s, 1920s, year 2004, 1910s, 20th century ...
Place:
france, brittany, paris france, europe, marseille ...
Similarity:
100%
544
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: China
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
In the 1940s, the world was in turmoil, and it was crucial to decipher the enemy's communication codes in a timely and accurate manner. Rong Jinzhen has shown amazing mathematical talent since her childhood, and because she solved the problems ...
Style:
historical drama, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mathematics, world war two, secret code, espionage, code breaking, cryptography, code, wartime, spy thriller, mind game, genius, anti war ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
china
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Blacklisted in modern day WW2, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies, by means of infiltrating and surveying Nazi Germany.
Style:
political thriller, retro, captivating, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, espionage, nazi, covert operation, dominatrix, nazi germany, wartime, international relations, youth, politics, secret agent, danger ...
Time:
year 1962, 20th century, 1940s, year 1942
Place:
germany, europe, hamburg germany, copenhagen, berlin germany ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 176 min.
Story:
At a Dresden hospital in 1945, nurse Anna Mauth (Felicitas Woll) cares for badly injured British pilot Robert Newman (John Light), whom Anna believes to be a German deserter. As Allied forces close in, Anna grows close to Robert despite her ...
Style:
tense, captivating, serious, touching, period piece ...
Plot:
world war two, bombing, war, survival, military, moral dilemma, love affair, wartime life, behind enemy lines, fall in love, danger, military life ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
A young woman finds out that her mother worked as a spy for the British Secret Service during World War II and has been on the run ever since.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, mother daughter relationship, spy, espionage, intrigue, secret hideout, secret service, government agency, undercover, double agent, british secret service, secret agent ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 70s, 1930s
Place:
europe, united kingdom, new york, london, holland ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
To be defeated and not be - a victory. This is the motto that life is guided by three young friends: Alek, Sophy and Rudy. Scouts, high school graduates high school in Warsaw drifting ambitious plans for the future broken through September 1939. ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, suspenseful, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
world war two, wartime life, wartime, against the odds, life is a bitch, danger, daring rescue, german occupation, prospector, nazi occupation, resistance fighter, resistance ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
europe, poland
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Fourth-generation Army Col. William McNamara is imprisoned in a brutal German POW camp. Still, as the senior-ranking American officer, he commands his fellow inmates, keeping a sense of honor alive in a place where honor is easy to destroy, all ...
Style:
tense, realistic, harsh, factual, suspense ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi, racism, war, prison, prisoner of war camp, court martial, pow, moral dilemma, prison escape, soldier, propaganda ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 2002, post world war two
Place:
germany, europe, belgium, poland
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
At the height of Hitler's infamous U-boat war, the crew of the U.S.S. Swordfish were heading home after months at sea. They never made it. Now prisoners of war aboard U-boat 429, a small group of American survivors will find their loyalties put ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, tense, suspense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, underwater, ship, holocaust, world war two, military, torpedo, boat, mutiny, daring rescue, survival, danger ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: China
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
1942, Nanjing (Nanking). Following a series of assassination attempts on officials of the Japanese-controlled puppet government, the Japanese spy chief gathers a group of suspects in a mansion house for questioning. A tense game of "cat and ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, realistic, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
japanese occupation, espionage, world war two, medieval, code breaking, resistance, assassination, undercover, wartime life, rivalry, danger, chinese history ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1942
Place:
china, asia
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
On a rainy London night in 1946, novelist Maurice Bendrix has a chance meeting with Henry Miles, husband of his ex-mistress Sarah, who abruptly ended their affair two years before. Bendrix's obsession with Sarah is rekindled; he succumbs to his ...
Style:
romantic, erotic, sexy, period piece, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
world war two, obsession, private detective, infidelity, jealousy, passion, obsessive love, love affair, love story, sex scene, writers, extramarital affair ...
Time:
1940s, year 1999, 1930s, 20th century, year 1940 ...
Place:
london, brighton, england, europe
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In the days following the D-Day invasion in Normandy, France, a British platoon leader named Saul (Gabriel Byrne) and his corporal (Paul Wyett) reach an isolated farmhouse and encounter a beautiful French girl named Belle (Marianne Basler). Love ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, emotional
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
world war two, impossible love, soldier, love affair, war, love and romance, couples, unfulfilled love, wartime life, woman in danger, love, love triangle ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
france, europe, normandy
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Two people, a Frenchman Julien Maroyeur and a Jewish German woman (Anna Kupfer) met on a train while escaping the German army entering France.
Style:
road movie, sincere, sentimental, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
world war two, train, french resistance, love, world war, railway, occupied france, refugee, unhappy ending, judaism, wartime, nazi ...
Time:
1940s, year 1940, year 1943
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: West Germany
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.
Style:
epic, suspense, atmospheric, realistic, factual ...
Plot:
submarine, world war two, naval battle, navy, military, ocean, war, nazi, survival, sea, courage, ship captain ...
Time:
year 1941, 20th century, 1940s, year 1942, year 1981
Place:
germany, atlantic ocean, mediterranean sea
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
When Arthur Davis, a junior bachelor in the British secret service's African section, is seen taking a file with him to meet his girlfriend Cynthia- the brass fears he may be the leak to Moscow, and allows Dr. Percival to terminate the ...
Style:
medical drama, political thriller, independent film, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, cold war, espionage, interracial romance, double agent, conspiracy, covert operation, politics, suspicion, intrigue, interracial marriage, traitor ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s
Place:
britain, england, africa, europe, south africa ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A German living in India during World War II is blackmailed by the English to impersonate an SS officer on board a cargo ship leaving Japan for Germany carrying a large supply of rubber for tyres. His mission is to disable the scuttling charges so ...
Style:
black and white, rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, submarine, sabotage, nazi, spy, mutiny, world war, secret mission, espionage, military, war, soldier ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942
Place:
japan, england, germany, asia, europe ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Germans kidnap an American major and try to convince him that World War II is over, so that they can get details about the Allied invasion of Europe out of him.
Style:
retro, bleak, suspenseful, exciting, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, spy, war, espionage, world war, nazi, hospital, military, mind game, brainwashing, amnesia, pretense ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
europe, germany, portugal, london, lisbon portugal ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
At the tense 1938 Munich Conference, former friends who now work for opposing governments become reluctant spies racing to expose a Nazi secret.
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense, dramatic ...
Plot:
world war two, politics, nazi, nazi germany, government conspiracy, emergency, political conspiracy, conspiracy, political unrest, political intrigue, espionage, civil war ...
Time:
1930s, year 1938, 20th century
Place:
germany, munich germany, europe
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, France, UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The film is set in France in the 1990s, the French were defeated by the Germans early in World War II, an armistice was signed in 1940 which effectively split France into a German occupied part in the North and a semi-independent part in the south ...
Style:
suspenseful, intense, political, serious, cult classic ...
Plot:
war criminal, politics, world war two, investigation, murder, justice, nazi, espionage, on the run, law enforcement, danger, life is a bitch ...
Time:
1940s, year 2003, 90s
Place:
france, vichy, europe, paris france, provence ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: USA, West Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
General George S. Patton died in a car accident in 1945. However, now speculates that his death was actually a murder carefully prepared by his staff to cover a large theft of gold.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
world war two, conspiracy, revolutionary war, revolution, ss, revolutionary, struggle, secret mission, gold, violent content, hitman, heist ...
Time:
year 1978, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A war drama of motor torpedo boats which did much unsung work in WW2, but the naval battles merely provide an exciting story in which an even more special romantic drama is wrapped up.
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, captivating, exciting
Plot:
world war, kriegsmarine, sea disaster, navy, submarine, wartime, royal navy, love triangle, against the odds, military life, ship, island ...
Time:
60s, 1940s
Place:
malta, italy, sicily
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Belgium
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, sincere
Plot:
world war two, wartime life, nazi occupation, children in wartime, deportation, occupation, wartime, social problems, military, jew persecution, german occupation, nazi ...
Time:
2020s, year 1942
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Netherlands, Luxembourg
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Twin Sisters is an epic love story based on the Dutch bestseller by Tessa de Loo that has been read by more than 3.5 million readers in Holland and Germany.
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
world war two, twins, family reunited, ss officer, family relations, life is a bitch, culture clash, wartime, orphan, society, human nature, reconciliation ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century, 1920s
Place:
germany, europe, holland, netherlands
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
May 1944, a group of French servicewomen and resistance fighters are enlisted into the British Special Operations Executive commando group under the command of Louise Desfontaines and her brother Pierre. Their mission, to rescue a British army ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspense, tense, historical drama ...
Plot:
world war two, french resistance, wartime life, female agent, resistance, rescue, betrayal, heroic mission, gestapo, hospital, espionage, military ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945, year 1944, post world war two
Place:
london, france, paris france, europe, england ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Margaret is a nurse in England during WW2, and married to a secret agent. Things get complicated when she falls for David, an American pilot.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, period piece, sincere ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
world war two, war, secret mission, aviation, secret agent, couples, fall in love, love triangle, infidelity, love and romance, dishonesty, couple relations ...
Time:
20th century, year 1979, 1940s
Place:
london, europe, france, england
Similarity:
30%
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