Movies like Wings 1966
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Wings (1966)
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Original name: Крылья
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Maya Bulgakova gives a marvelous performance as a once heroic Russian fighter pilot now living a quiet, disappointingly ordinary life as a school principal.
Style:
spiritual, art house, heartfelt, psychological, touching, serious, realistic, contemplative
Plot:
midlife crisis, aviation, feminist, great patriotic war, loneliness, flashback, treasure hunt, feminism, genocide, spirituality, realism, aviator, school principal, nostalgia, biopic, military, obsession, high school, culture clash, wartime life, fish out of water, haunted by the past, unfulfillment, school, airplane ...
Time:
post world war two, 1940s, year 1966, 60s, 50s, 20th century
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr, russian
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, contemplative and psychological films with plots about soviet, spirituality, haunted by the past, family relations, life is a bitch, unfulfillment and loneliness mostly in Drama, War and Romance genres. Some movies like Wings: You and Me (1971), The Steamroller and the Violin (1961), The Lonely Voice of Man (1987), Scarecrow (1984), King Lear (1970). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A neurosurgeon returns back to the USSR from Sweden and has to deal with rejection - both at work and at home.
Style:
existential, melancholic, emotional, contemplative, serious ...
Plot:
regret, identity crisis, midlife crisis, guilt, love triangle, friendship, alienation, failed marriage, self discovery, nostalgia, sacrifice, scientist ...
Time:
70s
Place:
soviet union, moscow russia, siberia, russia, ussr
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
At the dilapidated country estate of Anna Petrovna Voinitseva, a group of feckless Russian aristocrats whiles away a summer afternoon. Unbeknownst to their respective spouses, local schoolteacher Platonov and the wife of Anna's stepson, Sophia, ...
Style:
atmospheric, spiritual, contemplative, talky, thought provoking ...
Plot:
true love, midlife crisis, anton chekhov, lost love, spirituality, summer, russian history, destructive relationship, rescue, fall in love, couple relations, unfulfillment ...
Time:
year 1977, victorian era, 1910s, 20th century
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 46 min.
Story:
Seven year old Sasha practices violin every day to satisfy the ambition of his parents. Already withdrawn as a result of his routines, Sasha quickly regains confidence when he accidentally meets and befriends worker Sergei, who works on a ...
Style:
art house, realistic, serious, spiritual, uplifting ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
youth, friendship, childhood, self discovery, children, young adult, little boy, coming of age, spirituality, minimalism, art, boy ...
Time:
year 1961, 60s
Place:
ussr, soviet union, russia
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The film is Sokurov's feature film debut and is based on the novel The River Potudan by Andrei Platonov. It's a story about the lives of people in the Russian countryside in the beginning of the 20th century. The film was completed in 1979 ...
Style:
poetic, melancholic, psychological, art house, existential ...
Plot:
loneliness, character study, isolation, post war, trauma, alienation, memory, slow burn, bittersweet, moral dilemma, symbolism, desperation ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
soviet union, poetic realism, ussr, russia
Similarity:
58%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A twelve years old girl Lena who has come to live with her grandfather in a small Russian town is being bullied by her classmates. She took the rap of being a class traitor because she was in love with the boy who had betrayed his classmates when ...
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, sincere, touching, spiritual ...
Audience:
kids, teen drama
Plot:
life is a bitch, bullying, traumatic childhood, mockery, teenager, deception, school, betrayal by friend, brutality, first love, outcast, grandfather granddaughter relationship ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he banishes her and ...
Style:
spiritual, serious, realistic, bleak, emotional ...
Plot:
shakespeare, betrayal, knight, celtic, realism, siblings, kingdom, stage play, spirituality, family relations, rivalry, vengeance ...
Time:
middle ages, year 1971
Place:
soviet union, russia
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
David Hare's account of a one-time French freedom fighter who gradually realizes that her post-war life is not meeting her expectations.
Style:
independent film, contemplative, thought provoking, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, french resistance, mental illness, memory, parachute, one night stand, women, rock, world war, hopes, introspection, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, year 1985, 1950s, 20th century ...
Place:
england, france, europe, london
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of World War II, a former Czech soldier takes charge of a manor formerly owned by a German family. He falls in love with the daughter, who is now a maid, and is forced to confront the stress between his love and his conscience when ...
Style:
surreal, atmospheric, touching, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
forbidden love, world war two, military, holocaust, girl, forest, locomotive, comeback, post war, soldier, estate, haunted by the past ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
czechoslovakia, germany, czech republic
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia, Germany
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
A slow and poignant story of love and patience told via a dying mother nursed by her devoted son. The simple narrative is a thread woven among the deeply spiritual images of the countryside and cottage.
Style:
slow cinema, aesthetic, depressing, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
art, biopic, countryside, childhood, youth, mother and son, landscape, mental disorder, artist, minimal dialogue, spirituality, underground ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
soviet union, russia
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
On the eve of his fortieth anniversary Sergei Makarov looks back at his life and learns that he has achieved nothing. He was not able to be happy and to bring happiness to the closest people in his life, neither to his long-suffering wife nor young ...
Style:
psychological, melancholic, poignant, period piece, satirical ...
Plot:
middle aged man, midlife crisis, character study, loneliness, regret, alienation, existential crisis, family drama, intimate, infidelity, urban, slice of life ...
Place:
soviet union, poetic realism, ussr
Similarity:
40%
420
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
As John Barrymore reckons with the ravages of his life of excess, he rents an old theatre to rehearse for a backer's audition to raise money for a revival of his 1920 Broadway triumph in Richard III.
Style:
realistic, contemplative, sincere, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
artists and showbiz, actor's life, theater, performer's life, showbiz, introspection, actor, society, rivalry, hollywood, art, biopic ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1920s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
In the old days it was called hypochrondria, or black melancholia. Now, apparently, it's termed the Asthenic Syndrome. Whatever it is, Nikolai, a teacher of epicly indifferent pupils, has got it, and it's not much fun.
Style:
art house, bleak, philosophical, tragicomedy, postmodern ...
Plot:
perestroika, alienation, existentialism, satire, bureaucracy, pessimism, melancholy, absurdism, midlife crisis, urban, bitterness, spirituality ...
Time:
year 1990
Place:
ussr, soviet union
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Two Soviet partisans leave their starving band to get supplies from a nearby farm. The Germans have reached the farm first, so the pair must go on a journey deep into occupied territory, a voyage that will also take them deep into their souls.
Style:
cerebral, bleak, depressing, contemplative, philosophical ...
Plot:
world war two, partisan, cold weather, execution, betrayal, winter, torture, nazi, war, starvation, collaboration, nazi occupation ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1977, year 1942
Place:
ussr, soviet union, iraq, europe, russia
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A single woman has put all her efforts into raising her only son, Sasha. When Sasha grows up to become a teenager, she thinks that she can have some time for herself, so she responds to the courtship of Nikolai Sergeyevich. One summer, Sasha goes to ...
Style:
melancholic, psychological, art house, period piece
Plot:
cemetery, letter, tram, coming of age, single mother, mother son relationship, family drama, family bonds, character study, teenage rebellion, intimate, female protagonist ...
Time:
70s
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Mikhail Ulyanov is the Bergmanesque protagonist of the Russian Private Life. A government-appointed factory executive, Ulyanov is reduced to quivering confusion when he is dismissed. Recovering from this blow, he decides to review and realign his ...
Style:
poignant, melancholic, reflective, psychological, existential ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, loneliness, bureaucracy, humanist, middle aged, thoughtful, male protagonist, intimate, identity, bittersweet, aging, resilience ...
Time:
80s
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The heroes of the movie last seen each other on the Belarusian railway station in the summer of 1945. A quarter-century, they meet at the funeral of comrade.
Style:
disturbing, touching, sincere, thought provoking, poignant ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
friendship, world war two, memory, society, life is a bitch, destiny, life & death, justice, hopes, loss, nostalgia, social realism ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
soviet union, moscow russia, russia, ussr
Similarity:
38%
270
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Larisa Shepitko's diploma film. An idealistic high school graduate goes to work on a state farm on the Kazakh steppe, only to clash with its authoritarian leader.
Style:
serious, tense, art house, earnest
Plot:
power struggle, idealism, conflict, community, character study, oppression, youth, isolation, coming of age, realism, solitude, resilience ...
Time:
60s
Place:
ussr, soviet union
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Russia, Netherlands
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In 1961, a Soviet medical officer is conflicted about his position overseeing the health of future cosmonauts.
Style:
sincere, serious, psychological, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
military, moral dilemma, crumbling marriage, power relations, soldier, space and aliens, couple relations, love affair, cosmonaut, underground, couples, love and romance ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1961
Place:
russia, soviet union, kazakhstan, ussr
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Netherlands
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Epic story about two families and their friendship and common destiny in Sweden's Gothenburg in the 1940s and 1950s. Told from the perspective of young Simon Larsson, who learns that he's an adopted child who has a Jewish father from ...
Style:
realistic, tense, touching, psychological, contemplative ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
coming of age, world war two, boy, youth, family relations, friendship, society, culture clash, working class, german history, aftermath, nordic ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, post world war two, 50s
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Russian provincial town in the middle of the 1930s Stalin's Great Purge. Ivan Lapshin, the head of the local police, does what he has to do. And he does it well.
Style:
slow cinema, aesthetic, spiritual, black and white
Plot:
stalinism, spy, psychedelia, spirituality, underground, nostalgia, memories, male protagonist, police inspector, criminal gang, flashback, investigation ...
Time:
year 1985, 1930s
Place:
soviet union, ussr, siberia, russia
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland, Norway, UK, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
What could be better than knowing your future? And what could be worse? A love-filled childhood abruptly ends when catastrophe descends. A catastrophe that the child had foreseen yet failed to act upon.
Style:
psychological, serious, atmospheric, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot:
small town, haunted by the past, childhood trauma, life is a bitch, unlikely couple, midlife crisis, life turned upside down, unfulfillment, young love, childhood memory, village life, village ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iceland, europe
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Shakespeare's 17th century masterpiece about the "Melancholy Dane" was given one of its best screen treatments by Soviet director Grigori Kozintsev. Kozintsev's Elsinore was a real castle in Estonia, utilized metaphorically as ...
Style:
atmospheric, visually appealing, philosophical, fairy tale, black and white ...
Plot:
betrayal, shakespeare, medieval, love, stage play, shakespeare's hamlet, royal court, knight, spirituality, moving, hamlet, realism ...
Time:
medieval times, middle ages
Place:
soviet union, ussr, russia, denmark
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
From the late 1950s through the '70s, more than 90,000 of the ethnic Koreans in Japan emigrated to North Korea, a country that promised them affluence, justice, and an end to discrimination. KAZOKU NO KUNI tells the story of one of their ...
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, sincere, gloomy ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, fish out of water, culture clash, family life, homecoming, society, family problems, terminal illness, parents and children, life is a bitch, under the surface, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, north korea, tokyo, asia
Similarity:
34%
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311
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Five former high school friends reunite for an evening of fun, remembrance and sadness in this Altmanesque portrait of female friendship. A look at how youthful idealism turns into adult pragmatism, and how one can fight such changes, from the ...
Style:
emotional, touching, serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot:
bittersweet, friendship, friends, best friend, introspection, haunted by the past, strong female presence, midlife crisis, unfulfillment, female friendship, bereavement, nostalgia ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The aging Eszter clarify outstanding relationship.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, psychological, touching ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, love and romance, life turned upside down, hopes, society, estrangement, destiny, misfit, estate, female protagonist, lost love, heartbreak ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s
Place:
hungary, central europe, europe
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
"Heart of Now" concerns a young woman with a profound longing for a sense of family. Amber is devastated after her boyfriend abandons her because she's pregnant. She is whisked across a contrast of urban, natural and emotional ...
Style:
contemplative, realistic, psychological, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot:
desert, looking for love, introspection, haunted by the past, redemption, downfall, female protagonist, spirituality, breakup, relationship problems, problem solving, pregnancy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
During World War II, оld Georgian peasant wine-grower Georgy (Sergo Zakariadze) leaves his Georgian village and goes off to the front line, hoping to find his son. George should see and transfer a lot of things, he becomes a soldier and only in ...
Style:
rough, tense, suspenseful, touching, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
great patriotic war, world war two, military, father son relationship, red army, soldier, fatherhood, dead son, wound, death of son, eastern front, spirituality ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union, georgia, caucasus, berlin germany, russia ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Cet Amour-là is an intimate portrait of a legendary love affair. Set against the beauty of the Breton seaside, it is also a film that revels in the insights that Marguerite Duras' writing affords.
Style:
psychological, emotional, serious, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
soldier, hopes, love and romance, lifestyle, fall in love, couple relations, destiny, wartime life, family relations, couples, human nature, writer's life ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France, Russia, Italy, Netherlands
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A small family "a father and a son" lives on the top floor of an old house. The father retired from the military, when he was a student in flight school, he experienced the first and the only love of his life. This girl became his wife and ...
Style:
serious, psychological, atmospheric, touching, sensual ...
Plot:
gay subtext, father son relationship, homosexual subtext, gay, soldier, youth, bare chested male, dream, teenage boy, family relations, single parent, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A pilot (Egglesfield) gets shot down and gets amnesia, later on his stricken-with-grief wife (Langton) finds him in a small town and she is shocked that he doesn't remember her.
Style:
emotional, touching, serious, dramatic, romantic drama ...
Plot:
world war two, aviation, amnesia, pilot, false identity, memory loss, happy ending, male female relationship, romantic reunion, bittersweet, identity crisis, female protagonist ...
Time:
post world war two, 1940s, 50s
Similarity:
30%
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