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Attack on Leningrad (2009)
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Attack on Leningrad (2009)
Original name: Leningrad
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia, UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story: When in 1941 Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union, their troops quickly besieged Leningrad. Foreign journalists are evacuated but one of them, Kate Davies, is presumed dead and misses the plane. Alone in the city she is helped by Nina Tsvetnova a young and idealist police officer and together they will fight for their own survival and the survival of the people in the besieged Leningrad. Written by Marcio Eduardo
Style: rough, bleak, serious, realistic, gloomy
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, siege, hunger, wartime life, battles, soldier, world war, danger, self sacrifice, female protagonist, military, heroic mission, rationing, war, bombing, journalist, nazi, peplum, starvation, chess, snow, war correspondent, black market, cold the temperature, air strike ...
Time: 1940s, year 1941, 20th century, post world war two, 40s
Place: russia, st. petersburg russia
Keyword: german, russian

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, bleak and rough films with plots about world war two, war, soldier, military, world war, danger and battles mostly in Drama, War and History genres. Some movies like Attack on Leningrad: Unknown Battle (2019), Stalingrad (2013), The Blockhouse (1973), The Biggest Battle (1978), Only the Brave (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Unknown Battle (2019)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 113 min.
Story: During WW2, in 1942 and 1943, a series of not-so-well known yet bloody battles occurred near the town of Rzhev. Those battles received the name of ‘Rzhev Meat Grinder’. The film is based on the award-winning novel by Vyacheslav Kondratyev, which ...
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Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, infantry, wehrmacht, heroism, soviet army, battles, soldier, battle zone, life & death, death, great patriotic war, war ...
Time: 1940s
Place: soviet union
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Stalingrad (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Drama set in 1942, during one of the most important battles of World War II, which stopped the progress of Nazi forces and turned the tide of war in favor of the Allies. The Soviet army mounts a counter-attack on the Nazi forces that occupy half of ...
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, exciting, rough ...
Plot: world war two, war, heroism, battles, heroes, world war, life is a bitch, wartime life, russian history, danger, battle zone, military life ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1942
Place: europe, soviet union, russia
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The Blockhouse (1973)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A group of Slave workers, drafted by the Nazis to help construct their coastal defenses in 1944 are trapped in an underground bunker when the Allies land at Normandy on D-Day. They find huge dtores of food but not enough candles. The slow dying of ...
Style: grindhouse, bleak, suspenseful, gloomy, serious ...
Plot: world war two, chess, world war, bunker, d day, survival, claustrophobia, battles, holocaust, wartime life, prison, war ...
Time: 1940s
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Biggest Battle (1978)
Genre: War, Drama
Country: Italy, West Germany, Yugoslavia
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A story of how World War II affected the lives of a German family and an American family, both of whom had sons and fathers fighting in the war.
Style: macaroni combat, exciting, rough, bleak, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, world war, battles, nazi, revolutionary, freedom, revolution, combat, struggle, revolutionary war, soldier, computers and web ...
Time: 1940s, year 1978
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Only the Brave (2006)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A searing portrait of war and prejudice, 'Only the Brave' takes you on a haunting journey into the hearts and minds of the forgotten heroes of WWII - the Japanese-American 100th/442nd.
Style: exciting, tense, captivating, suspenseful, independent film ...
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Plot: military, battles, soldier, survival, military life, society, daring rescue, danger, war, heroic mission, battle zone, world war ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: europe, usa, france, italy, hawaii
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40%
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The Bridge (2008)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A group of German boys is ordered to protect a small bridge in their home village during the waning months of the second world war. Truckloads of defeated, cynical Wehrmacht soldiers flee the approaching American troops, but the boys, full of ...
Style: realistic, serious, bleak, rough
Plot: world war two, military, heroic mission, soldier, left to die, young heroes, danger, american soldier, combat casualty, world war, nazi, german history ...
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Place: germany
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Squadron 303 (2018)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: After the fall of the September Campaign of 1939, two Polish pilots are forced to fight for their nation in foreign battlefronts.
Style: sincere, exciting
Plot: aerial combat, air force, world war two, aviation, world war, politics, rescue, wartime life, military, battles, danger, soldier ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: poland, britain, europe
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The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, Czechoslovakia, West Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story: In March of 1945, as the War in Europe is coming to a close, fighting erupts between German and American troops at the last remaining bridgehead across the Rhine.
Style: realistic, intense, harsh, exciting, serious ...
Plot: world war two, war, battles, survival, soldier, nazi, world war, military, tank, escapades, anti war, wartime life ...
Time: 1940s, year 1969, year 1945, 20th century
Place: germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 181 min.
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Style: stylized, atmospheric, realistic, serious, emotional ...
Plot: soldier, military, wartime life, dishonesty, danger, state affairs, war, life is a bitch, family relations, battles, prisoner, father daughter relationship ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1943, year 1941
Place: ussr, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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 6.6
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This Life (2012)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Denmark
Duration: 122 min.
Story: The true story of the Fiil's a family of innkeepers who during Nazi-Germany's occupation of Denmark took up arms against the German occupiers. But in the fight for freedom, some must die so that others may live.
Style: disturbing, emotional, realistic, captivating, tense ...
Plot: resistance fighter, nazi, world war two, freedom fighter, resistance, nazi occupation, sabotage, danger, heroes, wartime, showdown, self sacrifice ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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In the Presence of Mine Enemies (1997)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In the Warsau Ghetto of 1943, one man's struggle to keep his family together leads him to the ultimate crisis of faith, and one final chance at redemption. Written by legendary 'Twilight Zone' creator, Rod Sterling.
Style: contemplative, gloomy, bleak, emotional, disturbing ...
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Time: 1940s, year 1942
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⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: During WWII, a three-man commando team places its trust in the hands of a band of Filipino resistors, as they try to knock out a Japenese communication center.
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, tense, psychotronic ...
Plot: world war two, espionage, war, danger, anti war, escapades, mission, world war, liberation, reconnaissance, battles, soldier ...
Time: 1940s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Dirty Heroes (1967)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Set near the end of World War II in the Netherlands, Dirty Heroes concerns a group of ex-convicts recruited into the U.S. Army to recover Dutch jewels originally stolen by the Nazis as well as confiscated Allied plans
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Duration: 93 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, War
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Duration: 90 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Drama, War
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Duration: 87 min.
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Style: psychological, tense, realistic, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot: world war two, survival, japanese soldier, military life, danger, isolation, confined, escapades, rivalry, asian prostitute, anti war, humanity ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
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Duration: 95 min.
Story: In WWII Western Germany, Private David Manning reluctantly leaves behind a mortally wounded fellow soldier and searches for survivors from his platoon, only to learn from commanding officer Captain Pritchett that they have all been killed in action. ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
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⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
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Style: tense, realistic, serious, bleak, gloomy
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Battle of the Bulge (1965)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 167 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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The Skin (1981)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 131 min.
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Style: controversial, serious, bleak, rough, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, wartime life, world war, translator, female pubic hair, chaos and mayhem, war, against humanity, life is a bitch, soldier, society, captivity ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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