Movies like Freedomfighters

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Freedomfighters (1996)
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Freedomfighters (1996)
Original name: Libertarias
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Spain, Italy, Belgium
Duration: 125 min.
Story: At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, the nun Maria is forced to flee her convent. She takes refuge in a brothel, until it is liberated by a woman's anarchist group. Maria joins the group and eventually goes to the front. The women's group faces the problems of fighting not only the nationalists, but also factions on the left seeking to impose a more traditional military structure. Written by Brian Rawnsley
Style: political, social, sad, informative, epic, serious, emotional, realistic
Plot: spanish civil war, anarchist, anarchism, feminism, civil war, rebellion, revolution, spanish history, radical, sex, world war two, world war one, nun, utopia, feminist, labor, revolt, worker, working class, union, strike, gender, international relations, military, anti fascism ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, 30s
Place: barcelona, iberian peninsula, spain, europe

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and political films with plots about society, war, political unrest, rebellion, state affairs, life is a bitch and military mostly in Drama, History and War genres. Some movies like Freedomfighters: Land and Freedom (1995), The 13 Roses (2007), The Anarchist's Wife (2008), While at War (2019), Butterfly (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Land and Freedom (1995)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, Spain, Germany, Italy, France, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: The movie narrates the story of David Carr, an unemployed worker and member of the Communist Party of Great Britain. In 1936 he decides to fight for the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War, an anti-fascist coalition of liberals, communists and ...
Style: political, informative, sad, social, hispanic ...
Plot: spanish civil war, revolution, politics, working class, communist, civil war, anarchist, anarchy, trench warfare, radical, dictator, dictatorship ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, 90s, year 1995
Place: spain, barcelona, catalonia, europe, england
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The 13 Roses (2007)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 129 min.
Story: True story of thirteen totally normal young women that suffered harsh questioning and were put in prison under made up charges of helping the rebellion against Franco back in the 1940s. Despite of their innocence, the thirteen were soon executed ...
Style: disturbing, thought provoking, emotional, touching, political ...
Plot: spanish civil war, spanish history, injustice, woman in danger, false accusation, social decay, life is a bitch, betrayal, idealism, society, dishonesty, danger ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, 1940s
Place: spain
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The Anarchist's Wife (2008)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Germany, Spain, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story: "The Anarchist's Wife" is the story of Manuela who is left behind when her husband Justo fights for his ideals against Franco's Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War. He is deported to a concentration camp, and upon his ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot: spanish civil war, civil war, world war two, fascism, anarchism, anarchist, anti fascist, anti nazi, anarchy, love story, war, love affair ...
Place: south of france
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While at War (2019)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Salamanca, Spain, 1936. In the early days of the military rebellion that began the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), writer Miguel de Unamuno supports the uprising in the hope that the prevailing political chaos will end. But when the confrontation ...
Style: sincere, captivating, psychological, disturbing, intellectual
Plot: spanish civil war, spanish history, coup d'etat, dictatorship, moral dilemma, military coup, professor, arrest, military, civil war, danger, society ...
Time: 1930s, year 1936, 20th century
Place: morocco, spain
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100%
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Butterfly (1999)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The film centres on Moncho and his coming-of-age experience in Galicia in 1936. Moncho develops a close relationship with his teacher Don Gregorio who introduces the boy to different things in the world. While the story centres on Moncho's ...
Style: sentimental, touching, realistic, compassionate, political ...
Audience: teens
Plot: spanish civil war, coming of age, friendship, civil war, children, teacher, fascism, childhood, depression, anarchist, family relations, parents and children ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, 90s, year 1999
Place: spain, iberian peninsula, barcelona, europe, galicia ...
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The Sleeping Voice (2011)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Spain
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Pepita travels to Madrid to be near her sister Hortensia who is pregnant and in prison. Hortensia is sentenced to death. The execution will not be carried out until after the baby is delivered. Pepita tries everything to stay the execution, but when ...
Style: captivating, serious, emotional, suspenseful, political ...
Plot: spanish civil war, wartime life, political unrest, woman in danger, fall in love, life is a bitch, sister sister relationship, family relations, civil war, false accusation, rebellion, love and romance ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, 1940s
Place: spain, europe, madrid
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43%
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Salvador (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Spain, UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story: The story of Salvador Puig Antich, one of the last political prisoners to be executed under Franco's Fascist State in 1974.
Style: rough, suspenseful, disturbing, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot: anarchist, dictatorship, death penalty, legal, against humanity, legal investigation, politics, rebellion, missing person, demonstration, fighting the system, journalism ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1974
Place: barcelona, spain, iberian peninsula, europe
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39%
April Captains (2000)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Portugal, Spain, Italy, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Story of the 1974 coup that overthrew the right-wing Portuguese dictatorship--which continued the fascist policies of long-time dictator Antonio Salazar--and of two young army captains who were involved in it.
Style: serious, tense, rough, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot: dictatorship, military coup, military, rebellion, coup d'etat, family relations, politics, state affairs, society, rebelliousness, siblings relations, political unrest ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1974
Place: portugal, africa, angola
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38%
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Soldiers of Salamina (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Professor Lola Sánchez investigates the truth behind the events experienced by Rafael Sánchez Mazas, one of the founders of the Falange Española party, during the Spanish Civil War.
Style: suspenseful, serious, captivating, sincere, art film ...
Plot: spanish civil war, change of heart, writer's life, uncover truth, soldier, lifesaver, political unrest, society, against humanity, radical, spanish history, writers ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Massacre in Rome (1973)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: In the Nazi occupied city of Rome, an assault on an SS brigade draws retaliation from the military governship. "Massacre in Rome" is the true story of how this partisan attack led to the mass execution of Italian nationals under the orders ...
Style: contemplative, serious, realistic, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot: world war two, world war, military, war, partisan, nazi occupation, holocaust, shoah, nazi, bureaucracy, fictional history, fascism ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: italy, rome italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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The Beehive (1982)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story: As in the novel of the same title from Camilo Jose Cela, "La Colmena" is a sad composition with the stories of many people in the Madrid of 1942, just the postwar of the spanish civil war. The main theme of the film is the contrast between ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, gloomy, atmospheric ...
Plot: post war, struggle, female nudity, francisco franco, freedom, revolutionary, revolutionary war, conflict, lgbt, spanish history, spanish civil war, brothel ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 1930s
Place: madrid, spain, europe
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35%
The Red and the White (1967)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Hungary, Soviet Union
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In 1919, Hungarian Communists aid the Bolsheviks' defeat of Czarists, the Whites. Near the Volga, a monastery and a field hospital are held by one side then the other.
Style: political, contemplative, black and white, experimental, art house ...
Plot: revolution, world war one, struggle, execution, time travel, great war, international relations, conflict, revolutionary war, revolutionary, freedom, spirituality ...
Time: year 1967, 20th century, 1910s, year 1919
Place: soviet union, hungary, europe, russia
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35%
The Edelweiss Pirates (2004)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Im Kölner Stadtteil Ehrenfeld lebt eine Gruppe von Arbeiterkindern kurz vor Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs ihren ganz eigenen Alltag. Die selbsternannten „Edelweißpiraten“ träumen von einer gerechten Welt und sehnen sich nach der unbeschwerten ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, tense, captivating, serious ...
Plot: resistance, wartime life, world war two, young heroes, human spirit, rebellion, idealism, life is a bitch, against humanity, rebelliousness, danger, confined ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944, 20th century
Place: europe, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Che: Part One (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Spain, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: The Argentine, begins as Che and a band of Cuban exiles (led by Fidel Castro) reach the Cuban shore from Mexico in 1956. Within two years, they mobilized popular support and an army and toppled the U.S.-friendly regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.
Style: political, intense, talky, sincere, captivating ...
Plot: revolution, cuban revolution, dictatorship, communism, violence, military, biopic, freedom, idealism, rebel, civil war, cold war ...
Time: 50s, 1950s, 20th century, year 2008, 60s ...
Place: cuba, latin america, caribbean, mexico city, new york
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The Holy Land of Tyrol (2010)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, Italy
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Set in the 1800s when Napoleon’s French ruled Europe, the film follows young Austrian carpenter Franz and his Bavarian wife, Katharina as an unforeseen event forces them to flee from Augsburg, Bavaria for Franz’s family home in Tyrol, Austria. ...
Style: epic, realistic, captivating, serious, psychological ...
Plot: revolution, rebellion, tragic love, society, political unrest, injustice, soldier, couple relations, wartime life, rivalry, german history, napoleonic wars ...
Time: 19th century
Place: germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Che: Part Two (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Spain, France, USA, Germany
Duration: 135 min.
Story: After the Cuban Revolution, Che is at the height of his fame and power. Then he disappears, re-emerging incognito in Bolivia, where he organizes a small group of Cuban comrades and Bolivian recruits to start the great Latin American Revolution. ...
Style: political, inspirational, talky, suspense, factual ...
Plot: revolution, communism, dictatorship, rebel, idealism, biopic, hopes, life is a bitch, downfall, state affairs, heroes, folk hero ...
Time: 20th century, year 2008, 60s, year 1966, year 1967
Place: bolivia, cuba, latin america, caribbean, south america
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34%
Behold a Pale Horse (1964)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Manuel Artiguez, a famous bandit during the Spanish civil war, has lived in French exile for 20 years. When his mother is dying he considers visiting her secretly in his Spanish home town. But his biggest enemy, the Spanish police officer Vinolas, ...
Style: retro, black and white, realistic, serious, wild
Plot: spanish civil war, anarchist, anarchism, struggle, anarchy, friendly fire, freedom, revolutionary, youth, time travel, world war two, conflict ...
Time: 60s
Place: persia, france, spain
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33%
The Scarlet and the Black (1983)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK, Italy
Duration: 143 min.
Story: Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His diplomatic status in a Catholic country prevents Colonel Kappler from openly arresting him, ...
Style: realistic, factual, tense, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: nazi, world war two, catholic, vatican, soldier, fighting the system, clergy, human spirit, uninhibited rivalry, military, survival, hopes ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: europe, rome italy, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Uranus (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, War
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: After World War II, a small French village struggles to put the war behind as the controlling Communist Party tries to flush out Petain loyalists. The local bar owner, a simple man who likes to write poetry, who only wants to be left alone to do his ...
Style: anthology, clever, biting, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, planet, cold war, holocaust, uncover truth, life is a bitch, fighting the system, politics, society, war, dishonesty, idealism ...
Place: france, europe
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Guns at Batasi (1964)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: An anachronistic martinet RSM on a remote Colonial African army caught in a local coup d'etat must use his experience to defend those in his care.
Style: captivating, thought provoking, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, british empire, revolution, conflict, world war, great war, african, cold war, politics, coup d'etat, colonialism, army ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: africa
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Army of Crime (2009)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France
Duration: 139 min.
Story: This gripping historical drama recounts the story of Armenian-born Missak Manouchian, a woodworker and political activist who led an immigrant laborer division of the Parisian Resistance on 30 operations against the Nazis in 1943. The Nazis branded ...
Style: rough, realistic, serious, disturbing, sincere ...
Plot: world war two, resistance, gestapo, nazi, ss officer, poet, rebelliousness, danger, war, life is a bitch, idealism, human spirit ...
Time: 1940s, year 2009, 20th century, year 1942
Place: paris france, france
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33%
St. Michael Had a Rooster (1972)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Sentenced to life imprisonment for illegal activities, Italian International member Giulio Manieri holds on to his political ideals while struggling against madness in the loneliness of his prison cell.
Style: thought provoking, realistic, serious, gloomy, contemplative
Plot: anarchist, anarchism, utopia, chaos, basement, politics, revolution, prison, rebellion, hopes, state affairs, human spirit ...
Time: 19th century, 1870s
Place: italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Kedma (2002)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France, Israel, Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In May 1948, shortly before the creation of the State of Israel, hundreds of immigrants from across Europe arrive in Palestine--only to risk arrest by British troops.
Style: realistic, serious, disturbing, sad, tense ...
Plot: military, immigrant, survival, tragic love, culture clash, life is a bitch, danger, society, against humanity, political unrest, hopes, wartime life ...
Time: 1940s, post world war two
Place: israel, middle east, palestine
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 317 min.
Story: Set in Bertolucci's ancestral region of Emilia, the film chronicles the lives of two men during the political turmoils that took place in Italy in the first half on the 20th century.
Style: epic, disturbing, controversial, compassionate, realistic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: fascism, world war two, revolution, italian history, politics, communism, class struggle, friendship, peasant, socialist, worker, resistance ...
Time: 1900s, 1940s, 1920s, 20th century, 1910s ...
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Overlord (1975)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
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Style: black and white, political, surreal, psychedelic, mind bending ...
Plot: world war two, basic training, military, world war, d day, boot camp, soldier, politics, struggle, revolution, revolutionary, freedom ...
Time: 1940s, year 1975, 20th century
Place: britain, france, europe, normandy
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32%
The Battle of Canudos (1997)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Brazil
Duration: 170 min.
Story: The film adaptation of Nobel Prize winning author, Mario Vargas Llosa's epic, The War At The End Of the World (La guerra del fin del mundo).
Style: political, captivating, serious, realistic, emotional ...
Plot: military, prostitution, reflection, american civil war, battles, family relations, politics, religions or cults, state affairs, heroes, society, unfulfillment ...
Time: 19th century
Place: brazil, latin america
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32%
The Organizer (1963)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy, France, Yugoslavia
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Professor Sinigaglia (Marcello Mastroianni) is the title character in this darkly comedic Italian drama about mistreated factory workers in the city of Turin. Toiling away in appalling conditions in a textile mill, these employees have no one to ...
Style: political, contemplative, thought provoking, captivating, sincere ...
Plot: factory, strike, politics, labor union, working class, resistance, union, european, conflict, employment, labor, big business ...
Time: turn of the century, 19th century, year 1963, 1800s, 1900s ...
Place: italy, turin italy
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32%
Ike: Countdown to D-Day (2004)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: This is the story of the senior-level preparations for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944 from the time of Dwight D. Eisenhower's appointment as the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, to the establishment of the beachhead in Normandy. The film ...
Style: tense, rough, serious, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
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32%
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Bloody Sunday (2002)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Ireland, USA
Duration: 111 min.
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Style: political, bleak, rough, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: ira, rebellion, civil rights, protest, conflict, politics, terrorism, injustice, civil war, ethnic conflict, political unrest, fighting the system ...
Time: year 2002, 70s, 90s, 20th century, year 1972 ...
Place: ireland, europe, northern ireland, united kingdom
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32%
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Shooting Dogs (2005)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Two westerners, a priest and a teacher find themselves in the middle of the Rwandan genocide and face a moral dilemna. Do they place themselves in danger and protect the refugees, or escape the country with their lives? Based on a true story.
Style: disturbing, bleak, sad, emotional, sincere ...
Plot: genocide, politics, violence, survival, rwandan genocide, survivor, priest, teacher, against the odds, fighting the system, moral dilemma, human spirit ...
Time: year 2005, 90s, year 1994
Place: africa, rwanda, united kingdom
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32%
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