Movies like The Pianist
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The Pianist (2002)
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, War
Country: France, Poland, Germany, UK
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
The true story of pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
Style:
emotional, harsh, bleak, heartbreaking, touching, poignant, dramatic, reflective, sad, motivational ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, survival, nazi, genocide, jewish, war, anti semitism, nazism, classical music, suspense, pianist, hunger, nazi occupation, against humanity, wartime, ghetto, atrocity, music, concentration camp, starvation, secret hideout, jew persecution, life & death, violent ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, 1930s, 20th century, year 1944, year 1945, year 1939 ...
Place:
poland, germany, europe, eastern europe, warsaw poland, central europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, emotional and bleak films with plots about world war two, holocaust, war, jewish, nazi, survival and genocide mostly in Drama, War and History genres. Some movies like The Pianist: Schindler's List (1993), The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008), Life Is Beautiful (1997), The Book Thief (2013), Hacksaw Ridge (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 195 min.
Story:
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
Style:
touching, emotional, thought provoking, realistic, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, jewish, genocide, nazi, war, concentration camp, anti semitism, brutality, against humanity, wartime, racism ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 1930s, 90s
Place:
poland, germany, vatican, europe, israel ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a ...
Style:
sad, emotional, touching, heartbreaking, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, concentration camp, war, jewish, childhood, friendship, nazi, children, military, gas chamber, german ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
germany, poland, europe, berlin germany, switzerland
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, emotional, sentimental, tragicomedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, kids
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, concentration camp, jewish, nazi, human spirit, life & death, life philosophy, nazism, survival, fascism, love ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1939
Place:
italy, europe, poland, tuscany
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refuge is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.
Style:
touching, sentimental, emotional, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, family outing
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, war, childhood, nazi, jewish, adoption, human spirit, nazi germany, life is a bitch, against humanity, youth ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1941, year 1945, year 1938 ...
Place:
germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Australia, USA, UK, China
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Style:
touching, inspirational, sentimental, emotional, brutal ...
Audience:
manly, girls' night
Plot:
world war two, war, soldier, conscientious objector, religion, american soldier, u.s. army, bible, military, father son relationship, pacifism, u.s. military ...
Time:
1940s, middle ages, 20th century, year 1945
Place:
okinawa, okinawa japan, japan, tennessee, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, Austria, Italy
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still ...
Style:
psychological, intense, bleak, disturbing, harsh ...
Plot:
world war two, war, suicide, hitler, nazi, nazism, holocaust, fascism, national socialism, third reich, betrayal, courage ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945, post world war two, 20th century, year 1942
Place:
germany, berlin germany, poland, prague, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Australia, Germany, UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
After her Nazi parents are imprisoned, Lore leads her younger siblings across a war-torn Germany in 1945. Amidst the chaos, she encounters mysterious Jewish refugee Thomas, who shatters her fragile reality with hatred and desire. To live, she must ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, bleak, psychological, harsh ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
nazi, survival, world war two, coming of age, nazism, holocaust, youth, war, children, hitler, jewish, suspense ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, 20th century, year 1945
Place:
germany, berlin germany, australia, poland, hamburg germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Czech Republic, UK, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The account of keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Jan and Antonina Zabinski, who helped save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion.
Style:
factual, rough, suspenseful, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
holocaust, zoo, world war two, nazi, hiding place, marriage, jewish, women, zookeeper, nazi occupied poland, husband wife relationship, suspense ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s
Place:
warsaw poland, poland, germany, central europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
"Stalingrad" follows the progress of a German Platoon through the brutal fighting of the Battle of Stalingrad. After having half their number wiped out and after being placed under the command of a sadistic Captain, the Lieutenant of the ...
Style:
realistic, gloomy, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
world war two, war, battles, russian, german, nazism, soldier, survival, military, starvation, military life, wehrmacht ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1943, year 1942
Place:
russia, germany, east germany, berlin germany, poland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Sweden, Hungary
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Swedish account of Raoul Wallenberg, the man responsible for the largest rescue of Jews during World War II.
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, bleak, uplifting ...
Plot:
world war two, jewish, politics, rescue, diplomacy, judaism, heroes, ghetto, anti semitism, genocide, nazi soldier, righting the wronged ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
sweden, europe, hungary, moscow russia, stockholm sweden ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Czech Republic, USA
Duration: 180 min.
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Anne Frank: The Whole Story is a film based on the life of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl growing up in Nazi occupied Holland. When war breaks out Anne & her family, Otto her father, Edith her mother & Margot her sister move from Germany ...
Style:
uplifting, sincere, emotional, bleak, sad ...
Plot:
genocide, holocaust, against humanity, world war two, war, starvation, concentration camp, survival, childhood, hopes, anti semitism, ss ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
amsterdam, holland, europe, netherlands
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Hungary, Germany, UK, Israel, France, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
An Hungarian youth comes of age at Buchenwald during World War II. György Köves is 14, the son of a merchant who's sent to a forced labor camp. After his father's departure, György gets a job at a brickyard; his bus is stopped and its ...
Style:
sincere, serious, disturbing, emotional, gloomy ...
Audience:
teens, date night, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
holocaust, concentration camp, world war two, nazi, survival, youth, life is a bitch, orthodox jew, confined, estrangement, self discovery, coming of age ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two
Place:
hungary, germany, eastern europe, europe, slovakia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, France, Poland
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A Jewish boy separated from his family in the early days of WWII poses as a German orphan and is taken into the heart of the Nazi world as a 'war hero' and eventually becomes a Hitler Youth. Although improbabilities and happenstance are ...
Style:
political, realistic, mind bending, surreal, psychedelic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
nazi, holocaust, jewish, hitler youth, circumcision, war, coming of age, childhood, survival, world war two, children in wartime, nazi germany ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
germany, poland, israel, latvia, berlin germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France, Germany, Hungary
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
1942. Joseph is eleven. And this June morning, he must go to school, a yellow star sown on his chest. He receives the support of a goods dealer. The mockery of a baker. Between kindness and contempt, Jo, his Jewish friends, their families, learn of ...
Style:
thought provoking, disturbing, emotional, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
holocaust, concentration camp, nazism, holocaust survivor, jewish, world war two, german occupation, injustice, against humanity, genocide, occupation, society ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, post world war two, year 1942
Place:
france, paris france, vichy, europe, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 177 min.
Story:
Jews rise up in the Warsaw Ghetto against the Nazis in 1943.
Style:
uplifting, captivating, serious, rough, political ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, jewish ghetto, rebellion, human spirit, anti semitism, life is a bitch, survival, wartime life, against humanity, politics, society ...
Time:
post world war two, 1940s, 20th century, year 1943
Place:
germany, europe, warsaw poland, poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: History, War
Country: Germany, Lithuania
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In 1942, in Vilna, the Nazi annihilate 55,000 Jews and squeeze the 15,000 survivors in a seven blocks ghetto. The twenty-two year old sadistic commander Kittel is assigned to administrate the ghetto in the capital of Lithuania, becoming the master ...
Style:
serious, realistic, bleak, emotional, rough ...
Plot:
genocide, holocaust, war, world war two, anti semitism, moral dilemma, human nature, survival, heroes, confined, against humanity, lifesaver ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, post world war two
Place:
europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The historical recreation of the 1942 Wannsee Conference, in which Nazi and SS leaders gathered in a Berlin suburb to discuss the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question". Lead by SS-General Reinhard Heydrich, this group of high ranking ...
Style:
factual, disturbing, bleak, political, atmospheric ...
Plot:
holocaust, nazi, world war two, politics, nazism, genocide, anti semitism, war crime, racism, ss officer, third reich, suspense ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
berlin germany, germany, europe, poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 179 min.
Story:
In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his ...
Style:
political, emotional, disturbing, suspenseful, sincere ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, genocide, holocaust, judge, court, jewish, justice, lawyer, war, legal, politics, courtroom ...
Time:
1940s, middle ages, 60s, year 1945, year 1946 ...
Place:
germany, poland, europe, berlin germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, South Africa, Italy, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his ...
Style:
emotional, rough, thought provoking, intense, sad ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
genocide, racism, war, hotel, against humanity, ethnic conflict, cruelty, politics, murder, un, war crime, human spirit ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
africa, rwanda, somalia, congo, tanzania
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Netherlands, Germany, UK, Belgium
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.
Style:
tense, psychological, erotic, realistic, dramatic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, jewish, spy, war, espionage, betrayal, revenge, occupation, nazi, nazism, resistance ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, 50s, year 1944, year 1956 ...
Place:
netherlands, holland, germany, israel, poland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet partisans to combat the Nazis. The brothers begin the rescue of roughly 1,200 Jews still trapped in ...
Style:
emotional, sincere, epic, dramatic, realistic ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, jewish, war, survival, nazi, judaism, partisan, genocide, rebellion, military, prejudice ...
Time:
post world war two, 20th century, 1940s, year 1942, year 1941
Place:
poland, germany, israel, russia, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor named Basie, who looks out for him while they are in the camp together. Even ...
Style:
epic, sad, emotional, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
world war two, coming of age, war, child protagonist, childhood, captivity, peasant, japanese army, pow, survival, child, young heroes ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1945
Place:
shanghai, china, japan, tokyo, asia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, France, Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caught out after curfew. While waiting for the German Kommondant, Jakob overhears a German radio broadcast about Russian troop movements. Returned to the ...
Style:
light, sad, feel good, heartbreaking, inspirational ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, jewish, nazi, judaism, war, world war, jewish ghetto, lie, russian, death, radio ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
poland, germany, europe, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Russia, Germany, Lithuania
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Based on the true story, international historical project “Sobibor” is dedicated to the heroism of the Soviet o cer Alexander Pechersky. During the great Patriotic war, being in a Nazi concentration camp Sobibor he managed to do the impossible ...
Style:
rough, factual, suspenseful
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, nazi, jewish, nazi germany, genocide, holocaust survivor, escape, russian, mass murder, pow, rebellion ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
germany, poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Irena Sendler is a Catholic social worker who has sympathized with the Jews since her childhood, when her physician father died of typhus contracted while treating poor Jewish patients. When she initially proposes saving Jewish children from the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, tense, intense ...
Audience:
family outing, date night
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, nazi germany, jewish, ghetto, social worker, rescue, wartime life, life is a bitch, against humanity, historical figure, confined ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
poland, europe, warsaw poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport, War
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Fact based story about a former Greek Olympic boxer who was taken as a prisoner during World war II and placed in the Auschwitz prison camp. There he was permitted to survive as long as he fought for the amusement of his captors. His father and ...
Style:
disturbing, tense, bleak, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, boxing, prison, prison escape, fight, sport, war, intrigue, jail, jewish, boxer ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1943
Place:
poland, europe, greece
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Hungary
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In the horror of 1944 Auschwitz, a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people finds moral survival trying to save from the flames the body of a boy he takes for his son.
Style:
compassionate, melancholic, disturbing, cerebral, sad ...
Plot:
holocaust, jewish, world war two, tragedy, nazi, prison, anti semitism, courage, concentration camp, genocide, brutality, life & death ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
eastern europe, germany, poland, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Although liberated from Auschwitz on January 27, 1945, Levi did not reach Turin until October 19 of that year. After spending some time in a Soviet camp for former concentration camp inmates, he embarked on an arduous journey home in the company of ...
Style:
sincere, serious, realistic, uplifting, captivating ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, concentration camp, children, writers, intrigue, refugee, hopes, survival, human spirit, against humanity, life is a bitch ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, post world war two, year 1945
Place:
russia, italy, europe, turin italy, venice
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, Czech Republic
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A group of people are imprisoned in a rail car bound from Berlin to a concentration camp in 1945.
Style:
disturbing, serious, realistic, bleak, captivating
Audience:
date night
Plot:
holocaust, nazism, anti semitism, nazi, concentration camp, life is a bitch, pow, nazi germany, gestapo, war, confined, jewish ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, 20th century, year 1943
Place:
germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, War
Country: Germany, France, Poland
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Run Boy Run is the true story of Jurek, an eight-year-old boy, who escapes from the Warsaw ghetto, then manages to survive in the woods and working as a farmhand, disguising himself as a Polish orphan. He encounters people who will betray him for a ...
Style:
captivating, touching, bleak, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, survival, youth, human spirit, on the run, young heroes, hidden identity, orphan, against humanity, anti semitism, coming of age ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
germany, poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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