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The Border (2007)
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Original name: Raja 1918
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Finland, Russia
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The young man must set up a clear border between Finland and Russia, white and red, enemy and friend, us and them. While the task seems clear he finds out the execution of his command in concrete situations is very difficult. Right choices turn out to be wrong ones and correcting them make things worse.
Style:
touching, captivating, suspense, sad, exciting, contemplative
Plot:
border guard, military, fall in love, military officer, army, teacher, violence, civil war, independence, duty, prisoner of war camp, world war one, finnish civil war, revolution, conservative, scientist, female nudity, border, quarantine, border crossing, socialist, execution, border patrol, female full frontal nudity, shot to death ...
Time:
year 1918
Place:
finland, soviet union, ussr, russian
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, suspense, tense and serious films with plots about military, soldier, world war two, world war one, shot to death, war and wartime mostly in Drama, War and History genres. Some movies like The Border: The Interrogation (2009), Laugh or Die (2018), The Midwife (2015), Under the North Star (2009), Where Once We Walked (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Plot:
russo finnish war, police interrogation, humanist, spying, russian spy, confession, world war two, communism, socialist, communist, humanism, breakdown ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, year 1942, year 1944
Place:
finland, soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Parikka, the actor once called the Funniest Man in Finland, and his troupe are about to be executed for the atrocities committed during the Civil War in Finland. Jaeger Lieutenant Nyborg, an admirer of Parikka, suspects a definite miscarriage of ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
germany, finland
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34%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
'The Midwife' (fin.'Kätilö') is a romance-drama set during WWII in Finland’s Lapland province, a major European battle ground of the war. Based on Katja Kettu’s bestselling novel, 'The Midwife' turns on the love ...
Style:
romantic, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, touching
Plot:
world war two, sex scene, ss officer, violence, fall in love, genocide, war crime, german soldier, concentration camp, midwife, drug, nurse ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 193 min.
Story:
Perustuu Väinö Linnan samannimiseen romaanitrilogiaan, joka on yksi suomalaisen kirjallisuuden tärkeimmistä teoksista.
Style:
family saga, epic, captivating, serious
Plot:
revolution, trial, rebel, class differences, working class, socialism, class conflict, war crime, family history, socialist, brother brother relationship, revenge ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Otso "The Main Man" Hultkrantz is playing the leading role of the young Allu Kajander in Where We Once Walked, based on a novel about a civil war raging between the Red and the White in Finland.
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, factual, family saga
Plot:
civil war, class struggle, social class, working class, revolutionary, politics, revenge, socialist, unrequited love, lower class, rivalry, society ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1910s, year 1918, 1920s ...
Place:
helsinki finland, finland, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Finland, Germany, Greece
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
There is civil war in Finland. Between whites vs reds. A woman soldier of reds is captured by the whites. She is ordered to be executed.
Style:
realistic, disturbing, serious, bleak, captivating ...
Plot:
adultery, political unrest, politics, forbidden love, soldier, opposites attract, military, rebellion, wartime life, destiny, tragic love, state affairs ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1918
Place:
finland
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28%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
This is a story of a great love facing the greatest drama of the history of Russia. Admiral Kolchak is a true war hero and beloved husband and father. One day he meets Anna, the love of his life and the wife of his best friend. The revolution in his ...
Style:
realistic, serious, dramatic, touching, tragic ending ...
Plot:
world war one, political unrest, russian history, battles, military, heroes, wartime life, russian empire, destiny, warship, against the odds, great war ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1917
Place:
soviet union, russia, st. petersburg russia
Similarity:
25%
350
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Lithuania, Finland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A trip to Lapland leads to immense changes in the life of a single mother and her seven- year- old son. Love, hope and efforts to save the life of the little boy will change dramatically the lives of the two grown-ups. “Santa” - is a story ...
Style:
psychological, touching, captivating, tense, suspense
Plot:
christmas, love, single mother, long distance relationship, sick, single parent, winter, fall in love, xmas, boy, mother, hopes ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
london, finland
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 186 min.
Story:
Täällä Pohjantähden alla is based on the book with the same title. It is a story of the little village. The movie starts in the 1890's and it ends to the Finnish civil war in 1918. Story concentrates around a tenant farmer family, although ...
Style:
epic
Plot:
finnish civil war, rural setting, historical event, farmer, swamp, poverty, peasant, forest, class conflict, rebel, power, execution ...
Time:
20th century, 1910s, 1890s, 1900s, 1800s ...
Place:
finland
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Two friends are army officers, and the turbulent times throw them from the Civil War in the early 20s to the Soviet conflict in Finland, from China to the Urals.
Style:
breathtaking, captivating, tense, thought provoking, uplifting ...
Audience:
boys' night, family outing, chick flick
Plot:
soviet army, world war two, military, army, duty, family relations, danger, friendship, partisan, russian soldier, great patriotic war, military officer ...
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Hungary
Duration: 64 min.
Story:
During World War I, an Austrian-Hungarian-Romanian reconnaissance team embarks on a treacherous mission beyond enemy lines to destroy an Italian post.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, captivating, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
world war one, behind enemy lines, war, reconnaissance, wartime life, military life, mission, fight, prospector, secret mission, wartime, military ...
Time:
1910s, year 1918
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A movie based on real wartime diaries tells the story of the Swedish speaking Finns' infantry regiment 61. The story follows the regiment during the Continuation War from 1942 to 1944 and from Syväri to the Karelian Isthmus where they faced ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, tense
Plot:
world war two, russo finnish war, soldier, military, wartime life, battles, chaos and mayhem, heroic mission, state affairs, politics, against humanity, war ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942, year 1943, year 2002, 20th century ...
Place:
finland, russia, europe, eastern europe
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24%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Denmark, Germany, Czech Republic
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Danish soldier Esben fakes his own death in an attempt to flee the war and reunite with his beloved wife Kirstine and their son Karl after being apart for three years. However, everything has changed while he has been away. A charming German officer ...
Style:
romantic drama, captivating, suspense, romantic, period drama
Plot:
world war one, german army, military, family problems, husband wife relationship, ex military, love story, love affair, wartime, romantic relationship, soldier, tragic love ...
Time:
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Poland, Russia
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
An epic tale of Poles, Ukrainians, Jews who are deported to Russia. Their fate is shown from the perspective of a young boy Staszek, who goes to Siberia with his family and neighbors from a small village in the eastern Polish borderlands. Together ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, touching, thought provoking, rough
Plot:
fall in love, world war two, amnesty, cruelty, jewish family, hard labor, death of mother, death of wife, stupidity, getting home, suppression, cold weather ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
siberia, poland
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Estonia, Finland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Based on an acclaimed 1935 novel about the War of Liberation (1918-1920) that ensured Estonia's independence, the film tells about a group of young schoolboys heading to the front to fight the army of Soviet Russia.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, period drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
estonia, russia, europe
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867
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, disturbing, tense, rough, suspense ...
Plot:
world war one, independence, patriotism, heroism, love triangle, soldier, couple relations, love affair, wartime life, military life, social relations, war hero ...
Time:
1910s
Place:
poland
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Finland, Belgium, Iceland
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The film follows Finnish army machine gun company in Continuation War against Soviet Union, 1941–1944. Based on Väinö Linna's best selling novel Tuntematon Sotilas (The Unknown Soldier) and the novel's uncensored version, Sotaromaani ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, infantry, military, eastern front, soldier, friendship, friend, husband wife relationship, insubordination, firing squad, battles, heroes ...
Time:
1940s, year 1941, year 1942, year 1943, 20th century ...
Place:
finland, germany, soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 199 min.
Story:
Russia attacked Finland in late November 1939. This film tells the story of a Finnish platoon of reservists from the municipality of Kauhava in the province of Pohjanmaa/Ostrobothnia who leave their homes and go to war. The film focuses on the ...
Style:
realistic, epic, tense, bleak, captivating ...
Plot:
war, world war two, winter, invasion, infantry, cold weather, wartime, military, world war, battlefield, tank, politics ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1939
Place:
finland, russia, baltics, europe, soviet union ...
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Finland, Estonia, Sweden
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Based on true events an epic story of one man's struggle for survival. Jussi Ketola, returns to Finland from the great depression struck America only to face growing political unrest. One summer night of 1930, nationalist thugs violently abduct ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, rough, thought provoking, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
1930s, year 1937, year 1938, year 1931
Place:
soviet union, germany, ussr
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Hungary, Latvia, France, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
World War II, occupied Soviet Union. István Semetka is a simple Hungarian farmer who serves as a Sub-Lieutenant in a special unit scouting for partisan groups. On their way to a remote village, his company falls under enemy fire. As the commander ...
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
prospector, reconnaissance, soldier, partisan, realism, eastern front, military, military officer, fight for supremacy, ambush, war, struggle for survival ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union, germany
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland, Estonia, Kenya
Duration: 50 min.
Story:
Long time ago, there lived a man whose name was Gustaf Mannerheim, better known as the Marshal of Finland. He was given this title following his courage as an army man; he fought for the freedom of his small country, struggling to keep its ...
Style:
suspenseful, touching, suspense, psychological, serious
Plot:
military, family relations, heroes, fall in love, love, soldier, family problems, dysfunctional family, loveless marriage, military officer, adultery, heroism ...
Place:
finland
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 254 min.
Story:
Summer 1863. The Confederacy pushes north into Pennsylvania. Union divisions converge to face them. The two great armies clash at Gettysburg, site of a theology school. For three days, through such legendary actions as Little Round Top and ...
Style:
epic, captivating, breathtaking, factual, intense ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
american civil war, military, war, battles, slavery, civil war, civil rights, independence, usa history, soldier, infantry, epic battle ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, 1860s
Place:
usa, pennsylvania, maryland
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 197 min.
Story:
Second silver screen adaption of the Finnish war book by Väinö Linna. The story is based on Linna's experiences as an infantry man in the Finnish army during the so called "Continuation War" (1941-1944).
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, captivating, rough ...
Plot:
infantry, russo finnish war, world war two, female nudity, nude girl, conservative, eastern front, world war one, soldier, escapades, state affairs, danger ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1941, year 1942, year 1943 ...
Place:
finland, europe, eastern europe, tokyo
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
21 Brothers tells the story of the Canadian 21st Battalion as they prepare for the battle of Courcellette in WWI. Taking place in real time, the film follows Sgt. Reid as he must get his men ready for the impending battle. Not only must he prep his ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, captivating, psychological, exciting
Plot:
world war one, military, young soldier, soldier, death, recruitment, tragedy, trench warfare, casualty of war, battles, wartime, war ...
Time:
year 1916, 20th century, 1910s
Place:
germany
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
In 1915, two Turks in Australia make a living by selling ice cream. When they hear war has broken out, they decide to go to Çanakkale. Authorities don't let them leave the island, so the two decide to put up a fight in Australia.
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense
Plot:
world war one, soldier, ice cream, battles, military life, power struggle, showdown, military, war, wartime, turk, festival ...
Place:
australia, britain, gallipoli, ottoman empire
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
The Unknown Soldier miniseries expands the story of the 2017 film of the same name. The World War II series based on Väinö Linna's classic novel closely follows a machine gun company of the Finnish Army on the Karelian front during the ...
Plot:
nazi germany, world war two, soldier, friendship, death, military, army, patriotism, wounded soldier, wounded, independence, trench warfare ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
finland, soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A war movie that takes place in Finnish Karelia in 1944.
Style:
serious, touching, disturbing, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
world war two, male female relationship, family relations, refugee, soldier, baby, deserter, evacuation, military hospital, bombing, truck, flowers ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
finland
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Argentina
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Argentine Soldier Only Known to God is a war fiction feature film, focused on the human drama of three young men from a small town in Traslasierra, Córdoba, who from very different ideological places are forever transformed by the Malvinas War.
Style:
captivating, suspense, sincere, entertaining
Plot:
young soldier, soldier, violence, war veteran, friendship between boys, drastic change of life, military, friendship, wartime life, love affair, changing lives, group of friends ...
Time:
80s, year 1982
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
December 1942. Julia, a young schoolteacher, watches powerlessly as her husband Paul, a resistant fighter, is arrested by the Gestapo. Thrust into an underground resistance network determined to rescue Paul, Julia must accept a highly dangerous ...
Style:
historical drama, psychological, romantic drama, thrilling, romantic ...
Plot:
female protagonist, love triangle, gestapo, french resistance, world war two, love story, relationships, male female relationship, romantic relationship, family relations, resistance fighter, fall in love ...
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20%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Austria, Italy, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A young Austrian soldier in World War I fights his way through the Alps to rescue his Italian girlfriend and escape the impending explosion that will rock the mountain.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological
Plot:
world war one, italian history, bomb, wartime, soldier, mission, threat, life is a bitch, military officer, military, military life, sexual blackmail ...
Time:
year 1915, year 1916
Place:
austria, italy, australia
Similarity:
20%
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