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Train of Life (1998)
 7.6
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Train of Life (1998)
Original name: Train de vie
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: France, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Israel, Belgium
Duration: 103 min.
Story: In 1941, the inhabitants of a small Jewish village in Central Europe organize a fake deportation train so that they can escape the Nazis and flee to Palestine.
Style: humorous, sad, surprise ending, sincere, road movie, feel good, depressing, art house, twisted, sentimental ...
Plot: holocaust, train, world war two, nazi, judaism, deportation, railway, great ending, shoah, village, wartime life, bittersweet, world war, sexual content, genocide, anarchist, travel, gypsy, foreign legion, revolution, legion, political intrigue, resistance, colonialism, european ...
Time: 1940s, year 1998, year 1941
Place: germany, eastern europe, palestine, europe, central europe, poland
Keyword: german, russian, jewish, austrian, australian

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and emotional films with plots about world war two, nazi, holocaust, war, world war, wartime life and judaism mostly in Drama, War and Comedy genres. Some movies like Train of Life: Everything Is Illuminated (2005), Seven Beauties (1975), Life Is Beautiful (1997), Monsieur Batignole (2002), The Shop on Main Street (1965). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Everything Is Illuminated (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A film based on the semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by American writer Jonathan Safran Foer, in which a young Jewish American man endeavors—with the help of eccentric, distant relatives—to find the woman who saved his grandfather ...
Style: touching, road movie, tragicomedy, clever, scenic ...
Plot: holocaust, on the road, journey, culture clash, nazi, collector, self discovery, road trip, prejudice, judaism, dog, friendship ...
Time: year 2005, 20th century, 21st century
Place: ukraine, eastern europe, europe, berlin germany, odessa ukraine ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Seven Beauties (1975)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Director, Seven Beauties stars Giancarlo Giannini (Swept Away) as Pasqualino Frafuso, known in Naples as "Pasqualino Seven Beauties." A petty thief who lives off of the profits of his seven ...
Style: black comedy, humorous, disturbing, cynical, biting ...
Plot: world war two, prison, concentration camp, survival, dark humor, prisoners of war, prostitution, nazi, male nudity, nazi concentration camp, cigar, prison escape ...
Time: 1940s, year 1975
Place: italy, naples italy, europe, southern italy, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Life Is Beautiful (1997)
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, family friendly, adult
Plot: holocaust, world war two, concentration camp, nazi, human spirit, life & death, life philosophy, self sacrifice, nazism, fascism, war, courage ...
Time: 1940s, year 1997, 20th century, 90s, 1930s ...
Place: italy, europe, tuscany
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Monsieur Batignole (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In 1942, in an occupied Paris, the apolitical grocer Edmond Batignole lives with his wife and daughter in a small apartment in the building of his grocery. When his future son-in-law and collaborator of the German Pierre-Jean Lamour calls the Nazis ...
Style: realistic, serious, tense, captivating, exciting
Plot: holocaust, world war two, nazism, child, wartime life, soldier, anti semitism, against humanity, life is a bitch, confined, society, resistance ...
Time: 1940s, year 2002, year 1942
Place: france, paris france, switzerland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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The Shop on Main Street (1965)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 128 min.
Story: In a small town in Nazi-occupied Slovakia during World War II, decent but timid carpenter Tono is named "Aryan comptroller" of a button store owned by an old Jewish widow, Rozalie. Since the post comes with a salary and standing in the ...
Style: sincere, atmospheric, emotional, serious, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, holocaust, genocide, store, nazi, fascism, politics, against humanity, danger, rescue, human nature, dehumanization ...
Time: 1940s, year 1965, year 1942
Place: slovakia, israel, eastern europe, czechoslovakia, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 6.5
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Jakob the Liar (1999)
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: sad, cult classic, uplifting, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: holocaust, world war two, nazi, jewish ghetto, world war, gestapo, judaism, war, shoah, death, radio, lie ...
Time: 1940s, year 1999, 20th century
Place: poland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
My Best Enemy (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Austria, Luxembourg
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Poland 1943: An unlikely pair - a concentration camp prisoner and a captain in Hitler's notorious SS - free themselves from the wreckage of a crashed SS airplane. The two appear to be strangely familiar with each other and the extent of their ...
Style: thought provoking, captivating, tense, serious, contemplative ...
Plot: concentration camp, world war two, friends, friendship, military, wartime life, soldier, life is a bitch, moral dilemma, against humanity, holocaust, nazi ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, 1940s
Place: germany, poland, europe, austria
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
The Last Train (2006)
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, nazi, gestapo, anti semitism, danger, pow, life is a bitch, nazi germany, war, confined, world war ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1943
Place: germany, israel, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Cinema Paradiso (1988)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 174 min.
Story: A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.
Style: sad, uplifting, inspirational, touching, emotional ...
Audience: teens, date night, adult
Plot: childhood, coming of age, friendship, first love, filmmaking, cinema, nostalgia, haunted by the past, adolescence, breast feeding, village, funeral ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1988, 1950s, year 1954 ...
Place: italy, sicily, europe, rome italy, corsica
⇓ similarity ⇓
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 7.2
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Uprising (2001)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 177 min.
Story: Jews rise up in the Warsaw Ghetto against the Nazis in 1943.
Style: uplifting, captivating, rough, serious, political ...
Plot: holocaust, world war two, jewish ghetto, resistance, anti semitism, nazi, ghetto, heroism, rebellion, human spirit, shoah, survival ...
Time: year 2001, 1940s, year 1943, 20th century
Place: germany, warsaw poland, europe, poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
A Farewell to Fools (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Romania, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Set during World War II, somewhere in Eastern Europe. A German soldier is found dead near the village. The local authorities must find the culprit, or they will be all shot by the Nazis the morning after. There's no way to find the guilty one, ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, witty, tragicomedy, captivating ...
Plot: world war two, moral dilemma, wartime life, farce, comedy of errors, hopes, human nature, mentally challenged, misfit, dark humor, disorder, war ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: romania, germany, transylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story: During World War II, Italian villagers hide their wine from the German army.
Style: humorous, light, captivating, exciting, culinary ...
Plot: wine, world war two, rise to the top, holocaust, mayor, small town, military, fighting the system, escapades, war, anti semitism, italian fascism ...
Time: 1940s, year 1969
Place: italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 7.0
 11K
The Grey Zone (2001)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A Nazi doctor, along with the Sonderkomando Jews – who are forced to work in the crematoria of Auschwitz against their fellow-Jews – find themselves in a moral grey zone.
Style: depressing, disturbing, bleak, factual, emotional ...
Plot: holocaust, nazi, concentration camp, world war two, nazi germany, redemption, war, nazi concentration camp, moral ambiguity, world war, tragedy, auschwitz ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944, 20th century
Place: germany, poland, europe, middle east, budapest
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Jacob the Liar (1974)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, War
Country: East Germany, Czechoslovakia
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A Jewish ghetto in the east of Europe, 1944. By coincidence, Jakob Heym eavesdrops on a German radio broadcast announcing the Soviet Army is making slow by steady progress towards central Europe. In order to keep his companion in misfortune, Mischa, ...
Style: realistic, emotional, uplifting, tragicomedy, tense ...
Plot: holocaust, judaism, world war two, nazi, death, friendship, genocide, hopes, gestapo, radio, military, murder ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1944
Place: east germany, israel, poland, germany, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Divided We Fall (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 120 min.
Story: In Nazi occupied Czechoslovakia, a childless couple agree to hide a Jewish friend at great personal risk of discovery and execution.
Style: surreal, compassionate, lyrical, uplifting, touching ...
Plot: holocaust, world war two, nazi, survival, idealism, couples, human spirit, self discovery, against humanity, wartime life, nazi occupation, society ...
Time: 1940s, 2000s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1945
Place: eastern europe, poland, germany, czech republic, balkan ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 6.7
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Rosenstrasse (2003)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 136 min.
Story: When Ruth's husband dies in New York, in 2000, she imposes strict Jewish mourning, which puzzles her children. A stranger comes to the house - Ruth's cousin - with a picture of Ruth, age 8, in Berlin, with a woman the cousin says helped ...
Style: uplifting, emotional, touching, serious, contemplative ...
Plot: holocaust, nazi germany, world war two, anti semitism, nazi, wartime life, life is a bitch, human spirit, hopes, society, couple relations, world war ...
Time: 1940s, year 1943, 20th century
Place: berlin germany, germany, europe, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 5.5
 5K
My FĂĽhrer (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Hitler no longer believes in himself, and can barely see himself as an equal to even his sheep dog. But to seize the helm of the war he would have to create one of his famous fiery speeches to mobilize the masses. Goebbels therefore brings a Jewish ...
Style: realistic, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense, controversial ...
Plot: world war two, dark humor, hitler, farce, head of state, politics, war, downfall, state affairs, political conspiracy, wartime life, satire ...
Time: 1940s
Place: germany, berlin germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Out of the Ashes (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: The real-life story of Gisella Perl, a Jewish Hungarian doctor imprisoned in the notorious Auschwitz death camp of World War II.
Style: realistic, serious, touching, contemplative, captivating ...
Plot: holocaust, concentration camp, wartime life, holocaust survivor, world war two, auschwitz, human spirit, anti semitism, life is a bitch, starting over, danger, moral dilemma ...
Time: 1940s
Place: hungary, europe, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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The Aryan Couple (2004)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A WWII Drama about a German/Jewish industrialist who, in order to ensure his family's safe passage out of Germany, is forced to hand over his business to the Nazis.
Style: psychological, serious, captivating, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: concentration camp, world war two, holocaust, survival, genocide, anti semitism, undercover, hidden identity, moral dilemma, life is a bitch, forbidden love, uncover truth ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944
Place: germany, switzerland, hungary, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 6.6
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The Truce (1997)
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, historical drama, realistic, serious, gloomy ...
Plot: holocaust, world war two, concentration camp, children, prisoner, shoah, political intrigue, world war, biopic, writers, judaism, refugee ...
Time: year 1997, 1940s, 20th century, post world war two, year 1945
Place: italy, russia, europe, turin italy, venice
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
To Be or Not to Be (1983)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A bad Polish actor is just trying to make a living when Poland is invaded by the Germans in World War II. His wife has the habit of entertaining young polish officers while he's on stage, which is also a source of depression to him. When one of ...
Style: parody, humorous, entertaining, funny, light ...
Plot: world war two, farce, satire, dark humor, disorder, german occupation, theater, actor, daring rescue, nazi, gay, war ...
Time: 20th century, year 1983
Place: poland, england, germany, middle east, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 7.0
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Fateless (2005)
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, emotional, serious, disturbing, gloomy ...
Audience: teens, date night, teen drama
Plot: holocaust, concentration camp, world war two, nazi, survival, youth, life is a bitch, orthodox jew, confined, estrangement, world war, danger ...
Time: 1940s, year 2005
Place: hungary, eastern europe, germany, europe, slovakia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Escape from Sobibor (1987)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 143 min.
Story: During WWII, the death camp at Treblinka had an escape, causing the Commandant at a similar camp in Sobibor to vow (actually threaten) that his camp would never experience the same thing. But those who were its captives, the Jewish laborers that had ...
Style: tense, realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Plot: concentration camp, escape, world war two, holocaust, pow, against humanity, genocide, military, brutality, captivity, nazi, prison ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: poland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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The Round Up (2010)
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: emotional, disturbing, thought provoking, bleak, realistic ...
Plot: holocaust, concentration camp, nazism, german occupation, holocaust survivor, world war two, nazi, world war, against humanity, injustice, genocide, nazi concentration camp ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 2009, post world war two, year 1942
Place: france, vichy, paris france, middle east, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 7.2
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Freedom (2009)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A Gypsy family travels the French roads during the Second World War, followed by Little Claude, a young boy seeking a new family after his parents "left and never returned". Upon reaching a town where they traditionally stop for a few ...
Style: emotional, captivating, realistic, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot: world war two, gypsy, holocaust, racism, moral dilemma, life is a bitch, social differences, family in danger, rebelliousness, rebellion, concentration camp, on the run ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 2009
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)
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: emotional, touching, sad, heartbreaking, tear jerker ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, teen drama ...
Plot: world war two, holocaust, concentration camp, war, children, childhood, nazi, friendship, nazism, gas chamber, boy, morality ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, ancient times, year 2008
Place: germany, poland, europe, berlin germany, switzerland
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 7.5
 142K
The Book Thief (2013)
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: sentimental, touching, emotional, serious, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, family outing, teens, adult
Plot: world war two, holocaust, nazi, childhood, adoption, war, nazi germany, human spirit, life is a bitch, against humanity, teenage girl, youth ...
Time: 1940s, year 2013, ancient times, 2010s, 20th century ...
Place: germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Goodbye, Children (1987)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, West Germany, Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A French boarding school run by priests seems to be a haven from World War II until a new student arrives. He becomes the roommate of top student in his class. Rivals at first, the roommates form a bond and share a secret.
Style: sad, heartbreaking, depressing, art house, christian film ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: nazi, world war two, nazism, french resistance, friendship, childhood, coming of age, schoolboy, children, gestapo, school, teacher ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1987
Place: france, israel, vichy, paris france, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 7.4
 16K
Mediterraneo (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Greek Sea, World War II. An Italian ship leaves a handful of soldiers in a little island; their mission is to spot enemy ships and to hold the island in case of attack. The village of the island seems abandoned and there isn't a single enemy in ...
Style: touching, sincere, art house, sad, humorous ...
Plot: world war two, greek island, friendship, italian soldier, wartime, culture clash, soldier, fascism, italian history, small town, kriegsmarine, village ...
Time: year 1991, post world war two
Place: greece, mediterranean sea, italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Tea with Mussolini (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Semi-autobiographical film directed by Franco Zeffirelli, telling the story of young Italian boy Luca's upbringing by a circle of English and American women, before and during World War II.
Style: period piece, light, costume drama, sentimental, touching ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: world war two, women, stepmother stepson relationship, nazi, fascism, friendship, coming of age, lesbian, world war, youth, british, art ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s, year 1999, 20th century, year 1935
Place: italy, florence, germany, europe, paris france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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