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The Train (1964)
21K
Genre: Action, Thriller, War
Country: France, Italy, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
As the Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944, German Colonel Von Waldheim is desperate to take all of France's greatest paintings to Germany. He manages to secure a train to transport the valuable art works even as the chaos of retreat descends upon them. The French resistance however wants to stop them from stealing their national treasures but have received orders from London that they are not to be destroyed. The station master, Labiche, is tasked with scheduling the train and making it all happen smoothly but he is also part of a dwindling group of resistance fighters tasked with preventing the theft. He and others stage an elaborate ruse to keep the train from ever leaving French territory.
Style:
black and white, realistic, suspenseful, retro, exciting, serious, action thriller, spy action, tense, light ...
Plot:
train, world war two, french resistance, saboteur, art, art theft, sabotage, nazi, resistance, military, railway, resistance movement, politics, wartime, world war, great war, caper, holocaust, gunfight, hotel, german officer, robbery, train engineer, wehrmacht, occupied france ...
Time:
year 1944, 1940s
Place:
paris france, germany, france, europe, berlin germany, poland
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Most similar movies to The Train
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and exciting films with plots about world war two, war, world war, soldier, military, battles and nazi mostly in War, Action and Drama genres. Some movies like The Train: Von Ryan's Express (1965), Max Manus: Man of War (2008), Army of Shadows (1969), The Bridge at Remagen (1969), Triple Cross (1966). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Adventure, War
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Von Ryan's Express stars Frank Sinatra as a POW colonel who leads a daring escape from Nazi Germany by taking over a freight train, but he has to win over the British soldiers he finds himself commanding.
Style:
realistic, exciting, suspenseful, retro, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
train, behind enemy lines, world war two, prison, pow, prison escape, gestapo, nazi, great war, world war, prisoner, wartime ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1943
Place:
italy, germany, europe, swiss alps, milan italy ...
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Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Norway, Denmark, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Max Manus is a Norwegian 2008 biographic war film based on the real events of the life of resistance fighter Max Manus (1914–96), after his contribution in the Winter War against the Soviet Union. The story follows Manus through the outbreak of ...
Style:
factual, brutal, intense, melancholic, romantic ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
world war two, resistance, nazi, nazism, wartime, war, military, nazi occupation, gestapo, terrorist, courage, manhunt ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1940, post world war two
Place:
scotland, europe, eastern europe, scandinavia, finland ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Betrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier (Lino Ventura) finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Though Gerbier escapes to rejoin the Resistance in occupied Marseilles, France, and exacts his revenge on the informant, he must ...
Style:
noir, visually appealing, art house, captivating, stylized ...
Plot:
french resistance, world war two, terrorist, espionage, nazi, resistance, spy, wartime, nazism, world war, betrayal, resistance movement ...
Time:
1940s, year 1969, 20th century, year 1943, year 1942
Place:
paris france, vichy, lyon, marseille, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, War
Country: USA, Croatia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Learning of a Nazi plot to attack Washington, D.C. with a deadly nerve gas, Major Wright leads twelve convicts on a suicide mission deep into occupied France to destroy the secret factory where the poison is made.
Style:
exciting, realistic, captivating, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
nazi occupation, soldier, military, danger, rescue, heroes, heroic mission, world war two, anti hero, world war, french resistance, abbey ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
france
Similarity:
100%
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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, tank, escapades, anti war, wartime life, danger ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945, year 1969, 20th century
Place:
germany, europe, italy
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29%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK, France, West Germany
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A safecracker turns double agent during WWII.
Style:
political thriller, serious, realistic, suspenseful, technicolor ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, nazi, espionage, spy, double agent, world war, secret agent, nazi germany, sabotage, revolutionary war, intrigue, revolution ...
Time:
year 1966, 1940s, year 1944, year 1940, 1930s
Place:
england, europe, germany, english channel, lisbon portugal ...
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29%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A German living in India during World War II is blackmailed by the English to impersonate an SS officer on board a cargo ship leaving Japan for Germany carrying a large supply of rubber for tyres. His mission is to disable the scuttling charges so ...
Style:
black and white, rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, submarine, sabotage, nazi, spy, mutiny, world war, secret mission, espionage, military, war, soldier ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942
Place:
japan, england, germany, asia, europe ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
American soldiers lost behind enemy lines during the WWII make a horrific discovery: Hitler has a super bomb in development. Against all odds, they set out to find the scientist in charge of the program who is looking to defect.
Style:
captivating, serious, exciting, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, military, wartime life, save the day, danger, obsessive quest, against the odds, race against time, escapades, soldier, super weapon, heroes ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
germany
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 172 min.
Story:
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocates them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, exciting, realistic, historical drama ...
Audience:
boys' night, family friendly, teens, manly, kids ...
Plot:
world war two, prison, prisoner, soldier, pow, freedom, prison escape, nazi, chase, war, capture, courage ...
Time:
1940s, year 1963, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
germany, america, europe, switzerland, alps ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Thriller, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
It is 1942 and the conflict between the U.S. and Germany is getting heated, U.S. Intelligence soon discovers that the Natzis are planning to capture Winston Churchill. In order to protect him they send commando Al Cooper to guard Churchill who is ...
Style:
political thriller, macaroni combat, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, train, world war, stranger on a train, battles, secret agent, hostage, espionage, kidnapping, tough heroes, escapades, confined ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
england
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Major Reisman is "volunteered" to lead another mission using convicted army soldiers, sentenced to either death or long prison terms. This time their mission is to kill a Nazi general who plans to assassinate Hitler.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, exciting, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, soldier, military, assassination, convict, army, military life, heroic mission, confined, wartime life, escapades, danger ...
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In april 1944, an allied agent is sent to France in order to rescue an "overlord" captured by the Germans. (An "overlord" is one of the few men who knew the date and place of the "D" day). To achieve this goal, he will ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic
Plot:
world war two, world war, double agent, spy, cell mate, revolutionary war, struggle, revolutionary, nazi officer, mole, covert operation, man on a mission ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, year 1985, 20th century
Place:
paris france, france, europe, london, berlin germany
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
As the Battle of the Bulge rages on, an American tank unit gets trapped behind Nazi lines. With just hours before the bombs of Operation Ardennes Fury fall, the tank's commander makes the risky decision to rescue an orphanage.
Style:
exciting, serious, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, military, soldier, heroic mission, daring rescue, battles, danger, heroes, platoon, world war, battle of the bulge, tough heroes ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
germany, europe, france
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 179 min.
Story:
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that ...
Style:
epic, black and white, factual, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
world war two, military, french resistance, machine gun, nazi, courage, war, combat, beach, world war, brutality, allies ...
Time:
year 1962, 20th century, year 1944, 1940s
Place:
normandy, english channel, america, europe, france ...
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Action, War
Country: France, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In the midst of World War II, the battle under the sea rages and the Nazis have the upper hand as the Allies are unable to crack their war codes. However, after a wrecked U-boat sends out an SOS signal, the Allies realise this is their chance to ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, factual ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
world war two, submarine, navy, naval battle, war, military, naval officer, nazism, sea battle, ship captain, boat, soldier ...
Time:
year 2000, 1940s, y2k, 20th century, year 1942 ...
Place:
germany, america
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, War
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After the fall of Tobruk in June 1942, U.S. Army sergeant Joe Gunn leads his tank into the Sahara desert, in order to evade advancing Rommel's forces and reach Allied lines. Along the way he picks up few Allied soldiers, but soon they are ...
Style:
serious, realistic
Plot:
world war two, desert, tank, revolution, world war, struggle, revolutionary, nazi, combat, freedom, holocaust, luftwaffe ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
sahara
Similarity:
24%
161K
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:
sincere, period piece, epic, historical drama, dramatic ...
Audience:
manly, adult
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, war, nazi, genocide, partisan, shoah, judaism, world war, red army, hopes, rebellion ...
Time:
year 2008, 20th century, year 1941, 1940s, year 1942 ...
Place:
poland, germany, indiana, europe, russia ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France, USA
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
The title is Adolf Hitler's question to his chief of staff Alfred Jodl on the eve of the liberation of Paris (August 25): the military governor of Paris, General Dietrich von Choltitz, had been ordered to destroy Paris rather than let it fall ...
Style:
harsh, factual, tense, suspense, emotional ...
Plot:
french resistance, world war two, resistance, holocaust, nazi, ss, moral ambiguity, military, moral dilemma, totalitarianism, rescue, against the odds ...
Time:
1940s, year 1966, year 1944
Place:
france, paris france, europe, germany, warsaw poland
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
When the Nazi high command learns in late 1943 that Winston Churchill will be spending time at a country estate in Norfolk, it hatches an audacious scheme to kidnap the prime minister and spirit him to Germany for enforced negotiations with Hitler.
Style:
exciting, suspense, tense, intense, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, espionage, spy, war, nazi germany, military, soldier, nazi soldier, commando mission, runaway, insubordination, rescue ...
Time:
1940s, year 1976, 20th century, year 1943
Place:
london, germany, poland, europe, england ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: USA, West Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
General George S. Patton died in a car accident in 1945. However, now speculates that his death was actually a murder carefully prepared by his staff to cover a large theft of gold.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
world war two, conspiracy, revolutionary war, revolution, ss, revolutionary, struggle, secret mission, gold, violent content, hitman, heist ...
Time:
year 1978, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
During World War II, American officer Capt. Lee Mitchell (Stuart Whitman) and a British military unit boldly infiltrate German-occupied enemy territory and attempt to kidnap brilliant Nazi scientist Dr. Von Heinken (Pinkas Braun) and bring him back ...
Style:
exciting, bleak, suspenseful, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, world war, military, danger, heroes, escapades, kidnapping, war, battles, soldier, confined, aerial bombardment ...
Time:
20th century, year 1945, 1940s
Place:
germany, soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
May 1944, a group of French servicewomen and resistance fighters are enlisted into the British Special Operations Executive commando group under the command of Louise Desfontaines and her brother Pierre. Their mission, to rescue a British army ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspense, tense, historical drama ...
Plot:
world war two, french resistance, wartime life, female agent, resistance, rescue, betrayal, heroic mission, gestapo, hospital, espionage, military ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945, year 1944, post world war two
Place:
london, france, paris france, europe, england ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Germans kidnap an American major and try to convince him that World War II is over, so that they can get details about the Allied invasion of Europe out of him.
Style:
retro, bleak, suspenseful, exciting, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, spy, war, espionage, world war, nazi, hospital, military, mind game, brainwashing, amnesia, pretense ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
europe, germany, portugal, london, lisbon portugal ...
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Set in German-occupied Norway, this is based on the efforts of the Norwegian resistance to sabotage German development of the atomic bomb. Resistance fighter Knut Straud enlists the reluctant physicist Rolf Pedersen in an effort to destroy the ...
Style:
dramatic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, winter, nazi, commando, spy, world war, sabotage, resistance fighter, military, mountain, great war, espionage ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
europe, germany, england
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
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. ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, captivating, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
world war two, military, infantry, battles, heroic mission, military life, nazi germany, world war, wartime life, anti war, battle zone, siblings relations ...
Time:
year 1944, 1940s
Place:
germany, europe, france, belgium
Similarity:
22%
273K
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler. When events unfold so that he becomes a ...
Style:
bad ending, factual, tense, period piece, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
world war two, nazi, nazism, nazi germany, conspiracy, war, hitler, german soldier, resistance, politics, wehrmacht, gestapo ...
Time:
1940s, year 2008, year 1944, year 1943, 20th century ...
Place:
germany, berlin germany, europe, munich germany, tunisia ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Biography, Thriller, War
Country: France, Belgium, UK, USA, Germany, Hungary
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
With the Third Reich is at his peak in 1942, the Czech resistance in London plans the most ambitious military operation of WWII – Anthropoid. Two young recruits are sent to Prague to assassinate the most ruthless Nazi leader – Reinhardt ...
Style:
captivating, bloody, suspenseful, suspense, tense
Plot:
assassination, world war two, nazism, resistance, nazi, paratrooper, ss, holocaust, czech history, european history, naval officer, fascist ...
Time:
year 1941, 1940s, year 1929, year 1942, year 1939 ...
Place:
central europe, prague, germany, europe
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, War
Country: Italy, Spain, West Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A British Colonel is angry with his superiors after his entire platoon is slaughtered by the Germans in what he saw as a suicide mission. So for his next mission, he takes along a platoon a convicted criminals - to prepare the Normandy beaches for ...
Style:
exciting, macaroni combat, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, combat, world war, revenge, resistance, submarine, train, disguise, collaborator, commando, soldier, military ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
normandy, france
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
In the winter of 1944, the Allied Armies stand ready to invade Germany at the coming of a New Year. To prevent this occurrence, Hitler orders an all out offensive to re-take French territory and capture the major port city of Antwerp. "The ...
Style:
epic, factual, tense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
manly, girls' night, kids, teens
Plot:
world war two, war, tank, nazi, epic battle, u.s. military, world war, battles, heroic mission, military, campaign, danger ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1944
Place:
belgium, america, europe, berlin germany, hawaii ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Adventure, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
World War II is raging, and an American general has been captured and is being held hostage in the Schloss Adler, a Bavarian castle that's nearly impossible to breach. It's up to a group of skilled Allied soldiers to liberate the general ...
Style:
retro, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, mind blowing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, mountain, nazi, two man army, winter, military, espionage, machine gun, fortress, castle, secret mission, army ranger ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
germany, alps, bavaria, europe, austria
Similarity:
22%
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