Movies like The Tunnel 2001
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The Tunnel (2001)
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Original name: Der Tunnel
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
Inspired by true events, Olympic swimmer Harry Melchior defects from East Germany in the 1960s and hatches a daring plot to help his sister and others flee East Berlin through a 145-yard underground tunnel.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, political, compassionate, captivating, realistic, touching, costume drama, serious, crying ...
Plot:
berlin wall, tunnel, politics, communism, breast feeding, political unrest, cold war, wartime, heroes, danger, daring rescue, prison escape, stasi, escape, cold war era, police, pregnancy, girl, anti communist, illegal immigration, nudity, world war two, nazi, dictator, intrigue ...
Time:
ancient times, 60s, year 2001, 1960s
Place:
east germany, germany, berlin germany, west berlin west germany, german democratic republic, west germany, east berlin ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, serious, political and realistic films with plots about betrayal, politics, murder, father son relationship, death, runaway and family relations mostly in Drama, Thriller and History genres. Some movies like The Tunnel: The Lives of Others (2006), Valkyrie (2008), Balloon (2018), The 12th Man (2017), The Courier (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
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Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1989, 2000s, 90s ...
Place:
east germany, germany, berlin germany, europe, soviet union ...
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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 ...
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germany, berlin germany, europe, munich germany, tunisia ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany, France, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Two families attempt a daredevil plan to escape DDR with a homemade hot air balloon, but it crashes just before the border. The Stasi finds traces of this attempt to escape and immediately starts investigations, while the two families are forced to ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, suspense, tense
Audience:
date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
east germany, german democratic republic, berlin germany, east berlin, west germany ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Norway
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
After a failed anti-Nazi sabotage mission leaves his 11 comrades dead, Norwegian resistance fighter Jan Baalsrud finds himself fleeing from the Gestapo through the snowbound reaches of Scandinavia.
Style:
costume drama, suspense, serious, dark, inspirational ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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Plot:
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Place:
germany, berlin germany, cuba, langley virginia, moscow russia ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: Germany, Italy, USA
Duration: 189 min.
Story:
Inspired by real events and spanning three eras of German history, film tells the story of Kurt, a young art student who falls in love with fellow student, Ellie. Ellie’s father, Professor Seeband, a famous doctor, is dismayed at his daughter’s ...
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Place:
east germany, berlin germany, germany, west berlin west germany, west germany ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Hungary, Germany, Canada, Austria, France, UK
Duration: 181 min.
Story:
The film follows a Jewish family living in Hungary through three generations, rising from humble beginnings to positions of wealth and power in the crumbling Austro-Hungarian Empire. The patriarch becomes a prominent judge but is torn when his ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
19th century, 1940s, edwardian era, year 1999, 20th century ...
Place:
eastern europe, hungary, israel, sarajevo, serbia ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Director Robert Siodmak's 1962 film, inspired by true events, is about an East Berlin resident who attempts to escape to West Berlin with his family and girlfriend through a secret underground tunnel.
Style:
political
Plot:
berlin wall, cold war, cold war era, communism, iron curtain, tunnel, stasi, family relations, loss of son, anti communism, house, group ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Family, History, Thriller
Country: UK, West Germany, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Two men want to escape from East Germany (under Communist rule) but they will only go if they can take their families with them. Based on a true story.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
70s, year 1982
Place:
east germany, germany, europe, west germany, german democratic republic
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A group of disillusioned outsiders abandon modern society in search of a new beginning. Settling on a remote, uninhabited island, their utopian dream quickly unravels as they discover that the greatest threat isn’t the brutal climate or deadly ...
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, dark, tense, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
In Berlin in 1961, an American soldier and a German engineer join forces to build a tunnel under the Berlin Wall in order to smuggle out refugees, including the soldier's East German girlfriend.
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, tense, rough ...
Plot:
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Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1961
Place:
germany, east germany, berlin germany, europe, east berlin
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Country: Germany, Austria, Italy
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: Denmark, Germany, Norway, France, Sweden, Finland, Czech Republic
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
date night
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1940s, year 1956, 1950s, year 2006, 20th century ...
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Country: France, Canada, USA
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
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Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
east germany, germany, berlin germany, northern germany, german democratic republic ...
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Country: Germany, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Place:
germany, middle east, israel, europe, berlin germany ...
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Country: USA, France
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
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tense, sexy, suspense, political, factual ...
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Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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political, factual, suspense, harsh, brutal ...
Plot:
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Time:
70s, 20th century, year 2006
Place:
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, France, Poland
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
east germany, berlin germany, london, england, persia ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
sincere, emotional, touching, suspenseful, political ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1943, 2000s, year 2005 ...
Place:
germany, munich germany, europe, poland, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Argentina
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
political, sad, captivating, suspenseful, sincere ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History, War
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
harsh, tense, brutal, bleak, serious ...
Plot:
holocaust, nazi, concentration camp, world war two, nazi germany, counterfeit money, brutality, forgery, counterfeiter, prison, nazi concentration camp, war crime ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1936, year 2008 ...
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germany, europe, poland, austria, canada ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The Wall - Berlin '61.
Style:
historical drama, dramatic, period piece, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
escape, berlin wall, escape attempt, cold war, smuggling, oppression, coming of age, moral dilemma, friendship, working class, claustrophobia, iron curtain ...
Time:
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