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Wicked Spring (2002)
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Genre: Drama, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
During the 1864 battle of the Wilderness, three Union soldiers and three Confederate Soldiers get seperated from their units as twilight engulfs the ravaged battlefield. The men wander alone through the dangerous woods, separate of each other, until they meet by chance on the banks of a quiet creek. The men meet and spend the night around a campfire, not realizing they are enemies until the next morning when the sun rises and a new day of battle begins.
Style:
sincere, thought provoking, epic, emotional, serious, captivating, realistic, contemplative
Plot:
american civil war, military, genocide, battles, wilderness, soldier, heroes, politics, weakness, against humanity, war, survival, friendship, anti war, americana, military life, political unrest, state affairs, civil war, mistaken identity, friends, leadership, society, wartime life, bittersweet ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, captivating and emotional films with plots about war, military, battles, soldier, heroes, state affairs and anti war mostly in Drama, War and History genres. Some movies like Wicked Spring: True Women (1997), The Colt (2005), Pharaoh's Army (1995), Journey to Shiloh (1968), The Last Lieutenant (1993). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 183 min.
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Story:
True Women is a sweeping saga of love, war and adventure. Spanning five decades from the Texas Revolution through the Civil War, Reconstruction and beyond, True Women is the story of the love, friendship, survival and triumphs
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tense, epic, emotional, rough, serious ...
Plot:
american civil war, civil war, female protagonist, woman, woman power, american history, femme fatale, woman with a gun, emancipation, civil rights, revolution, friendship ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s, 1840s, 1860s, 1830s ...
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
During the heat of battle in the midst of the Civil War, a beguilingly innocent colt is born to Union Jim Rabb's beloved mare. Refusing the orders to shoot it, lest it prove a hindrance, Rabb keeps the colt as a consolation in these desperate ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere, exciting
Plot:
american civil war, horse, soldier, civil war, colt, military life, basic training, americana, military, daring rescue, friendship, heroism ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
virginia, michigan, usa
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93%
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Union soldiers in search of food descend on the farm of a Confederate family and decide to stay until one in their ranks' wounds have healed. While the war weary Union captain (Chris Cooper) falls for the mother of the family (Patricia ...
Style:
realistic, serious, atmospheric, rough, emotional
Plot:
american civil war, civil war, intrigue, iconoclastic, military, survival, vengeance, society, soldier, army investigation, rivalry, war ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
usa, kentucky
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73%
Genre: Drama, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
At the beginning of the Civil War, seven friends embark on a cross-country journey in order to join the Confederate army.
Style:
captivating, exciting, realistic, serious, atmospheric
Plot:
american civil war, civil war, iconoclastic, battles, war, buddies, military, rivalry, soldier, society, heroes, friends ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
texas, tennessee, usa, louisiana, mississippi
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Norway
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Norwegian war drama. The old sea-captain retires, but the next day German WWII occupation of Norway begins. He then kisses his wife good-bye and is off to Army HQ. There he finds a lack of leadership and morale that offends him. They even laugh at ...
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serious, realistic, captivating, sincere, emotional ...
Plot:
world war two, military life, military base, political unrest, wartime life, captivity, couple relations, anti war, working class, battles, heroes, aging ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
germany, norway
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Brazil
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
The film adaptation of Nobel Prize winning author, Mario Vargas Llosa's epic, The War At The End Of the World (La guerra del fin del mundo).
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captivating, realistic, serious, sincere, epic ...
Plot:
military, prostitution, battles, politics, family relations, religions or cults, life is a bitch, society, unfulfillment, rebellion, heroes, tragic hero ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
brazil, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Lionel Chetwynd's film documents the horrific struggles that faced American POWs held in the North Vietnamese prison Hoa Lo -- more infamously known as the Hanoi Hilton -- between 1964 and 1975. Williamson (Michael Moriarty) leads a group of ...
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political, serious, realistic, captivating, thought provoking ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
vietnam war, military, prison, military prison, prison escape, electric torture, escape, graphic violence, battles, revolution, tough heroes, rebelliousness ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, Denmark, Panama, UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In April 1940, the armies of Nazi Germany invaded Denmark. The Danish government promised peaceful cooperation on the condition that Denmark s Jews remain free. The Nazi s agreed. In October, 1943, the agreement was broken...This is the true and ...
Style:
bleak, realistic, serious, captivating, uplifting ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, nazi occupation, battles, politics, military, heroes, confined, war, against humanity, society, state affairs ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
denmark, europe, sweden
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The horrors of war are examined from the view points of lifelong friends (Linus Roache, Vincent Perez), who end up on opposing sides in the civil war in Sarajevo. One is an expert marksman, who trains the snipers used to terrify the city and the ...
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serious, realistic, tense, thought provoking, biting ...
Plot:
sniper, balkan war, sibling relationship, society, state affairs, against humanity, soldier, war, military, politics, best friends, betrayal ...
Place:
sarajevo, europe, former yugoslavia, bosnia herzegovina
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60%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A group of teenage cadets sheltered from war at the Virginia Military Institute must confront the horrors of an adult world when they are called upon to defend the Shenandoah Valley.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense, touching
Plot:
american civil war, military, civil war, battles, teenage life, youth, friendship, u.s. civil war, graphic violence, soldier, field hospital, confederate army ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s, 1860s
Place:
usa, virginia
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Based on the popular World War I novel by author William March, director Robert Clem's COMPANY K follows a veteran of the first great conflict as he finishes a book about his wartime experiences and reflects on how a man's true character ...
Style:
psychological, serious, captivating, epic, disturbing ...
Plot:
world war one, war, veteran, wartime life, battles, military life, prison life, haunted by the past, soldier, life is a bitch, politics, military ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, year 1917
Place:
france
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Hungary, Soviet Union
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In 1919, Hungarian Communists aid the Bolsheviks' defeat of Czarists, the Whites. Near the Volga, a monastery and a field hospital are held by one side then the other.
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political, experimental, art house, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
world war one, time travel, monastery, russian civil war, equestrian, battles, chaos, revolution, against humanity, heroes, politics, rebelliousness ...
Time:
1910s, year 1919
Place:
europe, hungary, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The first U.S.-made film drama set during the Iraq war, THE SITUATION chronicles the tragic death of an Iraqi teenager at the hands of U.S. soldiers. The incident sets off an "investigation," a cover-up, and complications involving Iraqi ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough
Plot:
iraq war, assassination, racism, media, life is a bitch, battles, state affairs, terrorism, military, soldier, journalism, spy ...
Place:
middle east, iraq
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
"Dog Jack" is the story of a slave boy and his dog who escape the master's plantation, join the union army, and have to face their former master on the battlefield. The story is inspired by the historical true-life adventures of the ...
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captivating, realistic, serious, uplifting, bleak
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, Germany, Italy
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
THE FALLEN is a three-sided story about German, Italian, and American soldiers, set in Northern Italy during the final weeks of the World War II. On the one side, a group of American supply soldiers delivers ammunition to the front line, a journey ...
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captivating, serious, realistic, rough, bleak
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Based on the diary of an unknown Viet Cong soldier, this film provides a sympathetic look at a Viet Cong soldier who protected a captured American soldier whom he believed did not kill him when the American had the opportunity. Written by John ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
vietnam war, war, confined, captivity, military life, battles, life is a bitch, rebellion, on the run, espionage, anti war, wartime life ...
Place:
vietnam, asia
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50%
Genre: Drama, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Charlie Anderson, a farmer in Shenandoah, Virginia, finds himself and his family in the middle of the Civil War he wants nothing to do with. When his youngest boy is taken prisoner by the North the Civil War is forced upon him.
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factual, tense, poignant, touching, affectionate ...
Plot:
american civil war, civil war, military, anti war, bittersweet, war, interracial relations, father son relationship, revolution, finnish, divorce, brothers ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
virginia, england, usa
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49%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: China
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Rival Chinese military strategists Sun Bin (Sun Honglei) and Pang Juan (Francis Ng) clash in this historic war adventure set during the Era of Warring States.
Style:
stylized, captivating, exciting, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
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Plot:
military, rivalry, heroes, military life, state affairs, betrayal, leadership, dishonesty, battles, political intrigue, uninhibited rivalry, political unrest ...
Place:
china, asia
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48%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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disturbing, serious, sincere, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
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Place:
baghdad iraq, iraq, middle east
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46%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, touching
Plot:
submarine, american civil war, civil war, american history, boat, sea, usa history, politics, navy, historical figure, weapon system, battles ...
Time:
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Place:
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44%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Based on a true story its the untold story of Italian World War II POW"S in Jan 1946. Luca Zingaretti stars as one of over 50,000 Italian Prisoners of War detained at POW camps in the U.S. Roy Schneider stars as Colonel Gartner, the Commander ...
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disturbing, realistic, rough, suspenseful, bleak ...
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fascism, world war two, military, military life, genocide, isolation, prison life, wartime life, captivity, confined, society, prison ...
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42%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Feature-length drama about the mystery of Sandringham Company, which disappeared in action at Gallipoli in 1915. Commanded by Captain Frank Beck, their estate manager, the men advanced into battle, were enveloped in a strange mist and never seen ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: France, Iraq, Finland
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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emotional, captivating, serious, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada, Japan
Duration: 190 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, captivating
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Adolf Hitler faces himself and must come to terms with his infamous career in an imaginary post-war subterranean bunker where he reviews historical films, dictates his memoirs and encounters Eva Braun, Josef Goebbels, Hermann Göring and Sigmund ...
Style:
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Plot:
nazi, world war two, hitler, soldier, anti semitism, genocide, holocaust, obsession, wartime life, campaign, transvestism, under the surface ...
Place:
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38%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
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realistic, serious, exciting, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Iraq, 2004: during a routine sortie a US patrol is ambushed and the young soldiers are forced to put their training and skills into action fast. A determined foe with superior local knowledge, the Fedayeen insurgents soon draw them into close ...
Style:
realistic, serious
Audience:
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Plot:
military, terrorism, war, battles, survival, confined, escapades, heroes, soldier, state affairs, good versus evil, wartime life ...
Place:
iraq, middle east
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38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A family is torn apart during the American Civil War.
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, tense, captivating
Plot:
american civil war, anti war, americana, society, farm, family life, life is a bitch, civil war, intrigue, relationships, wartime life, family relations ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 177 min.
Story:
Jews rise up in the Warsaw Ghetto against the Nazis in 1943.
Style:
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Plot:
holocaust, world war two, jewish ghetto, rebellion, human spirit, anti semitism, life is a bitch, survival, wartime life, against humanity, politics, society ...
Time:
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Place:
germany, europe, warsaw poland, poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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