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The Water Diviner (2014)
81K
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Australia, USA, Turkey
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In 1919, Australian farmer Joshua Connor travels to Turkey to discover the fate of his three sons, reported missing in action. Holding on to hope, Joshua must travel across the war-torn landscape to find the truth and his own peace.
Style:
inspirational, emotional, reflective, compassionate, sentimental, political, serious, captivating, realistic, poignant ...
Plot:
world war one, redemption, war, missing person, courage, greco turkish war, family drama, parents and children, family relations, escapades, turkish history, military, wartime, promise, loss of son, violence, pow, honor, pride, man boy relationship, widower, three brothers, marriage, grieving father, uncover truth ...
Time:
year 1919, 1910s, 2010s, year 2014, year 1915, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey, australia, ottoman empire, gallipoli, england, new zealand
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Most similar movies to The Water Diviner
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, emotional and captivating films with plots about war, military, soldier, death, battles, great war and brutality mostly in Drama, War and History genres. Some movies like The Water Diviner: Hacksaw Ridge (2016), Testament of Youth (2014), 1917 (2019), Gallipoli (1981), City of Life and Death (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
671K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Style:
inspirational, touching, sentimental, christian film, harsh ...
Audience:
manly, girls' night
Plot:
world war two, war, soldier, conscientious objector, survival, us military, combat, american soldier, religion, bible, military, pacifist ...
Time:
1940s, year 2016, 20th century, middle ages, year 1945 ...
Place:
okinawa japan, japan, tennessee, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK, Denmark, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a woman’s point of view. A searing journey from youthful hopes and ...
Style:
touching, period piece, captivating, costume drama, sad ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
world war one, wartime, death, aspiring writer, women, war, nurse, poetry, wartime life, love and romance, love affair, adaptation ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, edwardian era, year 1918, 1920s ...
Place:
england, london, oxford university, france, yorkshire ...
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761K
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield and Blake are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds ...
Style:
period piece, visually stunning, tense, entertaining, sad ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, date night, adult
Plot:
world war one, trench warfare, race against time, soldier, british soldier, british army, death, battlefield, military, british military, dangerous mission, german soldier ...
Time:
year 1917, 1910s, 20th century, year 2019, 2010s
Place:
persia, los angeles, britain, europe, france
Similarity:
100%
44K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
As World War I rages, brave and youthful Australians Archy and Frank, both agile runners, become friends and enlist in the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps together. They later find themselves part of the Dardanelles Campaign on the Gallipoli ...
Style:
atmospheric, harsh, touching, emotional, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war one, military, friendship, anti war, politics, idealism, human spirit, wartime, desert, great war, british army, running ...
Time:
1910s, year 1915, 20th century, year 1981, 1920s ...
Place:
australia, egypt, ottoman empire, gallipoli, turkey ...
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: China, Hong Kong, UK
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
City of Life and Death takes place in 1937, during the height of the Second Sino-Japanese War. The Imperial Japanese Army has just captured the then-capital of the Republic of China, Nanjing. What followed was known as the Nanking Massacre, or the ...
Style:
disturbing, rough, bleak, breathtaking, black and white ...
Plot:
sino japanese war, world war two, japanese army, war crime, sexual abuse, war atrocity, japanese occupation, rape, chinese history, atrocity, life is a bitch, japanese occupation of china ...
Time:
1930s, year 1938, year 2009, 2010s, 20th century ...
Place:
china, asia, shanghai
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100%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
An epic tale of three brothers and their father living in the remote wilderness of 1900s USA and how their lives are affected by nature, history, war, and love.
Style:
emotional, touching, serious, sentimental, sincere ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
world war one, revenge, love triangle, lovers, love, death, relationships, brother brother relationship, native american, suicide, ranch, love story ...
Time:
1910s, 1900s, 19th century, 1920s, year 1994 ...
Place:
america, usa, montana
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100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA, Ireland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Author Rudyard Kipling and his wife search for their 17-year-old son after he goes missing during WWI.
Style:
costume drama, serious, realistic, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
world war one, battles, military, british army, writers, teenage life, officers and cadets, missing person, parents and children, great war, father son relationship, battlefield ...
Time:
1910s, year 1915
Place:
france, dublin ireland, germany, england
Similarity:
100%
23K
Genre: Drama, History, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna's forces at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas.
Style:
realistic, factual, intense, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
siege, gunfight, military, american history, patriotism, fortress, dictator, justice, civil war, wartime, fight scenes, danger ...
Time:
19th century, 1830s
Place:
texas, mexico, latin america, san antonio texas, austin texas ...
Similarity:
100%
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311K
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the simple life of a farmer. But when his son Gabriel enlists in the army to defend their new nation, ...
Style:
period piece, dramatic, sincere, rough, inspirational ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids, manly, boys' night, girls' night ...
Plot:
american revolution, war, military, revolution, battles, vengeance, lone hero, violence, freedom, rebellion, revenge, wartime ...
Time:
18th century, year 2000, y2k, georgian era, 1780s ...
Place:
boston, southern usa, america, virginia, britain ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Unable to serve in World War II because of a heart condition, a barber moves his family adjacent to a Wisconsin army base and prisoner-of-war camp to provide his services. But even in rural America -- far from the frontline -- the war finds victims.
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, historical drama, heartfelt ...
Plot:
world war two, family relations, wartime life, life is a bitch, parents and children, family in crisis, against humanity, couple relations, family problems, couples, family drama, empathy ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
usa, wisconsin
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 44 min.
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Story:
As dawn breaks on April 25, 1915, ANZAC troops go into battle on the beaches of the Gallipoli peninsula. Landing in the dark chaos, Tolly, Bevan and their mates struggle to establish a tenuous foothold on the treacherous slopes and deep ravines. ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, emotional, stylized ...
Plot:
military, world war one, military life, family relations, battles, danger, soldier, battle zone, war, great war, graphic violence, skinny dipping ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1915
Place:
australia, turkey, gallipoli, ottoman empire
Similarity:
100%
7K
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
During the Sarikamis Battle, the Ottoman army runs out of ammunition and appeals to the people of Van for help, who happen to have supplies. However, the First World War is on and all men are fighting at four corners of the empire and therefore can ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, educational, serious
Plot:
world war one, war, genocide, nationalism, battles, against humanity, military, turk, great war, turkish history, arab culture, islam ...
Place:
turkey, ottoman empire
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
During World War II in the freezing Netherlands winter of 1944/1945 the western Netherlands are in the grip of a famine. Many people move east to provide for their families. Fourteen year old Michiel can't wait to join the Dutch resistance, to ...
Style:
tense, sexy, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
world war two, coming of age, resistance movement, occupation, resistance, children in wartime, nazi, wartime life, execution, winter, nazism, nazi occupation ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 2008, post world war two
Place:
netherlands, germany, europe, holland
Similarity:
100%
180K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, a love triangle develops between Mikael, a brilliant medical student, the beautiful and sophisticated artist Ana, and Chris, a renowned American journalist based in Paris.
Style:
sad, costume drama, factual, heartbreaking, suspenseful ...
Plot:
armenian genocide, love triangle, true love, world war one, wedding, genocide, orphanage, forbidden love, tragic love, family relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love affair ...
Time:
1910s, 2010s
Place:
ottoman empire, turkey, istanbul turkey, former yugoslavia, constantinople
Similarity:
100%
172K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Follows a young man named Albert and his horse, Joey, and how their bond is broken when Joey is sold to the cavalry and sent to the trenches of World War One. Despite being too young to enlist, Albert heads to France to save his friend.
Style:
touching, emotional, sentimental, epic, uplifting ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, family outing, date night, teen drama ...
Plot:
world war one, horse, war, friendship, animal training, animal, battles, human animal relationship, wartime, cavalry charge, human spirit, danger ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, 2010s, year 2011, 1920s ...
Place:
england, america, britain, belgium, europe ...
Similarity:
50%
107K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.
Style:
touching, sentimental, sad, realistic, cerebral ...
Plot:
convent, catholic church, adoption, lgbtq, journalist, catholic, religious intolerance, journalism, self discovery, faith, nun, writers ...
Time:
year 2013, 1950s, 2010s, 20th century, 50s ...
Place:
ireland, washington d.c., england, britain, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: China
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
A Westerner finds refuge with a group of women in a church during Japan's rape of Nanking in 1937. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.
Style:
touching, visually stunning, sentimental, harsh, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, sino japanese war, atrocity, war, japanese occupation of china, holocaust, prostitute, suffering, wartime, japanese occupation, genocide, medieval ...
Time:
20th century, ancient times, year 1937, 1930s
Place:
china, asia, east asia, seattle, japan ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Palestine, 1917. The British advance has been stopped by the Turkish line running from Gaza to Beersheba. The latest attack on Gaza has failed. The attacking forces included a regiment of Australian mounted infantry, the Light Horse... Lighthorseman ...
Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing, tense, anamorphic ...
Plot:
world war one, military, horse, desert, soldier, battles, great war, basic training, heroic mission, against the odds, danger, wartime life ...
Time:
year 1917, 1910s, year 1987
Place:
australia, palestine, gallipoli, ottoman empire, melbourne ...
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
Based on the graphic novel by James Jones, The Thin Red Line tells the story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II ...
Style:
philosophical, visually stunning, visually appealing, visual, epic ...
Plot:
war, world war two, sergeant, jungle, infantry, soldier, pacific war, anti war, u.s. army, pacific island, survival, existentialism ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 90s, year 1998, year 1940 ...
Place:
asia, japan, america, germany, pacific ocean ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
April, 1915. First World War in Canakkale, Ottoman Empire. Two brothers leave their mountain village to fight on the front line. One is an experienced sniper fighting for Ottomans against the invasion, while his brother finds it much tougher to cope ...
Style:
serious, exciting, realistic, stylized, epic ...
Plot:
world war one, turk, battles, great war, military, turkish history, survival, violent content, battle zone, heroic mission, danger, one man army ...
Time:
20th century, 1910s, year 1915, middle ages
Place:
gallipoli, turkey, ottoman empire
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Denmark, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In the days following the surrender of Germany in May 1945, a group of young German prisoners of war were handed over to the Danish authorities and subsequently sent out to the West Coast, where they were ordered to remove the more than two million ...
Style:
emotional, sentimental, harsh, realistic, brutal ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
world war two, german soldier, child soldier, beach, prisoners of war, minefield, abuse of power, pow, boy, nazi, teenager, brutality ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, year 2015, 2010s, year 2016 ...
Place:
denmark, germany
Similarity:
22%
21K
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A veteran soldier returns from his completed tour of duty in Iraq, only to find his life turned upside down when he is arbitrarily ordered to return to field duty by the Army.
Style:
sad, harsh, serious, realistic, suspense ...
Plot:
soldier, iraq war, u.s. military, death, redemption, friendship, war on terror, war, homecoming, small town, depression, wartime life ...
Time:
year 2008, future, 21st century
Place:
iraq, middle east, canada, afghanistan, usa ...
Similarity:
22%
390K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK, South Africa, Italy
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his ...
Style:
emotional, intense, sincere, rough, political ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
genocide, racism, hotel, against humanity, war, violence, politics, cruelty, civil war, war crime, refugee, un ...
Time:
20th century, year 2004, 90s, 2000s
Place:
rwanda, africa, south africa, congo, somalia ...
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The true story of Australia's cat-and-mouse underground mine warfare – one of the most misunderstood, misrepresented and mystifying conflicts of WW I. It was a secret struggle BENEATH the Western Front that combined daring engineering, ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, emotional, bleak ...
Plot:
world war one, military, great war, human spirit, hopes, trench warfare, tunnel, danger, world war, life is a bitch, heroes, brutality ...
Time:
20th century, year 1916, 1910s
Place:
gallipoli, belgium, germany, australia, europe
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, USA, UK
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
Paul Baumer and his friends Albert and Muller, egged on by romantic dreams of heroism, voluntarily enlist in the German army. Full of excitement and patriotic fervour, the boys enthusiastically march into a war they believe in. But once on the ...
Style:
visually stunning, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war one, trench warfare, battles, infantry, military, dying young, soldier, battlefield, german army, death of friend, german soldier, death ...
Time:
year 1917, year 1914, year 1918, 2020s, 1910s ...
Place:
germany, france
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.
Style:
realistic, epic, contemplative, disturbing, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, adult
Plot:
world war two, war, military, japanese history, battles, anti war, survival, japanese military, japanese army, imperial japan, violence, stallion ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 2006, ancient times, 2000s ...
Place:
japan, asia, nebraska, tokyo, germany
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor named Basie, who looks out for him while they are in the camp together. Even ...
Style:
epic, sad, period piece, crying, emotional ...
Audience:
family friendly, family outing, teens, teen drama
Plot:
world war two, coming of age, child protagonist, childhood, survival, pow, boy, japanese army, prisoner, young heroes, captivity, starvation ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1945, year 1987
Place:
china, hong kong, japan, asia, indochina ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.
Style:
factual, heroic, realistic, epic, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
military, vietnam war, war, soldier, battles, battlefield, ambush, military life, heroic mission, infantry, wartime, justice ...
Time:
20th century, year 2002, 60s, 2000s
Place:
vietnam, america, asia, usa, iraq ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 195 min.
Story:
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
Style:
touching, emotional, heartbreaking, realistic, thought provoking ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, genocide, nazi, wartime, war, concentration camp, storytelling, holocaust survivor, anti semitism, nazism, against humanity ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 90s, ancient times, year 1943 ...
Place:
poland, germany, iran, persia, europe ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Bulgaria near the end of World War I: Conan, warrior and wolf, leads a band of 50 ruthless French fighters who love hand-to-hand combat. Their motto: "We forgot to take prisoners, Captain." At war's end, the unit goes to Bucharest, ...
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, suspense
Plot:
world war one, french army, heroism, frontline, brutality, military life, society, great war, insubordination, danger, french military, investigation ...
Time:
year 1918, 20th century, year 1996, 1910s, post world war one ...
Place:
macedonia, romania, europe, brittany, balkan ...
Similarity:
22%
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