Movies like December
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December (1991)
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In December of 1941, five teenage boys at a New England prep school hear the news of the bombing of Pearl Harbor and realize their lives are going to be changed forever. Released in 1991.
Style:
serious, realistic, talky
Plot:
world war two, coming of age, preparatory school, friendship, war, school, military, youth, friends, battles, self discovery, boarding school, buddies, boarding school life, cons and scams, christmas, revenge, fight, heroes, food, snow, death, studying, running, sleeping ...
Time:
year 1941, year 1938
Place:
new england, pearl harbor, england, london
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, bleak and emotional films with plots about war, soldier, world war two, friendship, military, coming of age and death mostly in Drama, War and Biography genres. Some movies like December: Ithaca (2015), A Separate Peace (2004), Goodbye, Children (1987), Empire of the Sun (1987), A Separate Peace (1972). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In a small town in California's San Joaquin Valley, 14-year-old Homer Macauley is determined to be the best and fastest bicycle telegraph messenger anyone has ever seen. His older brother has gone to war, leaving Homer to look after his widowed ...
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, tense, realistic
Plot:
world war two, coming of age, brother brother relationship, family relations, friendship, promise, teenage boy, jealousy, death of brother, fear, husband wife relationship, anti war ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942, 20th century
Place:
usa
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95%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Four friends with one dark secret they could never outrun.
Style:
psychological, serious, emotional, sincere, realistic
Plot:
friendship, betrayal, boarding school, lifestyle, teenage love, youth, rebellion, teenage life, coming of age, secret, gay, world war two ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943
Place:
boston, new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
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, art house, realistic, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
world war two, jewish, nazi, friendship, holocaust, nazism, anti semitism, childhood, coming of age, children, schoolboy, school ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
france, germany, poland, vatican, paris france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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, emotional, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
world war two, coming of age, war, child protagonist, childhood, captivity, peasant, japanese army, pow, survival, child, young heroes ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1945
Place:
shanghai, china, japan, tokyo, asia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Gene and Finny are two boys who are best friends living in 1943, at the height of World War II. The idea that the boys will most likely be drafted when they turn eighteen is surrounding them, and they are practically forced to live their lives to ...
Style:
sexy, serious, realistic, emotional, disturbing ...
Plot:
coming of age, world war two, preparatory school, boy, gay, betrayal, friendship, gay interest, boys' school, friends, boarding school, power relations ...
Time:
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new england
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A group of recruits go through Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana's infamous Tigerland, last stop before Vietnam for tens of thousands of young men in 1971
Style:
realistic, tense, thought provoking, psychological, talky ...
Plot:
military, vietnam war, boot camp, anti war, recruit, insubordination, military base, basic training, buddies, war, army, suspense ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1971
Place:
vietnam, louisiana, usa, kansas
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43%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Lt. Col. Michael Strobl, a volunteer military escort accompanies the body of Lance Cpl. Chance Phelps to his hometown in Wyoming.
Style:
realistic, emotional, touching, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot:
war, military, iraq war, soldier, self discovery, marines, ethnic conflict, unlikely friendships, father son relationship, military life, patriotism, ritual ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
wyoming, iraq, canada, middle east, baghdad iraq ...
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43%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Told from the perspective of man reflecting on his childhood in Prauge in the early years of World War 2 and the eventual destruction of his family as the Nazis rise to power. The storyline focuses heavily on Jewish-Czech Silberstein family members. ...
Style:
captivating, touching, emotional, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, coming of age, hopes, escapades, society, life is a bitch, life turned upside down, judaism, youth, circus, starvation, war ...
Time:
80s, 1940s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
slovakia, europe, czech republic, palestine, austria ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: China
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, this horrifying tale follows two orphaned friends as they struggle to survive during World War II.
Style:
serious, bleak, touching, saga, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, monastery, orphan, school, tattoo, chinese, life is a bitch, war, military, youth, society, innocence lost ...
Time:
1940s, year 1941
Place:
russia, moscow russia, ussr
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Poetic journey through the shards and shadows of one boy’s war-ravaged youth.
Style:
atmospheric, bleak, disturbing, meditative, art house ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
orphan, world war two, war, courage, youth, man boy relationship, coming of age, childhood, boy, spy, children in wartime, death ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1943
Place:
russia, ussr, europe, berlin germany, japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Set in 1944 France, an American Intelligence Squad locates a German Platoon wishing to surrender rather than die in Germany's final war offensive. The two groups of men, isolated from the war at present, put aside their differences and spend ...
Style:
bleak, realistic, emotional, harsh, psychological ...
Plot:
world war two, military, anti war, war, innocence lost, tragedy, violence, friendship, politics, wartime, weapons, nazi ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
germany, poland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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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:
emotional, sad, harsh, sexy, serious ...
Plot:
soldier, u.s. military, iraq war, friendship, death, war, homecoming, redemption, small town, depression, post traumatic stress disorder, wartime life ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa, canada, vietnam, middle east, iraq ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Joe, a young American soldier, is hit by a mortar shell on the last day of World War I. He lies in a hospital bed in a fate worse than death - a quadruple amputee who has lost his arms, legs, eyes, ears, mouth and nose. Unbeknown to his doctors, he ...
Style:
thought provoking, disturbing, depressing, surreal, political ...
Plot:
anti war, war, hospital, disability, haunted by the past, mute, dreams, amputation, freak, isolation, patient, soldier ...
Time:
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Place:
israel, iraq, vietnam, colorado, france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Eleven-year-old Laïd lives in war-torn Lebanon. Chosen and trained by an extremist organisation, he has been forced to enter the adult world far too early. He has been transformed into a fanatical and programmed machine, whose life could be summed ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, disturbing
Plot:
coming of age, youth, boy, children in wartime, age-gap relationship, orphan, immigrants, terrorism, lebanese, friendship, society, assassination attempt ...
Time:
90s
Place:
paris france, europe, france, israel, palestine ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Two rebellious youths, Ralph and Scott, find themselves struggling with adulthood as the Vietnam War rages. Feeling trapped in their small town, Scott battles with his conservative veteran father, Cliff, and Ralph deals with his desperately sexual ...
Style:
realistic, melancholic, reflective, feel good, buddy movie ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
vietnam war, anti war, death, prejudice, drugs, death of father, drug use, nude, small town, fight, college, coming of age ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1969, 70s
Place:
vietnam, san francisco, usa, maine, texas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
WWII drama.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious
Plot:
world war two, youth, war, military, u.s. navy, coming of age, battleship, basic training, military life, military base, prison, power relations ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: West Germany
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Although members of the Hitler Youth chant anti-Semitic paroles in front of his house during the Purim festival, Rabbi Singer is still profoundly convinced that Germany will stay a safe country for him, his family, and his fellow believers. But ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, emotional, bleak ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, boy, nazi, rabbi, family relations, survival, anti semitism, confined, against humanity, escapades, war ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 1940s
Place:
germany, europe, black sea, vienna, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
England, early 20th century. The future writer and philologist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) and three of his schoolmates create a strong bond between them as they share the same passion for literature and art, a true fellowship that ...
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, rough, inspirational, atmospheric ...
Plot:
world war one, boys' school, trench warfare, friendship between men, writers, soldier, teenage boy, treasure, friendship, coming of age, orphan, young soldier ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, 90s, year 1987, year 1973 ...
Place:
england, oxford university
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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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:
sad, emotional, touching, heartbreaking, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, concentration camp, war, jewish, childhood, friendship, nazi, children, military, gas chamber, german ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
germany, poland, europe, berlin germany, switzerland
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of a Canadian soldier, enroute to World War I from Winnipeg, who adopts an orphaned bear cub at White River Ontario. It is namned Winnie (for Winnipeg) and eventually ends up at the London Zoo where it became the inspiration ...
Style:
feel good, serious, touching, captivating, light ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
world war one, friendship, soldier, survival, hopes, battles, friends, military life, babies and infants, young heroes, pets, best friends ...
Time:
1910s, year 1918, year 1914
Place:
england, london, canada, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Drama, 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, epic
Plot:
world war one, military, soldier, battles, war, survival, heroic mission, against the odds, basic training, military life, wartime life, world war two ...
Time:
1910s, year 1917
Place:
australia, palestine, ottoman empire, turkey, melbourne australia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Drama, Family, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Four young boys find a shipwrecked Japanese sailor during World War II and struggle with the decision to save him.
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, melancholic, touching ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
japanese soldier, world war two, wartime life, coming of age, soldier, friendship between boys, military, war, racism, friends, youth, prejudice ...
Place:
usa, california, hawaii
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32%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The story of a young Marine, fresh from Camp Pendleton, who is forced to confront the complexities of adulthood and a volatile home life during a four-day Thanksgiving leave.
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, contemplative
Plot:
family relations, fall in love, thanksgiving, family gatherings, marine, estrangement, self discovery, society, soldier, love and romance, homecoming, parents and children ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
During WWII, a three-man commando team places its trust in the hands of a band of Filipino resistors, as they try to knock out a Japenese communication center.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, tense, psychotronic ...
Plot:
world war two, espionage, war, anti war, escapades, mission, liberation, reconnaissance, battles, soldier, military life, wartime life ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
the philippines, japan, asia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
American troops storm ashore on a Japanese-held island and push inland while their enemies plan a counterattack in this look at warfare. Soldiers on both sides are haunted by memories of home and the horrifying, sickening images they find in combat.
Style:
realistic, serious, bleak, rough
Plot:
world war two, military, war, island, wartime, battles, soldier, anti war, flashback, japanese army, marine, pacific island ...
Place:
asia, japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
An Army medic brings his girlfriend to stay with him at an out of the way Vietnam outpost in 1967, the woman disappears one day and he begins searching for her.
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
vietnam war, war, innocence lost, daring rescue, society, military, journalism, soldier, orphan, buddies, self discovery, battles ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
World War II drama where the action centers around a single maneuver by a squad of GIs in retaliation against the force of the German Siegfried line. Reese joins a group of weary GIs unexpectedly ordered back into the line when on their way to a ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
world war two, military, war, battles, infantry, soldier, rebellion, military life, heroic mission, heroes, fighting the system, leadership ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1944
Place:
germany, europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
In 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to drop a corpse with false papers off the coast of Spain would fool Nazi spies into believing the Allied forces were planning to attack by way of Greece ...
Style:
tense, captivating, thought provoking, disturbing
Plot:
world war two, spy, military, war, army, operation, secret mission, life is a bitch, wartime, military life, mission, wartime life ...
Time:
year 1943, 1940s
Place:
spain, sicily, greece, berlin germany, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The officer (Stephen Boyd) is put in charge of a squad of all black troops charged with the mission of blowing up an important hydro dam in Nazi Germany. Their failure would delay the Allies advance into Germany, thus prolonging the war. These ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, exciting, cult film
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Plot:
world war two, racism, blaxploitation, redneck, army, soldier, military, interracial relations, dam, mission, fear, courage ...
Place:
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29%
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:
touching, sentimental, emotional, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, family outing
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, war, childhood, nazi, jewish, adoption, human spirit, nazi germany, life is a bitch, against humanity, youth ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1941, year 1945, year 1938 ...
Place:
germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
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