Movies like The Empty Mirror
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The Empty Mirror (1996)
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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 Freud.
Style:
psychological, sincere, thought provoking, serious, captivating, emotional, realistic, surreal, talky, contemplative
Plot:
nazi, world war two, hitler, soldier, holocaust, obsession, genocide, anti semitism, war, heroes, politics, life is a bitch, journalism, leadership, society, media, confined, introspection, head of state, wartime life, transvestism, idealism, campaign, human nature, downfall ...
Place:
germany, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, bleak and captivating films with plots about war, world war two, against humanity, wartime life, nazi, holocaust and life is a bitch mostly in Drama, War and History genres. Some movies like The Empty Mirror: The Bunker (1981), Massacre in Rome (1973), Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973), The Round Up (2010), Ghetto (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Varian Fry rescues more than 2,000 artists from Nazi persecution during World War II.
Style:
serious, sincere, emotional, tense, realistic
Plot:
world war two, uncover truth, hidden identity, wartime life, escapades, against humanity, moral dilemma, rescue, society, state affairs, life is a bitch, politics ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
france, europe, marseille, usa
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95%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Dramatization depicting the events surrounding Adolf Hitler's last weeks in and around his underground bunker in Berlin before and during the battle for the city.
Style:
realistic, bleak, serious, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
world war two, hitler, nazi germany, against humanity, nazi, suicide, confined, state affairs, downfall, life is a bitch, confinement indoors, wartime life ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1945
Place:
germany, berlin germany, europe
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85%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
During the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam, Otto Frank decides to hide his family, who are Jewish, after his daughter Margot is called to appear for transport to a Nazi labour camp. Miep Gies, Otto Frank's office assistant hides them in the attic ...
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, serious, disturbing, bleak
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, nazi, jewish, anti semitism, injustice, war, on the run, confined, survival, society, human spirit ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
amsterdam, holland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In the Nazi occupied city of Rome, an assault on an SS brigade draws retaliation from the military governship. "Massacre in Rome" is the true story of how this partisan attack led to the mass execution of Italian nationals under the orders ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, thought provoking, bleak ...
Plot:
world war two, military, war, partisan, nazi occupation, holocaust, fictional history, bureaucracy, nazi, soldier, against humanity, society ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
italy, rome italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Hitler: The Last Ten Days takes us into the depths of der Furher’s Berlin bunker during his final days. Based on the book by Gerhard Boldt, it provides a bleak look at the goings-on within, and without.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi, military, third reich, bunker, suicide, fictional history, megalomaniac, hitler, life turned upside down, wartime life, isolation ...
Time:
year 1945, 20th century, 1940s
Place:
germany, europe, berlin germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France, Germany, Hungary
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
1942. Joseph is eleven. And this June morning, he must go to school, a yellow star sown on his chest. He receives the support of a goods dealer. The mockery of a baker. Between kindness and contempt, Jo, his Jewish friends, their families, learn of ...
Style:
thought provoking, disturbing, emotional, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
holocaust, concentration camp, nazism, holocaust survivor, jewish, world war two, german occupation, injustice, against humanity, genocide, occupation, society ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, post world war two, year 1942
Place:
france, paris france, vichy, europe, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Genre: History, War
Country: Germany, Lithuania
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In 1942, in Vilna, the Nazi annihilate 55,000 Jews and squeeze the 15,000 survivors in a seven blocks ghetto. The twenty-two year old sadistic commander Kittel is assigned to administrate the ghetto in the capital of Lithuania, becoming the master ...
Style:
serious, realistic, bleak, emotional, rough ...
Plot:
genocide, holocaust, war, world war two, anti semitism, moral dilemma, human nature, survival, heroes, confined, against humanity, lifesaver ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, post world war two
Place:
europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The historical recreation of the 1942 Wannsee Conference, in which Nazi and SS leaders gathered in a Berlin suburb to discuss the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question". Lead by SS-General Reinhard Heydrich, this group of high ranking ...
Style:
factual, disturbing, bleak, political, atmospheric ...
Plot:
holocaust, nazi, world war two, politics, nazism, genocide, anti semitism, war crime, racism, ss officer, third reich, suspense ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
berlin germany, germany, europe, poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Germany
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
Knut Hamsun is Norway's most famous and admired author. Ever since he was young he has hated the English for the starvation they caused Norway during WWI. When the Germans occupy Norway 9 April 1940 he welcomes them and the protection they can ...
Style:
sad, serious, realistic, uplifting, talky ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, writers, war, writer's life, nazi, nobel prize winner, poet, art, nazism, marriage, controversy ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s
Place:
norway, europe, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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 ⇓
58%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 194 min.
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Based upon the actual cables between Washington, London and Moscow during the Second World War, this TV-movie examines the relationship between the leaders of these countries throughout the conflict. Franklin D. Roosevelt (John Lithgow), Winston ...
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, talky, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, josef stalin, head of state, diplomacy, winston churchill, marxist, intrigue, british politics, military, against humanity, artists and showbiz, leadership ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
germany, europe, usa, ussr, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
The two-part TV movie Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil crystallizes that evil by concentrating on two Berlin brothers. In 1931, Helmut Hoffman (Bill Nighy) a brilliant student and self-styled opportunist, joins Hitler's SS. At the same time, ...
Style:
disturbing, bleak, captivating, serious, realistic
Plot:
world war two, nazi, hitler, gestapo, ss, concentration camp, third reich, nazism, wartime life, siblings relations, political unrest, cabaret ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s
Place:
europe, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Auschwitz is a hard-hitting war film which shows life as it really was at the death camp.
Style:
disturbing, bleak, thought provoking, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
nazi, holocaust, world war two, concentration camp, anti semitism, mass murder, against humanity, strong violent content, life is a bitch, postmodernism, society, genocide ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
europe, poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In the Warsau Ghetto of 1943, one man's struggle to keep his family together leads him to the ultimate crisis of faith, and one final chance at redemption. Written by legendary 'Twilight Zone' creator, Rod Sterling.
Style:
realistic, serious, bleak, gloomy, disturbing ...
Plot:
world war two, rabbi, holocaust, jewish, confined, society, survival, war, life is a bitch, against humanity, human spirit, misfit ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
poland, europe, warsaw poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A Nazi doctor, along with the Sonderkomando Jews – who are forced to work in the crematoria of Auschwitz against their fellow-Jews – find themselves in a moral grey zone.
Style:
depressing, disturbing, bleak, factual, emotional ...
Plot:
holocaust, nazi, world war two, concentration camp, war, redemption, anti semitism, jewish, nazi germany, rebellion, moral ambiguity, tragedy ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
germany, poland, europe, israel, budapest
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
During WWII, the death camp at Treblinka had an escape, causing the Commandant at a similar camp in Sobibor to vow (actually threaten) that his camp would never experience the same thing. But those who were its captives, the Jewish laborers that had ...
Style:
tense, realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
concentration camp, world war two, holocaust, pow, escape, war, against humanity, genocide, military, captivity, prison, brutality ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
poland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Austria, Luxembourg
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Poland 1943: An unlikely pair - a concentration camp prisoner and a captain in Hitler's notorious SS - free themselves from the wreckage of a crashed SS airplane. The two appear to be strangely familiar with each other and the extent of their ...
Style:
thought provoking, tense, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
concentration camp, world war two, friendship, military, friends, life is a bitch, moral dilemma, soldier, wartime life, holocaust, against humanity, nazi ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 1940s
Place:
germany, europe, poland, austria
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Brazil
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Based upon the true story of Olga Benário, the German-born wife of Brazilian communist leader Luís Carlos Prestes. During the dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas (1930-1945) she was arrested and sent to Nazi Germany, where she was put to death in a ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, emotional, bleak ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi germany, holocaust, concentration camp, wartime life, life is a bitch, rebellion, couple relations, love affair, revolution, society, war ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
germany, rio de janeiro, europe, brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
No one knows for sure what transpired when German physicist Werner Heisenberg met with his Jewish Danish counterpart, Niels Bohr, in Copenhagen -- the event became the stuff of modern scientific mythology. Director Howard Davies puts his spin on the ...
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captivating, serious, thought provoking, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
scientist, politics, world war two, moral dilemma, prodigy, inventions and discoveries, friendship, society, state affairs, wartime life, genius, super weapon ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
europe, denmark, copenhagen
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
233
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 ...
Plot:
fascism, world war two, military, military life, genocide, isolation, prison life, wartime life, captivity, confined, society, prison ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
The Hiding Place is an account of a Dutch family who risk their lives by offering a safe haven for Jews during World War II
Style:
christian film, bleak, uplifting, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, christian, faith, concentration camp, christianity, jewish, religion, intrigue, missionary, women, fictional history ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
holland, europe, netherlands
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 177 min.
Story:
Jews rise up in the Warsaw Ghetto against the Nazis in 1943.
Style:
uplifting, captivating, serious, rough, political ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, jewish ghetto, rebellion, human spirit, anti semitism, life is a bitch, survival, wartime life, against humanity, politics, society ...
Time:
post world war two, 1940s, 20th century, year 1943
Place:
germany, europe, warsaw poland, poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
This is the true story of a woman named Ruth Gruber who travels to Europe to help escort 1000 Jewish War victims to the United States. She comes to love and feel sorry for them all, and fights for their rights to live in America.
Style:
emotional, disturbing, sincere, uplifting, serious ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, wartime life, survival, rescue, deportation, anti semitism, immigrants, fighting the system, human spirit, idealism, heroic mission ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s
Place:
europe, belgrade, vienna, harvard university, naples italy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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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 ...
Style:
epic, emotional, sincere, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot:
american civil war, military, genocide, battles, wilderness, soldier, heroes, politics, against humanity, weakness, state affairs, war ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The film, 'The Spring Of Life', brings to light a little-known operation of the Nazi SS, started just before the outbreak of World War II. Through the careful selection and re-education of young women, it was the Nazi's mad dream to ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, realistic, bleak, rough
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, racism, nazi, anti semitism, genocide, wartime life, breeding, against humanity, life is a bitch, society, war ...
Time:
1940s
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, Walter Süskind is a member of the Dutch Jewish Council who rescues hundreds of children from the concentration camps.
Style:
serious, captivating, emotional, realistic, bleak
Plot:
ss, world war two, wartime life, holocaust, war, nazi occupation, human spirit, selflessness, children, rescue, idealism, escape attempt ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
holland, europe, amsterdam
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
When Ruth's husband dies in New York, in 2000, she imposes strict Jewish mourning, which puzzles her children. A stranger comes to the house - Ruth's cousin - with a picture of Ruth, age 8, in Berlin, with a woman the cousin says helped ...
Style:
uplifting, touching, emotional, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
holocaust, jewish, nazi germany, world war two, anti semitism, human spirit, life is a bitch, wartime life, hopes, couple relations, society, nazi ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, year 1943, 20th century
Place:
berlin germany, germany, europe, usa, new york
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43%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
This is the story of the senior-level preparations for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944 from the time of Dwight D. Eisenhower's appointment as the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, to the establishment of the beachhead in Normandy. The film ...
Style:
tense, serious, rough, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, war, d day, against the odds, human spirit, battles, leadership, soldier, idealism, heroes, heroic mission, basic training ...
Time:
post world war two
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Im Kölner Stadtteil Ehrenfeld lebt eine Gruppe von Arbeiterkindern kurz vor Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs ihren ganz eigenen Alltag. Die selbsternannten „Edelweißpiraten“ träumen von einer gerechten Welt und sehnen sich nach der unbeschwerten ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, captivating, tense, serious ...
Plot:
resistance, nazi germany, wartime life, world war two, rebellion, human spirit, young heroes, confined, against humanity, idealism, life is a bitch, rebelliousness ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, year 1944, 20th century
Place:
germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The real-life story of Gisella Perl, a Jewish Hungarian doctor imprisoned in the notorious Auschwitz death camp of World War II.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, uplifting, captivating ...
Plot:
holocaust, concentration camp, survival, wartime life, holocaust survivor, world war two, human spirit, auschwitz, life is a bitch, starting over, anti semitism, war ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
hungary, europe, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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