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It Happened Here (1964)
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
It is the Second World War. The Nazis have invaded Britain. There is a split between the resistance and those who prefer to collaborate with the invaders for a quiet life. The protagonist, a nurse, is caught in the middle.
Style:
thought provoking, independent film, mockumentary, dieselpunk, semi documentary, tense, rough, bleak, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, dystopia, nazi, alternate history, holocaust, resistance, german occupation, politics, fascism, war, distopia, partisan, fascist, murder, third reich, german soldier, radio, euthanasia, war crime, female protagonist, evacuation, aryan, german army, national socialism, liberation ...
Time:
year 1945, year 1940, 1910s, distant future, 1940s, year 1944, 40s
Place:
england, europe, london, germany, madagascar, dunkirk
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Most similar movies to It Happened Here
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, bleak and captivating films with plots about world war two, war, nazi, holocaust, wartime life, world war and nazi uniform mostly in Drama, War and History genres. Some movies like It Happened Here: Uprising (2001), The Aryan Couple (2004), The Only Way (1970), The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008), Stalingrad (1993). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
captivating, disturbing, bleak, realistic, serious
Plot:
world war two, gestapo, nazi, hitler, concentration camp, ss, third reich, combat, german army, world war, nazism, battles ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s
Place:
europe, germany
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 177 min.
Story:
Jews rise up in the Warsaw Ghetto against the Nazis in 1943.
Style:
captivating, rough, serious, political, tense ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, heroism, resistance, jewish ghetto, nazi, survival, politics, rebellion, shoah, wartime life, against humanity ...
Time:
year 2001, 1940s, 20th century, year 1943, post world war two
Place:
germany, europe, warsaw poland, poland
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A WWII Drama about a German/Jewish industrialist who, in order to ensure his family's safe passage out of Germany, is forced to hand over his business to the Nazis.
Style:
serious, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
concentration camp, world war two, holocaust, undercover, survival, forbidden love, genocide, german army, gestapo, anti semitism, moral dilemma, life is a bitch ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, post world war two
Place:
germany, switzerland, hungary, europe
Similarity:
73%
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, uplifting, captivating ...
Plot:
holocaust, nazi occupation, heroes, military, confined, politics, war, against humanity, state affairs, danger, society, battles ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
denmark, europe
Similarity:
71%
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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:
emotional, touching, heartbreaking, sad, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, family outing, kids, teen drama ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, concentration camp, war, children, friendship, childhood, nazi, nazism, gas chamber, boy, morality ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, ancient times, year 2008, year 1941 ...
Place:
germany, poland, europe, berlin germany, switzerland
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69%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
"Stalingrad" follows the progress of a German Platoon through the brutal fighting of the Battle of Stalingrad. After having half their number wiped out and after being placed under the command of a sadistic Captain, the Lieutenant of the ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, gloomy, epic ...
Plot:
world war two, war, battles, nazism, eastern front, soldier, german soldier, starvation, survival, military life, holocaust, winter ...
Time:
year 1942, year 1943, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
russia, germany, europe, italy, berlin germany ...
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
May 1944, a group of French servicewomen and resistance fighters are enlisted into the British Special Operations Executive commando group under the command of Louise Desfontaines and her brother Pierre. Their mission, to rescue a British army ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspense, tense, historical drama ...
Plot:
world war two, french resistance, wartime life, female agent, resistance, rescue, betrayal, heroic mission, gestapo, hospital, espionage, military ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945, year 1944, post world war two
Place:
london, france, paris france, europe, england ...
Similarity:
61%
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:
contemplative, realistic, serious, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
world war two, world war, partisan, nazi occupation, military, holocaust, nazi, german soldier, fascism, fictional history, bureaucracy, shoah ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
rome italy, italy, europe
Similarity:
61%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Although liberated from Auschwitz on January 27, 1945, Levi did not reach Turin until October 19 of that year. After spending some time in a Soviet camp for former concentration camp inmates, he embarked on an arduous journey home in the company of ...
Style:
sincere, historical drama, captivating, uplifting, gloomy ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, concentration camp, children, holocaust survivor, prisoner, writers, biopic, political intrigue, world war, judaism, shoah ...
Time:
year 1997, 1940s, 20th century, post world war two, year 1945
Place:
italy, russia, europe, turin italy, venice
Similarity:
61%
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:
serious, captivating, tense, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, friends, friendship, military, life is a bitch, soldier, wartime life, moral dilemma, holocaust, against humanity, concentration camp, nazi ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, 1940s
Place:
germany, europe, poland, austria
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Switzerland, West Germany, Austria
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
During World War II, Switzerland severely limited refugees: "Our boat is full." A train from Germany halts briefly in an isolated corner of Switzerland. Six people jump off seeking asylum: four Jews, a French child, and a German soldier. ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, disturbing, bleak
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, refugee, children, ship, german soldier, nudity, brother sister relationship, age-gap relationship, social problems, holocaust survivor, youth ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942
Place:
switzerland, germany, europe, zurich switzerland
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Shakespeare's Play transplanted into a 1930s setting.
Style:
talky, stylized, period piece, witty, political ...
Plot:
politics, medieval, shakespeare, royal family, murder, betrayal, manipulation, royalty, assassination, greed, battles, monarchy ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, 18th century
Place:
england, london, europe, new york, germany
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, Germany, Hungary
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A teenage orphan fights against the Red Army at the end of WWII and in the aftermath is 'adopted' by a Commissar. Years later he is sent to London during the Cold war to work for the KGB, where he questions his life.
Style:
serious, disturbing, captivating, realistic, political ...
Plot:
world war two, kgb, anal rape, secret agent, introspection, betrayal, haunted by the past, political unrest, undercover, dishonesty, moral dilemma, state affairs ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1945, post world war two
Place:
russia, london, england, soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
54%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The rise of national socialism in Germany should not be regarded as a conspiracy of madmen. Millions of "good" people found themselves in a society spiralling into terrible chaos. A film about then, which illuminates the terrors of now.
Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing, period piece, romantic drama ...
Plot:
nazi, politics, writers, nazi germany, third reich, moral dilemma, state affairs, society, political unrest, wartime life, holocaust, illicit affair ...
Time:
1930s, year 2008, 20th century, year 1937, year 1933 ...
Place:
germany, europe, berlin germany, paris france
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Two linen fabric dealers with their shops close to one another, battle against each other for more and more costumers. Umberto constantly loses clients because of the tough competition brought by Leone, who offers the best prices in the ...
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
fascism, holocaust, anti semitism, ghetto, family business, social decay, political unrest, life is a bitch, against humanity, human nature, moral dilemma, world war two ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s
Place:
italy, rome italy
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
Story:
A docudrama depicting a hypothetical nuclear attack on Britain.
Style:
apocalyptic, controversial, mockumentary, disturbing, semi documentary ...
Plot:
nuclear war, cold war, nuclear threat, nuclear holocaust, apocalypse, nuclear bomb, nuclear, war, post apocalypse, dystopia, nuclear disaster, distopia ...
Time:
distant future, year 1965, 60s, future
Place:
europe, england, britain
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Fictional account of what might have happened if Hitler had won the war. It is now the 1960s and Germany's war crimes have so far been kept a secret. Hitler wants to talk peace with the US president. An American journalist and a German homicide ...
Style:
political thriller, tech noir, apocalyptic, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
third reich, dictator, nazi germany, world war two, gestapo, male pubic hair, alternate history, parallel universe, distopia, german soldier, male nudity, train station ...
Time:
year 1964, 60s, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
germany, berlin germany
Similarity:
48%
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, political, disturbing, bleak, atmospheric ...
Plot:
holocaust, genocide, nazi, politics, world war two, conspiracy, third reich, ss officer, shoah, war crime, brutality, racism ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1942, post world war two, 1930s
Place:
berlin germany, germany, europe, poland
Similarity:
47%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Sweden, Hungary
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Swedish account of Raoul Wallenberg, the man responsible for the largest rescue of Jews during World War II.
Style:
contemplative, bleak, emotional, uplifting, thought provoking ...
Plot:
world war two, politics, genocide, rescue, nazi, nazi soldier, world war, struggle, revolutionary, revolutionary war, shoah, judaism ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
israel, hungary, europe, moscow russia, stockholm sweden ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, Czechoslovakia, West Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In March of 1945, as the War in Europe is coming to a close, fighting erupts between German and American troops at the last remaining bridgehead across the Rhine.
Style:
realistic, intense, harsh, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, war, battles, survival, soldier, nazi, world war, tank, escapades, anti war, wartime life, danger ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945, year 1969, 20th century
Place:
germany, europe, italy
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia, UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
When in 1941 Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union, their troops quickly besieged Leningrad. Foreign journalists are evacuated but one of them, Kate Davies, is presumed dead and misses the plane. Alone in the city she is helped by Nina Tsvetnova a ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, bleak, gloomy
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, hunger, siege, battles, soldier, self sacrifice, female protagonist, wartime life, chess, journalist, world war, danger ...
Time:
1940s, year 1941, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
russia, st. petersburg russia
Similarity:
43%
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:
emotional, disturbing, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
holocaust, concentration camp, nazism, holocaust survivor, german occupation, world war two, nazi, genocide, nazi concentration camp, shoah, world war, injustice ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 2009, post world war two, year 1942
Place:
paris france, vichy, france, middle east, europe ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, Czech Republic
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A group of people are imprisoned in a rail car bound from Berlin to a concentration camp in 1945.
Style:
serious, realistic, bleak, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
holocaust, nazism, nazi, gestapo, nazi germany, anti semitism, danger, life is a bitch, pow, war, confined, world war ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1943, post world war two
Place:
germany, israel, europe
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A group of American GIs work their way through war-torn France during the final days of the Second World War.
Style:
realistic, disturbing, thought provoking, captivating, historical drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, military, wehrmacht, behind enemy lines, soldier, battles, heroes, danger, world war, american soldier, mormon, friendship ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, 20th century
Place:
europe, provence, france
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Denmark
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In the early morning of April 9th 1940 the Danish army is alerted. The Germans have crossed the border; Denmark is at war against Europe's strongest army. In Southern Jutland Danish bicycle- and motorcycle companies are ordered out, to against ...
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi occupation, wehrmacht, military, war, soldier, battles, danger, against the odds, nazi, world war, friendship ...
Time:
20th century, year 1940, 1940s
Place:
denmark, germany, europe
Similarity:
38%
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:
bleak, realistic, captivating, disturbing, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, hitler, nazi germany, nazi, against humanity, suicide, confinement indoors, wartime life, life is a bitch, state affairs, downfall, confined ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1945
Place:
germany, berlin germany, europe
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, UK, Austria, Ireland
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The deportation of 4000 Jews from Budapest to Auschwitz in July 1944, as told by George Tabori, and how the narrator's mother escaped it, owing to coincidence, courage and some help from where you'd least expect it.
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, bleak, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, genocide, wartime life, world war, auschwitz, rape, concentration camp, deportation, hopes, holocaust survivor, battles ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
budapest, berlin germany, hungary
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A teenager joins the resistance in Nazi-occupied France during World War II.
Style:
bleak, tense, captivating, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
world war two, german soldier, repression, communist, french resistance, execution, suppression, nazi officer, concentration camp, hostage, assassination, wehrmacht ...
Time:
year 1941, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
37%
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 ...
Style:
captivating, rough, realistic, serious, bleak
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, war, soldier, resistance movement, military life, military, captivity, against the odds, battles, leadership, against humanity ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
36%
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, thought provoking, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
concentration camp, world war two, pow, holocaust, escape, shoah, against humanity, genocide, military, captivity, nazi, hopes ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
poland, europe
Similarity:
36%
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