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The 13 Roses (2007)
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Original name: Las 13 rosas
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
True story of thirteen totally normal young women that suffered harsh questioning and were put in prison under made up charges of helping the rebellion against Franco back in the 1940s. Despite of their innocence, the thirteen were soon executed without even a trace of evidence of any wrong doing.
Style:
disturbing, touching, emotional, social, political, hispanic, serious, realistic, gloomy, intellectual ...
Plot:
spanish civil war, hopes, injustice, spanish history, false accusation, woman in danger, social decay, betrayal, life is a bitch, prison life, society, danger, political unrest, false arrest, idealism, dishonesty, strong female presence, state affairs, feminism, dictatorship, prison, civil war, anarchist, feminist, gender ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century, year 1937, year 1939, year 1936, year 1938 ...
Place:
spain, europe, morocco, barcelona, madrid, catalonia, basque country ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, crying and political films with plots about politics, human rights, death, murder, execution, freedom and family relations mostly in Drama, History and War genres. Some movies like The 13 Roses: Land and Freedom (1995), Freedomfighters (1996), The Endless Trench (2019), Soldiers of Salamina (2003), Guernica (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The movie narrates the story of David Carr, an unemployed worker and member of the Communist Party of Great Britain. In 1936 he decides to fight for the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War, an anti-fascist coalition of liberals, communists and ...
Style:
political, sad, hispanic, philosophical, social ...
Plot:
spanish civil war, politics, revolution, anarchist, working class, civil war, communist, trench warfare, anarchy, socialist, dictator, dictatorship ...
Time:
1930s, 90s, 20th century, year 1995, year 1937 ...
Place:
spain, catalonia, barcelona, europe, basque country ...
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Spain, Italy, Belgium
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, the nun Maria is forced to flee her convent. She takes refuge in a brothel, until it is liberated by a woman's anarchist group. Maria joins the group and eventually goes to the front. The women's ...
Style:
political, social, sad, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
spanish civil war, anarchist, anarchism, feminism, spanish history, civil war, rebellion, revolution, radical, female soldier, revolt, strike ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1938, year 1939, year 1936 ...
Place:
barcelona, iberian peninsula, europe, spain, basque country ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain, France, Canada
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
Higinio and Rosa have only been married for a few months when the Civil War breaks out, representing a serious threat to his life. Helped by his wife, they decide to use a hole dug into their own home as a provisional hiding place. The fear of ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, hispanic ...
Plot:
dictatorship, spanish civil war, secret, revenge, assassination, political repression, fear, arrest, small village, spanish history, hiding place, delusion ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century, year 1936, year 1945 ...
Place:
iberian peninsula, spain, andalusia, europe, morocco ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Professor Lola Sánchez investigates the truth behind the events experienced by Rafael Sánchez Mazas, one of the founders of the Falange Española party, during the Spanish Civil War.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, serious, sincere, political ...
Plot:
spanish civil war, soldier, writer's life, uncover truth, change of heart, lifesaver, society, political unrest, against humanity, writers, spanish history, civil war ...
Time:
year 1938, year 1937, year 1936, year 1939, 21st century
Place:
spain, iberian peninsula, basque country, madrid, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The fates of Henry - an American correspondent - and Teresa, one of the Republic's censors during the Spanish Civil War.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, crying ...
Plot:
spanish civil war, propaganda, world war two, civil war, saving a life, militia, military, war violence, hiding place, freedom, politics, nazism ...
Time:
1930s, year 1999, year 1937, pre world war two, year 1975 ...
Place:
basque country, spain, madrid, iberian peninsula, morocco ...
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51%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The film centres on Moncho and his coming-of-age experience in Galicia in 1936. Moncho develops a close relationship with his teacher Don Gregorio who introduces the boy to different things in the world. While the story centres on Moncho's ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, realistic, political, compassionate ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
spanish civil war, coming of age, civil war, friendship, children, teacher, childhood, altar boy, spanish history, depression, anarchist, family relations ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1999, 90s, year 1936 ...
Place:
spain, iberian peninsula, barcelona, europe, galicia ...
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Genre: Comedy, War
Country: Spain
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A platoon of mismatched republican soldiers cross the front-line to steal the bull that the enemy is going to fight on the saint patron date of the village. In addition to ruining the nationals' celebration they want the animal in order to ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, intellectual, crying
Plot:
spanish civil war, anarchist, soldier, male pubic hair, skinny dipping, male nudity, mutant, platoon, behind enemy lines, republican, military, satire ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1937, year 1938, year 1939 ...
Place:
spain, basque country, madrid, iberian peninsula, europe ...
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45%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Yugoslavia, Italy, West Germany, USA, France, Croatia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In January 1943 the German army, afraid of an Allied invasion of the Balkans, launched a great offensive against Yugoslav Partisans in Western Bosnia. The only way out for the Partisan forces and thousands of refugees was the bridge on the river ...
Style:
epic, exciting, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, partisan, battles, military, war, holocaust, freedom, world war, machine gun, tank, revolutionary war, judaism ...
Time:
1940s, year 1969, year 1939, year 1944, year 1945 ...
Place:
former yugoslavia, croatia, bosnia, europe, germany
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Ireland, Denmark, UK, Spain
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
William Franklin is a teacher who was born in Ireland and moved to the United States only to repatriate in 1939 after his leftist political views cause him to lose his job. Franklin becomes the first non-cleric instructor at St. Jude's, a ...
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, bleak, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
child abuse, juvenile delinquency, abuse, boarding school life, corporal punishment, gay rape, punishment, dedicated educator, child rape, boyhood, reformatory, orphanage ...
Time:
1930s, year 1939
Place:
ireland, europe, spain
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Spain
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Pepita travels to Madrid to be near her sister Hortensia who is pregnant and in prison. Hortensia is sentenced to death. The execution will not be carried out until after the baby is delivered. Pepita tries everything to stay the execution, but when ...
Style:
captivating, serious, emotional, suspenseful, political ...
Plot:
spanish civil war, wartime life, fall in love, franco regime (francoism), impossible love, political unrest, woman in danger, life is a bitch, sister sister relationship, civil war, family relations, false accusation ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
spain, europe, madrid
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67%
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:
30%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the story of three of the six surviving servicemen – John 'Doc' Bradley, Pvt. Rene Gagnon ...
Style:
emotional, sincere, realistic, epic, factual ...
Plot:
war, military, world war two, propaganda, wartime, survival, battles, guilt, photograph, world war, fame, american history ...
Time:
year 2006, post world war two, 20th century, 1940s, year 1939 ...
Place:
japan, asia, america, north america, usa ...
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29%
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
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29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caught out after curfew. While waiting for the German Kommondant, Jakob overhears a German radio broadcast about Russian troop movements. Returned to the ...
Style:
sad, cult classic, emotional, uplifting, semi serious ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, jewish ghetto, shoah, nazi, gestapo, world war, radio, judaism, hopes, lie, death ...
Time:
1940s, year 1999, 20th century, year 1942, year 1939 ...
Place:
poland, germany, europe, russia
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29%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement who were forced underground to evade the State.
Style:
political, factual, costume drama, period piece, bleak ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
feminism, feminist, women, girl power, sexism, rebelliousness, activism, politics, gender, women's suffrage, women's rights, sexual harassment ...
Time:
1900s, year 1912, 1910s, edwardian era, victorian era ...
Place:
england, london, britain, europe, united kingdom ...
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27%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Argentina
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
After the end of the Dirty War, a high school teacher sets out to find out who the mother of her adopted daughter is.
Style:
political, sad, captivating, suspenseful, sincere ...
Plot:
adoption, politics, military coup, society, family relations, dictatorship, uncover truth, parents and children, state affairs, haunted by the past, political unrest, capitalism ...
Time:
80s, year 1985, 20th century, year 1983
Place:
latin america, argentina, bolivia, spain, south america ...
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Chile, France, Mexico, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, due to international pressure, is forced to call a plebiscite on his presidency. The country will vote ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to Pinochet extending his rule for another eight years. Opposition ...
Style:
political, cerebral, psychological, sentimental, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
dictatorship, campaign, democracy, protest, politics, advertising, underdog, dictator, political conspiracy, society, exile, rebellion ...
Time:
80s, year 2012, year 1988, 2010s, 20th century ...
Place:
chile, latin america, santiago chile, south america, venezuela ...
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25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Hildegart is conceived and educated by her mother Aurora to be the woman of the future, to become one of the most brilliant minds of Spain in the 1930s and one of the European references on female sexuality.
Style:
social, period drama
Plot:
politics, murder, death, mother, mother daughter relationship, true crime, girlhood, woman, writers, toxic masculinity, stereotypes, daughter ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s
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25%
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Ireland, UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Enemy at the Gates is a war film from Jean-Jacques Annaud from 2001 that takes place during the battle of Stalingard in World War II between the Russians and the Germans.
Style:
sexy, epic, realistic, serious, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
war, world war two, sniper, military, stalingrad, world war, courage, friendship, nazi, wartime, hide and seek, winter ...
Time:
20th century, year 2001, 1940s, year 1940, year 1944 ...
Place:
germany, soviet union, iraq, persia, russia ...
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24%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Salamanca, Spain, 1936. In the early days of the military rebellion that began the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), writer Miguel de Unamuno supports the uprising in the hope that the prevailing political chaos will end. But when the confrontation ...
Style:
captivating, sincere, disturbing, psychological, intellectual
Plot:
spanish civil war, spanish history, coup d'etat, dictatorship, military coup, moral dilemma, philosopher, professor, arrest, military, franco regime (francoism), civil war ...
Time:
year 1936, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
morocco, spain, basque country, europe
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
The invasion of a village in Byelorussia by German forces sends young Florya into the forest to join the weary Resistance fighters, against his family's wishes. There he meets a girl, Glasha, who accompanies him back to his village. On ...
Style:
bleak, harsh, thought provoking, rough, brutal ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, genocide, war crime, against humanity, brutality, holocaust, nazi, atrocity, occupation, children in wartime, massacre, teenage girl ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, 20th century, year 1985, near future ...
Place:
germany, persia, europe, soviet union, russia ...
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22%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
Style:
breathtaking, realistic, captivating, tense, inspirational ...
Audience:
manly, date night, chick flick, kids, adult
Plot:
war, world war two, military, courage, battles, self sacrifice, sniper, friendship, nazi, combat, army, machine gun ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, year 1998, 90s, year 2013 ...
Place:
normandy, france, germany, poland, europe ...
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22%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Chile, Spain, UK, France
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Santiago, capital of Chile during the Marxist government of elected, highly controversial president Salvador Allende. Father McEnroe supports his leftist views by introducing a program at the prestigious "collegio" (Catholic prep school) ...
Style:
political, touching, sincere, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
childhood, coming of age, sexual initiation, politics, friendship, poverty, youth, dictatorship, boy, communism, trauma, demonstration ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
chile, latin america, south america, santiago chile, spain ...
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: West Germany, Czechoslovakia
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Wronke Prison, 1916. Social democrat Rosa Luxemburg faces a mock execution. Twenty years earlier, Rosa's political gifts are acknowledged by everyone, as she struggles for democratic government in Germany and revolution in Poland. There she ...
Style:
political, political thriller, philosophical, suspense, social ...
Plot:
communist, women, revolution, communism, biopic, capitalism, revolutionary, anarchist, world war one, protest, strike, union ...
Time:
20th century, year 1916
Place:
germany, berlin germany
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22%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France, Rwanda, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Debra Winger, Oris Erhuero and Idris Elba star in this drama framed by the Rwandan genocide.
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, bleak, disturbing ...
Plot:
genocide, massacre, coup, racism, against humanity, rwandan genocide, murder, civil war, politics, mass child killing, ethnic cleansing, mass murder ...
Time:
year 2005, year 1994, 90s
Place:
africa, rwanda, washington d.c., uganda, france ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Two westerners, a priest and a teacher find themselves in the middle of the Rwandan genocide and face a moral dilemna. Do they place themselves in danger and protect the refugees, or escape the country with their lives? Based on a true story.
Style:
disturbing, bleak, sad, emotional, sincere ...
Plot:
genocide, politics, coup d'etat, violence, survival, against the odds, rwandan genocide, teacher, survivor, priest, fighting the system, human spirit ...
Time:
year 2005, 90s, year 1994
Place:
africa, rwanda, united kingdom, uganda, tanzania ...
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Yoyes, the first woman to hold responsibility positions within ETA, returns from exile in Mexico and try to rebuild her life. But her return is not easy.
Style:
tense, captivating, realistic, serious, road movie ...
Plot:
terrorism, danger, society, rebellion, starting over, revolution, haunted by the past, rebelliousness, political unrest, state affairs, hopes, homecoming ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
basque country, spain, madrid, iberian peninsula, europe ...
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21%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 317 min.
Story:
Set in Bertolucci's ancestral region of Emilia, the film chronicles the lives of two men during the political turmoils that took place in Italy in the first half on the 20th century.
Style:
epic, controversial, compassionate, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
fascism, politics, world war two, italian history, friendship, revolution, class struggle, communism, peasant, socialist, sex, brutality ...
Time:
1900s, 1940s, 1920s, 1930s, 1910s ...
Place:
italy, paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Greece, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
An American couple in Chile is drawn into the turmoil that followed President Salvador Allende's 1973 overthrow.
Style:
intellectual, social
Plot:
capitalism, politics, coup, coup d'etat, abuse of power, ambassador, youth, sadism, kidnapping, media, abuse, voting ...
Time:
year 1987
Place:
latin america, chile, south america, europe, santiago chile
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Argentina, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A beautiful Argentine activist receives preferential treatment from a man supposed to torture her.
Style:
political, mindfuck, thought provoking, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
military dictatorship, operation condor, dictator, capitalism, torture, dictatorship, politics, state terrorism, coup, american imperialism, unrequited love, political repression ...
Time:
70s
Place:
latin america, buenos aires argentina, argentina, europe, chile ...
Similarity:
21%
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