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The Winston Affair (1964)
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The Winston Affair (1964)
Original name: Man in the Middle
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In a remote jungle outpost in the Far Eastern theater of World War II, a hotheaded American soldier murders an allied British sergeant in cold blood. Stalwart American Lt. Colonel Barney Adams (Mitchum) is dispatched to defend him in the ensuing court martial. But when Lt. Adams starts encountering roadblocks in his search for evidence, and his key witnesses start disappearing one after another, he soon realizes he's merely a pawn in a mysterious conspiracy that could extend to the highest levels of military power.
Style: rough, bleak, serious, captivating, suspenseful, independent film, realistic, disturbing
Plot: world war two, courtroom drama, murder, soldier, legal investigation, dedicated lawyer, world war, court martial, war, psychopath, heroes, military, legal action, politics, racism, life is a bitch, rebellion, legal, society, infidelity, law enforcement, false accusation, military life, wartime life, mentally unstable ...
Place: india, asia

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Most similar movies to The Winston Affair

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and bleak films with plots about life is a bitch, military, soldier, war, wartime life, world war two and society mostly in Drama, War and Crime genres. Some movies like The Winston Affair: Word of Honor (2003), The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1988), Story of a Prostitute (1965), Sword of Honour (2001), Citizen Verdict (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Word of Honor (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Prompted by a just-published book that holds ex-lieutenant Ben Tyson accountable for a hushed-up massacre committed by his platoon in a Hue hospital 18 years before, the army recalls Tyson to stand trial for murder. Tyson, confronted by an army ...
Style: rough, suspenseful, tense, serious, bleak ...
Plot: vietnam war, courtroom drama, army investigation, uncover truth, protagonist as suspect, rebellion, military, dedicated lawyer, legal, law enforcement, society, dishonesty ...
Place: vietnam, asia
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95%
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1988)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A full-length adaptation, originally staged as a play, of the court-martial segment from the novel "The Caine Mutiny".
Style: talky, biting, thought provoking, disturbing, clever ...
Plot: courtroom drama, world war two, court martial, army investigation, lawyer, legal, rebellion, leadership, law enforcement, mentally unstable, dishonesty, dedicated lawyer ...
Time: 1940s
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95%
Story of a Prostitute (1965)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Disappointed by the marriage of her lover to a woman he does not love, prostitute Harumi drifts from the city to a remote Japanese outpost in Manchuria to work in a "comfort house," or brothel, during the Sino-Japanese war. The commanding ...
Style: sex comedy, erotic, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot: world war two, prostitute, prostitution, soldier, female nudity, desertion, crazy love, wartime, sex, whore, japanese history, world war ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s
Place: china, japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Sword of Honour (2001)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 208 min.
Story: Guy Crouchback joins the war effort during World War 2, an idealistic quest to join the forces of good in the fight against evil. But his efforts is not rewarded, he never has any chance to join any real fighting, circumstances always prevent it. ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, touching, semi autobiographical ...
Plot: world war two, military, love triangle, fighting the system, love and romance, betrayal, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, military life, soldier, basic training, society ...
Time: future, 1940s
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Citizen Verdict (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Marty Rockman, the notorious producer of the hit reality-TV show "So Sue Me", has a brand new concept: "Citizen Verdict". Each week a real criminal case will be tried before the American people, but this time they're also ...
Style: serious, disturbing, thought provoking, realistic, bleak ...
Plot: jury, courtroom drama, dishonesty, legal investigation, murder, false accusation, political corruption, political unrest, courtroom, power relations, rebellion, law enforcement ...
Place: usa, florida
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58%
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Company K (2004)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Based on the popular World War I novel by author William March, director Robert Clem's COMPANY K follows a veteran of the first great conflict as he finishes a book about his wartime experiences and reflects on how a man's true character ...
Style: serious, psychological, captivating, disturbing, epic ...
Plot: world war one, veteran, soldier, wartime life, battles, state affairs, military, life is a bitch, politics, prison life, haunted by the past, military life ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, year 1917
Place: france
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58%
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Texas '46 (2002)
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 ...
Style: suspenseful, rough, disturbing, realistic, exciting ...
Plot: fascism, world war two, military, military life, prison life, isolation, danger, wartime life, captivity, confined, genocide, prison ...
Time: 1940s
Place: usa, texas
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57%
The Iron Triangle (1989)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Based on the diary of an unknown Viet Cong soldier, this film provides a sympathetic look at a Viet Cong soldier who protected a captured American soldier whom he believed did not kill him when the American had the opportunity. Written by John ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, exciting ...
Plot: vietnam war, confined, military life, captivity, battles, rebellion, espionage, on the run, life is a bitch, political unrest, wartime life, anti war ...
Time: year 1989
Place: vietnam, asia
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48%
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Afterburn (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Based on a true story, one woman takes on the U.S. military and General Dynamics; maker of the F-16, thought to be the very best tactical fighter in the world. Air Force Captain Theodore T. Harduvel was one of the best F-16 pilots the U.S. had to ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, thought provoking, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: aviation, heroes, hopes, politics, law enforcement, state affairs, righting the wronged, military, rivalry, danger, legal, fighting the system ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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The Skin (1981)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Naples, year 1943, in the middle of World War II. The city has just be liberated by American troops in an era in which nobody knows just when the war or where begins the peace; winners and losers face...
Style: controversial, serious, bleak, rough, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, wartime life, world war, translator, female pubic hair, chaos and mayhem, war, against humanity, life is a bitch, soldier, society, captivity ...
Time: year 1981, 1940s, 20th century
Place: italy, naples italy, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Three Blind Mice (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A lawyer defends a man he's known since serving together in Vietnam, who has been accused of murdering three Vietnamese immigrants. Now he'll have to fight against a tenacious District Attorney, and evidence connected to the man's ...
Style: serious, tense, captivating, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: legal investigation, courtroom drama, murder, frame up, vietnam veteran, protagonist as suspect, false accusation, dishonesty, law enforcement, life is a bitch, legal action, legal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Stones for the Rampart (2014)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 111 min.
Story: To be defeated and not be - a victory. This is the motto that life is guided by three young friends: Alek, Sophy and Rudy. Scouts, high school graduates high school in Warsaw drifting ambitious plans for the future broken through September 1939. ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating, suspense ...
Plot: world war two, wartime life, against the odds, life is a bitch, daring rescue, danger, prospector, wartime, german occupation, resistance, resistance fighter, nazi occupation ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: europe, poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Based on the true story of Clarence Brandley, a black man wrongly accused in 1980 of the murder of a 16-year-old white high school girl named Cheryl Ferguson. Brandley worked at Conroe High School, where Ferguson was visiting as a member of the ...
Style: disturbing, realistic, suspenseful, emotional, serious ...
Plot: prison, confined, uncover truth, fighting the system, false accusation, courtroom drama, society, life is a bitch, legal, legal action, dishonesty, law enforcement ...
Time: 80s
Place: usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Death of a Soldier (1986)
Genre: Crime, Drama, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Based on a true story, James Coburn portrays a military lawyer assigned to defend a confessed psychotic killer. Set in the context of WWII and the uneasy US-Australian military alliance. The accused killer claims to have killed 3 women in order to ...
Style: realistic, serious, disturbing, suspenseful, independent film
Plot: serial killer, world war two, true crime, killer, murder, soldier, diplomacy, trial, psychopath, army investigation, legal, dedicated lawyer ...
Time: year 1986
Place: australia, melbourne
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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The Situation (2006)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The first U.S.-made film drama set during the Iraq war, THE SITUATION chronicles the tragic death of an Iraqi teenager at the hands of U.S. soldiers. The incident sets off an "investigation," a cover-up, and complications involving Iraqi ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough, extraordinary
Plot: iraq war, danger, assassination, racism, battles, terrorism, media, soldier, military, state affairs, journalism, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 2006
Place: iraq, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Pastorale 1943 (1978)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 125 min.
Story: In a Dutch village during the German occupation, a small group of badly organized resistance fighters attempt to assassinate a collaborator.
Style: suspenseful, factual, psychological, disturbing, rough ...
Plot: world war two, life is a bitch, social relations, rebelliousness, human nature, resistance, execution, war, robbery, torture, nazi occupation, dutch history ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: holland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami (1988)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: There is no question that the Arab terrorist portrayed by Robert Davi is guilty of killing five US citizens in Barcelona. Even his lawyers have zero respect for the rabidly sociopathic Davi. But Jewish defence attorney Ron Leibman is obsessed with ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful
Plot: lawyer, terrorism, law, professor, trial, power relations, injustice, hotshot lawyer, confined, danger, dishonesty, life is a bitch ...
Time: 80s
Place: spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Behind Enemy Lines (1985)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Professor-turned-spy Col. Calvin Turner and his associate, workaholic Lt. Shelley Flynn, plan a daring rescue behind enemy lines in World War II German-occupied Norway of a brilliant scientist who may or may not be aiding the Germans.
Style: exciting, captivating, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Plot: spy, state affairs, chases and races, undercover, criminal heroes, heroes, danger, against humanity, war, espionage, military, rebellion ...
Time: 20th century
Place: london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 179 min.
Story: In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his ...
Style: black and white, political, suspenseful, emotional, disturbing ...
Plot: courtroom drama, judge, genocide, holocaust, justice, lawyer, court, legal, courtroom, trial, politics, nazi ...
Time: 20th century, year 1946, 1940s, year 1961, 60s ...
Place: germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Hitler's S.S.: Portrait in Evil (1985)
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: bleak, disturbing, captivating, serious, realistic
Plot: world war two, nazi, gestapo, hitler, combat, world war, concentration camp, ss, third reich, nazism, cabaret, wartime life ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s
Place: germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Assault on Hill 400 (2023)
Genre: War
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: On November 14, 1944, the 2nd Ranger Battalion is tasked with sieging the German town of Bergstein, and Hill 400, a highly strategic position that provides the Reich with high ground for artillery.
Style: captivating, serious, bleak, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: american soldier, world war two, forest, fortress, shootout, german soldier, nurse, soldier, military, world war, war, military life ...
Time: year 1944
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39%
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Mutiny (1999)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Fact-based story about 300 predominantly black sailors who were killed on July 17, 1944 while loading munitions on a ship in San Francisco. Three weeks later, 50 survivors were court-martialed for refusing to load another shipment. The men cited the ...
Style: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot: ship, world war two, boot camp, injustice, power relations, dishonesty, legal, life is a bitch, military, legal action, society, fighting the system ...
Time: 1940s
Place: san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Silence (2011)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A drama between people under unconventional circumstances. In the Second World War Finland was the only nation who brought casualties killed-in-action back to be buried at home. These actions were carried out by men and women working in assembly ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, suspenseful, sad ...
Plot: world war two, military, wartime life, life is a bitch, heroes, idealism, heroism, death of son, russo finnish war, eastern front, soldier, nervous breakdown ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1944
Place: finland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Color of Justice (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Four young black men kill a white woman, the D.A. is very cautious in how to proceed...
Style: tense, thought provoking, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot: murder, courtroom drama, dedicated lawyer, hotshot lawyer, dishonesty, law enforcement, lawyer, nypd, racism, interracial relations, courtroom, injustice ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Back Door to Hell (1964)
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, serious, realistic, tense, psychotronic ...
Plot: world war two, espionage, war, danger, anti war, escapades, mission, world war, liberation, reconnaissance, battles, soldier ...
Time: 1940s
Place: the philippines, japan, asia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Witnesses (2003)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Croatia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Set amid the atrocities of war in the Balkans, Witnesses is retold, Rashomon-style, from various characters' viewpoints, adding new information about the complexity of war and humanity. Beginning inside a rustic house with a woman in black ...
Style: disturbing, bleak, tense, rough, serious ...
Plot: balkan war, military, soldier, investigation, murder, danger, police investigation, criminal heroes, amateur detective, human nature, political unrest, war ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: europe, croatia, balkan, former yugoslavia, serbia
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
War and Remembrance (1988)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 1620 min.
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Story: War and Remembrance is an American miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Herman Wouk. It is the sequel to highly successful The Winds of War.
Style: historical drama, saga, captivating, exciting, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, war, holocaust, nazi germany, military, world war, submarine, nazi, wartime, conservative, cavalry, winston churchill ...
Time: 1940s
Place: asia, japan, europe, pacific ocean, pearl harbor ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
A Date with Darkness: The Trial and Capture of Andrew Luster (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Andrew Luster, the heir to the Max factor fortune, is convicted of rape on 86 counts. This Lifetime original movie recounts the rapes committed by the infamous Andrew Luster and the women who brought him to justice.
Style: serious, disturbing, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: investigation, courtroom drama, injustice, dishonesty, legal, life is a bitch, society, nightclub, sexual abuse, rape, rivalry, bounty hunter ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Time to Kill (1989)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: 1936, Italian army is invading Ethiopia. Lieutenant Silvestri suffering toothache decides to reach the nearest camp hospital. But the lorry has an accident and stop near a rock, so Silvestri continues by walk. On his way he meets and rapes a ...
Style: realistic, serious, rough, disturbing, historical drama ...
Plot: hospital, murder, italian army, danger, military, investigation, soldier, world war two, italian history, buddies, interracial, violent content ...
Time: year 1936, pre world war two
Place: africa, ethiopia
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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The Blockhouse (1973)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A group of Slave workers, drafted by the Nazis to help construct their coastal defenses in 1944 are trapped in an underground bunker when the Allies land at Normandy on D-Day. They find huge dtores of food but not enough candles. The slow dying of ...
Style: grindhouse, bleak, suspenseful, gloomy, serious ...
Plot: world war two, chess, world war, bunker, d day, survival, claustrophobia, battles, holocaust, wartime life, prison, war ...
Time: 1940s
Place: france
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32%
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