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Cup Final (1991)
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Original name: גמר גביע
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An Israeli soldier is taken hostage by a small PLO squad in Lebanon. The soldier planned to go on vacation and to fly to the world final soccer cup, he and his capturers share the love to soccer and toward the (not so happy) end a relationship is made.
Style:
thought provoking, bleak, serious, captivating, realistic
Plot:
soccer, football, israeli, war, military, hostage, soldier, captivity, life is a bitch, profanity, anti war, infantrymen, confined, wartime life, hapless soldier, kidnapping, male nudity, killing an animal, israeli palestinian conflict, kidnapper kidnapped relationship, hostages
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
lebanon, middle east, palestine
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Most similar movies to Cup Final
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, bleak and captivating films with plots about soldier, military, war, life is a bitch, danger, wartime life and anti war mostly in Drama, War and Action genres. Some movies like Cup Final: Private (2004), The Last Winter (1983), Attack at Dawn (1970), Two Fingers from Sidon (1986), Lebanon (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
966
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A Palestinian family is trapped inside a house commandeered by Israeli soldiers.
Style:
serious, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, contemplative ...
Plot:
muslim, human rights, soldier, military, dysfunctional family, society, politics, terrorism, rivalry, confined, family problems, isolation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, palestine, jerusalem, palestinian authority, israel
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Tells the story of two women seeking leads to their missing husbands after the end of the Yom Kippur War (1973). A relationship builds between them when each identified her husband in the same blurred image of a foreign newsreel.
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, emotional, gloomy ...
Plot:
conflict, friends, military, war, life is a bitch, journalism, soldier, danger, destiny, military life, friendship, anti war ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Eli is an Israeli soldier who manages to escape from a notorious Arab prison. He makes it back to Israel, where he finds Beno, another soldier who had spent 2 years of horror in the same prison. They organize a rescue operation against the prison. ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
israeli, world war two, arab, prison, soldier, rescue mission, war, heroes, military, danger, confined, escapades ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
israel, syria, middle east
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74%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The story of a platoon of Israeli soldiers in Lebanon of 1986, shortly before Israeli withdrawal, and the dilemmas they face in having to fight against Lebanese guerilla in a hostile but civilian area.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, reflective, bleak, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
moral dilemma, realism, israeli army, combat, moral ambiguity, guerilla warfare, soldier, political conflict, platoon, occupation, fear, loss ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
lebanon, middle east, israel
Similarity:
72%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel, France, Germany, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
June, 1982 - The First Lebanon War. A lone tank and a paratroopers platoon are dispatched to search a hostile town - a simple mission that turns into a nightmare. The four members of a tank crew find themselves in a violent situation that they ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, disturbing, suspenseful, sincere ...
Plot:
military, arab israeli conflict, confined, sergeant, tank, israeli, israeli soldier, army vs civilians, military life, mission gone awry, moral dilemma, danger ...
Time:
year 1982, year 2009, 80s, 20th century
Place:
lebanon, middle east, israel, palestine, big ben london
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The film takes place in 1973 during the Yom Kippur War in which Egypt and Syria launched attacks in Sinai and the Golan Heights. The story is told from the perspective of Israeli soldiers. We are led by Weinraub and his friend Ruso on a day that ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
rescue, soldier, military life, military, life is a bitch, danger, battle zone, realism, israeli, conflict, sex scene, israeli army ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine, syria, iraq ...
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Lionel Chetwynd's film documents the horrific struggles that faced American POWs held in the North Vietnamese prison Hoa Lo -- more infamously known as the Hanoi Hilton -- between 1964 and 1975. Williamson (Michael Moriarty) leads a group of ...
Style:
political, grindhouse, independent film, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
vietnam war, military, prison, cannon, pow, electric torture, conservative, cold war era, prison escape, military prison, war trauma, escape ...
Time:
year 1987, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, indochina
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The Korean war does not start well for the US. They are being routed by the North Koreans and In July 1950, the early stage of the Korean War, at the Jugok Village in the middle of the Korean Peninsula, Chang-yee and his friends grow excited over ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
military, survival, captivity, wartime life, korean war, confined, homecoming, anti war, against humanity, genocide, isolation, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
north korea, korea
Similarity:
68%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In the final days of World War II, occupying Japanese forces in the Philippines face resistance from the local population and the American offensive. The dwindling Japanese soldiers attempt to survive through the horrors of war.
Style:
psychological, tense, atmospheric, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, japanese soldier, survival, danger, military life, escapades, isolation, confined, losing-it hero, rivalry, humanity, anti war ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
62%
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, rough, suspenseful, serious, exciting ...
Plot:
vietnam war, confined, captivity, military life, battles, life is a bitch, rebellion, on the run, espionage, political unrest, anti war, wartime life ...
Time:
year 1989
Place:
vietnam, asia, indochina
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Based on director Aureliano Amadei's 2003 experiences in Iraq, 20 Cigarettes is the gripping story of a twenty-eight year old anarchist and anti-war activist who receives an offer to fly to Iraq as assistant director on a film about the Italian ...
Style:
contemplative, realistic, serious, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
filmmaking, wartime life, life is a bitch, director, iraq war, soldier, military, assault, military base, death threat, filmmaker, military life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iraq, middle east
Similarity:
54%
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, rough, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot:
world war two, wartime life, female pubic hair, world war, translator, captivity, war, chaos and mayhem, against humanity, military, soldier, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 1981, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
italy, naples italy, rome italy
Similarity:
54%
138
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A few Palestinian guerilla's break into an Israeli camp in the occupied territories. They kill a few Israeli soldiers before they are killed, apart from one who dies in the camp after being captured alive. The Israeli military dispatch an ...
Style:
serious, realistic, thought provoking, captivating, suspenseful
Plot:
israeli, moral dilemma, army investigation, soldier, military, power relations, basic training, military base, military life, machismo, macho man, friend ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
israel, middle east
Similarity:
51%
854
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:
bleak, tense, serious, disturbing, rough ...
Plot:
balkan war, amateur detective, military, soldier, police investigation, murder, danger, investigation, criminal heroes, human nature, anti war, kidnapping ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
europe, croatia, balkan, serbia, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
50%
474
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, suspenseful, captivating, sad ...
Plot:
world war two, military, wartime life, heroes, life is a bitch, heroism, idealism, death of son, eastern front, russo finnish war, soldier, suicide attempt ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1944
Place:
finland, europe
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A Canadian doctor finds her sympathies sorely tested while working in the conflict ravaged Palestinian territories.
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, disturbing, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
israeli palestinian conflict, doctors and patients, political unrest, injustice, society, wartime life, friendship, life is a bitch, doctor, terrorism, tragedy, israeli ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
palestine, middle east, israel, palestinian authority, jerusalem
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, Morocco
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Afghanistan, 2006, Helmand Province becomes one of the most dangerous places on Earth as the British Army is deployed into the Taliban heartland. The Operation, Herrick, became synonymous with the struggle as British troops fought a losing battle ...
Style:
tense, psychological, realistic, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
war, military, british army, soldier, isolation, military life, danger, confined, chaos, war on terror, army, anti war ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
afghanistan, morocco, middle east
Similarity:
46%
384
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:
psychological, serious, captivating, disturbing, epic ...
Plot:
world war one, veteran, soldier, wartime life, battles, life is a bitch, military, state affairs, politics, military life, haunted by the past, prison life ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, year 1917
Place:
france
Similarity:
46%
Movie in collections
392
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, Germany, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Brothers Yaki and Shaul live with their parents in Petah Tikva, a satellite town of Tel Aviv. Yaki is doing military service. As for all other 18-year-old Israelis, this means he is allowed to carry a gun. This weapon gives the brothers the power to ...
Style:
realistic, tense, serious, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
family problems, kidnapping, family relations, unemployment, society, working class, parents and children, teenage life, dysfunctional family, soldier, youth, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Disheartened when his story about Canadian snipers possibly mutilating corpses in Afghanistan is buried, Luke (Nick Stahl) quits his job but is even more determined to return to Afghanistan to get the real story. With his offbeat buddy, Tom (Nicolas ...
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
war correspondent, journalism, anti war, military, idealism, danger, buddies, media, war on terror, war in afghanistan, journalist, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
afghanistan
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Three British soldiers find themselves stranded in No Man's Land after a failed charge on the German Trenches. Set in France 1916.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, bleak, captivating ...
Plot:
world war one, military, survival, danger, against the odds, mission gone awry, great war, escapades, infantrymen, world war two, violent content, hapless soldier ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century
Place:
france
Similarity:
45%
164
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Argentina, Bolivia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
In 1934, Bolivia is at war with Paraguay. Liborio and Ticona and other Bolivian indigenous soldiers are lost in the hell of the Chaco, under the commandment of German Captain Kundt. They're looking for the Paraguayan enemy that they ...
Style:
serious, realistic, intense, captivating
Plot:
wartime life, soldier, wartime, army, death, murder, brutality, danger, defeat, military, patriotism, war ...
Time:
20th century, year 1934
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Disheartened by futile combat, appalled by the corruption of their South Vietnamese ally, and constantly endangered by the incompetence of their own company commander, the young men find a possible way out of the war. They are told that if they ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, rough, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, military, bare chested male, american football, soccer, football, conflict, war trauma, exodus, cold war era, friendship, army ...
Time:
year 1978, 20th century, 60s
Place:
vietnam, the philippines, asia, indochina
Similarity:
44%
Movie in collections
487
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, Israel, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A Jewish woman is recruited to help track down a German commander who was her former husband.
Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing
Plot:
world war two, wartime life, conflict, british empire, israeli, israeli palestinian conflict, world war, girl, soldier, anti hero, injustice, religions or cults ...
Time:
year 1966, 1940s
Place:
palestine, israel, syria
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Senegal, Algeria, Tunisia
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
A historical drama based on the Thiaroye transit camp massacre, Camp de Thiaroye dismantles the myth of colonial assimilation to expose ingrained social and cultural mechanisms of racism, exploitation, and privilege. In 1944, the French army ...
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, serious, bleak, disturbing
Plot:
racism, black, prison, african, racial discrimination, historical event, blaxploitation, urban, imperialism, prison escape, racial issues, interracial relations ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
africa, senegal, france
Similarity:
41%
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:
41%
241
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:
rough, disturbing, suspenseful, realistic, exciting ...
Plot:
fascism, world war two, military, military life, genocide, confined, danger, captivity, prison life, wartime life, isolation, prison ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
usa, texas
Similarity:
41%
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:
40%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland, Israel
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
After Germany invades Poland and the Nazis order the confinement of all local Jews in the ghetto, medical doctor Artur Planck (Joseph Fiennes) manages to flee with his family, seeking refuge at the farm of Emilia (Kelly Harrison), their former ...
Style:
captivating, serious, emotional, tense, sexual ...
Plot:
world war two, wartime life, love triangle, sexual content, family in danger, couple relations, confined, against humanity, couples, life is a bitch, dishonesty, infidelity ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
eastern europe, middle east, poland, europe
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
World War I, Italian north-eastern front after the 1917 bloody battles on the Altipiano. A group of soldiers face the difficulty of war in a story that unfolds in the space of one night. Events follow one after the other without any kind of pattern: ...
Style:
atmospheric, realistic, serious, bleak, historical drama ...
Plot:
world war one, soldier, danger, anti war, military, battle zone, military life, introspection, life is a bitch, great war, mountain, war ...
Time:
20th century, 1910s, year 1917
Place:
italy
Similarity:
38%
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