Movies like April Morning
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April Morning (1988)
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A teenager grows up during the onset of the American revolution.
Style:
sincere, uplifting, thought provoking, bleak, serious, captivating, emotional, realistic, disturbing, period drama
Plot:
american revolution, american history, revolutionary war, coming of age, freedom, war for independence, struggle, soldier, independence, father son relationship, death of father, tragic hero, medieval, president, revolutionary, culture, conflict, american revolutionary war, military, battles, war, heroes, youth, politics, rebellion ...
Time:
18th century, 1770s
Place:
america, massachusetts, usa, new england, north america, american
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Most similar movies to April Morning
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and epic films with plots about battles, military, war, rebellion, soldier, revolution and heroes mostly in Drama, War and History genres. Some movies like April Morning: The Crossing (2000), Revolution (1985), Gettysburg (1993), Gods and Generals (2003), The Patriot (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A made-for-TV dramatization of George Washington's perilous gamble of crossing the Delaware River and attacking the British forces at Trenton.
Style:
tense, realistic, exciting, serious, political ...
Plot:
american revolution, george washington, war, american history, battles, heroes, last stand, battlefield, rebellion, against the odds, military life, heroic mission ...
Time:
18th century, 1770s, georgian era
Place:
philadelphia, america, usa, delaware, pennsylvania ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Norway
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
New York trapper Tom Dobb becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his son Ned is drafted into the Army by the villainous Sergeant Major Peasy. Tom attempts to find his son, and eventually becomes convinced that he must take ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspense, independent film, cult classic ...
Plot:
revolution, politics, soldier, battles, independence, rebellion, fall in love, danger, human spirit, life is a bitch, rivalry, war ...
Time:
18th century, 1770s
Place:
usa, america, new york
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
On the glorious battlefields of the American Revolution, two great generals distinguished themselves; George Washington and Benedict Arnold. Washington is remembered as America's founding father, Arnold as America's most notorious traitor. ...
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, thought provoking, emotional ...
Plot:
american revolution, independence, revolution, treason, political unrest, political conspiracy, military, assassination, moral dilemma, war, tragic hero, rebellion ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era, 1770s, 1780s
Place:
usa, america, west point, canada, quebec ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 254 min.
Story:
Summer 1863. The Confederacy pushes north into Pennsylvania. Union divisions converge to face them. The two great armies clash at Gettysburg, site of a theology school. For three days, through such legendary actions as Little Round Top and ...
Style:
epic, captivating, breathtaking, factual, intense ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
american civil war, military, war, battles, slavery, civil war, civil rights, independence, usa history, soldier, infantry, epic battle ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, 1860s
Place:
usa, pennsylvania, maryland
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 219 min.
Story:
The film centers mostly around the personal and professional life of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, a brilliant if eccentric Confederate general, from the outbreak of the American Civil War until its halfway point when Jackson is killed ...
Style:
serious, sincere, rough, costume drama, period piece ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
american civil war, military, confederate soldier, american history, civil war, epic battle, confederate army, battlefield, war hero, military life, u.s. civil war, social relations ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
virginia, west virginia, maine, north america, america ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A chronicle of events that led to the British involvement in the Crimean War against Russia and which led to the siege of Sevastopol and the fierce Battle of Balaclava on October 25, 1854 which climaxed with the heroic, but near-disastrous calvary ...
Style:
epic, factual, harsh, serious, exciting ...
Plot:
british history, british army, politics, cavalry charge, visceral, military, british soldier, last stand, anti war, battles, tragic hero, justice ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s, victorian era, turn of the century, 60s ...
Place:
england, crimea, europe, turkey, istanbul turkey ...
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the simple life of a farmer. But when his son Gabriel enlists in the army to defend their new nation, ...
Style:
period piece, dramatic, sincere, rough, inspirational ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids, manly, boys' night, girls' night ...
Plot:
american revolution, war, military, revolution, battles, vengeance, lone hero, violence, freedom, rebellion, revenge, wartime ...
Time:
18th century, year 2000, y2k, georgian era, 1780s ...
Place:
boston, southern usa, america, virginia, britain ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Story:
The story of a group of very different men fighting in the American Colonies for freedom, and how they will shape the future for the United States of America.
Style:
captivating, historical drama, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
american revolution, human spirit, battles, politics, rebelliousness, political unrest, heroes, state affairs, rebellion, military, revolution, american history ...
Time:
18th century, future, 1770s, georgian era
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of New York farmer, Abe Woodhull, who bands together with a group of childhood friends to form The Culper Ring, an unlikely group of spies who turn the tide in America’s fight for independence.
Style:
period piece, captivating, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
american revolution, spy, colonial america, american history, george washington, espionage, political unrest, treason, rebelliousness, ambition, undercover, rivalry ...
Time:
18th century, 1780s, 1770s, georgian era
Place:
usa, new jersey, america, new york, connecticut
Similarity:
24%
153K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.
Style:
epic, inspirational, period piece, suspense, emotional ...
Plot:
american civil war, battles, civil war, military, slavery, prejudice, racism, war, black history, u.s. civil war, human spirit, african american ...
Time:
19th century, year 1989, 1800s, 1860s, 20th century ...
Place:
massachusetts, america, south carolina, georgia, africa ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
A Bridge Too Far tells the story of Operation Market Garden, the failed attempt by the allies to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland and allowing access over the Rhine into Germany. A combination of poor allied intelligence and ...
Style:
epic, realistic, breathtaking, suspense, intense ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
world war two, war, behind enemy lines, wartime, tank, courage, military, combat, paratrooper, plan gone wrong, allies, mission ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1944, 70s
Place:
germany, america, europe, netherlands, canada ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 199 min.
Story:
Russia attacked Finland in late November 1939. This film tells the story of a Finnish platoon of reservists from the municipality of Kauhava in the province of Pohjanmaa/Ostrobothnia who leave their homes and go to war. The film focuses on the ...
Style:
realistic, epic, tense, bleak, captivating ...
Plot:
war, world war two, winter, invasion, infantry, cold weather, wartime, military, world war, battlefield, tank, politics ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1939
Place:
finland, russia, baltics, europe, soviet union ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Several years after the battle of Waterloo, a former soldier from Shoreditch sits in a London inn reminiscing about the brave and determined officer who took him to hell and back. The narrator is Rifleman Cooper, and the officer whose fame he ...
Plot:
napoleonic wars, revolutionary war, french revolution, revolutionary, struggle, medieval, revolution, freedom, cannon, combat, soldier, sniper ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
In the winter of 1944, the Allied Armies stand ready to invade Germany at the coming of a New Year. To prevent this occurrence, Hitler orders an all out offensive to re-take French territory and capture the major port city of Antwerp. "The ...
Style:
epic, factual, tense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
manly, girls' night, kids, teens
Plot:
world war two, war, tank, nazi, epic battle, u.s. military, world war, battles, heroic mission, military, campaign, danger ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1944
Place:
belgium, america, europe, berlin germany, hawaii ...
Similarity:
23%
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, rough, serious, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
war, world war two, against the odds, president, battles, human spirit, military life, basic training, heroic mission, soldier, leadership, idealism ...
Time:
post world war two
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
TV show
Story:
This movie is also in existance as a 3 part miniseries. America just before and during the Civil War, as seen through the eyes of an artist correspondent. The plot revolves around the families of two sisters; Maggie Geyser and Evelyn Hale. The ...
Style:
realistic, disturbing, captivating, serious, exciting ...
Plot:
american civil war, cavalry, military, civil war, u.s. civil war, battles, family life, working class, rebellion, society, showdown, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
19th century
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
An American Army officer is recruited by the yet to exist Israel to help them form an army. He is disturbed by this sudden appeal to his jewish roots. Each of Israel's Arab neighbors has vowed to invade the poorly prepared country as soon as ...
Style:
epic, retro, cult classic, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
arab, arab israeli conflict, military, fortress, israeli army, war, conflict, israeli palestinian conflict, struggle, husband wife relationship, desert, adultery ...
Time:
1940s, year 1966, 20th century, year 1948, year 1947
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine, jerusalem, tel aviv israel
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An investigation of the massacre of 24 men, women and children in Haditha, Iraq allegedly shot by 4 U.S. Marines in retaliation for the death of a U.S. Marine killed by a roadside bomb. The movie follows the story of the Marines of Kilo Company, an ...
Style:
disturbing, tense, sexy, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
soldier, iraq war, military, marine, war, culture clash, desert, military life, marines, society, vengeance, occupation ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
iraq, middle east, united kingdom
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Col. Mike Kirby picks two teams of crack Green Berets for a mission in South Vietnam. First off is to build and control a camp that is trying to be taken by the enemy the second mission is to kidnap a North Vietnamese General
Style:
realistic, serious, retro, thought provoking, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
vietnam war, green beret, propaganda, special forces, u.s. military, culture clash, politics, war, freedom, soldier, revolutionary war, anti communist ...
Time:
60s, 80s
Place:
vietnam, asia, indochina, iraq
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The life of one of the USA's Founding Fathers, its second President, and his role in the nation's first 50 years.
Style:
period piece, costume drama, political, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
american history, president, politics, american revolution, true love, lawyer, u.s. president, independence, colonial america, politician, leader, historical character ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century, ancient times, 2000s, year 2008 ...
Place:
usa, boston, massachusetts, america, paris france ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.
Style:
factual, heroic, realistic, epic, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
military, vietnam war, war, soldier, battles, battlefield, ambush, military life, heroic mission, infantry, wartime, justice ...
Time:
20th century, year 2002, 60s, 2000s
Place:
vietnam, america, asia, usa, iraq ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion. The disparate interests unite for survival despite competing factions, overwhelming odds, ...
Style:
serious, exciting, realistic, epic, suspense ...
Plot:
battles, imperialism, politics, british empire, colonialism, revolution, military, political unrest, rivalry, state affairs, against the odds, culture clash ...
Time:
1900s, 19th century, turn of the century, year 1900, year 1963 ...
Place:
china, england, france, beijing china, europe ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Sam Elliot stars as Sam Houston, the visionary who nearly single-handedly forged the state of Texas into a powerful entity in its own right. Refusing to forget the Alamo (as if anyone could), Houston led the military in Texas' rebellion against ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, realistic, serious, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
war, biopic, battles, political unrest, heroes, leadership, military, rise to the top, state affairs, folk hero, head of state, cannon ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
texas, mexico, austin texas
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
Culloden is a 1964 docudrama written and directed by Peter Watkins for BBC TV. It portrays the 1746 Battle of Culloden that resulted in the British Army's destruction of the Scottish Jacobite uprising and, in the words of the narrator, ...
Style:
philosophical, political, cerebral, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot:
war, battles, socialist, social commentary, time machine, historical event, love letter, british army, rebellion, soldier, power relations, society ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era
Place:
scotland, scottish highlands, europe, england
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The Trench tells the story of a group of young British soldiers on the eve of the Battle of the Somme in the summer of 1916, the worst defeat in British military history. Against this ill-fated backdrop, the movie depicts the soldiers' ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, bleak, gloomy ...
Plot:
world war one, young man, soldier, military, great war, battlefield, world war, 007, world war two, nature, intrigue, holocaust ...
Time:
year 1916, 1910s
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Brazil
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
The film adaptation of Nobel Prize winning author, Mario Vargas Llosa's epic, The War At The End Of the World (La guerra del fin del mundo).
Style:
political, captivating, serious, realistic, epic ...
Plot:
prostitution, military, reflection, battles, american civil war, family relations, politics, religions or cults, society, unfulfillment, danger, life is a bitch ...
Time:
19th century, turn of the century
Place:
brazil, latin america
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France, Morocco
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A drama following a French platoon during Algeria's war of independence
Style:
sexy, realistic, rough, serious, disturbing ...
Plot:
military, politics, atrocity, soldier, anti war, racism, basic training, imperialism, military life, political unrest, moral dilemma, danger ...
Time:
1950s, year 2007, 50s, year 1959
Place:
algeria, europe, france
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: China, USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
The Founding of a Republic is a Chinese historical film commissioned by China's film regulator and made by the state-owned China Film Group (CFG) to mark the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China. The film retells the tale of ...
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, rough, disturbing ...
Plot:
politics, political unrest, chinese history, communist party, assassination, state affairs, military, revolution, ambition, heroes, battles, historical event ...
Time:
year 1947, year 1948, year 1945, year 1949
Place:
china, taiwan, shanghai, beijing china
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 480 min.
TV show
Story:
The early life and career of the American General and President through his participation in the Revolutionary War.
Plot:
american revolution, president, u.s. president, revolution, french and indian war, medieval, american politics, war for independence, usa history, independence, freedom, fictional history ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
america
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, War, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The true story of Iroquois warrior Thayendanegea participating in the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, factual, epic ...
Plot:
colonial america, battles, fort, society, friendship, military, american revolution, historical event, brothers, rise and fall, french army, 007 ...
Time:
18th century, 1770s, 90s, 1780s
Place:
america, canada, new york
Similarity:
19%
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