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In the Presence of Mine Enemies (1997)
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In the Presence of Mine Enemies (1997)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In the Warsau Ghetto of 1943, one man's struggle to keep his family together leads him to the ultimate crisis of faith, and one final chance at redemption. Written by legendary 'Twilight Zone' creator, Rod Sterling.
Style: bleak, serious, emotional, realistic, disturbing, gloomy, contemplative
Plot: world war two, rabbi, holocaust, jewish, war, survival, misfit, family relations, human spirit, parents and children, family life, life is a bitch, injustice, society, anti semitism, confined, wartime life, against humanity, religions or cults, nazi, ghetto, sexual abuse, danger, nazis, female director
Time: 1940s, 40s
Place: europe, poland, warsaw poland

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, bleak and emotional films with plots about world war two, against humanity, holocaust, life is a bitch, jewish, nazi and war mostly in Drama, War and History genres. Some movies like In the Presence of Mine Enemies: The Diary of Anne Frank (2009), Uprising (2001), The Wall (1982), Out of the Ashes (2003), The Island on Bird Street (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
The Diary of Anne Frank (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 150 min.
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Story: Called the most accurate adaptation of Anne Frank’s moving diary, the film chronicles the Frank family as they flee from the Nazis in Amsterdam. Hiding behind a bookcase in a secret annex with random bombs exploding, Anne faces friction with her ...
Style: touching, sincere, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Plot: holocaust, nazism, against humanity, world war two, diary, jewish, wartime life, survival, human spirit, oppression, confined, life is a bitch ...
Time: 1940s
Place: holland, europe, netherlands, amsterdam
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Uprising (2001)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 177 min.
Story: Jews rise up in the Warsaw Ghetto against the Nazis in 1943.
Style: uplifting, captivating, serious, rough, political ...
Plot: holocaust, world war two, jewish ghetto, rebellion, human spirit, anti semitism, life is a bitch, survival, wartime life, against humanity, politics, society ...
Time: post world war two, 1940s, 20th century, year 1943
Place: germany, europe, warsaw poland, poland
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100%
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank (1988)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: During the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam, Otto Frank decides to hide his family, who are Jewish, after his daughter Margot is called to appear for transport to a Nazi labour camp. Miep Gies, Otto Frank's office assistant hides them in the attic ...
Style: thought provoking, realistic, serious, disturbing, bleak
Plot: holocaust, world war two, nazi, jewish, anti semitism, injustice, war, on the run, confined, survival, society, human spirit ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s, 20th century
Place: amsterdam, holland, europe
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46%
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The Wall (1982)
Genre: Action, War, Drama
Country: Poland, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: A dramatic re-enactment of the Warsaw Ghetto Jewish uprising in April 1943 were 650 armed members of the Jewish Fighting Organization of Poland held off a 3,000 strong Nazi force in which only a handful of Jews survived. Tom Conti plays Dolek ...
Style: tense, captivating, thought provoking, sincere, suspenseful ...
Plot: holocaust, world war two, racism, nazi, anti semitism, survival, war, confined, against humanity, military, escapades, heroes ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: poland, europe, warsaw poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Out of the Ashes (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: The real-life story of Gisella Perl, a Jewish Hungarian doctor imprisoned in the notorious Auschwitz death camp of World War II.
Style: realistic, serious, touching, uplifting, captivating ...
Plot: holocaust, concentration camp, survival, wartime life, holocaust survivor, world war two, human spirit, auschwitz, life is a bitch, starting over, anti semitism, war ...
Time: 1940s
Place: hungary, europe, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Irena Sendler is a Catholic social worker who has sympathized with the Jews since her childhood, when her physician father died of typhus contracted while treating poor Jewish patients. When she initially proposes saving Jewish children from the ...
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, tense, intense ...
Audience: family outing, date night
Plot: holocaust, world war two, nazi germany, jewish, ghetto, social worker, rescue, wartime life, life is a bitch, against humanity, historical figure, confined ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: poland, europe, warsaw poland
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39%
The Island on Bird Street (1997)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Denmark, UK, Germany, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Alex is an 11-year old boy who, during WWII, hides in the Jewish ghetto from Nazis after all the relatives have been sent to the concentration camp. The movie portrays the ghetto through his eyes.
Style: serious, realistic, tense, bleak
Plot: world war two, jewish, jewish ghetto, holocaust, youth, wartime life, ghetto, boy, children in wartime, coming of age, judaism, starvation ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: europe, poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Rosenstrasse (2003)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 136 min.
Story: When Ruth's husband dies in New York, in 2000, she imposes strict Jewish mourning, which puzzles her children. A stranger comes to the house - Ruth's cousin - with a picture of Ruth, age 8, in Berlin, with a woman the cousin says helped ...
Style: uplifting, touching, emotional, serious, realistic ...
Plot: holocaust, jewish, nazi germany, world war two, anti semitism, human spirit, life is a bitch, wartime life, hopes, couple relations, society, nazi ...
Time: 1940s, post world war two, year 1943, 20th century
Place: berlin germany, germany, europe, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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The Only Way (1970)
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, captivating, uplifting ...
Plot: holocaust, world war two, nazi occupation, battles, politics, military, heroes, confined, war, against humanity, society, state affairs ...
Time: 1940s
Place: denmark, europe, sweden
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Hiding Place (1975)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story: The Hiding Place is an account of a Dutch family who risk their lives by offering a safe haven for Jews during World War II
Style: christian film, bleak, uplifting, serious, realistic ...
Plot: holocaust, world war two, christian, faith, concentration camp, christianity, jewish, religion, intrigue, missionary, women, fictional history ...
Time: 1940s
Place: holland, europe, netherlands
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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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: suspenseful, gloomy, bleak, realistic, serious
Plot: world war two, bunker, d day, survival, battles, holocaust, wartime life, prison, war, human spirit, confined, life is a bitch ...
Time: 1940s
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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The Round Up (2010)
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: thought provoking, disturbing, emotional, realistic, serious ...
Plot: holocaust, concentration camp, nazism, holocaust survivor, jewish, world war two, german occupation, injustice, against humanity, genocide, occupation, society ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, post world war two, year 1942
Place: france, paris france, vichy, europe, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Hidden Children (2004)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 200 min.
Story: This is a true story about forty Jewish children on their way to Palestine, who were blocked by the German and Italian occupation of Yugoslavia in 1941. Before finding a haven at Villa Emma in Nonantola in northern Italy, where they arrived on June ...
Style: uplifting, touching, emotional, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot: holocaust, rescue, human spirit, orphan, survival, society, life is a bitch, against humanity, hopes, youth, fugitives, wartime life ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: italy, switzerland, europe, slovenia
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Nina's House (2005)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Starting in 1944 in the wake of the Liberation and continuing into the '60s, 'houses of hope' were established to lend a semblance of continuity to youngsters orpahaned by the war. Nina's Home takes place between September 1944 ...
Style: uplifting, serious, captivating, emotional, touching ...
Plot: adoption, holocaust, orphanage, confined, survival, society, against humanity, family relations, frame up, anti semitism, war, religions or cults ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: paris france, france
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The Last Train (2006)
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: disturbing, serious, realistic, bleak, captivating
Audience: date night
Plot: holocaust, nazism, anti semitism, nazi, concentration camp, life is a bitch, pow, nazi germany, gestapo, war, confined, jewish ...
Time: 1940s, post world war two, 20th century, year 1943
Place: germany, europe
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The Devil's Arithmetic (1999)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Hannah Stern, an American-born Jewish adolescent, is uninterested in the culture, faith and customs of her relatives; however, Hannah begins to revaluate her heritage when she has a supernatural experience that transports her back to a Nazi death ...
Style: emotional, realistic, serious, uplifting, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing
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Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: poland, europe
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31%
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Spring 1941 (2007)
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: tense, serious, emotional, captivating, sexy ...
Plot: world war two, wartime life, love triangle, family in danger, couple relations, against humanity, life is a bitch, infidelity, love and romance, dishonesty, couples, isolation ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: eastern europe, poland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Attack on Leningrad (2009)
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, bleak, rough, gloomy
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, siege, hunger, wartime life, battles, survival, soldier, self sacrifice, female protagonist, military, heroic mission, rationing ...
Time: 1940s, post world war two, year 1941, 20th century
Place: russia, st. petersburg russia
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30%
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A Day in October (1991)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Denmark
Duration: 100 min.
Story: During the month of October 1943, the Danish resistance movement and just plain ordinary citizens joined together in staging a mass exodus by fishing boats to neutral Sweden of their Jewish countrymen, practically on the eve of the Nazi's ...
Style: captivating, gloomy, bleak, touching, serious ...
Plot: world war two, terrorism, rescue, evacuation, strong female presence, against humanity, heroes, against the rules, love and romance, life is a bitch, war, secret place ...
Time: 1940s
Place: denmark, sweden, europe, scandinavia, copenhagen ...
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Varian's War: The Forgotten Hero (2001)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Varian Fry rescues more than 2,000 artists from Nazi persecution during World War II.
Style: serious, sincere, emotional, tense, realistic
Plot: world war two, uncover truth, hidden identity, wartime life, escapades, against humanity, moral dilemma, rescue, society, state affairs, life is a bitch, politics ...
Time: 20th century
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The Diary of Anne Frank (1980)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: The story of a 13-year-old Jewish girl and her family who are forced into hiding by the Nazis during World War II.
Style: uplifting, captivating, emotional, gloomy, touching ...
Plot: holocaust, world war two, nazi, writers, anti semitism, family relations, dentist, family life, family in danger, attic, confinement indoors, wartime life ...
Time: 1940s
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29%
Adam Resurrected (2008)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, Israel, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Before the war, in Berlin, Adam was an entertainer- cabaret impresario, magician, musician-loved by all until he finds himself in a concentration camp, confronted by Commandant Klein. Adam survives the camp by becoming the Klein's ...
Style: touching, serious, realistic, bleak, emotional ...
Plot: holocaust, nazi, world war two, survival, life is a bitch, against humanity, haunted by the past, mental illness, concentration camp, jewish, circus, patient ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, post world war two, 60s, 1930s ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A Gypsy family travels the French roads during the Second World War, followed by Little Claude, a young boy seeking a new family after his parents "left and never returned". Upon reaching a town where they traditionally stop for a few ...
Style: atmospheric, realistic, emotional, captivating, serious ...
Plot: world war two, gypsy, racism, holocaust, social differences, moral dilemma, life is a bitch, family in danger, rebellion, concentration camp, on the run, rebelliousness ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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The Aryan Couple (2004)
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: psychological, serious, captivating, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: concentration camp, world war two, holocaust, genocide, anti semitism, uncover truth, undercover, hidden identity, life is a bitch, survival, moral dilemma, forbidden love ...
Time: 1940s, post world war two, year 1944
Place: germany, hungary, switzerland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
One Day You'll Understand (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Germany, Israel
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A man endeavors to collect memories of his grandparents who died in a concentration camp during the Holocaust.
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, touching, gloomy ...
Plot: world war two, holocaust, war crime, haunted by the past, family relations, family life, parents and children, death in the family, against humanity, love and romance, society, jewish ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Unfair Competition (2001)
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: thought provoking, serious, captivating, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot: fascism, anti semitism, holocaust, ghetto, family business, social decay, political unrest, moral dilemma, against humanity, human nature, life is a bitch, world war two ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s
Place: italy, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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: disturbing, bleak, captivating, serious, realistic
Plot: world war two, nazi, hitler, gestapo, ss, concentration camp, third reich, nazism, wartime life, siblings relations, political unrest, cabaret ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s
Place: europe, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Judith (1966)
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, jewish, girl, soldier, religions or cults, battles, injustice, boarding school, undercover, criminal heroes, military ...
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Süskind (2012)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 118 min.
Story: In Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, Walter Süskind is a member of the Dutch Jewish Council who rescues hundreds of children from the concentration camps.
Style: serious, captivating, emotional, realistic, bleak
Plot: ss, world war two, wartime life, holocaust, war, nazi occupation, human spirit, selflessness, children, rescue, idealism, escape attempt ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: holland, europe, amsterdam
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Auschwitz (2011)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 73 min.
Story: Auschwitz is a hard-hitting war film which shows life as it really was at the death camp.
Style: disturbing, bleak, thought provoking, realistic, rough ...
Plot: nazi, holocaust, world war two, concentration camp, anti semitism, mass murder, against humanity, strong violent content, life is a bitch, postmodernism, society, genocide ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: europe, poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%