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The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank (1988)
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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 above the office. The film tells the true story of Gies' struggle to keep the family hidden and safe, as the Nazis turn Amsterdam upside-down. Based upon Gies' memoirs and Anne Frank's famous diary.
Style:
thought provoking, bleak, serious, realistic, disturbing
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, nazi, world war, anti semitism, journal, war, survival, heroes, racism, human spirit, family life, life is a bitch, injustice, society, danger, confined, strong female presence, on the run, attic, wartime life, family in danger, against humanity, hopes, anti hero ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century, 30s, 40s
Place:
holland, europe, amsterdam
Keyword:
jewish, german
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, bleak and captivating films with plots about world war two, holocaust, nazi, against humanity, war, wartime life and life is a bitch mostly in Drama, War and History genres. Some movies like The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank: The Hiding Place (1975), Conspiracy (2001), Europa Europa (1990), Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001), The Round Up (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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:
bleak, spiritual, independent film, christian film, uplifting ...
Plot:
holocaust, concentration camp, world war two, nazi concentration camp, christian, faith, christianity, jew persecution, religion, christian faith, shoah, fictional history ...
Time:
1940s, year 1975
Place:
holland, europe, netherlands
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The historical recreation of the 1942 Wannsee Conference, in which Nazi and SS leaders gathered in a Berlin suburb to discuss the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question". Lead by SS-General Reinhard Heydrich, this group of high ranking ...
Style:
political, factual, disturbing, bleak, atmospheric ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, genocide, nazi, politics, nazism, third reich, ss officer, war crime, anti semitism, racism, ss ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1942
Place:
berlin germany, germany, europe
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, France, Poland
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A Jewish boy separated from his family in the early days of WWII poses as a German orphan and is taken into the heart of the Nazi world as a 'war hero' and eventually becomes a Hitler Youth. Although improbabilities and happenstance are ...
Style:
political, realistic, mind bending, psychedelic, surreal ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
nazi, holocaust, hitler youth, circumcision, war, coming of age, genocide, childhood, survival, wartime, judaism, world war two ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 90s, year 1990, 1930s
Place:
germany, poland, berlin germany, eastern europe, latvia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story:
Anne Frank: The Whole Story is a film based on the life of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl growing up in Nazi occupied Holland. When war breaks out Anne & her family, Otto her father, Edith her mother & Margot her sister move from Germany ...
Style:
uplifting, sincere, emotional, bleak, sad ...
Plot:
holocaust, genocide, against humanity, world war two, starvation, concentration camp, ss, survival, childhood, hopes, anti semitism, human spirit ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
amsterdam, europe, holland, netherlands
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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:
emotional, disturbing, thought provoking, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
holocaust, concentration camp, nazism, german occupation, holocaust survivor, world war two, nazi, world war, against humanity, injustice, genocide, nazi concentration camp ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 2009, post world war two, year 1942
Place:
france, vichy, paris france, middle east, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 150 min.
TV show
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, serious, realistic, sincere, historical drama ...
Plot:
holocaust, nazism, against humanity, world war two, diary, wartime life, survival, human spirit, confined, life is a bitch, danger, youth ...
Time:
1940s, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
holland, europe, netherlands, amsterdam
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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:
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Plot:
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Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
europe, poland, warsaw poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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, gloomy, sincere, touching ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, world war, nazi, writers, poet, anti semitism, family relations, dentist, teenage life, attic, family life ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
amsterdam, europe, holland
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In the Nazi occupied city of Rome, an assault on an SS brigade draws retaliation from the military governship. "Massacre in Rome" is the true story of how this partisan attack led to the mass execution of Italian nationals under the orders ...
Style:
contemplative, serious, realistic, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, world war, military, war, partisan, nazi occupation, holocaust, shoah, nazi, bureaucracy, fictional history, fascism ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
italy, rome italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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, thought provoking, rough, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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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:
emotional, sincere, tense, serious, realistic
Plot:
world war two, uncover truth, hidden identity, wartime life, life is a bitch, moral dilemma, society, against humanity, state affairs, escapades, survival, rescue ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
france, europe, usa, marseille
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: History, War
Country: Germany, Lithuania
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In 1942, in Vilna, the Nazi annihilate 55,000 Jews and squeeze the 15,000 survivors in a seven blocks ghetto. The twenty-two year old sadistic commander Kittel is assigned to administrate the ghetto in the capital of Lithuania, becoming the master ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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39%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
During WWII, the death camp at Treblinka had an escape, causing the Commandant at a similar camp in Sobibor to vow (actually threaten) that his camp would never experience the same thing. But those who were its captives, the Jewish laborers that had ...
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Time:
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Place:
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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:
contemplative, gloomy, bleak, emotional, disturbing ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Germany, 1944. Leyna, the 15-year old daughter of a white German mother and a black African father, meets Lutz, a compassionate member of the Hitler Youth whose father is a prominent Nazi solider, and they form an unlikely connection in this quickly ...
Style:
disturbing, emotional, sincere, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Latvia, Poland, Canada
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:
emotional, realistic, serious, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
family outing, date night
Plot:
holocaust, nazi germany, world war two, ghetto, social worker, rescue, wartime life, nazi, world war, against humanity, life is a bitch, historical figure ...
Time:
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Place:
poland, europe, warsaw poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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:
captivating, serious, emotional, realistic, bleak
Plot:
ss, holocaust, wartime life, world war two, nazi occupation, human spirit, selflessness, children, idealism, rescue, deportation, danger ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
europe, amsterdam, holland
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK, Italy
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His diplomatic status in a Catholic country prevents Colonel Kappler from openly arresting him, ...
Style:
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Plot:
nazi, world war two, catholic, vatican, soldier, fighting the system, clergy, human spirit, uninhibited rivalry, military, survival, hopes ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
europe, rome italy, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The story is set in the latter days of World War 2, against the backdrop of fierce combat on the eastern front. Brother's War is based on real events.
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, bleak
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The film, 'The Spring Of Life', brings to light a little-known operation of the Nazi SS, started just before the outbreak of World War II. Through the careful selection and re-education of young women, it was the Nazi's mad dream to ...
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world war two, holocaust, breeding, racism, nazi, anti semitism, ss, genocide, wartime life, against humanity, life is a bitch, society ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, Czech Republic
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Story:
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Style:
disturbing, serious, realistic, bleak, captivating ...
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holocaust, nazism, nazi, gestapo, anti semitism, danger, pow, life is a bitch, nazi germany, war, confined, world war ...
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Dramatization depicting the events surrounding Adolf Hitler's last weeks in and around his underground bunker in Berlin before and during the battle for the city.
Style:
realistic, bleak, serious, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
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Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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