Movies like Night Crossing
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Night Crossing (1982)
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Genre: Drama, Family, History, Thriller
Country: UK, West Germany, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Two men want to escape from East Germany (under Communist rule) but they will only go if they can take their families with them. Based on a true story.
Style:
political, serious, realistic
Plot:
disney, airplane, escape, cold war, communism, prison, travel, spy, prison escape, berlin wall, german history, iron curtain, heroes, friendship, politics, friends, espionage, human spirit, fugitives, escapades, ambition, political unrest, against the odds, hopes, daring rescue ...
Time:
70s
Place:
east germany, germany, europe, west germany, german democratic republic
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Most similar movies to Night Crossing
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and political films with plots about danger, state affairs, politics, spy, cold war, heroes and espionage mostly in Drama, Thriller and History genres. Some movies like Night Crossing: Balloon (2018), Berlin Tunnel 21 (1981), Escape from East Berlin (1962), The Tunnel (2001), To Kill a Priest (1988). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany, France, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Two families attempt a daredevil plan to escape DDR with a homemade hot air balloon, but it crashes just before the border. The Stasi finds traces of this attempt to escape and immediately starts investigations, while the two families are forced to ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, tense
Audience:
date night
Plot:
berlin wall, stasi, balloon, border patrol, escape plan, husband wife relationship, manhunt, interrogation, couples, german history, suspense, communism ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1989, year 1979
Place:
east germany, german democratic republic, berlin germany, east berlin, west germany ...
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100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
In Berlin in 1961, an American soldier and a German engineer join forces to build a tunnel under the Berlin Wall in order to smuggle out refugees, including the soldier's East German girlfriend.
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
communism, cold war, escape, tunnel, new love, love letter, political unrest, against the odds, getting home, soldier, escapades, hopes ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
germany, berlin germany, europe, east berlin, east germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Director Robert Siodmak's 1962 film, inspired by true events, is about an East Berlin resident who attempts to escape to West Berlin with his family and girlfriend through a secret underground tunnel.
Style:
political
Plot:
berlin wall, cold war, family relations, communism, tunnel, cold war era, secret message, family reunited, secret meeting, auto repair, musician, neighbor ...
Time:
60s
Place:
berlin germany, east berlin, west berlin west germany, west germany, german democratic republic ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Inspired by true events, Olympic swimmer Harry Melchior defects from East Germany in the 1960s and hatches a daring plot to help his sister and others flee East Berlin through a 145-yard underground tunnel.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, compassionate, captivating, political ...
Plot:
tunnel, berlin wall, politics, suspense, betrayal, communism, escape, political unrest, wartime, freedom, breast feeding, brutality ...
Time:
60s
Place:
east germany, germany, berlin germany, west berlin west germany, german democratic republic ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A young priest speaks out against the Communist regime in Poland and is killed for it.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, captivating
Plot:
priest, secret police, political activist, occupation, murder, state affairs, clergy, human spirit, against the odds, legal action, politics, life is a bitch ...
Time:
80s
Place:
poland, germany, europe, holland
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Films like Bridge of Spies
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When the owner of a Yorkshire coal-mine decides to mechanize to increase profits, the mine's pit ponies are scheduled to be destroyed. So, three children plan to steal them to keep them safe. But when they're caught, it's up to the ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, touching, feel good
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
horse, disney, coal mining, pony, coming of age, girl horse relationship, animal life, friends, friendship, child as adult, fighting the system, youth ...
Time:
90s, 70s
Place:
yorkshire, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
American judge in Germany must decide if the hijacking of an East German plane into West Berlin was justified.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere, political
Plot:
terrorism, justice, politics, hijacking, legal, legal action, courtroom drama, fighting the system, confined, save the day, culture clash, court ...
Time:
70s
Place:
germany, europe, berlin germany, east germany, west berlin west germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Germany, India, USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate ...
Style:
political, realistic, dramatic, tricky, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
lawyer, cold war, espionage, spy, suspense, cia, court, berlin wall, negotiation, politics, justice, mission ...
Time:
50s, 60s, year 1960, year 1957, 20th century
Place:
berlin germany, east germany, west germany, new york, ussr ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Engaging, emotional and riveting, FAREWELL is an intricate and highly intelligent thriller pulled from the pages of history— about an ordinary man thrust into the biggest theft of Soviet information of the Cold War. Ronald Reagan called this piece ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful, political ...
Plot:
cold war, espionage, spy, double agent, undercover, dishonesty, betrayal, state affairs, working undercover, kgb, father son relationship, agent ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
france, russia, ussr
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The film is based on an actual event: Operation Entebbe and the freeing of Israeli hostages at Entebbe Airport (now Entebbe International Airport) in Uganda.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, aviation, military, hostage, airport, jewish, police officer, airplane, hijacking, tough heroes, religions or cults, save the day ...
Place:
uganda, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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The Courier related movies
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Orphan Eddie Burton is not bad, but too many screw-ups land him repeatedly in jail, so his 8-year old son Will, simply abandoned by his 'mother', has nobody else then Eddie's granny. When he hears about a program for convicts working ...
Style:
touching, serious, realistic
Plot:
horse, redemption, rehabilitation, rider horse relationship, prison, against the odds, human spirit, follow your dream, ambition, parents and children, hopes, contests and competitions ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A spy thriller telling a historically based story of a man who alone dares to challenge Soviets being in the middle of the communistic system himself. Planning the maneuvers of Warsaw Pact forces he discovers that the American plans of nuclear ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot:
spy, martial law, state affairs, government agency, politics, undercover, political unrest, dishonesty, cold war, chase, communism, rivalry ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s, 90s, 60s
Place:
poland, europe, warsaw poland, ussr
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
From the John le Carre novel about a British spy who sends a Polish defector to East Germany to verify missile sites.
Style:
talky, realistic, serious, clever, suspenseful ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, cold war, british intelligence, secret agents, undercover, politics, communism, iron curtain, political intrigue, weapon system, heroes ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
east germany, germany, berlin germany, german democratic republic, england ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Sam Laker is an American industrialist, working in Britain, who has just been awarded an international award for industrial design. He is planning to travel to East Germany to attend a trade show and show off his invention, taking his 10 year old ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, atmospheric, microfilm
Plot:
spy, espionage, assassination, invention, intelligence, on the run, holiday, undercover, secret agents, child in peril, arrest, kidnapping ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
germany, europe, london, copenhagen, east germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the cold war during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final one.
Style:
political, realistic, talky, clever, bleak ...
Plot:
cold war, espionage, spy, double agent, berlin wall, british intelligence, iron curtain, suspense, politics, secret agents, loner, betrayal ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
berlin germany, east germany, london, england, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Movies like The Great Escape
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Blacklisted in modern day WW2, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies, by means of infiltrating and surveying Nazi Germany.
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
world war two, spy, espionage, dominatrix, politics, youth, nazi, nazi germany, life is a bitch, dishonesty, forgery, betrayal ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1942
Place:
sweden, germany, europe, berlin germany, stockholm sweden ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tucker is a chronic underachiever and a loser. A Vietnam war veteran who just can't seem to keep out of trouble, in the years since his discharge. The only thing he got out of the war was his skill with a rifle. Now, serving a long stretch in ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
conspiracy, prison, vietnam war, prison escape, terrorism, paranoia, vietnam veteran, murder, assassination, secret organization, confined, heroes ...
Time:
70s
Place:
spain, europe, asia, vietnam, san francisco ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Based in part on Robert F. Kennedy's book, "Thirteen Days," this film profiles the Kennedy Administration's actions during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Style:
political, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
cold war, cuban missile crisis, politics, nuclear threat, spy, intrigue, disaster, john f. kennedy, usa history, american politics, white house, armed forces ...
Time:
60s, year 1962
Place:
washington d.c., cuba, usa, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Vlassov is a Soviet spy who defects in France. He is whisked to the U.S, where Allan Davies takes over the case. After polygraph tests and cross-examinations, Vlassov names several Western European agents who are also spying for the Soviets. Davies ...
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, suspenseful, eurospy
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, cold war, undercover, soviet spy, kgb, double agent, violence, dishonesty, mind game, rivalry, manhunt, race against time ...
Time:
70s
Place:
france, russia, europe, langley virginia, belgium ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
This compelling political drama is based on the true story of high-ranking Pentagon official Daniel Ellsberg, who, during the Nixon era, strove to preserve American democracy by leaking top-secret documents to the New York Times and Washington Post. ...
Style:
serious, sincere, disturbing, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
politics, whistleblower, uncover truth, dishonesty, head of state, soldier, state affairs, fighting the system, introspection, military, political corruption, political conspiracy ...
Place:
vietnam, new york, usa, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Films like Munich
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In this vivid historical drama set in 1980s East Germany, two dockworkers and best friends who dream of escaping the repressive regime are forced to choose their loyalties when the state police promise them safe passage out of the country — if ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense
Plot:
friendship, ambition, relationship vs career, dishonesty, moral dilemma, betrayal, investigation, snitch, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love, desperation, spy ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
germany, german democratic republic, east germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The team of people who saved Winter's life reassemble in the wake of her surrogate mother's passing in order to find her a companion so she can remain at the Clearwater Marine Hospital.
Style:
uplifting, sentimental, touching, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
dolphins, veterinarian, animal life, friendship, rescue, youth, family relations, human spirit, hopes, friends, animals, human animal relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Dramatisation of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missle bases established on the Soviet allied island of Cuba. Shown from the perspective of the US President, John F Kennedy, ...
Style:
political, suspenseful, tense, thought provoking, disturbing ...
Plot:
cold war, politics, president, political intrigue, leadership, un, race against time, spy, conspiracy, diplomacy, white house, undercover ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1962
Place:
cuba, ussr, russia, boston, the philippines ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Nothing warms the heart like the story of a boy and his dog. Lonnie (Johnny Whitaker) and Text (George Spell) are two friends determined, against all odds, to turn a misfit hound into a hero. Tennessee farmer and dog trainer Harve McNeil (Earl ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, touching
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
dog, disney, youth, friendship, pets, boy and dog, family relations, interracial relations, animal life, disorder, power relations, friends ...
Time:
70s
Place:
tennessee, georgia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: Israel
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
In July 1976, an Air France flight from Tel-Aviv to Paris via Athens was hijacked and forced to land in Entebbe, Uganda. The Jewish passengers were separated and held hostage in demand to release many terrorists held in Israeli prisons. After much ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
jewish, judaism, secret mission, aviation, hostage, airplane, rescue, soldier, military, terrorism, hijacking, tough heroes ...
Time:
70s
Place:
israel, paris france, france, africa, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Thirteen Days related movies
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Professor Bower, an American physicist, is effectively blackmailed by a shady CIA agent named Adams to help the CIA obtain secret microfilm from a defecting Russian scientist. The reluctant Bower travels to East Germany undercover as an antiques ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, spy, espionage, renegade, conspiracy, hitman, escapades, undercover, race against time, military, secret agents, government agency ...
Time:
60s
Place:
europe, germany, west germany, west berlin west germany, east berlin ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Story of Cam Calloway and his family, who live in a densely wooded area in New England. Cam dreams of building a sanctuary for the geese that fly over the area each year, and he tries several schemes to buy a nearby lake for this santuary. He is ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
disney, camp, nature, marriage, bird, family relations, wilderness, cons and scams, siblings relations, curses spells and rituals, against the odds, resort ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 1920s
Place:
new england, vermont
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, Spain, Greece, Russia
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The Popular Front wins elections, the Spanish Civil War begins, and Hitler and Stalin are manipulating and spying. The brilliant exile, Fiodor Voronin, a general at 20, is the deputy at the White Russian Military Union, probably slated to replace ...
Style:
serious, realistic, enigmatic, psychological
Plot:
spy, government agency, secret agents, politics, life is a bitch, undercover, betrayal, political corruption, dishonesty, rebellion, uncover truth, love triangle ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
france, russia, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
On September, 11th 2001, after the terrorist attack to the World Trade Center, the building collapses over the rescue team from the Port Authority Police Department. Will Jimeno and his sergeant John McLoughlin are found alive trapped under the ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, rough, factual, touching ...
Plot:
terrorism, disaster, firefighter, terrorist, twin towers, survival, al qaeda, natural disaster, 9/11, heroes, courage, catastrophe ...
Time:
september 11 2001, year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, pentagon, empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
699
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Set in the Seventies, Hennessy is a Irishman who believes in peace, but who has had connections to the IRA. Hennessy's family is killed, and he plots revenge, setting out to assassinate Queen Elizabeth of England.
Style:
political, exciting, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ira, irish republican army, revenge, anglo irish relations, terrorism, manhunt, repression, political corruption, royal family, political intrigue, political unrest, rebellion ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
ireland, london, europe, england, belfast
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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