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Behind the Lines (1997)
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Behind the Lines (1997)
Original name: Regeneration
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Based on Pat Barker's novel of the same name, 'Regeneration' tells the story of soldiers of World War One sent to an asylum for emotional troubles. Two of the soldiers meeting there are Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon, two of England's most important WW1 poets.
Style: psychological, serious, emotional, realistic, disturbing, independent film
Plot: world war one, shell shock, great war, war, gay interest, writers, world war, psychology, poet, world war two, mental illness, friendship, anti war, traumatized man, military, battles, soldier, life is a bitch, rebellion, mute or deaf, military life, wartime life, biopic, love, sex ...
Time: 20th century, year 1997
Place: scotland, europe

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, captivating and bleak films with plots about war, military, soldier, world war one, battles, great war and military life mostly in Drama, War and History genres. Some movies like Behind the Lines: Testament of Youth (2014), The Killing Fields (1984), Company K (2004), Beneath Hill 60 (2010), The Trench (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Testament of Youth (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Denmark, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a woman’s point of view. A searing journey from youthful hopes and ...
Style: touching, period piece, captivating, serious, romantic ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot: world war one, wartime, war, aspiring writer, women, death, poetry, nurse, life is a bitch, wartime life, love and romance, love affair ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, 1920s, edwardian era, 2010s ...
Place: england, oxford university, london, yorkshire, france ...
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The Killing Fields (1984)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 141 min.
Story: The Killing Fields tells the real-life story of a friendship between two journalists, an American and a Cambodian, during the bloody Khmer Rouge takeover of Cambodia in 1975, which led to the death of 2-3 million Cambodians during the next four ...
Style: disturbing, rough, political, emotional, heartbreaking ...
Plot: genocide, journalism, vietnam war, war, photographer, civil war, photograph, brutality, anti war, friendship, photography, politics ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 80s, year 1984
Place: cambodia, vietnam, east asia, asia, new york
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100%
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Company K (2004)
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: serious, psychological, captivating, disturbing, epic ...
Plot: world war one, veteran, soldier, wartime life, battles, state affairs, military, life is a bitch, politics, prison life, haunted by the past, military life ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, year 1917
Place: france
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51%
Beneath Hill 60 (2010)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 122 min.
Story: The true story of Australia's cat-and-mouse underground mine warfare – one of the most misunderstood, misrepresented and mystifying conflicts of WW I. It was a secret struggle BENEATH the Western Front that combined daring engineering, ...
Style: tense, realistic, serious, emotional, uplifting ...
Plot: world war one, military, war, great war, human spirit, hopes, trench warfare, danger, tunnel, world war, life is a bitch, brutality ...
Time: 20th century, year 1916, 1910s
Place: gallipoli, belgium, europe, germany, australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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The Trench (1999)
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, captivating, realistic, serious, gloomy ...
Plot: world war one, soldier, military, great war, war, battlefield, world war, 007, intrigue, nature, world war two, holocaust ...
Time: 1910s, year 1916
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46%
The Great War (2019)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: In November of 1918 as World War I was ending, a unit of American soldiers goes behind enemy lines to find a lost platoon of African American soldiers.
Style: captivating, serious
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war one, trench warfare, military, soldier, rescue mission, battles, military life, infantrymen, death, army, wartime life, battlefield ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, year 1918
Place: europe
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46%
The Passing Bells (2014)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, Poland
TV show
Story: At the outbreak of war, two teenage boys defy their parents to sign up.
Style: historical drama, epic, realistic, captivating, serious ...
Plot: world war one, military, wartime life, soldier, battles, life is a bitch, hopes, great war, friendship, danger, young soldier, battlefield ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century
Place: europe
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45%
Passchendaele (2008)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Sergeant Michael Dunne fights in the 10th Battalion, AKA The "Fighting Tenth" with the 1st Canadian Division and participated in all major Canadian battles of the war, and set the record for highest number of individual bravery awards for ...
Style: realistic, serious, rough, emotional, epic ...
Plot: world war one, veteran, military, battlefield, battles, platoon, great war, military life, heroic mission, love and romance, heroes, state affairs ...
Time: 1910s, 50s, 20th century, year 1917
Place: belgium, canada, flanders, france
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44%
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Colonel Redl (1985)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Yugoslavia, Hungary, Austria, West Germany
Duration: 144 min.
Story: Set during the fading glory of the Austro-Hungarian empire, the film tells of the rise and fall of Alfred Redl, an ambitious young officer who proceeds up the ladder to become head of the Secret Police only to become ensnared in political deception.
Style: political, biting, cynical, serious, realistic ...
Plot: world war one, lgbt, military, soldier, gays and lesbians, lgbtq, great war, treason, espionage, duel, biopic, couples ...
Time: year 1985, 1910s, pre world war one, 20th century
Place: south africa, europe, germany, czech republic, austria
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Blizzard of Souls (2019)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Latvia
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The love story of sixteen-year-old Arturs is interrupted by the First World War. After losing his mother and his home, he finds some consolation in joining the army, because this is the first time national battalions are allowed in the Russian ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, psychological, thought provoking, tense ...
Plot: world war one, soldier, patriotism, wartime, war, life is a bitch, loss of family, struggle for survival, military, battles, wartime life, fight for supremacy ...
Time: 20th century
Place: estonia, poland, latvia
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44%
Defenders of Riga (2007)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Latvia
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The film dramatizes November 11, 1919- a crucial date in the battle for Latvian independence. A year after the end of the official hostilities of WWI, a renegade German general and troops remain outside the Latvian capital. Latvian riflemen, most of ...
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot: world war one, soldier, battles, against the odds, military, life is a bitch, ambition, great war, revolution, war, firearm
Time: 20th century, 1920s, 1910s, post world war one, year 1919
Place: latvia, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: At the start of World War I, Paul Baumer is a young German patriot, eager to fight. Indoctrinated with propaganda at school, he and his friends eagerly sign up for the army soon after graduation. But when the horrors of war soon become too much to ...
Style: bleak, historical drama, suspenseful, sad, sincere ...
Plot: world war one, war, great war, soldier, combat, world war two, intrigue, literary, world war, military, battles, hospital ...
Time: 20th century, year 1918, 1910s
Place: europe, germany, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Greenery Will Bloom Again (2014)
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, bleak, serious, realistic, historical drama ...
Plot: world war one, soldier, military, anti war, danger, battle zone, military life, introspection, life is a bitch, great war, mountain, war ...
Time: 20th century, 1910s, year 1917
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Private Peaceful (2012)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Set in the fields of Devon and the WW1 battlefields of Flanders, two brothers fall for the same girl while contending with the pressures of their feudal family life, the war, and the price of courage and cowardice.
Style: serious, touching, realistic, emotional, weeping ...
Audience: teens
Plot: world war one, war, soldier, love triangle, family relations, military, teenage love, siblings relations, social relations, family life, great war, world war two ...
Time: 20th century, year 2012, 1910s
Place: england, europe, belgium
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43%
Von Richthofen and Brown (1971)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The story of Manfred von Richtofen, the german air ace during the World War I and his struggle with the enemy aces and some jealous german officers.
Style: serious, captivating, suspenseful, realistic, psychotronic ...
Plot: world war one, fighter plane, fighter pilot, aerial combat, raf, soldier, aviation, great war, danger, military, military life, heroic mission ...
Time: 20th century, year 1971, 1910s
Place: germany, europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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My Boy Jack (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA, Ireland
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Author Rudyard Kipling and his wife search for their 17-year-old son after he goes missing during WWI.
Style: realistic, serious, suspense, costume drama, tense ...
Plot: world war one, battles, military, british army, family relations, writers, teenage life, officers and cadets, parents and children, missing person, great war, father son relationship ...
Time: 1910s, year 1915
Place: france, dublin ireland, england, germany
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42%
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21 Brothers (2011)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: 21 Brothers tells the story of the Canadian 21st Battalion as they prepare for the battle of Courcellette in WWI. Taking place in real time, the film follows Sgt. Reid as he must get his men ready for the impending battle. Not only must he prep his ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, captivating
Plot: world war one, young soldier, military, battles, trench warfare, casualty of war, recruitment, tragedy, soldier, death, war, military life ...
Time: year 1916, 20th century, 1910s
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Benediction (2021)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story: The story of soldier and poet Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967), who was decorated for bravery on the Western Front, and is best remembered for his angry and compassionate poems about the First World War, which brought him public and critical acclaim. ...
Style: emotional, captivating, disturbing, crying, gay cinema ...
Plot: world war one, soldier, poet, conscientious objector, historical figure, gay, friendship between men, writers, gay interest, wartime, self awareness, bravery ...
Time: 1910s, 60s, year 1914, 1920s, 1950s
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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The Lighthorsemen (1987)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Palestine, 1917. The British advance has been stopped by the Turkish line running from Gaza to Beersheba. The latest attack on Gaza has failed. The attacking forces included a regiment of Australian mounted infantry, the Light Horse... Lighthorseman ...
Style: serious, realistic, disturbing, tense, anamorphic ...
Plot: world war one, military, soldier, horse, battles, great war, heroic mission, basic training, against the odds, danger, military life, wartime life ...
Time: 1910s, year 1917, year 1987
Place: australia, palestine, gallipoli, ottoman empire, melbourne ...
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42%
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Overlord (1975)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story: During the war a young lad is called up and, with an increasing sense of foreboding, undertakes his army training ready for D-day.
Style: black and white, political, surreal, psychedelic, mind bending ...
Plot: world war two, basic training, military, world war, d day, boot camp, soldier, politics, struggle, revolution, revolutionary, freedom ...
Time: 1940s, year 1975, 20th century
Place: britain, france, europe, normandy
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41%
Our World War (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK
TV show
Story: During the First World War, British troops face the horrors of the Battle of Mons in 1914, internal strife in 1916 and innovative tank warfare in 1918.
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, suspenseful, costume drama ...
Plot: world war one, battles, military, soldier, war, battle zone, great war, british soldier, wartime, military life, wartime life, struggle for survival ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century
Place: europe
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41%
The Last Days of Patton (1986)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story: The Last Days of Patton is a 1986 made-for-television film sequel to the 1970 film Patton, which portrays the last few months of the general's life. George C. Scott reprises the role of General George S. Patton, and Eva Marie Saint portrays ...
Style: serious, realistic
Plot: world war two, world war, world war one, hospital, u.s. military, battles, power relations, retiring, life is a bitch, heroes, soldier, military ...
Time: year 1945, 1940s, post world war two
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
The Lost Battalion (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Fact-based war drama about an American battalion of over 500 men which gets trapped behind enemy lines in the Argonne Forest in October 1918 France during the closing weeks of World War I. Based on a true story, The Lost Battalion is set in 1918 ...
Style: serious, rough, bleak, realistic, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war one, war, military, trench warfare, great war, survival, military life, american abroad, u.s. military, u.s. army, pigeon, heroes ...
Time: 1910s, year 1918, 20th century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Anzacs (1985)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 165 min.
TV show
Story: Anzacs was a 1985 5-part Australian miniseries set in World War I. The series follows the lives of a group of young Australian men who enlist in the 8th Battalion of the First Australian Imperial Force in 1914, fighting first at Gallipoli in 1915, ...
Style: captivating, exciting, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Plot: world war one, great war, war, world war two, world war, wartime, superior officer, battles, heroes, escapades, soldier, friendship ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century
Place: australia, new zealand, gallipoli
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41%
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Hamsun (1996)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Germany
Duration: 159 min.
Story: Knut Hamsun is Norway's most famous and admired author. Ever since he was young he has hated the English for the starvation they caused Norway during WWI. When the Germans occupy Norway 9 April 1940 he welcomes them and the protection they can ...
Style: sad, realistic, serious, emotional, sincere ...
Plot: world war two, holocaust, writers, world war, nazi, war, poet, biopic, writer's life, nobel prize winner, totalitarian state, fascism ...
Time: 1940s, year 1996, 1930s
Place: europe, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Journey's End (2017)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Set in a dugout in Aisne in 1918, a group of British officers, led by the mentally disintegrating young officer Stanhope, variously await their fate.
Style: suspense, psychological, period piece, thought provoking, captivating ...
Audience: date night
Plot: world war one, trench warfare, war, great war, british army, mentally unstable, army, officer, world war two, battles, fear, nightmare ...
Time: year 1918, 1910s, future
Place: france
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40%
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Fort Saganne (1984)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France
Duration: 180 min.
Story: In 1911, a willful and determined man from peasant stock named Charles Saganne enlists in the military and is assigned to the Sahara Desert under the aristocratic Colonel Dubreuilh.
Style: epic, exciting, realistic, serious
Plot: foreign legion, french foreign legion, military, world war one, war, dictatorship, dictator, imperialism, colonialism, native, feminism, bigamy ...
Time: 1910s
Place: africa, paris france, france, europe, algeria ...
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40%
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April 9th (2015)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Denmark
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In the early morning of April 9th 1940 the Danish army is alerted. The Germans have crossed the border; Denmark is at war against Europe's strongest army. In Southern Jutland Danish bicycle- and motorcycle companies are ordered out, to against ...
Style: serious, captivating, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Plot: world war two, nazi occupation, military, war, soldier, battles, danger, against the odds, wehrmacht, nazi, world war, friendship ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1940
Place: denmark, germany, europe
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40%
Gallipoli: End of the Road (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 101 min.
Story: April, 1915. First World War in Canakkale, Ottoman Empire. Two brothers leave their mountain village to fight on the front line. One is an experienced sniper fighting for Ottomans against the invasion, while his brother finds it much tougher to cope ...
Style: exciting, serious, stylized, realistic, epic ...
Plot: world war one, battles, military, great war, survival, violent content, siblings relations, battle zone, danger, family relations, soldier, heroic mission ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, year 1915, middle ages
Place: gallipoli, turkey, ottoman empire
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Hitler: The Last Ten Days takes us into the depths of der Furher’s Berlin bunker during his final days. Based on the book by Gerhard Boldt, it provides a bleak look at the goings-on within, and without.
Style: independent film, contemplative, serious, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot: world war two, nazi, third reich, military, world war, bunker, ss, biopic, suicide, history lesson, eastern front, holocaust ...
Time: year 1945, 20th century, 1940s
Place: germany, europe, berlin germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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