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Special Section (1975)
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Original name: Section spéciale
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In occupied France during the WWII, a German officer is murdered. The collaborationist Vichy government decides to pin the murder on six petty criminals. Loyal judges are called in to convict them as quickly as possible.
Style:
political, suspense, political drama
Plot:
politics, courtroom, lawyer, death penalty, trial, guillotine, train, french politics, murder, assassination, law, world war two, journalist, subway, nazi occupied france, nazi, judge, corruption, injustice, nazi collaborator, partisan, terrorism, fascism, judaism, bureaucracy ...
Time:
1940s, year 1941, year 1975
Place:
paris france, france
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and suspense films with plots about world war two, war, nazi, politics, nazi uniform, holocaust and military mostly in Drama, War and History genres. Some movies like Special Section: Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), The Collini Case (2019), Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005), Army of Crime (2009), Nuremberg (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 179 min.
Story:
In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his ...
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courtroom drama, judge, genocide, holocaust, lawyer, nazi, legal, redemption, court, trial, politics, justice ...
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Place:
germany, europe, berlin germany, poland
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A young lawyer stumbles upon a vast conspiracy while investigating a brutal murder case.
Style:
psychological, captivating, atmospheric, surprise ending, surreal ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, lawyer, courtroom, childhood trauma, nazi, trial, nazi war criminal, murder, german history, public defender, revenge killing, german soldier ...
Time:
year 2001, 1940s, 20th century, year 2019, 2000s ...
Place:
berlin germany, germany, frankfurt germany, tuscany
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
True story of Germany's most famous anti-Nazi heroine brought to thrilling, dramatic life. Sophie Scholl stars Julia Jentsch in a luminous performance as the fearless activist of the underground student resistance group, The White Rose. Armed ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, touching, suspenseful, political ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
world war two, politics, nazism, nazi germany, death sentence, nazi, resistance, gestapo, justice, historical character, trial, lawyer ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1943, 2000s, year 2005 ...
Place:
germany, munich germany, europe, poland, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
This gripping historical drama recounts the story of Armenian-born Missak Manouchian, a woodworker and political activist who led an immigrant laborer division of the Parisian Resistance on 30 operations against the Nazis in 1943. The Nazis branded ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, disturbing, sincere ...
Plot:
world war two, gestapo, resistance, ss officer, nazi, occupation, poet, danger, hopes, youth, heroes, human spirit ...
Time:
1940s, year 2009, 20th century, year 1942, post world war two
Place:
paris france, france
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Justice Robert H. Jackson leads Allied prosecutors in trying 21 Germans for Nazi war crimes after World War II.
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holocaust, courtroom drama, courtroom, nazi, legal, politics, execution, military, nazi war criminal, third reich, anti semitism, judge ...
Time:
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Place:
germany, france, england, europe
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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, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
holocaust, concentration camp, nazism, holocaust survivor, german occupation, world war two, nazi, genocide, nazi concentration camp, shoah, world war, injustice ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 2009, post world war two, year 1942
Place:
paris france, vichy, france, middle east, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at Devil's Island.
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Place:
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Country: France, West Germany, Italy, Canada
Duration: 335 min.
Story:
A history of the French Revolution from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Generaux in 1789 in order to deal with France's debt problem. The first part of the movie tells the story from 1789 until August 10, 1792 (when the King Louis ...
Style:
historical drama, cult classic, inspirational, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
french revolution, nobility, revolution, french history, medieval, monarch, royal family, monarchy, politics, democracy, angry mob, crisis ...
Time:
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Place:
paris france, france, europe, versailles
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62%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Italy, Soviet Union
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Beautifully photographed and lyrically written, this largely factual account of Mussolini's disastrous invasion of Russia during World War II tells the story of an Italian regiment through the eyes of a farmer from Emilia, a plumber from Rome, ...
Style:
macaroni combat
Plot:
world war two, italian army, eastern front, politics, nazism, italian history, bravery, nazi, soldier, stalingrad, great patriotic war, execution ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942, year 1941
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr
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62%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A French resistance group liberates some German prisoners. Turns out one of them is a spy.
Style:
political
Plot:
world war two, resistance movement, nazi, war, covert operation, spy, anarchist, judaism, french resistance, prison break, firefight, rescue mission ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943
Place:
france, south of france
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners. Though they acted under orders, they are being used as scapegoats by the General Staff, who hopes to distance themselves from the irregular practices of the ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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south africa, australia, africa, south australia, new zealand ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler. When events unfold so that he becomes a ...
Style:
bad ending, factual, tense, period piece, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
world war two, nazi, nazism, nazi germany, conspiracy, war, hitler, german soldier, resistance, politics, wehrmacht, gestapo ...
Time:
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Place:
germany, berlin germany, europe, munich germany, tunisia ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
sad, independent film, tense, talky, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: UK, France, Canada, Belgium, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
suspense, historical drama, dramatic, period piece, intense ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
anthology, disturbing, sincere, realistic, serious
Plot:
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Time:
1940s, year 1975, 20th century, year 1939, year 1944
Place:
france, south of france, normandy
Similarity:
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Country: USA, France
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: France, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
1940s, 1930s, year 1941, 20th century, year 1938
Place:
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Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Italy, France
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Time:
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Country: Canada, France, UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, USA, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
dramatic, realistic, serious, suspenseful, bleak
Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 143 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: France, Germany
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, talky, political
Plot:
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Place:
paris france, germany, france, europe
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Country: France, USA
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA, Argentina
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Set in 1960, the story follows the efforts of the Mossad, the Israeli Secret Service, to find former SS Colonel Adolf Eichmann, who ran from Germany to Argentina and took the name Ricardo Clement. He was wanted for the murders of both Europeans and ...
Style:
political, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
nazi hunter, holocaust, world war two, nazi, world war, mossad, holocaust survivor, spy thriller, military, judaism, terrorism, dancing ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
37%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Canada, Czech Republic
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In occupied France, Maurice and Joseph, two young Jewish brothers left to their own devices demonstrate an incredible amount of cleverness, courage, and ingenuity to escape the enemy invasion and to try to reunite their family once again.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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