Movies and TV shows like 1941 2009

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1941 (2009)
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1941 (2009)
Genre: War
Country: Russia, Ukraine
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: June, 1941. A small Russian village at the border is living its everyday life - people work, love, squabble, make plans for the future. The war changes all plans, tears families apart, the first victims fall... Some Russian straggling soldiers who managed to stay alive after the first onslaught of the German army make their own war, some of the locals joining them to avenge their murdered relatives and to fight for their native land. The villagers are rent between the threats and executions introduced by the German invaders for helping the guerrillas and the necessity to help these guerrillas who are of their own flesh and blood. German repressions meet stubborn resistance. Walter, a German lieutenant, feels that the tactics of repression are wrong, but his superiors do not understand him. Walter falls in love with a local peasant girl, Dasha, but for Dasha only one man exists - Grigory, head of the local guerrillas. Grigory in his turn is married to Alyona, but not of his won accord....
Style: bleak, serious, suspense, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, life & death, women, adaptation, fight, violence, rivalry, danger, guerilla warfare, strong female character, unlikely friendships, society, world war, invasion, nazi occupation, rural setting, survival, great patriotic war, countryside
Time: 1940s, year 1941, 40s

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, suspense, serious and realistic films and TV series with plots about world war two, war, military, soldier, world war, danger and wartime mostly in War, Drama and History genres. Some movies like 1941: Ballad of a Bomber (2011), Attack on Leningrad (2007), Call Fire for Ourselves (1963), Batallions Ask for Fire (1985), Krepkaya Bronya (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Ballad of a Bomber (2011)
Genre: War
Country: Russia, Ukraine
Duration: 400 min.
TV show
Style: suspenseful, exciting, suspense, rough
Plot: world war two, behind enemy lines, sabotage, traitor, rivalry, danger, betrayal, pilot, dishonesty, death, military, couples ...
Time: 1940s
Place: ukraine
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95%
In Flight are the Night Witches (1981)
Genre: War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Film will be based on the female flying unit that fought in the Battle of Moscow. They were dubbed "Night Witches" by the frightened German soldiers because of the deadly stealth of their light planes.
Style: bleak, rough, suspenseful, suspense
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, female warrior, female soldier, great patriotic war, women, fight, battles, wartime, aviation, soviet army, heroism, danger ...
Time: 1940s
Place: ukraine, soviet union
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In June 1941 (2008)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia, Belarus
Duration: 200 min.
TV show
Story: A Russian frontier guard Ivan Burov and a Polish girl Hanna love each other in spite of every prohibition and obstacle. But on the 22d of June 1941 the war begins.. After a series of clashes with the Germans Ivan Burov remains the only surviving ...
Style: rough, serious, stylized, atmospheric, intense ...
Audience: family outing, boys' night
Plot: world war two, great patriotic war, war, russian soldier, wartime, life & death, heroes, love and romance, fall in love, hopes, declaration of love, love ...
Time: 1940s
Place: ussr, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Attack on Leningrad (2007)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
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: suspense, rough, sentimental, touching, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blockade, world war two, wartime, life & death, saving a life, struggle for survival, reconnaissance, wartime life, life is a bitch, life risking, survival, rescue mission
Time: 1940s
Place: st. petersburg russia, soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Call Fire for Ourselves (1963)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 317 min.
TV show
Story: In the Soviet village occupied by the Germans, a resistance group occurs, led by a modest girl Anna Morozova. For each victory (important, albeit small on a scale of the war) they have to pay a heavy price.
Style: rough, bleak, thought provoking, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, espionage, partisan, behind enemy lines, fight, diversion, occupation, bombing, danger, life is a bitch, brutality, violence ...
Time: 1940s
Place: soviet union, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
Batallions Ask for Fire (1985)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 285 min.
TV show
Story: A story of a several days of intense fighting on the Eastern Front during one of the Soviet offensives in WWII.
Style: suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, red army, war, military, battles, heroic mission, life & death, great patriotic war, betrayal, patriotism, red herring, heroism ...
Time: 1940s, year 1942
Place: ussr
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
The Saboteur 2: The End of the War (2007)
Genre: War
Country: Russia
Duration: 500 min.
TV show
Style: exciting, humorous, captivating, suspense
Audience: boys' night
Plot: saboteur, prospector, war, world war two, black ops, heroic mission, wartime, wartime life, battles, combat, military, investigation ...
Time: 1940s
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Krepkaya Bronya (2019)
Genre: War
Country: Russia
TV show
Story: Young soldier Vasya Rusakov graduates from the Saratov Tank School and is assigned to the front. Vasily is an ordinary guy with a fiery gaze, ready to defend his homeland to the last drop of blood. At the same time, he is also a young man in love, ...
Style: exciting, tense, suspense, psychological
Audience: boys' night
Plot: great patriotic war, wartime, military, heroism, courage, world war two, heroic mission, soldier, uncover truth, danger, good versus evil, love ...
Time: 1940s
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
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Kokoda (2010)
Genre: War
Country: Australia
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: The true story of the brutal World War II military campaign fought between Australia and Japan in the green hell of the mountains of Papua New Guinea. Told from both the Japanese and Australian perspectives the documentary also explores the impact ...
Style: serious, captivating, suspenseful, tense
Plot: japanese army, australian history, world war two, japanese man, wartime life, japanese history, japanese military, japanese soldier, war, soldier, world war, military
Place: papua new guinea, australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
War Intelligence Service 2. The First Hit (2011)
Genre: War
Country: Russia
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: During World War II the Red Army sends a special unit named "Zvezda" ("The Star") on a mission to conduct Guerilla warfare against the Germans in the Soviet Union.
Style: tense, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful
Plot: world war two, soviet soldier, military life, disguise, friendship, heroic mission, war hero, social relations, heroism, courage, soviet army, prospector ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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On the Nameless Height (2004)
Genre: War
Country: Russia
Duration: 188 min.
Story: The location is the Belarusian forests, close to the Polish border, during Operation Bagration in the summer of 1944. After a short pause, the Red Army is preparing to advance, but on one segment of the front there are two serious obstacles: an ...
Style: sentimental, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, touching
Plot: world war two, sniper, eastern front, camaraderie, patriotism, great patriotic war, friendship between men, relationships, war, love, declaration of love, fall in love ...
Place: russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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Spies (2013)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story: Set during World War II. Arina and Zoya are two young secret agents who go behind the enemy lines in Riga, Crimea, Poland, and Germany. The collaborate with adversaries and combat their enemies from within. They are fearless, smart, strong and ...
Style: touching, dark, thought provoking, sentimental
Plot: strong female character, reconnaissance, world war two, bravery, idealism, female protagonist, strategy, wartime, military, women, girlfriend, girlfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: 1940s
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Island at War (2004)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 540 min.
TV show
Story: Island at War is a British television series that tells the story of the German Occupation of the Channel Islands. It primarily focuses on three local families: the upper class Dorrs, the middle class Mahys and the working class Jonases, and four ...
Style: tense, captivating, atmospheric, suspenseful, historical drama ...
Plot: world war two, occupation, wartime, island, wartime life, society, against humanity, military, anti semitism, genocide, oppression, invasion ...
Place: britain, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 830 min.
TV show
Story: The series is based on a true story of a Russian spy Colonel Isaev (Stirlitz) in Fascist Germany during 17 days in very end of WWII. Stirlitz has worked his way to the very top of the Fascist hierarchy without being caught. However, his ...
Style: serious, captivating, tense, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, spy, nazi, danger, nazi germany, espionage, state affairs, undercover agent, war, undercover, gestapo, intrigue ...
Time: 1940s, year 1945, 20th century
Place: soviet union, ussr, germany, europe, switzerland ...
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69%
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War Sailor (2023)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Norway, Germany, Malta
Duration: 175 min.
TV show
Story: When WWII erupts, two sailors on a Norwegian merchant ship face brutal conditions as they fight to survive a conflict they were never asked to join. Based on true stories of Norwegian merchant sailors and their families during and after World War II.
Style: captivating, tense, suspenseful, serious
Plot: world war two, world war, sailor, ocean, war, danger, wartime, ocean voyage, frontline, ship, sea, survival ...
Place: atlantic ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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Road to Berlin (2015)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A story about two young men during the last days of WWII.
Style: rough, exciting, captivating, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, military, male bonding, soldier, friendship, violence, society, fascism, friendship between men, war, world war, soviet army ...
Time: 1940s
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Days of Honor - Powstanie (2014)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: This is really season 7 of Days Of Honor, though the timings are out as some of the events in this series pre-date season 6. More about Polish resistance to the Nazis during WWII
Style: suspenseful, intense, epic, brutal, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, prospector, tragedy, counter intelligence, moral dilemma, survival, courage, wound, life & death, war, soldier, near death experience ...
Place: warsaw poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
The Color of War (2001)
Genre: History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 780 min.
TV show
Story: A series featuring actual color footage of World War II.
Style: thought provoking, disturbing, serious, realistic, contemplative ...
Plot: world war two, wartime life, military, against humanity, life is a bitch, war, journalism, battle zone, battles, world war, combat, soldier ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Beyond the Line (2019)
Genre: War
Country: Canada
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Two Allied soldiers find themselves stuck behind enemy Nazi lines and must find a way to get back home despite the temptation to accept defeat.
Style: captivating, suspenseful, serious, dramatic, tense
Plot: world war two, war, war injury, wounded, soldier, wound, military, wounded soldier, fight, troops, german soldier, wartime ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
Summer of Wolfs (2011)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 312 min.
TV show
Style: captivating, realistic, tense, disturbing
Audience: boys' night
Plot: danger, military, world war two, friendship, secrets, courage, soldier, heroism, leadership, adaptation, military officer, transformation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
Stones for the Rampart (2014)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 111 min.
Story: To be defeated and not be - a victory. This is the motto that life is guided by three young friends: Alek, Sophy and Rudy. Scouts, high school graduates high school in Warsaw drifting ambitious plans for the future broken through September 1939. ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating, suspense ...
Plot: world war two, wartime life, against the odds, life is a bitch, daring rescue, danger, prospector, wartime, german occupation, resistance, resistance fighter, nazi occupation ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: europe, poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
The Fight for Moscow (1985)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Vietnam
Duration: 358 min.
TV show
Story: A historic movie telling the story about a battle of Moscow during WWII.
Style: thought provoking, rough, disturbing, suspenseful, philosophical ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, counter intelligence, great patriotic war, nazi, military, heroism, battles, life & death, heroes, bravery, human spirit, reconnaissance ...
Time: year 1941, 1940s
Place: east germany, ussr, russia, moscow russia, soviet union ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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Normandy (2011)
Genre: War
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Klaus Muller, a battle-hardened veteran, finds himself fighting for his life on the Russian front. Surrounded by overwhelming numbers of Russian tanks and planes, he and his men are doomed until famed German tank ace, Michael Wittmann, shows up in ...
Style: realistic, serious, tense, emotional, suspenseful ...
Plot: soldier, military, heroes, family relations, battles, lovers on the run, danger, escapades, d day, world war two, chase, tank ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: europe, normandy
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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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, soldier, world war, danger, self sacrifice, female protagonist, military, heroic mission ...
Time: 1940s, year 1941, 20th century
Place: russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
War Intelligence Service. The Northern Front (2012)
Genre: War
Country: Russia
TV show
Story: "War intelligence service: Northern Front" is a prequel to the Season 1. It tells us about the formation of the crew of scouts and illustrates its actions on the Northern Front before the beginning of the Finnish war and during it. They ...
Style: captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, suspense
Plot: prospector, battlefield, courage, heroism, battles, military, wartime, social relations, military life, war hero, war, reconnaissance ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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The Boat (1985)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: West Germany, France, UK, Italy
Duration: 293 min.
TV show
Story: Life aboard a German U-Boat during World War II.
Style: bleak, gloomy, cult classic, captivating, tense ...
Plot: submarine, world war two, underwater, navy, sinking ship, battles, torpedo, military, military life, nazism, life is a bitch, survival ...
Time: year 1941, 20th century, 1940s
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Saving Leningrad (2019)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 96 min.
Story: September 1941. In a turn of events young lovebirds Kostya and Nastya find themselves on board of a barge that will evacuate people from sieged Leningrad. At night the barge gets into the storm. When it starts sinking, enemy planes - but not ...
Style: disturbing, exciting, suspenseful, thought provoking, suspense
Audience: adult
Plot: world war two, historical event, life is a bitch, death, hopes, danger, murder, society, love and romance, rescue, world war, friendship ...
Time: year 1941
Place: ussr
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Operation Overlord (2021)
Genre: War
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A week before storming the beaches of Normandy, two US Soldiers infiltrate an abandoned complex to rescue a prisoner of war from the clutches of the Nazi regime.
Style: psychotronic, suspenseful, suspense, serious
Plot: rescue mission, pow, soldier, captive, army, torture, prison, state affairs, survival, gunfight, kidnapping, police interrogation ...
Place: normandy
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Assault on Hill 400 (2023)
Genre: War
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: On November 14, 1944, the 2nd Ranger Battalion is tasked with sieging the German town of Bergstein, and Hill 400, a highly strategic position that provides the Reich with high ground for artillery.
Style: captivating, serious, bleak, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: american soldier, world war two, forest, fortress, shootout, german soldier, nurse, soldier, military, world war, war, military life ...
Time: year 1944
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Above and Beyond (2006)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 240 min.
TV show
Story: True Story about the Atlantic Ferry Operation during World War II.
Style: serious, exciting, realistic, emotional
Plot: world war two, post war, captain, love affair, love and romance, danger, military, relationship vs career, against the odds, life is a bitch, heroes, wartime life ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s, 20th century
Place: europe, canada, newfoundland, england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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