Movies like Land of Mine
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Land of Mine (2015)
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Original name: Under sandet
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Denmark, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In the days following the surrender of Germany in May 1945, a group of young German prisoners of war were handed over to the Danish authorities and subsequently sent out to the West Coast, where they were ordered to remove the more than two million mines that the Germans had placed in the sand along the coast. With their bare hands, crawling around in the sand, the boys were forced to perform the dangerous work under the leadership of the Danish sergeant, Carl Leopold Rasmussen.
Style:
harsh, emotional, sentimental, brutal, realistic, heartbreaking, suspenseful, intense, touching, poignant ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
world war two, german soldier, minefield, teenager, nazi, suspense, prisoners of war, child soldier, beach, survival, war, childhood, pow, war crime, moral ambiguity, beautiful scenery, brutality, courage, life & death, unlikely friendships, soldier, abuse of power, dog, anti war, military ...
Time:
post world war two, 1940s, future, year 1945, 20th century
Place:
denmark, germany
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, dramatic, serious and harsh films with plots about world war two, survival, wartime, war, runaway, courage and culture clash mostly in Drama, War and History genres. Some movies like Land of Mine: Hacksaw Ridge (2016), The Turncoat (2020), Stalingrad (1993), Dunkirk (2017), Before the Fall (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Australia, USA, UK, China
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Style:
touching, inspirational, sentimental, emotional, brutal ...
Audience:
manly, girls' night
Plot:
world war two, war, soldier, conscientious objector, religion, american soldier, u.s. army, bible, military, father son relationship, pacifism, u.s. military ...
Time:
1940s, middle ages, 20th century, year 1945
Place:
okinawa, okinawa japan, japan, tennessee, usa
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
Directed by Academy Award-winner Florian Gallenberger from Sigefried Lenz's international bestseller, "Der Überläufer" is set in the summer of 1944. German soldier Walter Proska is about to return to the Eastern Front when his train ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
world war two, partisan, german soldier, nazi germany, pow, eastern front, defector, border crossing, escape, jail, abuse, loyalty ...
Time:
year 1945, 1940s, year 1956, post world war two, year 1944
Place:
berlin germany, germany, east berlin, hamburg germany
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100%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
"Stalingrad" follows the progress of a German Platoon through the brutal fighting of the Battle of Stalingrad. After having half their number wiped out and after being placed under the command of a sadistic Captain, the Lieutenant of the ...
Style:
realistic, gloomy, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
world war two, war, battles, russian, german, nazism, soldier, survival, military, starvation, military life, wehrmacht ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1943, year 1942
Place:
russia, germany, east germany, berlin germany, poland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
673K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Netherlands, France, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.
Style:
epic, atmospheric, dramatic, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
world war two, military, survival, war, soldier, evacuation, military officer, beach, wartime, air attack, rescue mission, army ...
Time:
1940s, year 1940, middle ages, 20th century
Place:
france, england, english channel, dunkirk, los angeles ...
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100%
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Genre: Drama, Sport, Thriller, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In 1942, Friedrich Weimer's boxing skills get him an appointment to a National Political Academy (NaPolA) – high schools that produce Nazi elite. Over his father's objections, Friedrich enrolls. During his year in seventh ...
Style:
melancholic, harsh, disturbing, emotional, sentimental ...
Plot:
nazi, boxing, friendship, anti semitism, boarding school, nazi germany, war, pow, world war two, youth, military school, gay subtext ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, post world war two, year 1942
Place:
germany, berlin germany, poland, new jersey, europe ...
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100%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a ...
Style:
sad, emotional, touching, heartbreaking, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, concentration camp, war, jewish, childhood, friendship, nazi, children, military, gas chamber, german ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
germany, poland, europe, berlin germany, switzerland
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67%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 199 min.
Story:
Russia attacked Finland in late November 1939. This film tells the story of a Finnish platoon of reservists from the municipality of Kauhava in the province of Pohjanmaa/Ostrobothnia who leave their homes and go to war. The film focuses on the ...
Style:
realistic, epic, tense, bleak, gloomy ...
Plot:
war, world war two, winter, military, invasion, cold weather, tank, politics, resistance, russo finnish war, violence, fight ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, year 1939, 20th century
Place:
finland, russia, baltics, europe, ussr ...
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67%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Paradise Road is a 1997 film which tells the story of a group of English, American, Dutch and Australian women who are imprisoned in Sumatra during World War II. It was directed by Bruce Beresford and stars Glenn Close as beatific Adrienne Pargiter, ...
Style:
touching, harsh, serious, uplifting, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
world war two, pow, holocaust, war, prison, island, friendship, justice, war crime, nazi, human spirit, prison life ...
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1940s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
japan, indonesia, asia, australia, germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History, War
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The story Jewish counterfeiter, Salomon Sorowitsch, coerced into assisting the Nazi operation of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp during World War II.
Style:
tense, brutal, bleak, harsh, serious ...
Plot:
holocaust, nazi, concentration camp, jewish, war, world war two, counterfeit money, nazi germany, survival, german, forgery, prison ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 1930s, post world war two, year 1945 ...
Place:
germany, europe, poland, berlin germany, hamburg germany ...
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24%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
An eight-year-old boy is willing to do whatever it takes to end World War II so he can bring his father home. The story reveals the indescribable love a father has for his little boy and the love a son has for his father.
Style:
sentimental, emotional, touching, sad, sweet ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
world war two, faith, war, spirituality, wartime life, childhood, wartime, coming of age, racial discrimination, christian, survival, courage ...
Time:
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Place:
japan, germany, usa, hiroshima japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Set in 1944 France, an American Intelligence Squad locates a German Platoon wishing to surrender rather than die in Germany's final war offensive. The two groups of men, isolated from the war at present, put aside their differences and spend ...
Style:
bleak, realistic, emotional, harsh, psychological ...
Plot:
world war two, military, anti war, war, innocence lost, tragedy, violence, friendship, politics, wartime, weapons, nazi ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
germany, poland, europe
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23%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A Nazi doctor, along with the Sonderkomando Jews – who are forced to work in the crematoria of Auschwitz against their fellow-Jews – find themselves in a moral grey zone.
Style:
depressing, disturbing, bleak, factual, emotional ...
Plot:
holocaust, nazi, world war two, concentration camp, war, redemption, anti semitism, jewish, nazi germany, rebellion, moral ambiguity, tragedy ...
Time:
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Place:
germany, poland, europe, israel, budapest
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23%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
During the Second World War, a special project is begun by the US Army Air Corps to integrate African American pilots into the Fighter Pilot Program. Known as the "Tuskegee Airman" for the name of the airbase at which they were trained, ...
Style:
factual, inspirational, emotional, serious, sincere ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
alabama, africa, berlin germany, germany, usa ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that ...
Style:
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Audience:
manly
Plot:
world war two, military, war, nazi, soldier, invasion, d day, courage, german, allies, resistance, beach ...
Time:
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Place:
normandy, poland, germany, europe, paris france ...
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22%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refuge is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.
Style:
touching, sentimental, emotional, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, family outing
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, war, childhood, nazi, jewish, adoption, human spirit, nazi germany, life is a bitch, against humanity, youth ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1941, year 1945, year 1938 ...
Place:
germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France, USA
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
The title is Adolf Hitler's question to his chief of staff Alfred Jodl on the eve of the liberation of Paris (August 25): the military governor of Paris, General Dietrich von Choltitz, had been ordered to destroy Paris rather than let it fall ...
Style:
harsh, factual, tense, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, french resistance, holocaust, war, resistance, moral ambiguity, suspense, moral dilemma, totalitarianism, rescue, wartime life, against the odds ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
france, paris france, europe, germany, warsaw poland
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21%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
As World War II rages, the elite Sixth Ranger Battalion is given a mission of heroic proportions: push 30 miles behind enemy lines and liberate over 500 American prisoners of war.
Style:
tense, harsh, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
war, military, rescue mission, pow, world war two, prison, prison escape, escape attempt, human spirit, military life, against the odds, massacre ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, 20th century
Place:
the philippines, asia, poland, japan, germany ...
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21%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Fourth-generation Army Col. William McNamara is imprisoned in a brutal German POW camp. Still, as the senior-ranking American officer, he commands his fellow inmates, keeping a sense of honor alive in a place where honor is easy to destroy, all ...
Style:
realistic, tense, harsh, factual, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
1940s, post world war two, 20th century
Place:
germany, poland, europe, belgium
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21%
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:
realistic, factual, tense, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
world war two, nazi, soldier, catholic, fighting the system, human spirit, clergy, military, uninhibited rivalry, hopes, politics, survival ...
Time:
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Place:
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21%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
A Bridge Too Far tells the story of Operation Market Garden, the failed attempt by the allies to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland and allowing access over the Rhine into Germany. A combination of poor allied intelligence and ...
Style:
epic, realistic, intense, serious, rough ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
war, world war two, behind enemy lines, tank, military, army, courage, allies, nazi, soldier, paratrooper, u.s. army ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In March of 1945, as the War in Europe is coming to a close, fighting erupts between German and American troops at the last remaining bridgehead across the Rhine.
Style:
realistic, harsh, intense, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
1940s, year 1945, 20th century
Place:
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21%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
Based on the graphic novel by James Jones, The Thin Red Line tells the story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II ...
Style:
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Plot:
war, soldier, world war two, sergeant, anti war, jungle, infantry, existentialism, survival, invasion, pacific island, military life ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
asia, canada, japan, pacific ocean
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21%
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:
factual, disturbing, bleak, political, atmospheric ...
Plot:
holocaust, nazi, world war two, politics, nazism, genocide, anti semitism, war crime, racism, ss officer, third reich, suspense ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
berlin germany, germany, europe, poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Germany, USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, factual, emotional, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
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Plot:
military, vietnam war, war, battles, soldier, battlefield, heroic mission, military life, death, wartime, justice, anti war ...
Time:
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Place:
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20%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In 1919, Australian farmer Joshua Connor travels to Turkey to discover the fate of his three sons, reported missing in action. Holding on to hope, Joshua must travel across the war-torn landscape to find the truth and his own peace.
Style:
touching, emotional, dramatic, compassionate, sentimental ...
Plot:
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet partisans to combat the Nazis. The brothers begin the rescue of roughly 1,200 Jews still trapped in ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Japan, UK
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:
factual, tense, bad ending, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
world war two, nazi, war, nazism, hitler, conspiracy, nazi germany, suspense, resistance, politics, german soldier, wehrmacht ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, post world war two, year 1943, 20th century
Place:
germany, berlin germany, africa, poland, europe ...
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20%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
A Westerner finds refuge with a group of women in a church during Japan's rape of Nanking in 1937. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.
Style:
touching, emotional, realistic, harsh, brutal ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
china, asia, germany, japan
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20%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, France, Poland
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
germany, poland, israel, latvia, berlin germany ...
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20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, War
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Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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20%
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