Movies like The Fear 2015
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The Fear (2015)
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Original name: La Peur
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young soldier testifies of his thoughts about the first world war, between disillusion, fear and hate, following his path through the letters he sends to his lover.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, rough, exciting
Plot:
world war one, military, soldier, battlefield, love, army, youth, desperation, trench warfare, self mutilation, death of friend, hiding, bombing, wounded, great war, war, snow, female nudity, death, hospital, male nudity, bare breasts, fear, letter, chicken ...
Time:
1910s, year 1917, year 1914, year 1916, year 1915
Place:
france
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Most similar movies to The Fear
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and suspenseful films with plots about soldier, world war one, war, military, great war, battles and trench warfare mostly in Drama, War and History genres. Some movies like The Fear: 21 Brothers (2011), Journey's End (2017), The Great War (2019), The Officers' Ward (2001), All Quiet on the Western Front (1979). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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, captivating, psychological, exciting
Plot:
world war one, military, young soldier, soldier, death, recruitment, tragedy, trench warfare, casualty of war, battles, wartime, war ...
Time:
year 1916, 20th century, 1910s
Place:
germany
Similarity:
100%
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:
period piece, psychological, suspense, thought provoking, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
world war one, trench warfare, great war, nightmare, war, mentally unstable, british army, army, officer, world war two, battles, fear ...
Time:
1910s, future, year 1918
Place:
france
Similarity:
35%
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, army, death, battlefield, military life, combat, war violence, battles ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1918
Place:
europe
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: France
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
The first days of WWI. Adrien, a young and handsome lieutenant, is wounded by a piece of shrapnel. He will spend the entire wartime at the Val-de-Grâce Hospital, in Paris. Five long years, and his life will change forever...
Style:
touching, serious, disturbing, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
world war one, hopes, anti war, military, wartime, soldier, starting over, life turned upside down, wartime life, human spirit, war, bravery ...
Time:
year 2001, year 1918, 1910s, year 1914, post world war one
Place:
france, paris france, europe, brittany
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 150 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, disturbing ...
Plot:
world war one, war, great war, soldier, combat, war hero, death of hero, last stand, literary, german soldier, world war, intrigue ...
Time:
20th century, 1910s, year 1918
Place:
europe, germany, france
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Denmark, Estonia, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
1918. World War I rages in Europe while Erna Jensen tends to her ordinary life at home in Bramstrup, with her simple-minded son, Kalle. One day the village constable comes to enlist Kalle for military service for the German Empire – of which ...
Style:
captivating, sincere, suspense, period drama
Plot:
world war one, female soldier, mother son relationship, motherhood, soldier, military, wartime, parents and children, cross dressing, military life, deception, war ...
Time:
year 1918
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
27%
768
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Portugal, Brazil, Mozambique
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Dreaming of great adventures and of standing up for his homeland, a young Portuguese man enlists in the army during World War I and is sent to the front line in Mozambique, Africa. Left behind by his platoon, he sets out on a grueling trek across ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful
Plot:
world war one, jungle, ritual, soldier, wartime, wartime life, military life, military, skinny dipping, humiliation, flashback, german soldier ...
Time:
year 1917
Place:
africa, portugal
Similarity:
27%
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, trench warfare, military, u.s. military, american abroad, u.s. army, pigeon, great war, survival, military life, leadership, danger ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1918
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Switzerland, Belgium
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Women are left behind to work a family farm during the Great War.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, bleak, psychological, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
world war one, countryside, mother daughter relationship, little girl, farming, love, life philosophy, great war, friendship, disorder, life is a bitch, family relations ...
Time:
post world war one, 1910s, year 1915, year 1917, year 1919
Place:
france
Similarity:
26%
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 ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, emotional, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
world war one, shell shock, traumatized man, great war, war, world war, writers, psychology, poet, gay interest, hospital, world war two ...
Time:
20th century, year 1997, 1910s, year 1917
Place:
scotland, europe
Similarity:
26%
384
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:
psychological, serious, captivating, disturbing, epic ...
Plot:
world war one, veteran, soldier, wartime life, battles, life is a bitch, military, state affairs, politics, military life, haunted by the past, prison life ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, year 1917
Place:
france
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Three British soldiers find themselves stranded in No Man's Land after a failed charge on the German Trenches. Set in France 1916.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, bleak, captivating ...
Plot:
world war one, military, survival, danger, against the odds, mission gone awry, great war, escapades, infantrymen, world war two, violent content, hapless soldier ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century
Place:
france
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The tragedy of Gallipoli is exposed
Style:
bleak, tense, realistic, gloomy, period piece ...
Plot:
world war one, military, tragedy, battles, british empire, soldier, sacrifice, heroism, regiment, combat, loss, grief ...
Time:
1910s, year 1915
Place:
new zealand, gallipoli
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, Yugoslavia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
On the Italian/Austrian front during World War I, a disastrous Italian attack upon the Austrian positions leads to a mutiny among the decimated Italian troops.
Style:
historical drama, serious, realistic, captivating, rough ...
Plot:
world war one, death penalty, great war, soldier, war, man killed, death, stupidity, military officer, execution, military police, combat casualty ...
Time:
1910s, year 1916, 20th century
Place:
alps, italy
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, USA, UK
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
Paul Baumer and his friends Albert and Muller, egged on by romantic dreams of heroism, voluntarily enlist in the German army. Full of excitement and patriotic fervour, the boys enthusiastically march into a war they believe in. But once on the ...
Style:
visually stunning, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war one, trench warfare, battles, infantry, military, dying young, soldier, battlefield, german army, death of friend, german soldier, death ...
Time:
year 1917, year 1914, year 1918, 2020s, 1910s ...
Place:
germany, france
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A psychiatrist who probes the mind of traumatized soldiers attempts to unlock the secret that drove a gentle but deeply-disturbed World War I veteran to the edge of insanity.
Plot:
world war one, psychotherapy, psychology, therapy, psychological disorder, secret, ptsd, execution, male nudity, manslaughter, death, soldier ...
Time:
1910s
Place:
france
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, Poland
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Story:
At the outbreak of war, two teenage boys defy their parents to sign up.
Style:
historical drama, epic, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
world war one, military, wartime life, soldier, life is a bitch, hopes, battles, great war, friendship, danger, bittersweet, war ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 197 min.
Story:
Second silver screen adaption of the Finnish war book by Väinö Linna. The story is based on Linna's experiences as an infantry man in the Finnish army during the so called "Continuation War" (1941-1944).
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, captivating, rough ...
Plot:
infantry, russo finnish war, world war two, female nudity, nude girl, conservative, eastern front, world war one, soldier, escapades, state affairs, danger ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1941, year 1942, year 1943 ...
Place:
finland, europe, eastern europe, tokyo
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Joe, a young American soldier, is hit by a mortar shell on the last day of World War I. He lies in a hospital bed in a fate worse than death - a quadruple amputee who has lost his arms, legs, eyes, ears, mouth and nose. Unbeknown to his doctors, he ...
Style:
disturbing, depressing, thought provoking, independent film, surreal ...
Plot:
anti war, hospital, disability, dream, body horror, haunted by the past, mute, soldier, patient, isolation, freak, amputation ...
Time:
near future, 1920s, 1910s, 1900s, 20th century ...
Place:
colorado, france, los angeles, usa, europe ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Bulgaria near the end of World War I: Conan, warrior and wolf, leads a band of 50 ruthless French fighters who love hand-to-hand combat. Their motto: "We forgot to take prisoners, Captain." At war's end, the unit goes to Bucharest, ...
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, suspense
Plot:
world war one, french army, heroism, frontline, brutality, military life, society, great war, insubordination, danger, french military, investigation ...
Time:
year 1918, 20th century, year 1996, 1910s, post world war one ...
Place:
macedonia, romania, europe, brittany, balkan ...
Similarity:
23%
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, horse, desert, soldier, battles, great war, basic training, heroic mission, against the odds, danger, wartime life ...
Time:
year 1917, 1910s, year 1987
Place:
australia, palestine, gallipoli, ottoman empire, melbourne ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
January, 1920. 350,000 French soldiers remain missing in action. Major Dellaplane tirelessly matches the dead and the wounded with families' descriptions. Honor and ethics drive him; he hates the idea of "the unknown soldier." Into ...
Style:
anthology, realistic, serious, gloomy
Plot:
world war one, war, great war, research, missing person, interwar period, post war, time travel, anti war, destructive relationship, military, love and romance ...
Time:
1920s, year 1989, 1910s, post world war one
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
23%
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, realistic, serious, bleak, gloomy ...
Plot:
world war one, young man, soldier, military, great war, battlefield, world war, 007, world war two, nature, intrigue, holocaust ...
Time:
year 1916, 1910s
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
1936, Italian army is invading Ethiopia. Lieutenant Silvestri suffering toothache decides to reach the nearest camp hospital. But the lorry has an accident and stop near a rock, so Silvestri continues by walk. On his way he meets and rapes a ...
Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing, rough, historical drama ...
Plot:
italian army, hospital, murder, danger, military, soldier, investigation, world war two, italian history, interracial rape, interracial, buddies ...
Time:
year 1936, pre world war two
Place:
africa, ethiopia
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
A psychological war drama inspired by true events of Rifleman Kulbir Thapa, an inexperienced soldier goes through an incredible journey that eventually cements his name among the legendary Gurkha warriors.
Style:
period piece, suspenseful, historical drama, dramatic, captivating ...
Plot:
world war one, soldier, bravery, sacrifice, military, warrior, shooting, shooter, war, wartime life, wartime, weapons ...
Time:
1910s
Similarity:
22%
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:
epic, realistic, serious, rough, emotional ...
Plot:
world war one, veteran, military, battlefield, battles, platoon, great war, heroic mission, military life, war, state affairs, love and romance ...
Time:
1910s, 50s, 20th century, year 1917
Place:
canada, belgium, france, flanders
Similarity:
22%
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, emotional, realistic, crying ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
world war one, love triangle, soldier, war, military, landowner, grief, flashback, unplanned pregnancy, injustice, poverty, battlefield ...
Time:
20th century, 1910s, year 2012
Place:
england, belgium, europe
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Finland, Belgium, Iceland
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The film follows Finnish army machine gun company in Continuation War against Soviet Union, 1941–1944. Based on Väinö Linna's best selling novel Tuntematon Sotilas (The Unknown Soldier) and the novel's uncensored version, Sotaromaani ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, infantry, military, eastern front, soldier, friendship, friend, husband wife relationship, insubordination, firing squad, battles, heroes ...
Time:
1940s, year 1941, year 1942, year 1943, 20th century ...
Place:
finland, germany, soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Latvia
Duration: 123 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:
suspense, disturbing, psychological, thought provoking, suspenseful ...
Plot:
world war one, soldier, patriotism, loss of family, life is a bitch, struggle for survival, wartime, military, army, loss of mother, loss of sister, wartime life ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
poland, estonia, latvia
Similarity:
22%
380
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
During the Second World War, following an ambush carried out in a fort by German troops, Eugène, a French soldier, finds himself trapped underground. Now fighting for his survival, his destiny will play out alongside that of another survivor and ...
Style:
tense, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, french soldier, soldier, ambush, survival, military, wound, battles, wartime, fight, war, trap ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
france
Similarity:
22%
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