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Private Peaceful (2012)
2K
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:
touching, serious, emotional, realistic, crying, weeping, period drama
Audience:
teens
Plot:
world war one, love triangle, soldier, war, military, bully, poverty, childhood, injustice, father son relationship, widow, grief, court martial, landowner, unplanned pregnancy, flashback, brother brother relationship, battlefield, firing squad, class conflict, family relations, teenage love, siblings relations, family life, social relations ...
Time:
20th century, 1910s, year 2012
Place:
england, europe, belgium
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Most similar movies to Private Peaceful
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, emotional and captivating films with plots about soldier, war, military, battles, world war two, world war and great war mostly in Drama, War and History genres. Some movies like Private Peaceful: War Horse (2011), Our Girl (2013), Sword of Honour (2001), King & Country (1964), Cider with Rosie (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
172K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Follows a young man named Albert and his horse, Joey, and how their bond is broken when Joey is sold to the cavalry and sent to the trenches of World War One. Despite being too young to enlist, Albert heads to France to save his friend.
Style:
touching, emotional, sentimental, epic, uplifting ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, family outing, date night, teen drama ...
Plot:
world war one, horse, war, friendship, animal training, animal, battles, human animal relationship, wartime, cavalry charge, human spirit, danger ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, 2010s, year 2011, 1920s ...
Place:
england, america, britain, belgium, europe ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Our Girl is the story of Molly Dawes, born and raised in the London Borough of Newham. Molly is the eldest of five kids with little future, a difficult father and a mother who always wanted more for her. Leaving school with no qualifications, Molly ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, serious, touching, tense
Plot:
military, parents and children, british army, self discovery, family relations, basic training, military base, siblings relations, military life, soldier, hopes, army ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 191 min.
Story:
Guy Crouchback joins the war effort during World War 2, an idealistic quest to join the forces of good in the fight against evil. But his efforts is not rewarded, he never has any chance to join any real fighting, circumstances always prevent it. ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, touching, semi autobiographical ...
Plot:
world war two, military, fighting the system, love triangle, life is a bitch, soldier, betrayal, love and romance, military life, haunted by the past, basic training, society ...
Time:
future, 1940s
Place:
europe, england
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
During World War I a British soldier, charged with desertion, is defended by an officer who at first despises his actions and then grows to feel sympathy for him.
Style:
tense, thought provoking, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
world war one, courtroom, military, great war, anti war, british army, courtroom drama, world war, lawyer, trial, court martial, desertion ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1917
Place:
england, belgium
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42%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story set in the Cotswolds during and immediately after the First World War.
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, psychological, touching ...
Plot:
village, coming of age, world war one, skinny dipping, childhood, youth, society, friendship, village life, teenager, military police, anti war ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, 1920s
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA, West Germany
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
During WWII, the United States set up army bases in Great Britain as part of the war effort. Against their proper sensibilities, many of the Brits don't much like the brash Yanks, especially when it comes to the G.I.s making advances on the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, touching, historical drama ...
Plot:
world war two, soldier, wartime life, forbidden love, premarital sex, american abroad, prejudice, racism, infidelity, couple relations, love affair, world war ...
Time:
1940s, year 1979, 20th century, year 1942
Place:
england, yorkshire, northern england, europe
Similarity:
36%
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:
35%
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:
35%
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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:
33%
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:
33%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, USA, UK
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, sad ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, family outing, adult
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, childhood, nazi, adoption, nazi germany, war, human spirit, against humanity, death, youth, nazism ...
Time:
1940s, year 2013, ancient times, year 1941, 2010s ...
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
32%
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:
31%
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:
30%
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:
emotional, touching, heartbreaking, sad, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, family outing, kids, teen drama ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, concentration camp, war, children, friendship, childhood, nazi, nazism, gas chamber, boy, morality ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, ancient times, year 2008, year 1941 ...
Place:
germany, poland, europe, berlin germany, switzerland
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 145 min.
TV show
Story:
Tale of a farmer's son who gets involved with two sisters, then goes to fight in the trenches in WW1.
Style:
costume drama, serious, realistic, period piece, period drama
Plot:
world war one, romantic relationship, sibling relationship, farm, battles, couples, soldier, witnessing a crime, love and romance, redemption, hopes, dishonesty ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1914, edwardian era
Place:
england
Similarity:
29%
761K
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield and Blake are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds ...
Style:
period piece, visually stunning, tense, entertaining, sad ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, date night, adult
Plot:
world war one, trench warfare, race against time, soldier, british soldier, british army, death, battlefield, military, british military, dangerous mission, german soldier ...
Time:
year 1917, 1910s, 20th century, year 2019, 2010s
Place:
persia, los angeles, britain, europe, france
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Three British soldiers and their German captive trek through the European countryside.
Style:
serious, realistic
Plot:
world war two, soldier, holocaust, captive, battles, basic training, captivity, military life, prison, gory, anti war, war ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
europe, england, germany
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A searing portrait of war and prejudice, 'Only the Brave' takes you on a haunting journey into the hearts and minds of the forgotten heroes of WWII - the Japanese-American 100th/442nd.
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, battles, soldier, survival, military life, society, danger, daring rescue, war, heroic mission, battle zone, world war ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
france, europe, italy, usa, hawaii
Similarity:
27%
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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:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Prompted by horrific nightmares, Henry delves into the mystery of his past and begins to uncover the truth about his father's death, triggering a series of revelations that will change his family forever.
Style:
sentimental, psychological, sincere, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
family relations, murder, teenage life, coming of age, parents and children, teenage love, family life, youth, bittersweet, death, father son relationship, world war two
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
27%
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:
26%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Feature-length drama about the mystery of Sandringham Company, which disappeared in action at Gallipoli in 1915. Commanded by Captain Frank Beck, their estate manager, the men advanced into battle, were enveloped in a strange mist and never seen ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, uplifting
Plot:
world war one, disappearance, war, epic battle, military, human spirit, heroic mission, military life, campaign, soldier, state affairs, heroes ...
Place:
gallipoli
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A WW2 deserter holes up on a farm with disastrous results. Overlooked gem with Glenda Jackson in one of her best roles and Oliver Reed playing a part he was made for.
Style:
independent film, sentimental, touching, humorous, emotional ...
Plot:
world war two, army sergeant, transvestism, older woman younger man relationship, man disguised as a woman, cross dressing, age-gap relationship, farm, soldier, desertion, wartime life, gender bending ...
Time:
year 1972
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
26%
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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, captivating ...
Plot:
war, world war two, winter, invasion, infantry, cold weather, wartime, military, world war, battlefield, tank, politics ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1939
Place:
finland, russia, baltics, europe, soviet union ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
As dawn breaks on April 25, 1915, ANZAC troops go into battle on the beaches of the Gallipoli peninsula. Landing in the dark chaos, Tolly, Bevan and their mates struggle to establish a tenuous foothold on the treacherous slopes and deep ravines. ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, emotional, stylized ...
Plot:
military, world war one, military life, family relations, battles, danger, soldier, battle zone, war, great war, graphic violence, skinny dipping ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1915
Place:
australia, turkey, gallipoli, ottoman empire
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, New Zealand, Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
In 1942, British soldier Jack Celliers comes to a japanese prison camp. The camp is run by Yonoi, who has a firm belief in discipline, honour and glory. In his view, the allied prisoners are cowards when they chose to surrender instead of commiting ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, realistic, bleak, art film ...
Plot:
world war two, pow, homoeroticism, japanese culture, war, japanese occupation, prison, war crime, anti war, christmas, imperial japan, samurai ...
Time:
1940s, year 1983, year 1936, year 1946, 20th century ...
Place:
southeast asia, asia, britain, japan, australia ...
Similarity:
25%
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:
25%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
TV show
Story:
As an English soldier fights in the horrific trenches of northern France, he is haunted by the memories of his forbidden love affair with a French woman.
Style:
romantic drama, realistic, emotional, serious, stylized ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
world war one, soldier, trench warfare, love affair, lovers, lovers apart, military, great war, abbey, battles, young lovers, tragic romance ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century
Place:
france, united kingdom, europe
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor named Basie, who looks out for him while they are in the camp together. Even ...
Style:
epic, sad, period piece, crying, emotional ...
Audience:
family friendly, family outing, teens, teen drama
Plot:
world war two, coming of age, child protagonist, childhood, survival, pow, boy, japanese army, prisoner, young heroes, captivity, starvation ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1945, year 1987
Place:
china, hong kong, japan, asia, indochina ...
Similarity:
25%
22K
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry.
Style:
family saga, sad, touching, emotional, depressing ...
Plot:
cultural revolution, chinese history, communism, politics, gambling, asian history, poverty, storytelling, family relations, destiny, revolution, death ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 60s, year 1994, 20th century ...
Place:
china, asia, taiwan
Similarity:
24%
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