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Under Jakob's Ladder (2011)
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Under Jakob's Ladder (2011)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Jakob, a former teacher who lost his job due to the new Communist system, can only stand by and watch as the world around him slowly disintegrates, and fear and suspicion rule the day. Like most of the men, he soon finds himself in a Soviet prison.
Style: psychological, captivating, thrilling, christian film
Plot: prisoner of war camp, teacher, life is a bitch, communism, communist, loss of job, fired from the job, world war two, bible, forgiveness, choir, josef stalin
Place: ukraine

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, captivating, thrilling and suspenseful films with plots about life is a bitch, family relations, social problems, world war two, problem, female protagonist and relationships mostly in Drama, War and Romance genres. Some movies like Under Jakob's Ladder: Marie's Children (2002), A Boy Called H (2013), The Northern Kingdom (2009), Generational Sins (2017), Love Rome (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Marie's Children (2002)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story: During the German occupation of France, a young woman - Marie - finds a Jewish boy in her room. His parents and other Jewish neighbors have been just been deported, but Maurice (the boy) escaped. Marie decides to hide him, secretly.
Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological
Plot: world war two, nazi occupied france, life is a bitch, hiding, occupied france, jew persecution, child custody, occupation, nazi germany, female protagonist, relationships, nazi ...
Place: france
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95%
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A Boy Called H (2013)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Told from the viewpoint of the father Morio, "A Boy Called H" follows a young boy named Hajime Senoh, nicknamed "H". His father, Morio runs a tailor shop. With the onset of World War II, their family must endure difficult times. ...
Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological
Plot: boy, christian, world war two, society, child protagonist, father son relationship, lifestyle, child, religion, family relations, relationships
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79%
The Northern Kingdom (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The lives of three disparate families are illuminated by a meteor shower on a winter night.
Style: captivating, psychological, thrilling
Plot: psychology, social issues, social problems, life is a bitch, multiple storylines, farm, stepfather, dysfunctional family, family relations, psychologist
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Generational Sins (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A dying mother, Sarah, tells her last wish to her eldest son, Drew, that he take his younger brother, Will, to the place they were born. Despite tragic family history, hope gives promise to the future.
Style: captivating, thrilling, psychological, independent film
Plot: family relations, dysfunctional family, family problems, loss of mother, brother brother relationship, bereavement, life is a bitch, father son relationship, death
Time: future
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69%
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Love Rome (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Vignettes about four different couples in New York City coming to terms with their lives six months after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Style: anthology, psychological, thrilling, captivating, semi documentary
Plot: life is a bitch, terror, terrorism, problem, multiple storylines, political activist, 911, couples
Place: new york
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66%
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Hanagatami (2017)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 169 min.
Story: Spring, 1941. Sixteen-year-old Toshihiko attends school in the coastal town of Karatsu, where his aunt cares for his ailing cousin. Immersed in the seaside's nature and culture, Toshihiko soon befriends the town's other extraordinary ...
Style: suspense, psychological, surreal, disturbing, tense ...
Plot: wartime, world war two, wartime life, life is a bitch, teenage life, surrealism, teenager, humanity, vampire, coming of age
Time: year 1941
Place: japan, pearl harbor
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65%
This Is Not a War Story (2021)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A ragtag group of veterans in New York deal with the aftermath of war by creating unusual art.
Style: captivating, psychological, thrilling
Plot: ptsd, veteran, art, therapy, anti war, problem, social issues, war veteran, society, mental disorder, social problems, life ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Downtown: A Street Tale (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A group of street kids find that the only way to make it through the day is to hold onto their dreams while their reality is eating out of dumpsters, turning tricks and squatting in abandoned buildings.
Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological
Plot: homelessness, street life, urban setting, urban ghetto life, orphan, life is a bitch, city life, drug, group, inner city, street
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Before It Ends (2023)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Denmark
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When a folk high school is turned into an internment camp for German refugees, the headmaster couple Jakob and Lis and their children are thrust into an impossible situation. Should the family help the refugees - or stand firm in the Danish ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, serious, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: liberation, refugee camp, world war, wartime, great war, prisoner of war camp, war, post war, wartime life, world war two, nazi
Time: year 1945
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
 6.2
 107
Destiny Road (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Follows three different people and the curve balls that life throws at them. In the end they are all brought together by one common Destiny.
Style: thrilling, psychological, captivating
Plot: forgiveness, dream, couple relations, multiple storylines, love affair, relationships, a vision, family relations, running, discovery, passion, journey ...
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58%
 6.1
 435
All at Once (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A young up and coming artist in New York city has his life and dreams forever altered when the tragic events of 9/11 take the lives of his two best friends and he accepts guardianship of the couple's two young daughters. Now eleven years later, ...
Style: captivating, thrilling, psychological
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55%
What the Night Can Do (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Luana is a 12-year-old girl struggling to grasp the world collapsing around her, as her parents separate and her estranged Grandfather falls ill. It takes one unlikely person to help her find her way.
Style: captivating, psychological, thrilling
Plot: teenage life, grownups, social problems, teenage girl, life is a bitch, female protagonist, teenage protagonist, society, adolescence, social issues, teenager, adolescence vs adulthood
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Sunshine (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 15 min.
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Story: Ohisama is a Japanese television drama that aired on NHK in 2011 in the Asadora time slot. Set in Nagano prefecture, "Ohisama" covers the life of Yoko Sudo (Mao Inoue) through World War II. Yoko Sudo with her smile is able to bring ...
Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological, asadora
Plot: world war two, female protagonist, family relations, social problems, life is a bitch, slice of life
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Broken Memories (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: “Broken Memories” is a romantic drama that depicts the often-untold story of a family caregiver tending to an elderly parent. Once estranged from his family, Levi (Ivan Sergei), puts his life on hold to care for his father, Jasper (Rance ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling
Plot: secret, dysfunctional family, family problems, fighting illness, confronting the past, father son relationship, troubled past, caretaker, life is a bitch, alzheimer's disease, family relations, father
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
 7.1
 84
Papa (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A young man, Ben Freidman (Scott Wilson) raised by wealthy adoptive Jewish parents in Beverly Hills, decides that he is ready to finally meet his biological parents. He faces disappointment upon learning of the death of his biological mother. His ...
Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological
Plot: father son relationship, family life, family problems, relationships, family relations, mother son relationship, search for father, foster home, life is a bitch, foster child, parents and children, kids and family ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
 7.1
 13
Booking (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Feature film.
Style: psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot: social problems, life is a bitch, problem, gays and lesbians, suicide, prostitute, male nudity, exploitation, gay, poverty, producer, aspiring actor
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In August 1942, during the Second World War, Six Jewish children are trying to escape the Nazis. They are hidden by the resistance in the Chambord Castle, where paintings from Le Louvre are being stored as well. The Nazis are looking for paintings ...
Style: captivating, thrilling, psychological
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Time: 1940s
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
The Road to Galena (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
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Style: captivating, psychological, thrilling
Plot: life is a bitch, family problems, introspection, social problems, problem, male protagonist, love affair, relationships, marital problem, self discovery, relationship problems, male female relationship
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Pastorale 1943 (1978)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 125 min.
Story: In a Dutch village during the German occupation, a small group of badly organized resistance fighters attempt to assassinate a collaborator.
Style: suspenseful, factual, psychological, disturbing, rough ...
Plot: world war two, life is a bitch, social relations, rebelliousness, human nature, resistance, execution, war, robbery, torture, nazi occupation, dutch history ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Under the North Star II (2010)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Akseli Koskela returns from prison and tries to learn living again. He's not allowed to take part in politics anymore, but he sees a lot of injustice around him. He raises a family with his wife Elina while another war is around the corner...
Style: suspense, psychological, touching, family saga, epic
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Time: 1900s, 1940s, 1920s, 1930s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
The Angel of Auschwitz (2019)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
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Duration: 101 min.
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Style: disturbing, suspense, psychological, captivating
Plot: world war two, war criminal, concentration camp, abortionist, life is a bitch, midwife, jew persecution, female protagonist, wartime, experiment, auschwitz, anti semitism
Time: 1940s
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Pearl (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: After her mother is murdered by her stepfather, gifted 15 year old student Pearl goes to live with an ex-lover of her mother, a grumpy unemployed film director who, pending the results of a paternity test, may be her biological father.
Style: thrilling, captivating, tense, psychological
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⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
We Burn Like This (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
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Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological, realistic
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⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Forever Tomorrow (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: 'Forever Tomorrow' weaves a narrative out of the speeches given in AA meetings, the interrupted life of a party girl, a young couple who have lost their connection to one another, and the relationships Aaron, a rent boy, and his clients ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Redemption of the Ghost (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: When convicted embezzler Witt Hampton (Gene Bicknell) escapes from prison, a lonely barn serves as the perfect hideout -- until a pair of tykes stumbles on him. Telling the tots he's a ghost, Witt strikes up a friendship with the pair. Soon, ...
Style: captivating, thrilling, psychological, independent film
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42%
Keys to the City (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Style: captivating, thrilling, psychological, suspenseful
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40%
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The Hammer (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: When prison boxer George "The Hammer" Martin is offered freedom for fighting in the 1984 Olympics, he says no in order to protect the woman he loves, forcing his best friend to learn the true meaning of loyalty.
Style: captivating, psychological, thrilling
Plot: boxing, boxer, friendship, life is a bitch, jail, jailed, love, prizefighter, faith, boxing champion, prisoner, life sentence ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Missing in America (2005)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A haunted Vietnam veteran, living in exile in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, is faced with a life-changing decision after he is visited by a former platoon member and his young Amerasian daughter.
Style: psychological, realistic, emotional, touching, captivating ...
Plot: vietnam veteran, friendship, homecoming, exile, solitary, life is a bitch, society, orphan, redemption, farm, family relations, children ...
Place: usa, asia, vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Singing with Angels (2016)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Faced with a crossroads in her life, Aubrey reflects on her experiences in joining the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and how they have strengthened her and her family through their challenges.
Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological
Plot: christian, church choir, problem, introspection, religious faith, mormon, self discovery, life is a bitch, female protagonist, musician's life, changing lives, choir ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
All Your Faces (2023)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Since 2014, France's restorative justice programmes have offered a safe space for supervised dialogue between offenders and victims. Grégoire, Nawelle, and Sabine, victims of heists and violent robberies, agree to join one of these discussion ...
Style: suspenseful, thrilling, psychological, captivating, serious
Plot: forgiveness, victim, prison, convict, true crime, rehabilitation, life is a bitch, criminal, relationships, criminal justice, traumatic experience, post traumatic stress disorder ...
Time: 2010s
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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