Movies like Never Mind the Wall

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Never Mind the Wall (2001)
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Never Mind the Wall (2001)
Original name: Wie Feuer und Flamme
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Germany 1982: The country is divided into two parts. Nele, coming from West-Germany, travels to East-Germany where she meets Captain, singer of a band. They fall in love with each other, but the regime "takes care" of their relationship, meaning: They can not see each other again. Germany 1990: The country is reunited. Nele starts searching their lost love...
Style: eighties
Plot: stasi, berlin wall, punk rock, punk, subculture, communism, monkey, iron curtain, coming of age, teenage crush, sex, strong female lead, female nudity, strong female character, punk music, female director
Time: 80s
Place: berlin germany, german democratic republic, west berlin west germany, east germany

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, captivating, serious and sentimental films with plots about stasi, berlin wall, iron curtain, female nudity, german history, cold war and communism mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like Never Mind the Wall: The Promise (1994), Der Turm (2012), The Miracle of Berlin (2008), The Man on the Wall (1982), Sun Alley (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Promise (1994)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, France, Switzerland
Duration: 115 min.
Story: East-Berlin, 1961, shortly after the erection of the Wall. Konrad, Sophie and three of their friends plan a daring escape to Western Germany. The attempt is successful, except for Konrad, who remains behind. From then on, and for the next 28 years, ...
Style: realistic, serious, emotional, touching, sentimental ...
Plot: politics, berlin wall, spy, iron curtain, stasi, cold war, crisis, anti communism, couples, love affair, impossible love, political unrest ...
Time: 80s, 60s
Place: germany, east germany, berlin germany, europe, prague ...
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95%
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Der Turm (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 180 min.
Story: Adapted from an award-winning best-selling book by Uwe Tellkamp, 'The Tower' depicts a higher class family’s struggles during crumbling communist rule in 1980’s East Germany. It illustrates the weaknesses and pending downfall of the ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating
Plot: communism, social problems, political unrest, family problems, double life, german history, cold war, stasi, totalitarian state, berlin wall, public nudity, countryside ...
Place: east germany, german democratic republic
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
The Miracle of Berlin (2008)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: East Germany, 1988: working as a state security service agent, Jürgen Kaiser is loyal to the party line, but worried about his son Marco, a punk. As he is arrested after a concert, Marco is forced to join the army, where he surprisingly identifies ...
Style: spoof
Plot: spy, punk, subculture, berlin wall, stasi, border, propaganda, politics, male nudity, swan, embarrassment, male objectification ...
Time: 80s
Place: east germany, west berlin west germany, germany, east berlin, german democratic republic ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
The Man on the Wall (1982)
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An East German man finds a way to cross the border between East and West Berlin. But when he succeeds in bringing his wife out as well, things are not quite as expected.
Plot: border, berlin wall, iron curtain, stasi, cold war, spy, totalitarian state, border crossing, passport, wife, eccentricity, culture clash ...
Place: east germany, germany, west berlin west germany, berlin germany, east berlin ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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Sun Alley (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A group of kids grow up on the short, wrong (east) side of the Sonnenallee in Berlin, right next to one of the few border crossings between East and West reserved for German citizens. The antics of these kids, their families, of the "West ...
Style: political, controversial, semi serious, realistic, talky ...
Audience: teens
Plot: stasi, coming of age, berlin wall, love, german history, communism, communist, iron curtain, friendship, youth, defloration, border crossing ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: east germany, germany, german democratic republic, berlin germany, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
The Weissensee Saga (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Weissensee is a German television series. The series is set in East Berlin in 1980 and 1987 and follows two families.
Style: compassionate, realistic, poignant, serious, touching ...
Plot: stasi, communism, berlin wall, spy, social differences, prejudice, dysfunctional family, forbidden love, adolescence, first love, parents and children, family feud ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: east germany, berlin germany, german democratic republic, germany, east berlin
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Prager Botschaft (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Plot: iron curtain, berlin wall, stasi, mass hysteria, camp, protest, embassy, politics, politician, propaganda, police, fence ...
Time: 80s
Place: east germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
The Wall - The Final Days (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 186 min.
Story: The Berlin wall separated families and friends for 28 years. Some accepted it, and some worked hard to make it fall.
Plot: spy, berlin wall, iron curtain, totalitarian state, historical event, german reunification, soldier, police, border crossing, intercourse, border, nationalism ...
Time: year 1989
Place: east germany, germany, german democratic republic, berlin germany, west germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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One Night in Berlin (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 76 min.
Story: Berlin. Night. An old, homeless drunk stumbles down the street. Ignored by everyone - almost everyone. A woman suddenly appears in front of him - mid-thirties, thin, a drug addict. She stands face-to-face for the first time in years with the man she ...
Style: road movie
Plot: father, woman, stasi, separation, berlin wall, inheritance, nazi, past
Place: germany, german democratic republic, berlin germany, east germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Learning to Lie (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching, sexual
Plot: teenage love, family relations, looking for love, teenage life, youth, teenage crush, berlin wall, first love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, stasi, erotica, coming of age ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s
Place: germany, berlin germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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 4K
Tilt (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Bulgaria, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story: TILT is a love story set against the backdrop of the changing political and social environment in Europe in the late 80's and early 90's. Can this love survive the challenges of emigration, a violent homeland and immoral social atmosphere ...
Style: realistic, sentimental, semi serious, captivating, psychological ...
Audience: date night
Plot: forbidden love, power of love, teenage love, political unrest, friendship, revolution, longing, buddies, coming of age, social problems, youth, ghetto ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s
Place: europe, germany, bulgaria
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Beloved Berlin Wall (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Berlin, 1989. Sascha is a young East German border guard and Franzi is a lively young West German woman who's just moved into a flat next to Sascha's watchtower at the Berlin Wall. It takes only a slight mishap and a selfless act of ...
Style: realistic, sentimental, humorous, touching, captivating ...
Plot: stasi, love affair, love and romance, fall in love, father son relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, international relations, cold war, iron curtain, hitchhiker, hitchhiking, dancing ...
Time: 80s
Place: germany, east germany, berlin germany, europe, east berlin ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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The Architects (1990)
Genre: Drama
Country: East Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The architect Daniel Brenner is in his late thirties when he receives his first challenging and lucrative commission: to design a cultural center for a satellite town in East-Berlin. He accepts the offer under the condition that he gets to choose ...
Plot: berlin wall, communism, architecture, socialism, divorce, stasi, end of love, social problems, rebel, career, resistance, self fulfillment ...
Place: east germany, german democratic republic
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
The Red Cockatoo (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 128 min.
Story: A coming-of-age story set in Germany in the 1960s. Siggi becomes involved in a love triangle when he falls for Luise, but the tightening political climate forces him to make a fateful decision.
Style: realistic, serious, emotional, sentimental
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: stasi, love triangle, youth, rebellion, infidelity, against the rules, berlin wall, couples, couple relations, lifestyle, self discovery, dishonesty ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: german democratic republic, germany, europe, east germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
As We Were Dreaming (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Andreas Dresen's adaptation of Clemens Meyer's novel about a group of East German friends right after the fall of the Wall.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, disturbing, sincere ...
Plot: friends, unfulfillment, teenage boy, nightlife, lifestyle, freedom, coming of age, techno, stasi, berlin wall, subculture, youth ...
Time: 90s, 80s, 20th century
Place: germany, east germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Tod den Hippies!! Es lebe der Punk! (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story: 1980: 19 year old Robert, fed up with Hippy phoniness and bourgeoise narrow mindedness alike, flees the German provinces for West Berlin. A tour de force through the glorious dirt of West Berlin ensues. Full of sex, drugs, love and PUNK.
Style: captivating, disturbing
Audience: teen drama
Plot: punk rock, punk rocker, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, youth culture, escapades, robbery, money problems, satire, social problems, nightclub, sex club, strip club ...
Time: 80s
Place: germany, east berlin, west berlin west germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Engel & Joe (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A love story of a 17 year old punk-rocker and a 15 year old runaway girl.
Style: psychological, touching, sincere, sentimental, talky ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: drug addict, youth, punk, kids in trouble, pregnancy, love affair, fall in love, life is a bitch, street kid, grownups, couples, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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 35
Der Blaue (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In this German political drama, an ex-Stasi agent encounters an old friend whom he may have betrayed after his friend tried to escape East Germany. The former East German agent is Otto Skrodt who after many years is about to be promoted in the ...
Plot: stasi, german history, agent, intrigue, informant, blackmail, disguise, german reunification, female nudity, clandestine
Place: east germany, german democratic republic
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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 13K
Balloon (2018)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany, France, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Two families attempt a daredevil plan to escape DDR with a homemade hot air balloon, but it crashes just before the border. The Stasi finds traces of this attempt to escape and immediately starts investigations, while the two families are forced to ...
Style: suspenseful, captivating, suspense, tense
Audience: date night
Plot: berlin wall, stasi, balloon, border patrol, escape plan, manhunt, iron curtain, husband wife relationship, cold war, biopic, couples, danger ...
Time: 20th century, year 1989, 70s, year 1979
Place: east germany, german democratic republic, berlin germany, east berlin, west germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Berlin Is in Germany (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story: When Martin, a former GDR citizen, is released from jail, he lately becomes confronted with the consequences of the German re-unification.
Style: realistic, emotional, touching, humorous, serious
Plot: berlin wall, fish out of water, prisoner, friendship, society, social differences, estrangement, unsociability, jail, taxi driver, stasi, german reunification ...
Time: 90s, 21st century
Place: berlin germany, german democratic republic, europe, germany, east germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Shores of Hope (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 116 min.
Story: In this vivid historical drama set in 1980s East Germany, two dockworkers and best friends who dream of escaping the repressive regime are forced to choose their loyalties when the state police promise them safe passage out of the country — if ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, tense
Plot: friendship, ambition, relationship vs career, dishonesty, moral dilemma, investigation, danger, betrayal, snitch, dictatorship, dictator, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: germany, german democratic republic, east germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 7.7
 152K
Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 121 min.
Story: An affectionate and refreshing East/West-Germany comedy about a boy who’s mother was in a coma while the Berlin wall fell and when she wakes up he must try to keep her from learning what happen (since she was an avid communist supporter) to avoid ...
Style: humorous, sentimental, witty, touching, feel good ...
Audience: date night
Plot: berlin wall, coma, politics, capitalism, idealism, communism, society, cold war, culture clash, childhood, amnesia, communist ...
Time: year 2003, year 2004, 2000s, 20th century, 90s ...
Place: east germany, germany, german democratic republic, berlin germany, east berlin ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore (1996)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A high schooler from suburbia gets in touch with her sexuality while working at a dingy movie theater in the city.
Style: sad, crying, independent film, underground film, grunge
Audience: teens
Plot: punk rock, punk, rock, death, coming of age, female sexuality, male nudity, teenage girl, illegal drugs, cinema, woman, suburbs ...
Place: seattle, minnesota, midwest, minneapolis minnesota, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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You're Not Alone (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Master painter Hans Moll and his wife, the television announcer Ms. Wellinek and her husband, and the German-Russian Jew Yevgenia have many things to live on: food, drink, an apartment. What they do not have is work. They all discover the yearning ...
Plot: stasi, berlin wall, unemployment, neighbor, hairdresser, neighbor neighbor relationship, swimming pool, house warming, singing, physician, russian woman, couples ...
Place: germany, east germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Longing (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A melancholy 2006 German film about the life and love in the daily life of a man who’s trying to get the feeling of longing and nostalgia back into his marriage.
Style: suspenseful, melancholic, captivating, tense, sentimental ...
Plot: suicide, waitress, secret love, village life, teenage crush, male female relationship, infidelity, rescue, extramarital affair, convention, party, husband wife relationship ...
Place: east germany, berlin germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Open the Wall (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A lighthearted look at the opening of the border crossing of Bornholmer Straße in Berlin from the point of view of the confused border guards.
Style: humorous, tense, captivating, light
Plot: berlin wall, propaganda, border crossing, society, rivalry, friendship, iron curtain, cold war, totalitarian state, stasi, german history, working class ...
Time: year 1989
Place: germany, german democratic republic, east germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 8.1
 15K
Deutschland 83 (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: A gripping coming-of-age story set against the real culture wars and political events of Germany in the 1980s. The drama follows Martin Rauch as the 24 year-old East Germany native is pulled from the world as he knows it and sent to the West as an ...
Style: tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: cold war, stasi, espionage, spy, secret police, double agent, political intrigue, undercover, state affairs, rivalry, german soldier, military ...
Time: 20th century, year 1983, 80s
Place: germany, east germany, west berlin west germany, german democratic republic, west germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The Legend of Rita (2000)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Rita Vogt is a radical West German terrorist who abandons the revolution and settles in East Germany with a new identity provided by the East German secret service. She lives in constant fear of having her cover blown, which unavoidably happens ...
Style: melancholic, captivating, tense, suspenseful, political ...
Plot: lesbian, politics, terrorism, berlin wall, loneliness, existentialism, raf, starting over, state affairs, danger, lesbian sex, lesbian relationship ...
Time: 70s, 80s, 20th century
Place: germany, east germany, angola, berlin germany, german democratic republic ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Stille Nacht (1996)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Sensing their relationship is crumbling, Christian avoids celebrating Christmas with his girlfriend Julia and heads for Paris.
Plot: santa claus, nudity, male pubic hair, christmas, sex, sexuality, jealousy, phone sex, menage a trois, cheating girlfriend, cuckold, male full rear nudity ...
Place: berlin germany, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 7.2
 16K
Barbara (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story: It is the summer of 1980 in East Germany and, alone, Barbara is confined to living and working as a doctor in a small provincial town - her punishment for attempting to emigrate to the West. She has only one focus; to escape and for this, she has to ...
Style: tense, melancholic, compassionate, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot: doctor, stasi, cold war, fascism, communism, introspection, character study, power relations, life is a bitch, society, lovers apart, who to trust ...
Time: 80s, 70s, 20th century, year 1980
Place: east germany, germany, berlin germany, northern germany, german democratic republic ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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