Movies like Resistance
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Resistance (2011)
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
It is 1944 and the D-Day invasion has failed, Germany's army have successfully invaded England and the Nazi war-machine is now heading west towards Wales. A group of women in an isolated Welsh village near the English border wake up to discover all of the their husbands have mysteriously vanished. They have headed into the mountains to join the Resistance.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
war, espionage, missing person, life is a bitch, danger, wartime life, undercover, resistance fighter, world war two
Time:
40s, 20th century
Place:
england
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and captivating films with plots about war, danger, world war two, wartime life, espionage, life is a bitch and undercover mostly in Drama, War and Thriller genres. Some movies like Resistance: Stones for the Rampart (2014), The Counterfeit Traitor (1962), Behind Enemy Lines (1985), The Message (2009), Code Name: Emerald (1985). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
To be defeated and not be - a victory. This is the motto that life is guided by three young friends: Alek, Sophy and Rudy. Scouts, high school graduates high school in Warsaw drifting ambitious plans for the future broken through September 1939. ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, realistic, serious
Plot:
danger, war, daring rescue, life is a bitch, wartime life, against the odds
Time:
40s, 20th century
Place:
europe, poland
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Blacklisted in modern day WW2, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies, by means of infiltrating and surveying Nazi Germany.
Style:
bleak, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
espionage, spy, wartime life, state affairs, secret agents, working undercover, life is a bitch, double agent, undercover, betrayal, dishonesty, forgery ...
Time:
40s, 20th century, year 1942
Place:
sweden, germany, europe, hamburg germany, copenhagen denmark ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Professor-turned-spy Col. Calvin Turner and his associate, workaholic Lt. Shelley Flynn, plan a daring rescue behind enemy lines in World War II German-occupied Norway of a brilliant scientist who may or may not be aiding the Germans.
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captivating, suspenseful, exciting, bleak, rough ...
Plot:
espionage, military, heroes, wartime life, chases and races, war, state affairs, criminal heroes, escapades, against humanity, danger, rebellion ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
london, england, europe, norway
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: China
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
1942, Nanjing (Nanking). Following a series of assassination attempts on officials of the Japanese-controlled puppet government, the Japanese spy chief gathers a group of suspects in a mansion house for questioning. A tense game of "cat and ...
Style:
realistic, stylized, suspenseful, captivating, serious
Plot:
espionage, code breaking, japanese occupation, resistance, assassination, crime, wartime life, life is a bitch, occupation, deadly, undercover, world war two ...
Time:
20th century, 40s, year 1942
Place:
china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In april 1944, an allied agent is sent to France in order to rescue an "overlord" captured by the Germans. (An "overlord" is one of the few men who knew the date and place of the "D" day). To achieve this goal, he will ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic
Plot:
espionage, secret agents, war, escapades, rescue, d day, danger, undercover, nazi, double agent, ss, interrogation ...
Time:
40s, 20th century, year 1944, 1940s
Place:
france, europe, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The British High Command finds itself in the thick of a huge dilemma when it is realized that they have long been infiltrated by spies from a German intelligence group. This all happens during the preliminary stages of the Battle of Britain.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, suspenseful, exciting
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
evacuation, danger, undercover, military, soldier, superior officer, espionage, war, heroes, escapades, chases and races, army investigation ...
Time:
40s, 20th century, year 1940
Place:
england, london, france, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Genre: War, Drama
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
During WWII, a three-man commando team places its trust in the hands of a band of Filipino resistors, as they try to knock out a Japenese communication center.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
espionage, war, danger, anti war, escapades, mission, soldier, reconnaissance, liberation, captivity, military, military life ...
Time:
40s, 1940s
Place:
the philippines, japan, asia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In the final days of World War II, occupying Japanese forces in the Philippines face resistance from the local population and the American offensive. The dwindling Japanese soldiers attempt to survive through the horrors of war.
Style:
realistic, tense, bleak, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
wartime life, escapades, life is a bitch, war, danger, confined, unfulfillment, losing-it hero, soldier, military, military life, survival ...
Time:
40s, 20th century
Place:
the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
Story:
An emotionally-driven character drama, set in the thrilling and dangerous world of WWII espionage and covert operations. It follows the stories of five highly skilled young recruits - Canadian, American and British - torn from their ordinary lives ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, stylized, serious
Plot:
espionage, war, secret agents, heroic mission, heroes, working undercover, danger, rivalry, undercover, good versus evil, spy
Time:
20th century, 40s
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
It is the Spring of 1943 and the Battle for the Atlantic rages as an Axis victory seems inevitable. The women of Vic Mu – Gladys, Lorna, Kate, Betty and Vera – band together in a tight bond of support and friendship.
Style:
realistic, serious, stylized, captivating
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
fall in love, family relations, factory, espionage, gender, feminism, society, workplace, undercover, heroic mission, couple relations, war ...
Time:
40s, 20th century, year 1943
Place:
europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A French special op suffers an existential crisis as he wanders New York City in search of a mission and the requisite connections.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, stylized, serious, atmospheric
Plot:
undercover, riddles and clues, secret agents, danger, espionage, urban, punk, female detective, secret agent
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In Montauban in 1944, Julien Dandieu in a surgeon in the local hospital. Frightened by the German army entering Montauban, he asks his friend Francois to drive his wife and his daughter in the back country village where Julien has an old castle. One ...
Style:
sincere, disturbing, serious, realistic
Plot:
war, vengeance, rape, revenge, redemption, death in the family, life is a bitch, dealing with death, crimes, wartime life, heroes, rivalry ...
Time:
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Place:
normandy
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In 1999, a British mine clearance engineer working for the Taliban government in Afghanistan must flee the country when he becomes embroiled in a deadly game of intrigue and betrayal.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense
Audience:
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Plot:
wartime life, war, chases and races, love and romance, state affairs, corrupt officer, dangerous attraction, life is a bitch, escapades, disorder, couples, manhunt ...
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
An archaeologist investigating mass graves during the Iraq War wakes up in a basement, unable to remember how he got there. The man must piece together the past of the enigmatic man who brought him there -- and discover who the pregnant woman is who ...
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A mysterious tale set around a traditional British family on the eve of World War Two. Oblivious to the looming shadow of World War II, the wealthy Keyes maintain a confident façade in the British countryside until daughter Anne becomes an ...
Style:
tense, realistic, clever, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
uncover truth, disorder, life turned upside down, secret movement, betrayal, war, confined, adoption, conspiracy, world war two, filmmaking, government agent ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Genre: Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A ruthless German spy, trying to get out of Britain with vital information about D-Day, must spend time with a young woman and her crippled husband.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, bleak, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
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Plot:
espionage, spy, island, war, idealism, love and romance, wartime life, couple relations, unlikely couple, disorder, contact, couples ...
Time:
40s, 20th century, 1940s, 1930s
Place:
england, scotland, europe, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Spirited New Yorker Linda Voss goes to work for international lawyer and secret Office of Strategic Services operative Ed Leland just before World War II. As they fall in love, the United States enters the fight against Hitler, and Linda volunteers ...
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
double agent, behind enemy lines, espionage, romance, secret agents, wartime life, working undercover, love and romance, world war two, translator, nazi germany, wartime ...
Time:
40s, 20th century, 1940s
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: War, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In WW2, a RAF squadron leader mourns the death of a comrade and receives a bombing mission against a secret Nazi V-2 rocket testing facility in France.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mosquito, raf, chases and races, human spirit, fall in love, wartime life, daring rescue, heroes, escapades, heroic mission, war, battles ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
england, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland, Israel
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
After Germany invades Poland and the Nazis order the confinement of all local Jews in the ghetto, medical doctor Artur Planck (Joseph Fiennes) manages to flee with his family, seeking refuge at the farm of Emilia (Kelly Harrison), their former ...
Style:
tense, captivating, emotional, realistic, sexual ...
Plot:
love triangle, isolation, danger, family in danger, couples, dishonesty, infidelity, couple relations, wartime life, ghetto, confined, love and romance ...
Time:
40s, 20th century
Place:
europe, poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: USA, West Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
General George S. Patton died in a car accident in 1945. However, now speculates that his death was actually a murder carefully prepared by his staff to cover a large theft of gold.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, realistic, rough, serious
Plot:
gold, investigation, hitman, heist, assassination, war, adventure, mystery, crimes, soldier, military, espionage ...
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40s, 20th century
Place:
germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Australia, Singapore
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
An unlikely friendship between 2 young men becomes everything, when an Australian soldier takes refuge under the canopied jungles of Singapore, during the violent Japanese invasion in World War II. Jim is lost, injured and defenseless in a hostile, ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, tense
Plot:
jungle, survival, escapades, war, military, soldier, communication problem, danger, imperial japan, on the run, parachute, airforce ...
Time:
20th century, 40s, 1940s
Place:
singapore, asia, australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
During World War II, an American serviceman in London decides to impress his English girlfriend by acting as an American gangster, which soon turns deadly.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, atmospheric, realistic, tense
Plot:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia, UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
When in 1941 Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union, their troops quickly besieged Leningrad. Foreign journalists are evacuated but one of them, Kate Davies, is presumed dead and misses the plane. Alone in the city she is helped by Nina Tsvetnova a ...
Style:
serious, rough, bleak, realistic, gloomy
Audience:
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Plot:
siege, military, battles, survival, life is a bitch, danger, world war two, wartime life, hunger, rationing, soldier, starvation ...
Time:
40s, 20th century, 1940s, year 1941
Place:
russia, st. petersburg russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Sam Laker is an American industrialist, working in Britain, who has just been awarded an international award for industrial design. He is planning to travel to East Germany to attend a trade show and show off his invention, taking his 10 year old ...
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
europe, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
In 1944 many Germans in Eastern Prussia believed like Lena von Mahlenberg, daughter of a local aristocrat, that Hitler would surrender and spare them from being invaded by the vengeful Russian Red Army. He didn't and they had to flee.
Style:
serious, emotional, captivating, touching, realistic
Plot:
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Time:
40s, 20th century, 1940s
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Mickey Spillane plays his own creation, street-thug-turned-PI Mike Hammer, in this 1963 adaptation of his novel. The film opens with Hammer on the downside of a years-long bender, scooped out of the gutter by a bitter cop intent on prying ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, Germany, Hungary
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A teenage orphan fights against the Red Army at the end of WWII and in the aftermath is 'adopted' by a Commissar. Years later he is sent to London during the Cold war to work for the KGB, where he questions his life.
Style:
realistic, disturbing, epic, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Drama, War
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Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A drama between people under unconventional circumstances. In the Second World War Finland was the only nation who brought casualties killed-in-action back to be buried at home. These actions were carried out by men and women working in assembly ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
europe, finland
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
An injured RAF pilot, confined to a wheelchair is committed to an eerie hospital where he starts to loose his mind.
Style:
rough, suspenseful, realistic, psychological, serious
Plot:
war, doctors and patients, military, disability, power relations, battles, danger, isolation, heroes, hospital, suicide, world war two ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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