Movies like Resistance 2011
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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, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
espionage, life is a bitch, danger, war, wartime life, undercover, missing person, world war two, strong female presence, resistance fighter
Time:
40s, 1940s, 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 world war two, war, danger, wartime life, life is a bitch, espionage and undercover mostly in Drama, War and Thriller genres. Some movies like Resistance: Stones for the Rampart (2014), Shining Through (1992), The Message (2009), Black Book (2006), The Counterfeit Traitor (1962). 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, serious, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
life is a bitch, wartime life, against the odds, danger, daring rescue, war, world war two
Time:
20th century, 40s, 1940s
Place:
poland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
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:
serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
double agent, world war two, behind enemy lines, espionage, romance, wartime life, secret agents, love and romance, working undercover, translator, nazi germany, wartime ...
Time:
40s, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
germany, new york, berlin germany, usa, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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:
captivating, realistic, tense, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
japanese occupation, espionage, code breaking, world war two, resistance, assassination, wartime life, undercover, spy, rivalry, danger, occupation ...
Time:
20th century, 40s, 1940s, year 1942
Place:
china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Netherlands, Germany, UK, Belgium
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.
Style:
tense, psychological, epic, twists and turns, emotional ...
Plot:
jewish, world war two, nazism, holocaust, atrocity, singer, espionage, spy, life is a bitch, occupation, betrayal, escape ...
Time:
1940s, 50s, 40s, 20th century, 1960s ...
Place:
holland, netherlands, europe, israel, belgium ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, History, 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:
tense, captivating, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
world war two, espionage, spy, wartime life, working undercover, danger, state affairs, life is a bitch, secret agents, betrayal, forgery, undercover ...
Time:
20th century, 40s, 1940s, year 1942
Place:
sweden, germany, europe, stockholm sweden, copenhagen denmark ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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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.
Style:
rough, suspenseful, bleak, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, state affairs, danger, escapades, espionage, criminal heroes, military, wartime life, heroes, rebellion, war, undercover ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
london, norway, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
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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:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
espionage, secret agents, working undercover, heroic mission, undercover, danger, war, world war two, rivalry, friendship, good versus evil, heroes ...
Time:
20th century, 40s, 1940s
Place:
europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Genre: War, Drama
Country: Philippines, USA
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, suspenseful ...
Plot:
world war two, espionage, danger, war, anti war, escapades, mission, soldier, battles, reconnaissance, liberation, captivity ...
Time:
1940s, 40s
Place:
the philippines, japan, asia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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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:
emotional, touching, realistic, serious, captivating
Plot:
family relations, wartime life, danger, life is a bitch, parents and children, survival, war, fight, nobility, aristocracy, world war two, escape ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 40s
Place:
germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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:
serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
espionage, world war two, d day, rescue, undercover, war, escapades, danger, secret agents, double agent, interrogation, agent ...
Time:
1940s, 40s, 20th century, year 1944
Place:
paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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409
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Finland
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:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, gloomy ...
Plot:
military, wartime life, life is a bitch, heroes, war, idealism, heroism, world war two, death of son, soldier, male nudity, frontier ...
Time:
1940s, 40s, 20th century, year 1944
Place:
europe, finland
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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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:
tense, realistic, serious, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
jungle, world war two, survival, communication problem, war, soldier, danger, military, escape, chase, very little dialogue, escapades ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 40s
Place:
singapore, asia, australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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, suspenseful, captivating, exciting
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, evacuation, war, danger, chases and races, soldier, superior officer, aerial combats, law enforcement, heroes, army investigation, military ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 40s, year 1940
Place:
london, england, france, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A group of Slave workers, drafted by the Nazis to help construct their coastal defenses in 1944 are trapped in an underground bunker when the Allies land at Normandy on D-Day. They find huge dtores of food but not enough candles. The slow dying of ...
Style:
serious, realistic, gloomy, bleak, suspenseful
Plot:
world war two, d day, survival, bunker, holocaust, human spirit, battles, escapades, danger, against humanity, military, war ...
Time:
1940s, 40s
Place:
france
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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, serious, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
life is a bitch, state affairs, wartime life, life turned upside down, danger, escapades, manhunt, disorder, chase, intrigue, weapons, war ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
afghanistan, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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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:
tense, psychological, realistic, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot:
survival, war, danger, military life, isolation, confined, escapades, japanese soldier, rivalry, world war two, wartime life, losing-it hero ...
Time:
20th century, 40s, 1940s
Place:
the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
world war two, island, espionage, spy, nudity (full frontal - brief), nazi spy, car accident, storm at sea, war, submarine, idealism, mistaken identity ...
Time:
1940s, 40s, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
england, scotland, europe, germany, berlin germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, Netherlands, Belarus, Russia, Latvia
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Western frontiers of the USSR, 1942. The region is under German occupation. A man is wrongly accused of collaboration. Desperate to save his dignity, he faces an impossible moral choice.
Style:
realistic, serious, bleak, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
false accusation, world war two, nazi occupation, moral dilemma, danger, life is a bitch, survival, wartime life, human nature, resistance fighter, collaboration, war ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 40s, year 1942
Place:
russia, ussr
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A WWII Drama about a German/Jewish industrialist who, in order to ensure his family's safe passage out of Germany, is forced to hand over his business to the Nazis.
Style:
captivating, serious, suspenseful, psychological, gloomy ...
Plot:
concentration camp, world war two, holocaust, anti semitism, life is a bitch, undercover, hidden identity, forbidden love, uncover truth, moral dilemma, survival, wartime life ...
Time:
1940s, 40s, year 1944
Place:
switzerland, hungary, germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, serious, realistic
Plot:
uncover truth, mysterious character, confined, captivity, survival, danger, war
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
iraq, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of a group of inspirational women in a rural Cheshire community with the shadow of World War II casting a dark cloud over their lives. As the conflict takes hold and separates the women from their husbands, fathers, sons and brothers, the ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, psychological, touching
Plot:
village, strong female presence, world war two, wartime life, society, life is a bitch, social relations, friends, female protagonist, village life, british, family relations ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1930s, 30s, 40s
Place:
england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Set in 1990s Belfast, a woman is forced to betray all she believes in for the sake of her son.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense
Plot:
ira, moral dilemma, family relations, radical, snitch, state affairs, undercover, betrayal, political unrest, siblings relations, loss of son, law enforcement ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1993, year 1973, 1990s ...
Place:
ireland, london, england, belfast, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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, captivating, stylized
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
factory, espionage, heroic mission, fall in love, couple relations, workplace situations, parents and children, family relations, undercover, society, love and romance, life is a bitch ...
Time:
20th century, 40s, 1940s, year 1943
Place:
europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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:
realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, raf, mosquito, heroes, escapades, espionage, twins, danger, save the day, leadership, anti war, race against time ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
england, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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:
rough, bleak, realistic, serious, gloomy
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, siege, military, battles, survival, life is a bitch, danger, wartime life, hunger, soldier, rationing, starvation ...
Time:
40s, 1940s, 20th century, year 1941
Place:
russia, st. petersburg russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In September 1942, the German Afrika Korps under Rommel have successfully pushed the Allies back into Egypt. A counter-attack is planned, for which the fuel dumps at Tobruk are a critical impediment. In order to aid the attack, a group of British ...
Style:
tense, exciting, suspenseful, realistic, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, desert, soldier, rescue, battles, military, escapades, war, espionage, adventure, undercover, heroes ...
Time:
1940s, 40s, year 1942, frogman
Place:
africa, libya, egypt
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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:
disturbing, sincere, realistic, serious
Plot:
world war two, vengeance, rape, revenge, war, life is a bitch, betrayal, heroes, dishonesty, crimes, redemption, wartime life ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 40s, year 1939, year 1944
Place:
normandy, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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, realistic, tense, atmospheric
Plot:
gangsters, investigation, soldier, crime, crimes, heist, dishonesty, criminal heroes, witnessing a crime, deadly, frame up, wartime life ...
Time:
1940s, 40s
Place:
england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Downtrodden wife and mother Nella's life takes an unexpected turn for the better after she joins the Women's Voluntary Service office in Barrow-in-Furness during the Second World War. However, her new-found happiness is shattered when her ...
Style:
touching, sincere, emotional, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, wartime life, love and romance, society, life is a bitch, war, female protagonist, parent grown child relationship, heroes, british humour, family home, unhappy marriage ...
Time:
year 1941, year 1939, 1940s
Place:
england, northern england
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Allied agents infiltrate the Nazi rocket complex at Peenemunde in order to obtain their secrets and sabotage the plant.The film alternates between German developments of the V-1 missile and V-2 rocket (with a German cast speaking their own language) ...
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, espionage, world war two, rocket, double agent, heroic mission, working undercover, escapades, military, secret agents, war, heroes ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 40s
Place:
germany, london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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