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Nothing to Report (1973)
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Nothing to Report (1973)
Original name: R.A.S.
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Italy, Tunisia
Duration: 110 min.
Story: In 1956, the professional army of France lacks the manpower to keep the peace in Algeria, the colony which the country is determined to hold on to at any price. For this reason, reservists are called up and subject to an intense period of training before being sent to the front. Rémy March, Alain Charpentier and Raymond Dax are three such young men who have no interest in the military escapade and are reluctant conscripts. What they witness in Algeria will appall and transform them. Rape, torture, executions... there is no end to the atrocities in which they become unwilling participants. No wonder the French military are so willing to proclaim that there is nothing to report...
Style: tense, rough, bleak, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot: french algerian war, prostitute, soldier, train, torture, male nudity, communist, military camp, conscience, deserter, military training, colonialism, french army, idealist, pacifist, algerian war, execution, mutiny, anti war protest, platoon, war, military, politics, battles, life is a bitch ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, 20th century
Place: algeria, africa, france
Keyword: french

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, bleak and rough films with plots about military, war, soldier, wartime life, military life, life is a bitch and state affairs mostly in Drama, War and History genres. Some movies like Nothing to Report: The Battle of Algiers (1966), Intimate Enemies (2007), A Captain's Honor (1982), The Winston Affair (1964), The Breitner Commando (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Battle of Algiers (1966)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, Algeria
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Tracing the struggle of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale to gain freedom from French colonial rule as seen through the eyes of Ali from his start as a petty thief to his rise to prominence in the organisation and capture by the French in ...
Style: political, black and white, art house, realistic, bleak ...
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Time: year 1957, 20th century, 50s, year 1966, year 1954 ...
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100%
Intimate Enemies (2007)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France, Morocco
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A drama following a French platoon during Algeria's war of independence
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Plot: military, atrocity, soldier, basic training, anti war, racism, politics, imperialism, political unrest, military life, against humanity, state affairs ...
Time: 1950s, year 2007, 50s, year 1959
Place: algeria, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
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A Captain's Honor (1982)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 117 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: captivating, bleak, disturbing, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: military, indochina war, courtroom, french algerian war, wartime life, military life, false accusation, righting the wronged, obsessive quest, couple relations, rebellion, heroes ...
Time: 80s, 70s, 20th century, 60s, year 1957
Place: algeria, france, brittany
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The Winston Affair (1964)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In a remote jungle outpost in the Far Eastern theater of World War II, a hotheaded American soldier murders an allied British sergeant in cold blood. Stalwart American Lt. Colonel Barney Adams (Mitchum) is dispatched to defend him in the ensuing ...
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Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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The Breitner Commando (2019)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 109 min.
Story: 1959, France. Colonel Breitner is given a secret mission : find the body of his former aide, Colonel Delignières, who is reported missing in French Algeria, before the French army burns the whole place to the ground. Breitner puts together a team ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, tense
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The Colonel (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A "Reformed Colonel" is found dead in Paris, a couple of decades after Algeria's struggle for independence was won from France. Lieutenant Galois is assigned the investigation of this murder. She receives the diary of Lieutenent Guy ...
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, captivating
Plot: military, algerian war, torture, murder, investigation, military life, state affairs, uncover truth, love affair, brutality, war, soldier ...
Time: 90s, 50s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Hanoi Hilton (1987)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Lionel Chetwynd's film documents the horrific struggles that faced American POWs held in the North Vietnamese prison Hoa Lo -- more infamously known as the Hanoi Hilton -- between 1964 and 1975. Williamson (Michael Moriarty) leads a group of ...
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Audience: manly
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Time: year 1987, 20th century
Place: vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Camp de Thiaroye (1988)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Senegal, Algeria, Tunisia
Duration: 157 min.
Story: A historical drama based on the Thiaroye transit camp massacre, Camp de Thiaroye dismantles the myth of colonial assimilation to expose ingrained social and cultural mechanisms of racism, exploitation, and privilege. In 1944, the French army ...
Style: disturbing, bleak, realistic, serious, thought provoking
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Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: africa, senegal, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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 349
Company K (2004)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
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Style: serious, psychological, captivating, disturbing, epic ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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The Situation (2006)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
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Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough, extraordinary
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 117 min.
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Style: tense, disturbing, realistic, serious, rough ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Witnesses (2003)
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Style: disturbing, bleak, tense, rough, serious ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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 9K
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⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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22%
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21%
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21%
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21%
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21%
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