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The Wars (1982)
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada, West Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Robert Ross lives a protected adolescence in a well-off Toronto suburb. Secretive and withdrawn, he shares his thoughts only with his sister Rowena, who is mentally disabled. He feels compassion for his weak and conventional father. He avoids any confrontation with his mother, a dominating woman whose despondency at having given birth to a handicapped child has turned to bitterness. Rowena occupies a central position in Robert's existence of daydreams and make-believe. When she dies, Robert clashes openly with his family, and decides to take himself in hand. It's 1914. He enrolls in the Canadian army, and, after training in Alberta and Montreal, he finds himself in England and France. The war becomes another way for him to resolve his conflicts, his dramas, his passions--his wars.
Style:
independent film
Plot:
world war one, great war, sex, horse, world war two, death, battles, soldier, handicapped, male nudity, family relations, accident, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, matriarchy, rabbit, brother sister relationship, father son relationship, british army, military officer, accidental death, affair, rebelliousness, death of sister, death of daughter ...
Time:
pre world war one
Place:
toronto ontario canada
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Most similar movies to The Wars
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, bleak and captivating films with plots about soldier, battles, military, war, world war one, great war and world war two mostly in Drama, War and History genres. Some movies like The Wars: Private Peaceful (2012), The Fear (2015), Abandoned Houses, Empty Homes (2000), Journey's End (2017), Cat and Mouse (1967). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Set in the fields of Devon and the WW1 battlefields of Flanders, two brothers fall for the same girl while contending with the pressures of their feudal family life, the war, and the price of courage and cowardice.
Style:
serious, touching, emotional, realistic, crying ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
world war one, love triangle, soldier, war, military, landowner, grief, flashback, unplanned pregnancy, injustice, poverty, battlefield ...
Time:
20th century, 1910s, year 2012
Place:
england, belgium, europe
Similarity:
95%
283
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young soldier testifies of his thoughts about the first world war, between disillusion, fear and hate, following his path through the letters he sends to his lover.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, rough, exciting
Plot:
world war one, battlefield, soldier, military, self mutilation, bombing, death of friend, desperation, wounded, love, youth, hiding ...
Time:
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Place:
france
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A war movie that takes place in Finnish Karelia in 1944.
Style:
serious, touching, disturbing, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
world war two, male female relationship, family relations, refugee, soldier, baby, deserter, evacuation, military hospital, bombing, truck, flowers ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
finland
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Set in a dugout in Aisne in 1918, a group of British officers, led by the mentally disintegrating young officer Stanhope, variously await their fate.
Style:
period piece, psychological, suspense, thought provoking, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
world war one, trench warfare, great war, nightmare, war, mentally unstable, british army, army, officer, world war two, battles, fear ...
Time:
1910s, future, year 1918
Place:
france
Similarity:
70%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: West Germany, Poland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A film adaptation of the book by the same name written by Günter Grass. Pilenz, the narrator, revisits places of his childhood, going through his memories regarding his relationship to Mahlke, an old "friend" of his.
Plot:
nude boy, male nudity, nude young male, male pubic hair, stealing, black cat, male full rear nudity, suicide, high school, german soldier, nazi soldier, third reich ...
Place:
germany
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Denmark, Estonia, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
1918. World War I rages in Europe while Erna Jensen tends to her ordinary life at home in Bramstrup, with her simple-minded son, Kalle. One day the village constable comes to enlist Kalle for military service for the German Empire – of which ...
Style:
captivating, sincere, suspense, period drama
Plot:
world war one, female soldier, mother son relationship, motherhood, soldier, military, wartime, parents and children, cross dressing, military life, deception, war ...
Time:
year 1918
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
65%
15K
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A variety of characters, some close relatives, others distant strangers, are each affected by the making of a film about the Armenian Genocide of 1915.
Style:
sexy, disturbing, emotional, realistic, existential ...
Plot:
armenian genocide, genocide, filmmaking, politics, ethnic, painting, atrocity, war crime, self discovery, haunted by the past, against humanity, family problems ...
Time:
year 2002, 1910s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1915 ...
Place:
armenia, canada, ottoman empire, middle east, toronto ontario canada ...
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In November of 1918 as World War I was ending, a unit of American soldiers goes behind enemy lines to find a lost platoon of African American soldiers.
Style:
captivating, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war one, trench warfare, military, soldier, rescue mission, army, death, battlefield, military life, combat, war violence, battles ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1918
Place:
europe
Similarity:
63%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, Yugoslavia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
On the Italian/Austrian front during World War I, a disastrous Italian attack upon the Austrian positions leads to a mutiny among the decimated Italian troops.
Style:
historical drama, serious, realistic, captivating, rough ...
Plot:
world war one, death penalty, great war, soldier, war, man killed, death, stupidity, military officer, execution, military police, combat casualty ...
Time:
1910s, year 1916, 20th century
Place:
alps, italy
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The tragedy of Gallipoli is exposed
Style:
bleak, tense, realistic, gloomy, period piece ...
Plot:
world war one, military, tragedy, battles, british empire, soldier, sacrifice, heroism, regiment, combat, loss, grief ...
Time:
1910s, year 1915
Place:
new zealand, gallipoli
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of a Canadian soldier, enroute to World War I from Winnipeg, who adopts an orphaned bear cub at White River Ontario. It is namned Winnie (for Winnipeg) and eventually ends up at the London Zoo where it became the inspiration ...
Style:
serious, feel good, touching, captivating, light ...
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
world war one, friendship, soldier, hopes, winnie the pooh, human animal relationship, survival, animal rescue, best friend, military life, battles, friends ...
Time:
1910s, year 1914, year 1918
Place:
england, london, france, europe, canada
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
In the War's closing days, when a conscience-driven Japanese soldier fails to get his countrymen to surrender to overwhelming force, he adopts the lifestyle of a Buddhist monk.
Style:
odd
Plot:
world war two, bird, prisoner, surrender, jungle, buddhist monk, dead body, anguish, squirrel, singing, platoon, survival ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
burma, japan, thailand
Similarity:
48%
723
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
During a pogrom in Poland on the eve of World War I, a group of Jews seek refuge from the Cossacks.
Style:
freeze frame, bliss
Plot:
world war one, breast feeding, cossack, great war, renaissance, faith, nude young male, nude boy, sex scene, group, sneeze, public nudity ...
Time:
year 1914, pre world war one
Place:
poland, eastern europe, austria
Similarity:
48%
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 ...
Plot:
world war two, family relations, soldier, communism, male female relationship, lower class, working class, family history, post war, hate, communist, village ...
Time:
1900s, 1940s, 1920s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
finland
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In November, 1942, near the Volga, Stanlingrad is under siege of Commander Friederich Paulus and his 330,000 men. The Russian high command unleashes an operation to protect the Mishkova River to avoid that about four hundred tanks join Paulus' ...
Plot:
artillery, eastern front, world war two, battlefield, world war, soviet army, stalingrad, nazi occupation, military officer, soldier, nurse, cold weather ...
Time:
year 1942
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr
Similarity:
42%
384
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Based on the popular World War I novel by author William March, director Robert Clem's COMPANY K follows a veteran of the first great conflict as he finishes a book about his wartime experiences and reflects on how a man's true character ...
Style:
psychological, serious, captivating, disturbing, epic ...
Plot:
world war one, veteran, soldier, wartime life, battles, life is a bitch, military, state affairs, politics, military life, haunted by the past, prison life ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, year 1917
Place:
france
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
At the start of World War I, Paul Baumer is a young German patriot, eager to fight. Indoctrinated with propaganda at school, he and his friends eagerly sign up for the army soon after graduation. But when the horrors of war soon become too much to ...
Style:
bleak, historical drama, suspenseful, sad, disturbing ...
Plot:
world war one, war, great war, soldier, combat, war hero, death of hero, last stand, literary, german soldier, world war, intrigue ...
Time:
20th century, 1910s, year 1918
Place:
europe, germany, france
Similarity:
40%
Genre: War, Drama
Country: Italy, West Germany, Yugoslavia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A story of how World War II affected the lives of a German family and an American family, both of whom had sons and fathers fighting in the war.
Style:
macaroni combat, exciting, bleak, rough, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, world war, battles, nazi, combat, revolution, struggle, revolutionary, revolutionary war, soldier, computers and web, destiny ...
Time:
1940s, year 1978
Place:
africa
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Switzerland, Belgium
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Women are left behind to work a family farm during the Great War.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, bleak, psychological, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
world war one, countryside, mother daughter relationship, little girl, farming, love, life philosophy, great war, friendship, disorder, life is a bitch, family relations ...
Time:
post world war one, 1910s, year 1915, year 1917, year 1919
Place:
france
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
21 Brothers tells the story of the Canadian 21st Battalion as they prepare for the battle of Courcellette in WWI. Taking place in real time, the film follows Sgt. Reid as he must get his men ready for the impending battle. Not only must he prep his ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, captivating, psychological, exciting
Plot:
world war one, military, young soldier, soldier, death, recruitment, tragedy, trench warfare, casualty of war, battles, wartime, war ...
Time:
year 1916, 20th century, 1910s
Place:
germany
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Like many, another young Israeli, Rafi never gave much thought to the fact that when he reached a certain age, he would be expected to serve in the Israeli Army and that he would experience active duty in combat. It certainly never occurred to him ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching
Plot:
disability, introspection, soldier, military, hopes, life is a bitch, youth, love and romance, down on your luck, life turned upside down, nudity, hospital ...
Time:
80s
Place:
israel, tel aviv israel
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A veteran sergeant of the World War I leads a squad in World War II, always in the company of the survivor Pvt. Griff, the writer Pvt. Zab, the Sicilian Pvt. Vinci and Pvt. Johnson in Vichy French Africa, Sicily, D-Day at Omaha Beach, Belgium and ...
Style:
bleak, realistic, semi autobiographical, cynical, political ...
Plot:
world war two, military, infantry, war, hospital, soldier, nazi soldier, world war, desert, great war, sniper, sergeant ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, year 1942, year 1980, 1910s ...
Place:
africa, america, sicily, europe, normandy ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: War, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
It is the summer of 1941 and the Finnish army has been mobilized along the border with Russia. A platoon led by Lt. Eero Perkola is waiting for orders to go on the offensive. The platoon receives orders for a recon mission through the wilderness ...
Style:
realistic, suspense, intense, sincere, disturbing ...
Plot:
world war two, russo finnish war, ethnic conflict, military, behind enemy lines, courage, justice, culture clash, visceral, danger, battles, military life ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 90s, 1930s
Place:
russia, finland, eastern europe, poland, germany
Similarity:
33%
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276
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Unfolding over the span of 36 hours in three separate wars – The American Civil War, World War I, and Iraq – FOXHOLE follows five soldiers confined in a foxhole as they grapple with morality, futility, and an increasingly volatile combat ...
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war one, iraq war, civil war, moral ambiguity, battlefield, morality, combat, multiple storylines, war, wartime life, battles, wartime ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
When Singapore surrendered to the Japanese in 1942 the Allied POWs, mostly British but including a few Americans, were incarcerated in Changi prison. This was a POW detention center like no other. There were no walls or barbed-wire fences for the ...
Style:
black and white, realistic, bleak, sad, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, prison, pow, british soldier, soldier, prisoner of war camp, capitalism, world war, prisoners of war, bullying, military, friendship ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945
Place:
asia, japan, singapore, california, england ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
It is 1943, and the German army, ravaged and demoralised, are hastily retreating from the Russian front. In the midst of all this madness, conflict brews between the aristocratic yet ultimately pusillanimous Captain Stransky and the courageous ...
Style:
freeze frame, political, cult classic, brutal, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, german soldier, eastern front, military, soldier, war, battlefield, german army, anti war, wehrmacht, nazi, blood ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, 20th century, year 1977
Place:
bolivia, germany, siberia, france, russia ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: South Africa
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Eight-year-old Bobo grows up on her family farm in Rhodesia in 1980 during the final days of the Bush War to end British colonial rule. Her eyes see conflict, the family's bond to the land, and the lasting wounds that war imprints on those who ...
Style:
f word
Plot:
death, black woman, tattoo, dysfunctional family, horse, grandfather granddaughter relationship, narration, suicide attempt, family relations, child's point of view, news report, little girl ...
Time:
year 1980
Place:
zimbabwe, south africa, africa
Similarity:
31%
4K
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA, West Germany
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
During WWII, the United States set up army bases in Great Britain as part of the war effort. Against their proper sensibilities, many of the Brits don't much like the brash Yanks, especially when it comes to the G.I.s making advances on the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, touching, historical drama ...
Plot:
world war two, soldier, wartime life, forbidden love, premarital sex, american abroad, prejudice, racism, infidelity, couple relations, love affair, world war ...
Time:
1940s, year 1979, 20th century, year 1942
Place:
england, yorkshire, northern england, europe
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In June 1940, during the Dunkirk evacuation of Allied troops to England, French sergeant Julien Maillat and his men debate whether to evacuate to Britain or stay and fight the German troops that are closing-in from all directions. - from IMDB
Plot:
world war two, french army, kriegsmarine, revolution, freedom, war, submarine, wartime, sea disaster, revolutionary war, struggle, revolutionary ...
Time:
year 1940, 20th century, 1940s
Place:
france, dunkirk, english channel, flanders
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After the fall of the September Campaign of 1939, two Polish pilots are forced to fight for their nation in foreign battlefronts.
Style:
exciting, sincere
Plot:
aerial combat, air force, world war two, world war, aviation, soldier, courage, wartime life, danger, politics, rescue, battles ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
poland, britain, europe
Similarity:
29%
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