Movies like The Man on the Wall
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The Man on the Wall (1982)
94
Original name: Der Mann auf der Mauer
Genre: Comedy, 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.
Style:
dark comedy
Plot:
border, stasi, berlin wall, iron curtain, spy, cold war, husband wife relationship, border crossing, passport, separation, culture clash, ransom, totalitarian state, cold war era, border guard, escape, jealousy, american soldier, smuggling, taxi driver, wife, couples, resistance, marital infidelity, jail ...
Place:
east germany, berlin germany, west berlin west germany, germany, east berlin, german democratic republic, east berlin east germany ...
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Most similar movies to The Man on the Wall
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, political and tense films with plots about berlin wall, iron curtain, cold war, stasi, communism, spy and cold war era mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like The Man on the Wall: Meier (1986), Open the Wall (2014), The Wall - The Final Days (2008), Sun Alley (1999), Beloved Berlin Wall (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
116
Genre: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Meier, a paperhanger in East Berlin, inherits from his father in West Berlin. With this money he wants to fulfil himself the dream of his life: a journey around the world. He buys a forged West German passport and pretends to go on a trip to ...
Plot:
berlin wall, political satire, cold war, social commentary, double life, freedom, identity crisis, separation, injustice, escape, deception, culture clash ...
Place:
east berlin, berlin germany, east germany, germany, west berlin west germany ...
Similarity:
95%
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:
tense, humorous, captivating, light, satirical ...
Plot:
berlin wall, propaganda, cold war, border crossing, society, friendship, rivalry, social change, iron curtain, bureaucracy, satire, political satire ...
Time:
year 1989
Place:
german democratic republic, germany, east germany
Similarity:
88%
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.
Style:
heartbreaking, historical drama, emotional, tension, melancholic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
berlin wall, german reunification, spy, separation, freedom, family drama, hopes, cold war, nostalgia, political activism, resilience, oppression ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
west berlin west germany, germany, east germany, german democratic republic, berlin germany ...
Similarity:
76%
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, realistic, semi serious, talky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
stasi, coming of age, berlin wall, boys and girls, defloration, border crossing, communism, love, iron curtain, communist, german history, friendship ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
east germany, germany, german democratic republic, berlin germany, europe ...
Similarity:
68%
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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, touching, sentimental, humorous, captivating ...
Plot:
stasi, love affair, love and romance, fall in love, father son relationship, international relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, hitchhiking, dancing, hitchhiker, first date, love at first sight ...
Time:
80s
Place:
germany, berlin germany, east germany, europe, east berlin ...
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
End of the 1970s in East Germany: Fred and Jonas are close friends. The 10-year-olds live near at the German-German frontier. After the mother from Jonas has made an exit application, the boys have to recognize that they are soon separated from each ...
Style:
tense, suspense, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, contemplative ...
Plot:
friendship, border crossing, mother son relationship, little boy, border, emigrant, emigration, single mother, coming of age, boy, childhood, separation ...
Time:
70s
Place:
german democratic republic, east germany, west germany, germany
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The Wall - Berlin '61.
Style:
historical drama, dramatic, period piece, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
escape, berlin wall, escape attempt, cold war, smuggling, oppression, coming of age, moral dilemma, friendship, working class, claustrophobia, iron curtain ...
Time:
year 1961, 60s
Place:
east germany, west berlin west germany
Similarity:
60%
465
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Felix from West-Berlin falls in love with Thomas in East-Berlin. At first they keep their relationship going by regular visits from Felix, but the curfew forces him to return every evening. When the East-German authorities become suspicious, Thomas ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay sex, gay love, homosexual love, gay, berlin wall, cold war, gay interest, iron curtain, cold war era, lgbtq, gay subtext ...
Place:
west berlin west germany, berlin germany, west germany, east germany, east berlin
Similarity:
59%
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Director Robert Siodmak's 1962 film, inspired by true events, is about an East Berlin resident who attempts to escape to West Berlin with his family and girlfriend through a secret underground tunnel.
Style:
political
Plot:
berlin wall, cold war, cold war era, communism, iron curtain, tunnel, stasi, family relations, loss of son, anti communism, house, group ...
Time:
60s, year 1961
Place:
berlin germany, east berlin, west berlin west germany, germany, german democratic republic ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A Coca-Cola executive in West Berlin tries to keep the boss's daughter from marrying a Communist.
Style:
funny, fast paced, black and white, biting, talky ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
cold war, iron curtain, coca cola, satire, capitalist, secretary, communism, forbidden love, farce, voice over narration, corporate executive, race against time ...
Time:
year 1961, 20th century, 60s, 1930s
Place:
berlin germany, west berlin west germany, east berlin, germany, east germany ...
Similarity:
53%
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, emotional, sincere, sentimental, touching ...
Plot:
politics, berlin wall, spy, impossible love, cold war, cold war era, crisis, iron curtain, stasi, anti communism, fall in love, love and romance ...
Time:
80s, 60s, 1920s
Place:
germany, east germany, berlin germany, prague, europe ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
American judge in Germany must decide if the hijacking of an East German plane into West Berlin was justified.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspense, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
terrorism, justice, politics, hijacking, courtroom drama, legal action, legal, culture clash, confined, danger, save the day, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
70s
Place:
germany, europe, east berlin, berlin germany, west berlin west germany ...
Similarity:
51%
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, parody
Plot:
spy, stasi, berlin wall, punk, subculture, border, man in underwear, skinny dipping, separation, political party, german reunification, humiliation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
east germany, west berlin west germany, germany, east berlin, german democratic republic ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Satire about German reunification.
Style:
dark comedy, period piece, tragicomedy, bleak, independent film ...
Plot:
iron curtain, journalism, social commentary, satire, deception, tabloid journalism, cold war, fraud, scandal, political satire, small town life, corruption ...
Time:
70s
Place:
east germany, west germany
Similarity:
46%
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:
serious, realistic, emotional, sentimental
Audience:
teens, date night, pre-teens
Plot:
stasi, love triangle, youth, rebellion, infidelity, berlin wall, against the rules, couples, couple relations, lifestyle, dishonesty, self discovery ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1961
Place:
german democratic republic, germany, europe, east germany
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In October 1989, the part of the West Berlin borough of Kreuzberg called SO 36, had been largely shut off by the Wall from the rest of the city for 28 years. A lethargic sub-culture of students, artists, bohemians and barflys had flourished among ...
Style:
cynical, bleak, atmospheric, melancholic, semi serious ...
Plot:
depression, lone hero, imagination, irreverent, existentialism, life philosophy, culture clash, adaptation, lifestyle, unfulfilled love, unfulfillment, buddies ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 2003, year 1989
Place:
germany, europe, berlin germany, west berlin west germany, east germany
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Germany director Dani Levy filmed this comedy about Jewish life in today’s Germany along side the familiar east-west conflict. With it great success this film is a joyful comedy of humor and knowledge.
Style:
realistic, witty, semi serious, humorous
Plot:
culture clash, dysfunctional family, parents and children, love and romance, sibling relationship, family problems, estrangement, couples, holocaust, couple relations, gender, politics ...
Time:
80s
Place:
germany, east germany, berlin germany, europe
Similarity:
45%
15K
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, iron curtain, border patrol, manhunt, communism, husband wife relationship, german history, danger, couples, cold war ...
Time:
20th century, year 1989, 70s, year 1979
Place:
east germany, german democratic republic, berlin germany, east berlin, west germany ...
Similarity:
43%
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17K
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, escape, stasi, cold war, fascism, lovers apart, iron curtain, communism, introspection, character study, power relations, life is a bitch ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 70s, year 1980
Place:
east germany, germany, berlin germany, northern germany, german democratic republic ...
Similarity:
41%
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:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense
Plot:
friendship, ambition, relationship vs career, dishonesty, moral dilemma, danger, betrayal, investigation, snitch, dictatorship, dictator, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
germany, east germany, german democratic republic
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
Lars is a "Romeo agent" from East Germany in the 1970s. His task is to go West, first to seduce and then to spy on Western women who worked in government or defense institutions.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, serious, political
Plot:
stasi, berlin wall, espionage, sister sister relationship, seduction, spy, surveillance, cold war, resistance, covert operation, lgbt, iron curtain ...
Time:
year 1974, 20th century, 70s
Place:
east germany, berlin germany, germany, west germany, west berlin west germany ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A young engineer is sent to post-WWII Berlin to help the Americans in spying on the Russians. In a time and place where discretion is still a man’s best friend, he falls in love with a mysterious woman who will take him on the dark side of evil.
Style:
sexual, sexy, political thriller, independent film, exciting ...
Plot:
spy, cold war, berlin wall, crisis, iron curtain, stasi, covert operation, cold war era, cavalry, couples, fall in love, espionage ...
Time:
year 1993, 50s, post world war two, 1950s
Place:
germany, europe, england, berlin germany
Similarity:
39%
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, ...
Style:
emotional, period piece, historical drama, poignant, melancholic ...
Plot:
stasi, berlin wall, punk rock, punk, forbidden love, communism, subculture, separation, loss, political oppression, longing, cold war ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
east germany, west germany, berlin germany, german democratic republic, west berlin west germany
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Drama, Family, History, Thriller
Country: UK, West Germany, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Two men want to escape from East Germany (under Communist rule) but they will only go if they can take their families with them. Based on a true story.
Style:
political, realistic, serious, christian film
Plot:
iron curtain, berlin wall, airplane, communism, cold war, german history, prison escape, spy, cold war era, stasi, totalitarian state, travel ...
Time:
70s, year 1982
Place:
east germany, germany, europe, west germany, german democratic republic
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young man from an early age falls in love with a girl whose family is not in good standing with the ruling Communist party. His father however is a member of the "Stasi", the secret state police. The father not only hinders his ...
Style:
romantic drama, dark comedy, tragicomedy, romantic comedy, black humor
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, adult
Plot:
stasi, berlin wall, coming of age, secret police, satire, father son relationship, social commentary, irony, cold war, teenage love, political satire, forbidden romance ...
Time:
80s
Place:
german democratic republic, east germany, east berlin
Similarity:
37%
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:
sentimental, humorous, breathtaking, witty, feel good ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
berlin wall, coma, politics, capitalism, childhood, idealism, german reunification, society, amnesia, cold war, culture clash, communism ...
Time:
year 2003, year 1989, year 1990, year 2004, 2000s ...
Place:
east germany, german democratic republic, germany, berlin germany, soviet union ...
Similarity:
36%
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:
realistic, poignant, serious, compassionate, touching ...
Plot:
stasi, communism, forbidden love, spy, family feud, parents and children, dysfunctional family, prejudice, social differences, first love, adolescence, star crossed lovers ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
berlin germany, east germany, east berlin, germany, german democratic republic
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Professor Bower, an American physicist, is effectively blackmailed by a shady CIA agent named Adams to help the CIA obtain secret microfilm from a defecting Russian scientist. The reluctant Bower travels to East Germany undercover as an antiques ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, spy, iron curtain, espionage, renegade, secret agent, conspiracy, hitman, race against time, danger, state affairs, escapades ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s
Place:
europe, germany, east germany, west berlin west germany, west germany ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A few weeks before the Fall of the Berlin Wall, Pago, Rice and Bibi leave the calm city of Cesena looking for adventure: a ten-days-long holiday in Eastern Europe, in those places where the Soviet regime is still alive.
Style:
disturbing, semi serious, captivating, satirical, buddy comedy ...
Plot:
satire, italian abroad, road trip, friends, travel, lifestyle change, escapades, friendship, changing lives, group of friends, cold war, fish out of water ...
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK, West Germany, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Persona Non Grata in his homeland, protest singer Klaus Drittemann must leave East Berlin, his wife and child and emigrate to West Berlin, where the representatives of an American record company are eagerly waiting for him. They plan to exploit his ...
Style:
serious, realistic, independent film
Plot:
berlin wall, cold war, cold war era, stasi, singer, journalist, politics, urban ghetto, political intrigue, terminal illness, unemployment, captivity ...
Place:
europe, england, germany, dover england, east berlin ...
Similarity:
34%
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