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The Skin (1981)
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Original name: La pelle
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Naples, year 1943, in the middle of World War II. The city has just be liberated by American troops in an era in which nobody knows just when the war or where begins the peace; winners and losers face...
Style:
controversial, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, disturbing, masterpiece
Plot:
world war two, wartime life, female pubic hair, world war, translator, war, military, soldier, captivity, life is a bitch, society, against humanity, chaos and mayhem, tank, prostitute, volcano, female nudity, pilot, male nudity, virgin, pow, pimp, loss of virginity, army general, landmine ...
Time:
year 1981, 1940s, 20th century, 40s
Place:
italy, rome italy, naples italy
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, bleak and rough films with plots about war, world war two, soldier, wartime life, military, life is a bitch and world war mostly in Drama, War and History genres. Some movies like The Skin: Massacre in Rome (1973), Texas '46 (2002), The Blockhouse (1973), Stones for the Rampart (2014), Unfair Competition (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In the Nazi occupied city of Rome, an assault on an SS brigade draws retaliation from the military governship. "Massacre in Rome" is the true story of how this partisan attack led to the mass execution of Italian nationals under the orders ...
Style:
contemplative, realistic, serious, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
world war two, world war, partisan, nazi occupation, military, holocaust, nazi, german soldier, fascism, fictional history, bureaucracy, shoah ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
rome italy, italy, europe
Similarity:
95%
241
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Based on a true story its the untold story of Italian World War II POW"S in Jan 1946. Luca Zingaretti stars as one of over 50,000 Italian Prisoners of War detained at POW camps in the U.S. Roy Schneider stars as Colonel Gartner, the Commander ...
Style:
rough, disturbing, suspenseful, realistic, exciting ...
Plot:
fascism, world war two, military, military life, genocide, confined, danger, captivity, prison life, wartime life, isolation, prison ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
usa, texas
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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:
grindhouse, gloomy, bleak, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, chess, world war, bunker, d day, survival, claustrophobia, battles, holocaust, wartime life, prison, against humanity ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
france
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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, realistic, suspenseful, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
world war two, wartime life, wartime, against the odds, life is a bitch, danger, daring rescue, german occupation, prospector, nazi occupation, resistance fighter, resistance ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
europe, poland
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Two linen fabric dealers with their shops close to one another, battle against each other for more and more costumers. Umberto constantly loses clients because of the tough competition brought by Leone, who offers the best prices in the ...
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serious, captivating, realistic, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
fascism, holocaust, anti semitism, ghetto, family business, social decay, political unrest, life is a bitch, against humanity, human nature, moral dilemma, world war two ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s
Place:
italy, rome italy
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 191 min.
Story:
Guy Crouchback joins the war effort during World War 2, an idealistic quest to join the forces of good in the fight against evil. But his efforts is not rewarded, he never has any chance to join any real fighting, circumstances always prevent it. ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, touching, semi autobiographical ...
Plot:
world war two, military, fighting the system, love triangle, life is a bitch, soldier, betrayal, love and romance, military life, haunted by the past, basic training, society ...
Time:
future, 1940s
Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
61%
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 ...
Style:
serious, captivating, bleak, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
world war two, courtroom drama, murder, soldier, legal investigation, dedicated lawyer, world war, court martial, mentally unstable, legal action, society, politics ...
Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
In a Dutch village during the German occupation, a small group of badly organized resistance fighters attempt to assassinate a collaborator.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, factual, rough, disturbing ...
Plot:
world war two, life is a bitch, rebelliousness, human nature, social relations, resistance, execution, war, torture, robbery, nazi occupation, dutch history ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
holland, europe
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, Germany, Italy
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
THE FALLEN is a three-sided story about German, Italian, and American soldiers, set in Northern Italy during the final weeks of the World War II. On the one side, a group of American supply soldiers delivers ammunition to the front line, a journey ...
Style:
captivating, rough, realistic, serious, bleak
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, war, soldier, resistance movement, military life, military, captivity, against the odds, battles, leadership, against humanity ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: China
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
A Westerner finds refuge with a group of women in a church during Japan's rape of Nanking in 1937. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.
Style:
touching, visually stunning, sentimental, harsh, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, sino japanese war, atrocity, war, japanese occupation of china, holocaust, prostitute, suffering, wartime, japanese occupation, genocide, medieval ...
Time:
20th century, ancient times, year 1937, 1930s
Place:
china, asia, east asia, seattle, japan ...
Similarity:
100%
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:
48%
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, realistic, rough, bleak, gloomy
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, hunger, siege, battles, soldier, self sacrifice, female protagonist, wartime life, chess, journalist, world war, danger ...
Time:
1940s, year 1941, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
russia, st. petersburg russia
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France, Israel, Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In May 1948, shortly before the creation of the State of Israel, hundreds of immigrants from across Europe arrive in Palestine--only to risk arrest by British troops.
Style:
disturbing, serious, realistic, sad, gloomy ...
Plot:
military, immigrant, survival, tragic love, culture clash, escapades, against humanity, wartime life, hopes, political unrest, state affairs, society ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine
Similarity:
44%
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:
psychological, tense, atmospheric, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, japanese soldier, survival, danger, military life, escapades, isolation, confined, losing-it hero, rivalry, humanity, anti war ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The film, 'The Spring Of Life', brings to light a little-known operation of the Nazi SS, started just before the outbreak of World War II. Through the careful selection and re-education of young women, it was the Nazi's mad dream to ...
Style:
disturbing, realistic, serious, bleak, rough
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, ss, racism, nazi, anti semitism, genocide, wartime life, society, against humanity, life is a bitch, war ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
44%
474
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, sad ...
Plot:
world war two, military, wartime life, heroes, life is a bitch, heroism, idealism, death of son, eastern front, russo finnish war, soldier, suicide attempt ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1944
Place:
finland, europe
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, War
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, psychotronic ...
Plot:
world war two, espionage, danger, war, anti war, escapades, mission, world war, liberation, reconnaissance, battles, soldier ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
the philippines, japan, asia, usa
Similarity:
41%
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:
41%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A group of German boys is ordered to protect a small bridge in their home village during the waning months of the second world war. Truckloads of defeated, cynical Wehrmacht soldiers flee the approaching American troops, but the boys, full of ...
Style:
realistic, serious, bleak, rough
Plot:
world war two, military, heroic mission, soldier, left to die, danger, young heroes, combat casualty, american soldier, nazi, world war, german history ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1945
Place:
germany
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: China
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
In 1942, Henan Province was devastated by the most tragic famine in modern Chinese history, resulting in the deaths of at least three million men, women and children. Although the primary cause of the famine was a severe drought, it was exacerbated ...
Style:
serious, rough, captivating, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
sino japanese war, world war two, japanese occupation of china, japanese occupation, life is a bitch, survival, danger, chaos, on the run, against humanity, escapades, on the road ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1942
Place:
china, taiwan, asia
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A group of Italian villagers struggle to survive during a tumultuous time in 1943, debating how much assistance to give the partisans with the impending arrival of the Germans. Based on True Events.
Style:
serious, captivating, atmospheric, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, youth, german army, family relations, against humanity, life is a bitch, village, village life, parents and children, nazi, children, town ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1943, year 1944
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
At the dawn of World War 2, a Rabbi's daughter and a disenchanted German soldier fall in love and are separated by the war. They struggle on a perilous journey to find one another.
Style:
realistic, disturbing, emotional, serious, gloomy ...
Plot:
forbidden love, sexual content, world war two, soldier, couples, war, family relations, against humanity, age difference, wartime, rabbi, wartime life ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, 1940s, year 1939, year 1940
Place:
poland, europe, russia
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
During the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam, Otto Frank decides to hide his family, who are Jewish, after his daughter Margot is called to appear for transport to a Nazi labour camp. Miep Gies, Otto Frank's office assistant hides them in the attic ...
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, serious, disturbing, bleak
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, nazi, world war, anti semitism, journal, biopic, injustice, on the run, human spirit, war, life is a bitch ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
holland, europe, amsterdam
Similarity:
38%
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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:
thought provoking, realistic, serious, bleak, disturbing
Plot:
racism, black, prison, african, racial discrimination, historical event, blaxploitation, urban, imperialism, prison escape, racial issues, interracial relations ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
africa, senegal, france
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
1936, Italian army is invading Ethiopia. Lieutenant Silvestri suffering toothache decides to reach the nearest camp hospital. But the lorry has an accident and stop near a rock, so Silvestri continues by walk. On his way he meets and rapes a ...
Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing, rough, historical drama ...
Plot:
italian army, hospital, murder, danger, military, soldier, investigation, world war two, italian history, interracial rape, interracial, buddies ...
Time:
year 1936, pre world war two
Place:
africa, ethiopia
Similarity:
38%
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:
37%
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:
36%
854
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Croatia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Set amid the atrocities of war in the Balkans, Witnesses is retold, Rashomon-style, from various characters' viewpoints, adding new information about the complexity of war and humanity. Beginning inside a rustic house with a woman in black ...
Style:
bleak, tense, serious, disturbing, rough ...
Plot:
balkan war, amateur detective, military, soldier, police investigation, murder, danger, investigation, criminal heroes, human nature, anti war, kidnapping ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
europe, croatia, balkan, serbia, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This harrowing tale of survival centers on Rose, a Masurian woman, whose German soldier husband was killed in the war, leaving her alone on their farm. A single woman had no defense against Russian soldiers who raped as a form of revenge, nor ...
Style:
rough, realistic, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
wartime life, world war two, farm, soldier, countryside, military, danger, occupation, sexual abuse, german woman, household, holocaust ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, post world war two, year 1945
Place:
poland
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Set near the end of World War II in the Netherlands, Dirty Heroes concerns a group of ex-convicts recruited into the U.S. Army to recover Dutch jewels originally stolen by the Nazis as well as confiscated Allied plans
Style:
exciting, macaroni combat, grindhouse, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, world war, wartime, exploitation, holocaust, prisoner, battles, confined, soldier, rivalry, war, escapades ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
holland, europe, amsterdam, netherlands
Similarity:
33%
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