Movies like First They Killed My Father
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First They Killed My Father (2017)
22K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Cambodia, USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
A 5-year-old girl embarks on a harrowing quest for survival amid the sudden rise and terrifying reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia.
Style:
thought provoking, factual, psychological, rough, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, emotional, political, independent film ...
Plot:
genocide, forced labor, khmer rouge, communism, mass murder, little girl, wartime, cambodian civil war, imperialism, murder, anti war, vietnam war, life is a bitch, revolution, family problems, drastic change of life, changing lives, female writer, death of father, writer's life, lifestyle change, murder of father, loss of father, tragic event, tragic past ...
Time:
90s, 70s, 2010s, year 2017, year 1970
Place:
cambodia, east asia
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Most similar movies to First They Killed My Father
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspense and captivating films with plots about military, war, soldier, world war two, biopic, death and wartime mostly in Drama, War and Biography genres. Some movies like First They Killed My Father: Hotel Rwanda (2004), Beasts of No Nation (2015), A Bag of Marbles (2017), The Killing Fields (1984), The Gate (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
390K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK, South Africa, Italy
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his ...
Style:
emotional, intense, sincere, rough, political ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
genocide, racism, hotel, against humanity, war, violence, politics, cruelty, civil war, war crime, refugee, un ...
Time:
20th century, year 2004, 90s, 2000s
Place:
rwanda, africa, south africa, congo, somalia ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A drama based on the experiences of Agu, a child soldier fighting in the civil war of an unnamed African country. Follows the journey of a young boy, Agu, who is forced to join a group of soldiers in a fictional West African country. While Agu fears ...
Style:
political, sexy, harsh, dramatic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
civil war, war, child soldier, adaptation, children in wartime, terrorist, justice, violent, life is a bitch, military, culture clash, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
year 2015, 90s, 2010s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
africa, liberia, west africa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Canada, Czech Republic
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In occupied France, Maurice and Joseph, two young Jewish brothers left to their own devices demonstrate an incredible amount of cleverness, courage, and ingenuity to escape the enemy invasion and to try to reunite their family once again.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, brother brother relationship, ss, nazi occupation, nazi, german occupation, children in wartime, german soldier, shoah, military, soldier ...
Time:
1940s, year 2017, year 1943, year 1942, year 1944
Place:
paris france, nice france, france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
The Killing Fields tells the real-life story of a friendship between two journalists, an American and a Cambodian, during the bloody Khmer Rouge takeover of Cambodia in 1975, which led to the death of 2-3 million Cambodians during the next four ...
Style:
disturbing, tense, rough, political, heartbreaking ...
Plot:
genocide, journalism, vietnam war, civil war, photographer, war, violence, reporter, photograph, brutality, khmer rouge, mass murder ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1973, 80s, year 1984 ...
Place:
cambodia, vietnam, east asia, asia, new york ...
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402
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Cambodia, Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Two decades after forging an unlikely alliance in Pol Pot's Cambodia, a French ethnologist and a former Khmer Rouge official meet again after the latter is arrested for crimes against humanity.
Style:
disturbing, serious, captivating, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
political repression, khmer rouge, survival, confined, against humanity, captivity, cambodian civil war, ideology, mass murder, communist, international law, crime against humanity ...
Time:
year 2014, 70s, 20th century
Place:
cambodia, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Spain, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
The Argentine, begins as Che and a band of Cuban exiles (led by Fidel Castro) reach the Cuban shore from Mexico in 1956. Within two years, they mobilized popular support and an army and toppled the U.S.-friendly regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.
Style:
political, thought provoking, visually stunning, talky, intense ...
Plot:
revolution, violence, cuban revolution, dictatorship, communism, military, biopic, politics, idealism, rebel, civil war, cold war ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, 20th century, year 2008, 60s ...
Place:
cuba, caribbean, latin america, mexico city, new york
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100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
In 1950, amidst the ravages of the Korean War, Sergeant Süleyman stumbles upon a a half-frozen little girl, with no parents and no help in sight. Frantic, scared and on the verge of death, this little girl captures the heart of Süleyman, who risks ...
Style:
touching, disturbing, suspenseful, factual, suspense ...
Plot:
little girl, korean war, turk, orphan, soldier, care, child custody, school, military base, rescue, mother daughter relationship, military ...
Time:
50s, year 2010, year 1950, 1950s
Place:
turkey, korea
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Romania, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, France, Turkey, Norway, Croatia, Sweden, Montenegro, Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Bosnia, July 1995. Aida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp. As an insider to the negotiations Aida ...
Style:
political, suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
bosnian war, translator, military base, firing squad, un, life risking, family in danger, woman in danger, women, military, risk, wartime ...
Time:
90s, year 1995
Place:
bosnia herzegovina, serbia, eastern europe
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 195 min.
Story:
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
Style:
touching, emotional, heartbreaking, realistic, thought provoking ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, genocide, nazi, wartime, war, concentration camp, storytelling, holocaust survivor, anti semitism, nazism, against humanity ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 90s, ancient times, year 1943 ...
Place:
poland, germany, iran, persia, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Major league baseball player, Moe Berg, lives a double life working for the Office of Strategic Services.
Style:
suspense, captivating, suspenseful, sentimental, cult classic ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, spy, world war two, baseball player, military police, battlefield, world war, nazi, society, espionage, danger, atomic bomb ...
Time:
year 1941, 1940s, 20th century, year 1944, year 1936 ...
Place:
usa, italy, tokyo, washington d.c., boston ...
Similarity:
100%
180K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, a love triangle develops between Mikael, a brilliant medical student, the beautiful and sophisticated artist Ana, and Chris, a renowned American journalist based in Paris.
Style:
sad, costume drama, factual, heartbreaking, suspenseful ...
Plot:
armenian genocide, love triangle, true love, world war one, wedding, genocide, orphanage, forbidden love, tragic love, family relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love affair ...
Time:
1910s, 2010s
Place:
ottoman empire, turkey, istanbul turkey, former yugoslavia, constantinople
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Spain, France, USA, Germany
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
After the Cuban Revolution, Che is at the height of his fame and power. Then he disappears, re-emerging incognito in Bolivia, where he organizes a small group of Cuban comrades and Bolivian recruits to start the great Latin American Revolution. ...
Style:
inspirational, political, suspense, factual, talky ...
Plot:
revolution, communism, dictatorship, visceral, sacrifice, rebel, idealism, historical character, heroes, character study, biopic, hopes ...
Time:
20th century, year 2008, 60s, year 1966, year 1967
Place:
bolivia, cuba, south america, caribbean, latin america
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21%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The historical recreation of the 1942 Wannsee Conference, in which Nazi and SS leaders gathered in a Berlin suburb to discuss the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question". Lead by SS-General Reinhard Heydrich, this group of high ranking ...
Style:
factual, political, disturbing, bleak, atmospheric ...
Plot:
holocaust, genocide, nazi, politics, world war two, conspiracy, third reich, ss officer, shoah, war crime, brutality, racism ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1942, post world war two, 1930s
Place:
berlin germany, germany, europe, poland
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The film portrays MacArthur's (Gregory Peck) life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan, to 1952, the time after he had been removed from his Korean War command by President Truman (Ed Flanders) for insubordination, and is recounted in ...
Style:
melancholic, epic, intense, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, military, biopic, politics, president, korean war, wartime, revolution, world war, pow, storytelling, lone hero ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 50s, 1950s
Place:
usa, the philippines, japan, australia, west point ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Family, History, Music, Romance, War
Country: Cambodia, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The story of how one song 'Champa Battambang,' a song made famous by Sinn Sisamuth (the King of Khmer Music), plays a role in the lives of three different generations.
Style:
emotional, thought provoking, captivating, romantic, poignant ...
Plot:
three generations, khmer rouge, genocide, inheritance, society, life, social relations, life is a bitch, generation, music, war, legacy ...
Time:
70s
Place:
cambodia
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 179 min.
Story:
In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his ...
Style:
black and white, political, philosophical, emotional, disturbing ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, judge, genocide, holocaust, lawyer, nazi, legal, redemption, court, trial, politics, justice ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1945, year 1961, post world war two ...
Place:
germany, europe, berlin germany, poland
Similarity:
18%
171K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, India
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.
Style:
political thriller, inspirational, period piece, political, factual ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
journalism, truth, expose, whistleblower, newspaper office, newspaper, journalist, cover up, lie, wartime, freedom of the press, u.s. government ...
Time:
year 2017, year 1965, 90s, 70s, year 1972 ...
Place:
washington d.c., usa, vietnam
Similarity:
18%
198K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport, War
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II.
Style:
dramatic, epic, motivational, uplifting, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
world war two, war, survival, soldier, jail, motivation, biopic, prisoners of war, hopes, prison, torture, captivity ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 2014, 2010s, 1930s ...
Place:
japan, pacific ocean, asia, germany, berlin germany ...
Similarity:
18%
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Le Ly lives in a small Vietnamese village whose serenity is shattered when war breaks out. Caught between the Viet Cong and the South Vietnamese army, the village is all but destroyed. After being both brutalized and raped, Le Ly resolves to flee. ...
Style:
psychological, intense, bleak, serious, epic ...
Plot:
vietnam war, rape, interracial relations, military, biopic, redemption, life is a bitch, haunted by the past, crumbling marriage, opposites attract, culture clash, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
90s, year 1993
Place:
vietnam, north america, asia, saigon, indochina ...
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Faith of My Fathers is based on the story of Lieutenant Commander John McCain's experiences as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam for five and a half years during the Vietnam War, interleaved with his memories of growing up in a heritage rich ...
Style:
uplifting, captivating, disturbing, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
prison, human spirit, confined, survival, military, captivity, patriotism, life is a bitch, hopes, rebellion, soldier, danger ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place:
vietnam, maryland, indochina
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Belgium, Germany, Haiti
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The true story of the rise to power and brutal assassination of the formerly vilified and later redeemed leader of the independent Congo, Patrice Lumumba. Using newly discovered historical evidence, Haitian-born and later Congo-raised writer and ...
Style:
political, realistic, serious, suspenseful, contemplative ...
Plot:
imperialism, politics, assassination, intrigue, colonialism, capitalism, politician, greed, revolution, scapegoat, betrayal, political corruption ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 1950s, 50s
Place:
africa, congo, belgium, south africa, tokyo ...
Similarity:
18%
33K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA, Hungary, Australia, Singapore
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The story of photographer Elizabeth 'Lee' Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II.
Style:
surprise ending, thrilling, psychological, captivating, dramatic ...
Plot:
photographer, war photographer, world war two, nazi concentration camp, female photographer, female nudity, world war, soldier, photojournalism, military, journalism, wartime ...
Time:
year 1941, 1930s, year 1944, year 1942, year 1945 ...
Place:
former yugoslavia, munich germany, normandy, london
Similarity:
18%
2K
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Nick is a writer in New York when he gets posted to a bureau in Greece. He has waited 30 years for this. He wants to know why his mother was killed in the civil war years earlier. In a parallel plot line we see Nick as a young boy and his family as ...
Style:
political, independent film, bleak, emotional, suspenseful ...
Plot:
biopic, reporter, war zone, photojournalist, greek civil war, correspondents, christian, girl, civil war, revolution, genocide, holocaust ...
Time:
year 1985
Place:
greece, europe
Similarity:
18%
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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
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
One of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontlines of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless.
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspense, rough, powerful ...
Plot:
journalism, war correspondent, terrorist, death of child, photographer, mission, female reporter, female journalist, hospital, desert, death, dictator ...
Time:
2010s, 90s, year 2003, year 2001, year 2012 ...
Place:
syria, baghdad iraq, libya, iraq, sri lanka ...
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
Style:
factual, disturbing, intense, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
vietnam war, war, anti war, politics, disability, profanity, desert, wartime, fighting the system, biopic, military, vietnam veteran ...
Time:
year 1989, post world war two, 1950s, 50s, 20th century ...
Place:
vietnam, bronx new york city, north america, texas, the philippines ...
Similarity:
17%
283K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
A revealing drama that focuses on the 16th President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish ...
Style:
political, period piece, thought provoking, costume drama, factual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
president, politics, civil war, american civil war, american history, idealism, historical character, slavery, politician, racism, head of state, abraham lincoln ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s, ancient times, 1800s, victorian era ...
Place:
washington d.c., usa, america, california
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Follow a group of international journalists into the heart of the once cosmopolitan city of Sarajevo—now a danger zone of sniper and mortar attacks where residents still live. While reporting on an American aid worker who’s trying to get ...
Style:
disturbing, harsh, political, heartbreaking, brutal ...
Plot:
journalism, bosnian war, civil war, journalist, adoption, orphan, genocide, family relations, morality, military, anti war, rescue ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, year 1992
Place:
bosnia, england, former yugoslavia, sarajevo, europe ...
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Drama set in the 1950s, based on a true story, about a young girl, Sung Neng Yee, who is brought as part of a wealthy Chinese family. She is eager to become part of Mao Tze Tung's "new society", but soon becomes disenchanted by the ...
Style:
retro, christian film, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
christian, faith, biopic, christianity, woman, political intrigue, faith based, religious, pregnancy, revolution, strong female presence, bittersweet ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place:
china, asia, shanghai, hong kong
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
This film reenacts the Manhattan Project, the secret wartime project in New Mexico where the first atomic bombs were designed and built.
Style:
factual, intense, suspense, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, nuclear bomb, atomic bomb, scientist, politics, military, scientific research, biopic, idealism, nuclear, moral dilemma, ego clash ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945, 20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, new mexico, bay area, germany, russia
Similarity:
17%
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