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Foxtrot (2017)
8K
Original name: פוקסטרוט
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel, Germany, France, Switzerland
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A personal movie inspired by Maoz’s experience as a soldier, through a tragic yet universal story of grief.
Style:
social, political, surreal, cult classic, independent film, odd, weird
Plot:
israeli army, bare breasts, camel, israeli, marijuana, accidental death, grief, dementia, loss of son, israeli soldier, mossad, dialogue, adolescence, judaism, military service, dog, dancing, artist, navy seal, family relations, dancer, old age, panic attack, tattoo, car accident ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s
Place:
israel, middle east, switzerland, palestine
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Most similar movies to Foxtrot
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, bleak and crying films with plots about soldier, death, murder, family relations, blood, war and life is a bitch mostly in Drama, War and Comedy genres. Some movies like Foxtrot: Lebanon (2009), Lemon Tree (2008), Valley of Tears (2020), Kippur (2000), I Don't Give a Damn (1987). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
12K
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel, France, Germany, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
June, 1982 - The First Lebanon War. A lone tank and a paratroopers platoon are dispatched to search a hostile town - a simple mission that turns into a nightmare. The four members of a tank crew find themselves in a violent situation that they ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, disturbing, suspenseful, sincere ...
Plot:
military, arab israeli conflict, confined, sergeant, tank, israeli, israeli soldier, army vs civilians, military life, mission gone awry, moral dilemma, danger ...
Time:
year 1982, year 2009, 80s, 20th century
Place:
lebanon, middle east, israel, palestine, big ben london
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel, Germany, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Salma Zidane, a widow, lives simply from her grove of lemon trees in the West Bank's occupied territory. The Israeli defense minister and his wife move next door; the Secret Service orders the trees removed for security. The stoic Salma seeks ...
Style:
sincere, touching, sentimental, contemplative, emotional ...
Plot:
israeli palestinian conflict, terrorist, politics, injustice, widow, occupation, reconciliation, rules and policies, hopes, life is a bitch, society, legal ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
palestine, middle east, israel, jerusalem, persia ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
On October 6th 1973, the Middle East was shaken by the biggest war it had ever seen. A war that should have been the last one, and that forever changed the region.
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot:
israeli army, israeli palestinian conflict, military, war, military life, power struggle, battles, fight for supremacy, military base, struggle for survival, fight, protector ...
Time:
year 1973, 70s
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine, syria, egypt
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The film takes place in 1973 during the Yom Kippur War in which Egypt and Syria launched attacks in Sinai and the Golan Heights. The story is told from the perspective of Israeli soldiers. We are led by Weinraub and his friend Ruso on a day that ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
rescue, soldier, military life, military, life is a bitch, danger, battle zone, realism, israeli, conflict, sex scene, israeli army ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine, syria, iraq ...
Similarity:
47%
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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:
44%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: West Germany, France, Poland
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Oskar is born in Germany in 1924 with an advanced intellect. Repulsed by the hypocrisy of adults and the irresponsibility of society, he refuses to grow older after his third birthday.
Style:
surreal, disturbing, controversial, clever, epic ...
Plot:
world war two, fascism, coming of age, boy, circus, nazi, wartime life, magic realism, cheating wife, extramarital affair, infidelity, beach ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century, 1920s, year 1939 ...
Place:
germany, middle east, israel, europe, central europe ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In a small town in California's San Joaquin Valley, 14-year-old Homer Macauley is determined to be the best and fastest bicycle telegraph messenger anyone has ever seen. His older brother has gone to war, leaving Homer to look after his widowed ...
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, realistic, tense, freeze frame ...
Plot:
world war two, coming of age, brother brother relationship, promise, friendship, family relations, death of brother, fear, husband wife relationship, jealousy, teenage boy, anti war ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland, Germany, Canada
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
A dramatization of one man's rescue of Jewish refugees in the Nazi-occupied Polish city of Lvov. In Darkness tells the true story of Leopold Soha who risks his own life to save a dozen people from certain death. Initially only interested in his ...
Style:
harsh, sincere, uplifting, social, tense ...
Plot:
holocaust, nazi, world war two, atrocity, shoah, survival, genocide, outside help, hitler youth, judaism, world war, sewer ...
Time:
1940s, 2010s, 20th century, 2000s, year 1945 ...
Place:
poland, germany, eastern europe, europe, israel
Similarity:
42%
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21K
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A veteran soldier returns from his completed tour of duty in Iraq, only to find his life turned upside down when he is arbitrarily ordered to return to field duty by the Army.
Style:
sad, harsh, serious, realistic, suspense ...
Plot:
soldier, iraq war, u.s. military, death, redemption, friendship, war on terror, war, homecoming, small town, depression, wartime life ...
Time:
year 2008, future, 21st century
Place:
iraq, middle east, canada, afghanistan, usa ...
Similarity:
41%
11K
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The film centres on Moncho and his coming-of-age experience in Galicia in 1936. Moncho develops a close relationship with his teacher Don Gregorio who introduces the boy to different things in the world. While the story centres on Moncho's ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, realistic, political, compassionate ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
spanish civil war, coming of age, civil war, friendship, children, teacher, childhood, altar boy, spanish history, depression, anarchist, family relations ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1999, 90s, year 1936 ...
Place:
spain, iberian peninsula, barcelona, europe, galicia ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Eleven-year-old Laïd lives in war-torn Lebanon. Chosen and trained by an extremist organisation, he has been forced to enter the adult world far too early. He has been transformed into a fanatical and programmed machine, whose life could be summed ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, disturbing, crying
Plot:
coming of age, children in wartime, youth, boy, french president, little boy, orphan, terrorism, friendship, immigrant, society, danger ...
Time:
90s
Place:
middle east, paris france, france, europe, beirut lebanon ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Georg Laschen leaves his family in West Germany to go work as a war correspondent in Beirut during the fights between Christians and Palestinians.
Style:
political, thought provoking, serious, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot:
journalism, reporter, photograph, female nudity, photographer, adoption, child, cold war, lebanese civil war, correspondents, nude girl, raf ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1981
Place:
lebanon, germany, middle east, west berlin west germany, east berlin ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The story of a platoon of Israeli soldiers in Lebanon of 1986, shortly before Israeli withdrawal, and the dilemmas they face in having to fight against Lebanese guerilla in a hostile but civilian area.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, reflective, bleak, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
moral dilemma, realism, israeli army, combat, moral ambiguity, guerilla warfare, soldier, political conflict, platoon, occupation, fear, loss ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
lebanon, middle east, israel
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident.
Style:
touching, sexy, sad, independent film, surreal ...
Plot:
loss of child, grief, death in the family, estrangement, tragedy, death of child, support group, memory, death of son, marriage, relationships, redemption ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, california
Similarity:
37%
45K
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A group of recruits go through Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana's infamous Tigerland, last stop before Vietnam for tens of thousands of young men in 1971
Style:
psychological, talky, harsh, stylized, intense ...
Plot:
military, boot camp, vietnam war, basic training, recruit, anti war, profanity, military base, insubordination, buddies, military training, world war two ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 2000, year 1971
Place:
vietnam, usa, kansas, louisiana, indochina
Similarity:
37%
94
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland, UK, Germany, Israel
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The story is set in Palestine in 1947, during the British mandate period. The Zionists are fighting for the establishment of a Jewish state, and four comrades in arms pressure the young Elisha to overcome his moral qualms and fully commit to the ...
Style:
historical drama, tense, political thriller, period piece, ambiguous ending
Plot:
moral dilemma, israeli palestinian conflict, sacrifice, political intrigue, assassination, holocaust survivor, resistance movement, hostage situation, occupation, mature, brotherhood, claustrophobia ...
Time:
1940s, year 1947
Place:
middle east, palestine, israel
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, West Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
In the early days of Nazi Germany, a powerful noble family must adjust to life under the new dictatorship regime. The transition from democracy to dictatorship is thus dramatized through the lives of the family which also owns a powerful German ...
Style:
erotic, controversial, disturbing, sad, retro ...
Plot:
decadence, oedipus complex, mother son incest, male nudity, suicide, hide and seek, incest, pedophile, fascism, skinny dipping, bare breasts, party ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, year 1969, 20th century, pre world war two
Place:
germany, europe, berlin germany
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Hungary, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In the horror of 1944 Auschwitz, a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people finds moral survival trying to save from the flames the body of a boy he takes for his son.
Style:
cerebral, compassionate, melancholic, disturbing, philosophical ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, genocide, nazi concentration camp, tragedy, nazi, death, prison, shoah, courage, concentration camp, life & death ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, 90s, year 2015
Place:
poland, germany, eastern europe, california
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An overzealous soldier mentally deteriorates after killing an innocent man he thought was a spy.
Style:
psychological, realistic, bleak, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
soldier, mistaken identity, insanity, murder, military life, obsession, disorder, social relations, military, brother sister relationship, korean war, brother brother relationship ...
Place:
asia, north korea, korea, seoul, south korea ...
Similarity:
35%
13K
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Set in post-WWII Leningrad as two female soldiers return from war and attempt to rebuild their lives in the ravaged city.
Style:
heartbreaking, cerebral, erotic, costume drama, rough ...
Plot:
tall woman, hospital, female soldier, female protagonist, world war two, wartime life, devastation, hopes, lgbt, life is a bitch, lesbian, survival ...
Time:
post world war two, year 1945, 2010s, 1940s
Place:
russia, st. petersburg russia, soviet union, germany, berlin germany ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Somewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa, Komona a 14-year-old girl tells her unborn child growing inside her the story of her life since she has been at war. Everything started when she was abducted by the rebel army at the age of 12.
Style:
disturbing, touching, serious, bleak, social ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
child soldier, civil war, slavery, murder, battles, rebel army, teenager, life is a bitch, wartime life, haunted by the past, rebellion, african ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
africa, canada
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Ukraine, Turkey
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The story of a Ukrainian family living on the border of Russia and Ukraine during the start of the war. Irka refuses to leave her house even as the village gets captured by armed forces. Shortly after they find themselves at the center of an ...
Style:
dark, art house, tense, grim, melancholic ...
Plot:
armed conflict, family drama, loss, grief, survival, siege, husband wife relationship, rural setting, airplane crash, pregnant woman, chicken, women ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
ukraine
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel, Germany, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Before the war, in Berlin, Adam was an entertainer- cabaret impresario, magician, musician-loved by all until he finds himself in a concentration camp, confronted by Commandant Klein. Adam survives the camp by becoming the Klein's ...
Style:
touching, contemplative, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
holocaust, nazi, world war two, survival, haunted by the past, against humanity, life is a bitch, mental illness, circus, concentration camp, patient, circus performer ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1936, year 2008, 60s ...
Place:
europe, israel, middle east, berlin germany, germany
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The story of a great rivalry between a father and son, both eccentric professors in the Talmud department of Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The son has an addictive dependency on the embrace and accolades that the establishment provides, while his ...
Style:
melancholic, meditative, surreal, captivating, tragicomedy ...
Plot:
father son relationship, greed, israeli, secrets, existentialism, parents and children, family problems, ambition, estrangement, religions or cults, moral dilemma, writers ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
israel, palestine, middle east, jerusalem, seattle ...
Similarity:
31%
966
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A Palestinian family is trapped inside a house commandeered by Israeli soldiers.
Style:
serious, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, contemplative ...
Plot:
muslim, human rights, soldier, military, dysfunctional family, society, politics, terrorism, rivalry, confined, family problems, isolation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, palestine, jerusalem, palestinian authority, israel
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
Style:
breathtaking, realistic, captivating, tense, inspirational ...
Audience:
manly, date night, chick flick, kids, adult
Plot:
war, world war two, military, courage, battles, self sacrifice, sniper, friendship, nazi, combat, army, machine gun ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, year 1998, 90s, year 2013 ...
Place:
normandy, france, germany, poland, europe ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
In 1944 Lucien Lacombe, a young peasant in the Lot region is refused permission to join the French Resistance. Instead, the opposing "French Gestapo" obtain from him information about an underground leader and recruit him into their ...
Style:
anthology, art house, postmodern, visual, controversial ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
world war two, french resistance, occupation, gestapo, nazi occupation, children in wartime, resistance, resistance movement, nazi, wartime life, world war, holocaust ...
Time:
1940s, year 1974, 20th century, year 1944
Place:
vichy, france, israel, europe, germany
Similarity:
30%
22K
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry.
Style:
family saga, sad, touching, emotional, depressing ...
Plot:
cultural revolution, chinese history, communism, politics, gambling, asian history, poverty, storytelling, family relations, destiny, revolution, death ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 60s, year 1994, 20th century ...
Place:
china, asia, taiwan
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Germany, UK, Afghanistan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A woman in an unnamed, war-torn Middle Eastern country delivers an engrossing, emotional monologue to her comatose husband, in novelist and filmmaker Atiq Rahimi's poetic and politically charged allegory based on his award-winning novel. (TIFF)
Style:
disturbing, sincere, captivating, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
sexual abuse, rape turns to consensual sex, family problems, injustice, resentment, danger, life is a bitch, couples, couple relations, society, muslim, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
afghanistan, middle east, persia
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Algeria
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A father with a dangerous secret searching for his daughter.
Style:
emotional, realistic, political, atmospheric, intense ...
Plot:
secrets, redemption, guilt, loss, grief, identity, occupation, honor, betrayal, revenge, claustrophobia, israeli army ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
palestine, israel, middle east, jerusalem
Similarity:
29%
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