Movies like Guernica

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Guernica (2016)
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Guernica (2016)
Original name: Gernika
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The fates of Henry - an American correspondent - and Teresa, one of the Republic's censors during the Spanish Civil War.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, informative
Plot: spanish civil war, journalist, world war two, civil war, saving a life, military, politics, nazism, freedom, war violence, hiding place, militia, violence, shooting, aspiring writer, propaganda, bombing, revolution, journalism, international relations, interwar period, female nudity, fascist, fascism, german soldier ...
Time: 1930s, year 1937, year 1939, pre world war two, year 1932, year 1975, year 1999
Place: basque country, spain, madrid
Keyword: german, american, french, movie theatre, watching a movie, portuguese

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, sincere and emotional films with plots about death, cigarette smoking, husband wife relationship, world war two, drinking, rifle and drink mostly in Drama, War and History genres. Some movies like Guernica: Walking with the Enemy (2013), Zelary (2003), Anthropoid (2016), City of Life and Death (2009), Alone in Berlin (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Walking with the Enemy (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Romania, Hungary, Canada, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Regent Horthy is the leader of Hungary and a German ally, but his favorable standing with Hitler changes as the war comes to an end. Forced to cede Hungary’s power or else witness the execution of his son, Regent Horthy gives up control of his ...
Style: realistic, bleak, emotional, costume drama, political thriller ...
Plot: holocaust, concentration camp, world war two, defiant, family relations, danger, life is a bitch, ss, confined, world war, spy, nazi ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1946, year 2010, year 1957 ...
Place: europe, hungary, budapest, switzerland, new york ...
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95%
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Zelary (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria
Duration: 150 min.
Story: A nurse and her surgeon-lover are part of a resistance movement in 1940s Czechoslovakia. When they are discovered, her lover flees and she must find a place to hide. A patient whose life she saved, a man from a remote mountain village where time ...
Style: realistic, touching, sincere, contemplative, epic ...
Plot: world war two, small town, resistance, marriage, betrayal, self discovery, older man younger woman relationship, life is a bitch, couple relations, society, hopes, fugitives ...
Time: 1940s, year 2003, 20th century
Place: czechoslovakia, central europe, prague
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
 7.2
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Anthropoid (2016)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK, France, USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 120 min.
Story: In December 1941, Czech soldier Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš parachute into their occupied homeland to assassinate Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich
Style: factual, realistic, emotional, clever, social ...
Plot: nazi, world war two, assassination, gestapo, nazi occupation, conspiracy, torture, friendship between men, suspicion, holocaust, ss, third reich ...
Time: 1940s, year 2016, y2k, 90s, 2010s ...
Place: germany, prague, central europe, munich germany, czechoslovakia
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
City of Life and Death (2009)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 132 min.
Story: City of Life and Death takes place in 1937, during the height of the Second Sino-Japanese War. The Imperial Japanese Army has just captured the then-capital of the Republic of China, Nanjing. What followed was known as the Nanking Massacre, or the ...
Style: disturbing, rough, bleak, black and white, tense ...
Plot: world war two, japanese army, sino japanese war, sexual abuse, war crime, japanese occupation of china, war atrocity, atrocity, japanese occupation, life is a bitch, mass murder, wartime ...
Time: 1930s, year 2009, 2010s, year 1938, 20th century ...
Place: china, asia, shanghai
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Alone in Berlin (2016)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK, France, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Berlin in June of 1940. While Nazi propaganda celebrates the regime’s victory over France, a kitchen-cum-living room in Prenzlauer Berg is filled with grief. Anna and Otto Quangel’s son has been killed at the front. This working class couple had ...
Style: period piece, factual, suspenseful, enigmatic, realistic ...
Plot: nazi germany, gestapo, world war two, nazi, death of son, suicide, holocaust, world war, murder, torture, robbery, bereavement ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1943, year 1940
Place: berlin germany, germany, central europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
 6.1
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Good (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The rise of national socialism in Germany should not be regarded as a conspiracy of madmen. Millions of "good" people found themselves in a society spiralling into terrible chaos. A film about then, which illuminates the terrors of now.
Style: serious, realistic, disturbing, captivating, romantic drama ...
Plot: nazi, writers, politics, moral dilemma, state affairs, wartime life, political unrest, society, nazi germany, third reich, holocaust, mother son relationship ...
Time: 1930s, year 2008, 20th century, year 1937, year 1933 ...
Place: germany, europe, paris france, berlin germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
 7.0
 11K
The Grey Zone (2001)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A Nazi doctor, along with the Sonderkomando Jews – who are forced to work in the crematoria of Auschwitz against their fellow-Jews – find themselves in a moral grey zone.
Style: depressing, disturbing, bleak, factual, emotional ...
Plot: holocaust, nazi, concentration camp, world war two, nazi germany, redemption, war, nazi concentration camp, moral ambiguity, world war, tragedy, auschwitz ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944, 20th century
Place: germany, poland, europe, middle east, budapest
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
In Praise of Older Women (1997)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In the turmoil of the Spanish Civil War, a young man comes of age sexually, through a string of relationships with a wide range of mature, older women.
Style: erotic, sexy, serious, realistic, sexual ...
Plot: older woman younger man relationship, older woman teenage boy sex, frontline, nudity, prostitute, age-gap relationship, politics, love, relationships, civil war, teen romance, coming of age ...
Time: year 1936, 90s
Place: spain, europe, italy, barcelona
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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Harrison's Flowers (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: France
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Harrison Lloyd is a Pulitzer-winning photojournalist. His wife and family are making it hard for him to keep his mind on his work when he's in a war zone, and he wants to change jobs to something less stressful. But he's got one last ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, bleak, realistic, art house ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: genocide, journalism, murder, missing person, photographer, violence, civil war, photograph, blood, battles, vengeance, photography ...
Time: 90s, year 1991, 80s
Place: new jersey, balkan, europe, eastern europe, serbia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
25 Fireman's Street (1973)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Hungary
Duration: 97 min.
Story: On one hot summer night, the residents of a Hungarian apartment house slated for demolition restlessly revisit their haunted pasts as they face an uncertain future. In a gently turning kaleidoscope of dream imagery, regret-laden nostalgia and ...
Style: serious, realistic, surreal, talky, contemplative ...
Plot: world war two, world war, age-gap relationship, immigrant, family relations, attic, bride and groom, life is a bitch, confined, introspection, soldier, against humanity ...
Place: hungary, former yugoslavia, central europe, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
The Water Diviner (2014)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: In 1919, Australian farmer Joshua Connor travels to Turkey to discover the fate of his three sons, reported missing in action. Holding on to hope, Joshua must travel across the war-torn landscape to find the truth and his own peace.
Style: touching, reflective, emotional, dramatic, compassionate ...
Plot: world war one, war, redemption, missing person, courage, family drama, great war, parents and children, family relations, escapades, military, wartime ...
Time: 1910s, year 1919, year 2014, 2010s, 1920s ...
Place: australia, gallipoli, turkey, istanbul turkey, ottoman empire
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
 7.2
 7K
John Rabe (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France, China, Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, Belgium
Duration: 134 min.
Story: A true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937-38.
Style: tense, disturbing, realistic, bleak, serious ...
Plot: war, world war two, rescue, nazi, heroes, atrocity, confined, wartime life, lifesaver, life is a bitch, against humanity, danger ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, year 1938, year 1937
Place: china, japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
 7.6
 10K
Butterfly (1999)
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, compassionate, political ...
Audience: teens
Plot: spanish civil war, coming of age, friendship, civil war, children, teacher, fascism, childhood, depression, anarchist, family relations, parents and children ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, 90s, year 1999
Place: spain, iberian peninsula, barcelona, europe, galicia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
 7.5
 16K
Sunshine (1999)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Hungary, Germany, Canada, Austria, France, UK, USA
Duration: 181 min.
Story: The film follows a Jewish family living in Hungary through three generations, rising from humble beginnings to positions of wealth and power in the crumbling Austro-Hungarian Empire. The patriarch becomes a prominent judge but is torn when his ...
Style: costume drama, erotic, family saga, sad, saga ...
Plot: holocaust, world war two, fascism, sex scene, nazi, anti semitism, society, political unrest, siblings relations, family life, politics, revolution ...
Time: 19th century, 1940s, edwardian era, year 1999, 20th century ...
Place: hungary, eastern europe, israel, serbia, sarajevo ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
 7.1
 6K
Mother Night (1996)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: An American spy behind the lines during WWII serves as a Nazi propagandist, a role he cannot escape in his future life as he can never reveal his real role in the war.
Style: dieselpunk, political thriller, political, independent film, contemplative ...
Plot: world war two, nazi, espionage, politics, holocaust, satire, world war, radio station, propaganda, guilt, book, chess ...
Time: 1940s, year 1996, 60s, 1930s, 20th century
Place: germany, israel, new york, usa, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Head in the Clouds (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 132 min.
Story: A romantic drama set in 1930's England, Paris, and Spain. Gilda Bessé shares her Paris apartment with an Irish schoolteacher, Guy Malyon, and Mia, a refugee from Spain. As the world drifts toward war, Gilda defiantly pursues her hedonistic ...
Style: sexy, romantic, sentimental, captivating, stylized ...
Plot: world war two, lesbian, spanish civil war, lesbianism, bisexual woman, sexual relations, love triangle, group sex, war, love, orgy, betrayal ...
Time: 1930s, 1920s, 1940s, year 1944, year 2004 ...
Place: paris france, england, france, germany, spain ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
 5.5
 727
Che Guevara (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: When he is captured in Bolivia, the "Che" is conducted to prission, when he remembers his life facts, the revolution and the women.
Style: disturbing, captivating, realistic, serious, contemplative ...
Plot: revolution, leadership, rebellion, injustice, politics, righting the wronged, fighting the system, folk hero, escapades, state affairs, hopes, rebelliousness ...
Time: 60s, 50s, 20th century, year 1956, year 1960 ...
Place: bolivia, havana cuba, latin america, cuba, guatemala ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
 6.7
 21K
A Private War (2018)
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, psychological ...
Plot: war correspondent, journalism, mission, wartime, death of child, hospital, photographer, dictator, journalist, women, international relations, terrorist ...
Time: 90s, 2010s, year 1986, year 1991, year 2009 ...
Place: syria, libya, baghdad iraq, iraq, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
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Circle of Deceit (1981)
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, journalist, female nudity, photograph, photographer, lebanese civil war, cold war, correspondents, raf, politics, adoption ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1981
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The Flowers of War (2011)
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, emotional, realistic, harsh, visually stunning ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
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Time: 1940s, year 2008, year 1944, year 1943, 20th century
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
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⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
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Flame & Citron (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: Denmark, Germany, Norway, France, Sweden, Finland, Czech Republic
Duration: 130 min.
Story: During Nazi occupation, red-headed Bent Faurschou-Hviid ("Flame") and Jørgen Haagen Schmith ("Citron"), assassins in the Danish resistance, take orders from Winther, who's in direct contact with Allied leaders. One shoots, ...
Style: realistic, sincere, period piece, atmospheric, factual ...
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80%
Carol's Journey (2002)
Genre: Drama, History
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Story: Carol, a 12 year old Spanish-American girl from New York, travels with her mother to Spain in the spring of 1938, at the height of the Civil War. Separated from her beloved father, Carol arrives in her mother's home village and transforms the ...
Style: serious, emotional, touching, sentimental, realistic
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Time: 1930s, year 1938
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⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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While at War (2019)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Salamanca, Spain, 1936. In the early days of the military rebellion that began the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), writer Miguel de Unamuno supports the uprising in the hope that the prevailing political chaos will end. But when the confrontation ...
Style: sincere, captivating, psychological, disturbing, intellectual
Plot: spanish civil war, spanish history, coup d'etat, dictatorship, moral dilemma, military coup, professor, arrest, military, civil war, danger, society ...
Time: 1930s, year 1936, 20th century
Place: morocco, spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
The Counterfeiters (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, War
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
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Style: tense, bleak, brutal, harsh, serious ...
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Time: 1940s, 20th century, 1930s, year 2008, year 2007 ...
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80%
The White Countess (2005)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK, Germany, China, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: The last movie from the team of Ismail Merchant, James Ivory, and Kazuo Ishiguro. Set in 1930s Shanghai, "The White Countess" is both Sofia (Natasha Richardson), a fallen member of the Russian aristocracy, and a nightclub created by a ...
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Time: 1930s, year 2005, 20th century, year 1937, year 1936 ...
Place: china, shanghai, asia, hong kong, macau
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1990)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Canada, China, France
Duration: 168 min.
Story: True story of Norman Bethune, a medical doctor who fought for justice in China during Mao's rise to power.
Style: realistic, serious, thought provoking, epic, suspense ...
Plot: fascism, military, evacuation, politics, world war two, human spirit, japanese history, idealism, media, rebellion, hopes, revolution ...
Time: 1930s, 1920s, pre world war two
Place: china, spain, asia, montreal, madrid ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Triumph of the Spirit (1989)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport, War
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Fact based story about a former Greek Olympic boxer who was taken as a prisoner during World war II and placed in the Auschwitz prison camp. There he was permitted to survive as long as he fought for the amusement of his captors. His father and ...
Style: disturbing, independent film, tense, realistic, serious ...
Plot: holocaust, world war two, boxing, prison, ss, boxer, prison escape, fight, nazi, biopic, war, shoah ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1943
Place: middle east, poland, europe, greece
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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