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Orchestra of One Youthhood (1985)
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Original name: Orkestar jedne mladosti
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
True story about the brass band of a fire brigade during WW2.
Style:
inspirational, emotional, sentimental, melancholic, period drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, brass band, orchestra, youth, fire brigade, friendship, courage, community, nostalgia, resilience, hopes, survival, village life, occupation, sacrifice, tradition, grief, loss, small town, coming of age, realism, biopic, partisan, military, ritual ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
former yugoslavia, eastern europe, serbia, yugoslavia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out period piece, historical drama, bleak and melancholic films with plots about world war two, resistance, partisan, sacrifice, heroism, survival and occupation mostly in War, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Orchestra of One Youthhood: The Bombers (1973), The Demolition Squad (1967), The Escape (1987), Wild Wind (1985), A Day for Lionhearts (1961). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Two best friends, former Partisans, must face new challenges after the war.
Style:
tension, suspense, political, period piece
Plot:
world war two, partisan, mission, resistance, sabotage, post war, danger, dangerous mission, friendship, brotherhood, bravery, loyalty ...
Time:
post world war two
Place:
former yugoslavia
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
The Germans held the strategically important airport, where planes were taking off to bombard partisans positions. Headquarters of one a partisan unit sent a few commandos to blow up airplanes and airport in the air.
Style:
tension, suspenseful, tense, period piece, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, partisan, sabotage, resistance, covert operation, espionage, commando raid, guerilla warfare, sacrifice, loyalty, heroism, weapons ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
eastern europe, czechoslovakia, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
91%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The tragic story of a group of prisoners, ordinary people, were detained in the camp at Lager in Naise at the beginning of WWII, after that mighty torture and abuse by the Germans, will try escape from the camp. A few succeeded.
Style:
bleak, tense, suspense, period piece
Plot:
world war two, concentration camp, escape, torture, prisoner of war camp, survival, nazi occupation, partisan, resistance, prisoners of war, execution, brutality ...
Time:
1940s, year 1941
Place:
former yugoslavia, eastern europe, serbia
Similarity:
82%
Genre: War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When a warrior dies, a star is born, a company of us die when born to a group of stars. Small children are fascinated by ancient legends and stories of old people, people replace their signature ready to be shot and put yourself in front of the ...
Style:
epic, bleak, poetic, melancholic, reflective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
partisan, world war two, warrior, sacrifice, heroism, legend, folklore, death, mythology, symbolism, memories, tradition ...
Time:
year 1941
Place:
former yugoslavia, serbia
Similarity:
80%
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186
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
August 1943, Europe. The tentacles of the German octopus have begun to recoil. As the Nazis retreat, their concern focuses on the supply of oil from the refineries of Romania. Without the flow of "black gold", Germany's doom is ...
Style:
tension, period piece, historical drama, action packed, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, partisan, battles, military, nazi germany, resistance, resistance movement, sabotage, commando mission, sacrifice, occupation, explosions ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
former yugoslavia, eastern europe, romania
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
September the 8th 1943, Rome, that crucial day, the armistice, in the town many life change their way. Danilo escapes the fascist enlist, while Michele succeeded to leave his administration moving from Rome. On the way to come back Rome the two ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, realistic, bleak, tense
Plot:
world war two, fascism, sabotage, heroism, resistance movement, sacrifice, nazi, occupation, courage, german occupation, bravery, tragedy ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
italy, rome italy
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
From Hell To Victory follows the relationship of six friends throughout the Second World War. They meet in a cafe in Paris on 24th August 1939 and agree to meet there on the same day every year. The war however takes them on their own individual ...
Style:
period piece, tense, realistic, political, grim ...
Plot:
world war two, soldier, nazi, world war, occupation, commando, friendship, liberation, military, resistance, combat, survival ...
Time:
1940s, year 1979, 1930s
Place:
paris france, amsterdam, france
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
WW2 story about group of prisoners who are trying to escape the death camp, run by local pro-Nazi militia.
Style:
tension, dark, suspense, grim, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, escape, concentration camp, prisoner, survival, oppression, war crime, tragedy, resistance, execution, escape plan, brutality ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
croatia, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
72%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Destinies of two friends-fighters during WW2.
Style:
bleak, period piece, tense, atmospheric, melancholic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, sacrifice, friendship, occupation, resistance, partisan, survival, underground movement, loss, courage, fighter, duty ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
albania, kosovo, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
69%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
In this episodic WW II drama, a Yugoslavian youth attempts to escape from German soldiers. In the first scene, he stands amongst a group of refugees waiting for a train. One man, with no identification papers is accused of a petty crime and the ...
Style:
black and white
Plot:
partisan, world war two, black, death, fugitive, revolutionary, nazi, false accusation, wound, execution, cemetery, fight ...
Place:
serbia, balkan, eastern europe, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Iran
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Olfat is raising her children in hardship. She has one daughter and one son called Yonos who works in Kerman copper mine. One day, she finds a note at home with this massage "My friends and I are going to enter the war as soldiers". After ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, tragic, period drama
Plot:
grief, motherhood, uncertainty, wartime, family drama, hopes, waiting, loss, pow, realism, resilience, sacrifice ...
Place:
iran, persia
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Trials and tribulations of a Croatian Communist intellectual in the turbulent years before, during and after WW2.
Style:
melancholic, historical drama, bleak, intellectual, atmospheric ...
Plot:
world war two, communism, moral dilemma, character study, trauma, identity crisis, occupation, political persecution, repression, persecution, loss, survival ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s
Place:
former yugoslavia, croatia, balkan
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Croatia
Duration: 200 min.
Story:
"Long Dark Night" follows the life of the fictional character Iva Kolar: his experiences as a Croatian University student, his role as a Partisan fighting Hitler's troops during W.W. II, his involvement in his nation's post-war ...
Style:
historical drama, bleak, period piece, grim, intense ...
Plot:
world war two, biopic, national identity, historical epic, university student, political intrigue, realism, occupation, fascism, tragedy, moral ambiguity, sacrifice ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
croatia, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A film about an incident in the last war when a gypsy girl sacrifices herself for her lover, a partisan who has deserted.
Style:
tragic ending, poignant, bleak, emotional, intense ...
Plot:
world war two, desertion, sacrifice, gypsy, loss, partisan, female protagonist, loyalty, resistance movement, forbidden love, star crossed lovers, moral dilemma ...
Time:
80s, year 1941
Place:
former yugoslavia, serbia
Similarity:
61%
248
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In a Serbian village on Christmas Day in 1943, the Chetniks accept two downed American pilots and give them hospitality. However, finding out that the Germans are looking for pilots, the Chetniks change their attitude towards them.
Style:
historical drama, suspense, black and white, art house, period drama
Plot:
world war two, partisan, christmas, village, betrayal, moral ambiguity, occupation, escape, holiday, deception, cover up, tragedy ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
serbia, balkan, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, Yugoslavia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
World War II finally reaches a Yugoslavian lake, where a lifeguard shelters a refugee and her son.
Style:
historical drama, suspense, melancholic, period piece, political ...
Plot:
world war two, partisan, refugee, nazi, summer, lifeguard, ethical dilemma, occupation, danger, river, widow, coming of age ...
Time:
year 1944
Place:
former yugoslavia
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An unassuming young lawyer leads a fight against the Nazis near the end of the Second World War.
Style:
bleak, tension, suspense, period drama
Plot:
world war two, nazi, european, occupation, courage, determination, heroism, sacrifice, loss, resistance, ethical dilemma, ruthlessness ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
58%
259
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Philippines
TV show
Story:
Red Sun is a family drama that tells stories of courage, sacrifice, and hardships that every Filipino family has. These stories were inspired by the tales of the unsung heroes who defied the odds of World War II and the Japanese occupation of the ...
Style:
historical drama, harsh, emotional, poignant, melancholic ...
Plot:
world war two, japanese occupation, wartime, family drama, survival, sacrifice, courage, friendship, resilience, trauma, loss, resistance ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942, 20th century
Place:
the philippines, asia
Similarity:
57%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
In Japanese-occupied Hong Kong, a school teacher and her would-be-fiancé link up with Chinese guerrilla fighters, forging their own path to freedom.
Style:
suspense, historical drama, captivating, disturbing, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
japanese occupation, world war two, mother daughter relationship, sacrifice, courage, resistance, military, arrest, family relations, life is a bitch, occupation, partisan ...
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Story of three partisans whose fates are determined by different encounters with women.
Style:
emotional, psychological, intense, art house, political ...
Plot:
world war two, partisan, women, character study, conflict, resistance, survival, loss, moral ambiguity, intimate, fate, urban ...
Place:
berlin germany
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
This WW2 epic was one of the last movies of that kind made in former Yugoslavia. It tells the true story of great transport of Partizans from Vojvodina to Bosnia in 1943.
Style:
tense, realistic, patriotic, melancholic, grim ...
Plot:
world war two, partisan, historical epic, convoy, resistance movement, evacuation, guerilla warfare, tragedy, heroism, sacrifice, resilience, woods ...
Place:
former yugoslavia, bosnia, eastern europe
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A story of a boy, forced to grow mature before his time and to die too early because of the cruel war circumstances. This film is dedicated to all the children who have died during the National Liberation War.
Style:
crying
Plot:
world war two, partisan, soldier, children, battles, commander, child with gun, reprisal, combat, boy, machine gun, dog ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
former yugoslavia, bosnia
Similarity:
57%
306
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Greece
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Two stories set in northern Greece during World War II.
Style:
period piece, black and white, grim, bleak, psychological ...
Plot:
world war two, retreat, sacrifice, loss, tragedy, survival, desperation, battlefield, wounded, trauma, anti war, realism ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
greece
Similarity:
55%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, emotional, dark, atmospheric ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi germany, moral ambiguity, political conflict, love triangle, espionage, resistance, forbidden love, character study, tragedy, betrayal, courage ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
germany
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Albania
Duration: 51 min.
Story:
Germans come amid snow and winter. In the village only people remained are women, that fight until wounded partisans, sheltered in the village, will retreat deeper and snow will cover their tracks. Face to face with the Germans and their control of ...
Style:
tense, historical drama, grim, suspenseful, black and white ...
Plot:
winter, world war two, village, nazi, occupation, resistance, cold, snow, solidarity, courage, survival, sacrifice ...
Time:
1940s, year 1970
Place:
albania
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: China
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A group of Chinese refugees and straggler soldiers, led by a machinist, defend their mountain town, "Gezhi," against a surprise attack by Japanese reconnaissance troops in a desperate fight using civilian ingenuity against a trained ...
Style:
tension, suspense, historical drama, realistic, period drama ...
Plot:
improv, resistance, courage, heroism, refugee, protection, solidarity, resilience, community, soldier, sacrifice, occupation ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The true story of George Tweed, an American sailor who became the only serviceman on the island of Guam to avoid capture by the Japanese during the early years of World War II.
Style:
period piece, tense, suspenseful, grim, educational ...
Plot:
world war two, biopic, survival, island, isolation, military, resilience, heroism, japanese occupation, loneliness, resistance, patriotism ...
Time:
1940s, year 1962
Place:
japan, minneapolis minnesota, pacific ocean, pearl harbor
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
After the end of World War II, a young partisan falls in love with a German secretary who is captured and imprisoned by partisans. He decides to free her and escape with her.
Plot:
partisan, world war two, outrage, third reich, nazi occupation, female nudity, skinny dipping, love, nudity, slaughter, hunting, fall in love ...
Time:
year 1944
Place:
former yugoslavia, serbia
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In Milan, in the winter of 1944, the ruthless Cane Nero leads the fascists against the partisans. Enne 2, one of the leading figures of the C.N.L., meets Berta, whom he loved three years ago, but Berta refuses to leave her husband for him. Enne 2 is ...
Style:
historical drama, serious, tension, bleak, atmospheric ...
Plot:
world war two, fascism, political conflict, occupation, persecution, moral ambiguity, oppression, betrayal, fear, violence, sacrifice, pursuit ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
milan italy, italy, turin italy
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Unable to serve in World War II because of a heart condition, a barber moves his family adjacent to a Wisconsin army base and prisoner-of-war camp to provide his services. But even in rural America -- far from the frontline -- the war finds victims.
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, historical drama, heartfelt ...
Plot:
world war two, family relations, wartime life, life is a bitch, parents and children, family in crisis, against humanity, couple relations, family problems, couples, family drama, empathy ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
usa, wisconsin
Similarity:
52%
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