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The Keeper (2018)
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Original name: Trautmann
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport, War
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
TRAUTMANN tells the story of a man whose love for football, for England and for the love of his life, Margaret saw him rise from Nazi 'villain' to British hero. Bert Trautmann the German goalkeeper won over even his harshest opponents by winning the FA Cup Final for Manchester City in 1956 - playing on with a broken neck to secure victory.
Style:
motivational, costume drama, inspirational, realistic, sincere, captivating, intense, retro, period drama
Plot:
football, husband wife relationship, goalkeeper, father daughter relationship, love and romance, college, courage, rivalry, ambition, world war, transformation, love, war, monkey, prisoner, post war, parents, soccer, biopic, strong female lead, racism, cemetery, family relations, war criminal, pow ...
Time:
year 1948, 20th century, 1940s, year 1945, year 1956, year 1949, year 2019 ...
Place:
germany, england, manchester, manchester england
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Most similar movies to The Keeper
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, sincere and touching films with plots about love, biopic, world war two, friendship, culture clash, mentor and hopes mostly in Drama, Biography and Romance genres. Some movies like The Keeper: The Railway Man (2013), Escape to Victory (1981), The Edge of Love (2008), A Hidden Life (2019), The Damned United (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, Switzerland, Australia, Thailand
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A victim from World War II's "Death Railway" sets out to find those responsible for his torture. A true story.
Style:
inspirational, emotional, epic, intense, captivating ...
Plot:
revenge, war, world war two, japanese soldier, autobiography, biopic, japanese occupation, prison, life is a bitch, human spirit, haunted by the past, wartime life ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1980, year 1942
Place:
burma, england, asia, thailand, japan
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Genre: Drama, Sport, War
Country: UK, USA, Italy, Hungary
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A group of POWs in a German prison camp during World War II play the German National Soccer Team in this powerful film depicting the role of prisoners during wartime.
Style:
inspirational, serious, exciting, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, kids
Plot:
prison, world war two, soccer, football, escape, nazi, war, pow, contests and competitions, against the odds, world war, prison escape ...
Time:
year 1981, 20th century
Place:
germany, paris france, europe, france, argentina ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The Edge of love is a love story of two feisty women and a brilliant, charismatic poet who love both women. One woman Vera Phillips who is his first love and whom he lost for ten year, while other one is his present wife Caitlin who is adventurous ...
Style:
romantic, period piece, melancholic, sweet, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
marriage, love triangle, pregnancy, couple relations, jealousy, writers, husband wife relationship, love, infidelity, making love, unfulfillment, dishonesty ...
Time:
1940s, year 2008, post world war two, 18th century
Place:
wales, europe, england, london
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 174 min.
Story:
The Austrian Franz Jägerstätter, a conscientious objector, refuses to fight for the Nazis in World War II and is executed by them in 1943. Opening at Jägerstätter’s home in Austria’s countryside, the film follows Franz and his wife, Fani, ...
Style:
period piece, sexy, thought provoking, costume drama, political ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
world war two, conscientious objector, clergy, prisoner, prison life, farmer, catholic, trial, travel, anti war, courtroom, military ...
Time:
1940s, year 1941, year 2019, 2010s, year 1939 ...
Place:
austria, germany, alps, berlin germany
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Taking over Leeds United, Brian Clough's abrasive approach and his clear dislike of the players' dirty style of play make it certain there is going to be friction. Glimpses of his earlier career help explain both his hostility to previous ...
Style:
inspirational, tense, factual, sexy, atmospheric ...
Plot:
soccer, football, discipline, soccer coach, biopic, football team, friendship, football player, ambition, mentor, training, rivalry ...
Time:
70s, year 1974, 20th century, year 2009, 60s
Place:
england, northern england, europe, mallorca, london ...
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76%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Based on the incredible true story, The Express follows the inspirational life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.
Style:
inspirational, factual, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
american football, african american, athlete and trainer, college, racism, biopic, friendship, courage, mentor, ambition, success, against the odds ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1950s, year 2008, 60s ...
Place:
new york, usa, cleveland ohio, new jersey, texas
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69%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport, War
Country: Germany, Croatia
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Max Schmeling. A national hero in the 1930's when he became World heavyweight champion. He lost favour with the Nazi regime when he lost to a black man, Joe Louis, and is sent to the front in the hope he will be ...
Style:
serious, rough, realistic, bleak
Plot:
nazi germany, world war two, world champion, anti semitism, boxing, dictator, fighting the system, athlete's life, hopes, against humanity, society, love and romance ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
europe, new york, hamburg germany, berlin germany, germany ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport, War
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
American Pastime tells a poignant story set against the Japanese-American internment camps during World War II. Rounded up and uprooted from their everyday lives, they remained loyal to the United States and ironically turned to that most American ...
Style:
sincere, captivating, touching, emotional, uplifting ...
Plot:
hopes, world war two, interracial relations, human spirit, baseball, rivalry, society, anti war, racism, wartime life, immigrant, small town ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two
Place:
los angeles, utah, pearl harbor
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Germany, USA, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In the third installment of the football drama trilogy Goal!, Kuno Becker returns as Mexican footballer Santiago Muñez, who, along with his best friends and England national team players Charlie Braithwaite (Leo Gregory) and Liam Adams (JJ Feild), ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sentimental
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
soccer, sport team, football player, soccer match, wedding ceremony, athlete's life, friends, contests and competitions, love and romance, lifestyle, buddies, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Waldemar Nods, a young man from Suriname, meets the older Dutch woman Rika van der Lans and they fall in love. In pre-WWII Netherlands they could not be more different. The one black, the other white, 17 years between them and on top of that Rika ...
Style:
sincere, touching, captivating, sentimental, emotional ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
interracial relations, world war two, unlikely couple, coming of age, parents and children, society, love affair, racism, family relations, couples, bittersweet, forceful separation ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century, 1920s
Place:
holland, europe
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport, War
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
True story of boxers Joe Louis and Max Schmeling and their enduring friendship.
Style:
serious, sincere, realistic, crying
Plot:
boxing, racism, boxer, world war two, friendship, interracial relations, contests and competitions, follow your dream, against humanity, ambition, against the odds, discrimination ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s
Place:
america, new york, harlem, chicago, paris france ...
Similarity:
53%
108K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The powerful story of Jackie Robinson, the legendary baseball player who broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier when he joined the roster of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The film follows the innovative Dodgers’ general manager Branch Rickey, the ...
Style:
sentimental, period piece, touching, factual, intense ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
racism, baseball, athlete and trainer, african american, rise to the top, racial segregation, civil rights, athlete's life, against the odds, biopic, black history, justice ...
Time:
1940s, year 1946, 2010s, year 2013, 20th century ...
Place:
africa, new york, usa, pasadena california, empire state building manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
52%
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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:
52%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Oversized African-American, Michael Oher, the teen from across the tracks and a broken home, has nowhere to sleep at age 16. Taken in by an affluent Memphis couple, Michael embarks on a remarkable rise to play for the NFL.
Style:
touching, inspirational, sentimental, emotional, motivational ...
Audience:
chick flick, family outing, teens, kids, family friendly ...
Plot:
american football, adoption, life, african american, football, christian, interracial relations, human spirit, family drama, rising to stardom, interracial adoption, strong female character ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, boston, tennessee, america, mississippi ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Free-spirited writer Juliet Ashton forms a life-changing bond with the delightful and eccentric Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, when she decides to write about the book club they formed during the occupation of Guernsey in WWII.
Style:
touching, romantic, sincere, uplifting, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
world war two, german occupation, writers, marriage proposal, letter, friendship, fiance fiancee relationship, nazi occupation, german soldier, strong female character, female writer, unwed mother ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, year 1941, year 1946
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, Sport, War
Country: Czech Republic, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Spitz is the German-Jewish coach of the football team Macedonia during World War II. Under his leadership, the team fights to become the champion of Bulgaria's National Football League
Style:
captivating, sentimental, romantic, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
true love, soccer, world war two, forbidden love, hopes, holocaust, human spirit, family disapproval, love affair, ambition, sport team, rivalry ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
macedonia, former yugoslavia, europe, bulgaria
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Berlin 1943/44 ("The Battle of Berlin"). Felice, an intelligent and courageous Jewish woman who lives under a false name, belongs to an underground organization. Lilly, a devoted mother of four, though an occasional unfaithful wife, is ...
Style:
erotic, romantic, sexual, romantic drama, historical drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lgbtq, lesbian interest, holocaust, gays and lesbians, woman in danger, nazi, society, forbidden love, couples ...
Time:
ancient times, year 1999, 1940s, 20th century, year 1943 ...
Place:
germany, europe, berlin germany
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
After teenage ambulance driver Ernest Hemingway (Chris O'Donnell) takes shrapnel in the leg during World War I, he falls in love with Agnes von Kurowsky (Sandra Bullock), a beautiful older nurse at the hospital where he's sent to recover. ...
Style:
romantic drama, romantic, sentimental, sincere, sex comedy ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
world war one, writers, war, great war, love, bittersweet, world war, soldier, couple relations, young lovers, poet, past ...
Time:
year 1996, 20th century
Place:
venice, europe, italy, france, paris france
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The inspirational tale of the grandfathers of the fitness movement as we now know it, Joe & Ben Weider. Battling anti-Semitism, racism and extreme poverty, the brothers beat all odds to build an empire & inspire future generations.
Style:
captivating, inspirational, realistic, serious, motivational ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
bodybuilder, bodybuilding, fitness, muscleman, rivalry, athlete's life, rise to the top, inspiration, biopic, coworker relationship, male female relationship, ambition ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
los angeles, canada
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The life story of Brazilian football legend, Pele.
Style:
inspirational, serious, realistic, uplifting, factual ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
following a dream, soccer, athlete's life, rags to riches, football player, rise to the top, contests and competitions, prodigy, rivalry, soccer match, youth, father son relationship ...
Time:
50s, 1940s, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
brazil, latin america, africa, sao paulo brazil
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A fictional story inspired by North America's most famous female boxing promoter, Jackie Kallen. Her struggle to survive and succeed in a male dominated sport.
Style:
inspirational, sincere, intense, serious, semi autobiographical ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
boxing, fight scenes, rags to riches, athlete and trainer, athlete's life, ambition, contests and competitions, rivalry, lifestyle, human spirit, underdog, boxer ...
Time:
year 2004, year 1972, 70s
Place:
ohio, michigan, detroit, usa, los angeles ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A biopic of 20-year-old Francis Ouimet who defeated his golfing idol and 1900 US Open Champion, Harry Vardon.
Style:
inspirational, motivational, sincere, costume drama, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly, chick flick, teens, family outing, kids ...
Plot:
golf, rags to riches, underdog, working class, athlete's life, human spirit, prodigy, ambition, lifestyle, social differences, talented, struggle ...
Time:
1910s, year 2005, 20th century, 60s, 90s ...
Place:
massachusetts, usa, boston, new jersey, california ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Set against the turbulent backdrop of London in the 1940s, this adaptation of Sarah Waters' bestselling novel, The Night Watch, follows four young Londoners inextricably linked by their wartime experiences. In a time when the barriers of sexual ...
Style:
touching, serious, stylized, emotional, sexual ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
love affair, couples, love and romance, life is a bitch, sexual relations, wartime life, haunted by the past, war, love, unwanted pregnancy, gay, lesbian couple ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, 20th century
Place:
london, europe, england
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Downtrodden wife and mother Nella's life takes an unexpected turn for the better after she joins the Women's Voluntary Service office in Barrow-in-Furness during the Second World War. However, her new-found happiness is shattered when her ...
Style:
captivating, emotional, touching, sincere, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, wartime life, society, life is a bitch, love and romance, parent grown child relationship, female protagonist, housewife, gay son, gay, heroes, voice over narration ...
Time:
year 1941, 1940s, year 1939
Place:
england, northern england
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
The true story of boxer, Jim Braddock who, in the 1920’s after his retirement, has a surprise comeback in order to get him and his family out of a socially poor state.
Style:
touching, inspirational, sentimental, motivational, uplifting ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, manly
Plot:
boxing, underdog, human spirit, great depression, boxer, biopic, athlete's life, roman empire, poverty, fight scenes, depression, protective male ...
Time:
1930s, year 2005, 2000s, year 2006, 1920s ...
Place:
netherlands, usa, new jersey, new york, madison square garden manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The true story of British athletes preparing for and competing in the 1924 Summer Olympics.
Style:
inspirational, period piece, historical drama, costume drama, christian film ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, date night, kids
Plot:
christian, prejudice, athlete, integrity, olympics, faith, missionary, runner, religion, racing, catholic, friendship ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, 1910s, post world war one, year 1978 ...
Place:
scotland, england, israel, paris france, france ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Netherlands, Luxembourg
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Twin Sisters is an epic love story based on the Dutch bestseller by Tessa de Loo that has been read by more than 3.5 million readers in Holland and Germany.
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
world war two, twins, family reunited, ss officer, family relations, life is a bitch, culture clash, wartime, orphan, society, human nature, reconciliation ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century, 1920s
Place:
germany, europe, holland, netherlands
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
During World War II, the organisation "The Women's Land Army" recruited women to work on British farms while the men were off to war. Three such "land girls" of different social backgrounds - quiet Stella, young hairdresser ...
Style:
period piece, sentimental, touching, realistic, retro ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
world war two, countryside, friendship, love, farm, working class, wartime life, war, woman, wine, women, young woman ...
Time:
1940s, year 1998, 20th century
Place:
england, united kingdom, english channel, europe, bristol ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The story of the marriage of the poet TS Eliot to socialite Vivienne Haigh-Wood, which had to cope with her gynaeological and emotional problems and his growing fame.
Style:
romantic, psychological, costume drama, romantic drama, contemplative ...
Plot:
writers, women, art, poet, biopic, world war one, marriage, mental illness, artist, insanity, love, tragic romance ...
Time:
1930s, year 1994, victorian era, 1910s, 20th century
Place:
england, europe, oxford university, london, california
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When a humorous script-reader in her New York apartment sees an ad in the Saturday Review of Literature for a bookstore in London that does mail order, she begins a very special correspondence and friendship with Frank Doel, the bookseller who works ...
Style:
sweet, romantic, touching, sincere, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
book, bookstore, correspondence, friendship, writers, love, post war, pen pal, bittersweet, death, longing, kindness ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, year 1987, 20th century, 50s ...
Place:
london, new york, england, europe, usa
Similarity:
36%
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