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Summer of '44 - The Lost Generation (2017)
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Original name: Die Freibadclique
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, Czech Republic
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Summer 1944, Schwäbisch Hall. Contrary to the war propaganda and the decreed heroism, the 16-year-old boys dream of Swing music, sex and freedom - and of Lore, the air force helper from the air base, who attracts all eyes in her red swimsuit. At the same time, uncle, Knuffke, Bubu, tongue kiss and Hosenmacher suspect that they will not escape the horror of the front. "Stay tuned," Lore calls after them. But tongue kiss gets it first and also pants maker will not survive the war.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, tense, rough, touching, captivating
Plot:
world war two, coming of age, friendship, nazi germany, teenager, boy, father son relationship, public humiliation, youth, friends, suspense, love and romance, german soldier, fall in love, love, war, love triangle, death, soldier, escapades, society, group of friends, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, gay erotica, summer ...
Time:
year 1944, 1940s
Place:
germany
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, tense, suspenseful and touching films with plots about world war two, war, society, soldier, suspense, friendship and love and romance mostly in Drama, War and History genres. Some movies like Summer of '44 - The Lost Generation: Warsaw 44 (2014), The Turncoat (2020), Road to Berlin (2015), Face 2 Face (2016), Bulgarian Rhapsody (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A beautiful story about youth, love, friendship and the pursuit of adventure during the bloody and brutal reality of the Warsaw Uprising.
Style:
realistic, captivating, romantic, tense, psychological
Plot:
world war two, nazi occupation, nazism, death, love and romance, friendship, war, society, friends, relationships, love affair, love story ...
Time:
year 1944, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
Directed by Academy Award-winner Florian Gallenberger from Sigefried Lenz's international bestseller, "Der Überläufer" is set in the summer of 1944. German soldier Walter Proska is about to return to the Eastern Front when his train ...
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A story about two young men during the last days of WWII.
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captivating, exciting, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
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world war two, military, soldier, friendship, friendship between men, violence, fascism, society, war, soviet army, great patriotic war, fight ...
Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Over a series of video chats, a teenage outcast reaches out to his childhood friend, but finds that behind the veneer of popularity and a seemingly perfect life, she hides a disturbing secret.
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Time:
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Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Bulgaria, Israel
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
the story of two adolescents, Moni and Zhozho, who meet 17-year-old Zheni in 1943 and with whom both fell in love. The events that follow unfold while Bulgaria has to decide on the deportation of 11 343 Jewish citizens in Macedonia and Thrace.
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emotional, captivating, suspenseful, touching, serious ...
Plot:
teenage love, on the run, fall in love, friendship, wartime life, holocaust, society, teenage life, love and romance, anti semitism, youth, coming of age ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Im Kölner Stadtteil Ehrenfeld lebt eine Gruppe von Arbeiterkindern kurz vor Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs ihren ganz eigenen Alltag. Die selbsternannten „Edelweißpiraten“ träumen von einer gerechten Welt und sehnen sich nach der unbeschwerten ...
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realistic, suspenseful, captivating, tense, serious ...
Plot:
resistance, nazi germany, wartime life, world war two, rebellion, human spirit, young heroes, confined, against humanity, idealism, life is a bitch, rebelliousness ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, year 1944, 20th century
Place:
germany, europe
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
During World War II, оld Georgian peasant wine-grower Georgy (Sergo Zakariadze) leaves his Georgian village and goes off to the front line, hoping to find his son. George should see and transfer a lot of things, he becomes a soldier and only in ...
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rough, suspenseful, tense, touching, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
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great patriotic war, world war two, military, father son relationship, soldier, fatherhood, dead son, wound, death of son, world war, red army, eastern front ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
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54%
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
August 1944 two months after D-Day, the Allies are advancing across France. A team of British and American commandos are dropped behind enemy lines on a secret mission to ambush a German Officer and steal maps charting the location of the enemy ...
Style:
captivating, tense, exciting
Plot:
world war two, military, soldier, secret mission, survival, friendship, battles, suspense, war, wehrmacht, traitor, suicide ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 176 min.
Story:
At a Dresden hospital in 1945, nurse Anna Mauth (Felicitas Woll) cares for badly injured British pilot Robert Newman (John Light), whom Anna believes to be a German deserter. As Allied forces close in, Anna grows close to Robert despite her ...
Style:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Yesterday's Leningrad schoolgirl Masha Yablochkina, after a fierce blockade winter of 1941-1942, comes to the railway courses hoping to survive and gain strength. From there, the girl is sent to the construction of the Shlisselburg highway, ...
Style:
bleak, exciting, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
world war two, life is a bitch, construction, suspense, historical event, adaptation, girl heroine, friendship, death, hopes, youth, betrayal ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Belarus, Russia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The film is based on real events. This is a story about exciting events that occurred in the life of the smallest soldier - the hero of the Great Patriotic War, six-year-old Sergei Aleshkov. He lost all his relatives and got into the army. With a ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, captivating, exciting, disturbing
Plot:
great patriotic war, world war two, little boy, wartime life, soldier, courage, friendship, military, orphan, violence, heroes, life is a bitch ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, History, War
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Duration: 93 min.
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Duration: 86 min.
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Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, Music, War
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Duration: 116 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 108 min.
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38%
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Country: Poland, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
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In 1944, the American military lands on the shores of Saipan. Refusing to commit suicide with his superiors or be forced into camps for prisoners of war, Captain Oba Sakae leads a group of his men and other similarly minded local residents into the ...
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Duration: 125 min.
Story:
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Duration: 96 min.
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Story:
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Duration: 100 min.
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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