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M/S Gustloff (2008)
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Original name: Die Gustloff
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 188 min.
Story:
Joseph Vilsmaier Two-part TV movie focuses on the tragic events surrounding the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff, a German passenger ship, at the end of World War II. On 30 January 1945, Captain Hellmuth Kehding was in charge of the ship, evacuating wounded soldiers and civilians trapped by the Red Army. Soon after leaving the harbor of Danzig, it was hit by three torpedoes from the Soviet submarine and sank in less than an hour.
Style:
exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, bleak, captivating, realistic
Plot:
torpedo, ship, world war two, escapades, wartime life, downfall, ocean, military, danger, evacuation, confined, chaos and mayhem, death, tragedy, darkness, passenger, mass death, war, sea, nazi, german soldier, naval battle, german history, world war, disaster ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 40s
Place:
europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, captivating and suspenseful films with plots about world war two, war, danger, world war, military, soldier and heroes mostly in War, Drama and History genres. Some movies like M/S Gustloff: Yamato (2005), The Sinking of the Laconia (2010), Greyhound (2020), Das Boot - The Director's Cut (1981), USS Seaviper (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, exciting, touching
Plot:
world war two, navy, battleship, warship, kamikaze, japanese navy, lost love, military, battles, japanese history, heroes, danger ...
Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Germany
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Two-part drama based on the true story of the Allied ship Laconia, sunk in WWII by a German U-Boat, which then surfaced against orders to rescue the civilian crew
Style:
serious, touching, suspenseful, realistic, nautical
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama, History, War
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Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A first-time captain leads a convoy of allied ships carrying thousands of soldiers across the treacherous waters of the “Black Pit” to the front lines of WW2. With no air cover protection for 5 days, the captain and his convoy must battle the ...
Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, submarine, warship, war, u.s. navy, navy, captain, ship captain, convoy, wartime, naval officer, ocean ...
Time:
1940s, year 1941, 20th century, year 1942
Place:
san francisco, atlantic ocean
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, bleak, captivating, exciting, serious
Audience:
boys' night
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: West Germany
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
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Style:
epic, suspense, atmospheric, realistic, factual ...
Plot:
submarine, world war two, naval battle, navy, military, ocean, war, nazi, survival, sea, courage, ship captain ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Direct to DVD movie: The German U-Boat, U-234, from the Port of Kiel is trading cargo with the Japanese. USS Seaviper must locate and stop this dangerous exchange. The Captain of USS Seaviper must go ashore to conduct reconnaissance on an island ...
Style:
exciting, tense, suspense, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, world war two, save the day, danger, isolation, military, war, rebelliousness, survival, island, soldier, rebellion ...
Time:
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
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Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, captivating, suspenseful
Plot:
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Time:
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100%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, talky, political
Plot:
world war two, diplomacy, soldier, german occupation, wartime life, danger, disobey, race against time, nazi, sabotage, french resistance, obedience ...
Time:
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Place:
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40%
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Genre: History, War
Country: Germany, Lithuania
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In 1942, in Vilna, the Nazi annihilate 55,000 Jews and squeeze the 15,000 survivors in a seven blocks ghetto. The twenty-two year old sadistic commander Kittel is assigned to administrate the ghetto in the capital of Lithuania, becoming the master ...
Style:
realistic, serious, bleak, emotional, rough ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Similarity:
39%
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Country: Germany
Duration: 176 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Poland, Lithuania
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, realistic, serious, bleak, gloomy
Plot:
world war two, beach, soldier, military, danger, battles, battle zone, against the odds, heroic mission, battleship, world war, holocaust ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: China
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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gloomy, bleak, cult classic, tense, captivating ...
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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europe, poland
Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating
Plot:
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Story:
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Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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serious, realistic, rough, bleak, gloomy
Audience:
boys' night
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Time:
1940s, year 1941, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
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Duration: 199 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Russia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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rough, epic, suspenseful, serious, suspense ...
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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bleak, tense, captivating, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, tense
Plot:
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Time:
1940s, year 1942, year 1943, year 2002, 20th century ...
Place:
finland, russia, europe, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, contemplative
Plot:
soviet army, aviation, world war two, world war, allies, bomber, air force, navy, ocean, battles, danger, war ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr
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38%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
thought provoking, realistic, serious, disturbing, bleak
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, nazi, world war, anti semitism, journal, biopic, injustice, on the run, human spirit, war, life is a bitch ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
holland, europe, amsterdam
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Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, captivating, exciting
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
malta, italy, sicily
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37%
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Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, intense, harsh, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, sexy, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
netherlands, germany, europe, holland
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