Movies like The Moon and the Stars

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The Moon and the Stars (2007)
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The Moon and the Stars (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Italy, UK, Hungary
Duration: 102 min.
Story: 1939: Rome stands on the brink of World War II. In the midst of this political and social tension famed producer Davide Rieta is making a major film. The two lead actors, the German woman Kristina Baumgarten and the English man James Clavel ace each others' initial antagonism and eventually fall in love. Meanwhile the fascist police are looking for an excuse to arrest the Jewish filmmaker and any other potential "troublemakers." The producer and his crew decide to make one final extraordinary effort to complete the film - against all odds.
Style: touching, psychological, light, sexy, captivating, contemplative, pre war
Plot: world war two, soldier, dancing, betrayal, unrequited love, aristocrat, war hero, anti fascist, nazi officer, movie star, war, filmmaking, bare breasts, film set, violence, sex scene, moon, stalking, hotel, male nudity, suicide, homosexual, actor, banker, financial crisis ...
Time: year 1939
Place: rome italy
Keyword: german, english, stars, jewish

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, captivating and touching films with plots about world war two, soldier, war, love, wartime life, love and romance and kiss mostly in Drama, Romance and War genres. Some movies like The Moon and the Stars: The Land Girls (1998), Postcard (2010), Lisa (2001), Head in the Clouds (2004), Walk with Me (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Land Girls (1998)
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, touching, sentimental, realistic, historical drama ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: world war two, friendship, love, wartime life, working class, war, countryside, farm, woman, women, wine, world war ...
Time: 1940s, year 1998, 20th century
Place: england, united kingdom, english channel, europe, britain ...
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Postcard (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Toward the end of World War II, middle-aged soldier Keita is entrusted with a postcard from a comrade who is sure he will die in battle. After the war ends, Keita visits his comrade's wife Yuko and bears witness to the tragic life she has led. ...
Style: realistic, touching, serious, sincere, captivating
Plot: love, world war two, widow, fall in love, life is a bitch, soldier, suicide, suicide attempt, exotic dancer, passionate kiss, rural setting, sex scene ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
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Lisa (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Stumbling across an uncompleted 1939 film called "Princess Marushka", filmmaker Sam becomes intrigued with the young actor Sylvain Marceau, who last appeared in the film. Hoping to discover the mystery behind Sylvain's disappearance, ...
Style: captivating, sincere, realistic, serious
Plot: world war two, secret, betrayal, cross cultural relations, anti semitism, murder, filmmaking, death, autobiography, love affair, girl, filmmaker ...
Time: 1930s
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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 ⇓
84%
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Walk with Me (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Sweden, Denmark, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Deployed on mission in Helmand, Afghanistan, 25-year old Thomas steps on a landmine and loses both his legs. At the local rehabilitation center, he meets Sofie, an ascending ballerina from the Royal Danish Ballet, who is helping a relative to regain ...
Style: psychological, sexy, suspenseful, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot: amputee, soldier, war veteran, dancing, funeral, war injury, war in afghanistan, international relations, ballet, ballerina, sex scene, pistol ...
Time: year 2009
Place: afghanistan
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
The English Patient (1996)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA, UK, Italy
Duration: 162 min.
Story: In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almásy enters into a world of ...
Style: romantic, sentimental, emotional, touching, heartbreaking ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: world war two, adultery, love story, tragic love, betrayal, desert, life philosophy, beautiful scenery, life & death, war, wartime, power of love ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, year 1944, year 1942, 90s ...
Place: sahara, italy, africa, ottoman empire, cairo egypt ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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Their Finest (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, Sweden, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story: During the Blitz of World War II, a female screenwriter (Gemma Arterton) works on a film celebrating England's resilience as a way to buoy a weary populace's spirits. Her efforts to dramatise the true story of two sisters (Lily Knight and ...
Style: historical drama, costume drama, humorous, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: world war two, filmmaking, war propaganda, screenwriter, bomb shelter, world war, friendship, lie, writers, war, feminism, woman ...
Time: 1940s, year 1940, 20th century
Place: england, united kingdom, dunkirk, london, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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Franz + Polina (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A sad story of love between German soldier Franz and Russian girl Polina.
Style: captivating, exciting, touching, suspense
Plot: german soldier, deserter, nazi, soldier, occupation, world war two, military, forbidden love, war, love affair, male female relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
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In Tranzit (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, Russia
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Nazi POWs suspected of heinous acts are locked up in a Soviet women's prison run by vengeful female guards. To weed out the guilty, the innocent must pay. Can supposed enemies turn into great loves? Based on a true post-World War II story, this ...
Style: sincere, realistic, captivating, period piece, emotional ...
Audience: date night
Plot: wartime life, soldier, holocaust, captivity, life is a bitch, against humanity, prisoners of war, prison life, genocide, confined, society, heroes ...
Time: 1940s, post world war two
Place: soviet union, russia, st. petersburg russia, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
Across the River and Into the Trees (2022)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story: In post WW2 Venice Italy, American Army Col. Richard Cantwell, haunted by the war, is a bona fide hero who faces news of his illness with stoic disregard. Determined to spend a weekend in quiet solitude, he commandeers a military driver to ...
Style: romantic, captivating, disturbing, psychological
Plot: world war two, love and romance, male female relationship, couple relations, love affair, love interest, illness, couples, terminal illness, military officer, soldier, heart attack ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
 6.6
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Dresden (2006)
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: captivating, tense, serious, touching, period piece ...
Plot: world war two, war, bombing, moral dilemma, survival, military, love affair, wartime life, behind enemy lines, danger, fall in love, military life ...
Time: 1940s
Place: germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
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Housewife, 49 (2005)
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, touching, sincere, emotional, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, wartime life, society, love and romance, life is a bitch, parent grown child relationship, female protagonist, heroes, voice over narration, family home, unhappy marriage, christmas ...
Time: year 1941, year 1939, 1940s
Place: england, northern england
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
A Love to Hide (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A young Jewish girl, Sarah, is looking to escape the clutches of the Third Reich after seeing her parents and sister brutally slain by a smuggler who betrayed them while attempting to escape to England. Terrified, she is sheltered by her childhood ...
Style: emotional, serious, touching, sad, lgbt cinema ...
Audience: date night
Plot: gay, holocaust, gay relationship, gay couple, gay love, world war two, nazi, lgbtqi, betrayal, lgbt, lgbtq, traitor ...
Time: 1940s
Place: france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Anna Karenina (1997)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Russia, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Anna (Marceau) is a wife and mother who has an affair with the handsome Count Vronsky (Bean). Based on the novel by Tolstoy.
Style: costume drama, romantic, psychological, atmospheric, emotional ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: imperial russia, relationships, infidelity, betrayal, cheating wife, age difference, death, love, true love, american civil war, russian woman, women ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 1997, 1880s
Place: russia, st. petersburg russia, moscow russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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For the Moment (1993)
Genre: Romance, War, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story: This Canadian film presents and old-fashioned war time romance. It is set during 1942 in Manitoba and traces the doomed affair between a young farmer's wife (Christianne Hirt) whose husband is fighting abroad and a dashing Australian pilot ...
Style: realistic, romantic, sentimental, serious, independent film
Plot: world war two, love, war, betrayal, infidelity, bittersweet, wartime, aviation, training, flying, air force, couples ...
Time: 1940s
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
Sword of Honour (2001)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 208 min.
Story: Guy Crouchback joins the war effort during World War 2, an idealistic quest to join the forces of good in the fight against evil. But his efforts is not rewarded, he never has any chance to join any real fighting, circumstances always prevent it. ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, touching, semi autobiographical ...
Plot: world war two, military, love triangle, fighting the system, love and romance, betrayal, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, military life, soldier, basic training, society ...
Time: future, 1940s
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
Summer Solstice (2015)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Coming of Age Drama in rural Poland in the summer of 1943.
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing, suspense, period piece
Plot: world war two, struggle for survival, nazi, male female relationship, wartime life, wartime, love affair, love story, war, tragic love, gendarmerie, skinny dipping ...
Time: 1940s
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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The Exception (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, USA, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A German soldier tries to determine if the Dutch resistance has planted a spy to infiltrate the home of Kaiser Wilhelm in Holland during the onset of World War II, but falls for a young Jewish Dutch woman during his investigation.
Style: suspense, captivating, exciting, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: world war two, nazi germany, gestapo, nazi officer, german soldier, nazi occupation, nazi, espionage, royalty, conspiracy, spy, german army ...
Time: 1940s, year 1940, year 1934, 1920s
Place: germany, berlin germany, poland, netherlands, holland
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Poland, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Shortly after WWII an American soldier (Norman) and a Polish refugee (Emilia) fall in deep love. Eventually he will return to USA and both expect that she will soon follow him. Emilia's mother is sick but would recover by available medicine. ...
Style: contemplative, depressing, touching, emotional, atmospheric ...
Plot: world war two, soldier, wartime, colonialism, legion, foreign legion, world war, renaissance, love, painter, prostitute, widow ...
Time: year 1984, post world war two, year 1946, 20th century, 1940s ...
Place: poland, eastern europe, europe, warsaw poland, arizona ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
An Indecent Obsession (1985)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Sister Honour Langtree (Wendy Hughes), is in charge of a military hospital for psychiatric patients. She however transgresses boundaries by developing a sexual attraction for a new patient.
Style: independent film, realistic, psychological, serious, disturbing
Plot: wartime, medical, world war two, couples, military, mentally unstable, doctors and patients, unfulfillment, forbidden love, dangerous attraction, love and romance, obsession ...
Time: 1940s, year 1945
Place: australia
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77%
The Brylcreem Boys (1998)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story: In 1941, as part of an effort to remain strictly neutral, the Dublin government made a deal with both Berlin and London whereby any soldier, sailor or pilot captured on Irish soil, whether of German or Allied forces, would be interned for the ...
Style: realistic, serious, sex comedy, independent film
Plot: world war two, anti war, love triangle, fall in love, love and romance, human spirit, war, rescue, pow, german officer, hopes, prisoner ...
Time: 1940s, year 1998
Place: ireland, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
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Malena (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: On the day in 1940 that Italy enters the war, two things happen to the 12-year-old Renato: he gets his first bike, and he gets his first look at Malèna. She is a beautiful, silent outsider who's moved to this Sicilian town to be with her ...
Style: erotic, sexy, sexual, melancholic, serious ...
Audience: adult
Plot: hot and sexy, world war two, older woman younger man relationship, coming of age, older woman younger man, wartime, longing, unrequited love, women, sexuality, life is a bitch, fascism ...
Time: 1940s, year 2000, ancient times, 20th century, year 1940
Place: italy, sicily, europe, southern italy, mediterranean sea
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
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Ricordi? (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A long love story, seen through the memories of one young couple. The journey through the years of two individuals, united, divided, happy, unhappy, deeply in love, or in love with others, in a single stream of emotions and shades of feeling. Over ...
Style: emotional, sexy, romantic, touching, psychological
Plot: young lovers, male nudity, love, dancing, beach, female nudity, memories, sex scene, flashback, couple relations, love and romance, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
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Strayed (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: France, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Fleeing the June 1940 arrival of Hitler's army in Paris, a young war widow and her two children are rescued from dive-bombing German fighters by a cocky, reckless teenager. He finds them refuge in an abandoned house, but despite the fact that ...
Style: sincere, touching, suspenseful, serious, erotic ...
Plot: older woman younger man relationship, world war two, older woman teenage boy sex, older woman younger man, occupied france, wartime life, male nudity, refugee, survival, friendship, teenage life, love affair ...
Time: 1940s, year 2003
Place: paris france, france, europe, riviera, nice france
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77%
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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 ⇓
77%
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Broken Sky (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 140 min.
Story: First-love movie involving love triangle. Gerardo is deeply in love with longtime lover Jonas. When Jonas falls for a stranger he met at a local nightclub, heartbroken Gerardo soon seeks solace in the arms of Sergio (Alejandro Rojo). Despite other ...
Style: captivating, sexy, sincere, touching, contemplative ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: gay teenager, gay relationship, gay, lgbt, love triangle, college life, sexual relations, forbidden love, betrayal, lgbtq, gay sex, desire ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
The Night Watch (2011)
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, emotional, stylized, serious, deep ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: lgbt, love affair, couples, life is a bitch, love and romance, haunted by the past, sexual relations, wartime life, war, love, lgbtq, gay ...
Time: 1940s, post world war two, 20th century
Place: london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
The Adventures of Werner Holt (1965)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: East Germany
Duration: 164 min.
Story: Shortly before the end of WWII: While he is fighting at the Eastern front, private Werner Holt looks back on his still young life – especially his long-time friendship with former classmate Gilbert Wolzow, who is now Werner′s commanding officer. ...
Plot: world war two, world war, friendship between men, killing, husband wife relationship, trouble, cigarette smoking, fire, love, friendship, massacre, prisoner ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
Come See the Paradise (1990)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Come See The Paradise is a deeply touching love story set against the backdrop of a dramatic and controversial period in American history, It follows the romance and eventual marriage of Jack McGurn (Dennis Quad), a hot blooded Irish American, and a ...
Style: emotional, contemplative, realistic, serious, thought provoking ...
Plot: world war two, forbidden love, interracial romance, love, racism, atomic bomb, family relations, culture clash, war, white man asian woman relationship, hospital, death ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, year 1936, 20th century, year 1941
Place: hiroshima japan, ireland, japan, asia, north dakota ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
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Pornography (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Poland, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Two intellectuals, a writer and a director, begin to play a mysterious psychological game in a peaceful countryside manor house during the Nazi occupation.
Style: psychological, realistic, serious, emotional, biting ...
Plot: world war two, soldier, countryside, social differences, obsession, losing-it hero, life is a bitch, haunted by the past, wartime life, teenage life, war, holocaust ...
Time: 1940s
Place: poland, europe, warsaw poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
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