Movies like The Song of Names
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The Song of Names (2019)
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Genre: Drama, Music, Mystery, War
Country: Canada, Hungary, Germany, UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A man searching for his childhood best friend — a Polish violin prodigy orphaned in the Holocaust — who vanished decades before on the night of his first public performance.
Style:
rough, touching, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, independent film, cult classic, entertaining, f word
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
violinist, mysterious disappearance, polish, shoah, family relations, investigation, war, tragedy, wartime, private investigation, musician's life, wartime life, haunted by the past, uncover truth, post war, boyhood, world war, musician, childhood, boy genius, childhood friend, jewish culture, jewish life, vanished man, world war two ...
Time:
80s, year 1953, year 1943, 20th century, 1950s, year 1952, year 1951 ...
Place:
new york, england, london, israel, poland, warsaw poland
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, touching and captivating films with plots about singer, dancing, singing, photograph, father son relationship, song and cigarette smoking mostly in Drama, War and Music genres. Some movies like The Song of Names: The Man Who Cried (2000), The Book Thief (2013), The Pianist (2002), Glorious 39 (2009), The Accompanist (1992). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance, War
Country: UK, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young refugee travels from Russia to America in search of her lost father and falls in love with a gypsy horseman.
Style:
visually stunning, lyrical, intense, serious, touching ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
love story, culture clash, gypsy, world war two, anti semitism, secrets, wartime, adaptation, adoption, family relations, holocaust, love and romance ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
russia, england, paris france, france, poland ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, USA, UK
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refuge is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.
Style:
touching, sentimental, emotional, serious, sad ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, family outing, adult
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, childhood, nazi, adoption, nazi germany, war, human spirit, against humanity, death, youth, nazism ...
Time:
1940s, year 2013, ancient times, year 1941, 2010s ...
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, War
Country: France, Poland, Germany, UK, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
The true story of pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he ...
Style:
emotional, sad, harsh, reflective, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, survival, genocide, nazi, classical music, wartime, war, nazism, anti semitism, hunger, nazi occupation ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1939, 1930s, year 2002 ...
Place:
poland, germany, europe, eastern europe, central europe ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A mysterious tale set around a traditional British family on the eve of World War Two. Oblivious to the looming shadow of World War II, the wealthy Keyes maintain a confident façade in the British countryside until daughter Anne becomes an ...
Style:
clever, realistic, tense, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
world war two, spy, adopted daughter, disorder, life turned upside down, uncover truth, secret movement, confined, betrayal, war, world war, conspiracy ...
Time:
year 1939, 1930s, year 2009, 20th century, pre world war two
Place:
england, london, europe
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance, War
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In Nazi-occupied Paris, a young accompanist named Sophie Vasseur gets a job with famed singer Irene Brice. As Irene's husband Charles, a businessman collaborating with the Nazis, wrestles with his conscience, Sophie becomes obsessed with Irene, ...
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, sincere, crying
Plot:
world war two, betrayal, passion, singer, pianist, maid, railway, obsession, politics, infidelity, love, strong female presence ...
Time:
year 1992, 1940s
Place:
paris france, england, london, france, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A young Scottish singer, Rose-Lynn Harlan, dreams of making it as a country artist in Nashville after being released from prison.
Style:
thought provoking, sincere, humorous, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
country music, bigger dreams, musician, single mother, women's prison, working class, singer, party, mother daughter reunion, rehearsal, promise, released from prison ...
Time:
year 2019, 2010s, year 1943
Place:
glasgow scotland, nashville tennessee, scotland, london
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Summer 1939. Influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English seaside town to learn the language and be ambassadors for a future looking National Socialist. A teacher there sees what is coming and is ...
Style:
political, suspense, disturbing, thought provoking, suspenseful ...
Plot:
world war two, against humanity, british secret service, nazism, danger, reconnaissance, controversy, allies, ideology, courage, political unrest, world war ...
Time:
2020s, 1930s, year 1939
Place:
england, europe, united kingdom, germany
Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
The rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom.
Style:
captivating, uplifting, period piece, factual, disturbing ...
Plot:
musician, rape, preacher, abusive husband, concert, showbiz, black history, biopic, blues, celebrity, african american, black ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 1950s, year 1960, year 1969 ...
Place:
usa, madison square garden manhattan new york city, los angeles, atlanta georgia, detroit ...
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: South Korea, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A drama with fairy tale elements, where an orphaned musical prodigy uses his gift as a clue to finding his birth parents.
Style:
touching, inspirational, feel good, sentimental, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, kids, girls' night, family outing ...
Plot:
music, musician, orphan, prodigy, child prodigy, child protagonist, dancing, childhood, boy, youth, chance meeting, cellist ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 80s, year 1995, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, chicago, greenwich village manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Romania, Hungary, Canada, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Regent Horthy is the leader of Hungary and a German ally, but his favorable standing with Hitler changes as the war comes to an end. Forced to cede Hungary’s power or else witness the execution of his son, Regent Horthy gives up control of his ...
Style:
realistic, bleak, emotional, costume drama, political thriller ...
Plot:
holocaust, concentration camp, world war two, defiant, anti semitism, ss, family relations, danger, life is a bitch, confined, world war, spy ...
Time:
1940s, year 1948, year 1957, year 1939, year 1962 ...
Place:
europe, hungary, berlin germany, switzerland, budapest ...
Similarity:
49%
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
Renowned musician Lydia Tár is days away from recording the symphony that will elevate her career. However, Lydia's elaborate facade begins to unravel, revealing dirty secrets and the corrosive nature of power.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, dark drama, dorama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
lgbt, classical music, orchestra, lesbian, music conductor, composer, musician, massage parlor, narcissism, orchestra conductor, music, female protagonist ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
berlin germany, southeast asia, the philippines, manhattan new york city, new york ...
Similarity:
48%
178
Genre: Drama, War
Country: West Germany
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Although members of the Hitler Youth chant anti-Semitic paroles in front of his house during the Purim festival, Rabbi Singer is still profoundly convinced that Germany will stay a safe country for him, his family, and his fellow believers. But ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, nazi, holocaust survivor, boy, chess, hitler youth, little boy, rabbi, family relations, survival, anti semitism ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 1940s
Place:
europe, germany, black sea, new york, vienna ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Jenny Bowman is a successful singer who, while on an engagement at the London Palladium, visits David Donne to see her son Matt again, spending a few glorious days with him while his father is away in Rome in an attempt to attain the family that she ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sentimental, emotional
Plot:
singer, adoption, family relations, parent child relationship, love and romance, single parent, artists and showbiz, youth, musician's life, parents and children, lovers reunited, showbiz ...
Time:
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Place:
england, london, big ben london
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
In 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to drop a corpse with false papers off the coast of Spain would fool Nazi spies into believing the Allied forces were planning to attack by way of Greece ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, tense, thought provoking, suspense ...
Plot:
world war two, british secret service, military, world war, army, secret mission, prospector, life is a bitch, mission, wartime life, reconnaissance, wartime ...
Time:
year 1943, 1940s
Place:
sicily, spain, greece, london, berlin germany
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a ...
Style:
emotional, touching, heartbreaking, sad, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, family outing, kids, teen drama ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, concentration camp, war, children, friendship, childhood, nazi, nazism, gas chamber, boy, morality ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, ancient times, year 2008, year 1941 ...
Place:
germany, poland, europe, berlin germany, switzerland
Similarity:
46%
19K
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of WWI, a young German who grieves the death of her fiancé in France meets a mysterious French man who visits the fiance’s grave to lay flowers.
Style:
sentimental, touching, sexy, black and white, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
world war one, guilty conscience, german soldier, grave, french soldier, nationalism, death of loved one, war veteran, sadness, casualty of war, soldier, mourning ...
Time:
post world war one, 1910s, year 1919, year 2016, 90s ...
Place:
germany, paris france, france
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The theatrical movie spin-off of the ABC’s Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries will follow Essie Davis’ private detective as she embarks on a global adventure to find missing treasure, solve murders and break aviation records...
After freeing a ...
Style:
captivating, detective, psychological, disturbing, sincere ...
Plot:
female detective, treasure hunt, riddles and clues, private detective, artifact, murder mystery, talented, mind game, tomb, young girl, twists and turns, escapades ...
Time:
1920s, year 1929, year 1918
Place:
london, scotland yard, jerusalem, australia, palestine ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, History, Music, War
Country: France, UK, Germany, Austria
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A tale based on the life of Wilhelm Furtwangler, the controversial conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic whose tenure coincided with the controversial Nazi era. One of the most spectacular and renowned conductors of the 30s, Furtwangler's ...
Style:
realistic, serious, thought provoking, atmospheric, touching ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, politics, investigation, war crime, introspection, musician's life, racism, military, state affairs, rebellion, music conductor ...
Time:
year 2001, post world war two
Place:
germany, europe, poland, russia, switzerland ...
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The life of celebrated but reclusive author, J.D. Salinger, who gained worldwide fame with the publication of his novel, The Catcher in the Rye.
Style:
exciting, thought provoking, captivating, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
writers, world war two, recluse, name calling, writer's life, novelist, obsession, father son relationship, friendship, teenage boy, father daughter relationship, friend ...
Time:
year 1946, 50s, year 2010, year 1939, 20th century
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, greenwich village manhattan new york city, usa, new hampshire
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
This film is about a famous jazz saxophonist, Izzy who's life is forever changed after he is accidentally shot.
Style:
atmospheric, touching, mumblecore, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
musician, transformation, firefly, love, plot twist, death, memory, jazz, saxophonist, murder, couples, fall in love ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, milwaukee wisconsin, dublin ireland, new jersey
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland, Germany, Canada
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
A dramatization of one man's rescue of Jewish refugees in the Nazi-occupied Polish city of Lvov. In Darkness tells the true story of Leopold Soha who risks his own life to save a dozen people from certain death. Initially only interested in his ...
Style:
harsh, sincere, uplifting, social, tense ...
Plot:
holocaust, nazi, world war two, atrocity, shoah, survival, genocide, outside help, hitler youth, judaism, world war, sewer ...
Time:
1940s, 2010s, 20th century, 2000s, year 1945 ...
Place:
poland, germany, eastern europe, europe, israel
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA, Germany, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of World War II, a British colonel and his wife are assigned to live in Hamburg during the post-war reconstruction, but tensions arise with the German widower who lives with them.
Style:
philosophical, realistic, melancholic, serious, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
post war germany, extramarital affair, unfaithful wife, cheating wife, husband wife relationship, adultery, horny wife, infidelity, love hate relationship, world war two, love triangle, cheating on husband ...
Time:
post world war two, 1940s, year 1945, year 2019, year 1942 ...
Place:
hamburg germany, alps, london, northern germany
Similarity:
46%
63K
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, Denmark, France, UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Anna, a young novitiate in 1960s Poland, is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a family secret dating back to the years of the German occupation.
Style:
art house, emotional, visually stunning, cerebral, melancholic ...
Plot:
nun, family secret, faith, world war two, anti semitism, judaism, holocaust, religion, suicide, character study, confronting the past, orphan ...
Time:
60s, post world war two, 2010s, year 2016, 90s ...
Place:
poland, eastern europe, israel, europe, denmark
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy's life is shaped by love and the stories of a cast of characters in the boarding house where he lives in 1960s Lackawanna, New York.
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, family relations, family problems, friends, parents and children, youth, lifestyle, black, husband wife relationship, mother daughter relationship, blaxploitation ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place:
new york, usa, pennsylvania, russia, toronto ontario canada ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Stet, a troubled and angry 11-year-old orphan from a small Texas town, ends up at a Boy Choir school back East after the death of his single mom. Completely out of his element, he finds himself in a battle of wills with a demanding Choir Master who ...
Style:
sentimental, serious, realistic, touching
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
boy, music, choir, dedicated educator, boys' choir, music school, teachers and students, troubled teen, classical music, orphan, boarding school, death of mother ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, texas
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance
Country: Canada, Italy, USA, UK, Austria
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Spans 300 years in the life of one famed musical instrument that winds up in present-day Montreal on the auction block. Crafted by the Italian master Bussotti (Cecchi) in 1681, the red violin derives its unusual color from the human blood mixed into ...
Style:
epic, period piece, suspense, erotic, spiritual ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
classical music, music, musician, violin, sex, art, drug addiction, magic realism, justice, violinist, gypsy, curse ...
Time:
18th century, year 1998, 1800s, georgian era, 17th century
Place:
oxford university, prussia, shanghai, montreal, beijing china ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Told from the perspective of man reflecting on his childhood in Prauge in the early years of World War 2 and the eventual destruction of his family as the Nazis rise to power. The storyline focuses heavily on Jewish-Czech Silberstein family members. ...
Style:
contemplative, captivating, realistic, serious, touching ...
Plot:
world war two, coming of age, escapades, hopes, life is a bitch, society, life turned upside down, circus, election, judaism, youth, starvation ...
Time:
80s, 1930s, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
slovakia, europe, czech republic, central europe, palestine ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Set in a dugout in Aisne in 1918, a group of British officers, led by the mentally disintegrating young officer Stanhope, variously await their fate.
Style:
period piece, psychological, suspense, thought provoking, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
world war one, trench warfare, great war, nightmare, war, mentally unstable, british army, army, officer, world war two, battles, fear ...
Time:
1910s, future, year 1918
Place:
france
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A guitar playing car thief meets an autistic savant piano player, and together they transform a group of reluctant halfway house convicts into The Killer Diller Blues Band.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
blues, ambition, prodigy, musician's life, partner, criminal heroes, misfit, prison life, fish out of water, autism, basketball, piano ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, missouri
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, Music, Romance, War
Country: USA, Germany, Austria
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Agathe von Trapp, the eldest daughter of a well-known musical family, overcomes many obstacles to pursue her musical career and move to the United States.
Style:
touching, contemplative, romantic, unusual plot structure, captivating ...
Plot:
family relations, world war two, husband wife relationship, father daughter relationship, brother brother relationship, marriage, father son relationship, teenage girl, sister sister relationship, relationships, male female relationship, love and romance ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, year 1965, year 1937, year 1938
Place:
austria, america, usa
Similarity:
45%
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