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Kalashnikov (2020)
6K
Original name: Калашников
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Tank commander Kalashnikov is severely injured in battle in 1941. The accident leaves him incapacitated and unable to return to the front. While recovering in the hospital he begins creating the initial sketches of what will become one of the world’s most legendary weapons. A self-taught inventor, Mikhail Kalashnikov, is only 29 when he develops the now iconic assault riffle - the AK-47.
Style:
rough, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful, philosophical, political, informative, heroic, period drama
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, inventor, human spirit, red army, soviet soldier, soldier, life & death, russian soldier, weapons, world war, engineer, courage, danger, lifestyle, creativity, transformation, adaptation, storytelling, human nature, shooting, frontline, inferiority complex, great patriotic war, tank, soviet army ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
soviet union, ussr, moscow russia, russia, kazakhstan, russian
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, rough, captivating and tense films with plots about world war two, military, soldier, world war, war, heroes and battles mostly in Drama, War and Action genres. Some movies like Kalashnikov: Panfilov's 28 Men (2016), Battle for Sevastopol (2015), Stalingrad (2013), Fortress of War (2010), Trotsky (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
December of 1941, Northwestern Front. A German tank column is moving towards Moscow. During a mission to stop the enemy advance, Nikolai Komlev's IL-2 is shot down. Komlev manages to crash-land his plane in a remote forest clearing. He's ...
Style:
rough, suspense, tense, suspenseful, patriotic ...
Plot:
military, world war two, warplane, patriot, airplane, life & death, survival, courage, soldier, fight, aviation, war ...
Time:
year 1941
Place:
soviet union
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
USSR, Late November, 1941. Based on the account by reporter Vasiliy Koroteev that appeared in the Red Army's newspaper, Krasnaya Zvezda, shortly after the battle, this is the story of Panifilov's Twenty-Eight, a group of twenty-eight ...
Style:
touching, rough, captivating, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
world war two, red army, russian soldier, infantry, heroism, bravery, eastern front, military life, wartime, protector, russian history, german soldier ...
Time:
year 1941, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
germany, russia, ussr
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Ukraine, Russia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The breakout of the war shatters the world of a young student, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, forcing her to enlist in the army in 1941. The maiden turns out to be a natural-born sniper, her impressive skill and prowess make her stand out among men and women ...
Style:
dramatic, rough, realistic, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
sniper, world war two, female soldier, female protagonist, nazi, wartime, female warrior, wartime life, enemy, world war, weapons, battles ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
soviet union, ukraine, usa, chicago, odessa ukraine ...
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100%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Drama set in 1942, during one of the most important battles of World War II, which stopped the progress of Nazi forces and turned the tide of war in favor of the Allies. The Soviet army mounts a counter-attack on the Nazi forces that occupy half of ...
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realistic, captivating, serious, exciting, rough ...
Plot:
world war two, heroism, war, battles, heroes, world war, life is a bitch, wartime life, danger, battle zone, military life, military ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942, 20th century
Place:
europe, soviet union, russia, ussr
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100%
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Belarus, Russia
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A war drama set during the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, in which Russian troops held on to a border stronghold for nine days. The film shows the heroic defense of Brest Fortress, which has taken upon the first stroke of German ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, war, military, battles, red army, wehrmacht, infantrymen, border guard, nazism, squad, heroes, invasion ...
Time:
1940s, year 1941, 2010s, 20th century
Place:
russia, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Bogdan Titarenko is very talented pilot and brave leader of "Singing group". He also must look after some new cadets and fight together with them against German Luftwaffe planes. Close to Bogdan always are his friends, they are all from ...
Style:
sentimental, rough, suspenseful, tense, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night, family outing
Plot:
world war two, fighter pilot, great patriotic war, aerial combat, aviation, fighter plane, camaraderie, love, patriotism, friendship between men, life & death, female pilot ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
ukraine, ussr, soviet union, russia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
The life pages of a man who changed the world but paid back everything he had. Leon Trotsky is being interviewed in Mexico city of the year 1940 by Canadian journalist Frank Jackson. During eight days they have eight interview sessions revealing the ...
Style:
rough, tense, tragic ending, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
lenin, rivalry, world war one, chase, danger, storytelling, violence, death, communism, imperial russia, russian politics, revolutionary ...
Time:
1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 19th century ...
Place:
ussr
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60%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The film is based on the true story about a Soviet KV-1 crew of a Soviet KV-1 tank, under the command of Semyon Konovalov , whom despite being heavily outnumbered by German forces, destroyed 16 tanks, 2 armored vehicles and 8 other enemy vehicles ...
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, suspense, exciting, bleak ...
Plot:
world war two, death, historical event, danger, murder, friendship, life & death, hopes, heroes, society, family problems, rescue ...
Time:
year 1942, 1940s, 20th century
Similarity:
37%
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168
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Russia, Belarus
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
On the Eastern front in 1941, German troops attack a Red Army's field hospital destroying it and causing a massive loss of life. The surviving soldiers try to fight back but have to retreat, among them a young pilot , Vyacheslav with his dog ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, sentimental, rough, thought provoking ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
german shepherd, military, world war two, dog training, dog, killer dog, eastern front, red army, courage, bravery, heroes, brutality ...
Place:
soviet union, russia
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 188 min.
Story:
Based on the eponymous book by Boris Vasilyev, the film is set in Karelia (North-West of Russia, near Finland) in 1941 during WWII. In a beautiful and quiet wilderness far from the front-line there is an anti-aircraft artillery point, where corporal ...
Style:
disturbing, tragic ending, epic, sad, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, soldier, war, female soldier, soviet army, female warrior, wartime life, great patriotic war, military life, military, world war, friendship ...
Time:
year 1942
Place:
soviet union, ussr, russia
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
The story of the Podolsk cadets’ heroic stand outside Moscow in October 1941. Cadets were sent to the Ilyinsky line, fighting alongside units from the Soviet 43rd Army to hold back the German advance until reinforcements arrived. Hopelessly ...
Style:
rough, exciting, tense, intense, visually appealing ...
Plot:
world war two, military, rescue mission, battlefield, combat, battles, soldier, violence, army, teenager, trapped, against the odds ...
Time:
year 1941, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
russia, soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The Soviet army breaks through the Finnish defences on the Karelian Isthmus in June 1944, advancing with overwhelming force. Somehow, the Finnish troops must find the strength to fight back, with all odds against them. The Battle of Tali-Ihantala ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
world war two, soldier, military, battles, against the odds, heroes, wartime life, rivalry, war, tank, battlefield, all male cast ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
finland, europe, russia, soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
world war two, tank, military, racism, soldier, danger, battles, military life, against the odds, save the day, hopes, heroic mission ...
Time:
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Place:
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33%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The film portrays MacArthur's (Gregory Peck) life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan, to 1952, the time after he had been removed from his Korean War command by President Truman (Ed Flanders) for insubordination, and is recounted in ...
Style:
melancholic, epic, intense, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, military, biopic, politics, president, korean war, wartime, revolution, world war, pow, storytelling, lone hero ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 50s, 1950s
Place:
usa, the philippines, japan, australia, west point ...
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33%
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Country: Russia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, bleak, epic ...
Plot:
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Time:
1940s
Place:
russia, soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
33%
16K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A ticking-clock thriller following Winston Churchill in the 24 hours before D-Day.
Style:
factual, disturbing, political, independent film, educational ...
Plot:
winston churchill, world war two, politician, prime minister, biopic, husband wife relationship, invasion, courage, world war, world politics, mind game, life risking ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 2017, year 1944
Place:
normandy, england, britain, united kingdom
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Vietnam
Duration: 358 min.
TV show
Story:
A historic movie telling the story about a battle of Moscow during WWII.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, thought provoking, rough, philosophical ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, counter intelligence, nazi, heroism, battles, military, life & death, bravery, heroes, human spirit, reconnaissance, great patriotic war ...
Time:
year 1941, 1940s
Place:
east germany, russia, moscow russia, soviet union, ussr ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Mikhail Devyatayev, a captured Soviet pilot who leads an escape from a German concentration camp by hijacking an aircraft.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, patriotic, period drama
Plot:
fighter pilot, wartime life, wartime, aviator, flying, airplane, world war two, military, attempted escape, escapades, military life, escape from custody ...
Place:
ussr, soviet union
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The film is based on the true story of Captain Marinesku and set in 1944 during WWII at the Russian Navy Base. Young and beautiful Tanka is in love with Aleksandr Marinin, the brave Captain of the Russian submarine. He is under the KGB surveillance, ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot:
submarine, world war two, rivalry, society, justice, captain, historical event, repression, friendship, danger, betrayal, fall in love ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
soviet union
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, tense, suspenseful, captivating, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic mission, world war two, military life, military, battle zone, danger, military base, battles, friendship, world war, violent content, chases and races ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
normandy, europe, germany
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
The final part of Mikhalkov's trilogy about Divisional Commander Kotov finds him returning home during World War II having been betrayed, narrowly escaped execution for treason and nearly reduced to dust in a prison camp. Only to discover that ...
Style:
epic, atmospheric, stylized, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
soldier, life is a bitch, wartime life, family relations, injustice, family problems, battles, dishonesty, war, danger, battle zone, nurse ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1943
Place:
soviet union, ussr, russia
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Spring 1941. Center of Moscow. Duel of the two intelligence services turns more and more tense.
Style:
captivating, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, prospector, undercover, secret agent, secret police, mole, mentor, heroic mission, life & death, betrayal, rivalry, covert operation ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1941
Place:
russia
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A group of American GIs work their way through war-torn France during the final days of the Second World War.
Style:
realistic, disturbing, thought provoking, captivating, historical drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, military, wehrmacht, behind enemy lines, soldier, battles, heroes, danger, world war, american soldier, mormon, friendship ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, 20th century
Place:
europe, provence, france
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
It is August 1941. With the battle line far away in the east, three soldiers who have managed to escape from captivity find it difficult to hide: the territory is occupied by the enemy. The local woods are not safe: you can easily get embogged. Are ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, patriotic
Plot:
world war two, behind enemy lines, who to trust, danger, parents and children, pow, refugee, patriot, soldier, countryside, ransom, hiding place ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
soviet union, russia
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
At the end of World War II, a German soldier is looking for his daughter while an SS troop is looking for a Jewish treasure.
Style:
period piece, brutal, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, mission, soldier, military, violence, gold, fight, bazooka, treasure, treasure hunt, blood, satire ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1945
Place:
germany
Similarity:
32%
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 ...
Style:
rough, tense, suspenseful, touching, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
great patriotic war, world war two, military, father son relationship, red army, soldier, fatherhood, dead son, wound, death of son, eastern front, spirituality ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union, georgia, caucasus, berlin germany, russia ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After months of exhausting trench warfare, most of Major Belyaev's battalion was destroyed. The area is ruled by German aces snipers. Hope for replenishment collapses when the convoy, in which the Soviet snipers were traveling, falls under a ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, tense, serious, epic war
Plot:
sniper, world war two, soviet soldier, world war, gunslinger, shooter, war, russian soldier, shooting, military, soldier, eastern front ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union
Similarity:
31%
540
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
During WWII a Soviet artillery unit is fighting Nazis while trying to do everything to save lives of a group of deaf children near their position.
Style:
tense, touching, captivating, sincere, emotional ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
world war two, military, wartime, deaf child, violence, woman, killing an animal, boy, enemy, weapons, death, monastery ...
Time:
year 1944, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
poland
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, France, Austria
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A new film about Erwin Rommel has been shown on German television, depicting the general as a weak man undone by his links to Adolf Hitler.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, suspenseful
Plot:
world war two, military, wehrmacht, nazi, assassination attempt, political conspiracy, political unrest, rivalry, state affairs, world war, assassination plot, trial ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, 20th century
Place:
europe, france, berlin germany, paris france, normandy
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
In July 1942, in the Second World War, the rearguard of the Russian army protects the bridgehead of the Don River against the German army while the retreating Russian troops cross the bridge. While they move back to the Russian territory through the ...
Style:
heroic, sentimental, tense, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, red army, heroism, world war, war, camaraderie, life & death, retreat, soviet soldier, eastern front, military, nazi ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1942
Place:
soviet union, ussr, russia
Similarity:
33%
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