Movies like David 1979
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David (1979)
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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 several years later, his son David is banned from going to school because he is a Jew. Shortly after, Rabbi Singer and his wife are deported. Now, young David also fears for his life. In constant fear of being detected, he tries to find a way to leave Germany.
Style:
rough, bleak, serious, emotional, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, nazi, holocaust survivor, chess, boy, hitler youth, little boy, survival, family relations, anti semitism, rabbi, war, youth, parents and children, life is a bitch, escapades, society, danger, urban, confined, coming of age, wartime life, against humanity, dog ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century, 30s, 40s
Place:
germany, europe, new york, america, israel, berlin germany, poland ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, crying and disturbing films with plots about world war two, death, holocaust, nazi, wartime life, train and world war mostly in Drama, War and History genres. Some movies like David: The Boat Is Full (1981), The Aryan Couple (2004), All My Loved Ones (1999), The Truce (1997), Haven (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Switzerland, West Germany, Austria
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
During World War II, Switzerland severely limited refugees: "Our boat is full." A train from Germany halts briefly in an isolated corner of Switzerland. Six people jump off seeking asylum: four Jews, a French child, and a German soldier. ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, disturbing, bleak
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, refugee, children, ship, german soldier, nudity, brother sister relationship, age-gap relationship, social problems, holocaust survivor, youth ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A WWII Drama about a German/Jewish industrialist who, in order to ensure his family's safe passage out of Germany, is forced to hand over his business to the Nazis.
Style:
serious, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
1940s, year 1944, post world war two
Place:
germany, switzerland, hungary, europe
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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:
72%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Although liberated from Auschwitz on January 27, 1945, Levi did not reach Turin until October 19 of that year. After spending some time in a Soviet camp for former concentration camp inmates, he embarked on an arduous journey home in the company of ...
Style:
sincere, historical drama, captivating, uplifting, gloomy ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, concentration camp, children, holocaust survivor, prisoner, writers, biopic, political intrigue, world war, judaism, shoah ...
Time:
year 1997, 1940s, 20th century, post world war two, year 1945
Place:
italy, russia, europe, turin italy, venice
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
This is the true story of a woman named Ruth Gruber who travels to Europe to help escort 1000 Jewish War victims to the United States. She comes to love and feel sorry for them all, and fights for their rights to live in America.
Style:
emotional, disturbing, sincere, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, wartime life, survival, rescue, anti semitism, deportation, immigrant, idealism, heroic mission, against humanity, hopes ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s
Place:
europe, belgrade, vienna, harvard university, chicago ...
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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 ...
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Plot:
holocaust, world war two, concentration camp, war, children, friendship, childhood, nazi, nazism, gas chamber, boy, morality ...
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1940s, 20th century, ancient times, year 2008, year 1941 ...
Place:
germany, poland, europe, berlin germany, switzerland
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68%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In late 1930s Ferrara, Italy, the Finzi-Continis are a leading family: wealthy, aristocratic, and urbane; they are also Jewish. Their adult children, Micol and Alberto, gather a diverse circle of friends for tennis and parties at their villa with ...
Style:
political, disturbing, compassionate, breathtaking, talky ...
Plot:
fascism, holocaust, world war two, unrequited love, italian fascism, nazi germany, anti semitism, brother sister relationship, assassination, tennis, family relations, family life ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 1930s, ancient times, year 1970 ...
Place:
italy, europe, africa, germany, israel ...
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65%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Georg Laschen leaves his family in West Germany to go work as a war correspondent in Beirut during the fights between Christians and Palestinians.
Style:
political, thought provoking, serious, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot:
journalism, reporter, photograph, female nudity, photographer, adoption, child, cold war, lebanese civil war, correspondents, nude girl, raf ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1981
Place:
lebanon, germany, middle east, west berlin west germany, east berlin ...
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64%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, France, Poland
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A Jewish boy separated from his family in the early days of WWII poses as a German orphan and is taken into the heart of the Nazi world as a 'war hero' and eventually becomes a Hitler Youth. Although improbabilities and happenstance are ...
Style:
political, retro, realistic, surreal, psychedelic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
holocaust, nazi, circumcision, male nudity, woman peeing, hitler youth, children in wartime, physical exam, war, coming of age, genocide, nazi germany ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 90s, year 1990, 1930s
Place:
germany, poland, berlin germany, eastern europe, latvia ...
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Eleven-year-old Laïd lives in war-torn Lebanon. Chosen and trained by an extremist organisation, he has been forced to enter the adult world far too early. He has been transformed into a fanatical and programmed machine, whose life could be summed ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, disturbing, crying
Plot:
coming of age, children in wartime, youth, boy, french president, little boy, orphan, terrorism, friendship, immigrant, society, danger ...
Time:
90s
Place:
middle east, paris france, france, europe, beirut lebanon ...
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, West Germany, Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A French boarding school run by priests seems to be a haven from World War II until a new student arrives. He becomes the roommate of top student in his class. Rivals at first, the roommates form a bond and share a secret.
Style:
sad, heartbreaking, art house, depressing, reflective ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
nazi, friendship, world war two, nazism, childhood, french resistance, coming of age, holocaust, gestapo, lgbt teen, nazi occupation, anti semitism ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1987, year 1944
Place:
france, paris france, israel, europe, jerusalem ...
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59%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: China
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, this horrifying tale follows two orphaned friends as they struggle to survive during World War II.
Style:
serious, touching, bleak, mesmerizing, saga ...
Plot:
world war two, tattoo, monastery, orphan, summer camp, youth, war, life is a bitch, military, innocence lost, society, wartime life ...
Time:
1940s, year 1941
Place:
russia, moscow russia, soviet union, china, ussr
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, UK, Austria, Ireland
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The deportation of 4000 Jews from Budapest to Auschwitz in July 1944, as told by George Tabori, and how the narrator's mother escaped it, owing to coincidence, courage and some help from where you'd least expect it.
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, bleak, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: West Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In the winter of 1942-43, a Jewish family leaps from a train going through Silesia. They are separated in the woods, and Leon, a local peasant who's now a farmer of some wealth, discovers the woman, Rosa, and hides her in his cellar. ...
Style:
political, insightful, serious, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Hungary, Germany, UK, Israel, France, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
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Style:
sincere, emotional, serious, disturbing, gloomy ...
Audience:
teens, date night, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
holocaust, concentration camp, world war two, nazi, estrangement, orthodox jew, youth, confined, shoah, survival, world war, self discovery ...
Time:
1940s, year 2005, post world war two
Place:
hungary, eastern europe, germany, europe, slovakia ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland, Germany, Canada
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
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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:
52%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: East Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
deep, crying, inspirational, complex
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, prisoner, nazi, concentration camp, communism, shoah, military, wartime life, nazi concentration camp, world war, holocaust survivor ...
Place:
east germany, germany, poland, frankfurt germany, german democratic republic ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, Czech Republic
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A group of people are imprisoned in a rail car bound from Berlin to a concentration camp in 1945.
Style:
serious, realistic, bleak, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
holocaust, nazism, nazi, gestapo, nazi germany, anti semitism, danger, life is a bitch, pow, war, confined, world war ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1943, post world war two
Place:
germany, israel, europe
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, USA, UK
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
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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:
46%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor named Basie, who looks out for him while they are in the camp together. Even ...
Style:
epic, sad, period piece, crying, emotional ...
Audience:
family friendly, family outing, teens, teen drama
Plot:
world war two, coming of age, child protagonist, childhood, survival, pow, boy, japanese army, prisoner, young heroes, captivity, starvation ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1945, year 1987
Place:
china, hong kong, japan, asia, indochina ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
When Ruth's husband dies in New York, in 2000, she imposes strict Jewish mourning, which puzzles her children. A stranger comes to the house - Ruth's cousin - with a picture of Ruth, age 8, in Berlin, with a woman the cousin says helped ...
Style:
uplifting, serious, emotional, touching, contemplative ...
Plot:
holocaust, nazi germany, world war two, anti semitism, nazi, wartime life, human spirit, hopes, couple relations, society, world war, strong female character ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
berlin germany, germany, europe, new york, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In Nazi occupied Czechoslovakia, a childless couple agree to hide a Jewish friend at great personal risk of discovery and execution.
Style:
surreal, compassionate, lyrical, uplifting, disturbing ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, nazi, survival, idealism, couples, nazi occupation, human spirit, self discovery, against humanity, wartime life, dishonesty ...
Time:
1940s, 2000s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1945
Place:
eastern europe, germany, poland, balkan, czech republic ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
It is 1943, and the German army, ravaged and demoralised, are hastily retreating from the Russian front. In the midst of all this madness, conflict brews between the aristocratic yet ultimately pusillanimous Captain Stransky and the courageous ...
Style:
freeze frame, political, cult classic, brutal, perverse ...
Audience:
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Plot:
world war two, german soldier, eastern front, military, soldier, war, battlefield, german army, anti war, wehrmacht, nazi, blood ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, 20th century, year 1977
Place:
bolivia, germany, siberia, france, russia ...
Similarity:
44%
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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 ...
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43%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In a small town in California's San Joaquin Valley, 14-year-old Homer Macauley is determined to be the best and fastest bicycle telegraph messenger anyone has ever seen. His older brother has gone to war, leaving Homer to look after his widowed ...
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, realistic, tense, freeze frame ...
Plot:
world war two, coming of age, brother brother relationship, promise, friendship, family relations, death of brother, fear, husband wife relationship, jealousy, teenage boy, anti war ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
43%
8K
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The rise of national socialism in Germany should not be regarded as a conspiracy of madmen. Millions of "good" people found themselves in a society spiralling into terrible chaos. A film about then, which illuminates the terrors of now.
Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing, period piece, romantic drama ...
Plot:
nazi, politics, writers, nazi germany, third reich, moral dilemma, state affairs, society, political unrest, wartime life, holocaust, illicit affair ...
Time:
1930s, year 2008, 20th century, year 1937, year 1933 ...
Place:
germany, europe, berlin germany, paris france
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43%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In the Jewish tradition of arguing with God, Jewish prisoners in Auschwitz decide to put God on Trial.
Style:
thought provoking, serious, disturbing, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
holocaust, concentration camp, world war two, atrocity, genocide, gas chamber, debate, atheism, war crime, injustice, confined, human nature ...
Time:
20th century, year 2008, 1940s
Place:
europe, palestine, poland, israel, germany
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41%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: West Germany, France, Poland
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Oskar is born in Germany in 1924 with an advanced intellect. Repulsed by the hypocrisy of adults and the irresponsibility of society, he refuses to grow older after his third birthday.
Style:
surreal, disturbing, controversial, clever, epic ...
Plot:
world war two, fascism, coming of age, boy, circus, nazi, wartime life, magic realism, cheating wife, extramarital affair, infidelity, beach ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century, 1920s, year 1939 ...
Place:
germany, middle east, israel, europe, central europe ...
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41%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Kitty runs a brothel in Nazi Germany where the soldiers come to "relax". Recording devices have been installed in each room by a power hungry army official who plans to use the information to blackmail Hitler and gain power himself. A girl ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, disturbing, controversial, sexual ...
Plot:
exploitation, lust, orgy, world war two, gynecological exam, female orgasm, forbidden love, sex, ss, depravity, third reich, oral sex ...
Time:
1940s, year 1939, 1930s
Place:
germany, italy, europe, paris france, naples italy ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, West Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
In the early days of Nazi Germany, a powerful noble family must adjust to life under the new dictatorship regime. The transition from democracy to dictatorship is thus dramatized through the lives of the family which also owns a powerful German ...
Style:
erotic, controversial, disturbing, sad, retro ...
Plot:
decadence, oedipus complex, mother son incest, male nudity, suicide, hide and seek, incest, pedophile, fascism, skinny dipping, bare breasts, party ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, year 1969, 20th century, pre world war two
Place:
germany, europe, berlin germany
Similarity:
39%
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