Movies like Fatima

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Fatima (2020)
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Fatima (2020)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, Portugal
Duration: 113 min.
Story: In 1917, outside the parish of Fátima, Portugal, a 10-year-old girl and her two younger cousins witness multiple visitations of the Virgin Mary, who tells them that only prayer and suffering will bring an end to World War I. As secularist government officials and Church leaders try to force the children to recant their story, word of the sighting spreads across the country, inspiring religious pilgrims to flock to the site in hopes of witnessing a miracle..
Style: sincere, touching, christian film, realistic, captivating, mystical
Plot: mysticism, catholic, children, miraculous event, priest, faith, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, redemption, nun, flash forward, parents and children, mother daughter conflict, survival, buddies, church, warrior, christian, religious, war violence, catholicism, dog, dancing, airplane ...
Time: year 1917, year 1918, year 1989, year 2008, year 2017, year 2005, year 1948
Place: portugal

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and sincere films with plots about death, friendship, husband wife relationship, cigarette smoking, drinking alcohol, photograph and drink mostly in Drama, War and Biography genres. Some movies like Fatima: Bless Me, Ultima (2012), Taking Chance (2009), Ithaca (2015), The Truce (1997), The Water Diviner (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Bless Me, Ultima (2012)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: In a village in New Mexico, the life of young farm boy Antonio is dramatically changed when an old medicine woman joins his household. This affecting coming-of-age tale recounts Antonio's experiences to reveal the spiritual conflict in his ...
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, disturbing, touching ...
Plot: youth, healer, coming of age, friendship, village, child's point of view, introspection, war, social relations, village life, elderly, human nature ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1944
Place: new mexico, usa
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Taking Chance (2009)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Lt. Col. Michael Strobl, a volunteer military escort accompanies the body of Lance Cpl. Chance Phelps to his hometown in Wyoming.
Style: realistic, emotional, touching, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot: war, military, iraq war, soldier, self discovery, marines, ethnic conflict, unlikely friendships, father son relationship, military life, patriotism, ritual ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: wyoming, iraq, canada, middle east, baghdad iraq ...
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Ithaca (2015)
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, tense, realistic
Plot: world war two, coming of age, brother brother relationship, family relations, friendship, promise, teenage boy, jealousy, death of brother, fear, husband wife relationship, anti war ...
Time: 1940s, year 1942, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
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The Truce (1997)
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, serious, realistic, uplifting, captivating ...
Plot: holocaust, world war two, concentration camp, children, writers, intrigue, refugee, hopes, survival, human spirit, against humanity, life is a bitch ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, post world war two, year 1945
Place: russia, italy, europe, turin italy, venice
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
The Water Diviner (2014)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: In 1919, Australian farmer Joshua Connor travels to Turkey to discover the fate of his three sons, reported missing in action. Holding on to hope, Joshua must travel across the war-torn landscape to find the truth and his own peace.
Style: touching, emotional, dramatic, compassionate, sentimental ...
Plot: world war one, war, missing person, redemption, destiny, courage, world war two, parents and children, family relations, graphic violence, escapades, military ...
Time: 1910s, year 1919, 1920s, year 1915, 20th century
Place: australia, ottoman empire, england, istanbul turkey, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
 7.3
 11K
In Darkness (2011)
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: disturbing, harsh, uplifting, sincere, melancholic ...
Plot: holocaust, jewish, world war two, atrocity, survival, nazi, war, refugee, human spirit, sewer, mistrust, german ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1945, year 2008, 2000s
Place: poland, germany, eastern europe, israel, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
All My Loved Ones (1999)
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: captivating, touching, emotional, serious, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, coming of age, hopes, escapades, society, life is a bitch, life turned upside down, judaism, youth, circus, starvation, war ...
Time: 80s, 1940s, 1930s, 20th century
Place: slovakia, europe, czech republic, palestine, austria ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
 6.7
 11K
Journey's End (2017)
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: psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thought provoking
Audience: date night
Plot: world war one, trench warfare, british army, war, mentally unstable, army, officer, world war two, nightmare, fear, battles, german ...
Time: year 1918, 1910s, future
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Goodbye, Children (1987)
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, art house, realistic, touching, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: world war two, jewish, nazi, friendship, holocaust, nazism, anti semitism, childhood, coming of age, children, schoolboy, school ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: france, germany, poland, vatican, paris france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Rebel in the Rye (2017)
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: thought provoking, touching, captivating, exciting, sincere ...
Plot: writers, world war two, recluse, name calling, writer's life, obsession, teenage boy, friendship, father son relationship, friend, father daughter relationship, isolation ...
Time: 50s, year 1939, 20th century, year 2010, year 1946
Place: manhattan new york city, new york, greenwich village manhattan new york city, usa, new hampshire
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
The Great Water (2004)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Czech Republic, USA, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An ailing communist reflects on a young boy childhood in Stalinist Yugoslavia.
Style: atmospheric, serious, realistic, touching, contemplative
Plot: youth, orphan, friendship, betrayal, prison, coming of age, soldier, idealism, haunted by the past, injustice, life is a bitch, young heroes ...
Time: year 1945, 1940s, post world war two
Place: former yugoslavia, europe, serbia, ussr, macedonia
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Circle of Deceit (1981)
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, realistic, serious, thought provoking, rough ...
Plot: reporter, journalism, female nudity, photographer, lebanese civil war, isolation, politics, lebanese, adoption, child, society, dishonesty ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: germany, lebanon, middle east, berlin germany, hamburg germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
 6.8
 632
Austeria (1982)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 109 min.
Story: During a pogrom in Poland on the eve of World War I, a group of Jews seek refuge from the Cossacks.
Plot: world war one, father son relationship, child, dancer, burial, death of girlfriend, false accusation, confession, russian, maid, baby, sex ...
Time: pre world war one, year 1914
Place: austria, poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)
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: sad, emotional, touching, heartbreaking, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing
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⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
The Ninth Day (2004)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
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Style: serious, sincere, emotional, uplifting, psychological ...
Plot: holocaust, world war two, traitor, concentration camp, clergy, nazi, soldier, heroes, nazi occupation, introspection, hopes, human spirit ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, post world war two
Place: germany, switzerland, berlin germany, france, belgium ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Butterfly (1999)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The film centres on Moncho and his coming-of-age experience in Galicia in 1936. Moncho develops a close relationship with his teacher Don Gregorio who introduces the boy to different things in the world. While the story centres on Moncho's ...
Style: emotional, sentimental, touching, realistic, compassionate ...
Audience: kids
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Place: spain, iberian peninsula, latin america, europe, madrid ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Empire of the Sun (1987)
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, emotional, realistic, touching ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: world war two, coming of age, war, child protagonist, childhood, captivity, peasant, japanese army, pow, survival, child, young heroes ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1945
Place: shanghai, china, japan, tokyo, asia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Land of Plenty (2004)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 123 min.
Story: After living abroad, Lana returns to the United States, and finds that her uncle is a reclusive vagabond with psychic wounds from the Vietnam War.
Style: psychological, sincere, realistic, serious, multicultural ...
Plot: terrorism, paranoia, vietnam veteran, politics, hopes, haunted by the past, self discovery, redemption, introspection, on the road, obsessive quest, society ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, tel aviv, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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The Battle of Algiers (1966)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, Algeria
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Style: political, art house, realistic, thought provoking, bleak ...
Plot: revolution, torture, military, muslim, bomb, protest, resistance, terrorism, freedom, french algerian war, war, politics ...
Time: year 1957, 50s, year 1954, 20th century, year 1960 ...
Place: africa, algeria, france, italy, paris france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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To Live (1994)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry.
Style: epic, family saga, sad, touching, emotional ...
Plot: communism, chinese history, politics, cultural revolution, gambling, family relations, destiny, poverty, revolution, death, hospital, civil war ...
Time: 1940s, 60s, 50s, 20th century
Place: china, asia, taiwan
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Captain Conan (1996)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Bulgaria near the end of World War I: Conan, warrior and wolf, leads a band of 50 ruthless French fighters who love hand-to-hand combat. Their motto: "We forgot to take prisoners, Captain." At war's end, the unit goes to Bucharest, ...
Style: rough, serious, realistic
Plot: world war one, french army, war, military life, brutality, society, heroism, insubordination, suspense, interwar period, heroes, soldier ...
Time: year 1918, 1910s, year 1919, 20th century, post world war one
Place: macedonia, bulgaria, romania, europe, brittany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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 53K
Da 5 Bloods (2020)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story: Four African-American Vietnam veterans return to Vietnam. They are in search of the remains of their fallen squad leader and the promise of buried treasure. These heroes battle forces of humanity and nature while confronted by the lasting ravages of ...
Style: sad, inspirational, perverse, political, weird
Plot: vietnam war, gold, father son relationship, minefield, friendship between men, war veteran, military, post traumatic stress disorder, widower, gunfight, racism, african american ...
Time: 70s, year 1963, year 1960, year 2016, year 1965 ...
Place: vietnam, new york, laos, cambodia, brooklyn new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Coup de grâce (1976)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A countess loves her brother's Prussian-officer friend in the 1919 Baltic area.
Style: stylized, serious, realistic, bleak, sad ...
Plot: love triangle, revolution, betrayal, soldier, evacuation, tragic love, tragic hero, world war one, wartime life, political unrest, destructive relationship, couple relations ...
Time: 1920s, 1910s, post world war one
Place: latvia, europe, france, berlin germany, germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Tolkien (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: England, early 20th century. The future writer and philologist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) and three of his schoolmates create a strong bond between them as they share the same passion for literature and art, a true fellowship that ...
Style: bleak, suspenseful, rough, inspirational, atmospheric ...
Plot: world war one, boys' school, trench warfare, friendship between men, writers, soldier, teenage boy, treasure, friendship, coming of age, orphan, young soldier ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, 90s, year 1987, year 1973 ...
Place: england, oxford university
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Turtles Can Fly (2004)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Turtles can fly tells the story of a group of young children near the Turkey-Iran border. They clean up mines and wait for the Saddam regime to fall.
Style: sincere, rough, bleak, emotional, atmospheric ...
Audience: teens
Plot: childhood, blind character, war, refugee, orphan, children, coming of age, camp, child, anti war, muslim, children in wartime ...
Time: 20th century, 21st century
Place: kurdistan, iran, middle east, iraq, california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 7.0
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War Witch (2012)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Somewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa, Komona a 14-year-old girl tells her unborn child growing inside her the story of her life since she has been at war. Everything started when she was abducted by the rebel army at the age of 12.
Style: disturbing, touching, serious, bleak, sad ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: civil war, innocence lost, slavery, murder, battles, child soldier, teenager, survival, life is a bitch, wartime life, haunted by the past, rebellion ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Walking with the Enemy (2013)
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, serious
Plot: holocaust, world war two, concentration camp, defiant, family relations, war, life is a bitch, confined, spy, nazi, betrayal, diplomacy ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1975, year 1980, year 1957 ...
Place: europe, hungary, budapest, new york, switzerland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 7.5
 138K
The Book Thief (2013)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, USA
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, captivating ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teens, family outing
Plot: world war two, holocaust, war, childhood, nazi, jewish, adoption, human spirit, nazi germany, life is a bitch, against humanity, youth ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1941, year 1945, year 1938 ...
Place: germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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El mar (2000)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Spain
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Childhood friends reunite later in life in Spanish tuberculosis sanitorium. Pressures of death all around combine with dark secrets of their past.
Style: disturbing, erotic, psychological, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: tuberculosis, gay, childhood friend, gay erotica, friendship, gay rape, life is a bitch, society, haunted by the past, terminal illness, political unrest, lgbt ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s
Place: spain, europe, mallorca
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 7.1
 234
Killer Kid (1994)
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: serious, realistic, tense, disturbing
Plot: coming of age, youth, boy, children in wartime, age-gap relationship, orphan, immigrants, terrorism, lebanese, friendship, society, assassination attempt ...
Time: 90s
Place: paris france, europe, france, israel, palestine ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%