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What War May Bring (2010)
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Original name: Ces amours-là
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A theater projectionist's daughter is involved in the Resistance in WWII, but she doesn’t share his political involvement & only believes in passion. She follows the men she loves unconditionally, suffering betrayal and hardship.
Style:
captivating, psychological, serious, emotional, realistic, epic, contemplative, gloomy
Plot:
world war two, soldier, strong female presence, haunted by the past, concentration camp, saving a life, love, nazi, american soldier, nazi officer, autobiography, friend, saved from execution, accused of murder, male female relationship, relationships, love affair, love story, love interest, couple relations, world war one, cabaret, deportation, lawyer, pianist ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1930s, 30s, 40s
Place:
france, paris france
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Most similar movies to What War May Bring
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, realistic, serious and psychological films with plots about love and romance, male female relationship, couple relations, love affair, love, relationships and love story mostly in Drama, Romance and Music genres. Some movies like What War May Bring: Crossed Tracks (2007), The Best Years of a Life (2019), Cet amour-là (2001), One Day You'll Understand (2008), Waiting for the Clouds (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The successful novelist Judith Ralitzer is interrogated in the police station about the disappearance of her ghost-writer. A serial-killer escapes from a prison in Paris. A missing school teacher leaves his wife and children. In the road, the ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological, serious, clever ...
Plot:
serial killer, meet the parents, hidden identity, mysterious character, writers, intrigue, lifestyle, dishonesty, twists and turns, missing person, rivalry, writer's life ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s
Place:
paris france, europe, france, alps
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
They knew each other long ago: a man and a woman whose dazzling and unexpected romance captured in the now-iconic film, revolutionized our understanding of love. Today, the former race car driver seems lost in the pathways of his memory. In order to ...
Style:
captivating, sincere
Plot:
love story, relationships, male female relationship, ex couple relations, couple relations, confronting the past, love affair, dealing with the past, loneliness, romantic relationship, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, old age ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
normandy, france
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74%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Cet Amour-là is an intimate portrait of a legendary love affair. Set against the beauty of the Breton seaside, it is also a film that revels in the insights that Marguerite Duras' writing affords.
Style:
psychological, emotional, serious, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
soldier, hopes, love and romance, lifestyle, fall in love, couple relations, destiny, wartime life, family relations, couples, human nature, writer's life ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Germany, Israel
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A man endeavors to collect memories of his grandparents who died in a concentration camp during the Holocaust.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, emotional, contemplative ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, war crime, haunted by the past, family relations, family life, parents and children, death in the family, love and romance, against humanity, society, trial ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
paris france, france, europe, germany, middle east
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Germany, Greece
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ayse/Eleni who is a member of a Greek family in Turkey is forced to immigrate from Trabzon to Mersin in her early ages. However, the events that happen cause her to face her own past.
Style:
realistic, captivating, emotional, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
family relations, deportation, village life, immigrant, haunted by the past, culture clash, love, identity, nostalgia, elderly, love and romance, elderly lovers ...
Time:
20th century, 1920s
Place:
greece, turkey
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The true story of a nun who betrayed a network of Resistance fighters after having a passionate but doomed love affair with a priest during the Second World War.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, emotional, gloomy
Plot:
impossible love, nun, german occupation, love affair, wartime life, forbidden love, fall in love, clergy, dishonesty, society, life is a bitch, betrayal ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A man and a woman meet by accident on a Sunday evening at their childrens' boarding school. Slowly, they reveal themselves to each other, finding that each is a widow.
Style:
sentimental, touching, romantic, erotic, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
love, fall in love, relationships, auto racing, passion, widow, couples, love and romance, couple relations, love affair, tragic romance, male female relationship ...
Time:
60s, year 1966, 20th century
Place:
france, paris france, europe
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Mario Gas directed this music-themed Spanish drama set in Barcelona of the mid-'80s. When famed composer Lluis Doria (Laurent Terzieff) visits a transvestite club, he learns his lifelong friend Albert Rossell (Serge Reggiani) is the house ...
Style:
emotional, gloomy, serious, realistic, contemplative
Plot:
piano, civil war, love triangle, friends, love and romance, state affairs, confined, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, life is a bitch, musician's life, haunted by the past ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
barcelona, paris france, spain, france, europe
Similarity:
57%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The story of Antonio, an Italian clarinetist, and Martina, a Czech violinist, who fall in love with each other during the World War II, in Prague.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, romantic, captivating
Plot:
czech german relations, world war two, violin, musician, violinist, social problems, love story, male female relationship, relationships, romantic relationship, love interest, love and romance ...
Place:
central europe, prague
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Argentina
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Mila and Javier, both renowned surgeons and both passionate about their work, have been madly in love for the past 10 years. They have always taken great care to preserve their extraordinary love for each other and refuse to succumb to the routine ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, captivating, gloomy ...
Plot:
pregnancy, couples, couple relations, pregnant woman, addiction, supportive spouse, husband wife relationship, relationships, male female relationship, physician, relationship vs career, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, france, paris france
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: France
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
The film follows four families, with different nationalities (French, German, Russian and American) but with the same passion for music, from the 1930s to the 1960s. The various story lines cross each other time and again in different places and ...
Style:
period piece, non-linear, realistic, sentimental, atmospheric ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, concert, dancer, holocaust survivor, family relations, ballet, anti semitism, gay subtext, friends, friendship, music ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 1930s, 1950s, 60s ...
Place:
france, europe, russia, new york, soviet union ...
Similarity:
50%
262
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Helen, Rose and Lili have survived the Holocaust and have never seen each other since the war has ended. In 1960, they meet again in Berck, France. They learn to enjoy together simple pleasures in life: nice meals, ballads on the beach, playing in ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
auschwitz, starting over, haunted by the past, friendship, hopes, human spirit, girlfriend, reunited friends, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, post war, lifestyle, age-gap relationship ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 50s, 60s
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Six characters cross paths in Paris and Lisbon.
Style:
realistic, thrilling, psychological, captivating, art house ...
Plot:
relationships, family relations, couple relations, couples, male female relationship, love interest, love affair, relationship problems, lifestyle, love story, multiple storylines, introspection ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
portugal, paris france, lisbon portugal
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After the Liberation of France during the World War II, ten former Resistant fighters meet again during a dinner organized by Marie-Octobre...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, historical drama, intense ...
Plot:
suspicion, french resistance, loyalty, betrayal, mistrust, love triangle, couple relations, ex boyfriend, ex girlfriend, love affair, infidelity, love interest ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When Frédérick, the patriarch of the Alsatian Muller family, is conspicuously absent from his son Charles' funeral, Frédérick's surviving son and his granddaughter, raw from their loss, await an explanation. Once revealed, ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
family relations, deportation, family problems, hopes, aging, introspection, haunted by the past, bittersweet, elderly, gender, death in the family, homosexuality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
46%
366
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Hungary, Czech Republic
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After World War II, Anita, a young survivor of Auschwitz, becomes involved in an intense and passionate affair that almost shatters her until she gains the strength to start a new life.
Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, sentimental, gloomy ...
Plot:
starting over, love affair, haunted by the past, auschwitz, adoption, youth, small town, hopes, family relations, self discovery, post war, world war two ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
czech republic
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
During an interview, Max Baumstein (Piccoli), respected chairman of a humanitarian organisation, shoots the Paraguayan ambassador dead, in cold blood. Tried for first-degree murder, he explains himself: the ambassador was a former Nazi official, ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, serious, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, revenge, avenger, cabaret, heroes, life is a bitch, vigilantism, vengeance, state affairs, idealism, moral dilemma ...
Time:
80s, year 1982, 1930s, 1940s
Place:
france, europe, berlin germany, paris france
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A reflection on love and pleasure experienced by three women, set in France, New York, and Shanghai.
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, captivating, reflective ...
Plot:
on the run, friendship, obsessive quest, looking for love, haunted by the past, on the road, life is a bitch, city life, self discovery, female friendship, sexuality, sensuality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, shanghai, new york, europe
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Un couple se dirige vers un train en partance pour Venise. Sur le quai, Julien annonce à Marie qu’il part en rejoindre une autre et s’en va, la laissant seule à Paris, enceinte. Bouleversée, Marie se refuse à être victime de cette ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
pregnancy, couple relations, friendship, breakup, workplace, couples, theater, boss and employee, love and romance, family problems, male female relationship, pregnant woman ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Elsa makes a living from little jobs, struggling to gain custody of his son. Mathieu, who lives next door, also keeps getting job interviews only to polish his art of failure. Their situation is increasingly precarious, but both are trying to bounce ...
Style:
disturbing, sincere, captivating, psychological, touching
Plot:
job seeking, neighbor neighbor relationship, neighbor, love interest, unemployment, relationships, love story, money problems, male female relationship, social problems, loss of job, love affair ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, Belgium, Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This is the story of Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a man of conviction who saved 30,000 lives during WWII, in June 1940. Among them were10,000 Jews. As the Portuguese General Consul stationed in Bordeaux, France, he issued 30,000 visas for safe ...
Style:
uplifting, captivating, realistic, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
politics, rescue, human spirit, wartime life, life is a bitch, against humanity, danger, hopes, tragic hero, disobey, refugee, border crossing ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
portugal, europe, france
Similarity:
42%
155
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A 92-year-old man decides that the time has come to say goodbye to all that is most important in his life, including his lover – who is 55 years younger than him.
Style:
realistic, romantic drama, emotional, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
relationships, love, age difference, elderly man, mortality, older man younger woman relationship, age-gap relationship, life, love story, love and romance, love affair, couple relations ...
Similarity:
40%
326
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Switzerland, Belgium
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Every Tuesday, Claudine goes to a mountain hotel to meet men passing through. When one of them decides to extend his stay for her, Claudine’s daily life is disrupted and she finds herself dreaming of another life.
Style:
romantic drama, psychological, captivating, romantic, thrilling
Plot:
woman, love story, relationships, romantic relationship, male female relationship, couple relations, love affair, fall in love, love, in love, couples, love interest ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
Set in 1945 at the end of World War II. Saku arrives on Kakeromajima as the head of navy special forces. He is admired by the children on the island and he is interested in learning the island song as well as drinking with his men. Toe is an ...
Style:
historical drama, captivating, poignant, period piece, art house
Plot:
world war two, love affair, romantic relationship, love interest, relationships, love story, tragic love, wartime, male female relationship, couple relations, wartime life, love and romance ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When Norwegian scientist Marie attends a seminar in Paris on the actual weight of a kilo, it is her own measurement of disappointment, grief and, not least, love, that ends up on the scale. Finally Marie is forced to come to terms with how much a ...
Style:
sexy, contemplative, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
self discovery, unfulfillment, dull life, scientist, frustration, estrangement, love, women, father daughter relationship, bittersweet, love affair, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, scandinavia, france, europe
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France, Bulgaria
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Greenland, 1908. Josephine, self-confident and bold wife of famous Arctic explorer Robert Peary, embarks on a dangerous journey in pursuit of her husband who is seeking a route to the North Pole. But Josephine is also naïve and ignores warnings ...
Style:
captivating, serious, tense, psychological, stylized ...
Plot:
survival, wilderness, couples, escapades, danger, friendship, women, biopic, woman, friends, visceral, struggle for survival ...
Time:
20th century, 1900s, 90s
Place:
greenland
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Jean has been married to Francoise for years, but his relationship with his wife has been all but over for a long time. She's hardly ever around, always traveling to Russia for work, and she drifts in and out of the film as well, reflecting the ...
Style:
serious, psychological, realistic, talky, tense ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
dysfunctional marriage, submissive woman, psychological abuse, male female relationship, adulterous husband, husband wife estrangement, complicated relationship, machismo, husband wife relationship, love story, summer, marital problem ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s, 20th century
Place:
europe, paris france, normandy, france
Similarity:
36%
168
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Nora and Leo, 16, live in the same town, in the same suburbs, go to the same highschool, but everything opposes them: their social backgrounds, their families religions, their everyday lives. Yet, they fall in love at first sight. But from a theft ...
Style:
romantic drama, psychological, captivating, romantic, thrilling
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teenager, love, love story, romantic relationship, relationships, male female relationship, in love, teenage love, love interest, love at first sight, love affair, adolescence ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
David Hare's account of a one-time French freedom fighter who gradually realizes that her post-war life is not meeting her expectations.
Style:
independent film, contemplative, thought provoking, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, french resistance, mental illness, memory, parachute, one night stand, women, rock, world war, hopes, introspection, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, year 1985, 1950s, 20th century ...
Place:
england, france, europe, london
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A writer suffering from a lack of inspiration sneaks his way into the lives of a star television journalist and his lead ballerina daughter to write, unbeknownst to them, a non-authorized biography. Meanwhile, in Brittany, twenty-year-old Bruno, who ...
Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, captivating, gloomy
Plot:
family relations, parents and children, family problems, family in crisis, lovers reunited, dysfunctional family, writer's life, haunted by the past, lifestyle, brother brother relationship, relationships, writers ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
34%
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