Movies and TV shows like Generation War

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Generation War (2013)
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Generation War (2013)
Original name: Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 270 min.
TV show
Story: Berlin, 1941. Five friends eager to become heroes in an adventure that will change the face of Europe - and that will forever change them as well.
Style: tense, captivating, serious, thought provoking, anime, mind blowing, realistic, controversial, epic, period drama
Plot: world war two, holocaust, nazism, military, friendship, nazi germany, danger, against humanity, eastern front, atrocity, friends, wehrmacht, soldier, group of friends, guilt, anti semitism, war, enemy, nazi soldier, world war, wartime, nazi, resistance, nurse, military life ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 40s
Place: germany, berlin germany, hawaii, east germany, soviet union, ussr
Keyword: german, jewish, attack

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Most similar movies to Generation War

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and bleak films and TV series with plots about world war two, war, world war, nazi, military, holocaust and nazi germany mostly in Drama, War and History genres. Some movies like Generation War: Band of Brothers (2001), Stalingrad (1993), The Pacific (2010), Naked Among Wolves (2015), Valkyrie (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Band of Brothers (2001)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 594 min.
TV show
Story: Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as their journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men from paratrooper training in Georgia through the end of the war. As an elite rifle company ...
Style: heroic, epic, captivating, serious, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: world war two, military, combat, war, soldier, battles, courage, american soldier, paratrooper, behind enemy lines, nazi germany, infantry ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, y2k, 2000s
Place: germany, europe, belgium, netherlands, austria ...
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90%
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Stalingrad (1993)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 134 min.
Story: "Stalingrad" follows the progress of a German Platoon through the brutal fighting of the Battle of Stalingrad. After having half their number wiped out and after being placed under the command of a sadistic Captain, the Lieutenant of the ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, gloomy, rough ...
Plot: world war two, war, battles, nazism, soldier, eastern front, military, holocaust, starvation, survival, military life, winter ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1942, year 1943
Place: russia, germany, europe, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.3
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The Pacific (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 530 min.
TV show
Story: A 10-part mini-series from the creators of "Band of Brothers" telling the intertwined stories of three Marines during America's battle with the Japanese in the Pacific during World War II.
Style: serious, disturbing, emotional, suspenseful, epic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, military, battlefield, war, battles, marines, soldier, combat, squad, american soldier, pacific war, imperial japan ...
Time: 1940s, year 1945, 2010s, 20th century
Place: pacific ocean, japan, alabama, okinawa, asia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Speer & Hitler: The Devil's Architect (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 270 min.
TV show
Story: A reassessment of the role Albert Speer played in the Third Reich. Speer, who was ultimately convicted at the Nuremburg trials and served a 20-year prison sentence, was known for designing many of the Third Reich's buildings and for being ...
Style: contemplative, sincere, serious, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot: hitler, world war two, nazi officer, holocaust, post war, war crime, nazi, third reich, anti semitism, delusion, war criminal, legal ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, 1930s
Place: berlin germany, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Naked Among Wolves (2015)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Naked Among Wolves (German: Nackt unter Wölfen) is a German drama film directed by Philipp Kadelbach in 2015. It is based on the novel of the same name by Bruno Apitz, which was published in 1958 by the East German Publishing house. It was created ...
Style: captivating, tense, realistic, psychological, independent film ...
Plot: holocaust, concentration camp, nazi, world war two, nazi concentration camp, liberation, world war, little boy, resistance, death, death threat, race against time ...
Time: year 1945, 1940s
Place: germany, switzerland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.1
 258K
Valkyrie (2008)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Japan, UK
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler. When events unfold so that he becomes a ...
Style: factual, bad ending, tense, captivating, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: world war two, nazi, nazism, war, nazi germany, hitler, conspiracy, resistance, german soldier, politics, wehrmacht, espionage ...
Time: 1940s, year 2008, year 1944, year 1943, 20th century
Place: germany, berlin germany, europe, bavaria, tunisia ...
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100%
Sniper: Weapon of Retaliation (2009)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Belarus, Russia
Duration: 162 min.
TV show
Story: This world war two story depicts the personal war between a Soviet sniper and a German sniper. Their feud continues after the war in Soviet occupied Germany. At the same time a Nazi rocket scientist continues his research while a Soviet secret ...
Plot: sniper, world war two, red army, revenge, german army, cold war, theatrical producer, killing, nkvd, bare breasts, trap, medal ...
Time: year 1941, year 1945
Place: soviet union, ukraine
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.6
 24K
Conspiracy (2001)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The historical recreation of the 1942 Wannsee Conference, in which Nazi and SS leaders gathered in a Berlin suburb to discuss the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question". Lead by SS-General Reinhard Heydrich, this group of high ranking ...
Style: political, factual, disturbing, bleak, atmospheric ...
Plot: holocaust, world war two, genocide, nazi, politics, nazism, third reich, ss officer, war crime, anti semitism, racism, ss ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1942
Place: berlin germany, germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 7.3
 7K
Nuremberg (2000)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: Justice Robert H. Jackson leads Allied prosecutors in trying 21 Germans for Nazi war crimes after World War II.
Style: captivating, disturbing, serious, sincere, political ...
Plot: holocaust, courtroom drama, courtroom, nazi, legal, execution, military, politics, third reich, nazism, judge, anti semitism ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: england, france, germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
The Conference (2022)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story: On January 20, 1942, the Wannsee Conference takes place in Berlin, a meeting that had only one item on the agenda: The Final Solution, the organization of the systematic mass murder of eleven million European Jews.
Style: thought provoking, disturbing, captivating, tense
Plot: nazi, world war two, nazism, holocaust, ss officer, jew persecution, nazi officer, war, military officer, wartime, murder, nazi uniform ...
Time: year 1942, 1940s
Place: berlin germany, germany
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31%
Pathfinders: In the Company of Strangers (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Untold and lost history. A true story of the American Pathfinders, the volunteer paratroopers whose deadly mission was to land 30 minutes before the Normandy invasion, locate and mark strategic "drop zones" and set up the top-secret ...
Style: realistic, tense, suspenseful, captivating, epic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, military life, heroic mission, military, military base, battles, danger, friendship, battle zone, d day, world war, violent content ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: normandy, germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
The Penal Battalion (2004)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 550 min.
TV show
Story: The authors of the television series studied archival materials and military chronicles. The last series ends with a demonstration of the list of penalty parts, which from 1942 to 1945 fought on the Soviet fronts.
Style: sentimental, realistic, captivating, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot: world war two, great patriotic war, pow, prisoner, nazi, soviet army, wehrmacht, priest, infantry, russian soldier, sabotage, death ...
Time: 1940s
Place: soviet union, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Operation Valkyrie (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, Austria, Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In 1944, a group of high command officers plot an attempt against Hitler, and one of the leaders of the conspiracy, Stauffenberg (Sebastian Koch), goes to a meeting with the Fuhrer in charge of exploding the place. However, Hitler survives and the ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating
Plot: hitler, world war two, nazi, national socialism, plan gone wrong, conspiracy, military, leadership, wartime life, rebelliousness, state affairs, against humanity ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
The Diary of Anne Frank (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 150 min.
TV show
Story: Called the most accurate adaptation of Anne Frank’s moving diary, the film chronicles the Frank family as they flee from the Nazis in Amsterdam. Hiding behind a bookcase in a secret annex with random bombs exploding, Anne faces friction with her ...
Style: touching, serious, realistic, sincere, historical drama ...
Plot: holocaust, nazism, against humanity, world war two, diary, wartime life, survival, human spirit, confined, life is a bitch, danger, youth ...
Time: 1940s, 1900s, 20th century
Place: holland, europe, netherlands, amsterdam
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Holocaust (1978)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 475 min.
TV show
Story: Holocaust is an American television miniseries broadcast in four parts in 1978 on the NBC television network. The series tells the story of the Holocaust from the perspective of the Weiss family of German Jews and that of a rising member of the SS, ...
Style: historical drama, depressing, anthology, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: holocaust, concentration camp, nazi, world war two, ss officer, world war, nazi germany, shoah, fictional history, wartime, terrorism, intrigue ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, year 1935, 20th century, year 1943 ...
Place: germany, poland, berlin germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 7.0
 9K
The Round Up (2010)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France, Germany, Hungary
Duration: 115 min.
Story: 1942. Joseph is eleven. And this June morning, he must go to school, a yellow star sown on his chest. He receives the support of a goods dealer. The mockery of a baker. Between kindness and contempt, Jo, his Jewish friends, their families, learn of ...
Style: emotional, disturbing, thought provoking, bleak, realistic ...
Plot: holocaust, concentration camp, nazism, german occupation, holocaust survivor, world war two, nazi, world war, against humanity, injustice, genocide, nazi concentration camp ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 2009, post world war two, year 1942
Place: france, vichy, paris france, middle east, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
The Last Train (2006)
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: disturbing, serious, realistic, bleak, captivating ...
Audience: date night
Plot: holocaust, nazism, nazi, gestapo, anti semitism, danger, pow, life is a bitch, nazi germany, war, confined, world war ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1943
Place: germany, israel, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 7.6
 13K
My Way (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Jun-shik, who works for Tatsuo’s grandfather’s farm while Korea is colonized by Japan, dreams about participating in the Tokyo Olympics as a marathon runner. Tatsuo also aims to become a marathon runner, so the two become rivals. But the war ...
Style: tense, serious, captivating, rough, touching ...
Plot: world war two, military, war, occupation, japanese occupation of korea, military life, battles, life is a bitch, captivity, rivalry, soldier, confined ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 2010s, year 1944, 1930s
Place: somalia, asia, korea, south korea, mongolia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Island at War (2004)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 540 min.
TV show
Story: Island at War is a British television series that tells the story of the German Occupation of the Channel Islands. It primarily focuses on three local families: the upper class Dorrs, the middle class Mahys and the working class Jonases, and four ...
Style: tense, captivating, atmospheric, suspenseful, historical drama ...
Plot: world war two, occupation, wartime, island, wartime life, society, against humanity, military, anti semitism, genocide, oppression, invasion ...
Place: britain, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Winter in Wartime (2008)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 103 min.
Story: During World War II in the freezing Netherlands winter of 1944/1945 the western Netherlands are in the grip of a famine. Many people move east to provide for their families. Fourteen year old Michiel can't wait to join the Dutch resistance, to ...
Style: tense, exciting, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: world war two, coming of age, resistance movement, children in wartime, resistance, nazi, wartime life, winter, execution, occupation, nazism, nazi occupation ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 2008
Place: netherlands, germany, europe, holland
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
1944: Forced to Fight (2015)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Estonia, Finland
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The events of the war in 1944, from the Blue Hills to Sõrve Peninsula. Shown through the eyes of Estonian soldiers who had to pick sides and fight against fellow brothers. Choices have to be made, not only by the soldiers, but also by their loved ...
Style: tense, psychological, suspense, captivating
Plot: world war two, nazi, military, eastern front, nazi soldier, german army, soldier, enemy, death, retreat, world war, war ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1944
Place: estonia, europe, soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 6.7
 3K
Colditz (2005)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 240 min.
TV show
Story: Three prisoners, Jack Rose, Tom Willis and Nick McGrade, embark on an heroic plan to escape from a World War Two POW camp. As Rose And Willis are recaptured by the Germans, McGrade manages to traverse their clutches and travels to London to inform ...
Style: realistic, serious, touching, tense, exciting ...
Plot: world war two, military, pow, soldier, love and romance, battles, love triangle, prison life, nazism, world war, danger, confined ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1939
Place: london, europe, germany, warsaw poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 6.8
 2K
The Bunker (1981)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story: Dramatization depicting the events surrounding Adolf Hitler's last weeks in and around his underground bunker in Berlin before and during the battle for the city.
Style: realistic, bleak, serious, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot: world war two, hitler, nazi germany, nazi, against humanity, suicide, life is a bitch, downfall, confined, state affairs, confinement indoors, wartime life ...
Time: year 1945, 20th century, 1940s
Place: germany, berlin germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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The Edelweiss Pirates (2004)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Im Kölner Stadtteil Ehrenfeld lebt eine Gruppe von Arbeiterkindern kurz vor Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs ihren ganz eigenen Alltag. Die selbsternannten „Edelweißpiraten“ träumen von einer gerechten Welt und sehnen sich nach der unbeschwerten ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, tense, captivating, serious ...
Plot: resistance, wartime life, world war two, young heroes, human spirit, rebellion, idealism, life is a bitch, against humanity, rebelliousness, danger, confined ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944, 20th century
Place: europe, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
War and Remembrance (1988)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 1620 min.
TV show
Story: War and Remembrance is an American miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Herman Wouk. It is the sequel to highly successful The Winds of War.
Style: historical drama, saga, captivating, exciting, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, war, holocaust, nazi germany, military, world war, submarine, nazi, wartime, conservative, cavalry, winston churchill ...
Time: 1940s
Place: asia, japan, europe, pacific ocean, pearl harbor ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 8.4
 3K
Combat! (1962)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of American soldiers fighting the Germans in France during World War II. The program starred Rick Jason as ...
Style: retro, serious, realistic, vintage
Plot: world war two, military, world war, tank, mission, american soldier, soldier, us military, infantrymen, anti war, navy, d day ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944, 20th century, 60s
Place: europe, prague, france, czech republic
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 5.1
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The Fallen (2004)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, Germany, Italy
Duration: 112 min.
Story: THE FALLEN is a three-sided story about German, Italian, and American soldiers, set in Northern Italy during the final weeks of the World War II. On the one side, a group of American supply soldiers delivers ammunition to the front line, a journey ...
Style: captivating, rough, realistic, serious, bleak
Plot: holocaust, world war two, war, soldier, military life, resistance movement, military, captivity, against the odds, battles, leadership, against humanity ...
Time: 1940s
Place: italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, Czechoslovakia, West Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story: In March of 1945, as the War in Europe is coming to a close, fighting erupts between German and American troops at the last remaining bridgehead across the Rhine.
Style: realistic, intense, harsh, exciting, serious ...
Plot: world war two, war, battles, survival, soldier, nazi, world war, military, tank, escapades, anti war, wartime life ...
Time: 1940s, year 1969, year 1945, 20th century
Place: germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 830 min.
TV show
Story: The series is based on a true story of a Russian spy Colonel Isaev (Stirlitz) in Fascist Germany during 17 days in very end of WWII. Stirlitz has worked his way to the very top of the Fascist hierarchy without being caught. However, his ...
Style: serious, captivating, tense, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, spy, nazi, danger, nazi germany, espionage, state affairs, undercover agent, war, undercover, gestapo, intrigue ...
Time: 1940s, year 1945, 20th century
Place: soviet union, ussr, germany, europe, switzerland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Escape from Sobibor (1987)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 143 min.
Story: During WWII, the death camp at Treblinka had an escape, causing the Commandant at a similar camp in Sobibor to vow (actually threaten) that his camp would never experience the same thing. But those who were its captives, the Jewish laborers that had ...
Style: tense, realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Plot: concentration camp, escape, world war two, holocaust, pow, against humanity, genocide, military, brutality, captivity, nazi, prison ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: poland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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