Movies like Charlotte 2021
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Charlotte (2021)
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Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Canada, France, Belgium, USA, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The true story of Charlotte Salomon, a young German-Jewish painter who comes of age in Berlin on the eve of the Second World War. Fiercely imaginative and deeply gifted, she dreams of becoming an artist. Her first love applauds her talent, which emboldens her resolve. When anti-Semitic policies inspire violent mobs, she escapes to the safety of the South of France. There she begins to paint again, and finds new love. But her work is interrupted, this time by a family tragedy that reveals an even darker secret. Believing that only an extraordinary act will save her, she embarks on the monumental adventure of painting her life story.
Style:
adult animation, psychological, captivating, disturbing, 2d animation
Plot:
world war two, female protagonist, female artist, painter, artist, historical figure, painting, artists' life, life, life is a bitch, social problems, women, holocaust, depression, art, auschwitz, jewish girl, nazi occupation, pregnancy, female nudity, murder, nazism, father daughter relationship, boat, death of protagonist ...
Time:
year 1941, year 1942, year 1943, 1940s, 1930s, year 1936, year 1940 ...
Place:
berlin germany, south of france, france, cote d'azur, southern france
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Most similar movies to Charlotte
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out adult animation, anime, captivating and touching films with plots about biopic, family relations, death, hopes, society, holocaust and flashback mostly in Animation, Drama and Biography genres. Some movies like Charlotte: Waltz with Bashir (2008), Miss Hokusai (2015), Max & Me (2023), In This Corner of the World (2016), Barefoot Gen (1983). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Documentary, Animation, Biography, Drama, History, Mystery, War
Country: Israel, France, Germany, USA, Finland, Switzerland, Belgium, Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Much awarded animated documentary, in which director and Israeli army veteran Ari Folman interviews friends and former soldiers about their memories of the 1982 Lebanon war and especially the Sabra and Shatila massacre in Beirut. The usage on ...
Style:
adult animation, rough, experimental, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
politics, military, mass murder, memory loss, soldier, haunted by the past, guilt, male pubic hair, catastrophe, memory, mission, army ...
Time:
year 2008, 20th century, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
lebanon, israel, middle east, palestine, beirut lebanon
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100%
Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The time: 1814. The place: Edo, now known as Tokyo. A much accomplished artist of his time and now in his mid-fifties, Tetsuzo can boast clients from all over Japan, and tirelessly works in the garbage-loaded chaos of his house-atelier. He spends ...
Style:
anime, touching, sentimental, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
art history, artist, father daughter relationship, drawing, painting, sister sister relationship, illness, painter, rivalry, society, family relations, dog ...
Time:
19th century, 2010s
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Animation, Drama, History, War
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The story unfolds through a present-day encounter of an older man, Gunther, and a rebellious teenager, DJ, as the story of Father Max teaches the young boy about love and sacrifice.
Style:
adult animation, psychological, captivating, realistic, bleak ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
faith, priest, world war two, religion, teenager, self sacrifice, concentration camp, sacrifice, persecution, religious, holocaust, nazi germany ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
poland
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Animation, Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Newlywed Suzu Urano moves to her new life in Kure City on the coast of Hiroshima Prefecture, where she perseveres through World War II with pluck and determination.
Style:
anime, adult animation, thought provoking, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens
Plot:
wedding, world war two, bombing, female protagonist, military, anniversary, evacuation, danger, society, couples, teenager, bomber ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 2010s, 20th century, year 1943 ...
Place:
hiroshima japan, japan, east asia, asia
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45%
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Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A powerful statement against war, Barefoot Gen is a story about the effect of the atomic bomb on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people. Based on the acclaimed manga by Nakazawa Keiji, the author of Barefoot Gen, who was 6 years old ...
Style:
anime, adult animation, political, heartbreaking, rough ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
world war two, nuclear holocaust, anti war, bombing, disaster, atomic bomb, radioactivity, radiation sickness, nuclear, burned alive, atrocity, demolished city ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
japan, asia, hiroshima japan
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she ...
Style:
adult animation, political, black and white, visually stunning, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, pre-teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
coming of age, revolution, feminist, female protagonist, politics, iraq iran war, self discovery, biopic, childhood, repression, adolescence, culture clash ...
Time:
80s, year 2007, 70s, 20th century, year 1978 ...
Place:
iran, middle east, tehran iran, france, vienna ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, whose storied career includes the creation of the A-6M World War II fighter plane.
Style:
anime, touching, sentimental, emotional, adult animation ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens
Plot:
tuberculosis, world war two, dream, earthquake, inventions and discoveries, flying, hopes, aviation, biopic, love and romance, engineer, wartime ...
Time:
1930s, 2010s, year 2013, 1920s, 1940s ...
Place:
japan, germany, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
42%
487
Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama
Country: Australia, Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A biography of Vincent van Gogh using only images and the letters he wrote to his brother Theo.
Style:
adult animation, anime, sad, spiritual, independent film ...
Plot:
art, biopic, artist, painter, art history, famous, artwork, spirituality, family relations, rise and fall, tragic hero, obsession ...
Time:
year 1987
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama
Country: France, Spain, Belgium
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
February 1939. Overwhelmed by the flood of Republicans fleeing Franco's dictatorship, the French government's solution consists in confining the Spanish refugees in concentration camps where they have no other choice than to build their ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological, adult animation ...
Plot:
concentration camp, biopic, friendship between men, repression, male protagonist, prisoner of war camp, artist, refugee, drawing, radical, grandfather, art gallery ...
Time:
year 1939
Place:
france
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama, War
Country: UK, Japan, Ireland, France, Netherlands, Luxembourg
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.
Style:
anime, historical drama, bleak, emotional, reflective ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, hiding, diary, fear, wartime, biopic, oppression, persecution, nazi germany, hopes, survival ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
amsterdam, netherlands
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: France, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Monaco
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Summer 1998 - Kabul under Taliban rule. Zunaira and Mohsen are young and in love. Despite the daily violence and misery, they hope for a better future. One day, a foolish gesture causes life to take an irrevocable turn.
Style:
adult animation, social, captivating, thought provoking, psychological ...
Plot:
dispute, dog, death, social relations, religious conflict, religious hypocrisy, religious differences, society, religious persecution, life is a bitch, female protagonist, woman ...
Time:
90s, future, year 1998
Place:
afghanistan, asia
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Animation, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Cambodia
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Cambodia, once the ancient kingdom of Funan, April 17th, 1975. The entire country falls under the tyranny of Angkar, the communist party of the Khmer Rouge. The cities are abandoned, the population is thrown to the roads and forced to walk towards ...
Style:
adult animation, anime, disturbing, exciting, touching ...
Plot:
family relations, communism, struggle for survival, khmer rouge, separation from family, little boy, husband wife relationship, leech, cambodian civil war, teenager, labor camp, starvation ...
Time:
70s, 2010s, year 1977, year 1975, year 1978 ...
Place:
cambodia
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Spain, Netherlands, Germany, France, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Paris, 1930. Luis Buñuel is penniless after the scandal surrounding the release of his last movie. Sculptor Ramón AcÃn, a good friend, buys a lottery ticket and promises Buñuel that he will pay for his next movie if he wins the prize.
Style:
adult animation, art film, social
Plot:
surrealism, film producer, male protagonist, poverty, radical, biopic, movie business, social justice, nightmare, bee, children, baby ...
Time:
1930s, 2010s, 20th century, year 1933
Place:
paris france, spain, madrid
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The lives of three strong-willed women and a young musician cross paths in Tehran’s schizophrenic society where sex, adultery, corruption, prostitution and drugs coexist with strict religious law. In this bustling modern metropolis, avoiding ...
Style:
adult animation, serious, realistic, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
taboo, women, cat, drug, prison, virginity, prostitution, prostitute, loss of virginity, pregnancy, women's rights, social issues ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s
Place:
iran, tehran iran, middle east
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery
Country: Poland, UK, Switzerland, Netherlands, Qatar
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The film brings the paintings of Vincent van Gogh to life to tell his remarkable story. Every one of the 65,000 frames of the film is an oil-painting hand-painted by 125 professional oil-painters who travelled from all across the world to the Loving ...
Style:
adult animation, visually stunning, artsy, period piece, costume drama ...
Plot:
painter, painting, artist, art, suicide, genius, skill, art history, mysterious death, doctor, guilt, death ...
Time:
19th century, year 2017, ancient times, 2010s, year 1990
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
More than fourteen centuries ago, Mecca was filled with gambling, drunkenness, slavery, the mistreatment of women, and greed. The holy Ka'bah was littered with idol gods. Pilgrims came by the thousands to worship them. Quarysh, Mecca's ...
Style:
serious, sincere, islamic, captivating, realistic
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
prophet, arabic history, islam, desert, miraculous event, self discovery, human spirit, introspection, obsessive quest, righting the wronged, fighting the system, society ...
Time:
middle ages, ancient times, 7th century
Place:
middle east, arabia
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Animation, Drama, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no ...
Style:
touching, depressing, anime, sad, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
world war two, hunger, orphan, war, homelessness, survival, siblings relations, children, desperation, death of child, boy, anti war ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1988, year 1945, post world war two
Place:
japan, east asia, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Animation, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of war have changed from their romantic memories of World War II
Style:
adult animation, depressing, apocalyptic, disturbing, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
nuclear war, nuclear holocaust, cold war, nuclear threat, tragedy, countryside, nuclear explosion, apocalypse, nuclear disaster, epidemic, chaos, nuclear bomb ...
Time:
20th century, year 1986, distant future, 80s
Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Animation, Drama, War
Country: Ireland, Canada, Luxembourg, USA, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A headstrong young girl in Afghanistan, ruled by the Taliban, disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family.
Style:
sincere, rough, heartbreaking, sad, adult animation ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
disguise, poverty, prison, religious intolerance, gender disguise, father, tyranny, friendship, female protagonist, father daughter relationship, culture, taliban ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 2000s
Place:
afghanistan, asia
Similarity:
36%
880
Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama
Country: Singapore
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Animated film based on the life and stories of Manga writer Yoshihiro Tatsumi who revolutionised the art form with darker, more adult stories. The film animates several of his stories
Style:
adult animation, realistic, touching, serious, stylized ...
Plot:
writer's life, prodigy, rise to the top, lifestyle, ambition, biopic, art, performer's life, artists and showbiz, life, magic realism, cartoonist ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 50s, 20th century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, History
Country: Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Netherlands, Israel, UK, Australia, Switzerland
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The film follows the journey of Kitty, the imaginary friend to whom Anne Frank dedicated her diary. A fiery teenager, Kitty wakes up in the near future in Anne Frank's house in Amsterdam and embarks on a journey to find Anne, who she believes ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, inspirational, poignant, melancholic ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
diary, imaginary friend, holocaust, memories, time travel, teenager, magic, lifestyle, imaginary character, teenage life, time jump, legacy ...
Place:
amsterdam, europe, palestine
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama
Country: Colombia, Ecuador
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Paola grows up in a Colombian family full of appearances: her father is a priest, her mother a psychic, and her sisters don’t live up to their parents’ expectations. She seeks independence in a world full of stereotypes and learns to live on her ...
Style:
independent film, adult animation, poignant, melancholic, surreal ...
Plot:
coming of age, female protagonist, identity, personal growth, mother daughter relationship, cultural conflict, family drama, gender roles, teenage angst, family secret, religion, bittersweet ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A semi-fictional account of Russian poets Josef Brodsky, who was forced into American exile in 1972.
Style:
sentimental, atmospheric, realistic, serious, surreal ...
Plot:
rebelliousness, family relations, hopes, writer's life, introspection, homecoming, family life, cold war, art, publisher, rebellion, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 1940s, 50s, 60s ...
Place:
russia, usa
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Once upon a time, a poor woodcutter and his wife lived in a great forest. Cold, hunger, poverty and a war raging all around them meant their lives were very hard. One day, the woodcutter's wife rescues a baby. A baby girl thrown from one of ...
Style:
anime, adult animation, historical drama, 2d animation
Plot:
woodcutter, snow, forest, lumberjack, abandoned baby, family relations, holocaust, dog, life, goat, poverty, flashback ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Animation, Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of the most devastating conflict mankind had ever experienced, the tiny island of Shikotan became part of the Sakhalin Oblast... and on the unhealed border in this remote corner of the world, friendship among children from two ...
Style:
anime, realistic, touching, emotional, serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
friendship, young heroes, social differences, forceful separation, life turned upside down, society, deportation, village, white supremacy, dancing, post war, disaster ...
Time:
20th century, post world war two, year 1946, 2010s, 1940s ...
Place:
asia, japan, soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Animation, Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
ANNA ALEXANDROVNA BARKOVA (1901-1976) Journalist and poet, meeting suspicious characters. Involved in immoral love affairs. Work in the Kremlin, fired. 1934 - Arrested, 5 years of penal servitude in Karaganda. Lived in Ukraine during the WWII. 1946 ...
Style:
non-linear, tense, captivating, touching, suspenseful ...
Plot:
gulag, humiliation, gay lead character, surrealism, female protagonist, strong female character, writers, biopic, gay, mausoleum, lesbian, telephone call ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
russia
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Latvia, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A fantastical tale based on true events, about five women of Signe Baumane's family, including herself, and their battles with depression and madness.
Style:
stylized, surreal, adult animation, humorous, atmospheric ...
Plot:
depression, mental illness, strong female presence, redemption, hopes, imaginary, family relations, women, autobiography, trauma, trippy, stop motion ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
soviet union, latvia, ussr
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Russia, UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A mother and father in search of help for their sick daughter cross paths with an extraordinary carpenter named Jesus, who has devoted his life to spreading God's word. An amazing miracle brings to light the true meaning of Christ, and the ...
Style:
biblical, uplifting, epic, touching, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
jesus christ, christianity, bible, destiny, resurrection, betrayal, ambition, supernatural ability, supernatural, leadership, tragic hero, reincarnation ...
Time:
1st century, biblical epic
Place:
jerusalem, middle east, asia
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 66 min.
Story:
Brest, 1950. The war ended five years ago and nothing remains of the city. Massive bombings and intense fighting lasting more than a month turned the city, its docks, its arsenal, into ashes. Thousands of workers will build it up again, brick by ...
Style:
exciting, thought provoking, suspenseful, visually appealing, captivating ...
Plot:
working conditions, communism, class struggle, strike, worker, french politics, working class, war, superhero, labor union, police violence, funeral ...
Time:
post world war two, year 1950
Place:
france
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Prince Siddhartha is heir to the Shakya kingdom, which is constantly at war with the more powerful Kosala kingdom. His father tries to raise as him as a warrior leader and to shield him from the miseries of the world. Meeting the young outcast girl ...
Style:
anime, exciting, captivating, tense, contemplative ...
Plot:
social differences, journey, society, injustice, battles, war, power relations, imaginary kingdom, military, heroes, rich and poor, prophecy ...
Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
33%
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