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Amen. (2002)
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, War
Country: France, Germany, Romania
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The film "Amen." examines the links between the Vatican and Nazi Germany. The central character is Kurt Gerstein, a member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS who is horrified by what he sees in the death camps. Moreover, he is shocked to learn that the process he used to purify water for his troops, by using zyklon, served as a basis to kill people in gas chambers.
Style:
sincere, political, disturbing, bleak, suspenseful, realistic, intense, sentimental, intellectual, spiritual ...
Plot:
holocaust, genocide, world war two, concentration camp, politics, pope, christian, ss, conscience, nazi, nazism, priest, war crime, vatican, shoah, ss officer, idealism, cardinal the priest, christianity, jesuit, propaganda, nun, catholic church, german officer, diplomacy ...
Time:
1940s, year 2002, 1930s, 20th century, post world war two, 30s, 40s
Place:
germany, poland, rome italy, italy, austria, prague, europe ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, emotional and bleak films with plots about world war two, holocaust, nazi, world war, anti semitism, war and nazi uniform mostly in Drama, War and History genres. Some movies like Amen.: Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005), Schindler's List (1993), Downfall (2004), Before the Fall (2004), Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
True story of Germany's most famous anti-Nazi heroine brought to thrilling, dramatic life. Sophie Scholl stars Julia Jentsch in a luminous performance as the fearless activist of the underground student resistance group, The White Rose. Armed ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, touching, suspenseful, political ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
world war two, politics, nazism, nazi germany, death sentence, nazi, resistance, gestapo, justice, historical character, trial, lawyer ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1943, 2000s, year 2005 ...
Place:
germany, munich germany, europe, poland, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 195 min.
Story:
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
Style:
touching, emotional, heartbreaking, realistic, thought provoking ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, genocide, nazi, wartime, war, concentration camp, storytelling, holocaust survivor, anti semitism, nazism, against humanity ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 90s, ancient times, year 1943 ...
Place:
poland, germany, iran, persia, europe ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, Austria, Italy
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still ...
Style:
psychological, costume drama, harsh, disturbing, epic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, hitler, nazi, war, nazism, suicide, fascism, holocaust, national socialism, dictatorship, third reich, paranoia ...
Time:
1940s, year 2004, 2000s, 20th century, year 1945 ...
Place:
germany, berlin germany, prague, europe, bavaria ...
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100%
Genre: Drama, Sport, Thriller, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In 1942, Friedrich Weimer's boxing skills get him an appointment to a National Political Academy (NaPolA) – high schools that produce Nazi elite. Over his father's objections, Friedrich enrolls. During his year in seventh ...
Style:
melancholic, emotional, disturbing, harsh, touching ...
Plot:
boxing, nazi, friendship, nazi germany, boarding school, german soldier, anti semitism, pow, boys' school, youth, military school, gestapo ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1942, post world war two
Place:
germany, europe, berlin germany, cape town south africa, london ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 95 min.
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Anne Frank: The Whole Story is a film based on the life of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl growing up in Nazi occupied Holland. When war breaks out Anne & her family, Otto her father, Edith her mother & Margot her sister move from Germany ...
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uplifting, sincere, emotional, bleak, sad ...
Plot:
holocaust, genocide, against humanity, world war two, starvation, ss, hopes, concentration camp, survival, oppression, childhood, typhus ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1930s
Place:
amsterdam, europe, holland, netherlands, poland
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The real-life story of Gisella Perl, a Jewish Hungarian doctor imprisoned in the notorious Auschwitz death camp of World War II.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, contemplative, emotional ...
Plot:
holocaust, concentration camp, holocaust survivor, wartime life, world war two, auschwitz, anti semitism, genocide, human spirit, life is a bitch, starting over, nazi ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
hungary, europe, usa, poland
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100%
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 ...
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emotional, touching, heartbreaking, sad, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, family outing, kids, teen drama ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, concentration camp, war, children, friendship, childhood, nazi, nazism, gas chamber, boy, morality ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, ancient times, year 2008, year 1941 ...
Place:
germany, poland, europe, berlin germany, switzerland
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100%
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
Similarity:
100%
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:
factual, political, disturbing, bleak, atmospheric ...
Plot:
holocaust, genocide, nazi, politics, world war two, conspiracy, third reich, ss officer, shoah, war crime, brutality, racism ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1942, post world war two, 1930s
Place:
berlin germany, germany, europe, poland
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50%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK, Italy
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His diplomatic status in a Catholic country prevents Colonel Kappler from openly arresting him, ...
Style:
factual, tense, serious, suspenseful, period piece ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
nazi, world war two, catholic, vatican, soldier, fighting the system, military, uninhibited rivalry, clergy, politics, hopes, survival ...
Time:
year 1943, 1940s, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
rome italy, europe, italy, germany, california
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, War
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The story Jewish counterfeiter, Salomon Sorowitsch, coerced into assisting the Nazi operation of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp during World War II.
Style:
harsh, tense, brutal, bleak, serious ...
Plot:
holocaust, nazi, concentration camp, world war two, nazi germany, counterfeit money, brutality, forgery, counterfeiter, prison, nazi concentration camp, war crime ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1936, year 2008 ...
Place:
germany, europe, poland, austria, canada ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, War
Country: France, Poland, Germany, UK, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
The true story of pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he ...
Style:
emotional, sad, harsh, reflective, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, survival, genocide, nazi, classical music, wartime, war, nazism, anti semitism, hunger, nazi occupation ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1939, 1930s, year 2002 ...
Place:
poland, germany, europe, eastern europe, central europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Germany, Luxembourg, Czech Republic
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A drama loosely based on Jean Bernard's Nazi-era prison diary.
Style:
serious, emotional, sincere, contemplative, uplifting ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, nazi, concentration camp, hopes, clergy, gestapo, catholic, nazi occupation, soldier, heroes, introspection ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 2004, post world war two
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germany, belgium, switzerland, france, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Sweden, Hungary
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Swedish account of Raoul Wallenberg, the man responsible for the largest rescue of Jews during World War II.
Style:
contemplative, bleak, emotional, uplifting, thought provoking ...
Plot:
world war two, politics, genocide, rescue, nazi, nazi soldier, world war, struggle, revolutionary, revolutionary war, shoah, judaism ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
israel, hungary, europe, moscow russia, stockholm sweden ...
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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: 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:
holocaust, world war two, genocide, wartime life, world war, auschwitz, rape, concentration camp, deportation, hopes, holocaust survivor, battles ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
budapest, berlin germany, hungary
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport, War
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Fact based story about a former Greek Olympic boxer who was taken as a prisoner during World war II and placed in the Auschwitz prison camp. There he was permitted to survive as long as he fought for the amusement of his captors. His father and ...
Style:
disturbing, independent film, tense, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, boxing, ss, prison, boxer, prison escape, fight, nazi, biopic, shoah, judaism ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1943
Place:
middle east, poland, europe, greece
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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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100%
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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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100%
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 ...
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100%
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, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
holocaust, concentration camp, nazism, holocaust survivor, german occupation, world war two, nazi, genocide, nazi concentration camp, shoah, world war, injustice ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 2009, post world war two, year 1942
Place:
paris france, vichy, france, middle east, europe ...
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100%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 179 min.
Story:
In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his ...
Style:
black and white, political, philosophical, emotional, disturbing ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, judge, genocide, holocaust, lawyer, nazi, legal, redemption, court, trial, politics, justice ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1945, year 1961, post world war two ...
Place:
germany, europe, berlin germany, poland
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100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Germany
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
Knut Hamsun is Norway's most famous and admired author. Ever since he was young he has hated the English for the starvation they caused Norway during WWI. When the Germans occupy Norway 9 April 1940 he welcomes them and the protection they can ...
Style:
sad, talky, uplifting, sincere, emotional ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, writers, world war, nazi, poet, writer's life, biopic, nobel prize winner, nazism, marriage, fascism ...
Time:
1940s, year 1996, 1930s
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
100%
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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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100%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 177 min.
Story:
Jews rise up in the Warsaw Ghetto against the Nazis in 1943.
Style:
captivating, rough, serious, political, tense ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, heroism, resistance, jewish ghetto, nazi, survival, politics, rebellion, shoah, wartime life, against humanity ...
Time:
year 2001, 1940s, 20th century, year 1943, post world war two
Place:
germany, europe, warsaw poland, poland
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100%
Genre: Drama, History, Music, War
Country: France, UK, Germany, Austria
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A tale based on the life of Wilhelm Furtwangler, the controversial conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic whose tenure coincided with the controversial Nazi era. One of the most spectacular and renowned conductors of the 30s, Furtwangler's ...
Style:
realistic, serious, thought provoking, atmospheric, touching ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, politics, investigation, war crime, introspection, musician's life, racism, military, state affairs, rebellion, music conductor ...
Time:
year 2001, post world war two
Place:
germany, europe, poland, russia, switzerland ...
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100%
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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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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA, Poland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A 12-year-old Jewish boy hides with a family of Catholic peasant farmers to escape the Nazis.
Style:
emotional, sentimental, touching, realistic, contemplative ...
Audience:
date night, family outing
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, wartime life, catholic, nazism, nazi, coming of age, human spirit, survival, hidden identity, lifesaver, fish out of water ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
poland, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, Hungary
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The story of the Holocaust, seen as Jonah, a young jewish boy living in Amsterdam at the onset of WW II, who with his family is taken by the Nazis to a concentration camp. (Based on the book 'Childhood' by Jona Oberski.)
Style:
silent
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, youth, traumatic childhood, concentration camp, reformatory, family relations, memories, hopes, retiring, madness, nazi occupied poland ...
Place:
amsterdam, europe, poland
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39%
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, War
Country: Germany, France, Poland
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Run Boy Run is the true story of Jurek, an eight-year-old boy, who escapes from the Warsaw ghetto, then manages to survive in the woods and working as a farmhand, disguising himself as a Polish orphan. He encounters people who will betray him for a ...
Style:
touching, captivating, serious, bleak, realistic ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, boy, children in wartime, youth, human spirit, corporal punishment, medical examination, young heroes, on the run, hidden identity, anti semitism ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
germany, poland
Similarity:
100%
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