Movies like Carol of the Bells
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Carol of the Bells (2022)
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Original name: Щедрик
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Poland, Ukraine
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Immortalised as one of the most scintillating and uplifting Christmas songs, 'Carol of the Bells' adapted from a popular and loved Ukrainian folk melody, came to represent the spirit of brotherhood and unity all over the world. The peaceful and neighbourly existence of three families, Polish, Ukrainian and Jewish, sharing a large house, musical evenings and merriment in the city of Stanislaviv in the years preceding and post war, is shattered. First in the Soviet occupation and the persecution of the Polish family, then, by the Nazi occupation of Ukraine, and the decimation of the Jewish family. Sacrificing their lives the Ukrainian family manage to save their neighbours' children and their own daughter. Death and loss come to these families, but the healing power and joy , and a promise that the Future Will Not be Cancelled which "Carol of the Bells' evokes will be everlasting.
Style:
family saga, poignant, historical drama, psychological, captivating, melancholic, multicultural, period piece, nostalgic
Plot:
world war two, children, wartime, christmas, christmas carol, nazi occupation, survival, music, tragedy, life is a bitch, sacrifice, resilience, hopes, persecution, war, life, orphan, historical event, problem, kids in trouble, healing, tradition, anti semitism, brotherhood, political oppression ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, year 1941, year 1945, year 1939, year 1943, year 1944 ...
Place:
ukraine, eastern europe, poland, new york
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out historical drama, captivating, period piece and emotional films with plots about world war two, survival, life is a bitch, resilience, tragedy, resistance and social problems mostly in Drama, History and War genres. Some movies like Carol of the Bells: Valiant Hearts (2021), The Pianist's Choice (2024), The Butler (2018), The Boy in the Woods (2023), We Were the Lucky Ones (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In August 1942, during the Second World War, Six Jewish children are trying to escape the Nazis. They are hidden by the resistance in the Chambord Castle, where paintings from Le Louvre are being stored as well. The Nazis are looking for paintings ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, historical drama, tension ...
Plot:
world war two, jew persecution, anti semitism, persecution, occupied france, french resistance, nazi occupation, life is a bitch, jewish life, friendship, children, jewish family ...
Time:
1940s
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
During the Second World War, François Touraine, a young piano prodigy, has no choice but to go and play in Germany to save the woman he loves. Because Rachel is Jewish in an age that no longer allows it... A great story of love, music and ...
Style:
historical drama, emotional, poignant, tense, period piece ...
Plot:
oppression, love story, nazi occupation, moral dilemma, piano, anti semitism, world war two, sacrifice, forbidden love, classical music, courage, prodigy ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
germany, paris france
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
The love between Mateusz Krol, a Kashubian boy, and Marita von Krauss, a Prussian aristocrat in whose family home he is taken in when his mother dies, grows and matures thorough the years, while Kashubia, the northern Polish region where they live, ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, disturbing, captivating, poignant ...
Plot:
world war two, forbidden love, wartime, war crime, world war one, family home, butler, ethnic conflict, nationalism, political unrest, life is a bitch, love affair ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 1900s
Place:
poland
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The remarkable true-life survival story of a Jewish boy hiding and being hunted in the forests of Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe, based on Maxwell Smart's memoir.
Style:
historical drama, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
nazi occupation, holocaust, survival, holocaust survivor, world war two, fear, hiding, persecution, anti semitism, problem, nazism, nazi ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
59%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min.
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Story:
The true story of one Jewish family separated at the start of World War II, determined to survive—and to reunite.
Style:
historical drama, emotional, psychological, captivating, family saga ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, jewish family, jew persecution, family reunited, holocaust survivor, survival, world war, nazi occupation, jewish life, orthodox jew, jewish woman ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, year 1939
Place:
poland, eastern europe
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
At the end of World War II Lena Kuchler arrives at a refuge camp in search of her disappeared family members. But at this place she can get no information in her case but only encounters hungry children.
Style:
heartbreaking, historical drama, emotional, melancholic, bleak ...
Plot:
post war, holocaust, survivor, orphan, refugee camp, jewish history, anti semitism, survival, community, resilience, solidarity, violence ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
poland
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
A poignant and forceful saga which traces the fortunes of two English children uprooted from their beloved Liverpool dockside to the alien environment of Australia in the years following World War Two.
Style:
historical drama, poignant, emotional, period piece, realistic ...
Plot:
corporal punishment, family drama, post war, loss, emigration, social history, working class, resilience, coming of age, alienation, identity crisis, realism ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s
Place:
liverpool, australia
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The story of a boy who, driven by the search for his lost brother in the turmoil of WWII, joins a group of children in order to survive the chaos of post-war anarchy in the haunted forests of Lithuania.
Style:
suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
post war germany, world war two, post war, children, coming of age, survival, child, teenager, kids in trouble, orphan, brothers, teenage life ...
Time:
post world war two, year 1946
Place:
europe
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy, France, Serbia
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
How will the Germans react to the armistice of the 8th of September 1943, due to which Italy betrays them and sides with the allied forces? This is the distressing questions that a group of 16 Italian - Greek Jews evacuated at The Meina Hotel ask ...
Style:
historical drama, emotional, melancholic, period piece, tension ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, hotel, war crime, execution, tragedy, nazism, massacre, fear, ss officer, desperation, escape ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In World War II British Columbia, Canada, a Japanese immigrant family has to endure the racist Canadian policy of being interned and their property confiscated as "enemy aliens". At the same time, a white Canadian family has to deal with ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, tension, independent film, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, racism, family drama, cultural conflict, social injustice, prejudice, identity, grief, civil liberties, resilience, human rights, moral dilemma ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
british columbia, canada
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The name Anne Frank stands for courage and confidence in hopeless times. But also for the cheeky and unsparing view of an adolescent on her family and her environment. Millions of people around the world know her diary, she wrote it while hiding ...
Style:
poignant, bleak, emotional, period piece, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, jewish history, world war, jewish girl, courage, hiding, holocaust, anti semitism, diary, tragedy, memories, biopic ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
amsterdam
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
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Story:
An epic family saga set in the Russian Urals before, during and after the Second World War. The story is centered on the Morozov family - Aleksey, Stepan, Aliona and Varvara - two brothers and two sisters, with a multitude of complex relationships ...
Style:
captivating, historical drama, family saga, tense, emotional ...
Plot:
world war two, life is a bitch, family life, war, brother sister relationship, wartime, wartime life, family problems, dysfunctional family, relationship problems, reconciliation, survival ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: China
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A former spy in the Chinese Nationalist Party falls for an opium-dealing widow, as China is ravaged by war and revolution.
Style:
historical drama, captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
world war two, social problems, wartime life, life is a bitch, wartime, couple relations, romantic relationship, loner, war, love story, in love, fall in love ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In 1945, at the end of World War II, Neus Català returns to France, where she recalls her life under the Nazi yoke.
Style:
historical drama, bleak, captivating, harsh, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, survival, female protagonist, concentration camp, concentration camp survivor, forced labor, war trauma, life is a bitch, survival horror, struggle for survival, life, woman ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
In August 1947, the British passed a bill regarding the partition of Bengal. Delving into the grim history of the Partition, Mukherjee's movie Rajkahini is woven around a border between the two nations that runs through a brothel housing 11 ...
Style:
historical drama, psychological, disturbing, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
brothel, women, historical event, political unrest, social problems, survival, tragedy, power struggle, moral ambiguity, resilience, rape, sexual harassment ...
Place:
kolkata, india
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Germany, Czech Republic, Cuba
Duration: 203 min.
Story:
In the fall of 1938, two Jewish children from Berlin are sent to England by their parents to escape Nazi persecution.
Style:
historical drama, psychological, thrilling, captivating
Plot:
world war two, nazi, judge, jew persecution, jewish family, life is a bitch, jewish life, problem, family problems, orthodox jew, smoking, female nudity ...
Place:
england
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Second Lieutenant Han Sang-yeol leads his platoon during the Korean War in the early 1950s. He carries emotional scars and pain within. So when he meets some children from a choir, who have lost everything in the war, Sang-yeol is deeply moved and ...
Style:
historical drama, poignant, suspense, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
orphan, korean war, korean army, empathy, life is a bitch, wartime, military, wartime life, social problems, war, kids in trouble, military officer ...
Time:
1950s
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Love, passion, and murder haunt a passionate romance in this drama. When the young soldier meets Helene, a torrid affair begins. 15 years after the war has ended, Max finds out that the love of his life was murdered in a concentration camp, setting ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, romantic drama, dramatic ...
Plot:
forbidden love, investigation, nazi, social problems, love story, love and romance, love interest, romantic relationship, male female relationship, relationships, family relations, couple relations ...
Time:
1950s, 1940s
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Netherlands
TV show
Story:
In 1940s Amsterdam, Jewish Council co-chairman David Cohen and his daughter Virrie have their bond tested as they pursue increasingly opposing ways of safeguarding their community under Nazi rule.
Style:
historical drama, bleak, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, nazi occupation, world war two, nazi, anti semitism, persecution, moral ambiguity, moral dilemma, community, nazism, relationships, life is a bitch ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
amsterdam, netherlands
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Greece
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The execution of 200 Greek resistance fighters by the German occupiers on May 1st, 1944 in Kaisariani, as reprisal for the Greek Resistance ambush against Nazis.
Style:
historical drama, suspense, touching, sincere, psychological ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi occupation, reprisal, resistance fighter, nazi officer, greek history, execution, prisoner of war camp, martyrdom, political persecution, tragedy, sacrifice ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
greece, athens greece, germany, europe, balkan
Similarity:
37%
281
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Italy, September 1943. After the armistice and the flight of the King, the war theaters of the North-East see the advance of Tito's partisans. At the center of the story, in this dramatic historical context, the figure of Norma Cossetto, a ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, disturbing, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
power struggle, soldier, life is a bitch, guerilla warfare, partisan, military, military life, wartime, wartime life, war, society, world war two ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Autumn 1961: The GDR regime secures the border between the workers' and peasants' state and the class enemy in the West. To ensure this, the leadership also orders the use of firearms against those fleeing the republic. In Böseckendorf, ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, psychological, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
iron curtain, cold war, repression, political oppression, society, social issues, life is a bitch, social problems, resistance, realism, emigration, refugee ...
Place:
german democratic republic, east germany, germany
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Nepal
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The Sati system was abolished decades ago but Jhola is still relevant to today's Nepal where, unfortunately, cases of sexual harassment, violence against women, trafficking remain all too common.
Style:
realistic, serious, atmospheric, surreal, historical drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
parents and children, family relations, life is a bitch, society, family problems, orphan, dealing with death, death in the family, oppression, patriarchy, social injustice, women's rights ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
nepal, asia
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Antoni Krauze reminds one of the darkest history of the cards with PRL. Spectacular reconstruction of the dramatic events in Gdynia, ended a brutal pacification of demonstrators by troops and militia in 1970.
Style:
tense, historical drama, disturbing, captivating, grim ...
Plot:
militia, tragedy, repression, political protest, authoritarianism, fight, historical event, military, soldier, military life, battles, cold war ...
Time:
70s
Place:
poland
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, History
Country: Australia
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In 1940s Australia, a nine year old aboriginal orphan arrives in the dead of night at a remote monastery run by a renegade nun, and his presence disturbs its delicately balanced world.
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, independent film
Plot:
little boy, monastery, aborigine, boy, orphan, social problems, life is a bitch, problem, nun, magic realism, night, children ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
australia, south australia
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Starting in 1944 in the wake of the Liberation and continuing into the '60s, 'houses of hope' were established to lend a semblance of continuity to youngsters orpahaned by the war. Nina's Home takes place between September 1944 ...
Style:
uplifting, captivating, serious, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
adoption, survival, holocaust, confined, family relations, society, danger, against humanity, anti semitism, frame up, religions or cults, orphan ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Ukraine
TV show
Story:
Human history, which is against the will was drawn into historical conflicts.
Style:
emotional, historical drama, uplifting, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
village life, loveless marriage, emotional manipulation, resilience, humanity, storytelling, husband wife relationship, death, betrayal, life is a bitch, family relations, family life ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
ukraine, eastern europe
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The story of the legendary battle through the eyes of Jedrek - a boy who went through the hell of the gulag and left Russia with the Polish Army as one of thousands of polish orphans. Soon a decisive attack on a monastery located on the hills of ...
Style:
dramatic, intense, historical drama, period piece, emotional ...
Plot:
world war two, soldier, battlefield, combat, heroism, frontline, orphan, coming of age, trauma, survival, tragedy, brotherhood ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
On Amrum Island in spring 1945, twelve-year-old Nanning hunts seals, fishes at night, and works the fields to help feed his family. When the war ends, his mother sinks into depression, and he must navigate new conflicts while struggling to find his ...
Style:
historical drama, poignant, period piece, atmospheric, melancholic ...
Plot:
world war two, island, coming of age, north sea, resilience, fishing, isolation, nature, mother son relationship, loss of innocence, wartime, family drama ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
germany
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Drama, History, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of the "death match" where the Soviet team "Start" scored its second victory over the German team «Flakelf» on August 9, 1942
Style:
historical drama, suspense, captivating, period piece, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
football, world war two, soccer match, soccer, football team, sport team, contests and competitions, nazi occupation, professional rivalry, rivals, showdown, football player ...
Time:
year 1942, 1940s
Place:
soviet union, ukraine, ussr
Similarity:
32%
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