Movies like Baby Blue Marine
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Baby Blue Marine (1976)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A would-be Marine fails basic training, and is sent home wearing the "baby blue" fatigues of a washout. En route, he is mugged by a battle-fatigued Marine Raider, who leaves him to hitch-hike home in an undeserved hero's uniform. A small Colorado town takes him in, treating him like the hero he appears to be.
Style:
uplifting, touching, serious, captivating, realistic
Plot:
military, basic training, military training, mistaken identity, world war two, marine, war, heroes, battles, soldier, life is a bitch, fall in love, sexual relations, getting home, society, babies and infants, redemption, military base, americana, small town, social relations, military life, disorder, wartime life, homecoming ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 40s
Place:
los angeles, colorado
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and touching films with plots about society, life is a bitch, soldier, military, hopes, world war two and wartime life mostly in Drama, War and Biography genres. Some movies like Baby Blue Marine: The Tribe (1970), Ring the Bell (2013), Out of the Ashes (2003), The Runaway (2000), Adelheid (1970). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A Marine Corps drill instructor who is disgusted by the fact that the Corps now accepts draftees finds himself pitted against a hippie who has been drafted but refuses to accept the military's way of doing things.
Style:
political, realistic, serious, thought provoking, bleak ...
Plot:
vietnam war, individuality, military training, hippie, recruit, military, basic training, boot camp, culture clash, military life, soldier, war ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When high-powered sports agent Rob Decker arrives looking for his next major league prospect, he finds more than he bargained for at the Cooke Boys Ranch. As he works to secure Shawn Hart, the top high school baseball prospect in the country, he ...
Style:
realistic, serious, christian film
Plot:
small town, disorder, social relations, society, redemption, introspection, scout, misfit, hopes, small town life, americana, fish out of water ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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75%
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, uplifting, captivating ...
Plot:
holocaust, concentration camp, survival, wartime life, holocaust survivor, world war two, human spirit, auschwitz, life is a bitch, starting over, anti semitism, war ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
hungary, europe, usa
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73%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
At the birth of two boys, one white and one black, a mysterious and powerful Conjure Woman (Maya Angelou) prophesies that they will start the change. Growing up as best friends in rural Georgia in the 1940s, the boys make a discovery that leads the ...
Style:
captivating, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, realistic ...
Plot:
conspiracy, interracial relations, murder, friendship, social relations, law enforcement, society, lifestyle, dishonesty, life is a bitch, murder investigation, small town ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
georgia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
888
Genre: Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of World War II, a former Czech soldier takes charge of a manor formerly owned by a German family. He falls in love with the daughter, who is now a maid, and is forced to confront the stress between his love and his conscience when ...
Style:
surreal, touching, captivating, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
world war two, military, forbidden love, holocaust, girl, comeback, post war, locomotive, forest, soldier, estate, haunted by the past ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
czechoslovakia, czech republic, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The close friendship of two young women, each of a different race, and their struggle to find purpose in their lives during this time of social injustice and world war.
Style:
sentimental, serious, touching, sincere, realistic
Plot:
life is a bitch, fall in love, parents and children, social differences, society, working class, feminism, injustice, interracial relations, friendship, human nature, pregnancy ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
virginia, mississippi, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 208 min.
Story:
Guy Crouchback joins the war effort during World War 2, an idealistic quest to join the forces of good in the fight against evil. But his efforts is not rewarded, he never has any chance to join any real fighting, circumstances always prevent it. ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, touching, semi autobiographical ...
Plot:
world war two, military, love triangle, fighting the system, life is a bitch, military life, betrayal, haunted by the past, soldier, love and romance, society, basic training ...
Time:
future, 1940s
Place:
europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
World War II has ended and many soldiers return to their houses and families. But three of them find themselves with big problems when they arrive at their home village.
Style:
disturbing, gloomy, bleak, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
battles, world war two, soldier, politics, friends, homecoming, friendship, political corruption, cons and scams, state affairs, fighting the system, military ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A tragical-comedy film story that follows a young non-combatant platoon with defective fitness. Set in "Bahad 4" in the 50's, the movie focuses mainly on two characters: Alon (Oz Zehavi), who believes he was accidentally sent to Bahad ...
Style:
realistic, serious, bleak, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
military life, military base, boot camp, basic training, power relations, military, society, social differences, immigrants, humiliation, jewish, lgbt ...
Time:
50s, 20th century
Place:
israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A U.S. soldier returning home from war struggles to reconcile his experiences abroad with the life and family he left in Texas.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
homecoming, family relations, family life, redemption, society, parents and children, soldier, buddies, life is a bitch, husband wife relationship, psychopath, gulf war ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa, el paso texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
WWII drama.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious
Plot:
world war two, youth, war, military, u.s. navy, coming of age, battleship, basic training, military life, military base, prison, power relations ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
When big-city preacher Debbie Laramie (Crystal Bernard) moves to the small town of Paradise with her son Hayden (Bobby Edner), she finds the local community unreceptive to her message of love and forgiveness. Determined to get through to her ...
Style:
realistic, uplifting, captivating, inspirational, serious ...
Plot:
church, small town, social relations, clergy, introspection, self discovery, love affair, hopes, society, village, preacher, community ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A coming-of-age drama that centers on a young quarterback from West Texas, a priest in New York, and the two women in their lives.
Style:
uplifting, realistic, serious, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
coming of age, high school, prodigy, starting over, haunted by the past, lifestyle, rivalry, sport, hopes, on the run, redemption, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Mary Thomas, a free-spirited musician, has spent the past two decades traveling the world, but at age 41 she decides to go back to college and finish her degree so that, for once, she can finally finish something she started. Back at her old ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, serious, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
college, family relations, redemption, social relations, homecoming, college life, starting over, life is a bitch, bittersweet, small town, college friend, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Lebanon, France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A young 15 year old girl, Lamia, lives in a southern Lebanese village on the border with Israel. She is given in marriage to her cousin on the other side of the border. As Lamia crosses the barbed wire she also passes from childhood into adulthood, ...
Style:
realistic, touching, serious
Plot:
introspection, teenage life, life is a bitch, fall in love, society, couples, military, wartime life, youth, culture clash, political unrest, politics ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, lebanon, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Pregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII.
Style:
touching, sincere, sentimental, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
marriage of convenience, hopes, destiny, world war two, love and romance, soldier, society, fall in love, life is a bitch, arranged marriage, unhappy marriage, friendship ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
494
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
Jerry (Jamie Draven) was an idealist when he served in the first Gulf War. But when he was later deployed to Iraq, Jerry was an older man, a father of three and embittered by broken promises and unfulfilled desires. When Jerry returns from Iraq he ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, realistic, psychological, gloomy ...
Plot:
soldier, starting over, homecoming, military, hopes, life turned upside down, life is a bitch, war, desperation, intrigue, war in afghanistan, prison ...
Time:
90s
Place:
iraq, middle east, afghanistan
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42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
During the shut down and destruction of the Japanese test camp Squadron 731 in Manchuria, a soldier becomes infected with a virus developed during the camp's testing and risks spreading it into Japan on the train ride home.
Style:
bloody, serious, realistic, bleak, rough ...
Plot:
against humanity, pandemic, extreme violence, torture, world war two, war, survival, military, soldier, life is a bitch, power relations, wartime life ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
asia, china, japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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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, realistic, captivating, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
politics, human spirit, rescue, wartime life, hopes, tragic hero, life is a bitch, against humanity, disobey, refugee, border crossing, visa ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
portugal, europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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:
captivating, serious, realistic, emotional, gloomy
Plot:
impossible love, german occupation, nun, catholic church, love affair, wartime life, forbidden love, betrayal, dishonesty, society, life is a bitch, clergy ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Incarcerated women join a band of volunteers who battle forest fires and assist during natural disasters.
Style:
emotional, realistic, serious, sincere, touching ...
Plot:
redemption, youth, juvenile delinquency, power relations, human spirit, society, hopes, fire brigade, friendship, rivalry, friend, girl ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Life as a Mormon missionary isn't what 19-year-old Brandon Allen expected: so many rules and so few successes. Los Angeles is as unrepentant as Sodom and Gomorrah. He's forced to share a small apartment with five young prank-loving ...
Style:
realistic, touching, sincere, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
missionary, self discovery, life is a bitch, redemption, youth, terminal illness, working class, couples, tragic hero, human nature, coming of age, couple relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
The Last Days of Patton is a 1986 made-for-television film sequel to the 1970 film Patton, which portrays the last few months of the general's life. George C. Scott reprises the role of General George S. Patton, and Eva Marie Saint portrays ...
Style:
serious, realistic
Plot:
world war two, world war one, hospital, u.s. military, bittersweet, power relations, battles, retiring, leadership, human spirit, soldier, life is a bitch ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, sincere, bleak, political, realistic
Plot:
vietnam war, fighting the system, human spirit, life is a bitch, society, military, hopes, immigrants, tragic hero, parents and children, political unrest, re-education ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, california, usa, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The epic tale of an American reconnaissance pilot downed in occupied Belgium at the height of World War II. Hidden by resistance fighters, the pilot falls in love with the wife of the man who will save him. When their affair is exposed, an act of ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating
Plot:
world war two, betrayal, resistance movement, military, wartime life, love triangle, forbidden love, pilot, soldier, leadership, survival, infidelity ...
Time:
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Place:
belgium, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Based on a true story its the untold story of Italian World War II POW"S in Jan 1946. Luca Zingaretti stars as one of over 50,000 Italian Prisoners of War detained at POW camps in the U.S. Roy Schneider stars as Colonel Gartner, the Commander ...
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium, Indonesia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
During the war a young lad is called up and, with an increasing sense of foreboding, undertakes his army training ready for D-day.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Jordan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Abu Raed is an old airport janitor who has always yearned to travel the world but has never been able to afford it. One day, he finds an old discarded pilot's hat, and discovers a calling: a group of children in his poor neighborhood assume ...
Style:
serious, uplifting, sentimental, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
mistaken identity, hopes, human spirit, friendship, working class, dishonesty, life is a bitch, elderly, longing, arranged marriage, escape from reality, down on your luck ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
jordan, middle east
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34%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Will, a charming 35-year-old Philadelphia ad man, heads to Lebanon, Pa. to bury his recently deceased father. He forms an unexpected friendship with CJ, his bright, newly pregnant 17-year-old cousin. As Will becomes interested in CJ's married ...
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Plot:
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