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Batallions Ask for Fire (1985)
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Original name: Батальоны просят огня
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 285 min.
TV show
Story:
A story of a several days of intense fighting on the Eastern Front during one of the Soviet offensives in WWII.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, suspense, disturbing
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, red army, war, military, battles, life & death, heroic mission, betrayal, patriotism, heroism, red herring, great patriotic war, retreat, courage, military uniform, battle
Time:
1940s, year 1942
Place:
ussr
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, suspense, tense and rough films and TV series with plots about world war two, wartime, heroism, war, great patriotic war, soldier and military mostly in War, Drama and History genres. Some movies like Batallions Ask for Fire: The Cadets (2005), They Fought for Their Country (1975), The Saboteur (2004), Attack on Leningrad (2007), The Hot Snow (1972). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Bogdan Titarenko is very talented pilot and brave leader of "Singing group". He also must look after some new cadets and fight together with them against German Luftwaffe planes. Close to Bogdan always are his friends, they are all from ...
Style:
sentimental, rough, suspenseful, tense, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night, family outing
Plot:
world war two, fighter pilot, great patriotic war, aerial combat, aviation, fighter plane, camaraderie, love, patriotism, friendship between men, life & death, female pilot ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
ukraine, ussr, soviet union, russia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 443 min.
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Story:
The Cadets is a 2004 Russian TV series about a class of Soviet artillery officer cadets going through training prior to their commissioning and entry into the Battle of Stalingrad during World War II. The ten parts series are based on the memoirs of ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, rough, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
male pubic hair, world war two, military training, heroism, soviet army, life & death, military, wartime, war, rookie, training, courage ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
In July 1942, in the Second World War, the rearguard of the Russian army protects the bridgehead of the Don River against the German army while the retreating Russian troops cross the bridge. While they move back to the Russian territory through the ...
Style:
heroic, sentimental, tense, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, red army, heroism, world war, war, camaraderie, life & death, retreat, soviet soldier, eastern front, military, nazi ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1942
Place:
soviet union, ussr, russia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 208 min.
TV show
Story:
Two young intelligence officers headed by a tough captain are assigned various secret missions on the Nazi-occupied territories.
Style:
exciting, suspense, humorous, tension, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
saboteur, wartime, prospector, world war two, heroism, wartime life, friendship, military, investigation, diversion, heroic mission, espionage ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
When in 1941 Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union, their troops quickly besieged Leningrad. Foreign journalists are evacuated but one of them, Kate Davies, is presumed dead and misses the plane. Alone in the city she is helped by Nina Tsvetnova a ...
Style:
historical drama, suspenseful, suspense, rough, touching ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blockade, world war two, survival, wartime, life & death, siege, struggle for survival, reconnaissance, life is a bitch, wartime life, saving a life, life risking ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union, st. petersburg russia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In November, 1942, near the Volga, Stanlingrad is under siege of Commander Friederich Paulus and his 330,000 men. The Russian high command unleashes an operation to protect the Mishkova River to avoid that about four hundred tanks join Paulus' ...
Plot:
artillery, eastern front, world war two, battlefield, world war, soviet army, stalingrad, nazi occupation, military officer, soldier, nurse, cold weather ...
Time:
year 1942
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Mystery, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Russia, Belarus
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The movie is set in Belarus, where a team of counter-intelligence officers is given only three days to find a German radio operator posing as a Soviet soldier, behind soviet lines, on the eve of a major offensive.
Style:
serious, atmospheric, realistic, stylized, intense ...
Audience:
family outing, boys' night
Plot:
world war two, counter intelligence, spy, russian soldier, wartime, traitor, camaraderie, friendship between men, patriotism, betrayal, nazi, machine gun ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
ussr, russia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Belarus, Russia
Duration: 44 min.
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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:
world war two, sniper, revenge, vendetta, german army, soviet soldier, red army, cold war, theatrical producer, nkvd, secret document, killing ...
Time:
year 1941, year 1945
Place:
soviet union, ukraine, ussr
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Vietnam
Duration: 358 min.
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Story:
A historic movie telling the story about a battle of Moscow during WWII.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, thought provoking, rough, philosophical ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, counter intelligence, nazi, heroism, battles, military, life & death, bravery, heroes, human spirit, reconnaissance, great patriotic war ...
Time:
year 1941, 1940s
Place:
east germany, russia, moscow russia, soviet union, ussr ...
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia, Belarus
Duration: 200 min.
TV show
Story:
A Russian frontier guard Ivan Burov and a Polish girl Hanna love each other in spite of every prohibition and obstacle. But on the 22d of June 1941 the war begins.. After a series of clashes with the Germans Ivan Burov remains the only surviving ...
Style:
serious, sentimental, emotional, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, family outing
Plot:
world war two, war, russian soldier, life & death, hopes, heroes, couples, love and romance, fall in love, wartime, murder, patriotism ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
russia, ussr
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
During WW2, in 1942 and 1943, a series of not-so-well known yet bloody battles occurred near the town of Rzhev. Those battles received the name of ‘Rzhev Meat Grinder’. The film is based on the award-winning novel by Vyacheslav Kondratyev, which ...
Style:
rough, epic, suspenseful, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
infantry, soviet army, world war two, wehrmacht, heroism, death, war, battles, soldier, battle zone, great patriotic war, winter ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
In 1944, the American military lands on the shores of Saipan. Refusing to commit suicide with his superiors or be forced into camps for prisoners of war, Captain Oba Sakae leads a group of his men and other similarly minded local residents into the ...
Style:
tense, exciting, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot:
world war two, military, honor, world war, soldier, battles, japanese army, commander, fight, war, heroic mission, wartime life ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945, year 1944
Place:
japan, pacific ocean, oceania
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
It is late spring of 1942, and the Great Patriotic War is in full swing. A long way off from the front-line, at some God-forgotten junction, the Germans make an air landing operation in an attempt to get through to the Kirov railway and the White ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, compassionate, suspense ...
Plot:
world war two, heroism, female soldier, military training, wartime life, soldier, war, female friendship, human relationship, heroic mission, friendship, battles ...
Place:
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122
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 208 min.
TV show
Story:
The Second World War. Leningrad was in blockade in the winter of 1941. The only way to deliver food and other supplies to the city is through the icy Lake Ladoga, the so-called “Road of Life”. The path itself passes through the ice of the lake. ...
Style:
touching, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
blockade, winter, wartime, diversion, salvation, food shortage, struggle for survival, life is a bitch, society, world war two, nkvd, survival ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
ussr, soviet union
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
To the young lieutenant Maleshkin the war is a minor obstacle, if compared to his personal battle to command his subordinates, while conducting an armored vehicle at the same time he's trying to impress his superior Soviet officers who put him ...
Style:
thought provoking, disturbing, realistic, captivating, patriotic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
soviet army, world war two, machine gun, great patriotic war, friendship, military, red army, soldier, heroism, battles, leadership, transformation ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943
Place:
soviet union, russia
Similarity:
47%
Genre: War
Country: Russia
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
The Secret Group of 5th Red Army Intelligence gets only extremely dangerous job. No one knows the names of soldiers of this unit, but their achievements will be never forgotten by the motherland. In service record of these heroes are hundreds of ...
Style:
suspense, patriotic, tense, historical drama, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, saboteur, military, eastern front, soviet army, great patriotic war, prospector, wartime, danger, heroic mission, chase, top secret ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 201 min.
Story:
A Russian war correspondent is drafted into the war and finds himself in the middle of battle. When he loses his party card, however, he is treated as a deserter until he finds help from a kind man. This Soviet war feature was considerably outspoken ...
Style:
historical drama, melancholic, period piece, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
world war two, great patriotic war, red army, eastern front, survival, camaraderie, wehrmacht, realism, moral ambiguity, battlefield, anti war, retreat ...
Time:
year 1941
Place:
soviet union, siberia, ussr, russia
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
In 1941 Minsk is overrun by the Germans and social order is obliterated. Choices must be made - cooperate with the occupying forces or resist? A mini-series about surviving in the most uncertain times.
Style:
realistic, disturbing, thought provoking, captivating, dark ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, courage, violence, occupation, nazi occupation, moral dilemma, resistance, survival, military officer, soldier, danger, heroes ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Georgia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Story of ethnic Georgians fighting in the Red Army during the Soviet invasion of Kerch peninsula.
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, historical drama, bleak, emotional ...
Plot:
world war two, soldier, battles, heroism, military, fight, wartime, war, military life, showdown, red army, soviet army ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
georgia, soviet union
Similarity:
45%
Genre: War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Film will be based on the female flying unit that fought in the Battle of Moscow. They were dubbed "Night Witches" by the frightened German soldiers because of the deadly stealth of their light planes.
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, rough, suspense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, female soldier, female warrior, great patriotic war, women, soviet army, fight, wartime, battles, aviation, heroism, danger ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
ukraine, soviet union, ussr, russia
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Ukraine, Russia
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
The story is set during the World War II. Seven prisoners manage to escape from the penitentiary and hide in a small village forsaken of God and men. Soon after they respire, they face a new hardship - a German subversive group appears near the ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, grim ...
Plot:
patriotism, world war two, nazi occupation, redemption, resistance, moral transformation, wartime, great patriotic war, war, escaped prisoner, military, protector ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Norway, Germany, Malta
Duration: 58 min.
TV show
Story:
When WWII erupts, two sailors on a Norwegian merchant ship face brutal conditions as they fight to survive a conflict they were never asked to join. Based on true stories of Norwegian merchant sailors and their families during and after World War II.
Style:
historical drama, serious, tense, suspenseful, captivating
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, survival, sailor, world war, seafaring, wartime, ocean voyage, ocean, frontline, war, danger, sea battle ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
atlantic ocean
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
During World War II, оld Georgian peasant wine-grower Georgy (Sergo Zakariadze) leaves his Georgian village and goes off to the front line, hoping to find his son. George should see and transfer a lot of things, he becomes a soldier and only in ...
Style:
rough, tense, suspenseful, touching, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
great patriotic war, world war two, military, father son relationship, red army, soldier, fatherhood, dead son, wound, death of son, eastern front, spirituality ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union, georgia, caucasus, berlin germany, russia ...
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A story about two young men during the last days of WWII.
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspenseful, rough, period drama
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, military, fascism, male bonding, soldier, friendship, male friendship, society, violence, friendship between men, war, world war ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Serbia
TV show
Story:
Ravna Gora tells story of events after April War 1941. Serbia with accent on the Chetnic-Partisan conflict, at the beginning of World War II
Style:
historical drama, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, tension ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, war, soldier, resistance movement, political conflict, guerilla warfare, civil war, loyalty, moral ambiguity, collaboration, violence, betrayal ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
serbia, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
TV show
Story:
A young partisan Viktor Tretyakov and his school friends decide to organize a resistance group to the fascists. They call it the "Young Guard" and attract familiar boys and girls to it. After a while, the Young Guards are joined by scouts ...
Style:
tense, thought provoking, captivating, suspense
Plot:
world war two, nazi, fascism, german soldier, showdown, german occupation, occupation, nazi occupation, wartime, heroism, saboteur, diversion ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
43%
Genre: War
Country: Russia
TV show
Story:
Young soldier Vasya Rusakov graduates from the Saratov Tank School and is assigned to the front. Vasily is an ordinary guy with a fiery gaze, ready to defend his homeland to the last drop of blood. At the same time, he is also a young man in love, ...
Style:
tense, suspense, exciting, psychological
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
wartime, great patriotic war, heroism, military, world war two, courage, uncover truth, heroic mission, soldier, danger, fight scenes, love ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
This is really season 7 of Days Of Honor, though the timings are out as some of the events in this series pre-date season 6. More about Polish resistance to the Nazis during WWII
Style:
epic, intense, suspense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
world war two, tragedy, counter intelligence, courage, survival, moral dilemma, bravery, soldier, wartime, war, life & death, military officer ...
Place:
warsaw poland
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42%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 184 min.
TV show
Story:
Platoon commander Lt. Kravtsov reports for active duty. Military 'fate' allocates for such lieutenants only three days of life, on average. During this time, Kravtsov should become the commander of his troops and lead them in a hopeless ...
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, grim, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, world war two, sacrifice, death, heroism, battlefield, lieutenant, duty, war violence, wartime life, battles, wartime ...
Time:
1940s
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42%
Genre: History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 500 min.
TV show
Story:
The Germans are preparing a reconnaissance group of former Soviet prisoners of war, which will be thrown into the Crimea in a false partisan detachment. The task of the heroes is to destroy the group and infiltrate the false squad under the guise of ...
Style:
humorous, exciting, captivating, suspense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
saboteur, prospector, war, world war two, black ops, heroic mission, military, behind enemy lines, combat, fight, heroism, soldier ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
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