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Sisters Apart (2020)
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Original name: Im Feuer
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, Greece
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Rojda, a native of Iraqi Kurdistan and a soldier in the German army, travels to a refugee camp in Greece where she manages to meet her mother, who has bad news about her sister Dilan.
Style:
psychological, touching, sentimental, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, intense, suspense, intercultural, political thriller
Plot:
refugee camp, mother daughter relationship, military training, isis, german soldier, german army, sister sister relationship, female soldier, mother daughter reunion, sisters, military, missing person, family bonds, survival, courage, family reunited, resilience, identity, female empowerment, trauma, investigation, loyalty, danger, political conflict, secret mission ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
iraq, greece, germany, kurdistan
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Most similar movies to Sisters Apart
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspenseful, suspense and psychological films with plots about survival, military, soldier, world war two, trauma, moral ambiguity and war mostly in Drama, War and Music genres. Some movies like Sisters Apart: A Good Kill (2016), Girls of the Sun (2018), Once In The Desert (2022), The Dawns Here Are Quiet... (2015), Glory Sky (1962). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
In the confused melee that follows a roadside bomb attack on their convoy in Afghanistan, a Dutch soldier opens fire on a suspect Afghan, only to find that this killing unleashes a chain of dramatic events that will cast a long shadow over the lives ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, captivating, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
military, soldier, moral ambiguity, moral dilemma, life is a bitch, hapless soldier, murder, afghanistan veteran, problem, wartime life, military officer, military life ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
afghanistan
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Belgium, Georgia, Switzerland
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Bahar, the commanding officer of the Daughters of the Sun, a battalion made up entirely of Kurdish female soldiers, is on the cusp of liberating their town, which has been overrun by ISIS extremists.
Style:
independent film, islamic
Plot:
kurd, isis, islam, partisan, terrorist, woman with a gun, woman, female terrorist, propaganda, extremist, military, journalism ...
Place:
kurdistan, middle east, maghreb
Similarity:
91%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
The films follows a Syrian War Explosive Ordnance Disposal team who are targeted by ISIS militants while they prepare the recently liberated historic site of Palmyra to hold a symbolic concert of the Mariinsky Symphony Orchestra. The peacekeeping ...
Style:
dramatic, suspenseful, captivating, serious, intense ...
Plot:
syrian war, captain, bomb squad, terror, isis, love, minefield, military life, bomb, danger, commander, team ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
syria, middle east
Similarity:
89%
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:
soviet union, siberia, ussr
Similarity:
85%
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306
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Greece
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Two stories set in northern Greece during World War II.
Style:
period piece, black and white, grim, bleak, psychological ...
Plot:
world war two, retreat, sacrifice, loss, tragedy, survival, desperation, battlefield, wounded, trauma, anti war, realism ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
greece
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
In Japanese-occupied Hong Kong, a school teacher and her would-be-fiancé link up with Chinese guerrilla fighters, forging their own path to freedom.
Style:
suspense, historical drama, captivating, disturbing, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
japanese occupation, world war two, mother daughter relationship, sacrifice, courage, resistance, military, arrest, family relations, life is a bitch, occupation, partisan ...
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of the rescue of Private Jessica Lynch, by the United States army, in Iraq.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, realistic, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
terrorism, pow, rescue, war on terror, struggle, soldier, female soldier, military, moral dilemma, life is a bitch, suspect, private investigation ...
Place:
iraq
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, Czech Republic
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Summer 1944, Schwäbisch Hall. Contrary to the war propaganda and the decreed heroism, the 16-year-old boys dream of Swing music, sex and freedom - and of Lore, the air force helper from the air base, who attracts all eyes in her red swimsuit. At ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
male pubic hair, coming of age, world war two, friendship, nazi germany, public humiliation, father son relationship, boy, love and romance, fall in love, friends, danger ...
Time:
year 1944, 1940s
Place:
germany
Similarity:
77%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
historical drama, period piece, emotional, dark, atmospheric ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi germany, moral ambiguity, political conflict, love triangle, espionage, resistance, forbidden love, character study, tragedy, betrayal, courage ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
germany
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Upon hearing his wife was killed in the Iraq war, a father takes his two daughters on a road trip.
Style:
psychological, touching, realistic, sincere, tense ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
iraq war, road trip, family relations, support group, insomnia, parents and children, patriotism, couple relations, death in the family, siblings relations, on the road, anti war ...
Time:
year 2007, 70s, 21st century
Place:
iraq, minnesota, florida, chicago, usa ...
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Drama, Music, War
Country: Greece
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
During World War II in Greece, under the submission of Germans, one Christian, Giorgos, falls in love with a Jewish, Estrea, something completely forbidden. Can they and their families overcome all the obstacles, along with racial discriminations ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, psychological, unusual plot structure, contemplative ...
Plot:
world war two, greek, lovers, love, nazi, brutality, composer, german occupation, couples, society, love and romance, danger ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
greece
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Denmark
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When a folk high school is turned into an internment camp for German refugees, the headmaster couple Jakob and Lis and their children are thrust into an impossible situation. Should the family help the refugees - or stand firm in the Danish ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, psychological, serious, disturbing ...
Plot:
liberation, refugee camp, resistance, refugee, moral dilemma, occupation, world war, great war, wartime, prisoner of war camp, wartime life, war ...
Time:
year 1945, 1940s
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Hungary
Duration: 64 min.
Story:
During World War I, an Austrian-Hungarian-Romanian reconnaissance team embarks on a treacherous mission beyond enemy lines to destroy an Italian post.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, captivating, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
world war one, behind enemy lines, war, reconnaissance, wartime life, military life, mission, fight, prospector, secret mission, wartime, military ...
Time:
1910s, year 1918
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
"Stalingrad" follows the progress of a German Platoon through the brutal fighting of the Battle of Stalingrad. After having half their number wiped out and after being placed under the command of a sadistic Captain, the Lieutenant of the ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, gloomy, epic ...
Plot:
world war two, war, battles, nazism, eastern front, soldier, german soldier, starvation, survival, military life, holocaust, winter ...
Time:
year 1942, year 1943, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
russia, germany, europe, italy, berlin germany ...
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland, Bulgaria
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
On 3 April 2004, during the holiday of Ashura, Iraqi rebels loyal to Shiite leader Muktada As-Sadr, launched an insurgency in the Polish zone. The Poles, together with Bulgarian soldiers and Iraqi police, were given the task of defending City Hall, ...
Style:
brutal, rough, disturbing, suspenseful
Plot:
iraq war, soldier, camaraderie, brutality, survival, rescue attempt, chaos and mayhem, squad, capture, courage, team, tragic event ...
Place:
iraq, poland, bulgaria
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Croatia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A young American is trying to find a man from her past, but he is never to be found, during the largest conflict on European soil since World War II – the battle of Vukovar. It is a search of identity and truth at a place where truth is selective, ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, reflective, emotional ...
Plot:
identity, obsessive quest, problem, conflict, identity crisis, waking up, trauma, quest, freedom, truth, redemption, connection ...
Place:
croatia
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
1959, France. Colonel Breitner is given a secret mission : find the body of his former aide, Colonel Delignières, who is reported missing in French Algeria, before the French army burns the whole place to the ground. Breitner puts together a team ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, captivating, period piece, political thriller ...
Plot:
french algerian war, military, algerian war, torture, military life, soldier, wartime life, problem, wartime, war, military officer, warrior ...
Time:
60s
Place:
algeria
Similarity:
74%
768
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Portugal, Brazil, Mozambique
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Dreaming of great adventures and of standing up for his homeland, a young Portuguese man enlists in the army during World War I and is sent to the front line in Mozambique, Africa. Left behind by his platoon, he sets out on a grueling trek across ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful
Plot:
world war one, jungle, ritual, soldier, wartime, wartime life, military life, military, skinny dipping, humiliation, flashback, german soldier ...
Time:
year 1917
Place:
africa, portugal
Similarity:
74%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Greece, Cyprus
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Two brothers are fighting on opposite sides during the Greek Civil War.
Style:
historical drama, bleak, tense, melancholic, period piece ...
Plot:
greek civil war, brothers, civil war, brother vs brother, family drama, fanaticism, loss of innocence, family tragedy, national identity, tragedy, trauma, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
post world war two, 1940s
Place:
greece
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Jordan
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Story:
A socio-political series which highlights the horrific events that accompanied Operation “Defensive Shield” in 2002 when the Israeli army invaded Palestinian cities
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspenseful, tense, thrilling ...
Plot:
palestinian-israeli conflict, occupation, social problems, political intrigue, military officer, military life, soldier, israeli palestinian conflict, military, political unrest, life is a bitch, family drama ...
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A story about a heroic nurse working for Soviet Intelligence during and after WWII.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, melancholic, medical drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
reconnaissance, female protagonist, world war two, sacrifice, patriotism, resilience, espionage, courage, post war, survival, political intrigue, spy thriller ...
Place:
eastern europe, kiev ukraine, soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
An archaeologist investigating mass graves during the Iraq War wakes up in a basement, unable to remember how he got there. The man must piece together the past of the enigmatic man who brought him there -- and discover who the pregnant woman is who ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
uncover truth, captivity, danger, hostage situation, kidnapping, claustrophobia, desperation, iraq war, character study, suspicion, pregnant woman, identity crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iraq, middle east
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A tale about Vietnamese refugees sent to an orientation camp on the Camp Pendleton Marine Base in California, 'Green Dragon' focuses on a young boy and his sister. Set in 1975, the film chronicles the stories told to the two children by ...
Style:
psychological, touching, sincere, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
military, vietnam war, interracial relations, military life, friendship, self discovery, coming of age, translator, homecoming, culture clash, human nature, immigrant ...
Time:
year 2001, 70s
Place:
vietnam, asia, california, usa
Similarity:
73%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Freed Polish soldiers are trapped in a small town in Germany during the last days of World War II. After a doctor's daughter is raped by a concentration camp worker, the Poles allow her and her father to stay in the house that is their ...
Style:
tension, bleak, intense, dramatic, psychological ...
Plot:
world war two, post war, trauma, violence, moral dilemma, pow, moral ambiguity, mistrust, conflict, revenge, survival, occupation ...
Place:
germany
Similarity:
72%
377
Genre: Drama
Country: Luxembourg, Belgium, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
After ten years abroad, Catherine returns to Luxembourg, to catch up with her daughter Alba, brought up by Catherine’s mother Elisabeth. Alba is cold and distant with this stranger showing up unexpectedly in her life, so is Elisabeth, keen to keep ...
Style:
art house, thought provoking, enigmatic, suspense, touching ...
Plot:
mother daughter reunion, mother daughter relationship, grandmother granddaughter relationship, runaway, escapades, female protagonist, character study, introspection, regret, trauma, alienation, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 200 min.
Story:
This is a true story about forty Jewish children on their way to Palestine, who were blocked by the German and Italian occupation of Yugoslavia in 1941. Before finding a haven at Villa Emma in Nonantola in northern Italy, where they arrived on June ...
Style:
uplifting, touching, sentimental, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
holocaust, survival, orphan, rescue, hopes, youth, society, fugitives, against humanity, danger, life is a bitch, wartime life ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
italy, europe, switzerland, slovenia
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
From Hell To Victory follows the relationship of six friends throughout the Second World War. They meet in a cafe in Paris on 24th August 1939 and agree to meet there on the same day every year. The war however takes them on their own individual ...
Style:
period piece, tense, realistic, political, grim ...
Plot:
world war two, soldier, nazi, world war, occupation, commando, friendship, liberation, military, resistance, combat, survival ...
Time:
1940s, year 1979, 1930s
Place:
paris france, amsterdam, france
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Drama - Set in the present-day Iraq war, this tense and gripping drama unfolds as two US Marines find themselves stranded and alone in the desert after their unit is all but destroyed in a routine mission. One of their team is taken hostage in the ...
Style:
tension, intense, suspenseful, action drama, realistic ...
Plot:
iraq war, military, soldier, desert, survival, war on terror, stranded, combat, hostage, man versus nature, loneliness, ambush ...
Place:
iraq
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Fanny is a Jewish girl in a French orphanage in 1943. When she and her friends are no longer safe from the Nazis, they try to flee to Switzerland. After their guide disappears, Fanny has to take the lead and help the other kids make it over the ...
Style:
psychological, rough, thought provoking, touching, suspense
Audience:
kids
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, little girl, children, border crossing, german soldier, female protagonist, sister sister relationship, world war, nazi, woman, youth ...
Time:
year 1943
Place:
france
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A searing portrait of war and prejudice, 'Only the Brave' takes you on a haunting journey into the hearts and minds of the forgotten heroes of WWII - the Japanese-American 100th/442nd.
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, battles, soldier, survival, military life, society, danger, daring rescue, war, heroic mission, battle zone, world war ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
france, europe, italy, usa, hawaii
Similarity:
71%
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