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Escape from Germany (2024)
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
1939, Hitler's army was closing borders, and 85 American missionaries were in Germany serving their church. The escape of these missionaries from Nazi Germany is one of the most dramatic events to occur in modern LDS history.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, independent film, period drama
Plot:
christian, faith, nazi occupation, church, nazism, neo nazi, problem, nazi soldier, train, escape, mormon, missionary, evacuation, train station, customs, latter day saints, consulate, world war two, nazi germany, nazi, whistling, prayer, book burning
Time:
year 1939, 1930s
Place:
copenhagen, frankfurt germany, copenhagen denmark
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, tense and serious films with plots about world war two, nazi, faith, christian, life is a bitch, biopic and religion mostly in Drama, History and War genres. Some movies like Escape from Germany: The Fox (2022), Inside the Third Reich (1982), Marie's Children (2002), Return to the Hiding Place (2013), The Grüninger File (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The true story of Franz Streitberger, the director’s great-grandfather, a motorcycle courier for the Austrian Army. At the beginning of the Second World War, this introverted young soldier comes across a wounded fox cub that he looks after and ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot:
world war two, soldier, fox, motorcycle, poverty, human animal relationship, life is a bitch, animal human communication, 18 year old, getting home, father son relationship, imprisonment ...
Time:
year 1939, post world war two, year 1941, year 1937, year 1946
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
Story:
A dramatization of the life of Albert Speer, Hitler's young architect and onetime confidant, and his meteoric rise into the Nazi hierarchy. Based upon Speer's own monograph of the same title.
Style:
political, tense, thought provoking, grim, bleak ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi, nazi germany, third reich, character study, biopic, architecture, ambition, moral ambiguity, ideology, totalitarianism, rise to power ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 1920s
Place:
berlin germany, germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The life of American woman Mildred Gillars and her lawyer, who struggles to redeem her reputation. Dubbed “Axis Sally” for broadcasting Nazi propaganda to American troops during World War II, Mildred’s story exposes the dark underbelly of the ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, tense, inspirational
Plot:
military dictatorship, nazi, world war two, propaganda, collaborator, female protagonist, political propaganda, wartime, nazi propaganda, national socialism, rough sex, nazi germany ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
berlin germany, washington d.c.
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100%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
During the German occupation of France, a young woman - Marie - finds a Jewish boy in her room. His parents and other Jewish neighbors have been just been deported, but Maurice (the boy) escaped. Marie decides to hide him, secretly.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, historical drama, suspenseful ...
Plot:
world war two, jew persecution, hiding, life is a bitch, child custody, nazi occupied france, occupied france, rescue, anti semitism, german occupation, persecution, holocaust ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
france
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When a young resistance fighter witnesses atrocities towards the Jews, he's drawn into a web of espionage and clandestine activities. When he meets a young physics students and resistance journalist - Hans Poley - they embark on a hunt through ...
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense, disturbing
Plot:
jewish ghetto, world war, christian, saving a life, jew persecution, resistance fighter, wartime life, nazi soldier, nazi occupation, war, life is a bitch, nazism ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Switzerland, Austria
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
1938. Austria has been annexed by Nazi Germany, and Switzerland has closed its borders for Jewish refugees - a death sentence for thousands. But not all Swiss officials observe this inhuman order.
Style:
historical drama, suspenseful, thrilling, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi, border crossing, refugee, holocaust, immigration, moral dilemma, ethics, conscience, jewish history, nazi germany, border patrol ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
switzerland
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
From T.C. Christensen, director of the sensational pioneer film, 17 Miracles, comes the heroic true story of a simple man who was called to do the work of angels. Ephraim’s Rescue relates the story of Ephraim Hanks: a rescuer of the Martin ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, emotional, independent film
Plot:
religious conversion, rescue, idealism, human spirit, heroic mission, optimism, society, escapades, hopes, destiny, church, latter day saints ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century, 1850s
Place:
utah, salt lake city utah, ohio, usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Pastor Dave responds to the unimaginable tragedy of having his church, located on the grounds of the local university, burned down.
Style:
christian film, captivating, realistic, psychological, rough ...
Plot:
christian, faith, brother brother relationship, church, religious fanatic, christianity, university, protest, arson, doubt, lawyer, jail ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
This film sheds light on the role of the Catholic Church and the people of Assisi in rescuing Italian Jews from the Nazis in 1943.
Style:
grindhouse, independent film
Plot:
catholic, world war two, catholic priest, christian, nazi, holocaust survivor, holocaust, pope, priest, friendship, catholic church, mother superior ...
Time:
1940s, year 1985
Place:
italy
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
By the side of a founder of a new faith was a woman of undeniable courage.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, contemplative, educational, melancholic ...
Plot:
faith, mormon, female protagonist, religious, biopic, character study, religious community, family life, resilience, persecution, loyalty, motherhood ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Denmark
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Fuglene Over Sundet is the gripping tale of the Danish Jews' escape to Sweden in October 1943.
Style:
exciting, unusual plot structure, thought provoking, touching, sincere
Plot:
nazi occupation, world war two, german soldier, brother sister relationship, husband wife relationship, world war, judaism, holocaust, mother, nazi soldier, boat, fisherman ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
scandinavia, denmark, copenhagen
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Canada, Poland
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
19 year old Irena Gut is promoted to housekeeper in the home of a highly respected Nazi officer in Poland when she finds out that the Jewish ghetto is about to be liquidated. Determined to help twelve Jewish workers, she decides to shelter them in ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, period drama
Plot:
world war two, jew persecution, nazism, female protagonist, holocaust, jewish history, wartime, problem, nazi germany, wartime life, jewish life, social problems ...
Time:
1940s, year 1939
Place:
poland
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
A film that focuses on some of the events during the life of Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, which was both filmed and distributed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, suspense, biblical, period drama
Plot:
mormon, prophet, latter day saints, church, religious persecution, religion, social problems, male female relationship, life is a bitch, religious faith, faith, family problems ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s, 1820s, 1830s
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Father Alexander is trying to maintain peaceful life for his church amidst the Nazi occupation during WWII.
Style:
christian film, spiritual, rough, compassionate, sincere ...
Plot:
belief in god, religion, world war two, priest, children, church, brutality, human spirit, countryside, husband wife relationship, war, nazi occupation ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Kennedy Hansen is a funny, loving child but inexplicably she begins to fall. It takes years for the diagnosis… Juvenile Batten Disease, an extremely rare, terrible and terminal prognosis. There is no cure for Batten Disease and after living only ...
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, spiritual
Plot:
girl, teenage girl, fighting illness, coping, teenager, relationships, terminal illness, cheerleading, latter day saints, women, blind girl, mormon ...
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23%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, UK
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Stella, grows up in Berlin during the rule of the Nazi regime. She dreams of a career as a jazz singer, despite all the repressive measures she is forced to go into hiding with her parents in 1944, her life turns into a culpable tragedy.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating
Plot:
dream, life is a bitch, ambitious woman, ambition, social problems, world war two, betrayal, judaism, gestapo, moral dilemma, nazi germany, nazi hunter ...
Place:
berlin germany
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
This is the true story of Freddy and Walter – two young Slovak Jews, who were deported to Auschwitz in 1942. On 10 April 1944, after meticulous planning and with the help and the resilience of their inmates, they manage to escape. While the ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense, social
Plot:
nazi, concentration camp, nazi occupation, escape, world war two, wartime life, wartime, jew persecution, war violence, life is a bitch, male pubic hair, nazi propaganda ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
central europe, germany
Similarity:
22%
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
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
On January 20, 1942, the Wannsee Conference takes place in Berlin, a meeting that had only one item on the agenda: The Final Solution, the organization of the systematic mass murder of eleven million European Jews.
Style:
tense, disturbing, captivating, bleak, grim ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, nazi, nazism, ss officer, jew persecution, nazi officer, genocide, anti semitism, war crime, nazi germany, wartime ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942
Place:
berlin germany, germany
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Adventure, History
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
As part of the Willie Handcart Company, Levi Savage (Jasen Wade) feared that leaving late in the season would lead to despair and death. What he came to find out is that for every tragedy, there is a multitude of miracles. Based on unbelievable ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, suspenseful, spiritual ...
Plot:
hopes, hardship, religions or cults, society, immigrant, latter day saints, journey, hunger, religion, emigration, civil war, church ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s
Place:
utah
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Naziism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office of cardinal.
Style:
epic, religious drama, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
catholic priest, priest, racism, vatican, widow, church, catholic, nazi, clergy, pope, cardinal the priest, woman in labor ...
Time:
year 1963
Place:
italy, rome italy, vienna, boston, georgia
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Denmark
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In the early morning of April 9th 1940 the Danish army is alerted. The Germans have crossed the border; Denmark is at war against Europe's strongest army. In Southern Jutland Danish bicycle- and motorcycle companies are ordered out, to against ...
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi occupation, wehrmacht, military, war, soldier, battles, danger, against the odds, nazi, world war, friendship ...
Time:
20th century, year 1940, 1940s
Place:
denmark, germany, europe
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
The Hiding Place is an account of a Dutch family who risk their lives by offering a safe haven for Jews during World War II
Style:
bleak, spiritual, independent film, uplifting, realistic ...
Plot:
holocaust, concentration camp, nazi concentration camp, world war two, jew persecution, christian, faith, christianity, shoah, christian faith, religion, political intrigue ...
Time:
1940s, year 1975, year 1940
Place:
holland, europe, netherlands
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport, War
Country: USA, Hong Kong, China
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Eric Liddell - China's first gold medalist and one of Scotland's greatest athletes - returns to war-torn China.
Style:
christian film, tense, thought provoking, suspense, captivating
Plot:
japanese occupation, japanese occupation of china, world war two, pow, japanese soldier, race, world war, historical character, life is a bitch, historical figure, social problems, athlete's life ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Dramatization depicting the events surrounding Adolf Hitler's last weeks in and around his underground bunker in Berlin before and during the battle for the city.
Style:
bleak, realistic, captivating, disturbing, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, hitler, nazi germany, nazi, against humanity, suicide, confinement indoors, wartime life, life is a bitch, state affairs, downfall, confined ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1945
Place:
germany, berlin germany, europe
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Columbus' 4th voyage has been a total failure: he has not found the westward passage, he has no gold to show, he has lost men and ships and his efforts to build a colony have fallen through. The monarchs of Spain are not going to restore the ...
Style:
period piece, psychological, thrilling, captivating
Plot:
expedition, shipwreck, american history, storm at sea, discovery, christopher columbus, ancient, sea, sea voyage, travel, historical figure, problem ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Zamperini returns to California where he wound up marrying Cynthia Applewhite while wrestling with untreated PTSD, suffering constant nightmares, angry, bitter and deeply depressed, his wife convinces Zamperini to attend the 1949 Billy Graham ...
Style:
inspirational, uplifting, captivating, tense, sentimental ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
faith, christian, post traumatic stress disorder, world war two, life is a bitch, against the odds, athlete's life, survival, redemption, self discovery, human spirit, war ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Czech Republic, Australia, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
British stockbroker Nicholas Winton visits Czechoslovakia in the 1930s and forms plans to assist in the rescue of Jewish children before the onset of World War II, in an operation that came to be known as the Kindertransport.
Style:
dramatic, historical drama, powerful, period drama
Plot:
child, rescue, jewish family, immigration, czech history, refugee, children, based on real people, biopic, world war two, deportation, war hero ...
Time:
1930s, year 1938, 20th century, 1940s, year 1987
Place:
czechoslovakia, central europe, london
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
The life of Henri Grouès, known as Abbé Pierre, from his time in the Resistance in WWII to his fights against poverty and for the homeless.
Style:
period piece, psychological, thrilling, captivating, social documentary
Plot:
world war, life, freedom, homelessness, world war two, abbey, storytelling, problem, famous people, kindness, human rights, humanitarian ...
Time:
year 1949, 20th century, 1940s
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 58 min.
Story:
Drama - On a December night in 1943, three Jewish children escape from Nazi-occupied France and are given refuge by Sister Gabrielle at a Catholic school in which the gentile students must face their fears about harboring Jews from the Nazis. As the ...
Plot:
world war two, christmas, nun, faith, judaism, religion, children in wartime, faith based, siblings, hanukkah, hiding place, escape ...
Time:
year 1943
Place:
france
Similarity:
19%
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