| Black Bread (2010) | 6.9 | |
| 1900 (1976) | 7.6 | |
| Our Miracle Years (2020) | 6.9 | |
| Small Island (2009) | 7.5 | |
| The Reader (2008) | 7.6 |
Post war movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant post war movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, serious, realistic, period piece, suspenseful and disturbing films and TV shows about / with post war, world war two, society, life is a bitch, murder, family relations, war, husband wife relationship, father son relationship and cold war plots mostly in Drama, Crime and War genres shot in UK, Germany, Russia and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as post war: Lilies (2007), Start Liquidation (1984), Under Correction (2017), Leningrad 46 (2014), Line of Separation (2015), Black Cats (2013), Owl Mountain (2018), Our Miracle Years (2020), Black Bread (2010), Above and Beyond (2006).
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Lilies is a British period-drama television series, written by Heidi Thomas, which ran for one eight-episode series in early 2007 on BBC One. The show's tagline was "Liverpool, 1920. Three girls on the edge of womanhood, a world on the ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, period piece, sincere ...
Plot:
post war, family problems, family relations, society, youth, life is a bitch, working class, parents and children, bittersweet, poverty, slum, world war one ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, post world war one
Place:
england, liverpool
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Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Army and police are trying to fight crime in West Belarus during Spring of 1945.
Style:
detective, crime drama, period piece, historical drama, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
post war, world war two, organized crime, murder investigation, law enforcement, police procedural, bandit, nazi collaborator, gang, justice, soviet army, realism ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, War
Country: Russia, Ukraine
Duration: 624 min.
TV show
Story:
The story unfolds in 1946, the first year after World War 2. Crime and corruption were also rampant, and the country's law enforcement resources were stretched to the limits. Captain Ignat Belov is on his way home after the end of his military ...
Style:
tense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot:
post war, secret mission, mole, betrayal by friend, spy, undercover agent, danger, heroes, gang, criminal, bandit, police corruption ...
Time:
post world war two, 1940s
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Genre: Crime
Country: Russia
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of the courage, the drama of human destiny, for the first time opening up many pages of post-war life in Leningrad - the harsh and sometimes cruel. City, has just survived the siege and still reeling from hunger, destruction, death. Here, ...
Style:
captivating, rough, suspense, disturbing, atmospheric ...
Plot:
bandit, post war, fighting crime, criminal gang, conflict, society, partners in crime, criminal, new life, crime boss, social injustice, breakdown ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
st. petersburg russia, ussr, russia
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Germany, Czech Republic
Duration: 92 min.
TV show
Story:
Spring 1945, just before Germany's zero hour. In Tannbach, a fanatical band of Nazi soldiers stages one last murderous attack on their fellow citizens before the arrival of the Americans, who finally end the war. It is an uneasy peace, however, ...
Style:
harsh, rough, psychological, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
post war germany, cold war, world war two, post war, military, social differences, murder, wartime, social problems, society, separation, nazi germany ...
Time:
post world war two, year 1961, 20th century, 1940s, 1950s
Place:
east germany, germany, bavaria
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
TV show
Story:
1947 Hunger and devastation reign in the war-drained country. Bread is worth its weight in gold, and the cost of human life is zero. Cities are controlled by criminal gangs: like black cats, they come undetected under the cover of darkness and ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
post war, crime fighter, investigation, danger, gang, criminal, criminal gang, shoplifting, life is a bitch, bandit, street gang, outlaw gang ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
russia, ussr
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Genre: Drama
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Radio Free Europe, BBC, and Voice of America can only rarely get through the Iron Curtain and Soviet mufflers to Lithuania, a country torn by a war between the local resistance movement and the Soviet regime that is forced onto Lithuanian people by ...
Style:
historical drama, captivating, suspense, psychological, bleak ...
Plot:
partisan, iron curtain, cold war, sacrifice, resistance movement, hopes, political oppression, post war, society, showdown, fight for supremacy, fighting the system ...
Time:
post world war two
Place:
lithuania
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 270 min.
TV show
Story:
In a politically, morally and economically destroyed country, three sisters of an industrialist family in post-war Germany reinvent themselves and set the course for their future.
Style:
period piece, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
post war germany, post war, world war two, family life, tragic romance, unrequited love, cold war, war, social class, panic attack, family relations, factory owner ...
Time:
post world war two, 1940s, 1950s, 20th century, 50s
Place:
berlin germany, west germany, germany
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In the harsh post-war years' Catalan countryside, Andreu, a child that belongs to the losing side, finds the corpses of a man and his son in the forest. The authorities want his father to be made responsible of the deaths, but Andreu tries to ...
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, emotional ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
spanish civil war, post war, coming of age, revenge, hate, human nature, society, moral dilemma, life is a bitch, uncover truth, injustice, social relations ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
spain, catalonia, europe
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 240 min.
TV show
Story:
True Story about the Atlantic Ferry Operation during World War II.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, emotional
Plot:
world war two, post war, captain, military, danger, love affair, love and romance, wartime life, relationship vs career, heroes, against the odds, life is a bitch ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
europe, canada, newfoundland, england, london
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
In the 1960s after World War II in Southern Ohio, bizarre, compelling and mentally disturbed people suffer from the war's psychological damages.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, psychological thriller, gothic, perverse ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, post war, murder, small town, violence, sheriff, suicide, evil, pervert, funeral, vengeance, psycho ...
Time:
year 1957, 2020s, 1940s, 1950s, 20th century ...
Place:
west virginia, ohio
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Belgium, Italy
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The true story of Rocco Granata, an Italian coal miner's son who followed his passion for music against his father's wishes and social barriers.
Style:
touching, realistic, sentimental, sincere, feel good ...
Plot:
musician, against the odds, artists and showbiz, society, follow your dream, musician's life, ambition, parents and children, hopes, first love, father son relationship, xenophobia ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
belgium, europe, italy
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Genre: Drama
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Germany, Croatia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The armed conflicts of the 1990s not only visibly destroyed the land of the former Yugoslavia, but also left the deepest wounds in the memory of each of its belligerent nations. There are as many different interpretations of that bleak past as there ...
Style:
psychological, art house, disturbing, intense, tense ...
Plot:
post war, war veteran, group therapy, therapy, machismo, veteran, trauma, conflict, psychotherapy, traumatic past, guilt, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
post world war two
Place:
balkan, bosnia herzegovina, former yugoslavia
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of WWI, a young German who grieves the death of her fiancé in France meets a mysterious French man who visits the fiance’s grave to lay flowers.
Style:
sentimental, touching, sexy, black and white, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
world war one, guilty conscience, german soldier, grave, french soldier, nationalism, death of loved one, war veteran, sadness, casualty of war, soldier, mourning ...
Time:
post world war one, 1910s, year 1919, year 2016, 90s ...
Place:
germany, paris france, france
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 74 min.
TV show
Story:
After WWII is over, a young officer Volodya Sharapov returns to Moscow to work in MUR - Moskovskiy Ugolovny Rozysk (Moscow Criminal Police). There he meets Gleb Zheglov who is a chief of a squad which fights organized crime. Their main task is to ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post war, working undercover, bandit, gang, law enforcement, rookie, gangster, undercover agent, homicide, organized crime, criminal gang, infiltration ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two
Place:
soviet union, russia, moscow russia, europe, ussr
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: West Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Near the end of World War II, Maria marries Hermann, who is immediately sent off to battle. When the war concludes, Maria believes that Hermann is dead. She starts working at an Allied bar, where she meets American soldier Bill. They start a ...
Style:
emotional, psychological, thought provoking, touching, surreal ...
Plot:
marriage, world war two, female nudity, wartime life, lovers reunited, infidelity, rise to the top, couples, life is a bitch, battle of the sexes, couple relations, love and romance ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, 1950s, year 1979, 20th century ...
Place:
berlin germany, europe, germany, west germany, canada
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.
Style:
serious, atmospheric, tense, captivating, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, gang, mafia, gang war, gangster, determination, cruelty, crime boss, power struggle, mob boss, rivalry, shooting ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, ancient times, 1910s, victorian era
Place:
england, britain, ireland, birmingham alabama, europe ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
In postwar Japan, a new terror rises. Will the devastated people be able to survive... let alone fight back?
Style:
ambiguous ending, crying, road movie, prehistoric, biting ...
Plot:
godzilla, kaiju, monster, post war japan, trauma, nightmare, orphan, island, baby, giant monster, post war, scientist ...
Time:
1940s, year 1947, year 1945, post world war two, year 1946 ...
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Bright young soldier Mertsi suffers a permanent brain injury in the Second World War. In the late 1940s he wanders around the Finnish countryside looking for simple work and relying on other people's help. A workmate, Ville, tells him about his ...
Style:
sincere, thought provoking, melancholic, touching
Plot:
dog, human animal relationship, nature, war injury, post war, lumberjack, life philosophy, life is a bitch, post traumatic stress disorder, winter, russo finnish war, mental disorder ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Generał Nil is a Polish historical film, based on the life of general Emil August Fieldorf, pseudonym "Nil". The film was directed by Ryszard Bugajski and was released in 2009.
Style:
captivating, exciting, suspenseful, serious
Plot:
imprisonment, world war two, army general, trial, moral dilemma, communism, secret service, assassination, arrest, post war, death sentence, prison ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 50s
Place:
poland, ussr, siberia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in a 1950s Britain rising from the ashes of the Blitz into the grip of a new Cold War, our beekeeping duo stumble into a world of murder, undercover agents and cold war conspiracy. Tuppence is a woman who sees adventure round every corner, ...
Style:
atmospheric, costume drama, semi serious, humorous, suspenseful ...
Plot:
private detective, post war, amateur detective, partner, conspiracy, odd couple, murder, husband wife relationship, couples, detective agency, cold war, marriage ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 50s
Place:
england, london
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Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Stuck in a mining town near Vladivostok in 1947 amongst Soviet exiles and Japanese POWs (Japanese prisoners remained in Siberia for years after the war had ended), the kids have to come up with something to keep them busy. Two friends, Valerka and ...
Style:
black and white, powerful, contemplative, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
gulag, boy, coming of age, children, post war, child as adult, train crash, railroad, poverty, little boy, totalitarian regime, traumatic childhood ...
Time:
1940s, year 1990, 90s
Place:
soviet union, russia, siberia, ussr
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 308 min.
TV show
Story:
Bonn depicts the rise of the young West Germany, a country struggling to break free from the terrors and legacies of World War II and longing for a 'normal' life. Into this heady and volatile mix steps Toni, a young woman determined to ...
Style:
period piece, exciting, captivating, serious, historical drama ...
Plot:
secret service, post war, german woman, world war two, head of state, spying, state affairs, politics, country, young woman, espionage, german history ...
Time:
post world war two, 1950s
Place:
germany, west germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Australia
TV show
Story:
A group of Brits leave dreary post-war Britain in 1956 to embark on a life-altering adventure on the other side of the world. For only a tenner, they have been promised a better quality of life by the sea in sun-soaked Australia, but life down under ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, serious, realistic, family saga ...
Plot:
post war, family relations, identity, immigration, relatives, sibling relationship, british, family problems, adventure hero, family life, british man, adventurer ...
Time:
1950s, post world war two
Place:
australia, britain
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Kosovo
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
The post-war everyday life of the Gashi-Hoxha family, during the 2000s Kosovo.
Style:
sitcom, captivating, entertaining, funny, humorous ...
Plot:
satire, post war, family values, family drama, generation gap, families, society, family life, generation, conflict, family relations, social change ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
kosovo
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Malaysia, UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A woman seeking a quiet life in post-World War II British Malaya finds love and a common interest in gardening with a mysterious Japanese man.
Style:
melancholic, poignant, suspense, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
gardening, post war, female protagonist, war crime, healing, trauma, memory, loss, war, dream, male female relationship, war criminal ...
Time:
post world war two
Place:
southeast asia, malaysia, highlands
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, France, Russia, Belarus
TV show
Story:
Russian miniseries.
Style:
psychological, captivating, intense, atmospheric, bleak ...
Plot:
love triangle, post war, relationships, problem, love story, male female relationship, love, relationship problems, love and romance, life is a bitch, countryside, couple relations ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
In the post–World War II South, two families are pitted against a barbaric social hierarchy and an unrelenting landscape as they simultaneously fight the battle at home and the battle abroad.
Style:
period piece, costume drama, southern gothic, thought provoking, exciting ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
racism, african american, misery, poverty, civil rights, world war two, post war, drunkenness, black, farm, interracial romance, black history ...
Time:
year 1941, year 2017, 1940s, year 1945, year 1939 ...
Place:
mississippi, belgium, indiana
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Italy, UK, USA
Duration: 197 min.
Story:
Doctor Zhivago is the filmed adapation of the Russian novel by Boris Pasternak from director David Lean that was an international success and today deemed a classic. Omar Sharif and Julie Christie play two protagonists who in fact love each other ...
Style:
costume drama, epic, period piece, breathtaking, visually stunning ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
world war one, revolution, war, communism, love story, train, forbidden love, rape, poet, deportation, love triangle, wartime ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, 1920s, 1940s, ancient times ...
Place:
russia, soviet union, moscow russia, ussr
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 270 min.
TV show
Story:
A reassessment of the role Albert Speer played in the Third Reich. Speer, who was ultimately convicted at the Nuremburg trials and served a 20-year prison sentence, was known for designing many of the Third Reich's buildings and for being ...
Style:
contemplative, serious, sincere, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot:
hitler, nazi officer, world war two, third reich, holocaust, war crime, post war, war criminal, nazi, anti semitism, delusion, state affairs ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1930s
Place:
germany, berlin germany
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