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Genre: Animation, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Un-Go is set in a war-torn Tokyo, in a near-future Japan. In response to Japan sending their military abroad as peacekeeping forces, terrorists launched multiple attacks on Japan, killing many people and destroying much of its cityscapes. Some time ...
Style:
anime, suspenseful, futuristic, exciting, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, investigation, odd couple, danger, uncover truth, terrorism, partner, mind control, post war, mature, police, cyberpunk ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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255
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When a young boy comes in to see a doctor abourt a red mark on his face, the doctor's wife welcomes him into the consulting room instead. As they talk, she offers him something to eat and then notes that his manner of eating is just like that ...
Style:
bleak, art house, period piece
Plot:
post war, sexual repression, sexual awakening, domestic drama, character study, guilt, regret, moral dilemma, moral ambiguity, family secret, longing, intimacy ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
hungary
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Akseli Koskela returns from prison and tries to learn living again. He's not allowed to take part in politics anymore, but he sees a lot of injustice around him. He raises a family with his wife Elina while another war is around the corner...
Style:
suspense, psychological, touching, family saga, epic ...
Plot:
world war two, family relations, soldier, communism, male female relationship, lower class, working class, family history, post war, hate, communist, village ...
Time:
1900s, 1940s, 1920s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
finland
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Three different love stories, set in three consecutive decades, in two neighbouring Balkan villages burdened with a long history of inter-ethnic hatred: this is a film about the dangers – and the enduring strength – of forbidden love.
Style:
anthology, captivating, disturbing, sincere, touching ...
Plot:
forbidden love, community, post war, summer, military, mother daughter relationship, love and romance, bare breasts, brother sister conflict, sex scene, nudity, rural setting ...
Time:
year 1991, year 2011, year 2001
Place:
croatia, serbia, balkan
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Genre: Drama, History, Mystery, Romance, War
Country: Belgium
Duration: 490 min.
TV show
Story:
When her 80-year-old husband George dies, Helena asks her granddaughter to delve into the mystery surrounding George's friend Alfred's early demise. Alfred died in a WWII prison camp where both friends were imprisoned. The search for the ...
Style:
suspense, sincere, sentimental, touching, costume drama ...
Plot:
friendship, pow, interracial relations, world war two, german soldier, post war, grandmother granddaughter relationship, labor camp, tree, death of husband, unwanted pregnancy, love letter ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
belgium
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, France, UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The Parade, in a tragicomic way, tells the story about ongoing battle between two worlds in contemporary post-war Serbian society - the traditional, oppressive, homophobic majority and a liberal, modern and open-minded minority... The film, which ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, funny, offbeat ...
Plot:
gay, gay slur, gender, lgbtq, gays and lesbians, society, gangster, disorder, social activist, muslim, post war, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, former yugoslavia, balkan, croatia, bosnia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The story of a man who has stopped drinking- and then dreaming- and who thanks to a young man who tries to forget a lost love in alcohol will turn drunk again during an exciting night.
Style:
humorous, feel good, realistic, semi serious, sincere ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
couples, drinking, alcoholic, friendship, alcohol abuse, buddies, partner, small town life, post war, world war two, temptation, drinking alcohol ...
Time:
20th century, post world war two, 50s, 1950s, year 1944 ...
Place:
france, normandy, europe, english channel
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Genre: Drama
Country: Croatia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The journey of a Chinese woman and her fellow countrymen as they travel in search of a better place to live, only to end up struggling for survival in the Balkans.
Style:
realistic, emotional, disturbing, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
refugee, survival, life is a bitch, political unrest, immigrant, danger, escapades, illegal immigration, post war, rescue from drowning, illegal immigrant, river ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
former yugoslavia, bosnia, croatia
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A war widow determined to clear the name of her disgraced husband, who was court-martialed for desertion and executed. Official records have been destroyed, and the ministry that distributes benefits continues to deny her a pension. Twenty-six years ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, captivating, emotional, contemplative ...
Plot:
world war two, military, life is a bitch, haunted by the past, heroic mission, dealing with death, obsessive quest, survival, danger, japanese military, japanese soldier, truth ...
Time:
70s, 1940s, post world war two, year 1972
Place:
japan, asia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Tragicomic story about Communist activist who wants to bring the benefits of Communism to the inhabitants of a Serbian village after WW2.
Style:
tragicomedy, black comedy, absurd, melancholic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
communism, post war, irony, political satire, dark humor, small town life, bittersweet, bureaucracy, everyday life, humanism, moral ambiguity, social realism ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, West Germany, UK, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
'Dalla nube alla resistenza (From the Cloud to the Resistance ) (1978), based on two works by Cesare Pavese, falls into the category of History Lessons and Too Early, Too Late as well. It, too, has two parts—a twentieth-century text and a ...
Style:
experimental, intellectual, art house, reflective, poetic ...
Plot:
mythology, post war, literary, loss, adaptation, memory, anti fascist, minimalism, alienation, symbolism, mourning, village life ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
ancient greece, italy
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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
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After WW II many young people arrive to Zagreb, among them a young worker Sonja Kacar. She is supposed to participate in the construction of the first generator in the Rade Koncar factory. Because there aren't enough experts and materials in ...
Style:
historical drama, period drama
Plot:
post war, worker, factory, stalinism, frustration, betrayal, blue collar, labor movement, quarrel, river, machine, tragic event ...
Time:
1940s, year 1948, post world war two
Place:
former yugoslavia, eastern europe, soviet union, czechoslovakia
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
One man's fight against organized crime proves to have devastating consequences for himself and his loved ones in this drama from Italy. As a young man, Placido Rizzotto (Marcello Mazzarella) saw his father imprisoned by police for a crime he ...
Style:
historical drama, atmospheric, political drama
Plot:
labor union, biopic, mafia, assassination, post war, social justice, organized crime, labor leader, political corruption, anti fascist, oppression, class conflict ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
sicily, southern italy, italy
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The story begins a couple days after the war has ended. A group of Serbian soldiers in charge of clearing the fields from mines discovers a man sealed inside a factory's basement. A mysterious man says he is 'ours', he doesn't ...
Style:
tense, serious, psychological thriller, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
military, post war, isolation, danger, supernatural, missing person, prisoner, paranoia, mind meld, soldier, power relations, confined ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
bosnia, balkan, croatia, bosnia herzegovina, europe ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 177 min.
Story:
In 2013 there are no highways, no I-ways, no dreams of a better tomorrow, only scattered survivors across what was once the Unites States. Into this apocalyptic wasteland comes an enigmatic drifter with a mule, a knack for Shakespeare and something ...
Style:
futuristic, serious, exciting, inspirational, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, post apocalypse, dystopic future, postman, dystopian future, post apocalyptic, vestiges of humanity, post war, survival, drifter, leadership, natural disaster ...
Time:
future, near future, year 1997, 2010s, year 2013 ...
Place:
usa, oregon
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
Story:
Essay film about a man coping with the aftermath of World War II.
Style:
reflective, experimental, grim, fake documentary
Plot:
world war two, veteran, trauma, post war, memory, loss, death, ptsd, melancholy, frustration, anti war, mourning ...
Place:
germany, usa, illinois
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
A poignant and forceful saga which traces the fortunes of two English children uprooted from their beloved Liverpool dockside to the alien environment of Australia in the years following World War Two.
Style:
historical drama, poignant, emotional, period piece, realistic ...
Plot:
corporal punishment, family drama, post war, loss, emigration, social history, working class, resilience, coming of age, alienation, identity crisis, realism ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s
Place:
liverpool, australia
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Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Actions of the movie occurred in Post-WWII years in small village. Mother with three children. Father was lost in the war, like many other. 11-year old son rather smart boy is main help in housekeeping. But here was primary school only, and he was ...
Style:
melancholic, grim, period drama
Plot:
11 year old boy, social realism, education, poverty, post war, child protagonist, compassion, hunger, bullying, absent father, high school life, small village ...
Time:
1950s, year 1948, post world war two
Place:
soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Brazil
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Year 2000. Brazil was partially devastated by the Third World War. An immigrant family arrives in a small town, which they call "I Forgot." The trio is recruited by an indigenist to pretend to be Indians during the visit of a general. In ...
Style:
bleak, existential, art house, grim, experimental ...
Plot:
social commentary, authoritarianism, dystopia, post apocalyptic, post war, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, satire, alienation, moral dilemma, political repression, identity crisis ...
Time:
year 2000, future
Place:
brazil
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Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A story about a difficult childhood of two twin brothers Boris and Gleb during the first years after WWII.
Style:
emotional, historical drama, bleak, melancholic, period piece
Plot:
twin brother, brotherhood, post war, traumatic childhood, survival, trauma, poverty, family drama, hardship, family bonds, loss, struggle ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
In this drama at the end of World War II, the inhabitants of a small Japanese fishing village must come to terms with their nation's defeat and the sudden occupation of General MacArthur and his troops.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, melancholic
Plot:
baseball, world war two, post war, occupation, coming of age, children, community, surrender, everyday life, adaptation, loss, resilience ...
Time:
post world war two
Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The film is Sokurov's feature film debut and is based on the novel The River Potudan by Andrei Platonov. It's a story about the lives of people in the Russian countryside in the beginning of the 20th century. The film was completed in 1979 ...
Style:
poetic, melancholic, psychological, art house, existential ...
Plot:
loneliness, character study, isolation, post war, trauma, alienation, memory, slow burn, bittersweet, moral dilemma, symbolism, desperation ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
soviet union, poetic realism, ussr, russia
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Artyom (Armen Dzhigarkhanyan) is a scientist who buries himself in his work after the woman he loves dies during the war. He is informed of his sweetheart's death by a young woman, and soon love blossoms between the lonely doctor and the ...
Style:
reflective, emotional, poignant, meditative, existential ...
Plot:
physicist, grief, post war, loss, memory, character study, war trauma, memories, nostalgia, mourning, loneliness, introspection ...
Place:
armenia, caucasus, moscow russia, russia, soviet union ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A World War II vet sets out in 1948 to avenge the death of his wife at the hands of Nazis. His targets are four Germans, a Sicilian, and a Hungarian who committed the atrocities. He is aided by a CIA operative, who has another agenda. One of the ...
Style:
suspense, grim, noir, bleak, dark ...
Plot:
revenge, vigilante, world war two, nazi, post war, war crime, spy thriller, assassination, espionage, psychological trauma, political intrigue, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
1940s, year 1982, post world war two
Place:
germany, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany, Norway
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Based on a very successful play of the same name by Tankred Dorst, this film tells a story about Norwegian author Knut Hamsun (here played by O.E. Hasse), a Nobel prizewinner for literature who was notorious for having collaborated with the Nazi ...
Style:
reflective, thought provoking, serious, philosophical, historical drama ...
Plot:
world war two, guilt, memory, post war, moral ambiguity, ethical dilemma, character study, flashback, nobel prize winner, reputation, confrontation, legacy ...
Time:
70s, 1950s, 50s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story:
Viza za budućnost was one of the first post-Independence Bosnian sitcoms. Production started on June 22, 2001 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The final episode was filmed in Sarajevo on August 25, 2008 and aired in October. Viza za budućnost ...
Style:
sitcom, captivating, psychological, social, thrilling ...
Plot:
social issues, post war, refugee, satire, family life, social problems, family drama, everyday life, social satire, multiculturalism, homecoming, humour ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
bosnia herzegovina, sarajevo
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
The series is built in the form of saga and depicts the turbulent periods of the beginning of the 20th century through the eyes of ordinary people: the First World War, the revolution, the emergence of Soviet regime. Each of the characters faced the ...
Style:
saga, period piece, historical drama, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
russian revolution, world war one, culture, society, post war, lifestyle, social change, survival, cultural difference, male female relationship, relationships, love story ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
ukraine, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
This simple romantic tragedy begins in 1957. Guy Foucher, a 20-year-old French auto mechanic, has fallen in love with 17-year-old Geneviève Emery, an employee in her widowed mother's chic but financially embattled umbrella shop. On the evening ...
Style:
sentimental, visual, colorful, romantic, lyrical ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
love, young lovers, love triangle, unfulfilled love, first love, teenage girl, marriage, single mother, separation, mechanic, couple relations, love and romance ...
Time:
1950s, 60s, year 1957, year 1958, 20th century ...
Place:
france, algeria, normandy, europe, tokyo ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Hungary, Czech Republic
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After World War II, Anita, a young survivor of Auschwitz, becomes involved in an intense and passionate affair that almost shatters her until she gains the strength to start a new life.
Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, sentimental, gloomy ...
Plot:
starting over, love affair, haunted by the past, auschwitz, adoption, youth, small town, hopes, family relations, self discovery, post war, world war two ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
czech republic
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