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List of wartime life movies
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Description : Belgium, 1943. The situation is becoming unbearable for the Field family : antisemitic persecutions become common and violent. Joseph Field, the father, rebels against the occupying army. He is arrested and deported. Esther, his wife, ...
Style:
emotional, bleak, realistic, serious, historical drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
anti semitism, world war two, wartime life, youth, elderly, holocaust, teenage life, against humanity, life is a bitch, family relations, cause and meaning, resistance ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
belgium, england, europe
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Based on director Aureliano Amadei's 2003 experiences in Iraq, 20 Cigarettes is the gripping story of a twenty-eight year old anarchist and anti-war activist who receives an offer to fly to Iraq as assistant director on a film about the Italian ...
Style:
contemplative, realistic, serious, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
filmmaking, wartime life, life is a bitch, director, iraq war, soldier, military, assault, military base, death threat, filmmaker, military life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iraq, middle east
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Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A Chinese peasant is given the responsibility of protecting his village's special dairy cow during a particularly harsh winter in 1940.
Style:
touching, semi serious, atmospheric, realistic, offbeat ...
Plot:
world war two, friendship, wartime life, escapades, life is a bitch, danger, survival, dark humor, war, chinese history, refugee, friends ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1940
Place:
china, asia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Isabelle Adjani and Gerard Depardieu star in director Jean-Paul Rappenau's amusing farce set on the eve of World War II, which follows the intersecting lives of four Parisians as they cope with the impending invasion of their city by German ...
Style:
satirical, humorous, witty, semi serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
world war two, war, politics, wartime life, manipulation, lie, top secret, writers, chase, dead body, corpse, german occupation ...
Time:
1940s, year 2003, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
vichy, france, paris france, england, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
In 1944 many Germans in Eastern Prussia believed like Lena von Mahlenberg, daughter of a local aristocrat, that Hitler would surrender and spare them from being invaded by the vengeful Russian Red Army. He didn't and they had to flee.
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, touching, captivating
Plot:
world war two, third reich, eastern front, family relations, wartime life, parents and children, danger, survival, life is a bitch, nazi, fight, aristocracy ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
berlin germany, germany
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Italy, France, Sweden, Hungary
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
It is the real story of Giorgio Perlasca (Luca Zingaretti). During the 1920s he was an Italian Fascist supporter, fighting in Africa an in the Spanish civil war where he deserved a safe conduct for Spanish embassies. After some years, disillusioned ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, emotional, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, nazism, idealism, genocide, fascism, deportation, concentration camp, hopes, nazi occupation, wartime life, political unrest ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 1920s, 80s, 20th century ...
Place:
hungary, budapest, italy, spain
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Already an outcast for crimes she did not commit, a woman struggling to raise her two children in a small village during World War II is suspected of being a saboteur.
Style:
realistic, serious, atmospheric, emotional
Plot:
wartime life, single parent, soldier, genocide, homecoming, missing person, social misfits, small town, world war two, catholic church, catholic priest, nazi ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
germany, usa, louisiana
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A climate of civil war, a fight that has made them lose everything including their youth, four soldiers aged 13 to 20 years, will meet and build friendships. In the grip of an adult conflict, which they do not understand, Matéo, Dominique, Big Max ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, captivating, bleak ...
Plot:
soldier, friendship, life is a bitch, wartime life, social decay, danger, military, youth, society, battles, teenage life, nothing to lose ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
quebec
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Civil War drama directed by Whitney Hamilton. Grace Kieler disguises herself as a man and takes her brother's place in the Confederate army in an effort to protect him from the horrors of the war. When she meets young war widow Virginia ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, atmospheric, independent film ...
Plot:
american civil war, politics, soldier, battles, wartime life, rivalry, life is a bitch, religions or cults, society, civil war, friendship, family relations ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
baltimore
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Conscription has been introduced in Britain. Across the country, young people are being called upon to serve the nation in another reactionary Middle-Eastern conflict. They face war on a scale not seen in any of their lifetimes. hearts & minds ...
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, serious, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
introspection, life is a bitch, wartime life, soldier, military, conscription, war on terror, youth, protest, fictional war, british soldier, wartime ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, bristol
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Amid the bitter divisiveness of the Civil War, Confederate Capt. Robert Adams (Julian Adams) feels the rift within his soul. Steadfastly loyal to the South, Adams also holds an unshakable love for his Northerner wife, Eveline McCord (Gwendolyn ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, romantic, saga
Plot:
civil war, battles, wartime life, love affair, true love, military, heroes, love and romance, society, supportive spouse, prison escape, u.s. civil war ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
south carolina, southern usa
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
With the Nazi takeover of Europe underway, the Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich arrives in Prague and his underlings begin enforcing his authority in the towns and villages across the occupied country. In Lidice, the film's main protagonist, ...
Style:
disturbing, realistic, emotional, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
nazi occupation, political repression, world war two, mass murder, genocide, holocaust, life is a bitch, heroic mission, wartime life, social relations, against humanity, haunted by the past ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942, 20th century
Place:
prague, czech republic, czechoslovakia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Brazil
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Based upon the true story of Olga Benário, the German-born wife of Brazilian communist leader Luís Carlos Prestes. During the dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas (1930-1945) she was arrested and sent to Nazi Germany, where she was put to death in a ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, emotional, contemplative ...
Plot:
nazi germany, world war two, concentration camp, holocaust, wartime life, life is a bitch, dictatorship, biopic, love affair, revolution, politics, confined ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
germany, rio de janeiro, europe, brazil
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
1942, in the middle of Northeastern Brazil, two very different men meet along the road: Johan, an aspirin salesman avoiding the German draft, and Ranulpho, a rural Brazilian seeking escape from the drought.
Style:
serious, touching, emotional, sincere, road movie ...
Plot:
on the road, starting over, friendship, wartime life, society, totalitarianism, human nature, life is a bitch, escapades, political unrest, leaving home, hitchhiking ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
brazil, northeast brazil, south america, latin america, germany ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy, Bulgaria, Spain, France, Germany
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The Lark Farm is set in a small Turkish town in 1915. It deals with the genocide of Armenians, looking closely at the fortunes, or rather, misfortunes of one wealthy Armenian family.
Style:
emotional, realistic, captivating, suspense, contemplative ...
Plot:
armenian genocide, genocide, world war one, turkish history, family relations, wartime life, life turned upside down, siblings relations, life is a bitch, love and romance, deportation, great war ...
Time:
year 1915, 20th century, 1920s
Place:
armenia, ottoman empire, turkey, middle east
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Iran, Italy, Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Itinerant Kurdish teachers, carrying blackboards on their backs, look for students in the hills and villages of Iran, near the Iraqi border during the Iran-Iraq war. Said falls in with a group of old men looking for their bombed-out village; he ...
Style:
sincere, touching, serious, educational, islamic ...
Plot:
on the road, kurd, hopes, uneducated, teacher, life is a bitch, wartime life, danger, obsessive quest, teachers and students, wandering, mountain ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
middle east, iran, kurdistan, iraq
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Carrie's War is an adaptation of a 1973 children's novel by Nina Bawden, set during the Second World War and following two evacuees, Carrie and her younger brother Nick.
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, touching, bleak
Plot:
evacuation, youth, world war two, coming of age, life is a bitch, wartime life, teenage life, escapades, family relations, forceful separation, friendship, war ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
wales, london, england
Is relevant?
438
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Changi is a six-part Australian television miniseries broadcast by ABC TV in 2001. It originally aired from 14 October 2001 to 18 November 2001.
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, tense, contemplative
Plot:
world war two, pow, war crime, survival, prisoner of war camp, military, friendship, wartime life, prison life, buddies, against humanity, isolation ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
singapore, japan, australia
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
Karl from Germany and Marcelo from France emigrated to Argentina and became brothers-in-law. Karl soon returned to Germany to serve in the army. Marcelo and his children Julio and Chichi became Argentinean citizens but later returned to Paris. Karl ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, retro ...
Plot:
resistance, death, family relations, wartime life, military, life is a bitch, state affairs, politics, society, heroic mission, holocaust, manhood ...
Time:
year 1938, year 1939, 1940s, 1930s
Place:
argentina, france, latin america, europe, normandy ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, Switzerland, Australia, Thailand
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A victim from World War II's "Death Railway" sets out to find those responsible for his torture. A true story.
Style:
inspirational, emotional, epic, intense, captivating ...
Plot:
revenge, war, world war two, japanese soldier, autobiography, biopic, japanese occupation, prison, life is a bitch, human spirit, haunted by the past, wartime life ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1980, year 1942
Place:
burma, england, asia, thailand, japan
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
1943: Nine-year-old Eero whose father is killed during the war is brought to Sweden to foster parents to his protection like thousands of other Finnish children. Eero feels lost, particularly as his foster mother Signe behaves very unfriendly. She ...
Style:
emotional, touching, melancholic, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, boy, children, foster child, coming of age, loneliness, wartime, family relations, life is a bitch, wartime life, adoption, society ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
finland, poland, tokyo, japan, germany
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Downtrodden wife and mother Nella's life takes an unexpected turn for the better after she joins the Women's Voluntary Service office in Barrow-in-Furness during the Second World War. However, her new-found happiness is shattered when her ...
Style:
captivating, emotional, touching, sincere, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, wartime life, society, life is a bitch, love and romance, parent grown child relationship, female protagonist, housewife, gay son, gay, heroes, voice over narration ...
Time:
year 1941, 1940s, year 1939
Place:
england, northern england
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almásy enters into a world of ...
Style:
romantic, sentimental, touching, emotional, scenic ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
world war two, love story, desert, beautiful scenery, tragic love, power of love, love and romance, passion, adultery, sex scene, doomed love, life philosophy ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, year 1944, year 1942, 90s ...
Place:
sahara, italy, ottoman empire, cairo egypt, africa ...
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The Soviet army breaks through the Finnish defences on the Karelian Isthmus in June 1944, advancing with overwhelming force. Somehow, the Finnish troops must find the strength to fight back, with all odds against them. The Battle of Tali-Ihantala ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
world war two, soldier, military, battles, against the odds, heroes, wartime life, rivalry, war, tank, battlefield, all male cast ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
finland, europe, russia, soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA, Italy, Romania
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
In this classic story of love and devotion set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier named W.P. Inman deserts his unit and travels across the South, aiming to return to his young wife, Ada, who he left behind ...
Style:
romantic, sincere, epic, sexy, period piece ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
american civil war, love story, survival, civil war, tragic love, lovers reunited, slavery, tragic romance, loss of family member, star crossed lovers, getting home, loss of loved one ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s, 1860s, year 2003 ...
Place:
north carolina, usa, south carolina, appalachia, charleston south carolina ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, Austria, Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In 1944, a group of high command officers plot an attempt against Hitler, and one of the leaders of the conspiracy, Stauffenberg (Sebastian Koch), goes to a meeting with the Fuhrer in charge of exploding the place. However, Hitler survives and the ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating
Plot:
hitler, world war two, assassination attempt, nazi, national socialism, war, conspiracy, plan gone wrong, wartime life, leadership, military, danger ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, post world war two
Place:
germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The true story of a nun who betrayed a network of Resistance fighters after having a passionate but doomed love affair with a priest during the Second World War.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, emotional, gloomy
Plot:
impossible love, nun, german occupation, love affair, wartime life, forbidden love, fall in love, clergy, dishonesty, society, life is a bitch, betrayal ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Russia, Italy, Switzerland, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The Sun (Russian: Сóлнце, Solntse) is a 2005 Russian biographical film depicting Japanese Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) during the final days of World War II. The film is the third drama in director Aleksandr Sokurov's trilogy, which included ...
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, serious, captivating, slow cinema ...
Plot:
world war two, emperor, military, leadership, politics, wartime life, society, head of state, state affairs, totalitarianism, manic, defeat ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1945, post world war two
Place:
japan, soviet union, tokyo, asia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, Belgium, Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This is the story of Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a man of conviction who saved 30,000 lives during WWII, in June 1940. Among them were10,000 Jews. As the Portuguese General Consul stationed in Bordeaux, France, he issued 30,000 visas for safe ...
Style:
uplifting, captivating, realistic, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
politics, rescue, human spirit, wartime life, life is a bitch, against humanity, danger, hopes, tragic hero, disobey, refugee, border crossing ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
portugal, europe, france
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Anna Friel stars in classy wartime drama The War Bride. She plays Lily, an orphan who suddenly finds herself married, with child and living with hostile in-laws in the wilds of Canada.
Style:
serious, sentimental, touching, emotional, erotic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
world war two, culture clash, love and romance, wartime life, against the odds, family relations, family problems, couples, fall in love, society, homecoming, parents and children ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
canada, london
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