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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Slovenia, Ireland, Finland, Sweden
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A man stays alone with his children in a half demolished house in the middle of a desolate field. His wife has just been killed by a grenade in a military battle. He is expecting a new attack. Instead a wandering caravan called Circus Fantasticus ...
Style:
surreal, touching, stylized, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
circus, hopes, wartime life, human spirit, performer's life, parents and children, family relations, life is a bitch, death in the family, magic realism, grief, mourning ...
Place:
poetic realism
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Genre: Drama
Country: Afghanistan, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Elderly Dastaguir and his newly deaf 5-year-old grandson Yassin hitchhike and walk, but mostly walk, as they make their way to the coal mine where Dastaguir's son Murad works. Dastaguir must tell Murad that the rest of their family were all ...
Style:
serious, sincere, touching, bleak, islamic ...
Plot:
boy, elderly, wartime life, on the road, life is a bitch, parent child relationship, civil war, obsessive quest, fire, mine, desert, father son relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
afghanistan, middle east
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A drama between people under unconventional circumstances. In the Second World War Finland was the only nation who brought casualties killed-in-action back to be buried at home. These actions were carried out by men and women working in assembly ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, sad ...
Plot:
world war two, military, wartime life, heroes, life is a bitch, heroism, idealism, death of son, eastern front, russo finnish war, soldier, suicide attempt ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1944
Place:
finland, europe
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A thrilling love story between the young boxer Vincent and the German Eva, who soon has to marry with the middle-aged Dirk to save her family. While the war starts in the Netherlands their impossible love inflames. May 14, 1940, the day that the ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
world war two, bombing, wartime life, wedding planning, social differences, society, german occupation, unfulfillment, forbidden love, brother sister relationship, impossible love, nazi germany ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
holland, europe, rotterdam netherlands
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler. When events unfold so that he becomes a ...
Style:
bad ending, factual, tense, period piece, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
world war two, nazi, nazism, nazi germany, conspiracy, war, hitler, german soldier, resistance, politics, wehrmacht, gestapo ...
Time:
1940s, year 2008, year 1944, year 1943, 20th century ...
Place:
germany, berlin germany, europe, munich germany, tunisia ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Greece, France, Italy, Germany
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
This is the first film of Theo Angelopoulos' trilogy. The story starts in 1919 with some greek refugees from Odessa arriving somewhere near Thessaloniki. Among these people are two small kids, Alexis and Eleni. Eleni is an orphan and she is ...
Style:
sincere, touching, sentimental, captivating, slow cinema ...
Plot:
refugee, greek, tragic love, wartime life, on the run, genocide, political unrest, fall in love, politics, self discovery, exile, revolution ...
Time:
year 2004, 1920s, year 1945, 1940s, 1930s ...
Place:
greece, ancient greece, europe, ottoman empire
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia, Germany, Belarus
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Occupied France, 1942. Gilles is arrested by SS soldiers alongside other Jews and sent to a camp in Germany. He narrowly avoids sudden execution by swearing to the guards that he is not Jewish, but Persian. This lie temporarily saves him, but Gilles ...
Style:
captivating, independent film, suspense, period drama
Plot:
concentration camp, world war two, german soldier, labor camp, nazi officer, military, lie, wartime life, holocaust, german officer, sex, soldier ...
Time:
year 1942, 1940s, 20th century, year 1945
Place:
germany
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
British writer/director John Boorman (The Emerald Forest) draws us into an astonishing and exhilarating portrait of his own childhood, set against the terrors of a London torn apart by the onset of WWII. Seven-year-old Billy Rohan (Sebastian Rice ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, realistic, humorous, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
world war two, wartime, childhood, children in wartime, war, boy, youth, wartime life, coming of age, air raid, premarital sex, toy soldier ...
Time:
1940s, year 1939, year 1987
Place:
england, london, europe, big ben london, britain
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Estonia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The young country of Estonia is dancing to the jazzy tune of the 1920's when on December 1, 1924, the capital Tallinn is overrun by members of the Comintern in an attempt to stage a Communist coup. The film follows the fates of a young soldier ...
Style:
serious, rough, realistic, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
revolution, military, on the run, couple relations, wartime life, state affairs, heroes, anniversary, independence, civil unrest, nationalism, resistance ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
estonia
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955
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War, Western
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In the nineties the Yugoslavia Federation falls apart in bloody wars. Perpetual student Milan, a Serb from a patriarchal community and Kenan, a Muslim cellist, are a homosexual couple living in Sarajevo. Their lives, intimate and public, are shaken ...
Style:
realistic, tense, emotional, serious, lgbt cinema ...
Plot:
gender bending, hidden identity, love affair, wartime life, life is a bitch, political unrest, state affairs, gays and lesbians, tragic love, love and romance, society, danger ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
bosnia, former yugoslavia, bosnia herzegovina, balkan, serbia ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Brazil
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Based on the novel's trilogy of the same name, by Erico Verissimo, Time and the Wind follows 150 years of family Terra Cambará and their opponent Amaral family. The history of struggles between the two families begins in the missions and runs ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, captivating, serious, epic ...
Plot:
true love, love affair, love triangle, wartime life, political unrest, rivalry, state affairs, hopes, forbidden love, love and romance, uninhibited rivalry, family relations ...
Time:
19th century, 18th century
Place:
brazil
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport, War
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
American Pastime tells a poignant story set against the Japanese-American internment camps during World War II. Rounded up and uprooted from their everyday lives, they remained loyal to the United States and ironically turned to that most American ...
Style:
sincere, captivating, touching, emotional, uplifting ...
Plot:
hopes, world war two, interracial relations, human spirit, baseball, rivalry, society, anti war, racism, wartime life, immigrant, small town ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two
Place:
los angeles, utah, pearl harbor
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Six days in the lives of an Israeli living in a kibbutz and a Palestinian living in Paris, which starts with an accidental meeting in the Berlin Subway during the World cup finals, will change them completely.
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot:
fall in love, unlikely couple, hopes, love and romance, life is a bitch, couples, wartime life, unfulfilled love, friendship, unfulfillment, dogma, bittersweet ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
palestine, middle east, paris france, europe, germany ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: China
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
1942, Nanjing (Nanking). Following a series of assassination attempts on officials of the Japanese-controlled puppet government, the Japanese spy chief gathers a group of suspects in a mansion house for questioning. A tense game of "cat and ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, realistic, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
japanese occupation, espionage, world war two, medieval, code breaking, resistance, assassination, undercover, wartime life, rivalry, danger, chinese history ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1942
Place:
china, asia
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
No one knows for sure what transpired when German physicist Werner Heisenberg met with his Jewish Danish counterpart, Niels Bohr, in Copenhagen -- the event became the stuff of modern scientific mythology. Director Howard Davies puts his spin on the ...
Style:
captivating, serious, disturbing, contemplative, talky ...
Plot:
scientist, politics, world war two, moral dilemma, prodigy, friendship, inventions and discoveries, genius, state affairs, society, wartime life, nuclear threat ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
denmark, europe, copenhagen
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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
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Genre: Drama
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A shameful period in Taiwanese history provides the backdrop for this emotional drama from writer and director Yonfan (aka Yang Fan). In 1949, in the wake of the 228 Incident (in which anti-government protesters launched a rebellion that was ...
Style:
captivating, stylized, atmospheric, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
life is a bitch, family problems, confined, danger, wartime life, false arrest, political unrest, false accusation, life turned upside down, captivity, family in danger, parents and children ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 50s
Place:
taiwan
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, War
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Crime - Set in Florida at the close of 1941, this film noir follows small-town police chief John Haleran's (Zen Gesner) investigation of the murder of a young Japanese girl, a case that leads to a top secret government conspiracy. With the help ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, bleak
Plot:
police detective, police investigation, uncover truth, political conspiracy, who done it, wartime life, frame up, injustice, dishonesty, law enforcement, life is a bitch, serial killer ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
florida, usa, pearl harbor
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The rise of national socialism in Germany should not be regarded as a conspiracy of madmen. Millions of "good" people found themselves in a society spiralling into terrible chaos. A film about then, which illuminates the terrors of now.
Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing, period piece, romantic drama ...
Plot:
nazi, politics, writers, nazi germany, third reich, moral dilemma, state affairs, society, political unrest, wartime life, holocaust, illicit affair ...
Time:
1930s, year 2008, 20th century, year 1937, year 1933 ...
Place:
germany, europe, berlin germany, paris france
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
US Army sergeant Cody Cullen's horror tour in Afghanistan ends when his mate Jonesy is blown to pieces while they deliver medical supplies in Nurestan. Cody is sent home to return private possessions to Jonesy's bride turned widow. On his ...
Style:
touching, serious, sentimental, realistic, feel good
Plot:
holiday, christmas, soldier, hospital, love triangle, couples, battles, wartime life, against the odds, military life, small town life, love affair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
afghanistan, california, middle east, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Based on the long running play by Jang Jin, the story is set in Korea during the Korean War in 1950. Soldiers from both the North and South, as well as an American pilot, find themselves in a secluded and naively idealistic village, its residents ...
Style:
sexy, emotional, touching, serious, sad ...
Plot:
anti war, soldier, korean war, hopes, friendship, human spirit, rescue, military, fish out of water, isolation, wartime life, misfit ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place:
north korea, south korea, asia, korea
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A young Jewish girl, Sarah, is looking to escape the clutches of the Third Reich after seeing her parents and sister brutally slain by a smuggler who betrayed them while attempting to escape to England. Terrified, she is sheltered by her childhood ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, serious, emotional, touching, sad ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
gay, holocaust, gay love, gay brother, gay relationship, gay club, gay couple, lgbt, nazi, gay son, world war two, betrayal ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
france, paris france, europe
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 188 min.
Story:
Joseph Vilsmaier Two-part TV movie focuses on the tragic events surrounding the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff, a German passenger ship, at the end of World War II. On 30 January 1945, Captain Hellmuth Kehding was in charge of the ship, evacuating ...
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
torpedo, ship, world war two, escapades, wartime life, downfall, ocean, evacuation, military, danger, confined, chaos and mayhem ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
europe
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland, Germany, Canada
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
A dramatization of one man's rescue of Jewish refugees in the Nazi-occupied Polish city of Lvov. In Darkness tells the true story of Leopold Soha who risks his own life to save a dozen people from certain death. Initially only interested in his ...
Style:
harsh, sincere, uplifting, social, tense ...
Plot:
holocaust, nazi, world war two, atrocity, shoah, survival, genocide, outside help, hitler youth, judaism, world war, sewer ...
Time:
1940s, 2010s, 20th century, 2000s, year 1945 ...
Place:
poland, germany, eastern europe, europe, israel
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Greece
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A child escapes from Poland during World War II and first heads to Greece before coming of age in Canada.
Style:
realistic, serious, bleak, emotional, breathtaking ...
Plot:
holocaust, childhood trauma, haunted by the past, breakup, life is a bitch, fugitives, wartime life, coming of age, survival, war, boy, little boy ...
Time:
year 2007
Place:
canada, europe, greece, poland
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In 1953, a sensitive French boy finds out from a neighbor that his family's Jewish. François Grimbert becomes a physician, and gradually peels the layers of his buried family history which resulted in his difficult upbringing, raised as ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
world war two, missing person, holocaust, occupation, wartime life, against humanity, haunted by the past, family disapproval, children in wartime, boy, family secret, jewish family ...
Time:
20th century, post world war two, 1940s, 50s
Place:
europe, israel, paris france, france
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
1968 American war film about the formation and first mission of the joint Canadian-American WWII special forces winter and mountain unit formally called 1st Special Service Force, but commonly known as “The Devil’s Brigade”. The film ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, tense, harsh, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, military, commando, visceral, espionage, battles, betrayal, heroes, escapades, military life, wartime life, basic training ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
italy, canada, europe, germany, california ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, UK, Italy, Greece, Israel, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A tale of friendship between two men, one Jewish and the other Arab, as the state of Israel is being created.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, realistic, serious, inspirational ...
Plot:
politics, military, rebellion, friendship, battles, state affairs, rebelliousness, rivalry, danger, wartime life, political unrest, conflict ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
israel, palestine, greece, middle east, holy land ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Romania
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The Celtic queen who shook the Roman Empire. Boudica is one of history’s first and fiercest women warriors. Sickened by ceaseless war, the king of the Iceni accepts a treaty with the Romans in exchange for his tribe’s continued independence. But ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, costume drama, realistic, epic ...
Plot:
ancient history, roman empire, female warrior, female whipping, celtic, barbarian, war, conquering, medieval, battles, incest, leadership ...
Time:
1st century
Place:
england
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Genre: Documentary, Action, Biography, War
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min.
Story:
When World War II broke out, John Ford, in his forties, commissioned in the Naval Reserve, was put in charge of the Field Photographic Unit by Bill Donavan, director of the soon-to-be-OSS. During the war, Field Photo made at least 87 documentaries, ...
Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing, captivating, black and white ...
Plot:
filmmaking, military, military life, politics, society, lifestyle, state affairs, battle zone, wartime life, showbiz, war, world war two ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
japan, usa, maine
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