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List of desertion movies
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Music
Country: West Germany, Peru
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
Fitzcarraldo, a dreamer who plans to bring opera and Enrico Caruso to the South American jungles. With limited funding, he must figure out how to finance the opera house, and ultimately decides to capitalize on South America's rubber ...
Style:
cerebral, surreal, visually appealing, visual, tense ...
Plot:
jungle, steamship, boat, opera, obsession, river, ambition, colonialism, amazon river, surrealism, dream, forest ...
Time:
20th century, 1900s, year 1982, 19th century, turn of the century
Place:
south america, peru, germany, latin america, andes mountains ...
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43K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Lyon Gaultier is a deserter in the Foreign Legion arriving in the USA entirely hard up. He finds his brother between life and death and his sister-in-law without the money needed to heal her husband and to maintain her child. To earn the money ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, sentimental, psychological ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
martial arts, french foreign legion, revenge, fistfight, friendship, death of brother, mixed martial arts, illegal fistfight, kickboxing, on the run, drug dealer, tough guy ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s
Place:
los angeles, north africa, usa, california, paris france ...
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398K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, Austria, Italy
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still ...
Style:
psychological, costume drama, harsh, disturbing, epic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, hitler, nazi, war, nazism, suicide, fascism, holocaust, national socialism, dictatorship, third reich, paranoia ...
Time:
1940s, year 2004, 2000s, 20th century, year 1945 ...
Place:
germany, berlin germany, prague, europe, bavaria ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Switzerland, Poland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Polish immigrant Karol Karol finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wife, Dominique, divorces him after six months due to his impotence. Forced to leave France after losing the business they jointly owned, Karol enlists ...
Style:
emotional, dark comedy, witty, cerebral, art house ...
Plot:
divorce, marriage, obsession, revenge, hairdresser, vengeance, humiliation, ex husband ex wife relationship, rags to riches, relationships, love story, sexual frustration ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
poland, paris france, france, warsaw poland, eastern europe ...
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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: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In Cold War Moscow, a female spy steals secrets from an idealistic politician – and falls in love with him. Moscow, 1959: Katya (Rebecca Ferguson, Mission Impossible- Rogue Nation, The Girl on the Train, The White Queen), is young, beautiful – ...
Style:
tense, suspense, touching, suspenseful, emotional
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
forbidden love, cold war, politics, female spy, love, female secret agent, illicit affair, secret, danger, love and romance, sacrifice, desertion ...
Time:
90s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
soviet union, russia, moscow russia, ussr
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When East German Eric Brogar (Dolph Lundgren) wins a gold medal in the pentathlon, he escapes to freedom in the west with the help of a beautiful American athlete. But his demanding coach, Heinrich Mueller (David Soul) vows revenge and Eric's ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
olympics, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions, vengeance, power relations, betrayal, rivalry, coach, employer employee relationship, athlete, neo nazi ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
europe, east germany, seoul, berlin germany, germany ...
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Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Walt Disney's 3-part made-for-TV feature, The Secret of Boyne Castle (1969), originally shown on "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color" (the new title for "Disneyland"), re-edited into feature film form for European ...
Style:
suspenseful, twisted, cliffhanger, period piece, action comedy ...
Plot:
espionage, cold war, car chase, kidnapping, spy thriller, school, boarding school, secret agent, undercover agent, secret message, foreign exchange student, mistaken identity ...
Time:
60s
Place:
ireland
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Mordrcai Jones (George C. Scott) is a rural con artist (a 'flim flam man') who takes on a young army deserter Curley (Michael Sarrazin) as his protégé and teaches him the tricks of the trade. Sheriff Slade (Harry Morgan) is in hot ...
Style:
cynical, semi serious, realistic, humorous, offbeat ...
Plot:
chase, gambling, rural setting, fugitive, american south, great depression, stage play, desertion, sheriff, con men, friendship, prison ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s, 80s
Place:
southern usa, ireland
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Disappointed by the marriage of her lover to a woman he does not love, prostitute Harumi drifts from the city to a remote Japanese outpost in Manchuria to work in a "comfort house," or brothel, during the Sino-Japanese war. The commanding ...
Style:
sex comedy, erotic, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
world war two, prostitute, prostitution, soldier, whore, sex, wartime, nude girl, street walker, call girl, japanese history, world war ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s
Place:
japan, china, mexico, asia
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
During World War I a British soldier, charged with desertion, is defended by an officer who at first despises his actions and then grows to feel sympathy for him.
Style:
tense, thought provoking, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
world war one, courtroom, military, great war, anti war, british army, courtroom drama, world war, lawyer, trial, court martial, desertion ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1917
Place:
england, belgium
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The crew of an atomic submarine battle to save the world from global destruction.
Style:
suspense, melancholic, talky, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
submarine, underwater, disaster, survival, race against time, apocalypse, moral dilemma, dystopic future, brutality, rescue, shark, danger ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 1961, 1950s, 50s
Place:
new york
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, Portugal, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In 1931, a young soldier deserts from the army and falls into a country farm, where he is welcomed by the owner due to his political ideas. Manolo has four daughters, Fernando likes all of them and they like him, so he has to decide which one to ...
Style:
sexy, rom com, eros, humorous, costume drama ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
spanish civil war, love, lesbian, polyamory, libertine, dead husband, sensuality, marriage, seductive, farm, soldier, obsession ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1931, year 1992
Place:
spain, iberian peninsula, europe, madrid, rome italy
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
As the Berlin Wall crumbles, four canisters containing biological weapons are stolen by European terrorists. The East and West must work together to stop the terrorists from selling the weapons to the highest bidder. It is up to the CIA and an East ...
Style:
political thriller, suspense, neo noir, independent film
Plot:
berlin wall, terrorism, covert operation, cia, espionage, arms dealing, cold war, conspiracy, smuggling, surveillance, investigation, border crossing ...
Place:
germany, europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A magazine reporter and his photographer, on assignment in the Antarctic, attempt to fly in girls to make their chilly lives more enjoyable. Director Delbert Mann's 1964 comedy stars Robert Morse, George Maharis, Anjanette Comer, James Gregory, ...
Style:
sitcom, situational comedy, lighthearted, feel good, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
expedition, misadventure, fish out of water, cold war, penguins, satire, marriage, love triangle, desertion, media satire, isolation, defector ...
Time:
60s
Place:
antarctica, antarctic, new zealand
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Genre: Adventure, History, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
During Julius Caesar's invasion of Gallia: The Gauls have broken their treaty with the Romans. Marcus Valerius and his friend are sent to punish them. Antea's father wants to have peace with Rome, having once been there and acknowledging ...
Style:
historical romance, tense, costume drama, epic, heroic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
peplum, ancient rome, betrayal, julius caesar, roman empire, conquering, invasion, female protagonist, battles, slave, political conflict, loyalty ...
Time:
1st century b.c.
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A prostitute is enlisted into the Security Services in order to steal some highly classified records just as the communist regime is about to topple. What begins as political intrigue deftly turns into a complicated love affair.
Style:
captivating, romantic drama, suspense, tension, historical drama ...
Plot:
prostitute, conspiracy, political intrigue, undercover, espionage, working undercover, theft, gang of thieves, organized crime, undercover agent, criminal, spy thriller ...
Place:
eastern europe, poland
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Luxembourg, Canada, Italy
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In 14th-century France, Aliénor breaks with the codes governing girls’ behavior and does as she wishes. The King of France grants her the hand of her childhood love, but her new husband deserts her immediately after the ceremony. Undeterred, she ...
Style:
period piece, historical drama, historical romance, medical drama, serious ...
Plot:
female protagonist, palace intrigue, gender roles, abandonment, pilgrimage, chivalry, journey, arranged marriage, desertion, travelogue, slow burn, sex ...
Time:
14th century, middle ages, medieval times
Place:
france
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A universal story about entering adulthood in difficult times, growing up to the community. The great history is the background for the love story unfolding in the foreground: Józek, a deserter from the tsarist army who joins the emerging Legions, ...
Style:
serious, disturbing, tense, rough, suspense ...
Plot:
world war one, independence, patriotism, heroism, love triangle, soldier, couple relations, love affair, wartime life, military life, social relations, war hero ...
Time:
1910s
Place:
poland
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
On Christmas Eve, ten strangers board a bus traveling across Texas. Far out in the wilds they collide with a meth-addicted biker
Style:
serious, scary, suspenseful, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
psychopath, gang, murder, survival, danger, rivalry, vengeance, escapades, chase, die hard, biker, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 181 min.
Story:
Wounded Civil War soldier, John Dunbar tries to commit suicide – and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe.
Style:
scenic, touching, sentimental, visually stunning, inspirational ...
Plot:
american civil war, native american, self discovery, culture clash, friendship, native, courage, tribe, native american white relationships, pride and honor, wolf, prairie ...
Time:
19th century, 90s, ancient times, 1860s, year 1990 ...
Place:
south dakota, nebraska, america, usa, kansas ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A WW2 deserter holes up on a farm with disastrous results. Overlooked gem with Glenda Jackson in one of her best roles and Oliver Reed playing a part he was made for.
Style:
independent film, sentimental, touching, humorous, emotional ...
Plot:
world war two, army sergeant, transvestism, older woman younger man relationship, man disguised as a woman, cross dressing, age-gap relationship, farm, soldier, desertion, wartime life, gender bending ...
Time:
year 1972
Place:
england, europe
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32K
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When the crew of an American tugboat boards an abandoned Russian research vessel, the alien life form aboard regards them as a virus which must be destroyed.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, bleak, rough, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
alien, virus, robot, ship, ghost ship, cyborgs, ocean, deadly creature, rescue, alien invasion, survival, violence ...
Time:
90s
Place:
pacific ocean
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In medieval times, on a remote plain, a widow and her mother-in-law kill wandering samurai, put their bodies in a hole in the ground and sell their armour and valuables, until the daughter-in-law falls in love with one of their intended victims.
Style:
black and white, scary, surreal, art house, creepy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
folk horror, samurai, swamp, murder, witch, sexuality, sex, medieval, survival, danger, vengeance, samurai sword ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 14th century
Place:
japan, asia, east asia, tokyo
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Genre: Western
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Two men, an aging Native American and a ne'er-do-well trapper from North America, race to claim the stallion Eagle's Wing in antebellum Mexico, meeting marauded stagecoach travelers and garrisoned Mexicans along the way.
Style:
euro western, semi serious, independent film
Plot:
stallion, desert, indian burial ground, horse thief, indian attack, cowboy, horseman, apache, native, kidnapping, desertion, rivalry ...
Time:
year 1979, 19th century, victorian era, 1830s
Place:
europe, england
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story set in the Cotswolds during and immediately after the First World War.
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, psychological, touching ...
Plot:
village, coming of age, world war one, skinny dipping, childhood, youth, society, friendship, village life, teenager, military police, anti war ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, 1920s
Place:
england, europe
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14K
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: Ireland, Luxembourg, Belgium, USA, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
It’s 1847 and Ireland is in the grip of the Great Famine that has ravaged the country for two long years. Feeney, a hardened Irish Ranger who has been fighting for the British Army abroad, abandons his post to return home and reunite with his ...
Style:
costume drama, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
poverty, deserter, revenge, starvation, british colonialism, manhunt, british army, hunger, firing squad, death, desperation, brutality ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s, victorian era
Place:
ireland, iraq, britain, afghanistan
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Israel, Canada, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A high-ranking Polish politburo member is banished from the party, and must find out why. Set in 1979 Poland before the Solidarity events.
Style:
independent film
Plot:
cold war, teenage girl, cold war era, poker, listening device, desertion, death of child, politics, intrigue, friendship, being followed, exile ...
Time:
70s, year 1979
Place:
poland, warsaw poland
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Colonel Stok, a Soviet intelligence officer responsible for security at the Berlin Wall, appears to want to defect but the evidence is contradictory. Stok wants the British to handle his defection and asks for one of their agents, Harry Palmer, to ...
Style:
political thriller, suspenseful, visually stunning, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, espionage, berlin wall, spy, funeral, 007, cold war era, betrayal, chase, covert operation, murder, hotel ...
Time:
year 1966, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
berlin germany, germany, east germany, west berlin west germany, england ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
spy comedy, eurospy
Plot:
spy, cold war, espionage, doctor, englishman abroad, covert operation, assassination, double agent, british intelligence, desertion, scheme, taxi driver ...
Time:
year 1966
Place:
middle east, paris france, london, beirut lebanon, canada ...
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