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List of holocaust survivor movies
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Switzerland, West Germany, Austria
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
During World War II, Switzerland severely limited refugees: "Our boat is full." A train from Germany halts briefly in an isolated corner of Switzerland. Six people jump off seeking asylum: four Jews, a French child, and a German soldier. ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, disturbing, bleak
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, refugee, children, ship, german soldier, nudity, brother sister relationship, age-gap relationship, social problems, holocaust survivor, youth ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942
Place:
switzerland, germany, europe, zurich switzerland
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8K
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, 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, War
Country: Germany, Czech Republic
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A group of people are imprisoned in a rail car bound from Berlin to a concentration camp in 1945.
Style:
serious, realistic, bleak, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
holocaust, nazism, nazi, gestapo, nazi germany, anti semitism, danger, life is a bitch, pow, war, confined, world war ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1943, post world war two
Place:
germany, israel, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Enric Marco, a Spanish trade unionist, claims to be a survivor of Nazi concentration camps.
Style:
thought provoking, historical drama, non fiction, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
holocaust, fraud, biopic, reputation, scandal, moral ambiguity, investigation, shame, ethical dilemma, character study, testimony, betrayal ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
spain, catalonia, barcelona
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Simone Veil's life story through the pivotal events of Twentieth Century. Her childhood, her political battles, her tragedies. An intimate and epic portrait of an extraordinary woman who eminently challenged and transformed her era defending a ...
Style:
non-linear, political drama
Plot:
concentration camp, neo nazi, biopic, political activist, auschwitz, holocaust survivor, legacy, humanism, european union, political intrigue, french politics, shoah ...
Time:
1940s, year 1968, year 1994, 1950s, year 1975 ...
Place:
france, algeria, paris france
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany, UK, Austria, Ireland
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The deportation of 4000 Jews from Budapest to Auschwitz in July 1944, as told by George Tabori, and how the narrator's mother escaped it, owing to coincidence, courage and some help from where you'd least expect it.
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, bleak, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, genocide, wartime life, world war, auschwitz, rape, concentration camp, deportation, hopes, holocaust survivor, battles ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
budapest, berlin germany, hungary
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
On a TV tabloid show, Iya Zetnick exposes Joe Mueller as the Nazi war criminal who killed her family. Mueller is arrested, but prevails in a trial. Zetnick breaks into his house, and kills herself in front of his family. His daughter, who had stood ...
Style:
independent film, thought provoking, biting, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
world war, world war two, immigrant, holocaust survivor, family relations, battles, injustice, parents and children, hotel, courtroom drama, haunted by the past, homecoming ...
Time:
80s
Place:
australia, melbourne
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, Sport, War
Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
In the face of insurmountable odds, one man will risk everything to take back his country. Czechoslovakia, 1943, and the world is enveloped by the dark clouds of war. Showing unimaginable bravery, a Jewish teenager manages to escape the clutches of ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, suspense, exciting, student film
Plot:
football, nazi occupation, brother brother relationship, football player, christian, monastery, world war, dictatorship, dictator, soccer, partisan, boy ...
Place:
slovakia, czechoslovakia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Spain
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Spanish photographer Francesc Boix, imprisoned in the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp, works in the SS Photographic Service. Between 1943 and 1945, he hides, with the help of other prisoners, thousands of negatives, with the purpose of showing ...
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, costume drama, period piece, rough ...
Plot:
holocaust, nazi, nazism, concentration camp, world war two, nazi occupation, nazi concentration camp, shoah, nazi war criminal, slave labor, spanish civil war, concentration camp survivor ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, year 1944, year 1945
Place:
spain, germany, central europe
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Genre: Documentary, Short, History
Country: USA
Duration: 38 min.
Story:
From PBS - The secret Nazi death camp at Sobibor was created solely for the mass extermination of Jews. But on the 14th of October 1943, the inmates fought back, in the biggest and most successful prison outbreak of the Second World War. Told ...
Style:
grim, educational, bleak
Plot:
genocide, world war two, holocaust, nazi germany, war crime, prison break, shoah, memories, jewish history, death, survival, escape ...
Place:
poland
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Norway, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Norway, 1942, during World War II. After being separated from her family, Esther, a young Jewish girl from Trondheim, arrives at an isolated farm where she must assume a new identity in order to survive the Nazi persecution.
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, thought provoking, heartbreaking ...
Plot:
nazi occupation, gender disguise, woman dressed as man, holocaust, holocaust survivor, jew persecution, impersonating, pretending to be someone else, false identity, war violence, fascism, cross dressing ...
Time:
year 1942, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
scandinavia
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
When troubled 12-year-old Jacob Felsen is sent away to boarding school, he enters every kid’s worst nightmare: a creepy old mansion, deserted except for six other teenage misfits and two menacing and mysterious teachers. As events become ...
Style:
scary, rough, psychological horror, suspense, harsh ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
boarding school, corporal punishment, stepfather, stepfather stepson relationship, boy, coming of age, supernatural horror, life is a bitch, child, lgbt, brutality, lifestyle ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Netherlands
TV show
Story:
In 1940s Amsterdam, Jewish Council co-chairman David Cohen and his daughter Virrie have their bond tested as they pursue increasingly opposing ways of safeguarding their community under Nazi rule.
Style:
historical drama, bleak, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, nazi occupation, world war two, nazi, anti semitism, persecution, moral ambiguity, moral dilemma, community, nazism, relationships, life is a bitch ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
amsterdam, netherlands
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The members of a San Diego Wednesday night womens' mah jongg club are five survivors of a Nazi concentration camp. They recognize the owner of a local restaurant, Walter Grossman, as a doctor from the camp who performed experiments on them as ...
Style:
silent, surprise ending
Plot:
rape and revenge, rape, retiring, hopes, memories, family relations, reformatory, exile, manhood, trial, tolerance, forced labor ...
Time:
post world war two, 1940s
Place:
poland, europe
Is relevant?
104K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
A young ballet dancer travels to a prestigious dance academy in Europe, only to discover it is a front for something far more sinister and supernatural amidst a series of increasingly grisly murders.
Style:
suspense, psychological horror, dark, sinister, avant garde ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
ritual sacrifice, dead woman, curse, witchcraft, secret, paranormal phenomena, mysterious event, corporal punishment, occult, good versus evil, spiritualism, witch ...
Time:
year 1977, year 1948, 70s, year 1943, post world war two
Place:
berlin germany, west berlin west germany, italy, ohio, east berlin
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273K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Germany, USA, Poland
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as ...
Style:
sexy, melancholic, touching, sexual, inspirational ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
forbidden love, older woman younger man relationship, age difference, coming of age, holocaust, nazi, first love, trial, world war two, older woman younger man sex, sex, unlikely couple ...
Time:
post world war two, year 1966, year 1958, year 2008, 20th century ...
Place:
germany, israel, west berlin west germany, hamburg germany, europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A nomadic recluse living on the fringes of society reconsiders his bloodthirsty legacy when a teenage girl shows up claiming to be his daughter.
Style:
dark comedy
Plot:
father daughter relationship, abusive husband, road trip, teenage vampire, teenage girl, single parent, identity crisis, orphan, holocaust survivor, female vampire, being followed, support group ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
nebraska, california, texas, kansas, oklahoma
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When Do We Eat? is the story of the "world's fastest Passover seder" gone horribly awry. It's about an old school dad (Michael Lerner) who's as tough on his sons as his father (Jack Klugman) is on him. On this night, ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating, independent film
Plot:
ecstasy, dysfunctional family, couple relations, nothing goes right, food, parents and children, prank, youth, family life, eccentric family, family problems, father son relationship ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, Hungary
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The story of the Holocaust, seen as Jonah, a young jewish boy living in Amsterdam at the onset of WW II, who with his family is taken by the Nazis to a concentration camp. (Based on the book 'Childhood' by Jona Oberski.)
Style:
silent
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, youth, traumatic childhood, concentration camp, reformatory, family relations, memories, hopes, retiring, madness, nazi occupied poland ...
Place:
amsterdam, europe, poland
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Poland
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
For con men, the game of trickery is at least as important as any monetary reward they might seek. In this wry Polish film, a con-man (Piotr Fronczewski) has just been released from prison. A real artist of conmanship, he starts back at his old ...
Plot:
true crime, con man, con game, charm, naivete, hospital, taxi driver, charisma, fake, consulate, holocaust survivor, blackmail ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: Israel
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
In July 1976, an Air France flight from Tel-Aviv to Paris via Athens was hijacked and forced to land in Entebbe, Uganda. The Jewish passengers were separated and held hostage in demand to release many terrorists held in Israeli prisons. After much ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
israeli, hostage, war on terror, airplane hijack, machine gun, judaism, secret mission, dictatorship, raf, conflict, struggle, conservative ...
Time:
70s
Place:
israel, middle east, uganda, paris france, africa ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Set during the largely unexplored period immediately following World War II, the film follows a group of mostly Jewish Parisians who attempt to restart their lives and rekindle their capacity for happiness in the shadow of unspeakable horrors. ...
Style:
sincere, captivating, serious, emotional, contemplative ...
Plot:
family relations, holocaust, anti semitism, starting over, survival, human spirit, haunted by the past, love and romance, life is a bitch, couple relations, hopes, moral dilemma ...
Time:
1940s, year 1946, post world war two
Place:
paris france, france, europe, canada
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When a cure is found to treat mutations, lines are drawn amongst the X-Men and The Brotherhood, a band of powerful mutants organized under Xavier's former ally, Magneto.
Style:
exciting, sexy, action adventure, saga, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, chick flick, kids, adult
Plot:
mutant, superhero, supernatural ability, avenger, superhuman powers, supernatural power, x men, final battle, comic book, fantasy world, mentor, superhero team ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, future, 20th century, year 1986 ...
Place:
san francisco, usa, bay area, california, washington d.c. ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Isaac Geldhart is a Holocaust survivor who, overcome by grief at the recent death of his wife, seems determined to run his publishing firm into the ground by printing books that have no hope of financial success. His son Aaron, who also works at the ...
Style:
melancholic, talky, serious, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
writer's life, single father, family bonds, writers, book, family problems, introspection, love and romance, dealing with death, parents and children, family life, siblings relations ...
Time:
year 1996
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey, london
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
College and high school serve as the backdrop for two stories about dysfunction and personal turmoil.
Style:
black comedy, sexy, bleak, dark comedy, controversial ...
Plot:
high school, dark humor, high school student, high school football, satire, homosexual, american football, celebrity, maid, writers, filmmaking, family problems ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, new york, usa, colombia, israel
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A dramatization of the controversial trial concerning the right for Neo-Nazis to march in the predominately Jewish community of Skokie.
Style:
political, contemplative, realistic, serious, thought provoking ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, holocaust, civil rights, lawyer, grief, aging, suburbs, injustice, religions or cults, against humanity, politics, state affairs ...
Time:
80s
Place:
illinois, usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Simon, 35, has returned to live temporarily with his father. They make life unbearable for each other. To add spice to this situation, Uncle Maurice and Aunt Mala, Ernest's brother and sister, meddle in everything and, notably, try to find a ...
Plot:
female nudity, cemetery, loss of father, on the road, dancer, airport, bare breasts, border crossing, grandfather grandson relationship, grave, rabbit, concentration camp ...
Place:
ukraine
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Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Based on a true Military operation by Israeli commandos. An Air France flight is hijacked by the PFLP. The plane has about 100 Jewish passengers. The plane is grounded in Uganda. Israelis would not negotiate. The movie then shows how less than 500 ...
Style:
political, exciting, rough, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, hijacking, military, war on terror, conflict, airplane, conservative, threat, dictator, judaism, secret mission, disaster ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1976
Place:
uganda, africa, israel, palestine
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
An enigmatic tale of four people whose lives are intertwined by destiny are subject to the laws of fate. They discover that luck is something they cannot afford to be without as they gamble with the highest stakes possible in a deadly game from ...
Style:
tense, psychological, suspenseful, surreal, cerebral ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
luck, gambling, twists and turns, gambler, game, murder, casino, greed, supernatural power, investigation, haunted by the past, change of luck ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
spain, caribbean, argentina
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