20 movies like Tempest, ordered by similarity : Woodpeckers(2017), Sayonara(1957), Papillon(2017), The Hill(1965), Mockery(1927), The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp(1943), Midnight Express(1978), Scarlet Dawn(1932), The Bridge on the River Kwai(1957), The Old Man & the Gun(2018), From Here to Eternity(1953), The Fixer(1968) ...
Drama
USA
1928
102 Minutes
John Barrymore Camilla Horn Louis Wolheim Boris De Fas George Fawcett Ullrich Haupt Michael Visaroff Lena Malena Albert Conti
military officer princess aristocrat bolshevik soldier prisoner melodramatic passionate russia military base bedroom prison russian revolution class conflict military life infatuation forbidden love transformation revenge 1910s
In Czarist Russia, a peasant officer, resented by the aristocrats, falls in love with a princess.
Drama
2017
106 Minutes
Jean Jean Ramón Emilio Candelario Judith Rodriguez Jose Cruz Manuel Raposo Karina Valdez Aleja Johnson Carlota Carretero Keunis Álvarez Orestes Amador
prison guard prisoner prisoners messenger gangsters love interest romantic interest romantic rival rival dark disturbing emotional engaging gripping intense moving passionate powerful raw tense
Incarcerated in the Dominican Republic, an inmate uses sign language to communicate with his imprisoned girlfriend at an adjacent institution.
Drama
USA
1957
147 Minutes
Marlon Brando Red Buttons Miiko Taka Miyoshi Umeki Ricardo Montalban Martha Scott James Garner
pilot military officer soldier wife girlfriend emotional melodramatic japan military base interracial romance love korean war military forbidden love sacrifice 1950s
A US Air Force major in Kobe confronts his own opposition to marriages between American servicemen and Japanese women when he falls for a beautiful performer.
Adventure, History, Biography, Drama
USA|Czech Republic|Spain
2017
133 Minutes
Charlie Hunnam Rami Malek Roland Møller Nina Senicar Tommy J. Flanagan Eve Hewson Christopher Fairbank Brian Vernel
convict innocent man prison guard prisoner escape artist friend tense bleak thrilling suspenseful incredible intricate prison island prison cell paris french guiana apartment prison prison break
Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.
Drama
UK
1965
123 Minutes
Sean Connery Harry Andrews Ian Bannen Alfred Lynch Ossie Davis Roy Kinnear Jack Watson Ian Hendry Michael Redgrave Norman Bird Neil McCallum
prisoner sergeant guard british soldiers bleak brutal intense prison camp africa libya desert following orders humiliation morality military prison rivalry discovery underdog fall
In a North African military prison during World War II, five new prisoners struggle to survive in the face of brutal punishment and sadistic guards.
Drama
USA
1927
66 Minutes
Lon Chaney Ricardo Cortez Barbara Bedford Mack Swain Emily Fitzroy Charles Puffy Kai Schmidt
russian peasant countess bolshevik revolutionary cossack melodramatic gripping tense siberia cottage palace russia friendship political unrest bolshevic revolution class conflict loyalty aristocracy rescue
During the Russian Revolution, a mentally challenged peasant saves then obsesses over a beautiful countess.
Romance, War, Drama
1943
163 Minutes
Emeric Pressburger Roger Livesey Deborah Kerr Anton Walbrook John Laurie James McKechnie Neville Mapp
soldier major general teacher nurse nazi gripping melodramatic witty england pow camp south africa germany love friendship war aging military love transformation sacrifice
A Boer War subaltern (Roger Livesey) becomes a World War II colonel, with three lovers (Deborah Kerr) along the way.
Biography, Drama
UK|USA
1978
121 Minutes
Brad Davis Randy Quaid John Hurt Bo Hopkins Paul L. Smith Mike Kellin Norbert Weisser Irene Miracle Paolo Bonacelli Michael Ensign Kevork Malikyan
prison guard prisoner police officer girlfriend judge bleak gutsy shocking istanbul prison airport prison life prison break drug trafficking foreign relations torture escape transformation wretched excess 1970s
Billy Hayes, an American college student, is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison.
Drama
USA
1932
58 Minutes
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Nancy Carroll Lilyan Tashman Earle Foxe Sheila Terry Betty Gillette Guy Kibbee Ivan Linow Dewey Robinson Richard Alexander Frank Reicher
russian nobleman servant wealthy man former lover wife engaging emotional melodramatic turkey moscow train station castle russia russian revolution relationships romance schemes love triangle exile
A Russian aristocrat and his servant girl escape to Turkey during the revolution.
War, Drama
UK|USA
1957
161 Minutes
William Holden Alec Guinness Sessue Hayakawa Jack Hawkins James Donald Geoffrey Horne Andre Morrell Peter Williams John Boxer Percy Herbert Harold Goodwin
soldier captain rival prisoner of war captor gritty military base bridge burma world war ii munitions construction military battle bombing rivalry quest revenge 1940s
British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors, not knowing that the allied forces are planning to destroy it.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|UK
2018
93 Minutes
Robert Redford Casey Affleck Sissy Spacek Danny Glover Tom Waits Tika Sumpter Ari Elizabeth Johnson Teagan Johnson Gene Jones John David Washington Barlow Jacobs
prisoner prison guard bank robber wife detective escape artist amusing gutsy bleak suspenseful tense california san quentin penitentiary prison bank car escape bank heist life story prison
Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.
Drama
USA
1953
118 Minutes
Burt Lancaster Montgomery Clift Deborah Kerr Frank Sinatra Donna Reed Ernest Borgnine Philip Ober Jack Warden Mickey Shaughnessy Harry Bellaver George Reeves
soldier sergeant military officer victim wife passionate powerful sad barracks honolulu beach military injustice love adultery forbidden love underdog sacrifice 1940s
In Hawaii in 1941, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second-in-command are falling in love.
Drama
1968
132 Minutes
Alan Bates Dirk Bogarde Georgia Brown Hugh Griffith Elizabeth Hartman Ian Holm David Opatoshu David Warner
prisoner lawyer pretty woman bleak disheartening somber prison russia shop disillusionment prison imperialism anti-semitism meaning of life class distinctions fall discovery underdog 1910s
A government lawyer (Dirk Bogarde) tries to help a poor Jewish handyman (Alan Bates) railroaded for murder in czarist Russia.
Romance, Drama
2012
101 Minutes
Emayatzy Corinealdi David Oyelowo Omari Hardwick Lorraine Toussaint Edwina Findley Sharon Lawrence Dondré Whitfield Troy Curvey III Maya Gilbert
wife husband couple medical student convict emotional endearing engaging gripping inspiring prison united states america prison prison life self-discovery journey marriage relationships incarceration
A med student (Emayatzy Corinealdi) considers leaving her long-imprisoned husband (Omari Hardwick) for a charming bus driver (David Oyelowo).
Drama
Singapore|Germany|France|Hong Kong|Qatar
2016
96 Minutes
Firdaus Rahman Wan Hanafisu Mastura Ahmad Boon Pin Koh Nickson Cheng Crispian Chan Gerald Chew
prison guard prisoner executioner apprentice sister father brooding emotional intense prison apartment execution chamber market car street prison execution guilt anger acceptance
Inevitably, a transfer to a maximum security prison will eventually challenge the integrity and ethics of a young correctional officer on his way to become a chief executioner.
War, Drama, History
USA
2017
118 Minutes
Max Hubacher Milan Peschel Frederick Lau Waldemar Kobus Alexander Fehling Samuel Finzi Wolfram Koch Britta Hammelstein Bernd Hölscher Sascha Alexander Gersak Blerim Destani
soldier nazi nazi commandant prison guard prisoner deserter uneasy intense tense unrestrained brutal bleak concentration camp truck woods base camp office fraud nazi collaboration power
After the tragic deaths of her husband and daughter, Sarah Doyle moves back to her childhood home with her estranged brother, Richard. It's not long before Sarah begins to experience ... See full summary »
Drama
Soviet Union
1979
210 Minutes
Vladimir Samoilov Vitali Solomin Nikita Mikhalkov Natalya Andreychenko Mikhail Kononov Sergei Shakurov Lyudmila Gurchenko Pavel Kadochnikov Yelena Koreneva Ivan Dmitriev Konstantin Grigoryev
peasant military officer revolutionary lover son father brooding dense melodramatic powerful siberia village russian revolution poverty love rivalry political unrest family feud forbidden love rivalry
The story about a very small god-forgotten village in Siberia reflects the history of Russia from the beginning of the century till early 80s. Three generations try to find the land of ... See full summary »
War, Drama
India
2004
185 Minutes
Amitabh Bachchan Hrithik Roshan Preity Zinta Om Puri Sharad S. Kapoor Raj Zutshi Sushant Singh Prashant Chainani Aditya Srivastava Abir Goswami Parmeet Sethi
young man soldier young woman patriotic passionate brooding intense melodramatic suspenseful india military academy military base military war fighting love discovery adventure metamorphosis fall
An aimless, jobless, irresponsible grown man joins the army and matures into a battlefield hero.
Crime, Drama
USA
2018
96 Minutes
Alexander Dreymon Lesley-Ann Brandt Erik LaRay Harvey Cedric Young Wayne David Parker Jacqueline Williams Javon Anderson Jerilynd Bartys Michael Alexander Phillip Edward Van Lear Anton Bassey
inmate prison guard enemy prisoner lover suspenseful engaging striking prison new york city united states jail love forbidden love prison life escape risk unlikely allies unlikely romance escape
A rogue love story centered on a female correctional officer whose life is turned upside down by the fleeting affections of her lover - a male convict whose charm is only as genuine as his desire to be free.
Crime, Drama
USA
1930
87 Minutes
Wallace Beery Chester Morris Robert Montgomery Lewis Stone Leila Hyams George F. Marion J.C. Nugent Karl Dane DeWitt Jennings Matthew Betz Claire McDowell
prisoner prison official guard warden criminal gritty thrilling bleak prison prison life prison break drunk driving corruption crime escape revenge 1930s
A convict falls in love with his new cellmate's sister, only to become embroiled in a planned break-out which is certain to have lethal consequences.
Comedy, Drama
Soviet Union
1976
94 Minutes
Yelena Solovey Rodion Nahapetov Oleg Basilashvili Konstantin Grigorev Aleksandr Kalyagin Vera Kuznetsova Nikita Mikhalkov
russian revolutionary actress cameraman filmmaker actor emotional gripping passionate russia countryside small town bolshevic revolution filmmaking ignorance romance deception transformation discovery forbidden love
Olga Voznesenskaya is a silent screen star whose pictures are so popular that underground revolutionaries risk capture to see them. She's in southern Russia filming a tear-jerker as the ... See full summary »