20 movies like The Return of Martin Guerre, ordered by similarity : Anything for Her(2008), The Army of Crime(2009), Mary Queen of Scots(2018), First Man(2018), Caterpillar(2010), War and Peace(1966), Anna Karenina(2012), Alone in Berlin(2016), The Stranger(1991), Silence(2016), The Divine Order(2017), The Lunchbox(2013) ...
Drama, History
France
1982
122 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Nathalie Baye Roger Planchon André Chaumeau Maurice Barrier Stéphane Pean Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu Sylvie Meda
wife husband villager magistrate veteran impostor fascinating gripping emotional suspenseful france countryside village courtroom family home impersonation court battles husband/wife relationship con game war aftermath
In medieval France, some villagers challenge a man's claim of identity when he (as he says) returns home from some time in the army.
Crime, Romance, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France|Spain
2008
96 Minutes
Vincent Lindon Diane Kruger Lancelot Roch Olivier Marchal Hammou Graïa Liliane Rovère Olivier Perrier Moussa Maaskri Rémi Martin Thierry Godard Slimane Hadjar
wife husband son police officer judge counterfeiter brash suspenseful emotional france prison house courtroom suburbia family wrongful conviction desperation jailbreak husband/wife relationship murder case
With no legal means left to him, a high school teacher devises a daring plan to rescue his wrongfully imprisoned wife from jail.
War, Drama, History
USA
2009
139 Minutes
Simon Abkarian Virginie Ledoyen Robinson Stévenin Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet Lola Naymark Yann Trégouët Ariane Ascaride Jean-Pierre Darroussin Ivan Franek Adrien Jolivet Horatiu Malaele
resistance fighter wife bomber marksman volunteer nazi brooding gripping suspenseful france berlin countryside house resistance fighters husband/wife relationship nazi hunting world war ii vichy france nazi occupation revenge
Based on the true story of the double initial killings in Rochester, NY.
Biography, Drama, History
UK|USA
2018
124 Minutes
Saoirse Ronan Margot Robbie Jack Lowden Joe Alwyn David Tennant Guy Pearce Gemma Chan Martin Compston Ismael Cruz Cordova Brendan Coyle Ian Hart
queen widow rival husband leader friend tense intense gripping brash uneasy france scotland england castle mansion queen elizabeth i queen mary power royalty
Mary Stuart's (Saoirse Ronan's) attempt to overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I (Margot Robbie), Queen of England, finds her condemned to years of imprisonment before facing execution.
Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
USA|Japan
2018
141 Minutes
Ryan Gosling Claire Foy Jason Clarke Kyle Chandler Corey Stoll Patrick Fugit Christopher Abbott Ciarán Hinds Olivia Hamilton Pablo Schreiber Shea Whigham
neil armstrong astronaut wife son engineer test pilot thrilling intense confident inspiring moon florida space center space shuttle family home spaceship moon space exploration space travel life story
A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
War, Drama, History
2010
85 Minutes
Shinobu Terajima Keigo Kasuya Emi Masuda Sabu Kawahara Shima Ônishi
soldier husband wife villager war hero disabled person disheartening melodramatic sad japan village household second sino-japanese war military disfigurement marriage heroism disability quest transformation
In 1940s Japan a villager must fulfill her duty to her husband, a decorated soldier who returned from war a quadruple amputee.
Romance, War, Drama, History
1966
373 Minutes
Lyudmila Saveleva Sergei Bondarchuk Vyacheslav Tikhonov Oleg Tabakov Boris Zakhava Anatoliy Ktorov Anastasiya Vertinskaya Antonina Shuranova Viktor Stanitsyn
count countess military officer soldier wife socialite creative gripping passionate russia royal palace family home battlefield countryside war love marriage infidelity horrors of war love
Drama, Romance, History
UK
2012
129 Minutes
Keira Knightley Aaron Taylor-Johnson Jude Law Domhnall Gleeson Alicia Vikander Matthew Macfadyen Kelly Macdonald Oskar McNamara Olivia Williams Ruth Wilson Emily Watson
wife count husband son farmer princess passionate striking emotional russia estate countryside resort infidelity doomed romance child custody social standing nobility forbidden love transformation
In late-19th-century Russian high society, St. Petersburg aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the dashing Count Alexei Vronsky.
Drama, History
UK|France|Germany
2016
103 Minutes
Emma Thompson Brendan Gleeson Daniel Brühl Mikael Persbrandt Katharina Schüttler Louis Hofmann Lars Rudolph Uwe Preuss Jacob Matschenz Godehard Giese
mother father husband wife adolf hitler nazi detective ss officer son chilling emotional engaging moving tense suspenseful berlin germany death grief loss
After a Nazi German working class couple loses their son in World War II, they decide to retaliate by secretly leafletting handwritten cards in Berlin denouncing their government.
Drama
1991
120 Minutes
Dipankar Dey Mamata Shankar Bikram Bhattacharya Utpal Dutt Dhritiman Chatterji Robi Ghosh Subrata Chatterji
wife husband son stranger friend lawyer airy lighthearted profound mellow house calcutta, india village backyard family suspicion modernity acceptance class distinctions mystery
Manmohan Mitra, an explorer, returns to India after 35 years to his only surviving relative, his niece, whom he has never seen or met. However, she and her husband refuse to believe and accept him.
Drama, History
USA|UK|Taiwan|Japan|Mexico|Italy
2016
161 Minutes
Andrew Garfield Adam Driver Tadanobu Asano Ciarán Hinds Issei Ogata Shin'ya Tsukamoto Yoshi Oida Yôsuke Kubozuka Liam Neeson Ryô Kase Nana Komatsu
missionary priest teacher mentor villager brooding emotional incredible inspiring japan village house church journey disappearance religion discovery mystery pursuit sacrifice
In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism.
History, Drama
Switzerland
2017
96 Minutes
Marie Leuenberger Maximilian Simonischek Rachel Braunschweig Sibylle Brunner Marta Zoffoli Bettina Stucky Therese Affolter Ella Rumpf
housewife activist mother husband father-in-law brooding confident creative engaging fiery fascinating inspiring powerful raw switzerland village voting women women's rights discovery
In 1971, a young housewife organizes the women of her town to petition for the right to vote.
Romance, Drama
India|France|Germany|USA|Canada
2013
105 Minutes
Irrfan Khan Nimrat Kaur Nawazuddin Siddiqui Denzil Smith Bharati Achrekar Nakul Vaid Lillete Dubey Yashvi Puneet Nagar
housewife husband widower charming endearing positive india village house husband/wife relationship friendship loneliness neglect happiness discovery transformation mystery 2010s
A mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system connects a young housewife to an older man in the dusk of his life as they build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox.
Biography, Drama, History
USA|China|Canada
2018
120 Minutes
Felicity Jones Armie Hammer Justin Theroux Jack Reynor Cailee Spaeny Stephen Root Sam Waterston Kathy Bates Chris Mulkey Francis X. McCarthy Wendy Crewson
attorney mother husband judge child incredible inspiring emotional confident tense new york city house court party office washington, d.c. gender equality ruth bader ginsberg court battles historical events
The true story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, her struggles for equal rights, and the early cases of a historic career that lead to her nomination and confirmation as U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice.
Crime, Drama
France
2009
110 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Clovis Cornillac Jacques Gamblin Marie Bunel Vahina Giocante Marie Matheron Adrienne Pauly Yves Verhoeven Bruno Abraham-Kremer Rodolphe Pauly
detective husband wife half brother emotional crafty dark sultry house france dance floor car vacation husband/wife relationship brotherhood work vs. family investigation murder mystery quest
A well known Parisian inspector becomes involved in an investigation while on holiday.
Drama, History
UK
2018
101 Minutes
Kenneth Branagh Judi Dench Lydia Wilson Hadley Fraser Jack Colgrave Hirst John Dagleish Sean Foley Ian McKellen Gerard Horan Sam Ellis Kathryn Wilder
william shakespeare wife daughter husband family member amusing tense emotional moving creative england house estate theater william shakespeare family retirement starting over writing storytelling
A look at the final days in the life of renowned playwright William Shakespeare.
Drama, History
UK
1948
110 Minutes
John Mills Derek Bond Harold Warrender James Robertson Justice Kenneth More Christopher Lee
explorer doctor wife sled dog crew member rival bleak brutal striking suspenseful inspiring south pole wilderness home tundra camp survival expedition exploration affliction
The story of British explorer Robert Falcon Scott's 1912 expedition and his quest to be the first to reach the South Pole.
Drama
China|Hong Kong
1992
100 Minutes
Gong Li Lei Laosheng Liu Peiqi Yang Liuchun Zhu Qanqing Cui Luowen Yang Huiqin Wang Jianfa Lin Zi
peasant pregnant woman villager husband wife bureaucrat moving powerful gutsy spirited china countryside big city city vs. country injustice corruption husband/wife relationship quest underdog sacrifice
A pregnant peasant woman seeks redress from the Chinese bureaucracy after the village chief kicks her husband in the groin in this comedy of justice. As she is frustrated by each level of ... See full summary »
Documentary, War, Drama, History
USA|Congo
2017
93 Minutes
Mamadou Ndala
merchant poor person villager government official military officer bleak brutal uneasy tense intricate disheartening congo village plains office road market political corruption political unrest military occupation
An unfiltered look in to the lives of 3 characters surviving amongst the most recent cycle of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, otherwise known as the M23 rebellion.
Adventure, History, Drama, Action
USA|Mexico|UK
2006
137 Minutes
Rudy Youngblood Raoul Trujillo Dalia Hernandez Gerardo Taracena Jonathan Brewer Fernando Hernandez Rodolfo Palacios Morris Birdyellowhead Maria Isidra Hoil Antonio Monroi Carlos Emilio Baez
prisoner tribal leader wife child explorer hunter gritty suspenseful touching brutal central america waterfall village pyramid yucatan jungle violence rape prophecy torture
As the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, a young man is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression.
Drama
Italy
1968
100 Minutes
Silvana Mangano Terence Stamp Massimo Girotti Anne Wiazemsky Laura Betti Ninetto Davoli Alfonso Gatto Susanna Pasolini Adele Cambria Carlo De Mejo Luigi Barbini
young man stranger husband wife daughter maid emotional engaging fascinating passionate sultry melodramatic italy milan milan, italy villa passion secret attraction relationships
A mysterious young man seduces each member of a bourgeois family. When he suddenly leaves, how will their lives change?