20 movies like Korczak, ordered by similarity : Resistance(2020), The Invisibles(2017), #AnneFrank. Parallel Stories(2019), Machine Gun Preacher(2011), The Zookeeper's Wife(2017), Darkest Hour(2017), Sobibor(2018), La Maison de Nina(2005), A Bag of Marbles(2017), A Hidden Life(2019), Blossoms in the Dust(1941), Restrepo(2010) ...
7.5/10
Biography
Poland|Germany|UK
1990
115 Minutes
Wojciech Pszoniak Ewa Da?kowska Piotr Kozlowski Marzena Trybala Wojciech Klata Adam Siemion Karolina Czernicka Agnieszka Kruk Aleksander Bardini Robert Atzorn
pediatrician nazi orphan child friend jew bleak disheartening warsaw ghetto poland orphanage street orphans nazi occupation world war ii self-sacrifice holocaust janusz korczak rescue sacrifice
Account of the last days of life of the legendary Polish pedagogue Janusz Korczak and his heroic dedication to protecting Jewish orphans during the war. Jewish doctor Henryk Goldszmit, ... See full summary »
6.3/10
Biography, Drama, History
UK|France|Germany|USA
2020
120 Minutes
Jesse Eisenberg Ed Harris Edgar Ramírez Clémence Poésy Matthias Schweighöfer Félix Moati Géza Röhrig Karl Markovics Bella Ramsey Alicia von Rittberg
resistance fighter resistance leader child jewish child jewish man nazi bleak brooding engaging gutsy heartwarming intense moving quirky sad suspenseful tense thrilling touching france
The story of mime Marcel Marceau as he works with a group of Jewish boy scouts and the French Resistance to save the lives of ten thousand orphans during World War II.
7.1/10
Drama, History
Germany
2017
110 Minutes
Aaron Altaras Max Mauff Alice Dwyer Ruby O. Fee Victoria Schulz Florian Lukas Andreas Schmidt Sergej Moya Lucas Reiber
jewish man jewish woman nazi german soldier tense suspenseful striking powerful moving engaging berlin nazi germany germany jewish people jewish identity nazis nazi occupation secret life world war ii escape
While Joseph Goebbels infamously declared Berlin "free of Jews" in 1943, 1,700 managed to survive in the Nazi capital through the end of WWII. The Invisibles traces the stories of four young people who learned to hide in plain sight.
6.5/10
Documentary, Drama, History
Italy
2019
92 Minutes
Helen Mirren Anna Migotto Anne Frank
anne frank jew nazi nazi collaborator holocaust survivor bleak chilling dark disheartening disturbing emotional engaging gripping incredible melancholy moving amsterdam concentration camp hideout holocaust
It is based on five women who did survive the Holocaust but shared her same fate of "deportation, suffering and being denied their childhood and adolescence," according to promotional materials.
6.8/10
Biography, Drama
USA
2011
127 Minutes
Gerard Butler Michelle Monaghan Michael Shannon Kathy Baker Souléymane Sy Savané Madeline Carroll Ryann Campos Grant Krause Amanda Carlson
hell's angel orphan militant wife shocking inspiring emotional sudan orphanage countryside sam childers civil unrest child exploitation religious awakening philanthropy rescue sacrifice underdog 2000s
Sam Childers is a former drug-dealing biker tough guy who found God and became a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese children who've been forced to become soldiers.
7.0/10
Biography, Drama, History
Czech Republic|UK|USA
2017
125 Minutes
Jessica Chastain Johan Heldenbergh Michael McElhatton Daniel Brühl Iddo Goldberg Anna Rust Brian Caspe Goran Kostic Shira Haas Efrat Dor
zookeeper wife polish man nazi zoologist fugitive emotional intense fascinating poland zoo basement concentration camp warsaw ghetto office helping others world war ii fugitives nazis extermination
Keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Antonina and Jan Zabinski, must save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion in WWII Poland.
7.4/10
War, Biography, Drama, History
UK|USA
2017
125 Minutes
Gary Oldman Kristin Scott Thomas Ben Mendelsohn Lily James Ronald Pickup Stephen Dillane Nicholas Jones Samuel West Richard Lumsden Charley Palmer Rothwell Hannah Steele
winston churchill nazi king soldier politician adolf hitler brooding rousing passionate striking tense spirited london great britain war zone nazi germany government building house of parliament world war ii nazi occupation
In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler, or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.
6.4/10
Drama, Biography, War
Russia|Germany|Lithuania|Poland
2018
120 Minutes
Konstantin Khabensky Christopher Lambert Felice Jankell Dainius Kazlauskas Sergey Godin Roman Ageev
prisoner of war soviet soldier concentration camp survivor lieutenant nazi sergeant dark chilling intense disturbing frightening raw poland concentration camp survival nazis prisoners of war world war ii concentration camp uprising
Soviet officer Alexander Pechersky organizes a revolt and mass escape of prisoners from Sobibór extermination camp in October 1943.
6.0/10
Drama, History
France
2005
109 Minutes
Agnès Jaoui Sarah Adler Katia Lewkowicz Arié Elmaleh Charles Berling Adèle Csech Jérémy Sitbon Vincent Rottiers Alexis Pivot Max Levy Lola Naymark
orphan soldier child jew refugee woman emotional moving solemn orphanage france chateau paris world war ii holocaust childcare culture clash religious differences orphans transformation
During WWII a group of Jewish children is sent to a castle outside Paris to hide there until things cool down, but it eventually becomes their new home. Later, children from the liberated concentration camps arrive there as well.
7.3/10
Drama
France|Canada|Czech Republic
2017
110 Minutes
Dorian Le Clech Batyste Fleurial Patrick Bruel Elsa Zylberstein Bernard Campan Kev Adams Christian Clavier César Domboy Ilian Bergala Emile Berling Jocelyne Desverchere
young boy jewish child brother nazi moving emotional bleak gutsy inspiring intense concentration camp nazi germany france escape nazi occupation nazis concentration camp survival brother relationship sacrifice
In occupied France, Maurice and Joseph, two young Jewish brothers left to their own devices demonstrate an incredible amount of cleverness, courage, and ingenuity to escape the enemy invasion and to try to reunite their family once again.
7.4/10
Biography, Drama, History
USA|UK|Germany
2019
174 Minutes
August Diehl Valerie Pachner Maria Simon Tobias Moretti Bruno Ganz Matthias Schoenaerts Karin Neuhäuser Ulrich Matthes Franz Rogowski Karl Markovics Michael Nyqvist
farmer austrian pacifist bleak emotional inspiring incredible austria farm world war ii resistance nazis escape sacrifice 1940s
The Austrian Franz Jägerstätter, a conscientious objector, refuses to fight for the Nazis in World War II.
6.9/10
Biography
USA
1941
100 Minutes
Greer Garson Walter Pidgeon Felix Bressart Marsha Hunt Fay Holden Samuel S. Hinds Kathleen Howard George Lessey William Henry Henry O'Neill John Eldredge
mother orphan doctor butler sister senator touching emotional orphanage wisconsin train household texas death social activism deception adoption religion relationships underdog
After losing her young son, Edna Gladney opposes the unfair laws discriminating against children whose parents are unknown, and opens an orphanage for those children.
7.5/10
7.6/10
War, Drama, History
Germany|France|Poland
1990
115 Minutes
Marco Hofschneider Julie Delpy André Wilms Ashley Wanninger Hanns Zischler Klaus Kowatsch Halina Labonarska Delphine Forest René Hofschneider Jorg Schnass Nathalie Schmidt
teenager nazi girlfriend father bleak emotional suspenseful germany poland russia orphanage nazism holocaust world war ii survival deception growing up forbidden love 1940s
A boy in Nazi Germany, trying to conceal that he is Jewish, joins the Hitler Youth.
6.9/10
Biography, Drama, History
Italy|France
2009
128 Minutes
Giovanna Mezzogiorno Filippo Timi Corrado Invernizzi Fausto Russo Alesi Michela Cescon Pier Giorgio Bellocchio Paolo Pierobon Bruno Cariello Francesca Picozza Simona Nobili Giovanna Mori
benito mussolini wife son fascists brutal dark emotional italy betrayal love war politics loss fall revenge sacrifice 1940s
The story of Mussolini's secret lover, Ida Dalser, and their son Albino.
6.3/10
Music, Biography, Drama, History
France
2017
115 Minutes
Reda Kateb Cécile de France Bea Pálya Ulrich Brandhoff Maximilien Poullein Esther Comar Alexandre Sauty Gabriel Mireté Alex Brendemühl Aloïse Sauvage Antoine Laurent
composer guitarist band member gypsy nazi girlfriend gripping rousing inspiring settlement villa switzerland nightclub paris musical performance german occupation blues music daunting task self-expression awakening
The story of Django Reinhardt, famous guitarist and composer, and his flight from German-occupied Paris in 1943.
6.7/10
War, Biography, Drama
UK|USA
2018
110 Minutes
Rosamund Pike Jamie Dornan Tom Hollander Stanley Tucci Jeremie Laheurte Hilton McRae Fady Elsayed Raad Rawi
war correspondent photographer friend love interest colleague brooding gripping intense raw syria iraq afghanistan libya london war zone war journalism middle east terrorism evil plot
One of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontline of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless.
8.1/10
War, Biography, Drama, History
Australia|USA
2016
139 Minutes
Andrew Garfield Sam Worthington Luke Bracey Teresa Palmer Hugo Weaving Rachel Griffiths Vince Vaughn Richard Roxburgh Luke Pegler Richard Pyros Firass Dirani
private conscientious objector soldier commander enemy president confident emotional uplifting tense moving raw okinawa, japan airplane ship bunker white house car conscience world war ii
World War II American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people, and becomes the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor without firing a shot.
7.6/10
Kids & Family, Biography, Drama
USA|UK
2004
106 Minutes
Johnny Depp Kate Winslet Julie Christie Radha Mitchell Dustin Hoffman Kelly Macdonald Ian Hart Paul Whitehouse Freddie Highmore Joe Prospero Nick Roud
author mother son wife arthur conan doyle orphan charming emotional endearing london theater england friendship childhood parenthood grief marriage discovery transformation growing up
The story of Sir J.M. Barrie's friendship with a family who inspired him to create Peter Pan.
7.6/10
Drama
Hungary
1983
98 Minutes
Barna Kabay Hedi Temessy Ferenc Zenthe Gabor Feher Henry Gregor Léticia Cano Péter Rudolf
young boy jewish man mother neighbor nazi father bleak emotional touching hungary town yard house occupation family parenthood jewish culture nazis world war ii growing up
An elderly Jewish couple, adopt an unruly non-Jewish child to whom they intend to pass on their wealth and knowledge before Nazi oppression engulfs Hungary.
7.0/10
Biography
UK
1942
117 Minutes
Leslie Howard David Niven Rosamund John Roland Culver Anne Firth David Horne J.H. Roberts Derrick de Marney Bernard Miles Patricia Medina George Skillan
inventor pilot wife daughter nurse military officer inspiring melodramatic germany england airplane engineering aviation nazism world war ii terminal illness discovery quest sacrifice 1940s
Aircraft designer/patriot R. J. Mitchell, alarmed at growing German militarism, works to perfect a defense against the German Messerschmidt at the cost of his health.
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