20 movies like Nowhere in Africa, ordered by similarity : They Shall Not Grow Old(2018), The Water Diviner(2014), A Season in France(2017), Katyn(2007), Carve Her Name With Pride(1958), They Were Sisters(1945), The Best Years of Our Lives(1946), Lore(2012), A Reasonable Man(1999), Went the Day Well?(1942), Dunkirk(2017), The Southerner(1945) ...
Drama
2001
138 Minutes
Juliane Köhler Merab Ninidze Matthias Habich Sidede Onyulo Lea Kurka Karoline Eckertz Gerd Heinz Hildegard Schmahl Maritta Horwarth Regine Zimmermann Gabrielle Odinis
lawyer wife daughter cook soldier brooding uneasy emotional germany kenya farm hotel nairobi world war ii emigration culture clash africa adultery separation escape
A Jewish lawyer (Merab Ninidze), his wife (Juliane Köhler) and their 5-year-old daughter move to Kenya in 1938 to escape Nazi persecution.
Documentary, War, Drama, History
UK|New Zealand
2018
99 Minutes
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A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of the end of the war.
War, Drama, History
Australia|USA
2014
112 Minutes
Russell Crowe Olga Kurylenko Yilmaz Erdogan Cem Yilmaz Jai Courtney Dylan Georgiades Steve Bastoni Isabel Lucas Salih Kalyon Megan Gale Ryan Corr
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An Australian man travels to Turkey after the Battle of Gallipoli to try and locate his three missing sons.
Drama
2017
100 Minutes
Eriq Ebouaney Sandrine Bonnaire Aalayna Lys Ibrahim Burama Darboe Bibi Tanga Léonie Simaga Régine Conas Khampha Thammavongsa Marius Yelolo Heling Li Franck Okouo
african wife teacher brother frenchwoman daughter emotional charming melodramatic heartwarming touching sad france africa farmer's market market refugees immigrants american civil war helping others
Drama
Poland
2007
121 Minutes
Joachim Paul Assböck Waldemar Barwinski Stanislawa Celinska Andrzej Chyra Magdalena Cielecka Maja Ostaszewska
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An examination of the Soviet slaughter of thousands of Polish officers and citizens in the Katyn forest in 1940.
Drama, Biography, History
UK
1958
116 Minutes
Virginia McKenna Paul Scofield Jack Warner Denise Grey Alain Saury Maurice Ronet Anne Leon Sydney Tafler
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During World War II, a recently widowed young woman is recruited to work as a spy in France.
Drama
UK
1945
110 Minutes
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The story of three sisters who marry men of widely different character as their individual and widely-different married lives unfold. One sister (Phyllis Calvert) is happily married but ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1946
172 Minutes
Fredric March Myrna Loy Dana Andrews Teresa Wright Virginia Mayo Harold Russell Hoagy Carmichael Gladys George Steve Cochran
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Three World War II veterans return home to small-town America to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed.
Drama, War
Australia|Germany|UK
2012
109 Minutes
Mika Nilson Seidel Ursina Lardi Hans-Jochen Wagner Sven Pippig Philip Wiegratz Katrin Pollitt Hendrik Arnst Claudia Geisler Saskia Rosendahl Nele Trebs André Frid
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As the Allies sweep across Germany, Lore leads her siblings on a journey that exposes them to the truth of their parents' beliefs. An encounter with a mysterious refugee forces Lore to rely on a person she has always been taught to hate.
Crime, Drama
South Africa|France
1999
101 Minutes
Gavin Hood Nigel Hawthorne Janine Eser Vusi Kunene Ken Gampu Loyiso Gxwala Nandi Nyembe Ian Roberts Graham Hopkins
lawyer wife boy judge soldier emotional uneasy south africa countryside courtroom murder culture clash tradition guilt trial race relations discovery underdog 1990s
With issues of his own, an ex-army officer-turned-lawyer defends an impoverished young cowherd of killing a baby.
Drama
1942
96 Minutes
Leslie Banks Mervyn Johns Marie Lohr C.V. France Valerie Taylor Basil Sydney
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Residents of an English village unwittingly welcome Nazi soldiers who intend to take over their town.
War, Drama, History
UK|Netherlands|France|USA
2017
107 Minutes
Fionn Whitehead Tom Glynn-Carney Jack Lowden Harry Styles Aneurin Barnard James D'Arcy Barry Keoghan Kenneth Branagh Cillian Murphy Mark Rylance Tom Hardy
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Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.
Drama
USA
1945
91 Minutes
Zachary Scott Betty Field Beulah Bondi J. Carrol Naish Norman Lloyd Jay Gilpin Estelle Taylor Percy Kilbride Blanche Yurka
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The life of the poor Tucker family, that worked as cotton pluggers and decided to get their own ground, but nature is against them.
Drama
2015
79 Minutes
Soria Zeroual Zita Hanrot Kenza Noah Aïche Franck Andrieux Chawki Amari Yolanda Mpele Edith Saulnier Dalila Bencherif
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After she is injured in a fall, Fatima writes her two daughters letters in Arabic to express things she has never been able to express in French.
War, Drama, History
Norway|Sweden|Denmark|Ireland
2016
133 Minutes
Jesper Christensen Anders Baasmo Christiansen Tuva Novotny Karl Markovics Katharina Schüttler Ketil Høegh Gerald Pettersen Hans Jacob Sand Erik Hivju Rolf Kristian Larsen Jan Frostad
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April 1940. Norway has been invaded by Germany and the royal family and government have fled into the interior. The German envoy to Norway tries to negotiate a peace. Ultimately, the decision on Norway's future will rest with the King.
War, Drama, History
USA
2006
99 Minutes
Lane Nishikawa Jason Scott Lee Mark Dacascos Yuji Okumoto Tamlyn Tomita Jeff Fahey Noriyuki "Pat" Morita Guy Ecker Greg Watanabe Ken Narasaki Kipp Shiotani
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A searing portrait of war and prejudice, 'Only the Brave' takes you on a haunting journey into the hearts and minds of the forgotten heroes of WWII - the Japanese-American 100th/442nd. In ... See full summary »
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
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The Austrian Franz Jägerstätter, a conscientious objector, refuses to fight for the Nazis in World War II.
War, Drama, History
USA
1998
170 Minutes
Sean Penn Adrien Brody Jim Caviezel Ben Chaplin George Clooney John Cusack Woody Harrelson Elias Koteas Jared Leto Dash Mihok Tim Blake Nelson
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Adaptation of James Jones' autobiographical 1962 novel, focusing on the conflict at Guadalcanal during the second World War.
Kids & Family, Drama
USA|Germany|Australia
2006
98 Minutes
Dakota Fanning Kevin Anderson Gary Basaraba Beau Bridges Essie Davis Siobhan Fallon Hogan
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Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Australia|USA|UK|India|Singapore
2018
125 Minutes
Armie Hammer Dev Patel Nazanin Boniadi Tilda Cobham-Hervey Anupam Kher Jason Isaacs Alex Pinder Amandeep Singh Suhail Nayyar Natasha Liu Bordizzo Yash Trivedi
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The true story of the Taj Hotel terrorist attack in Mumbai. Hotel staff risk their lives to keep everyone safe as people make unthinkable sacrifices to protect themselves and their families.
Drama, War
USA
2018
119 Minutes
Justin Bruening Sarah Drew Jason George Tia Mowry Skye P. Marshall Tanner Stine Madeline Carroll Eric Close Michael O'Neill Eddie Kaulukukui Samara Lee
soldier wife child veteran husband chaplain brooding emotional uneasy tense iraq office house base camp school marriage war life during wartime life after wartime relationships
The extraordinary true story of Army Chaplain Darren Turner and his wife Heather. When war etches battle scars on their hearts, they face one more battle: the fight to save their marriage. One marriage, one family, under God.