20 movies like Fateless, ordered by similarity : They Shall Not Grow Old(2018), A Secret(2007), Alan & Naomi(1992), The Captain(2017), The Invisibles(2017), A Tale of Love and Darkness(2015), The Battleship Island(2017), Europa, Europa(1990), Overlord(1975), National Velvet(1944), The Grey Zone(2001), Custody(2017) ...
Drama, History
Hungary|Germany|UK|Israel|France|USA
2005
136 Minutes
Marcell Nagy Áron Dimény András M. Kecskés József Gyabronka Endre Harkányi Daniel Craig Béla Dóra Bálint Péntek Zsolt Dér János Bán Judit Schell
teen boy father jew prisoner soldier young girl somber powerful budapest, hungary auschwitz bus train holocaust family survival friendship deception transformation growing up 1940s
14-year-old György's life is torn apart in WWII Hungary, as he is deported first to Auschwitz and then to Buchenwald, where he is forced to become a man in the midst of hatred, and what it really means to be Jewish.
Documentary, War, Drama, History
UK|New Zealand
2018
99 Minutes
soldier army recruit british officer british soldier british soldiers german soldier german troops bleak emotional moving patriotic powerful sad somber war zone france belgium united kingdom trenches training camp
A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of the end of the war.
Drama, History
France
2007
105 Minutes
Cécile de France Patrick Bruel Ludivine Sagnier Julie Depardieu Mathieu Amalric Nathalie Boutefeu
teen boy mother father aunt neighbor jew powerful emotional melodramatic family home paris church countryside world war ii religion identity self-discovery survival holocaust discovery
A 15-year-old boy unearths a shocking family secret.
Drama
1992
96 Minutes
Lukas Haas Vanessa Zaoui Michael Gross Amy Aquino Kevin Connolly Zohra Lampert Victoria Christian Charlie Dow
friend jew young boy young girl mother father emotional heartwarming somber brooklyn, n.y. apartment school friendship world war ii jewish immigration family catatonia trauma growing up rescue
A Jewish boy (Lukas Haas) uses dolls to communicate with a war-shocked refugee girl (Vanessa Zaoui) in 1944 Brooklyn.
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, 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.
Biography, Drama, History
Israel|USA
2015
98 Minutes
Natalie Portman Gilad Kahana Amir Tessler Ohad Knoller Makram J. Khoury Neta Riskin Alexander Peleg Rotem Keinan Tomer Kapon Vladimir Friedman Henry David
child mother father writer son friend tender sultry striking somber moving brooding jerusalem israel palestine family home city community depression childhood
The story of Amos Oz's youth, set against the backdrop of the end of the British Mandate for Palestine and the early years of the State of Israel. The film details the young man's relationship with his mother and his beginnings as a writer, while looking at what happens when the stories we tell become the stories we live.
Drama, History
South Korea
2017
132 Minutes
Jeong-min Hwang So Ji-sub Song Joong Ki Lee Jung-hyun Su-an Kim Kyeong-ho Yoon Seung-hwan Shin Seong-il Park
korean person prisoner japanese soldier rebel leader officer bleak brutal disturbing frenetic frightful shocking island prison japan labor camp ship imprisonment uprising power
During the Japanese colonial era, roughly 400 Korean people, who were forced onto Battleship Island ("Hashima Island") to mine for coal, attempt to a dramatic escape.
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.
War, Drama
UK
1975
85 Minutes
Brian Stirner Davyd Harries Nicholas Ball Julie Neesam Sam Sewell John Franklyn-Robbins
private drill instructor soldier girl mother father profound powerful london boot camp barracks ship beach world war ii military draft basic training d-day premonition parent/child relationship transformation
During the Second World War a young lad is called up and, with an increasing sense of foreboding, undertakes his army training ready for D-day.
Drama
USA
1944
125 Minutes
Mickey Rooney Elizabeth Taylor Donald Crisp Anne Revere Angela Lansbury Reginald Owen Norma Varden Jackie "Butch" Jenkins Terry Kilburn
equestrian jockey daughter father mother trainer inspiring heartwarming england countryside racetrack family home aspirations horse racing family friendship competition discovery growing up transformation
A jaded former jockey helps a young girl prepare a wild but gifted horse for England's Grand National Sweepstakes.
Drama, History
USA
2001
108 Minutes
David Arquette Daniel Benzali Steve Buscemi David Chandler Allan Corduner Harvey Keitel Natasha Lyonne Mira Sorvino Brian F. O'Byrne Henry Stram Lee Wilkof
doctor prisoner jew nazi dark emotional concentration camp auschwitz prison camp holocaust death extermination morality explosion murder transformation sacrifice 1940s
A Nazi doctor, along with the Sonderkommando, Jews who are forced to work in the crematoria of Auschwitz against their fellow Jews, find themselves in a moral grey zone.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France
2017
94 Minutes
Denis Menochet Léa Drucker Thomas Gioria Mathilde Auneveux Mathieu Saïkaly Florence Janas Saadia Bentaïeb Sophie Pincemaille Émilie Incerti-Formentini Jérome Care-Aulanier Coralie Russier
divorce divorce lawyer son mother father family member emotional intense tense disheartening office party bus house car apartment custody battle divorce family feud growing up
A broken marriage leads to a bitter custody battle with an embattled son at the centre.
Drama
USA
2016
77 Minutes
Darragh O'Toole Emily Lamey Joe Rooney Andie McCaffrey Byrne Gary Buckley Andrea Kelly Saoirse Long Seán McGillicuddy
son girl mother father brooding emotional melancholy moving quirky sad tender ireland death of father estrangement search family reunification family relationships friendship growing up growing up
Five interlocking tales of terror follow the fates of a group of weary travellers who confront their worst nightmares - and darkest secrets - over one long night on a desolate stretch of desert highway.
Drama, History
UK|USA
1999
104 Minutes
Nigel Hawthorne Jeremy Northam Rebecca Pidgeon Gemma Jones Guy Edwards Matthew Pidgeon Colin Stinton Aden Gillett Sarah Flind Neil North Sara Stewart
father teen boy daughter son lawyer fiancé engaging emotional witty london family home court justice family honor women's rights politics pride class distinctions pursuit quest
Following the theft of a postal-order, a fourteen-year old cadet is expelled from Naval College. To save the honour of the boy and his family, the pre-eminent barrister of the day is engaged to take on the might the Admiralty.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
USA
2018
110 Minutes
Nick Robinson Josh Duhamel Jennifer Garner Tony Hale Katherine Langford Alexandra Shipp Logan Miller Jorge Lendeborg Jr. Keiynan Lonsdale Joey Pollari Miles Heizer
teen boy teenager family member friend love interest amusing cheeky emotional endearing heartwarming positive house high school coming out growing up teen romance family relationships friendship growing up
Simon Spier keeps a huge secret from his family, his friends and all of his classmates: he's gay. When that secret is threatened, Simon must face everyone and come to terms with his identity.
Drama
Ireland|Sweden
2008
76 Minutes
Kelly O'Neill Shane Curry Paul Roe Neili Conroy David Bendito Elizabeth Fuh Willie Higgins Sean McDonagh Stephen Rea
boy girl abusive father mother older brother prostitute bleak emotional disheartening dublin street housing project dysfunctional family child abuse friendship homelessness running away quest growing up 2000s
Two kids, Dylan and Kylie, run away from home at Christmas and spend a night of magic and terror on the streets of inner-city Dublin.
War, Drama, History
USA
1992
107 Minutes
Ethan Hawke Peter Berg Kevin Dillon Arye Gross Gary Sinise Frank Whaley John C. McGinley Larry Joshua David Jensen Curt Lowens Rachel Griffin
sergeant jew german soldier old man interpreter prostitute powerful shocking france forest cabin world war ii insanity peace massacre christmas fall transformation 1940s
This WW2 psychological drama plays out at Christmas. US GIs hold an isolated cabin in the Ardennes against a handful of Germans cut off from their main force. Combat-weary and short of rations, both sides are determined to survive.
Adventure, Drama, History, Biography, War
Russia|Germany|Kazakhstan|China
2007
126 Minutes
Tadanobu Asano Honglei Sun Khulan Chuluun Amadu Mamadakov Bayertsetseg Erdenebat Amarbold Tuvshinbayar Tegen Ao Sai Xing Ga
warrior wife father soldier slave brooding gripping intense mongolia outdoors camp genghis khan childhood marriage betrayal slavery friendship growing up love rivalry
The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan who was a slave before going on to conquer half the world in 1206.
Drama, History
UK
1955
155 Minutes
Laurence Olivier Claire Bloom Cedric Hardwicke Ralph Richardson John Gielgud Mary Kerridge Pamela Brown Alec Clunes Stanley Baker Michael Gough Laurence Naismith
king richard iii king edward iv lady courtier soldier brooding somber powerful england palace battlefield ambition family palace intrigue murder deception rise fall 15th century
Shakespeare's powerful tale of the wicked deformed King and his conquests, both on the battlefield and in the boudoir.
Drama
USA
1995
85 Minutes
Jerry Barone Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Al Pacino Joe Grifasi Joanna Merlin Andy Romano Ron McLarty Patrick Borriello Donna Mitchell Mary Lou Rosato Rosemary DeAngelis
boy child grandfather family family member charming emotional heartwarming melodramatic moving sad united states city suburb slum movie theater economic crisis family life family tragedy family secrets
Gennaro lives with his ailing grandpa, who sits outside holding tight to his last quarter. But grandpa's not ready to die, he has some unfinished business with a woman from his past and he enlists Gennaro to act as his emissary.