20 movies like The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, ordered by similarity : Sky Without Stars(1955), Little Sister(2015), Loveling(2018), Papillon(2017), Bye Bye Germany(2017), Jojo Rabbit(2019), Violent Summer(1959), Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison(1951), The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey(2007), Fill the Void(2012), The Captain(2017), Unhook the Stars(1996) ...
7.8/10
Drama
UK|USA
2008
94 Minutes
David Thewlis Vera Farmiga Rupert Friend Asa Butterfield Jack Scanlon Amber Beattie Cara Horgan Richard Johnson Sheila Hancock David Hayman Jim Norton
commander son jew mother sister bleak engaging touching germany concentration camp awakening holocaust compassion religious persecution friendship discovery transformation growing up 1940s
Through the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a German concentration camp, a forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling and unexpected consequences.
7.1/10
Drama, Romance
West Germany
1955
105 Minutes
Eva Kotthaus Erik Schumann Horst Buchholz Georg Thomalla Gustav Knuth Camilla Spira Erich Ponto Lucie Höflich Siegfried Lowitz Otto Wernicke Wolfgang Neuss
german woman son border patrol officer love interest great-grandmother emotional melodramatic engaging heartwarming passionate charming east germany germany west germany border mother/son relationship east/west clash family relationships father/son relationship
A border police officer helps a woman cross between West and East Germany with her son. Despite being increasingly united by love, the distance between them increases as border security tightens.
Drama
2015
126 Minutes
Haruka Ayase Masami Nagasawa Kaho Suzu Hirose Kirin Kiki Shinobu Ohtake Ryô Kase Jun Fubuki
sister mother figure estranged father sibling half sister friend caregiver grandmother love interest romantic interest mother lighthearted emotional engaging endearing positive japan home family home family
After the death of their estranged father, three siblings (Haruka Ayase, Masami Nagasawa, Kaho) invite their half sister (Suzu Hirose) to live with them.
Drama
2018
95 Minutes
Karine Teles Otávio Muller Adriana Esteves Konstantinos Sarris César Troncoso Mateus Solano Camilo Pellegrini Ariclenes Barroso Pablo Riera Lucas Gouvêa
mother father child brother sister teen boy touching emotional amusing charming cheeky moving rio de janeiro house school beach car auditorium leaving home mother/son relationship
On the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, Irene has only a few days to overcome her anxiety about sending her eldest son out into the world on his own.
7.2/10
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.
6.5/10
Drama, War, Comedy
Germany|Luxembourg|Belgium|France
2017
102 Minutes
Moritz Bleibtreu Antje Traue Tim Seyfi Mark Ivanir Anatole Taubman Hans Löw Pál Mácsai Vaclav Jakoubek Joachim Paul Assböck Joel Basman Harvey Friedman
german jew jewish man american agent war criminal amusing hilarious witty engaging playful charming germany postwar germany money jewish people investigation relationships adventure discovery
David Berman and his friends, all Holocaust survivors, have only one purpose: to go to America as soon as possible. For this they need money. Close to his aim, David is not only deprived of his savings but also overtaken by his shady past.
7.9/10
Comedy, Drama
New Zealand|Czech Republic|USA
2019
108 Minutes
Roman Griffin Davis Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie Scarlett Johansson Taika Waititi Sam Rockwell Rebel Wilson Alfie Allen Stephen Merchant Archie Yates Luke Brandon Field Sam Haygarth
boy hitler imaginary friend jewish child mother hitler youth amusing witty winsome hysterical heartwarming engaging germany outdoors family home world war ii change of heart friendship hiding discovery
A young boy in Hitler's army finds out his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home.
7.5/10
Drama
Italy|France
1959
99 Minutes
Eleonora Rossi Drago Jean-Louis Trintignant Jacqueline Sassard Lilla Brignone Cathia Caro Raf Mattioli Federica Ranchi Enrico Maria Salerno
young man father widow son friend love interest engaging intense playful italy beach nightclub apartment romance world war ii father/son relationship mother/son relationship self-sacrifice ignorance discovery
Summer, 1943: wealthy youth in the Riccione district of Rimini play while the war gets closer. Carlo Caremoli, a young man who follows the crowd, has found ways to avoid military service. ... See full summary »
6.6/10
Drama
USA
1951
87 Minutes
Steve Cochran David Brian Philip Carey Ted de Corsia Scott Forbes Michael Tolan Dick Wesson Paul Picerni William Campbell
warden prison guard prisoner prison official sergeant inmate brooding intense engaging emotional brutal bleak folsom state prison reformation prison life prison riot prison break humanity human rights escape
At California's Folsom Prison, escape attempts and riots are on the rise due to the old-school sadistic style of management of a brutal warden.
6.4/10
Other, Drama
UK
2007
90 Minutes
Tom Berenger Joely Richardson Luke Ward-Wilkinson Lia Williams Jenny O'Hara Ronald Pickup Elliot Cowan Derek Riddell
woodworker mother son young boy dead person friend engaging emotional melodramatic heartwarming charming creative family home friendship relationships christmas emotion art adventure discovery
When a broken hearted boy loses the treasured wooden nativity set that links him to his dead father, his worried mother persuades a lonely ill-tempered woodcarver to create a replacement, ... See full summary »
6.7/10
Drama
Israel
2012
90 Minutes
Hadas Yaron Yiftach Klein Irit Sheleg Chaim Sharir Hila Feldman Renana Raz Yael Tal Michael David Weigl Ido Samuel Neta Moran Melech Thal
orthodox jew jew religious person bride sister brother-in-law melodramatic heartwarming engaging sad intense moving israel family home hasidic judaism jewish culture jewish tradition family tragedy difficult decision new life
When the older sister of Shira, an 18-year-old Hasidic Israeli, dies suddenly in childbirth, Shira must decide if she can and should marry her widowed brother-in-law, which also generates tensions within her extended family.
4.8/10
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 »
6.5/10
Drama
France|USA
1996
103 Minutes
Gena Rowlands Marisa Tomei Gérard Depardieu Jake Lloyd Moira Kelly David Thornton David Sherrill
widow elderly woman daughter neighbor single mother young boy tender melodramatic moving apartment family home family mother/daughter relationship mother/son relationship aging self-discovery transformation growing up sacrifice 1990s
After her abusive husband leaves, Monica asks her neighbor to look after her son while she's at work. Mildred's angry daughter's just moved out, so she's happy to have JJ.
6.1/10
Drama
Canada
2017
111 Minutes
Shirley Henderson Théodore Pellerin Mary Galloway Nicholas Campbell Jared Abrahamson Jonathan Whitesell Beverley Elliott Lorne Cardinal Eric Keenleyside Chilton Crane Sean Owen Roberts
mother son teenager father oil worker disabled person emotional heartwarming inspiring moving sad alberta, canada oil field house support group small town parkinson's disease mother/son relationship alienation struggle
A mother struggles to take control of her life in the face of advanced Parkinson's disease, while her son battles his sexual and emotional identity amongst the violence of Alberta's oil field work camps.
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.
Sci-Fi, Drama
2003
172 Minutes
Hrithik Roshan Preity Zinta Rekha Rajat Bedi Mukesh Rishi Prem Chopra Rakesh Roshan
scientist mother mentally challenged boy alien young woman childhood friend amusing moving touching heartwarming inspiring thrilling india valley village house school basketball court alien landing alien/human relationship
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.
7.0/10
Drama
Canada|Japan
2005
110 Minutes
Matthew Smiley Tatsuya Fuji Kazuko Yoshiyuki Lisle Wilkerson Naho Watanabe Chris Heyerdahl
uncle mother suicidal person young woman love interest student engaging touching melodramatic japan house canada countryside suicide attempt depression unusual friendship bereavement family relationships discovery
Ken, a 23-year-old, is devastated at the death of his father. He decides to commit suicide by jumping into the near-freezing river, but somehow miraculously survived. His mother thinks that... See full summary »
7.2/10
Drama
Ireland|USA
1996
112 Minutes
Helen Mirren Fionnula Flanagan Aidan Gillen David O'Hara John Lynch Tim Woodward Tom Hollander Ciarán Hinds Gerard McSorley Geraldine O'Rawe Dan Gordon
teacher irishman woman prisoner friend mother emotional gritty gory belfast, northern ireland prison irish republican army pacifism mother/son relationship unusual friendship hunger strike political unrest sacrifice discovery 1980s
The 1981 hunger strike in an Irish prison, in which I.R.A. prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against their treatment as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. It focuses on the mothers of two of the strikers, and their struggle.
6.6/10
Drama
Canada
1972
106 Minutes
Donald Pleasence Carol Kane Doris Petrie
sister brother soldier mother father friend bleak melodramatic sad small town party canada church rape pregnancy father/daughter relationship guilt religious persecution drinking discovery
A father will do anything to protect his family's reputation when his unmarried teenage daughter becomes pregnant because she was raped by her brother's friend.
7.0/10
Drama
Germany
2010
96 Minutes
Karoline Herfurth Heino Ferch Katharina Müller-Elmau Karin Thaler Tim Seyfi Florian David Fitz Johannes Allmayer Ulrich Boris Pöppl
father therapist friend man cop amusing emotional touching sad germany italy sea therapist's office funeral car journey friendship chase epilepsy road trip
A young man suffering from Tourette's syndrome absconds from an institution with two other inhabitants to travel to Italy to fulfill his mother's last wish.
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