20 movies like The Last Mentsch, ordered by similarity : The Flowers of Yesterday(2016), Carve Her Name With Pride(1958), #AnneFrank. Parallel Stories(2019), Baahubali: The Beginning(2015), Bajrangi Bhaijaan(2015), Mimosas(2016), Silence(2016), Dirty Money(1972), The Christmas Candle(2013), Dragon(2011), Fool for Love(1985), Satyam Shivam Sundaram(1978) ...
Drama
USA
2014
93 Minutes
Mario Adorf Katharina Derr Hannelore Elsner Herbert Leiser Roland Bonjour Margot Gödrös Markus Klauk Thomas Binder
concentration camp survivor hungarian old man young woman emotional village hungary holocaust religion secrets the past pursuit
A serial killer is at large in New York, murdering prostitutes and disposing their bodies on the beaches of Long Island. A virtuous college student turns to escorting for noble reasons unknowingly putting herself directly in his path.
Comedy, Romance, Drama
Australia
2016
124 Minutes
Lars Eidinger Adèle Haenel Hannah Herzsprung Jan Josef Liefers Sigrid Marquardt Djenabuh Jalloh Rolf Hoppe Bibiane Zeller Gerdy Zint Cornelius Schwalm Eva Löbau
man scientist wife jewish man young woman intern charming amusing emotional melodramatic witty heartwarming germany postwar germany history nazism secret family history holocaust discovery
A brilliant young psychiatrist is forced to confront the dark creature that dwells deep within her own unconscious when she investigates the supernatural disappearance of a university student.
Drama, Biography, History
UK
1958
116 Minutes
Virginia McKenna Paul Scofield Jack Warner Denise Grey Alain Saury Maurice Ronet Anne Leon Sydney Tafler
spy woman man soldier husband daughter confident emotional engaging patriotic france england germany train concentration camp espionage war love death pursuit
During World War II, a recently widowed young woman is recruited to work as a spy in France.
Documentary, Drama, History
Italy
2019
92 Minutes
Helen Mirren Anna Migotto Anne Frank
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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.
Adventure, Drama, Action
India
2015
159 Minutes
Prabhas Rana Daggubati Anushka Shetty Tamannaah Sathyaraj Nassar Ramya Krishnan Subbaraju Adivi Sesh
young man prince mother brother mentor lover intense powerful fascinating confident passionate emotional india kingdom village town house mansion good vs. evil family ties
In ancient India, an adventurous and daring man becomes involved in a decades-old feud between two warring peoples.
Comedy, Action, Adventure, Drama
India
2015
163 Minutes
Salman Khan Kareena Kapoor Nawazuddin Siddiqui Harshaali Malhotra Najeem Khan Ali Quli Mirza Deepti Naval Om Puri
man mute person girl parent father daughter emotional endearing gripping uplifting india village pakistan train border lost returning home religious beliefs helping others adventure
An Indian man with a magnanimous heart takes a young mute Pakistani girl back to her homeland to reunite her with her family.
Drama
Spain|Morocco|France|Romania|Qatar
2016
96 Minutes
Abdelatif Hwidar Ahmed Hammoud Shakib Ben Omar Ilham Oujri Hamid Farjad
sheik traveler bandit man woman child brooding emotional intense mountain africa caravan car camp stream travel death helping others dignity honor
A dying Sheikh travels across the Moroccan Atlas in a caravan escorted by two rogues.
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.
Crime, Drama
1972
98 Minutes
gangster man woman police chief bank robber drug smuggler thrilling emotional dark bank france nightclub train small town helicopter robbery drug smuggling law and order love triangle unusual friendship
A bank theft and a train robbery bring together a Frenchwoman (Catherine Deneuve), her criminal boyfriend (Alain Delon) and a detective (Richard Crenna).
Kids & Family, Other, Drama
2013
100 Minutes
Hans Matheson Samantha Barks Lesley Manville Sylvester McCoy John Hannah Barbara Flynn James Cosmo Susan Boyle
pastor man woman villager religious person uplifting endearing moving england countryside small town village church church gathering christmas religion miracles love community discovery
In 19th-century England, a minister's quest to modernize his village puts him at odds with people who believe that whoever lights the candle that an angel touched will receive a miracle on Christmas Eve.
Drama, Action
USA|Sweden|Norway
2011
114 Minutes
Donnie Yen Takeshi Kaneshiro Wei Tang Jia-Min Li Wei Zheng Kang Yu Chun-Yuan Wang Zhusheng Yin
chinese man man demon killer investigator wife thrilling suspenseful intense gory brooding patriotic china shop village murder robbery survival past crimes secret
Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for forty years by Lisbeth Salander, a young computer hacker.
Drama
USA
1985
105 Minutes
Sam Shepard Kim Basinger Harry Dean Stanton Randy Quaid Martha Crawford Louise Egolf Sura Cox Jonathan Skinner April Russell Deborah McNaughton Lon Hill
woman man half brother lover ex-boyfriend adult brash dark intense emotional melodramatic gripping united states motel las vegas love relationships incest fighting past loves
May is waiting for her boyfriend in a run-down American motel, when an old flame turns up and threatens to undermine her efforts and drag her back into the life that she was running away from. The situation soon turns complicated.
Drama
India
1978
180 Minutes
Sashi Kapoor Zeenat Aman
young man young woman dead person villager engineer emotional moving endearing india village city temple room true love cheating deception curse love quest pursuit
Rupa (Zeenat Aman) grew up being cursed as "unlucky" in the village she was born in. Her mother died during childbirth. Then a kitchen accident leaves half her face disfigured. This is an ... See full summary »
Drama, War
Poland
1970
109 Minutes
Daniel Olbrychski Stanislawa Celinska Tadeusz Janczar Mieczyslaw Stoor Zygmunt Malanowicz Leszek Drogosz
poet young woman survivor soldier angry young man jew emotional somber concentration camp refugee camp warsaw, poland holocaust freedom trauma war aftermath theft difficult decision escape love transformation
Film opens with the mad rush of haphazard freedom as the concentration camps are liberated. Men are trying to grab food, change clothes, bury their tormentors they find alive. Then they are... See full summary »
Drama
UK
1948
96 Minutes
young man young woman villager gambler murderer emotional melodramatic intense suspenseful touching farm country road countryside village prison false accusations murder affair suicide divorce
In 17th. century England, Jassy is believed a witch because she has sometimes visions of approaching disasters. When Barney Hatton, an impoverished gentry whose gambling father has lost the... See full summary »
Action, Drama
New Zealand
2015
86 Minutes
Dominic Purcell Peter Feeney Owen Black Siobhan Marshall Greg Johnson Daniel Cleary Serena Cotton Rachel Nash
man shipwreck survivor survivor friend explorer sailor engaging emotional melodramatic thrilling gripping suspenseful sea boat ocean home danger shipwreck sinking ship survival
In 1989 the trimaran Rose Noelle set sail from Picton, New Zealand, bound for Tonga with four crew. After a freak wave capsized the yacht, they drifted for 119 days before landing on Great Barrier Island.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Romance
Nigeria
2015
91 Minutes
Genevieve Nnaji Oris Erhuero Chioma Omeruah Majid Michel Ebele Okaro Onyiuke
couple man woman relative family emotional endearing engaging nigeria relationships funeral road trip marriage secrets love 21st century
An estranged couple try to fix their marriage on a road trip to a relative's funeral. However when memories and secrets from the past are revealed, a lot more is at stake than their relationship.
Comedy, Drama
France
1990
117 Minutes
Gérard Lanvin Patrick Chesnais Vincent Lindon Annie Girardot Francis Huster Philippe Léotard Gérard Darmon Marie-Sophie Berthier
man woman stranger amusing sad emotional melodramatic heartwarming lobby moon sun death destiny friendship secrets love metamorphosis underdog forbidden love growing up
How can moon and time affect human mood and fate? In the manner of a Greek tragedy , this movie shows how the chaos of life ineluctably propels its characters towards violence and alienation.
Drama
Brazil
1987
100 Minutes
Carlos Alberto Riccelli Cássia Kiss Ney Latorraca Dira Paes Paulo Vinicius Ruy Polanah Maria Silvia Bebeto Bahia Lutero Luiz Vanja Orico Marcos Palmeira
man dolphin woman family member child creature creative passionate engaging village brazil waterfront pregnancy supernatural sex childbirth village life fishing metamorphosis love
A dolphin takes the form of a human man in order to seduce the women of a fishing village.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1947
103 Minutes
James Stewart Jane Wyman Kent Smith Ned Sparks Wallace Ford Regis Toomey Ann Doran Donald Meek Ann Shoemaker Mickey Kuhn Howard Freeman
man editor mayor tourist young woman analyst emotional melodramatic heartwarming inspiring positive witty village editing room publishing house america opinion new romance corruption lie
An opinion pollster finds a town which is a perfect mirror of U.S. opinions.
Romance, Adventure, Drama
UK|Italy
1990
137 Minutes
John Malkovich Debra Winger Campbell Scott Jill Bennett Timothy Spall Eric Vu-An
couple woman man artist friend adventurer engaging emotional charming melodramatic desert sahara sahara desert relationships romance attraction danger happiness lovers love
An American couple travel abroad to revitalize their relationship. But as the trip drags on, their attempt at recovering what they once had seems futile.