20 movies like Waiting for Anya, ordered by similarity : The Invisibles(2017), #AnneFrank. Parallel Stories(2019), A Bag of Marbles(2017), Resistance(2020), The Revolt of Job(1983), The Monuments Men(2014), Army in the Shadows(1969), Schindler's List(1993), Europa, Europa(1990), Walking With the Enemy(2013), The Army of Crime(2009), Allied(2016) ...
Drama, History
UK|Belgium
2020
109 Minutes
Noah Schnapp Thomas Kretschmann Frederick Schmidt Tómas Lemarquis Elsa Zylberstein Gilles Marini Jean Reno Anjelica Huston
widow shepherd young boy jew nazi child bleak emotional engaging inspiring powerful suspenseful small town france spain border border town nazism smuggling persecution
During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
History, War, Drama
USA|Germany
2014
118 Minutes
George Clooney Matt Damon Bill Murray John Goodman Jean Dujardin Bob Balaban Hugh Bonneville Dimitri Leonidas Cate Blanchett Justus von Dohnányi Holger Handtke
art expert historian expert nazi adolf hitler soldier bleak brooding chilling amusing powerful nazi germany art gallery museum apartment school old city art theft preservation nazis
An unlikely World War II platoon is tasked to rescue art masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their owners.
War, Drama, History
France|Italy
1969
140 Minutes
Lino Ventura Paul Meurisse Jean-Pierre Cassel Paul Crauchet Claude Mann Christian Barbier Simone Signoret Serge Reggiani Alain Libolt
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An account of underground resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied France.
Drama, History
USA
1993
195 Minutes
Liam Neeson Ben Kingsley Ralph Fiennes Caroline Goodall Jonathan Sagall Embeth Davidtz Malgoscha Gebel Shmulik Levy Mark Ivanir Beatrice Macola
oskar schindler worker nazi businessperson brooding emotional krakow, poland auschwitz factory office world war ii nazism concentration camp horrors of war freedom transformation discovery rescue 1940s
In German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.
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.
Drama, History
Romania|Hungary|Canada|USA
2013
126 Minutes
Jonas Armstrong Hannah Tointon Ben Kingsley Simon Kunz Simon Dutton Burn Gorman Shane Taylor William Hope Flora Spencer-Longhurst
hungarian soldier nazi german officer wife child emotional melodramatic inspiring touching intense germany hungary underground prison nazis world war ii desperation murder fight for justice
A young man, separated from his family in World War II, disguises himself as a Nazi S.S. Officer and uncovers more than just his family whereabouts.
War, Drama, History
USA
2009
139 Minutes
Simon Abkarian Virginie Ledoyen Robinson Stévenin Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet Lola Naymark Yann Trégouët Ariane Ascaride Jean-Pierre Darroussin Ivan Franek Adrien Jolivet Horatiu Malaele
resistance fighter wife bomber marksman volunteer nazi brooding gripping suspenseful france berlin countryside house resistance fighters husband/wife relationship nazi hunting world war ii vichy france nazi occupation revenge
Based on the true story of the double initial killings in Rochester, NY.
Romance, Mystery & Thriller, War, Drama, History, Action
UK|USA
2016
119 Minutes
Brad Pitt Marion Cotillard Jared Harris Simon McBurney Lizzy Caplan Daniel Betts Matthew Goode Camille Cottin August Diehl Thierry Frémont Marion Bailey
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In 1942, a Canadian intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.
War, Drama, History
USA
2008
136 Minutes
Daniel Craig Liev Schreiber Jamie Bell Alexa Davalos Allan Corduner Mark Feuerstein Tomas Arana Jodhi May Iddo Goldberg Iben Hjejle Martin Hancock
brother jewish man nazi refugee powerful profound brutal poland forest world war ii persecution survival nazis escape quest revenge 1940s
Jewish brothers in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe escape into the Belarussian forests, where they join Russian resistance fighters, and endeavor to build a village, in order to protect themselves and about one thousand Jewish non-combatants.
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 »
War, Action, Drama, History
Yugoslavia|USA|Liechtenstein
1974
90 Minutes
Rod Taylor Adam West Brioni Farrell Peter Carsten Olivera Katarina Velimir `Bata' Zivojinovic Branko Plesa
partisan german officer captain colonel general nazi powerful engaging tense intense dark gutsy yugoslavia world war ii nazism former yugoslavia war heroes battle life during wartime pursuit
Partisans in Yugoslavia clash with the Germans that have invaded their homeland in several confrontations until the climactic battle at Hell River.
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
soldier enemy captain pilot chilling emotional gripping inspiring intense beach europe boat world war ii invasion escape battle rescue survival escape rescue
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.
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
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Keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Antonina and Jan Zabinski, must save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion in WWII Poland.
Drama, Romance, History
USA
2018
103 Minutes
Lou de Laâge Stanislas Merhar Niels Schneider Jenna Thiam David Caracol Fleur Fitoussi Vasco Varela da Silva Tiago Varela da Silva Victória Guerra Joana Ribeiro Catarina Wallenstein
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A documentary about everyone's favorite felon, Bernie Ellis, medical cannabis and his fight to save his beloved Tennessee farm.
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.
Drama
Czechoslovakia
1965
128 Minutes
Elmar Klos Jozef Kroner Ida Kaminska Hana Slivkova Frantisek Zvarik Helena Zvaríková Martin Hollý Martin Gregor Adam Matejka Mikulás Ladizinský Eugen Senaj
nazi storekeeper jew deaf person bleak somber intense czechoslovakia small town nazism anti-semitism holocaust collaboration corruption sacrifice rescue temptation 1940s
A carpenter in the Fascist Slovak State is appointed "Aryan controller" of a Jewish widow's store.