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Das Boot (1981)

A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.

Directed byWolfgang Petersen

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  1. 01

    Stalingrad

    Strong story similarity

    1993 · 134 min · Drama · History · War

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    A German Platoon is explored through the brutal fighting of the Battle of Stalingrad. After half of their number is wiped out and they're placed under the command of a sadistic captain, the platoon lieutenant leads his men to desert. The platoon members attempt escape from the city, now surrounded by the Soviet Army.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared production studio: Bavaria Film
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  2. 02

    Enemy Mine

    Same director

    1985 · 108 min · Drama · Science Fiction

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    A soldier from Earth crashlands on an alien world after sustaining battle damage. Eventually he encounters another survivor, but from the enemy species he was fighting; they band together to survive on this hostile world. In the end the human finds himself caring for his enemy in a completely unexpected way.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • the same director
    • a closely matched era
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  3. 03

    Full Metal Jacket

    Similar atmosphere

    1987 · 117 min · Drama · War

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    A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • similar audience response
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  4. 04

    Schindler's List

    Strong story similarity

    1993 · 195 min · Drama · History · War

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    The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • similar audience response
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  5. 05

    The Tin Drum

    Similar atmosphere

    1979 · 162 min · Drama · History · War

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    In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of stairs and stops growing. In 1939, World War II breaks out.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  6. 06

    The Marriage of Maria Braun

    Strong story similarity

    1979 · 120 min · Drama

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    Maria marries a young soldier in the last days of World War II, only for him to go missing in the war. She must rely on her beauty and ambition to navigate the difficult post-war years alone.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • a closely matched era
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  7. 07

    Glory

    Similar atmosphere

    1989 · 122 min · Drama · History · War

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    Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • similar audience response
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  8. 08

    Soldier of Orange

    Strong story similarity

    1977 · 148 min · Drama · Thriller · War

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    The lives of Erik Lanshof and five of his closest friends take different paths when the German army invades the Netherlands in 1940: fight and resistance, fear and resignation, collaboration and high treason.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  9. 10

    Cross of Iron

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    1977 · 133 min · Action · Drama · History · War

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    It is 1943, and the German army—ravaged and demoralised—is hastily retreating from the Russian front. In the midst of the madness, conflict brews between the aristocratic yet ultimately pusillanimous Captain Stransky and the courageous Corporal Steiner. Stransky is the only man who believes that the Third Reich is still vastly superior to the Russian army. However, within his pompous persona lies a quivering coward who longs for the Iron Cross so that he can return to Berlin a hero. Steiner, on the other hand is cynical, defiantly non-conformist and more concerned with the safety of his own men rather than the horde of military decorations offered to him by his superiors.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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