Movies like The Earthquake

A feature-film shortlist from the cached Film Atlas engine. The interactive map may include more titles or newer results. These are similarity matches, not a guarantee of age suitability.

1. 

   01

   Guardians

   Same director

   2017 · 89 min · Action · Comedy · Fantasy · Science Fiction · Thriller

   Read synopsis

   During the Cold War, an organization called "Patriot" created a superhero squad, which includes members of multiple Soviet republics. For years, the heroes had to hide their identities, but, in hard times, they must show themselves again.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same director
   • a principal cast member

   Explore movies like Guardians
2. 

   02

   Eastern Plays

   Strong story similarity

   2009 · 83 min · Drama

   Read synopsis

   Two estranged brothers are brought together when they have opposite roles in a racist beating: while Georgi who's recently joined a neo-nazi group participates in the violence, Hristo witnesses and rescues a Turkish family. Only by reuniting will the two brothers be able to assess what they really want from life.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

   Explore movies like Eastern Plays
3. 

   03

   Row 19

   Strong story similarity

   2021 · 77 min · Horror · Thriller

   Read synopsis

   A young female doctor and her 6-year-old daughter are on an overnight flight in a violent storm. When passengers on the half-empty plane inexplicably begin to die, the woman’s grip on reality weakens and she is forced to relive her worst childhood nightmare.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared production studio: Cinema Foundation of Russia

   Explore movies like Row 19
4. 

   04

   Beanpole

   Strong story similarity

   2019 · 134 min · Drama · War

   Read synopsis

   1945, Leningrad. World War II has devastated the city, demolishing its buildings and leaving its citizens in tatters, physically and mentally. Two young women, Iya and Masha, search for meaning and hope in the struggle to rebuild their lives amongst the ruins.

   Why it connects

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

   Explore movies like Beanpole
5. 

   05

   Conference

   Strong story similarity

   2020 · 129 min · Drama

   Read synopsis

   Many years after a deadly terrorist siege in a Moscow theatre, survivor Natalya returns to the crime scene to hold a memorial evening, finally able to confront her survivor's guilt and her estranged daughter and husband.

   Why it connects

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

   Explore movies like Conference
6. 

   06

   Meine Mutter, mein Bruder und ich!

   Similar atmosphere

   2008 · 102 min · Drama

   Read synopsis

   In Munich, the Armenian Areg dreams of studying cinema with his German girlfriend Lilly. Until her widowed mother fell seriously ill with diabetes. Areg and her little brother Garnik have to take care of her.

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • shared theme: armenia

   Explore movies like Meine Mutter, mein Bruder und ich!
7. 

   07

   Voices in the Wind

   Similar atmosphere

   2020 · 139 min · Drama

   Read synopsis

   Eight years after the devastating tsunami, the wounds it left in Japan have still not healed. In her touching search for answers, Haru sets out on a long, eventful journey to her home town, where she lost her family in the flood.

   Why it connects

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

   Explore movies like Voices in the Wind
8. 

   08

   The Line

   Strong story similarity

   2016 · 110 min · Drama · History · War

   Read synopsis

   Taking place in 1991, Tigran, who teaches math at a village school to avoid the army, loses the girl he loves. Consumed by abject wretchedness, he decides to enlist as a volunteer in the Nagorno‑Karabakh war to give meaning to his hollow life.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared theme: armenia
   • a closely matched era

   Explore movies like The Line
9. 

   09

   Stalingrad

   Strong story similarity

   2013 · 131 min · Action · Drama · War

   Read synopsis

   A band of determined Russian soldiers fight to hold a strategic building in their devastated city against a ruthless German army, and in the process become deeply connected to a Russian woman who has been living there.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • a closely matched era

   Explore movies like Stalingrad
10. 

    10

    In the Fog

    Strong story similarity

    2012 · 127 min · Drama · History · War

    Read synopsis

    Western frontiers of the USSR, 1942. The region is under German occupation. A man is wrongly accused of collaboration. Desperate to save his dignity, he faces an impossible moral choice.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • a closely matched era

    Explore movies like In the Fog