Top 20 movies like The Cake Tree in the Ruins
Top 20 Movies like The Cake Tree in the Ruins
- 1. Hodina zažíhania sviec
- 2. A Christmas Tale
- 3. Lion of the Desert
- 4. Tonight We Raid Calais
- 5. Magnicidios Poe
- 6. Bergfried
- 7. Cameramen at War
- 8. All Things Fair
- 9. Hannibal Brooks
- 10. The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
- 11. For a Lost Soldier
- 12. The Battle of the Damned
- 13. 3rd Reich Mothers, in the Name of the Master Race
- 14. And a Nightingale Sang
- 15. Kaya
- 16. Kiss Me With All Your Love
- 17. The Dream
- 18. Parer's War
- 19. Battle Diary: A Day In The Life of Charlie Martin
- 20. Little Boy
1. Hodina zažíhania sviec (Hodina zažíhania sviec)
(Hodina zažíhania sviec)
It has an average vote of 1 on TMDB.
2. A Christmas Tale (Різдвяна казка)
On the eve of Christmas, the tears of the poor girl Marusia melted the cold and indifferent heart of the wealthy landlord. Based on the fairy tale “Tear” by the Ukrainian writer Marko Cheremshyna.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
3. Lion of the Desert
This movie tells the story of Omar Mukhtar, an Arab Muslim rebel who fought against the Italian conquest of Libya in WWII. It gives western viewers a glimpse into this little-known region and chapter of history, and exposes the savage means by which the conquering army attempted to subdue the natives.
It has an average vote of 7.278 on TMDB.
4. Tonight We Raid Calais
A British commando is on a one-man raid to destroy a bomb factory in Nazi-occupied France. He must enlist the aid of French farmers to complete his mission.
It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.
5. Magnicidios Poe (Magnicidios Poe)
The sarcastic account of the assassination of five Spanish politicians between 1870 and 1973 is mixed with the narration of five short stories by Edgar Allan Poe illustrated by five skillful pencil artists. A documentary, a video essay, a collage, a provocative experiment where various pop culture figures and icons perform unexpected cameos. The macabre joke of a jester. Never more.
It has an average vote of 2 on TMDB.
6. Bergfried (Bergfried)
(Bergfried)
It has an average vote of 4.3 on TMDB.
7. Cameramen at War
A tribute to the cameramen of the newsreel companies and the service film units, in the form of a compilation of film of the cameramen themselves, their training and some of their most dramatic film.
It has an average vote of 4.8 on TMDB.
8. All Things Fair (Lust och fägring stor)
Stig is a 15-year-old pupil of 37-year-old teacher Viola. He is attracted by her beauty and maturity while she is drawn to him by his youth and innocence, a godsent relief from her drunk and miserable husband.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
9. Hannibal Brooks
A POW in World War II is put to work in a Munich zoo, looking after an Asian elephant. The zoo is bombed by the Americans and the director of the zoo decides it is not safe for his Asian elephant Lucy to remain there. So he sends Brooks to safety with Lucy. They escape and go on the run in order to get to Switzerland.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
10. The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Three childhood friends, Martha, Walter and Sam, share a terrible secret. Over time, the ambitious Martha and the pusillanimous Walter have married. She is a cold businesswoman; he is the district attorney: a perfect combination to dominate the corrupt city of Iverstown at will. But the unexpected return of Sam, after years of absence, deeply disturbs the life of the odd couple.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
11. For a Lost Soldier (Voor een verloren soldaat)
Separated from his family in the Dutch countryside, young boy Jeroen crosses paths with Walt, a Canadian soldier who takes him under his care.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
12. The Battle of the Damned (Quella dannata pattuglia)
A small band of misfit American commandos are assigned to head across the North African desert to blow up a huge German fuel depot.
It has an average vote of 4.8 on TMDB.
13. 3rd Reich Mothers, in the Name of the Master Race (Malgré-elles)
Two beautiful and different girls, Alice and Lisette are 17 years old, when forcibly removed from their Alsatian family to cooperate in the war effort in Germany. After spending six months in a indoctrination camp, they are both sent to a munitions factory where they are tasked to perform inhuman works. An explosion erupts, they are suspected of sabotage and threatened with being sent to a boot camp. Alice and Lisette believe they saved when transferred to a maternity where they continue living the hell of war.
It has an average vote of 7.333 on TMDB.
14. And a Nightingale Sang
Set in working class Newcastle, the Stott family fight their private battles against the backdrop of the conflict of World War II. Helen Stott, over thirty and with a limp, is resigned to being left on the shelf until she meets and falls in love with Norman, a serviceman from London. In contrast, her younger sister Joyce has quite a way with men, and finds herself a little too popular with the troops, especially when her husband pops up on leave from his regiment.
It has an average vote of 4.5 on TMDB.
15. Kaya (Kaja, ubit ću te!)
An experimental film about peaceful and carefree life in a small Dalmatian town, which turns into bloodshed and horror on the Eve of Italian occupation of the country.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
16. Kiss Me With All Your Love (Embrasse-moi comme tu m'aimes)
Montreal, 1940. The Second World War is raging in Europe. Pierre Sauvageau, 22, would like to enlist, but he has to take care of his twin sister, crippled from birth. This proximity awakens the sensuality of Berthe who tries to seduce her brother. Pierre rejects her advances, but when he falls in love with Marguerite, his best friend's girlfriend, he is haunted by the fantasy of his sister.
It has an average vote of 4.3 on TMDB.
17. The Dream (San)
In the whirlpool of WW2, two peaceful towns that have already tasted peace are once again attacked by the Germans. Casualties are high, but the dream of a boy and a girl about their liberated towns cannot be destroyed.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
18. Parer's War
Parer's War is the true story of World War II frontline cameraman, Damien Parer, whose work won Australia’s first Oscar. His desperate efforts to return to the battlefield to capture what he believed was the ‘truth’ of war were thwarted by his own government. Caught between two worlds, his own personal demons almost cost him the woman he loved.
19. Battle Diary: A Day In The Life of Charlie Martin
An extraordinary journey into the past to that fateful day, June 6, 1944. Relive the event of D-Day on the beaches of Normandy with Company Sergeant-Major Charlie Martin of the Queen's Own Rifles. Experience an emotional and intensely personal account of D-Day through a combination of interviews, archival film and Charlie Martin's diary excerpts.
20. Little Boy
An eight-year-old boy is willing to do whatever it takes to end World War II so he can bring his father home. The story reveals the indescribable love a father has for his little boy and the love a son has for his father.
It has an average vote of 7.18 on TMDB.