Drama, War
Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie—until a secret is revealed. Based on events from writer-director Malle’s own childhood, the film is a subtle, precisely observed tale of courage, cowardice, and tragic awakening.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Girl from Leningrad
Tombstone of the Fireflies
Age of Heroes
Eyes Wide Open
Mediterraneo
The Gambler
Shanghai
Mister Roberts
An American Rhapsody
In Harm's Way
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
Eat Pray Love
Anastasia
Eyewitness: D-Day
Circle of Violence: A Family Drama
Miracle in Cell No. 7
The Accidental Prime Minister
Lekce
Strayed
Dunya & Desie
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The Girl from Leningrad
IMDB 6.6 | May , 1941
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IMDB 7.4 | Jul , 2008
Set during World War II, the film follows a young brother and sister as they attempt to survive the aftermath of the firebombing of Kobe City.Age of Heroes
IMDB 5.5 | May , 2011
The true story of the formation of Ian Fleming's 30 Commando unit, a precursor for the elite forces in the U.K.Eyes Wide Open
IMDB 6.5 | May , 2009
A middle-aged Orthodox Jew, Aaron, living and working in Jerusalem with his wife and children, meets a homeless 19-year-old student. Aaron offers to give Ezri work as his assistant at his family's butcher shop. The two men grow close and their attraction becomes sexual. Aaron must now confront his own sexuality, his feelings for Ezri, and his obligations to his family and faith.Mediterraneo
IMDB 7.6 | Feb , 1991
Greek Sea, World War II. An Italian ship leaves a handful of soldiers in a little island; their mission is to spot enemy ships and to hold the island in case of attack. The village of the island seems abandoned and there isn't a single enemy in sight, so the soldiers begin to relax a little. Things change when their ship is hit and destroyed by the enemy, and the soldiers find themselves abandoned there.The Gambler
IMDB 6 | Dec , 2014
Literature professor Jim Bennett leads a secret life as a high-stakes gambler. Always a risk-taker, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as collateral. Staying one step ahead, he pits his creditor against the operator of an illicit gambling ring while garnering the attention of Frank, a paternalistic loan shark. As his relationship with a student deepens, Bennett must risk everything for a second chance.Shanghai
IMDB 6.1 | Jun , 2010
An American man returns to a corrupt, Japanese-occupied Shanghai four months before Pearl Harbor and discovers his friend has been killed. While he unravels the mysteries of the death, he falls in love and discovers a much larger secret that his own government is hiding.Mister Roberts
IMDB 7.1 | Jul , 1955
Mr. Roberts is a Navy officer who's yearning for battle but is stuck in the backwaters of World War II on a non-commissioned ship run by the bullying Captain Morton.An American Rhapsody
IMDB 6.4 | Jun , 2001
A Hungarian family forced to flee the Communist country for the United States must leave a young daughter behind. Six years later, the family arranges to bring the absent daughter to the United States where she has trouble adjusting. The daughter then decides to travel to Budapest to discover her identity.In Harm's Way
IMDB 6.6 | Apr , 1965
A Naval officer, reprimanded after Pearl Harbor, is later promoted to Rear Admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
IMDB 6.3 | Mar , 2005
A drama set during World War II where a submarine carrying a secret weapon attempts to stop a planned third atomic bombing of Japan. Based on Harutoshi Fukui's novel Shuusen no Lorelei.Eat Pray Love
IMDB 6.2 | Aug , 2010
A married woman realizes how unhappy her marriage really is, and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on a round-the-world journey to "find herself".Anastasia
IMDB 6.8 | Dec , 1956
Russian exiles in Paris plot to collect ten million pounds from the Bank of England by grooming a destitute, suicidal girl to pose as heir to the Russian throne. While Bounin is coaching her, he comes to believe that she is really Anastasia. In the end, the Empress must decide her claim.Eyewitness: D-Day
IMDB 7.6 | Jul , 2019
One famous day. Five heroes. Five key turning points that changed the course of World War II during the D-Day landings, told through the eyes of the people who made a difference. Using rarely seen archival footage dramatic reconstruction and written accounts from eye witnesses, and personal testimony from five heroes, this is D-Day as never seen before.Circle of Violence: A Family Drama
IMDB 6.8 | Oct , 1986
Georgia Benfield, at her wit's end, loses control and begins physically abusing her elderly mother, just as Georgia had been abused herself as a child. As family and friends slowly begin to learn of the abuse, and long-buried family secrets come to light, both mother and daughter must learn to accept the past, to change what is happening at present in order to face a better future.Miracle in Cell No. 7
IMDB 8.3 | Oct , 2019
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IMDB 5.3 | Jan , 2019
Based on the memoir by Indian policy analyst Sanjaya Baru, The Accidental Prime Minister explores Manmohan Singh's tenure as the Prime Minister of India, and the kind of control he had over his cabinet and the country.Lekce
IMDB 9 | Jan , 1972
During World War II, a German university professor creates a spy ring that supplies the Allies with information about Nazi plans...Strayed
IMDB 5.8 | Aug , 2003
Fleeing the June 1940 arrival of Hitler's army in Paris, a young war widow and her two children are rescued from dive-bombing German fighters by a cocky, reckless teenager. He finds them refuge in an abandoned house, but despite the fact that the family quickly comes to be depending much on his cunning and survival abilities, their cohabitation proves uneasy.Dunya & Desie
IMDB 6.9 | Apr , 2008
Dunya and Desie are two 18 year old best friends from Amsterdam North. Dunya is Moroccan and Desie is Dutch. On Dunya's Birthday she is told that her marriage has been arranged with a distant cousin in Morocco. Dunya and her family will travel to Morocco to meet him. After Desie discovers that she is pregnant she joins Dunya in Morocco in a search for Desies father.