Drama, Romance, War
Stingo, a young writer, moves to Brooklyn in 1947 to begin work on his first novel. As he becomes friendly with Sophie and her lover Nathan, he learns that she is a Holocaust survivor. Flashbacks reveal her harrowing story, from pre-war prosperity to Auschwitz. In the present, Sophie and Nathan's relationship increasingly unravels as Stingo grows closer to Sophie and Nathan's fragile mental state becomes ever more apparent.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
Never So Few
Guys and Dolls
The Blood of Others
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The World, the Flesh and the Devil
Madigan
Last Call for Istanbul
Avalon
Prime
Leningrad
Topaz
Teheran '43
Le Pion
The Crossing
Weaver's Crossing
The Chorus
The Girl of the Mountains
Auschwitz: Countdown To Liberation
August Rush
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
IMDB 6.9 | Dec , 1970
In 1930s Italy, a wealthy Jewish family tries to maintain their privileged lifestyle, hosting friends for tennis and parties at their villa. As anti-Semitism intensifies under Fascism, they must ultimately face the horrors of the Holocaust.Never So Few
IMDB 5.4 | Dec , 1959
A U.S. military troop takes command of a band of Burmese guerillas during World War II.Guys and Dolls
IMDB 6.5 | Dec , 1955
In New York, a gambler is challenged to take a cold female missionary to Havana, but they fall for each other, and the bet has a hidden motive to finance a crap game.The Blood of Others
IMDB 5 | Aug , 1984
In the German-occupied Paris, Helene is torn between the love for her boyfriend Jean, working for the resistance and the German administrator Bergmann, who will do anything to gain her affection.The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
IMDB 7.6 | Dec , 2008
Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a child who flits in and out of his life as she grows up to be a dancer. Though he has all sorts of unusual adventures over the course of his life, it is his relationship with Daisy, and the hope that they will come together at the right time, that drives Benjamin forward.The World, the Flesh and the Devil
IMDB 6.3 | May , 1959
Ralph Burton is a miner who is trapped for several days as a result of a cave-in. When he finally manages to dig himself out, he realizes that all of mankind seems to have been destroyed in a nuclear holocaust. He travels to New York City only to find it deserted. Making a life for himself there, he is flabbergasted to eventually find Sarah Crandall, who also managed to survive. Together, they form a close friendship until the arrival of Benson Thacker who has managed to pilot his small boat into the city's harbor. At this point, tensions rise between the three, particularly between Thacker, who is white, and Burton, who is black.Madigan
IMDB 6.1 | Mar , 1968
NYPD detectives Bonaro and Madigan lose their guns to fugitive Barney Benesch. As compensation, they are given a weekend to bring Benesch to justice. While they follow various leads, Police Commissioner Russell goes about his duties, including attending functions, meeting with aggrieved relatives, and counseling the spouses of fallen officers.Last Call for Istanbul
IMDB 6.3 | Nov , 2023
A chance meeting at the airport leads two married people to an unforgettable night full of excitement, desire, and temptation in New York City.Avalon
IMDB 6.7 | Oct , 1990
A Polish-Jewish family comes to the U.S. at the beginning of the twentieth century. There, the family and their children try to make themselves a better future in the so-called promised land.Prime
IMDB 6 | Sep , 2005
A career driven professional from Manhattan is wooed by a young painter, who also happens to be the son of her psychoanalyst.Leningrad
IMDB 5.4 | Jan , 2009
When in 1941 Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union, their troops quickly besieged Leningrad. Foreign journalists are evacuated but one of them, Kate Davies, is presumed dead and misses the plane. Alone in the city she is helped by Nina Tsvetnova a young and idealist police officer and together they will fight for their own survival and the survival of the people in the besieged Leningrad.Topaz
IMDB 6 | Dec , 1969
Copenhagen, Denmark, 1962. When a high-ranking Soviet official decides to change sides, a French intelligence agent is caught up in a cold, silent and bloody spy war in which his own family will play a decisive role.Teheran '43
IMDB 6.3 | Jul , 1981
This story starts in 1980 in Paris as the memories of Andrei Borodin, a Soviet agent, take the action back to 1943 during the Teheran meetings of Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill. A high-ranking Nazi officer developed a plan to assassinate the three world leaders in order to undermine the Allied forces. He commissioned the German agent Max Richard to carry out his plan, but it failed miserably due to the quick action and thinking of Andrei. While in Teheran, Andrei met a French woman, Marie Louni, living in the city and they had a brief but intense affair. Nearly four decades later, the Nazi officer has been captured - but not for long. Freed by terrorists, the officer is hunting down the German agent who failed to carry out the planned assassinations. Max lives at Françoise, a young French woman, who hides him.Le Pion
IMDB 6.3 | Oct , 1978
Humiliated and down on his luck, a superintendent turns his life around when he decides to write a book.The Crossing
IMDB 6.2 | Feb , 2020
One day, just before Christmas in 1942, Gerda's and Otto's parents are arrested for being part of the Norwegian resistance movement during the Second World War, leaving the siblings on their own. Following the arrest, they discover two Jewish children, Sarah and Daniel, hidden in a secret cupboard in their basement at home. It is now up to Gerda and Otto to finish what their parents started: To help Sarah and Daniel flee from the Nazis cross the border to neutral Sweden and reunite them with their parents.Weaver's Crossing
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2015
Tension flares between Sheriff Henry Turner and his son Jason after Henry loses his job and Jason takes over. A local writer chronicles the heart warming tale.The Chorus
IMDB 7.7 | Mar , 2004
In 1940s France, a new teacher at a school for disruptive boys gives hope and inspiration.The Girl of the Mountains
IMDB 0 | Mar , 1974
An unbaptized woman is killed because of the regressive mentality existing in the mountains of northern Albania.Auschwitz: Countdown To Liberation
IMDB 7 | Jan , 2025
August Rush
IMDB 7.4 | Nov , 2007
Lyla and Louis, a singer and a musician, fall in love, but are soon compelled to separate. Lyla is forced to give up her newborn but unknown to her, he grows up to become a musical genius.