Drama, War
Irena Sendler is a Catholic social worker who has sympathized with the Jews since her childhood, when her physician father died of typhus contracted while treating poor Jewish patients. When she initially proposes saving Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto, her idea is met with skepticism by fellow workers, her parish priest, and even her own mother Janina.
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The Harmonists
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In the Name of the Father
Behind Enemy Lines
Germany, Year Zero
Train of Life
This Boy's Life
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IMDB 6.7 | Aug , 1982
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IMDB 4.2 | Apr , 1963
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IMDB 4 | Apr , 1991
Based on a true story of a sport star Bobrov, who happened to become befriended by Vasili, the son of Stalin.Gridiron Gang
IMDB 7 | Sep , 2006
Under the leadership of their counselor, teenagers at a juvenile detention center gain self-esteem by playing football together. Based on a true story.Kokoda
IMDB 6.2 | Apr , 2006
A bitter battle is fought between Australian and Japanese soldiers along the Kokoda trail in New Guinea during World War II.Lords of Dogtown
IMDB 7.1 | Jun , 2005
The radical true story behind three teenage surfers from Venice Beach, California, who took skateboarding to the extreme and changed the world of sports forever. Stacy Peralta, Tony Alva and Jay Adams are the Z-Boys, a bunch of nobodies until they create a new style of skateboarding that becomes a worldwide phenomenon. But when their hobby becomes a business, the success shreds their friendship.Franz + Polina
IMDB 4.7 | Jun , 2006
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IMDB 6.8 | May , 1981
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IMDB 6.7 | Jun , 2001
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IMDB 6.8 | Jun , 2000
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IMDB 6.6 | Dec , 1997
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IMDB 5.7 | Dec , 1940
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IMDB 7.9 | Dec , 1993
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IMDB 6.4 | Nov , 2001
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IMDB 7.7 | Dec , 1948
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IMDB 7.3 | Sep , 1998
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IMDB 7.1 | Apr , 1993
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IMDB 7.4 | Aug , 2002
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IMDB 6.6 | Feb , 2008
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IMDB 6.2 | Nov , 2007
In 1942, the young Jewish girl Misha, her Russian mother Gerusha and her German father Reuven hide from the Germans in a small house in Ardennes, Belgium. Misha is very connected to her mother that advises her that if one day a person comes to her saying "love of my life", she would follow him or her without any question. When her parents are captured by the Nazis, Misha is delivered to a German family and the abusive matriarch gives a bad treatment to the girl. However, she finds support in the family of Ernest and his deranged wife Marthe that supplies groceries to foster family. Misha loves Ernest's dogs and the old man gives a compass to her and tells that her parents have been sent to East to forced labor. When the old couple is denounced for sheltering the girl and arrested by the Germans, Misha flees through the woods heading east. Along her journey seeking out her parents...