The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
2008 Drama, WarWhen his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a Jewish prisoner or the role his own Nazi father plays in his imprisonment, Bruno embarks on a dangerous journey inside the camp's walls.
Movies like The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Discover a curated list of captivating movies similar to The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. Explore films such as The Lost City of Z, Jojo Rabbit, and Suspiria, around the themes of jew, boy, poison gas. Other notable keywords include fence and concentration camp.
#1
The Lost City of Z
Synopsis:
A true-life drama in the 1920s, centering on British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, who discovered evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization in the Amazon and disappeared whilst searching for it.
Starring:
Sienna Miller,
Tom Holland,
Angus Macfadyen
Plot:
jungle,
based on true story,
based on book,
explorer,
journey,
raft,
archaeology,
husband wife relationship,
travel,
tribe
...
#2
Jojo Rabbit
Synopsis:
A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in their attic. Aided only by his idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler, Jojo must confront his blind nationalism.
Starring:
Scarlett Johansson,
Rebel Wilson,
Sam Rockwell
#3
Suspiria
Synopsis:
A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the troupe's artistic director, an ambitious young dancer and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare, others will finally wake up.
Starring:
Chloë Grace Moretz,
Tilda Swinton,
Mia Goth
#4
Blood Diamond
Synopsis:
An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son, conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed countrywide.
Starring:
Jennifer Connelly,
Djimon Hounsou,
Leonardo DiCaprio
Plot:
civil war,
diamond,
rebel,
journalist,
africa,
terrorism,
journalism,
machete,
two word title,
elephant
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#5
The Lovely Bones
Synopsis:
After being brutally murdered, 14-year-old Susie Salmon watches from heaven over her grief-stricken family -- and her killer. As she observes their daily lives, she must balance her thirst for revenge with her desire for her family to heal.
Starring:
Mark Wahlberg,
Stanley Tucci,
Michael Imperioli
Plot:
afterlife,
investigation,
serial murder,
sexual predator,
pedophile,
predator,
returning home,
1970s,
reference to coca cola,
rape
...
#6
Spider-Man 3
Synopsis:
The seemingly invincible Spider-Man goes up against an all-new crop of villains—including the shape-shifting Sandman. While Spider-Man’s superpowers are altered by an alien organism, his alter ego, Peter Parker, deals with nemesis Eddie Brock and also gets caught up in a love triangle.
Starring:
J.K. Simmons,
Bryce Dallas Howard,
Kirsten Dunst
#7
Pearl Harbor
Synopsis:
The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval nurse Evelyn Johnson. But the rivalry between the friends-turned-foes is immediately put on hold when they find themselves at the center of Japan's devastating attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
Starring:
Ewen Bremner,
Jon Voight,
Ben Affleck
Plot:
sex,
child abuse,
historically inaccurate,
beer,
bare chested male,
boxer shorts,
fairy godmother,
ale,
golf,
santa claus costume
...
#8
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Synopsis:
A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.
Starring:
Missi Pyle,
Johnny Depp,
Helena Bonham Carter
Plot:
caterpillar,
cannibalism,
psychotherapy,
psychiatrist,
fight,
chocolate,
ticket,
glass elevator,
miniaturization,
boy
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#9
The Witch
Synopsis:
In 1630s New England, William and Katherine lead a devout Christian life with five children, homesteading on the edge of an impassable wilderness, exiled from their settlement when William defies the local church. When their newborn son vanishes and crops mysteriously fail, the family turns on one another.
Starring:
Anya Taylor-Joy,
Ralph Ineson,
Bathsheba Garnett
Plot:
witch,
goat,
black magic,
isolation,
new england,
forest,
woods,
witchcraft,
sin,
folk horror
...
#10
The Notebook
Synopsis:
An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately reunited, seven years later, after they have taken different paths.
Starring:
James Marsden,
Rachel McAdams,
Ryan Gosling
Plot:
letter,
second chance,
class differences,
nursing home,
memory,
notebook,
1940s,
alzheimer's disease,
painting,
aging
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#11
The Celebration
Synopsis:
A grandiose party to celebrate a sixtieth birthday unleashes a family drama with all the lies that conceal horrendous secrets. The eldest son, Christian, stages a showdown with the popular pater familias; his provocative, moving after-dinner speech dislodges all the masks, which finally fall completely as the father-son conflict intensifies and the bewildered guests look on.
Starring:
Ulrich Thomsen,
Henning Moritzen,
Thomas Bo Larsen
Plot:
dogme 95,
speech,
family secret,
haunted by the past,
drunk,
birthday,
suicide,
party,
abuse,
drunkenness
...
#12
Schindler's List
Synopsis:
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
Starring:
Liam Neeson,
Ben Kingsley,
Caroline Goodall
Plot:
accountant,
champagne,
villa,
womanizer,
soap,
shaving,
female pubic hair,
world war two,
marriage,
holocaust
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#13
Pan's Labyrinth
Synopsis:
Living with her tyrannical stepfather in a new home with her pregnant mother, 10-year-old Ofelia feels alone until she explores a decaying labyrinth guarded by a mysterious faun who claims to know her destiny. If she wishes to return to her real father, Ofelia must complete three terrifying tasks.
Starring:
Manolo Solo,
Doug Jones,
Ivana Baquero
#14
Halloween
Synopsis:
Jamie Lee Curtis returns to her iconic role as Laurie Strode, who comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.
Starring:
Judy Greer,
Dylan Arnold,
Virginia Gardner
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#15
Big Fish
Synopsis:
Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures.
Starring:
Helena Bonham Carter,
Billy Crudup,
Ewan McGregor
Plot:
storytelling,
fish,
father son relationship,
death of father,
flashback,
growing up,
journey,
surrealism,
texas,
small town
...
#16
Silver Linings Playbook
Synopsis:
After spending eight months in a mental institution, a former teacher moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife.
Starring:
John Ortiz,
Bradley Cooper,
Robert De Niro
#17
Shutter Island
Synopsis:
World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by his troubling visions and also by a mysterious doctor.
Starring:
Mark Ruffalo,
Jackie Earle Haley,
Ben Kingsley
Plot:
surprise ending,
neo noir,
mental asylum,
cave,
memory,
filicide,
plot twist,
psycho thriller,
delusion,
containment
...
#18
Malena
Synopsis:
On the day in 1940 that Italy enters the war, two things happen to the 12-year-old Renato: he gets his first bike, and he gets his first look at Malèna. She is a beautiful, silent outsider who's moved to this Sicilian town to be with her husband, Nico. He promptly goes off to war, leaving her to the lustful eyes of the men and the sharp tongues of the women. During the next few years, as Renato g…
Starring:
Monica Bellucci,
Giuseppe Sulfaro,
Luciano Federico
#19
Death on the Nile
Synopsis:
Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot's Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfect couple's idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short.
Starring:
Sophie Okonedo,
Kenneth Branagh,
Gal Gadot
Plot:
sequel,
detective,
murder,
murder investigation,
egypt,
hercule poirot character,
belgian,
title same as book,
boat,
river
...
#20
Songbird
Synopsis:
During a pandemic lockdown, Nico, a young man with rare immunity, must overcome martial law, murderous vigilantes and a powerful family to reunite with his love, Sara.
Starring:
Peter Stormare,
Sofia Carson,
K.J. Apa