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Movies Like The Red Danube

If you liked The Red Danube (1949), a drama and war movie directed by George Sidney, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1The Sound of Music

    The Sound of Music (1965)

    ★ 7.7/10Also drama and romance

    In the years before World War II, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children and brings a new love of life and music into the home.

  2. 2Dishonored

    Dishonored (1931)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and war

    The Austrian Secret Service sends its most seductive agent to spy on the Russians.

  3. 3Mata Hari

    Mata Hari (1931)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama and romance

    A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I.

  4. 4A Hidden Life

    A Hidden Life (2019)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and war

    Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis during World War II.

  5. 5Before Sunrise

    Before Sunrise (1995)

    ★ 8/10Also drama and romance

    An unexpected meeting on a train leads two travelers to spend an evening wandering through Vienna. As the night unfolds, they share stories and conversations about life and love, exploring new ideas while a quiet…

  6. 6Doctor Zhivago

    Doctor Zhivago (1965)

    ★ 7.6/10Also drama and romance

    The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.

  7. 7Battleground

    Battleground (1949)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and war

    Members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the rugged terrain of Bastogne, Belgium, in December 1944. Holley and his American compatriots have already seen one of their…

  8. 8A Time to Love and a Time to Die

    A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and war

    A German soldier home on leave falls in love with a girl, then returns to World War II.

  9. 9High Strung

    High Strung (2016)

    ★ 7/10Also romance and drama

    When a hip hop violinist busking in the New York subway encounters a classical dancer on scholarship at the Manhattan Conservatory of the Arts, sparks fly. With the help of a hip hop dance crew they must find a common…

  10. 10Mayerling

    Mayerling (1968)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama and romance

    Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria clashes with his father, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, over implementing progressive policies for their country. Rudolf soon feels he is a man born at the wrong time in a country…

  11. 11Waiting for Anya

    Waiting for Anya (2020)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and war

    During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain.

  12. 12The Man Who Never Was

    The Man Who Never Was (1956)

    ★ 7/10Also war and drama

    The true story of a British effort to trick the Germans into weakening Sicily's defenses before the 1943 attack. A dead soldier is dressed as a British officer and outfitted with faked papers showing that the Allies…

  13. 13A Farewell to Arms

    A Farewell to Arms (1957)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and romance

    An English nurse and an American soldier on the Italian front during World War I fall in love, but the horrors surrounding them test their romance to the limit.

  14. 14All Quiet on the Western Front

    All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)

    ★ 6.7/10Also war and drama

    At the start of World War I, Paul Baumer is a young German patriot, eager to fight. Indoctrinated with propaganda at school, he and his friends eagerly sign up for the army soon after graduation. But when the horrors…

  15. 15Waterloo Bridge

    Waterloo Bridge (1940)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama and romance

    On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he was at the beginning of World War I and the young ballerina he met just before he left for the front.

  16. 16Three Coins in the Fountain

    Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and romance

    Three American roommates working in Italy wish for the man of their dreams after throwing coins into Rome's magnificent Trevi Fountain. Frances, a secretary at a government agency, sets out to win the heart of her…

  17. 17Flamingo Road

    Flamingo Road (1949)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and romance

    A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society.

  18. 18Ship of Fools

    Ship of Fools (1965)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and romance

    A varied group of passengers boarding a ship bound for pre-WWII Germany represents a microcosm of early-1930s society.

  19. 19A Guy Named Joe

    A Guy Named Joe (1944)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and romance

    A cocky U.S. Army Air Force pilot stationed in England during World War II falls for a daring female flier. After he's killed on a mission, he's sent back to Earth by a heavenly General with a new assignment.

  20. 20The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)

    ★ 7.5/10Also war and drama

    General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered out-of-touch with what's needed to win the war. But it wasn't always…

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