
Movies that feel likeThe Cranes Are Flying (1957)
If you loved The Cranes Are Flying, the closest films we have are Ashes and Diamonds (1958), From Here to Eternity (1953) and Mrs. Miniver (1942). All three share The Cranes Are Flying's contemplative and romantic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
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If The Cranes Are Flying hit the spot, these will too

The same two preoccupations: world war ii, and black and white

Both are built on the same subject: world war ii

The same preoccupation in both: black and white

Contemplative where it counts, romantic underneath

The same mix in both: tenderness, then bleakness
The difference: Made in the 2010s, in a different era of the craft

One thread runs through both: battlefield
The difference: Leans harder into action than The Cranes Are Flying does

Drama built on stillness, twice over
The difference: Sits closer to science fiction than The Cranes Are Flying does

Romantic romance, and it commits to that
The difference: Trades the bleakness of The Cranes Are Flying for an angle of its own

War with a pulse of tenderness, in both cases

Both lean on stillness more than on drama


Both lean on bleakness more than on war
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