20 best movies like The Third Half (2012)

List of the best movies like The Third Half (2012): The Book Thief, Children of Glory, See You in Montevideo, Defiance, Secretariat, Flame & Citron, Kano, Les Misérables, Edges of the Lord, Sonny Boy.

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Markimdb: 7.5
Genredrama, military
CountryUSA, Germany
Duration02:11

While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refuge is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.

Markimdb: 7
Genremelodrama, drama, military, history, sport
CountryHungary

Children of Glory will commemorate Hungary's heroic Revolution of 1956, and takes place in Budapest and at the Melbourne Olympic Games in October and November of that year. While Soviet tanks were destroying Hungary, the Hungarian water polo team was winning over the Soviets in the Olympic pool in Melbourne, in what has been described as the bloodiest water polo match in history.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, adventure, biography, history, sport
CountrySerbia
Duration02:21

A football team from Belgrade, former Republic of Yugoslavia gets a chance to go to the First World Football Championship, but things get complicated along the way.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genreaction, thriller, drama, military, history
CountryUSA
Duration02:17

Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet partisans to combat the Nazis. The brothers begin the rescue of roughly 1,200 Jews still trapped in the ghettos of Poland.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genredrama, family, biography, history, sport
CountryUSA
Duration01:56

    Housewife and mother Penny Chenery agrees to take over her ailing father's Virginia-based Meadow Stables, despite her lack of horse-racing knowledge. Against all odds, Chenery - with the help of veteran trainer Lucien Laurin - manages to navigate the male-dominated business, ultimately fostering the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, military, history
    CountryDenmark, Germany, Norway, France, Sweden, Finland, Czech Republic
    Duration02:10

    During Nazi occupation, red-headed Bent Faurschou-Hviid ("Flame") and Jørgen Haagen Schmith ("Citron"), assassins in the Danish resistance, take orders from Winther, who's in direct contact with Allied leaders. One shoots, the other drives. Until 1944, they kill only Danes; then Winther gives orders to kill Germans. When a target tells Bent that Winther's using them to settle private scores, doubt sets in, complicated by Bent's relationship with the mysterious Kitty Selmer, who may be a double agent. Also, someone in their circle is a traitor. Can Bent and Jørgen kill an über-target, evade capture, and survive the war? And is this heroism, naiveté, or mere hatred?

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genredrama, biography, history, sport
    CountryTaiwan

    A Taiwanese high school baseball team travels to Japan in 1931 to compete in a national tournament.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genremelodrama, drama, musical, military, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:38

      An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France, in which a paroled prisoner named Jean Valjean seeks redemption.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genremelodrama, drama, crime, military
      CountryUSA, Poland
      Duration01:35

      A 12-year-old Jewish boy hides with a family of Catholic peasant farmers to escape the Nazis.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genremelodrama, drama, military, biography
      CountryNetherlands
      Duration02:10

      Waldemar Nods, a young man from Suriname, meets the older Dutch woman Rika van der Lans and they fall in love. In pre-WWII Netherlands they could not be more different. The one black, the other white, 17 years between them and on top of that Rika already has four children with another man. They love each other, but then Rika appears to be pregnant...

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genremelodrama, drama, military, history
      CountryPoland
      Duration02:07

      A beautiful story about youth, love, friendship and the pursuit of adventure during the bloody and brutal reality of the Warsaw Uprising.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genreaction, drama, military, history
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:00

      The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, military, biography, history
      CountryCzech Republic, United Kingdom, USA, France
      Duration02:24

      In December 1941, Czech soldier Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš parachute into their occupied homeland to assassinate Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genremelodrama, drama, military, biography, history
      CountryBrazil

      Based upon the true story of Olga Benário, the German-born wife of Brazilian communist leader Luís Carlos Prestes. During the dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas (1930-1945) she was arrested and sent to Nazi Germany, where she was put to death in a concentration camp. After World War II began, Vargas decided to uphold the Allies.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genredrama, biography, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:48

      A coming of age drama following the life of Matt Hamill, the first deaf wrestler to win a National Collegiate Wrestling Championship.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genredrama, military, biography, sport
      CountryGermany, USA
      Duration01:49

      True story of boxers Joe Louis and Max Schmeling and their enduring friendship.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genreaction, drama, military, history
      CountryUSA
      Duration03:28

      The theme is the founding of the state of Israel. The action begins on a ship filled with Jewish immigrants bound for Israel who are being off loaded on Cyprus. An Intelligence officer succeeds in getting them back on board their ship only to have the harbor blocked by the British with whom they must negotiate. The second part deals with declaring independence and the resulting warring.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genremelodrama, drama, military, history
      CountryFrance
      Duration01:39

      In Paris during WWII, an Algerian immigrant is inspired to join the resistance by his unexpected friendship with a Jewish man. Based on not very known facts about the Muslim community in Paris during WWII, when the Paris Mosque and its dynamic leader played a pivotal role in supporting the resistance and rescuing Jews.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genreaction, melodrama, drama, military, history
      CountryRomania, Hungary, Canada, USA

      Regent Horthy is the leader of Hungary and a German ally, but his favorable standing with Hitler changes as the war comes to an end. Forced to cede Hungary’s power or else witness the execution of his son, Regent Horthy gives up control of his country to the Nazis, who quickly move Hungarians to ghettos and death camps, with no hope in sight. But the despair changes when a young man named Elek emerges. Separated from his family during the relocations and aided by the woman he loves , Elek defies the enemy by becoming one of them. In a race against time, disguised as a Nazi Officer he embarks on a mission to save his family and thousands of his countrymen.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genredrama, military, biography, history
      CountryPoland, Germany, United Kingdom

      The story of Polish pedagogue Janusz Korczak and his dedication to protecting Jewish orphans during the war.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genredrama, biography, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:35

      This is the story of a teenager named Gracie Bowen, who lives in South Orange, New Jersey, is crazy about soccer, as are her three brothers and former soccer star father. Although Gracie wants to join her brothers and father in the nightly practices, she is discouraged by everyone except her elder brother, Johnny. Her father does not believe that girls should play soccer and tells her that she is neither tough enough nor talented enough to play with the boys team. Undeterred, Gracie finds reserves of strength she never knew existed, and persists in changing everyone's beliefs in what she is capable of, including her own. She faces an uphill battle when she fights to give women the opportunity to play competitive soccer. But as the beautiful and strong person that she has always been but she also brings her family together in the face of their own tragedy.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genremelodrama, drama, military, music, history
      CountryFrance, Germany, United Kingdom, Belgium, Romania
      Duration01:51

      In 1914, World War I, the bloodiest war ever at that time in human history, was well under way. However on Christmas Eve, numerous sections of the Western Front called an informal, and unauthorized, truce where the various front-line soldiers of the conflict peacefully met each other in No Man's Land to share a precious pause in the carnage with a fleeting brotherhood.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genreaction, drama, military, biography, history, sport
      CountryUSA

      Zamperini returns to California where he wound up marrying Cynthia Applewhite while wrestling with untreated PTSD, suffering constant nightmares, angry, bitter and deeply depressed, his wife convinces Zamperini to attend the 1949 Billy Graham Crusade.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genredrama, history, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:59

      In a last-ditch effort to save his career, sports agent JB Bernstein (Jon Hamm) dreams up a wild game plan to find Major League Baseball’s next great pitcher from a pool of cricket players in India. He soon discovers two young men who can throw a fastball but know nothing about the game of baseball. Or America. It’s an incredible and touching journey that will change them all — especially JB, who learns valuable lessons about teamwork, commitment and family.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genredrama, adventure, military, biography, history
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration02:16

      Austrian mountaineer, Heinrich Harrer journeys to the Himalayas without his family to head an expedition in 1939. But when World War II breaks out, the arrogant Harrer falls into Allied forces' hands as a prisoner of war. He escapes with a fellow detainee and makes his way to Llaso, Tibet, where he meets the 14-year-old Dalai Lama, whose friendship ultimately transforms his outlook on life.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genredrama, family, military, biography, history
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:32

      The true, harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends, is forced into hiding in an attic in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genredrama, military, history
      CountryAustralia, USA
      Duration02:02

      A group of English, American, Dutch and Australian women creates a vocal orchestra while being imprisoned in a Japanese POW camp on Sumatra during World War II.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genredrama, military, biography, history
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:48

      Battle Hymn was inspired by the true story of American minister Dean Hess, played here with rare sensitivity by Rock Hudson. A bomber pilot during World War II, Hess inadvertently releases a bomb which destroys a German orphanage. Tortured by guilt, Hess relocates in Korea after the war to offer his services as a missionary. Combining the best elements of Christianity and Eastern spiritualism, Hess establishes a large home for orphans. The preacher's efforts are threatened when the Korean "police action" breaks out in 1950.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genreaction, drama, adventure, military, history
      CountryUSA, India
      Duration02:26

        Follows a young man named Albert and his horse, Joey, and how their bond is broken when Joey is sold to the cavalry and sent to the trenches of World War One. Despite being too young to enlist, Albert heads to France to save his friend.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genremelodrama, drama, military, biography, sport
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany

        The story of a man whose love for football, for England and for the love of his life, Margaret, saw him rise from Nazi 'villain' to British hero. Bert Trautmann, the German goalkeeper won over even his harshest opponents by winning the FA Cup Final for Manchester City in 1956 - playing on with a broken neck to secure victory.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genredrama, military, biography, history
        CountryNetherlands

        In Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, Walter Süskind is a member of the Dutch Jewish Council who rescues hundreds of children from the concentration camps.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genredrama, biography, sport
        CountryUSA, Germany
        Duration02:10

        Based on the incredible true story, The Express follows the inspirational life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genrefantasy, drama, military
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:35

        Hannah Stern, an American-born Jewish adolescent, is uninterested in the culture, faith and customs of her relatives; however, Hannah begins to revaluate her heritage when she has a supernatural experience that transports her back to a Nazi death camp in 1941. There, she meets a young girl named Rivkah, a fellow captive in the camp. As Rivkah and Hannah struggle to survive in the face of daily atrocities, they form an unbreakable bond.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genredrama, biography, sport
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:27

        The life story of Brazilian football legend, Pele.

        Markimdb: 7.8
        Genredrama, military, history
        CountryUSA

        Set against the backdrop of the greatest clandestine race against time in the history of science with the mission to build the world's first atomic bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Flawed scientists and their families attempt to co-exist in a world where secrets and lies infiltrate every aspect of their lives.

        Markimdb: 8.1
        Genredrama, military, history
        CountryUSA

        The story of New York farmer, Abe Woodhull, who bands together with a group of childhood friends to form The Culper Ring, an unlikely group of spies who turn the tide in America’s fight for independence.

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genreaction, melodrama, drama, adventure, western, military, biography, history
        CountryUSA

        A story of love, friendship, survival and triumph spanning five decades from the Texas Revolution through the Civil War, Reconstruction and beyond.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genremelodrama, drama, military, biography
        CountryUSA

        Two Navy fighter pilots find themselves in the midst of a forbidden relationship throwing their lives and careers into disarray.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genredrama, biography, sport
        CountryUSA, Canada
        Duration02:00

        A biopic of 20-year-old Francis Ouimet who defeated his golfing idol and 1900 US Open Champion, Harry Vardon.

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genredrama, family, biography, sport
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:55

        A young coach turns a losing high school football program around to go undefeated for 12 consecutive seasons.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genremelodrama, drama, military, history
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, West Germany
        Duration02:21

        During WWII, the United States set up army bases in Great Britain as part of the war effort. Against their proper sensibilities, many of the Brits don't much like the brash Yanks, especially when it comes to the G.I.s making advances on the lonely British girls. One relationship that develops is between married John, an Army Captain, and the aristocratic Helen, whose naval husband is away at war. Helen loves her husband, but Helen and John are looking for some comfort during the difficult times.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genredrama, history, sport
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:41

        Based on a true story, this film tells the tale of the 1950 US soccer team who, against all odds, beat England 1 - 0 in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Although no US team has yet won a World Cup title, this story is about the family traditions and passions which shaped the lives of the players who made up this team of underdogs.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genremelodrama, drama, detective, military, biography, history
        CountryIsrael, USA

        The story of young Amos Oz, growing up in Jerusalem in the years before Israeli statehood with his parents; his academic father, Arieh, and his dreamy, imaginative mother, Fania.

        Markimdb: 8.2
        Genredrama, biography, sport
        CountryIndia
        Duration03:06

        The true story of the "Flying Sikh" world champion runner and Olympian Milkha Singh who overcame the massacre of his family, civil war during the India-Pakistan partition, and homelessness to become one of India's most iconic athletes.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genredrama, military, history
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:55

        A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Nazism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office of cardinal.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genredrama, military, history
        CountryCzech Republic, Slovakia
        Duration02:06

        With the Nazi takeover of Europe underway, the Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich arrives in Prague and his underlings begin enforcing his authority in the towns and villages across the occupied country. In Lidice, the film's main protagonist, František Šíma, is sent to prison following a family dispute that results in the accidental death of one of his sons.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genredrama, sport
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:11

        When a plane crash claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team's new coach and his surviving players try to keep the football program alive.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genreaction, drama, military, history
        CountryChina, Hong Kong
        Duration02:26

        A Westerner finds refuge with a group of women in a church during Japan's rape of Nanking in 1937. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genredrama, biography, sport
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:49

        High school football coach, Harold Jones befriends Radio, a mentally-challenged man who becomes a student at T.L. Hanna High School in Anderson, South Carolina. Their friendship extends over several decades, where Radio transforms from a shy, tormented man into an inspiration to his community.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genremelodrama, drama, military, biography
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:42

        A widowed doctor of both Chinese and European descent falls in love with a married American correspondent in Hong Kong during China's Communist revolution.




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