Movies Similar to Wild is the Spring

We Were Soldiers(2002)

The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.

Night Shapes(1999)

The Pope is in town and the night of his stay is anything but heavenly for some of Berlin′s inhabitants. Rich and poor, down-and-outs and policemen, street kids and taxi drivers - in their search for a little bit of happiness, they all end up on an amusing and at times harrowing odyssey through the labyrinth of the big city.

Standed(2019)

In the Mediterranean, the sea on which our civilization was founded, miles of refugees await Europe to welcome them. "Stranded" approaches the daily life of these long-term refugees, in occupied buildings or in refugee camps At the gates of Europe these people try to keep hope alive while they live.

The Princess(2013)

Dreaming of one day having wealth and comfort, a poor girl who sells tissues on the street starts working at a nightclub. As unexpected events unfold, she becomes the owner of the club.

Indigo(2016)

After years of waiting for a signal from home, Takumi and his toy robot companion receive a message that they will be returning to their home planet.

Seeking Sun Paths(1975)

Nebi Surreli lives in poverty along with his mother. Doing small jobs to earn a living, he also helps his town's communist unit.

At the Beginning of Summer(1975)

In Fascist Albania 1942, Albanian partisans will do all they can to remove the Italian fascists from their country.

The Forest of Freedom(1976)

Vlash Zaka is a poor villager who secures his living by capturing wild horses in the forest. His brother has killed an Italian spy, so Vlash is under surveillance and his life is in danger.

OLO, the Boy from Tibet(2012)

A 6-year-old Tibetan boy leaves his family and flees to a refugee camp in northern India.

Nurnberg(2023)

1945. The International Military Tribunal begins its work in Nuremberg. A huge number of people from all over the world come to the trial, which will later be called the Trial of the Century: the city is crowded with journalists, lawyers, translators, witnesses and many participants and employees of the process.

I Was a Stranger(2025)

Set against the backdrop of the Syrian Civil War, the lives of pediatric surgeon Amira and her daughter intertwine with five families across four continents in a chain reaction of tragedy, resilience, and hope.

Turtles Can Fly(2005)

Turtles Can Fly tells the story of a group of young children near the Turkey-Iraq border. They clean up mines and wait for the Saddam regime to fall.

The Day After(1983)

In the mid-1980s, the U.S. is poised on the brink of nuclear war. This shadow looms over the residents of a small town in Kansas as they continue their daily lives. Dr. Russell Oakes maintains his busy schedule at the hospital, Denise Dahlberg prepares for her upcoming wedding, and Stephen Klein is deep in his graduate studies. When the unthinkable happens and the bombs come down, the town's residents are thrust into the horrors of nuclear winter.

Danielle Mitterrand, une certaine idée de la France(2019)

The East(2021)

A young Dutch soldier deployed to suppress post-WWII independence efforts in the Netherlands’ colony of Indonesia finds himself torn between duty and conscience when he joins an increasingly ruthless commander’s elite squad.

Volunteer(2020)

A film about the unprecedented Swiss grassroots movement of regular citizens who rise to aid thousands of refugees stranded at the European borders. In rich and safe Switzerland people from all backgrounds leave their regular life behind to support people in need. There is a Swiss farmer and his wife who keep cows in the Swiss Alps, a former commander of the Swiss Army, an elder rich lady residing at the lakeside, and a successful comedian and entertainer. These unexperienced volunteers take on an adventure that will change their lives forever.

Fear and Desire(1953)

After their airplane crashes behind enemy lines, four soldiers must survive and try to find a way back to their battalion. However, when they come across a local peasant girl the horrors of war quickly become apparent.

Salvation Has No Name(2022)

A troupe of clowns gather to perform a story about a priest and a refugee, but as their misguided tale unfolds, the boundaries between fiction and reality begin to fray.

The Kingdom(2007)

A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.

The Secret(1974)

A stranger enters into and forever alters the life of a couple. He claims to be pursued by certain authorities who intend to prevent him from disclosing a secret that only he holds, whence the title. Is he lying, or insane - or is he telling the truth? Who, if anyone, is after him? And what *is* - the secret?