Movies Like The Diary of Anne Frank

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The Diary of Anne Frank

1959·2h 59m·★ 7.4·George Stevens

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1990·1h 52m·★ 7.5·Agnieszka Holland

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2004·2h 35m·★ 8.2·Oliver Hirschbiegel

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Saving Private Ryan

1998·2h 49m·★ 8.6·Steven Spielberg

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Girl, Interrupted

1999·2h 7m·★ 7.3·James Mangold

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The Old Gun

1975·1h 43m·★ 7.5·Robert Enrico

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The Marriage of Maria Braun

1979·2h·★ 7.7·Rainer Werner Fassbinder

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Lolita

1962·2h 34m·★ 7.5·Stanley Kubrick

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From Here to Eternity

1953·1h 58m·★ 7.6·Fred Zinnemann

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Out of Africa

1985·2h 41m·★ 7.2·Sydney Pollack

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Seven Years in Tibet

1997·2h 16m·★ 7.1·Jean-Jacques Annaud

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Soldier of Orange

1977·2h 28m·★ 7.6·Paul Verhoeven

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The Tin Drum

1979·2h 42m·★ 7.4·Volker Schlöndorff

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An Angel at My Table

1990·2h 38m·★ 7.4·Jane Campion

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Flags of Our Fathers

2006·2h 15m·★ 7.1·Clint Eastwood

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Bridget Jones's Diary

2001·1h 37m·★ 6.8·Sharon Maguire

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The Eagle Has Landed

1976·2h 15m·★ 6.9·John Sturges

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Midway

1976·2h 12m·★ 6.8·Jack Smight

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The Victors

1963·2h 55m·★ 6.9·Carl Foreman

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A Diary of a Murderess

1975·1h 35m·★ 5.7·Manuel Mur Oti

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How Good Is The Diary of Anne Frank?

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