Too similar to "I am not Scared"

Rating: 3/10 (3 March 2016)

I enjoyed the movie but the plot was a little too similar to "Io non ho Paura" or "I am not scared" 2003 which was based on the book by Niccolò Ammaniti released in the USA in 2004. "Boy in the Striped Pajamas" movie is dated 2008 and based on novel by John Boyne 2006. In both movies the son of a criminal discovers another boy exactly his age who is captive.
SPOILER ALERT:
In both stories the captive boy is there because of the crime of the other boys' father. Both sons' deaths are the result of their fathers' crimes. Am I the only one to notice this? The similarities are too close for my comfort. I liked "I Am Not Afraid" much more. It was more suspenseful and the cinematography was far superior. But I have always found the Italian countryside more beautiful than that of Germany. The idyllic Italian countryside reinforces the nativity of youth which is lost in the end. I was surprised and almost cried at the ending of "I Am Not Afraid" whereas the ending of "Boy in the Striped Pajamas" was predictable in spite of it's unlikely coincidence: the boys are friends for month and the one day the boy puts on the striped pajamas is very same day of the tragedy.