The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
The Pianist
2002
Roman Polanski
8.4
Drama, War
France
150
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eve...
Grave of the Fireflies
1988
Isao Takahata
8.4
Animation, Drama, War
Japan
89
In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted...
Inglourious Basterds
2009
Quentin Tarantino
8.2
Drama, Thriller, War
Germany
153
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage gir...
Saving Private Ryan
1998
Steven Spielberg
8.2
War, Drama, History
United States of America
169
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
Hacksaw Ridge
2016
Mel Gibson
8.2
Drama, History, War
Australia
139
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Come and See
1985
Elem Klimov
8.2
Drama, War
Soviet Union
142
The invasion of a village in Belarus by German forces sends young Florya into the forest to join the weary Resistance fighters, against his family's wishes. There he meets a girl, Glasha, who accompanies him back to his village. On returning home, Florya finds his family and fellow peasants massa...
Casablanca
1943
Michael Curtiz
8.1
Drama, Romance
United States of America
102
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
Das Boot
1981
Wolfgang Petersen
8.1
Drama, History, War
Germany
150
A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.
The Imitation Game
2014
Morten Tyldum
8
History, Drama, Thriller, War
United States of America
113
Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.
Oppenheimer
2023
Christopher Nolan
8
Drama, History
United Kingdom
181
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
Mirror
1975
Andrei Tarkovsky
8
Drama, History
Soviet Union
107
A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell of and juxtapose pivotal moments in Soviet history with daily life.
Downfall
2004
Oliver Hirschbiegel
7.9
Drama, History, War
Austria
155
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his generals and advi...
The Great Escape
1963
John Sturges
7.9
Adventure, Drama, War
United States of America
173
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War ...
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
2008
Mark Herman
7.8
Drama, War, History
United Kingdom
94
When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a Jewish prisoner or the role his own Nazi father plays in...
The Wind Rises
2013
Hayao Miyazaki
7.8
Drama, Animation, Romance, History
Japan
126
A lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, whose storied career includes the creation of the A-6M World War II fighter plane.
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
David Lean
7.8
Drama, History, War
United Kingdom
162
The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson, the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pr...
Land of Mine
2015
Martin Zandvliet
7.8
War, Drama, History
Germany
100
In the days following the surrender of Germany in May 1945, a group of young German prisoners of war is handed over to the Danish authorities and subsequently sent to the West Coast, where they are ordered to remove the more than two million mines that the Germans had placed in the sand along the...
The Sound of Music
1965
Robert Wise
7.7
Drama, Family, Music, Romance
United States of America
175
In the years before World War II, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children and brings a new love of life and music into the home.
Atonement
2007
Joe Wright
7.6
Drama, Romance
France
123
A young girl irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.
The Longest Day
1962
Ken Annakin
7.6
War, Action, Drama
United States of America
178
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on t...
Fury
2014
David Ayer
7.5
War, Drama, Action
United States of America
135
April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-hardened army sergeant named Wardaddy commands a Sherman tank and her five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Outnumbered and outgunned, and with a rookie soldier thrust into their platoon, Wardaddy a...
The Book Thief
2013
Brian Percival
7.5
Drama
Germany
131
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 refugee is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.
Letters from Iwo Jima
2006
Clint Eastwood
7.5
Action, Drama, War
United States of America
141
The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.
Empire of the Sun
1987
Steven Spielberg
7.5
Drama, History, War
United States of America
153
Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor, who looks out for him while they are in the camp together. Even though he is separated from his parents and in a hostile en...
Patton
1970
Franklin J. Schaffner
7.5
War, Drama, History
United States of America
172
"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with Patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton's numerous faults such his temper and ha...
The Round Up
2010
Roselyne Bosch
7.5
Drama, History, War
France
115
A faithful retelling of the 1942 "Vel' d'Hiv Roundup" and the events surrounding it.
Dunkirk
2017
Christopher Nolan
7.4
War, Action, Drama
United Kingdom
107
The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.
Darkest Hour
2017
Joe Wright
7.4
Drama, History
United Kingdom
125
In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.
Unbroken
2014
Angelina Jolie
7.4
Drama, War
United States of America
137
A chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II.
Enemy at the Gates
2001
Jean-Jacques Annaud
7.4
Drama, War, History, Romance
United States of America
131
A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.
The Thin Red Line
1998
Terrence Malick
7.4
Drama, History, War
United States of America
171
The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II battle of Guadalcanal. It follows their journey, from the surprise of an unopposed landing, through the bloody and...
Greyhound
2020
Aaron Schneider
7.4
War, Action, Drama
Canada
92
A first-time captain leads a convoy of allied ships carrying thousands of soldiers across the treacherous waters of the "Black Pit" to the front lines of WWII. With no air cover protection for 5 days, the captain and his convoy must battle the surrounding enemy Nazi U-boats in order to give the a...
Malena
2000
Giuseppe Tornatore
7.4
Drama
Italy
108
During WWII, a teenage boy discovering himself becomes love-stricken by Malèna, a sensual woman living in a small, narrow-minded Italian town.
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
2018
Mike Newell
7.4
Romance, Drama, History
United Kingdom
124
Free-spirited writer Juliet Ashton forms a life-changing bond with the delightful and eccentric Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, when she decides to write about the book club they formed during the occupation of Guernsey in WWII.
Black Book
2006
Paul Verhoeven
7.4
Drama, Thriller, War
Belgium
145
Israel, 1956: Jewish teacher Rachel Stein rather unexpectedly meets an old friend at the kibbutz. It brings back memories of her experiences in the Netherlands during the war, memories of betrayal. In September 1944, Rachel's hiding place is bombed by Allied troops; she makes contact with a resis...
The Zookeeper's Wife
2017
Niki Caro
7.3
Drama, History, War
Czech Republic
126
The account of keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Jan and Antonina Zabinski, who helped save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion.
The English Patient
1996
Anthony Minghella
7.2
Drama, Romance, War
United Kingdom
162
In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almásy enters into a world of love, betrayal, and politics.
Suite Française
2015
Saul Dibb
7.2
Drama, Romance, War
Belgium
103
France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law as they both await news of her husband: a prisoner of war. Parisian refugees start to pour into their small town, soon followed by a regiment of German so...
Son of Saul
2015
László Nemes
7.1
War, Drama, Thriller
Hungary
107
In the horror of 1944 Auschwitz, a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people finds moral survival trying to save from the flames the body of a boy he takes for his son, seeking to give him a proper Jewish burial.
