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Classic WW2 Movies

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  • The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)

    1. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

    19622h 33mApproved
    6.6 (2.5K)
    In Argentina, one daughter of patriarch Madariaga is married to a Frenchman while the other is married to a German, thus leading to a crisis when Nazi Germany occupies France and some Madariaga family members fight on opposite sides.
    DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsGlenn FordIngrid ThulinCharles Boyer
  • The Dam Busters (1955)

    2. The Dam Busters

    19551h 45mApproved
    7.4 (12K)
    Drama based on the attempt by the RAF to destroy six dams in Germany during World War II.
    DirectorMichael AndersonStarsRichard ToddMichael RedgraveUrsula Jeans
  • Richard Arlen, Jimmy Lydon, Chester Morris, and Amelita Ward in Aerial Gunner (1943)

    3. Aerial Gunner

    19431h 18mApproved
    5.5 (385)
    Old rivals are pitted against each other in basic training and fight over the same woman.
    DirectorWilliam H. PineStarsRichard ArlenChester MorrisAmelita Ward
  • Tyrone Power and Betty Grable in A Yank in the RAF (1941)

    4. A Yank in the RAF

    19411h 38mApproved
    6.3 (1.6K)
    An American pilot impulsively joins His Majesty's Royal Air Force in Britain in an attempt to impress his ex-girlfriend.
    DirectorHenry KingStarsTyrone PowerBetty GrableJohn Sutton
  • John Garfield, John Ridgely, and Gig Young in Air Force (1943)

    5. Air Force

    19432h 4mApproved
    7.0 (4K)
    The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941, and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of the Philippines.
    DirectorHoward HawksStarsJohn GarfieldJohn RidgelyGig Young
  • Robert Taylor, Thomas Mitchell, George Murphy, and Lloyd Nolan in Bataan (1943)

    6. Bataan

    19431h 54mApproved
    6.9 (2.8K)
    In 1942, in the Bataan peninsula of the Philippines, a ragtag American unit commanded by Sergeant Bill Dane attempts to blow-up a bridge in order to slow the Japanese advance.
    DirectorTay GarnettStarsRobert TaylorGeorge MurphyLloyd Nolan
  • John Wayne in Back to Bataan (1945)

    7. Back to Bataan

    19451h 35mApproved
    6.6 (4.5K)
    In 1942, after the fall of the Philippines to the Japanese, U.S. Army Col. Joseph Madden stays behind to organize the local resistance against the Japanese invaders.
    DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsJohn WayneAnthony QuinnBeulah Bondi
  • John Wayne, John Agar, and Adele Mara in Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)

    8. Sands of Iwo Jima

    19491h 40mApproved75Metascore
    7.0 (12K)
    Haunted by personal demons, Marine Sgt. John Stryker is hated and feared by his men, who see him as a cold-hearted sadist. But when their boots hit the beaches, they begin to understand the reason for Stryker's rigid form of discipline.
    DirectorAllan DwanStarsJohn WayneJohn AgarAdele Mara
  • Behind the Rising Sun (1943)

    9. Behind the Rising Sun

    19431h 28mApproved
    5.6 (400)
    In Japan, foreigners and their Japanese friends are caught up in the rising tide of militarism.
    DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsMargoTom NealJ. Carrol Naish
  • Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, Paul Henreid, and Conrad Veidt in Casablanca (1942)

    10. Casablanca

    19421h 42mPG100Metascore
    8.5 (633K)
    A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.
    DirectorMichael CurtizStarsHumphrey BogartIngrid BergmanPaul Henreid
  • James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, and Rod Taylor in 36 Hours (1964)

    11. 36 Hours

    19641h 55mApproved61Metascore
    7.3 (5.1K)
    Germans kidnap an American Major and try to convince him that World War II is over so they can get details about the Allied invasion of Europe out of him.
    DirectorGeorge SeatonStarsJames GarnerEva Marie SaintRod Taylor
  • Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan, and Nancy Coleman in Desperate Journey (1942)

    12. Desperate Journey

    19421h 47mApproved
    6.9 (2.7K)
    When the crew of a downed British bomber escape from their Nazi captors with Top Secret intelligence, they make a desperate journey to get out of Germany alive.
    DirectorRaoul WalshStarsErrol FlynnRonald ReaganNancy Coleman
  • John Wayne, John Carroll, and Anna Lee in Flying Tigers (1942)

    13. Flying Tigers

    19421h 42mApproved
    6.7 (4.4K)
    Capt. Jim Gordon's command of the famed American volunteer fighter group in China is complicated by the recruitment of an old friend who is a reckless hotshot.
    DirectorDavid MillerStarsJohn WayneJohn CarrollAnna Lee
  • Convoy (1940)

    14. Convoy

    19401h 18m
    6.0 (473)
    A tale of the highs and lows of life protecting the vital convoys between America & England during WWII.
    DirectorPen TennysonStarsClive BrookJohn ClementsEdward Chapman
  • John Wayne, Lana Turner, and Tab Hunter in The Sea Chase (1955)

    15. The Sea Chase

    19551h 57mApproved
    6.4 (3.5K)
    As World War II begins, German freighter Captain Karl Ehrlich tries to get his ship back to Germany through a gauntlet of Allied warships.
    DirectorJohn FarrowStarsJohn WayneLana TurnerDavid Farrar
  • Reunion in France (1942)

    16. Reunion in France

    19421h 44mApproved
    6.3 (1.9K)
    In German-occupied Paris, a Frenchwoman tries to help smuggle a downed RAF pilot into Portugal despite strict surveillance by suspicious Gestapo officers.
    DirectorJules DassinStarsJoan CrawfordJohn WaynePhilip Dorn
  • James Mason, Anthony Quinn, Kay Lenz, and Paul Clemens in The Passage (1979)

    17. The Passage

    19791h 38mR25Metascore
    6.0 (2.4K)
    During World War II, a Basque shepherd is approached by underground operatives who want him to lead a scientist and his family across the Pyrenees while they're being pursued by a sadistic German officer.
    DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsAnthony QuinnJames MasonMalcolm McDowell
  • The Big Blockade (1942)

    18. The Big Blockade

    19421h 13mApproved
    5.4 (251)
    Wartime propaganda piece reporting on the success of the economic blockade of Germany in the early years of the war.
    DirectorCharles FrendStarsWill HayBernard MilesJohn Stuart
  • John Wayne, Donna Reed, and Robert Montgomery in They Were Expendable (1945)

    19. They Were Expendable

    19452h 15mApproved86Metascore
    7.2 (9.8K)
    A Navy commander fights to prove the battle-worthiness of the PT boat at the start of World War II.
    DirectorsJohn FordRobert MontgomeryStarsRobert MontgomeryJohn WayneDonna Reed
  • PT 109 (1963)

    20. PT 109

    19632h 20mApproved
    6.6 (3.1K)
    President John F. Kennedy kept a unique inauguration gift on his desk: a plastic-encased coconut. The tale of that coconut is the heroic story of PT 109.
    DirectorLeslie H. MartinsonStarsCliff RobertsonRobert CulpTy Hardin
  • Beachhead (1954)

    21. Beachhead

    19541h 30mApproved
    5.6 (1.3K)
    In 1943, in the wake of the Allied amphibious landing on the Japanese-held Bougainville Island, four Marines are sent to scout the location of Japanese minefields.
    DirectorStuart HeislerStarsTony CurtisFrank LovejoyMary Murphy
  • Beach Red (1967)

    22. Beach Red

    19671h 45mGP
    6.2 (1.8K)
    As a US marine unit fight against the defenders of a Japanese held island, both sides are haunted by their own thoughts and memories.
    DirectorCornel WildeStarsCornel WildeRip TornBurr DeBenning
  • Sally Gray and Anton Walbrook in Suicide Squadron (1941)

    23. Suicide Squadron

    19411h 22mApproved
    6.2 (533)
    During World War II, an American newswoman falls for a Polish piano virtuoso...who wants to go back and fight.
    DirectorBrian Desmond HurstStarsAnton WalbrookSally GrayDerrick De Marney
    based on battle of Britain
  • Unpublished Story (1942)

    24. Unpublished Story

    19421h 32m
    6.4 (273)
    A journalist investigates a network of German fifth columnists operating in the midst of the Blitz.
    DirectorHarold FrenchStarsRichard GreeneValerie HobsonBasil Radford
  • Mrs. Miniver (1942)

    25. Mrs. Miniver

    19422h 14mApproved77Metascore
    7.6 (20K)
    A British family struggles to survive the first months of World War II.
    DirectorWilliam WylerStarsGreer GarsonWalter PidgeonTeresa Wright

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