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Film Historical WW2 UK

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  • Triple Cross (1966)

    1. Triple Cross

    19662h 20mPG
    6.3 (3.4K)
    During WW2, convicted bank robber Eddie Chapman becomes a triple agent working for both the British and the Germans.
    DirectorTerence YoungStarsChristopher PlummerRomy SchneiderTrevor Howard
  • Richard Attenborough, Steve McQueen, and James Garner in The Great Escape (1963)

    2. The Great Escape

    19632h 52mApproved86Metascore
    8.2 (269K)
    Allied officers in a German prisoner of war camp during World War II making a daring plan for a mass escape by hundreds of their men, hoping to draw German personnel and resources away from combat operations.
    DirectorJohn SturgesStarsSteve McQueenJames GarnerRichard Attenborough
  • A Bridge Too Far (1977)

    3. A Bridge Too Far

    19772h 55mPG63Metascore
    7.4 (65K)
    Operation Market Garden, September 1944: The Allies attempt to capture several strategically important bridges in the Netherlands in the hope of breaking the German lines.
    DirectorRichard AttenboroughStarsSean ConneryRyan O'NealMichael Caine
  • Jack Hawkins in The Cruel Sea (1953)

    4. The Cruel Sea

    19532h 6mApproved
    7.4 (5.8K)
    The World War II adventures of a British convoy escort ship and its officers.
    DirectorCharles FrendStarsJack HawkinsDonald SindenJohn Stratton
  • Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer, Robert Shaw, Trevor Howard, Harry Andrews, Curd Jürgens, Ian McShane, Kenneth More, Nigel Patrick, Michael Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, Patrick Wymark, and Susannah York in Battle of Britain (1969)

    5. Battle of Britain

    19692h 12mG44Metascore
    6.9 (26K)
    In 1940, the British Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle to prevent the Luftwaffe from gaining air superiority over the English Channel as a prelude to a possible Axis invasion of the U.K.
    DirectorGuy HamiltonStarsMichael CaineTrevor HowardHarry Andrews
  • Pursuit of the Graf Spee (1956)

    6. Pursuit of the Graf Spee

    19561h 59mNot Rated
    6.6 (5.1K)
    In the first major naval battle of World War II, the British Navy must find and destroy a powerful German warship.
    DirectorsMichael PowellEmeric PressburgerStarsJohn GregsonAnthony QuaylePeter Finch
  • Peter O'Toole in Murphy's War (1971)

    7. Murphy's War

    19711h 47mPG-13
    6.7 (4.2K)
    A lone survivor from a British naval ship is obsessed with getting revenge on a German U-boat crew that massacred his shipmates in the water.
    DirectorPeter YatesStarsPeter O'TooleSiân PhillipsPhilippe Noiret
  • The Dam Busters (1955)

    8. 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
  • Above Us the Waves (1955)

    9. Above Us the Waves

    19551h 32mApproved
    6.6 (1.7K)
    The attack by British submarines on the German battleship "Tirpitz" in a Norwegian fjord during World War II.
    DirectorRalph ThomasStarsJohn MillsJohn GregsonDonald Sinden
  • Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, and Mary Ure in Where Eagles Dare (1968)

    10. Where Eagles Dare

    19682h 38mM63Metascore
    7.6 (66K)
    Allied agents stage a daring raid on a castle where the Nazis are holding American brigadier general George Carnaby prisoner, but that's not all that's really going on.
    DirectorBrian G. HuttonStarsRichard BurtonClint EastwoodMary Ure
  • Angels One Five (1952)

    11. Angels One Five

    19521h 38mTV-G
    6.5 (1.4K)
    The story of an RAF fighter squadron at the height of the Battle of Britain.
    DirectorGeorge More O'FerrallStarsJack HawkinsMichael DenisonAndrew Osborn
  • Alec Guinness, William Holden, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, Geoffrey Horne, and Ann Sears in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

    12. The Bridge on the River Kwai

    19572h 41mPG88Metascore
    8.1 (242K)
    British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.
    DirectorDavid LeanStarsWilliam HoldenAlec GuinnessJack Hawkins
  • Malta Story (1953)

    13. Malta Story

    19531h 37mApproved
    6.5 (2.1K)
    1942 and the island of Malta is battling for survival. The threat of invasion by Axis forces is increasing as air raids wear down its defence. Entering this maelstrom is Flight Lieutenant Peter Ross, an RAF photo-reconnaissance pilot.
    DirectorBrian Desmond HurstStarsAlec GuinnessJack HawkinsAnthony Steel
  • Richard Burton, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, John Wayne, Sean Connery, Sal Mineo, Eddie Albert, Richard Beymer, Red Buttons, Jeffrey Hunter, Roddy McDowall, Rod Steiger, Robert Wagner, Paul Anka, Arletty, Mel Ferrer, Steve Forrest, Gert Fröbe, Fabian, Jean-Louis Barrault, Bourvil, Ray Danton, Irina Demick, Leo Genn, Henry Grace, John Gregson, Paul Hartmann, Werner Hinz, Curd Jürgens, Alexander Knox, Peter Lawford, Christian Marquand, Kenneth More, Edmond O'Brien, Ron Randell, Madeleine Renaud, Robert Ryan, Tommy Sands, Richard Todd, Tom Tryon, Peter van Eyck, and Stuart Whitman in The Longest Day (1962)

    14. The Longest Day

    19622h 58mG75Metascore
    7.7 (61K)
    The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.
    DirectorsKen AnnakinAndrew MartonGerd OswaldStarsJohn WayneRobert RyanRichard Burton
  • Sink the Bismarck! (1960)

    15. Sink the Bismarck!

    19601h 37mApproved
    7.2 (8.7K)
    The World War II story of the Royal Navy's effort to defeat Nazi Germany's most powerful warship.
    DirectorLewis GilbertStarsKenneth MoreDana WynterCarl Möhner
  • Kenneth More in Reach for the Sky (1956)

    16. Reach for the Sky

    19562h 3mApproved
    7.2 (3.1K)
    Biopic of RAF Group Captain Douglas Bader who, after having lost both legs, flew a British fighter plane during WWII.
    DirectorLewis GilbertStarsKenneth MoreMuriel PavlowLyndon Brook
  • David Niven, Gregory Peck, Roger Moore, Trevor Howard, and Barbara Kellerman in The Sea Wolves (1980)

    17. The Sea Wolves

    19802hPG
    6.3 (5.7K)
    During World War II, British Intelligence brings a crew of ex-soldiers out of retirement, using their age as cover, to take to the seas and pull off an unlikely undercover mission in neutral Goa.
    DirectorAndrew V. McLaglenStarsGregory PeckRoger MooreDavid Niven
  • David Niven, Roger Moore, Claudia Cardinale, Elliott Gould, Telly Savalas, and Stefanie Powers in Escape to Athena (1979)

    18. Escape to Athena

    19792h 5mPG
    5.7 (6.2K)
    A World War II adventure involving a group of Allied P.O.W.s, Nazis, black market priceless art treasures, Greek resistance, a Greek monastery, and a secret German rocket base.
    DirectorGeorge P. CosmatosStarsRoger MooreTelly SavalasDavid Niven
  • David Niven, Gregory Peck, and Anthony Quinn in The Guns of Navarone (1961)

    19. The Guns of Navarone

    19612h 38mNot Rated72Metascore
    7.5 (58K)
    A team of Allied saboteurs is assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held Greek island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
    DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsDavid NivenGregory PeckAnthony Quinn
  • Court Martial (1954)

    20. Court Martial

    19541h 45mApproved
    6.9 (821)
    A court-martial attempts to find out why, and if, an officer embezzled his unit's funds.
    DirectorAnthony AsquithStarsDavid NivenMargaret LeightonNoelle Middleton
  • David Niven and Kim Hunter in A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

    21. A Matter of Life and Death

    19461h 44mPG
    8.0 (27K)
    A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American girl.
    DirectorsMichael PowellEmeric PressburgerStarsDavid NivenKim HunterRobert Coote
  • David Niven, Leslie Dwyer, Jimmy Hanley, William Hartnell, Stanley Holloway, Mary Jerrold, John Laurie, and Tessie O'Shea in The Way Ahead (1944)

    22. The Way Ahead

    19441h 31mApproved
    6.9 (2.4K)
    World War II drama that follows a group of British draftees, starting with their rigorous basic training, and ending with their deployment in North Africa.
    DirectorCarol ReedStarsDavid NivenStanley HollowayJames Donald
  • Spitfire (1942)

    23. Spitfire

    19421h 30mApproved
    7.0 (2.2K)
    Aircraft designer/patriot R. J. Mitchell, alarmed at growing German militarism, works to perfect a defense against the German Messerschmidt at the cost of his health.
    DirectorLeslie HowardStarsLeslie HowardDavid NivenRosamund John
  • The Gathering Storm (1974)

    24. The Gathering Storm

    19741h 15mTV Movie
    7.4 (283)
    The story of British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, focusing on his place in British life just prior to World War II.
    DirectorHerbert WiseStarsRichard BurtonVirginia McKennaAngharad Rees
  • Raid on Rommel (1971)

    25. Raid on Rommel

    19711h 39mGP
    5.4 (2.5K)
    In 1942, in Libya, a German-speaking British intelligence officer uses former British POWs, some dressed in German uniforms, to fulfill a secret sabotage mission inside German-captured Tobruk.
    DirectorHenry HathawayStarsRichard BurtonJohn ColicosClinton Greyn

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