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  • Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981)

    1. Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

    19818 epsTV Mini Series
    8.4 (356)
    The story of Winston Churchill's life between 1929, when he lost his cabinet position, and 1939, when he joined Great Britain's War Cabinet - a period he described as the most difficult in his life.
    StarsRobert HardySiân PhillipsNigel Havers
  • MacArthur (1977)

    2. MacArthur

    19772h 10mPG
    6.5 (5.5K)
    Biopic of General Douglas MacArthur covering his war exploits during WW2 and the Korean War.
    DirectorJoseph SargentStarsGregory PeckDan O'HerlihyEd Flanders
  • Patton 360 (2009)

    3. Patton 360

    2009– 10 epsTV Series
    7.1 (228)
    Noteworthy World War II battles of US General George S. Patton are examined.
    StarsDavid RobbE.J. SnyderKevin Hymel
  • Scott Grimes, Damian Lewis, Ron Livingston, Shane Taylor, and Peter Youngblood Hills in Band of Brothers (2001)

    4. Band of Brothers

    200110 epsTV-MATV Mini Series
    9.4 (567K)
    The story of Easy Company of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division and their mission in World War II Europe, from Operation Overlord to V-J Day.
    StarsScott GrimesDamian LewisRon Livingston
  • Max Manus: Man of War (2008)

    5. Max Manus: Man of War

    20081h 58mNot Rated60Metascore
    7.3 (31K)
    The true story about one of the most brilliant saboteurs during World War II and his battle to overcome his inner demons.
    DirectorsJoachim RønningEspen SandbergStarsAksel HennieAgnes KittelsenNicolai Cleve Broch
  • The Pacific (2010)

    6. The Pacific

    201010 epsTV-MATV Mini Series
    8.3 (139K)
    The Pacific Theatre of World War II, as seen through the eyes of several young Marines.
    StarsJames Badge DaleJoseph MazzelloJon Seda
  • Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

    7. Flags of Our Fathers

    20062h 15mR79Metascore
    7.1 (132K)
    The life stories of the six men who raised the flag at the Battle of Iwo Jima, a turning point in World War II.
    DirectorClint EastwoodStarsRyan PhillippeBarry PepperJoseph Cross
  • Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

    8. Letters from Iwo Jima

    20062h 21mR89Metascore
    7.8 (174K)
    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.
    DirectorClint EastwoodStarsKen WatanabeKazunari NinomiyaTsuyoshi Ihara
  • Michael Hinz and Hans-Georg Kredewahn in The Bridge (1959)

    9. The Bridge

    19591h 43mNot Rated
    7.9 (9.1K)
    In 1945, Germany is being overrun, and nobody is left to fight but teenagers.
    DirectorBernhard WickiStarsVolker BohnetFritz WepperMichael Hinz
  • David Bennent in The Tin Drum (1979)

    10. The Tin Drum

    19792h 22mR63Metascore
    7.4 (27K)
    In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of stairs and stops growing. In 1939, World War II breaks out.
    DirectorVolker SchlöndorffStarsDavid BennentMario AdorfAngela Winkler
  • The Invisible Army (1945)

    11. The Invisible Army

    19451h 24m
    6.6 (109)
    Denmark is under German occupation, and the young couple Alice and Poul must live separately. Poul is part of the resistance movement's invisible army and stays in England, while Alice lives with her mother and is drawn to Poul's friend Jørgen. As Poul shows up with plans for sabotage under his arm and the Gestapo on his heels, the seriousness of both war and love increases.
    DirectorJohan JacobsenStarsBodil KjerEbbe RodeMogens Wieth
  • The Last Winter (1960)

    12. The Last Winter

    19601h 31m
    6.7 (101)
    During the latter part of WW2, The Danish resistance is taking care of an English agent after getting hurt on his arrival by plane. The agent's goal is a sabotage action, but a traitor is among them.
    DirectorsFrank DunlopAnker SørensenEdvin TiemrothStarsTony BrittonDieter EpplerJohn Wittig
  • Gong Li, John Cusack, Chow Yun-Fat, and Ken Watanabe in Shanghai (2010)

    13. Shanghai

    20101h 45mR36Metascore
    6.3 (11K)
    A '40s period piece which revolves around an American expat who returns to Shanghai in the months before Pearl Harbor due to the death of his friend.
    DirectorMikael HåfströmStarsJohn CusackGong LiChow Yun-Fat
  • Med ret til at dræbe (2003)

    14. Med ret til at dræbe

    20031h 52m
    7.6 (53)
    Documentary about the 400 liquidations that the resistance movement made in Denmark during the occupation.
    DirectorsMorten HenriksenPeter Øvig KnudsenStarsTai SegelMichael Gade Thomsen
  • 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)

    15. Battle of Britain

    19692h 12mG44Metascore
    7.0 (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
  • Cross of Iron (1977)

    16. Cross of Iron

    19771h 59mR64Metascore
    7.4 (31K)
    German commander Hauptmann Stransky places a squad in extreme danger after Sergeant Rolf Steiner refuses to lie for him.
    DirectorSam PeckinpahStarsJames CoburnMaximilian SchellJames Mason
  • Kenneth Welsh and Naohiko Umewaka in Hiroshima (1995)

    17. Hiroshima

    19953h 10mPGTV Movie
    7.8 (1K)
    The grisly events leading to the first attack with a nuclear weapon.
    DirectorsKoreyoshi KuraharaRoger SpottiswoodeStarsLynne AdamsWesley AddyAllen Altman
  • The Misfit Brigade (1987)

    18. The Misfit Brigade

    19871h 39mR
    5.7 (2.3K)
    War story of the 27th Panzers, Hitler's heavy-duty combat regiment composed of prisoners. In 1943, this motley tank crew is sent on a suicide mission behind enemy lines to destroy a Soviet train that's carrying fuel for the Red Army.
    DirectorGordon HesslerStarsBruce DavisonDavid Patrick KellyD.W. Moffett
  • A Stranger Knocks (1959)

    19. A Stranger Knocks

    19591h 23m
    6.4 (118)
    A stranger knocks on the the door of a widow who's husband was tortured and killed by the Danish Nazis during World War Two. They fall in love, but then, suddenly, she realizes that her lover is the man who murdered her husband.
    DirectorJohan JacobsenStarsBirgitte FederspielPreben Lerdorff RyeVictor Montell
  • Henning Jensen and Ghita Nørby in Den korte sommer (1976)

    20. Den korte sommer

    19761h 36m
    5.5 (62)
    During the German occupation of Denmark in World War II, a Danish woman falls in love with a German officer.
    DirectorEdward FlemingStarsGhita NørbyCasper BjørkBo Jeppesen
  • Fortress of War (2010)

    21. Fortress of War

    20102h 18mNot Rated
    7.4 (11K)
    A war drama set during the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, in which Soviet troops held on to a border stronghold for nine days.
    DirectorAleksandr KottStarsAleksey KopashovAndrey MerzlikinPavel Derevyanko
  • Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Michael Peña, and Jon Bernthal in Fury (2014)

    22. Fury

    20142h 14mR64Metascore
    7.6 (584K)
    A grizzled tank commander makes tough decisions as he and his crew fight their way across Germany in April, 1945.
    DirectorDavid AyerStarsBrad PittShia LaBeoufLogan Lerman
  • James Mason in The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)

    23. The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

    19511h 28mApproved
    6.9 (7K)
    The story of the final years of the respected World War II German general, Erwin Rommel.
    DirectorHenry HathawayStarsJames MasonCedric HardwickeJessica Tandy
  • Berlin '36 (2009)

    24. Berlin '36

    20091h 40m45Metascore
    6.3 (1K)
    In the days leading up to the 1936 Olympics, the fate of high jumper Gretel Bergmann hangs in the balance as it is decided whether or not a Jewish athlete can be a part of the German Olympic team.
    DirectorKaspar HeidelbachStarsKaroline HerfurthSebastian UrzendowskyAxel Prahl
  • Red Meadows (1945)

    25. Red Meadows

    19451h 25m
    6.6 (458)
    The memories of a Danish saboteur as he awaits his execution in a German wartime prison.
    DirectorsBodil IpsenLau LauritzenStarsPoul ReichhardtLisbeth MovinPer Buckhøj

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