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World War II Movies I've Reviewed on IMDb

by classicsoncall • Created 10 years ago • Modified 2 months ago
Here's a list of World War II movies I've watched and reviewed on IMDb. The list is ranked in IMDb rating order.
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  • Scott Grimes, Damian Lewis, Ron Livingston, Shane Taylor, and Peter Youngblood Hills in Band of Brothers (2001)

    1. Band of Brothers

    200110 epsTV-MATV Mini Series
    9.4 (568K)
    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
    "The eyes of the world are upon you." - Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • Schindler's List (1993)

    2. Schindler's List

    19933h 15mR95Metascore
    9.0 (1.5M)
    In German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsLiam NeesonRalph FiennesBen Kingsley
    "The list is an absolute good, the list is life..."
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)

    3. Life Is Beautiful

    19971h 56mPG-1358Metascore
    8.6 (785K)
    When an open-minded Jewish waiter and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.
    DirectorRoberto BenigniStarsRoberto BenigniNicoletta BraschiGiorgio Cantarini
    "Nothing is more necessary than the unnecessary".
  • Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, Paul Henreid, and Conrad Veidt in Casablanca (1942)

    4. Casablanca

    19421h 42mPG100Metascore
    8.5 (637K)
    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
    "Everybody comes to Rick's."
  • Brad Pitt, Til Schweiger, Daniel Brühl, Mélanie Laurent, Eli Roth, Christoph Waltz, and Diane Kruger in Inglourious Basterds (2009)

    5. Inglourious Basterds

    20092h 33mR69Metascore
    8.4 (1.7M)
    In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.
    DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsBrad PittDiane KrugerEli Roth
    "We will be cruel to the Germans."
  • Das Boot (1981)

    6. Das Boot

    19812h 29m85Metascore
    8.4 (281K)
    A German U-boat stalks the frigid waters of the North Atlantic as its young crew experience the sheer terror and claustrophobic life of a submariner in World War II.
    DirectorWolfgang PetersenStarsJürgen ProchnowHerbert GrönemeyerKlaus Wennemann
    "Now it all turns psychological, gentlemen."
  • Aleksey Kravchenko in Come and See (1985)

    7. Come and See

    19852h 22mNot Rated
    8.3 (115K)
    After finding an old rifle, a young boy joins the Soviet resistance movement against ruthless German forces and experiences the horrors of World War II.
    DirectorElem KlimovStarsAleksey KravchenkoOlga MironovaLiubomiras Laucevicius
    "You didn't know it would turn out like this, did you?"
  • Downfall (2004)

    8. Downfall

    20042h 36mR82Metascore
    8.2 (391K)
    Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII.
    DirectorOliver HirschbiegelStarsBruno GanzAlexandra Maria LaraUlrich Matthes
    "I must force an outcome in Berlin, or face my downfall."
  • Alec Guinness, William Holden, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, Geoffrey Horne, and Ann Sears in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

    9. The Bridge on the River Kwai

    19572h 41mPG88Metascore
    8.1 (244K)
    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
    "Do not speak to me of rules, this is war!"
  • Andrew Garfield in Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

    10. Hacksaw Ridge

    20162h 19mR71Metascore
    8.1 (646K)
    World War II American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, serving during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor without firing a shot.
    DirectorMel GibsonStarsAndrew GarfieldSam WorthingtonLuke Bracey
    "Lord, please help me get one more."
  • Oscar Beregi Jr. and Joseph Schildkraut in The Twilight Zone (1959)

    11. The Twilight Zone

    Episode: 

    Deaths-Head Revisited

    (1961)
    1959–196425mTV-PGTV Episode
    8.1 (3.5K)
    Former German SS Captain Gunther Lutze returns to Dachau concentration camp and begins reminiscing about the power he enjoyed there during "the good old days", until he finds himself on trial by the ghosts of those who died at his hands.
    DirectorDon MedfordStarsJoseph SchildkrautOscar Beregi Jr.Karen Verne
    "You will be tried for crimes against humanity."
  • Benedict Cumberbatch in The Imitation Game (2014)

    12. The Imitation Game

    20141h 54mPG-1371Metascore
    8.0 (858K)
    During World War II, the English mathematical genius Alan Turing tries to crack the German Enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians while attempting to come to terms with his troubled private life.
    DirectorMorten TyldumStarsBenedict CumberbatchKeira KnightleyMatthew Goode
    "We're going to break an unbreakable Nazi code and win the war."
  • Raphael Fejtö and Gaspard Manesse in Au Revoir les Enfants (1987)

    13. Au Revoir les Enfants

    19871h 44mPG88Metascore
    8.0 (38K)
    A French boarding school run by priests seems to be a haven from World War II until a new student arrives. Occupying the next bed in the dormitory to the top student in his class, the two young boys begin to form a bond.
    DirectorLouis MalleStarsGaspard ManesseRaphael FejtöFrancine Racette
    "Are there any other Jews among you?"
  • Stalag 17 (1953)

    14. Stalag 17

    19532hApproved84Metascore
    7.9 (60K)
    After two American prisoners are killed by the guards in the act of escaping from a German P.O.W. camp in World War II, the barracks black marketeer, J.J. Sefton, is suspected of being an informer.
    DirectorBilly WilderStarsWilliam HoldenDon TaylorOtto Preminger
    "Sort of rough, one American squealing on other Americans."
  • Patton (1970)

    15. Patton

    19702h 52mPG86Metascore
    7.9 (112K)
    The World War II phase of the career of controversial American general George S. Patton.
    DirectorFranklin J. SchaffnerStarsGeorge C. ScottKarl MaldenStephen Young
    "All my life I've wanted to lead a lot of men in a desperate battle."
  • Sam Rockwell, Taika Waititi, Scarlett Johansson, Stephen Merchant, Alfie Allen, Rebel Wilson, Thomasin McKenzie, and Roman Griffin Davis in Jojo Rabbit (2019)

    16. Jojo Rabbit

    20191h 48mPG-1358Metascore
    7.9 (472K)
    A young German boy in the Hitler Youth, whose hero and imaginary friend is the country's dictator, is shocked to discover that his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home.
    DirectorTaika WaititiStarsRoman Griffin DavisThomasin McKenzieScarlett Johansson
    "What? You can 'Heil' me better than that!"
  • Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

    17. Letters from Iwo Jima

    20062h 21mR89Metascore
    7.8 (175K)
    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
    "Do not expect to return home alive."
  • Fionn Whitehead in Dunkirk (2017)

    18. Dunkirk

    20171h 46mPG-1394Metascore
    7.8 (780K)
    Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Commonwealth and Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.
    DirectorChristopher NolanStarsFionn WhiteheadBarry KeoghanMark Rylance
    "We shall never surrender."
  • Death in the Bunker: The True Story of Hitler's Downfall (2004)

    19. Death in the Bunker: The True Story of Hitler's Downfall

    20041h 20mTV Movie
    7.7 (126)
    The story of Adolf Hitler's final days in the bunker in 1945.
    DirectorMichael KloftStarsEva BraunBernd Freytag von LoringhovenHedda Goebbels
    It was evident that he was a man without hope.
  • Asa Butterfield and Jack Scanlon in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)

    20. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

    20081h 34mPG-1355Metascore
    7.7 (264K)
    Through the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a German concentration camp, a forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling and unexpected consequences.
    DirectorMark HermanStarsAsa ButterfieldDavid ThewlisRupert Friend
    "We're meant to be enemies. Did you know that?"
  • The Dirty Dozen (1967)

    21. The Dirty Dozen

    19672h 30mApproved73Metascore
    7.7 (82K)
    During World War II, a rebellious U.S. Army Major is assigned a dozen convicted murderers to train and lead them into a mass assassination mission of German officers.
    DirectorRobert AldrichStarsLee MarvinErnest BorgnineCharles Bronson
    "Killing generals could get to be a habit with me."
  • 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)

    22. The Longest Day

    19622h 58mG75Metascore
    7.7 (62K)
    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
    "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day..."
  • Gregory Peck in Twelve O'Clock High (1949)

    23. Twelve O'Clock High

    19492h 12mApproved
    7.7 (16K)
    A tough-as-nails general takes over a B-17 bomber unit suffering from low morale and whips them into fighting shape.
    DirectorHenry KingStarsGregory PeckHugh MarloweGary Merrill
    Right now the deal is to hang on.
  • James Cagney, Henry Fonda, Jack Lemmon, and William Powell in Mister Roberts (1955)

    24. Mister Roberts

    19552h 3mApproved72Metascore
    7.6 (19K)
    In the waning days of World War II, the cargo officer of a Navy supply ship chafes at its role far from the action in the Pacific's backwater areas, his frustration rising when its captain denies the crew liberty over petty irritations.
    DirectorsJohn FordMervyn LeRoyJoshua LoganStarsHenry FondaJames CagneyWilliam Powell
    "Never mind what I told you. I'm telling you!"
  • Clint Eastwood, Donald Sutherland, Telly Savalas, and Don Rickles in Kelly's Heroes (1970)

    25. Kelly's Heroes

    19702h 24mGP50Metascore
    7.6 (57K)
    A group of U.S. soldiers sneaks across enemy lines in WWII France to get their hands on a secret stash of Nazi treasure.
    DirectorBrian G. HuttonStarsClint EastwoodTelly SavalasDon Rickles
    Well we're all nuts or we wouldn't be here.

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