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Vive La Resistance !

by karljhickey14 • Created 10 years ago • Modified 1 year ago
Films dealing with the resistance movements against the Nazis , not just the French - Greek , Polish , Russian , Italian ... even Germans .
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  • Jean-Pierre Cassel, Paul Meurisse, Simone Signoret, and Lino Ventura in Army of Shadows (1969)

    1. Army of Shadows

    19692h 25mNot Rated99Metascore
    8.1 (28K)
    An account of underground resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied France.
    DirectorJean-Pierre MelvilleStarsLino VenturaPaul MeurisseJean-Pierre Cassel
  • A Man Escaped (1956)

    2. A Man Escaped

    19561h 41mNot Rated
    8.2 (29K)
    A captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from a German prison in France.
    DirectorRobert BressonStarsFrançois LeterrierCharles Le ClaincheMaurice Beerblock
  • The Battle of the Rails (1946)

    3. The Battle of the Rails

    19461h 25m
    7.0 (1.4K)
    Recounts the courageous efforts by French railroad workers who were part of an organized resistance during German World War II occupation.
    DirectorRené ClémentStarsMarcel BarnaultJean ClarieuxJean Daurand
  • Odette (1950)

    4. Odette

    19501h 45m
    6.8 (1.1K)
    During WW2, a French woman living in England volunteers to work for British Intelligence in Nazi-occupied France.
    DirectorHerbert WilcoxStarsAnna NeagleTrevor HowardMarius Goring
  • Virginia McKenna and Alain Saury in Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)

    5. Carve Her Name with Pride

    19581h 59mNot Rated
    7.2 (2K)
    During World War II, a recently widowed young woman is recruited to work as a spy in France.
    DirectorLewis GilbertStarsVirginia McKennaPaul ScofieldJack Warner
  • Gordon Jackson and Simone Signoret in Against the Wind (1948)

    6. Against the Wind

    19481h 36mNot Rated
    6.3 (851)
    A secret London school trains a motley group of men and women for sabotage work in German occupied Belgium during World War II. When one of them is captured by the Germans, five others are parachuted in to rescue him.
    DirectorCharles CrichtonStarsRobert BeattySimone SignoretJack Warner
  • Marie-Octobre (1959)

    7. Marie-Octobre

    19591h 30m
    7.5 (1.5K)
    Fifteen years after WWII, a group of ex-resistance fighters are brought together by Marie-Octobre, so that the former members of the network can finally relive one fateful night and find out who betrayed their murdered leader, Castille.
    DirectorJulien DuvivierStarsDanielle DarrieuxBernard BlierRobert Dalban
  • 13 Rue Madeleine (1947)

    8. 13 Rue Madeleine

    19471h 35mApproved
    6.9 (3.2K)
    When spy chief Bob Sharkey finds out one of his agents-in-training is actually a Nazi double agent, his strategic decision not to arrest him results in tragedy.
    DirectorHenry HathawayStarsJames CagneyAnnabellaRichard Conte
  • Gary Cooper and Lilli Palmer in Cloak and Dagger (1946)

    9. Cloak and Dagger

    19461h 46mApproved
    6.6 (3.7K)
    In WW2, the Allies race against time to persuade two nuclear scientists working for the Germans to switch sides.
    DirectorFritz LangStarsGary CooperRobert AldaLilli Palmer
  • The Train (1964)

    10. The Train

    19642h 13mApproved80Metascore
    7.8 (21K)
    In 1944, a German colonel loads a train with French art treasures to send to Germany. The Resistance must stop it without damaging the cargo.
    DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsBurt LancasterPaul ScofieldJeanne Moreau
  • Brian Donlevy and Anna Lee in Hangmen Also Die! (1943)

    11. Hangmen Also Die!

    19432h 14mApproved
    7.4 (6.9K)
    After the German administrator of Czechia is shot, his assassin tries to elude the Gestapo and struggles with his impulse to give himself up as hostages are executed.
    DirectorFritz LangStarsBrian DonlevyWalter BrennanAnna Lee
  • Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, Paul Henreid, and Conrad Veidt in Casablanca (1942)

    12. Casablanca

    19421h 42mPG100Metascore
    8.5 (634K)
    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
  • George Sanders, Philip Dorn, and Brenda Marshall in Paris After Dark (1943)

    13. Paris After Dark

    19431h 25mApproved
    6.3 (194)
    Members of the French underground resistance, live their "normal" lives during the day, and fight the occupying Nazis in the war-torn Paris after dark. Some will end their lives fighting, and some will find purpose in life once again.
    DirectorLéonide MoguyStarsGeorge SandersPhilip DornBrenda Marshall
  • Jacqueline Nearne in School for Danger (1947)

    14. School for Danger

    19471h 8m
    7.0 (98)
    Docudrama showing the work of British agents with the French "resistance" during the war, acted by actual agents. Includes details of their training, tactics and sabotage activities.
    DirectorTeddy BairdStarsHarry RéeJacqueline NearneTeddy Baird
  • Is Paris Burning? (1966)

    15. Is Paris Burning?

    19662h 53mApproved
    6.8 (5.4K)
    August 1944. The Allies are approaching Paris and resistance groups within the city start to plan an uprising against the Germans. However, Hitler wants the city destroyed if it looks like the Allies will take it.
    DirectorRené ClémentStarsJean-Paul BelmondoCharles BoyerLeslie Caron
  • Alan Ladd and Geraldine Fitzgerald in O.S.S. (1946)

    16. O.S.S.

    19461h 48mApproved
    6.6 (599)
    During WW2, the O.S.S. sends teams of spies and saboteurs into Nazi-occupied France.
    DirectorIrving PichelStarsAlan LaddGeraldine FitzgeraldPatric Knowles
  • The Sorrow and the Pity (1969)

    17. The Sorrow and the Pity

    19694h 11mPG
    8.1 (4.3K)
    An in-depth exploration of the various reactions by the French people to the Vichy government's acceptance of the German invasion.
    DirectorMarcel OphülsStarsHelmut TausendMarcel VerdierAlexis Grave
  • Maurice Ronet and Jean Seberg in Line of Demarcation (1966)

    18. Line of Demarcation

    19661h 32m
    7.1 (963)
    1941. A little town in the Jura is cut in half by a river that forms the border between German-occupied France and the free zone.
    DirectorClaude ChabrolStarsJean SebergMaurice RonetDaniel Gélin
  • Maureen O'Hara in This Land Is Mine (1943)

    19. This Land Is Mine

    19431h 43mApproved
    7.5 (4K)
    A mild-mannered school teacher in a German-occupied town during World War II finds himself torn between collaboration and resistance.
    DirectorJean RenoirStarsCharles LaughtonMaureen O'HaraGeorge Sanders
  • Pierre Blaise and Aurore Clément in Lacombe, Lucien (1974)

    20. Lacombe, Lucien

    19742h 18mR
    7.6 (8.1K)
    In 1944, an 18-year-old boy from small-town France collaborates with the Gestapo and subsequently falls in love with a Jewish girl.
    DirectorLouis MalleStarsPierre BlaiseAurore ClémentHolger Löwenadler
  • The Angry Hills (1959)

    21. The Angry Hills

    19591h 45mApproved
    5.7 (1.2K)
    In 1941, the Greek resistance entrusts an American journalist with a secret Greek double-agent list that must reach London and not fall into German hands.
    DirectorRobert AldrichStarsRobert MitchumStanley BakerElisabeth Müller
  • Free Men (2011)

    22. Free Men

    20111h 39mUnrated58Metascore
    6.6 (1.5K)
    In Paris during World War II, an Algerian immigrant is inspired to join the resistance by his unexpected friendship with a Jewish man.
    DirectorIsmaël FerroukhiStarsTahar RahimMichael LonsdaleMahmud Shalaby
  • Kanal (1957)

    23. Kanal

    19571h 31mNot Rated
    7.9 (8.4K)
    In 1944, during the Warsaw uprising against the Nazis, Polish Lieutenant Zadra and his resistance fighters use Warsaw's sewer system to escape the German encirclement.
    DirectorAndrzej WajdaStarsTeresa IzewskaTadeusz JanczarWienczyslaw Glinski
  • Daniel Auteuil and Carole Bouquet in Lucie Aubrac (1997)

    24. Lucie Aubrac

    19971h 55mR61Metascore
    6.6 (1.5K)
    A love story or a tale of the resistance, this poignant movie tells both the haunting story of a French resistance cell in Lyon but also the love of Lucie Aubrac for her husband, and the lengths she goes to to rescue her husband from prison on more than one occasion. Based on a true story Lucie Aubrac works as both history lesson and love story.
    DirectorClaude BerriStarsCarole BouquetDaniel AuteuilPatrice Chéreau
  • 5 Branded Women (1960)

    25. 5 Branded Women

    19601h 41mApproved
    6.6 (638)
    Five Yugoslav women who consorted with the German occupiers are publicly humiliated and banished by the Yugoslav partisans but they take up arms to fend for themselves.
    DirectorMartin RittStarsVan HeflinSilvana ManganoJeanne Moreau

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