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  • Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

    1. 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
    Battle of Iwo Jima seen from the point of view of the Japanese army, this battle lead to the acquisition of a strategic territory that determined the war in the Pacific.
  • Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

    2. Flags of Our Fathers

    20062h 15mR79Metascore
    7.1 (133K)
    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
    Battle of Iwo Jima seen from the point of view of the American Navy.
  • Downfall (2004)

    3. Downfall

    20042h 36mR82Metascore
    8.2 (393K)
    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
    Final days of Hitler and Berlin, before the Red army reaches it.
  • Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore, and Edward Burns in Saving Private Ryan (1998)

    4. Saving Private Ryan

    19982h 49mR91Metascore
    8.6 (1.6M)
    Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose comrades have been killed in action.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsTom HanksMatt DamonTom Sizemore
    Normandy landings, thanks to this landing the Allies managed to penetrate into France, then occupied by Germany.
  • 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)

    5. 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
    Normandy landings, americanised, using some of the most important and patriotic actors of the time, like John Wayne. Also we can see the days before the attack.
  • Paul Newman in Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)

    6. Fat Man and Little Boy

    19892h 7mPG-1350Metascore
    6.5 (9.6K)
    This film reenacts the Manhattan Project, the secret WWII project, and the first atomic bombs designed, built, and tested in Los Alamos.
    DirectorRoland JofféStarsPaul NewmanDwight SchultzBonnie Bedelia
    Project Manhattan, that lead to the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs.
  • Deborah Kerr, Burt Lancaster, Frank Sinatra, Ernest Borgnine, Montgomery Clift, and Donna Reed in From Here to Eternity (1953)

    7. From Here to Eternity

    19531h 58mApproved85Metascore
    7.6 (53K)
    At a U.S. Army base in 1941 Hawaii, a pugilistic private is cruelly punished for refusing to join his unit's boxing team. Meanwhile, his commanding officer's wife and top NCO are indulging in a torrid love affair.
    DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsBurt LancasterMontgomery CliftDeborah Kerr
    The life of the soldiers in the militar base of Pearl Harbor, Miami.
  • Stalingrad (1993)

    8. Stalingrad

    19932h 14mNot Rated
    7.5 (39K)
    The story follows a group of German soldiers, from their Italian R&R in the summer of 1942 to the frozen steppes of Soviet Russia and ending with the battle for Stalingrad.
    DirectorJoseph VilsmaierStarsDominique HorwitzThomas KretschmannJochen Nickel
    Batalla de Stalingrado
  • Woody Harrelson, Dennis Quaid, Aaron Eckhart, Mandy Moore, Etsushi Toyokawa, Patrick Wilson, Luke Evans, Nick Jonas, and Ed Skrein in Midway (2019)

    9. Midway

    20192h 18mPG-1347Metascore
    6.7 (102K)
    The story of the Battle of Midway, told by the leaders and the sailors who fought in it.
    DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsEd SkreinPatrick WilsonWoody Harrelson
    Batalla de Midway 2000s
  • Midway (1976)

    10. Midway

    19762h 12mPG48Metascore
    6.8 (23K)
    A dramatization of the battle that was widely heralded as a turning point of the Pacific Theatre of World War II.
    DirectorJack SmightStarsCharlton HestonHenry FondaJames Coburn
    Batalla de Midway
  • Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, Paul Henreid, and Conrad Veidt in Casablanca (1942)

    11. Casablanca

    19421h 42mPG100Metascore
    8.5 (639K)
    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
    German occupation of Paris and then Africa occupation.
  • Adrien Brody in The Pianist (2002)

    12. The Pianist

    20022h 30mR85Metascore
    8.5 (982K)
    During WWII, acclaimed Polish musician Wladyslaw faces various struggles as he loses contact with his family. As the situation worsens, he hides in the ruins of Warsaw in order to survive.
    DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsAdrien BrodyThomas KretschmannFrank Finlay
    Invasión alemana de Polonia, desde el punto de vista civil.
  • Ralph Fiennes and Julianne Moore in The End of the Affair (1999)

    13. The End of the Affair

    19991h 42mR65Metascore
    7.0 (25K)
    A desperate man tries to find out why his beloved left him years ago.
    DirectorNeil JordanStarsRalph FiennesJulianne MooreStephen Rea
    Bombardeo de Londres
  • Fionn Whitehead in Dunkirk (2017)

    14. Dunkirk

    20171h 46mPG-1394Metascore
    7.8 (784K)
    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
    Evacuación de las tropas británicas, francesas y belgas del frente francés occidental. Perspectiva desde aire, mar y tierra.
  • Anzio (1968)

    15. Anzio

    19681h 57mPG-13
    6.0 (4.2K)
    A war correspondent witnesses errors made at Allied Command after he and a unit of US Army Rangers land unopposed at Anzio, Italy, but later become trapped behind German lines during one of the bloodiest battles of WWII.
    DirectorsEdward DmytrykDuilio ColettiStarsRobert MitchumPeter FalkRobert Ryan
    Desembarco en las playas de Anzio y comienza la invasión de Italia por parte de los aliados.
  • Schindler's List (1993)

    16. 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
    Cómo un hombre de negocios mientras avanza la guerra va salvando judíos a través de su contratación, para su fábrica.
  • Gary Oldman in Darkest Hour (2017)

    17. Darkest Hour

    20172h 5mPG-1375Metascore
    7.4 (235K)
    In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler, or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.
    DirectorJoe WrightStarsGary OldmanLily JamesKristin Scott Thomas
    La decisión de Winston Churchill que determinó el futuro de Europa y provocó el bombardeo de Londres.
  • Benedict Cumberbatch in The Imitation Game (2014)

    18. The Imitation Game

    20141h 54mPG-1371Metascore
    8.0 (861K)
    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
    Descifración de Enigma por parte de Alan Turing, que supuso la descodificación de mensajes alemanes Nazis.
  • Carice van Houten, Michiel Huisman, and Sebastian Koch in Black Book (2006)

    19. Black Book

    20062h 25mR71Metascore
    7.7 (83K)
    In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance. Things get complicated when she falls for the enemy.
    DirectorPaul VerhoevenStarsCarice van HoutenSebastian KochThom Hoffman
    Una agente judía se infiltra en una sede nazi en los Países Bajos.
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)

    20. Life Is Beautiful

    19971h 56mPG-1358Metascore
    8.6 (789K)
    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
    Holocausto nazi, en este caso en Italia.
  • Brad Pitt, Til Schweiger, Daniel Brühl, Mélanie Laurent, Eli Roth, Christoph Waltz, and Diane Kruger in Inglourious Basterds (2009)

    21. 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
    El punto de vista de Tarantino de cómo Hitler utilizó la propaganda, como el cine, para instalación del régimen social nazionalista.
  • Aldo Fabrizi and Anna Magnani in Rome, Open City (1945)

    22. Rome, Open City

    19451h 43mNot Rated
    8.0 (33K)
    During the Nazi occupation of Rome in 1944, the Resistance leader, Giorgio Manfredi, is chased by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a way to escape.
    DirectorRoberto RosselliniStarsAnna MagnaniAldo FabriziMarcello Pagliero
    Tras la rendición del Africa Korps en Túnez, los aliados ganan un punto clave para el control de gran parte del mediterráneo, que permitió el desembarco en Italia.
  • A Bridge Too Far (1977)

    23. A Bridge Too Far

    19772h 55mPG63Metascore
    7.4 (66K)
    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
    Los aliados pretenden dar el golpe de gracia al Tercer Reich conquistando puntos claves en Holanda, que fue uno de los mayores fracasos de los aliados en el frente occidental.
  • Das Boot (1981)

    24. Das Boot

    19812h 29m85Metascore
    8.4 (282K)
    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
    Representa una de las nuevas innovaciones tecnológicas de la segunda guerra mundial, los submarinos. Los cuales interceptaban todos los convoyes de ayuda de Inglaterra.
  • The Desert Rats (1953)

    25. The Desert Rats

    19531h 28mApproved
    6.7 (5.5K)
    Richard Burton plays a Scottish Army officer put in charge of a disparate band of ANZAC troops on the perimeter of Tobruk with the German Army doing their best to dislodge them.
    DirectorRobert WiseStarsRichard BurtonJames MasonRobert Newton
    La llegada del general Rommel a las Africa Korps hizo a Inglaterra retroceder hasta Egipto, donde una pequeña avanzada era su única de obstáculo hasta el Canal de Suez.

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