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WWII 30's-40's

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  • Kristin Scott Thomas, Matthias Schoenaerts, and Michelle Williams in Suite Française (2014)

    1. Suite Française

    20141h 47mNot Rated63Metascore
    7.0 (30K)
    During the early years of German occupation of France in World War II, romance blooms between Lucile Angellier (Michelle Williams), a French villager, and Lieutenant Bruno von Falk (Matthias Schoenaerts), a German soldier.
    DirectorSaul DibbStarsMichelle WilliamsKristin Scott ThomasMargot Robbie
    seen
  • Christopher Plummer, Jai Courtney, and Lily James in The Exception (2016)

    2. The Exception

    20161h 47mR60Metascore
    6.8 (16K)
    A German soldier tries to determine if the Dutch resistance has planted a spy to infiltrate the home of Kaiser Wilhelm in Holland during the onset of World War II, but falls for a young Jewish Dutch woman during his investigation.
    DirectorDavid LeveauxStarsLily JamesJai CourtneyChristopher Plummer
    seen
  • Home Fires (2015)

    3. Home Fires

    2015–201612 epsTV-PGTV Series
    8.2 (4.6K)
    A drama following a group of inspirational women in a rural Cheshire community during World War II.
    CreatorSimon BlockStarsClare CalbraithBrian FletcherSamantha Bond
    watched
  • X Company (2015)

    4. X Company

    2015–201728 epsTV Series
    7.6 (3.5K)
    Set in the exciting and dangerous world of the Second World War, it follows the stories of five highly skilled young recruits.
    CreatorsMark EllisStephanie MorgensternStarsEvelyne BrochuJack LaskeyWarren Brown
    watched
  • Bomb Girls (2012)

    5. Bomb Girls

    2012–201419 epsTV-14TV Series
    7.8 (4.7K)
    A drama about World War II women at work in a munitions factory.
    CreatorsMichael MacLennanAdrienne MitchellStarsMeg TillyJodi BalfourCharlotte Hegele
    watched
  • Rupert Grint and Florian Lukas in Into the White (2012)

    6. Into the White

    20121h 44mR
    7.1 (23K)
    World War II: After an aerial battle over Norway, British and German airmen find themselves stranded in the wilderness. Finding shelter in the same cabin, they realize the only way to survive the winter is to set aside the rules of war.
    DirectorPetter NæssStarsFlorian LukasDavid KrossLachlan Nieboer
  • Ed Harris, Colin Farrell, Jim Sturgess, Saoirse Ronan, and Alexandru Potocean in The Way Back (2010)

    7. The Way Back

    20102h 13mPG-1366Metascore
    7.3 (125K)
    Siberian gulag escapees travel four thousand miles by foot to freedom in India.
    DirectorPeter WeirStarsJim SturgessEd HarrisColin Farrell
    seen
  • Schindler's List (1993)

    8. 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
    seen
  • Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore, and Edward Burns in Saving Private Ryan (1998)

    9. 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 brothers have been killed in action.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsTom HanksMatt DamonTom Sizemore
    seen
  • Fionn Whitehead in Dunkirk (2017)

    10. Dunkirk

    20171h 46mPG-1394Metascore
    7.8 (773K)
    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
    seen
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    11. Pearl Harbor

    20013h 3mPG-1344Metascore
    6.3 (361K)
    A tale of war and romance mixed in with history. The story follows two lifelong friends and a beautiful nurse who are caught up in the horror of an infamous Sunday morning in 1941.
    DirectorMichael BayStarsBen AffleckKate BeckinsaleJosh Hartnett
    seen
  • Alexander Skarsgård, Jason Clarke, and Keira Knightley in The Aftermath (2019)

    12. The Aftermath

    20191h 48mR43Metascore
    6.4 (25K)
    Post World War II, a British colonel and his wife are assigned to live in Hamburg during the post-war reconstruction, but tensions arise with the German who previously owned the house.
    DirectorJames KentStarsKeira KnightleyNed WillsPandora Colin
    seen
  • Patrick Kennedy and Emerald Fennell in Murder on the Home Front (2013)

    13. Murder on the Home Front

    20131h 31mTV Movie
    6.6 (2.2K)
    Set during the London Blitz of 1940, this is a world where people live life in the moment. It is also a world where criminals can use the blackout and devastation to hide their darkest activities.
    DirectorGeoffrey SaxStarsPatrick KennedyTamzin MerchantEmerald Fennell
    seen
  • Julie Graham, Rachael Stirling, Anna Maxwell Martin, and Sophie Rundle in The Bletchley Circle (2012)

    14. The Bletchley Circle

    2012–20147 epsTV-14TV Series
    7.9 (15K)
    In 1952, four women who worked at the wartime code-breaking centre, Bletchley Park, reunite to track down a serial killer.
    StarsRachael StirlingJulie GrahamSophie Rundle
    seen
  • Geoffrey Rush and Sophie Nélisse in The Book Thief (2013)

    15. The Book Thief

    20132h 11mPG-1353Metascore
    7.5 (145K)
    While subjected to the horrors of World War II Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. In the basement of her home, a Jewish refugee is being protected by her adoptive parents.
    DirectorBrian PercivalStarsSophie NélisseGeoffrey RushEmily Watson
    seen
  • Meg Tilly, Ali Liebert, Jodi Balfour, and Charlotte Hegele in Bomb Girls (2012)

    16. Bomb Girls: Facing the Enemy

    20141h 31mTV Movie
    7.2 (638)
    Follows a woman at victory munitions as they contend with a saboteur in the factory.
    DirectorJerry CiccorittiStarsMeg TillyJodi BalfourCharlotte Hegele
  • From Time to Time (2009)

    17. From Time to Time

    20091h 32mPG
    6.7 (6.5K)
    A haunting ghost story spanning two worlds, more than a century apart. When 13-year-old Tolly finds he can mysteriously travel between the two, he begins an adventure that unlocks family secrets laid buried for generations.
    DirectorJulian FellowesStarsAlex EtelTimothy SpallMaggie Smith
    seen
  • Ralph Fiennes, Kate Winslet, and David Kross in The Reader (2008)

    18. The Reader

    20082h 4mR58Metascore
    7.6 (269K)
    Post-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial.
    DirectorStephen DaldryStarsKate WinsletRalph FiennesBruno Ganz
    seen
  • Karel Roden in Habermann (2010)

    19. Habermann

    20101h 44mPG-1346Metascore
    7.0 (1.4K)
    A mill owner in the Sudetenland and his family's lives are changed as Europe heats up in 1938.
    DirectorJuraj HerzStarsMark WaschkeKarel RodenBen Becker
    seen
  • Natalie Portman in A Tale of Love and Darkness (2015)

    20. A Tale of Love and Darkness

    20151h 35mPG-1355Metascore
    6.0 (4.5K)
    The story of Amos Oz's youth, set against the backdrop of the end of the British Mandate for Palestine and the early years of the State of Israel. The film details the young man's relationship with his mother and his beginnings as a writer, while looking at what happens when the stories we tell become the stories we live.
    DirectorNatalie PortmanStarsNatalie PortmanGilad KahanaAmir Tessler
  • Ralph Fiennes and Kristin Scott Thomas in The English Patient (1996)

    21. The English Patient

    19962h 42mR86Metascore
    7.4 (209K)
    At the close of World War II, a young nurse tends to a badly burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.
    DirectorAnthony MinghellaStarsRalph FiennesJuliette BinocheWillem Dafoe
    seen
  • Ellie Kendrick in The Diary of Anne Frank (2009)

    22. The Diary of Anne Frank

    20095 epsTV Mini Series
    7.5 (3.5K)
    During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.
    StarsKate AshfieldGeoffrey BretonRon Cook
  • Nina Hoss and Evgeniy Sidikhin in A Woman in Berlin (2008)

    23. A Woman in Berlin

    20082h 11mUnrated74Metascore
    7.0 (7.2K)
    A woman tries to survive the invasion of Berlin by the Soviet troops during the last days of World War II.
    DirectorMax FärberböckStarsNina HossEvgeniy SidikhinIrm Hermann
    seen
  • Carice van Houten, Michiel Huisman, and Sebastian Koch in Black Book (2006)

    24. Black Book

    20062h 25mR71Metascore
    7.7 (82K)
    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
    seen
  • Joseph Fiennes, Til Schweiger, Lena Headey, and Matthias Schweighöfer in The Red Baron (2008)

    25. The Red Baron

    20081h 46mPG-13
    6.3 (13K)
    German biopic loosely based on the World War I fighter ace Manfred Von Richthofen, nicknamed the Red Baron by friend and foe alike.
    DirectorNikolai MüllerschönStarsMatthias SchweighöferLena HeadeyTil Schweiger
    seen

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