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WW2 (1939-1945)

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  • Fortress of War (2010)

    1. 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
  • Andrzej Chyra, Jan Englert, Artur Zmijewski, and Pawel Malaszynski in Katyn (2007)

    2. Katyn

    20072h 1mNot Rated81Metascore
    7.0 (18K)
    An examination of the Soviet slaughter of thousands of Polish officers and citizens in the Katyn forest in 1940.
    DirectorAndrzej WajdaStarsAndrzej ChyraMaja OstaszewskaArtur Zmijewski
  • Secondløitnanten (1993)

    3. Secondløitnanten

    19931h 42m
    6.5 (383)
    A retired ship captain reports for service again during the German invasion of Norway on April 9, 1940, and beats the defeatism by organizing into guerrilla methods. Inspired by Thor Olaf Hannevig and his improvised resistance in Telemark.
    DirectorHans Petter MolandStarsEspen SkjønbergLars Andreas LarssenGard B. Eidsvold
  • Vladislav Galkin, Yuri Kolokolnikov, Evgeniy Mironov, and Aleksey Petrenko in In August of 1944 (2001)

    4. In August of 1944

    20011h 49m
    7.3 (2K)
    The movie is set in Belarus, where a team of counter-intelligence officers is given only three days to find a German radio operator posing as a Soviet soldier, behind soviet lines, on the eve of a major offensive.
    DirectorMikhail PtashukStarsEvgeniy MironovVladislav GalkinYuri Kolokolnikov
  • Play Dirty (1969)

    5. Play Dirty

    19691h 58mR
    6.8 (4.1K)
    During World War II a group of British commandos in North Africa disguised as Italian soldiers must travel behind enemy lines and destroy a vital German oil depot.
    DirectorAndré De TothStarsMichael CaineNigel DavenportNigel Green
  • Tom Cruise in Valkyrie (2008)

    6. Valkyrie

    20082h 1mPG-1356Metascore
    7.1 (269K)
    A dramatization of the July 20, 1944 assassination and political coup plot by desperate renegade German Army officers against Adolf Hitler during World War II.
    DirectorBryan SingerStarsTom CruiseBill NighyCarice van Houten
  • Jude Law and Joseph Fiennes in Enemy at the Gates (2001)

    7. Enemy at the Gates

    20012h 11mR53Metascore
    7.5 (288K)
    A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad.
    DirectorJean-Jacques AnnaudStarsJude LawEd HarrisJoseph Fiennes
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    8. Pearl Harbor

    20013h 3mPG-1344Metascore
    6.3 (363K)
    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
  • Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Michael Peña, and Jon Bernthal in Fury (2014)

    9. Fury

    20142h 14mR64Metascore
    7.6 (586K)
    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
  • Brad Pitt, Til Schweiger, Daniel Brühl, Mélanie Laurent, Eli Roth, Christoph Waltz, and Diane Kruger in Inglourious Basterds (2009)

    10. 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
  • Patton (1970)

    11. 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
  • Julie Delarme, Michel Galabru, and Thomas Jouannet in The Silence of the Sea (2004)

    12. The Silence of the Sea

    20041h 33mTV Movie
    7.8 (1.8K)
    In occupied France, a Wehrmacht captain, Werner von Ebrennac, stays in a house inhabited by young Jeanne and her grandfather who decide to resist the occupier by never speaking a word to him, but Jeanne falls in love with him.
    DirectorPierre BoutronStarsJulie DelarmeMichel GalabruThomas Jouannet
  • The Silence of the Sea (1949)

    13. The Silence of the Sea

    19491h 27mNot Rated
    7.6 (6K)
    In occupied France, an elderly man and his niece are forced to give shelter to a German army lieutenant who seemingly loves their country and culture.
    DirectorJean-Pierre MelvilleStarsHoward VernonNicole StéphaneJean-Marie Robain
  • Jean-Pierre Cassel, Paul Meurisse, Simone Signoret, and Lino Ventura in Army of Shadows (1969)

    14. 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
  • Kokoda: 39th Battalion (2006)

    15. Kokoda: 39th Battalion

    20061h 32mPG-13
    6.1 (3.2K)
    A bitter battle is fought between Australian and Japanese soldiers along the Kokoda trail in New Guinea during World War II.
    DirectorAlister GriersonStarsJack FinstererTravis McMahonSimon Stone
  • Edward Woodward in Breaker Morant (1980)

    16. Breaker Morant

    19801h 47mPG73Metascore
    7.8 (15K)
    Three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers.
    DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsEdward WoodwardJack ThompsonJohn Waters
  • The Devil's Brigade (1968)

    17. The Devil's Brigade

    19682h 10mApproved
    6.7 (6.7K)
    A US Army lieutenant colonel is tasked with forming an elite commando-style unit from crack Canadian troops and the dregs of the US Army.
    DirectorAndrew V. McLaglenStarsWilliam HoldenCliff RobertsonVince Edwards
  • Saints and Soldiers (2003)

    18. Saints and Soldiers

    20031h 30mPG-1356Metascore
    6.7 (22K)
    Four American soldiers and one Brit fighting in Europe during World War II struggle to return to Allied territory after being separated from U.S. forces during the historic Malmedy Massacre.
    DirectorRyan LittleStarsCorbin AllredAlexander PolinskyKirby Heyborne
  • 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)

    19. 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
  • A Bridge Too Far (1977)

    20. A Bridge Too Far

    19772h 55mPG63Metascore
    7.4 (65K)
    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
  • Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Dana Andrews, Pier Angeli, Telly Savalas, Robert Shaw, Ty Hardin, James MacArthur, George Montgomery, Robert Ryan, and Barbara Werle in Battle of the Bulge (1965)

    21. Battle of the Bulge

    19652h 47mApproved
    6.8 (19K)
    A dramatization of Nazi Germany's final Western Front counterattack of World War II.
    DirectorKen AnnakinStarsHenry FondaRobert ShawRobert Ryan
  • David Niven, Gregory Peck, and Anthony Quinn in The Guns of Navarone (1961)

    22. The Guns of Navarone

    19612h 38mNot Rated72Metascore
    7.5 (58K)
    A team of Allied saboteurs is assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held Greek island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
    DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsDavid NivenGregory PeckAnthony Quinn
  • The Dirty Dozen (1967)

    23. 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
  • Clint Eastwood, Donald Sutherland, Telly Savalas, and Don Rickles in Kelly's Heroes (1970)

    24. 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
  • Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, and Mary Ure in Where Eagles Dare (1968)

    25. Where Eagles Dare

    19682h 38mM63Metascore
    7.6 (66K)
    Allied agents stage a daring raid on a castle where the Nazis are holding American brigadier general George Carnaby prisoner, but that's not all that's really going on.
    DirectorBrian G. HuttonStarsRichard BurtonClint EastwoodMary Ure

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