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The Best WW2 Films

by LNAndersen • Created 3 years ago • Modified 9 months ago
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  • William Holden and Lilli Palmer in The Counterfeit Traitor (1962)

    1. The Counterfeit Traitor

    19622h 20mApproved
    7.4 (3.2K)
    Blacklisted in modern day WW2, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies, by means of infiltrating and surveying Nazi Germany.
    DirectorGeorge SeatonStarsWilliam HoldenLilli PalmerHugh Griffith
  • The Last Winter (1960)

    2. The Last Winter

    19601h 31m
    6.7 (101)
    During the latter part of WW2, The Danish resistance is taking care of an English agent after getting hurt on his arrival by plane. The agent's goal is a sabotage action, but a traitor is among them.
    DirectorsFrank DunlopAnker SørensenEdvin TiemrothStarsTony BrittonDieter EpplerJohn Wittig
  • Lau Lauritzen, Lisbeth Movin, and Poul Reichhardt in The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman (1948)

    3. The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman

    19481h 45m
    6.4 (77)
    On the 9th of April 1940, the crew of a Danish merchant ship receives the news of Germany's invasion of Denmark. Instead of returning home, they vote in favor of setting course for England. The crew will undergo much hardship over the next five years ...
    DirectorsBodil IpsenLau LauritzenStarsPoul ReichhardtLisbeth MovinLau Lauritzen
  • Truman (1995)

    4. Truman

    19952h 15mPGTV Movie
    7.1 (2.6K)
    Though considered unqualified, Harry S. Truman becomes the 33rd president following the April 1945 death of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
    DirectorFrank PiersonStarsGary SiniseDiana ScarwidRichard Dysart
  • John Wayne in Back to Bataan (1945)

    5. Back to Bataan

    19451h 35mApproved
    6.6 (4.5K)
    In 1942, after the fall of the Philippines to the Japanese, U.S. Army Col. Joseph Madden stays behind to organize the local resistance against the Japanese invaders.
    DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsJohn WayneAnthony QuinnBeulah Bondi
  • Brad Pitt, Til Schweiger, Daniel Brühl, Mélanie Laurent, Eli Roth, Christoph Waltz, and Diane Kruger in Inglourious Basterds (2009)

    6. 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
  • The Gathering Storm (2002)

    7. The Gathering Storm

    20021h 36mTV-MATV Movie
    7.4 (7.5K)
    Winston Churchill's wilderness years prior to World War II, when only he could see the threat that Adolf Hitler and a rearmed Germany posed to Europe.
    DirectorRichard LoncraineStarsAlbert FinneyVanessa RedgraveJim Broadbent
  • John Thaw in Bomber Harris (1989)

    8. Bomber Harris

    19891h 25mTV Movie
    6.8 (224)
    The history of one of the key commanders of WW2, the head of RAF Bomber Command, Air Chief Marshall Sir Arthur "Bomber" Harris.
    DirectorMichael DarlowStarsJohn ThawRobert HardyFrederick Treves
  • Red Meadows (1945)

    9. Red Meadows

    19451h 25m
    6.6 (458)
    The memories of a Danish saboteur as he awaits his execution in a German wartime prison.
    DirectorsBodil IpsenLau LauritzenStarsPoul ReichhardtLisbeth MovinPer Buckhøj
  • Operation Finale (2018)

    10. Operation Finale

    20182h 2mPG-1358Metascore
    6.6 (52K)
    A team of secret agents sets out to track down the Nazi officer who masterminded the Holocaust.
    DirectorChris WeitzStarsOscar IsaacBen KingsleyMélanie Laurent
  • 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
  • Iain De Caestecker, Wyatt Russell, Pilou Asbæk, John Magaro, Jacob Anderson, Jovan Adepo, and Mathilde Ollivier in Overlord (2018)

    12. Overlord

    20181h 50mR60Metascore
    6.6 (112K)
    A small group of American soldiers find horror behind enemy lines on the eve of D-Day.
    DirectorJulius AveryStarsJovan AdepoWyatt RussellMathilde Ollivier

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