Best World War II movies

Actors : Philippe Noiret, Michel Blanc, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Claude Berri,

After World War II, a small French village struggles to put the war behind as the controlling Communist Party tries to flush out Petain loyalists. The local bar owner, a simple man who ...

Actors : Bülent Alkis, Sertaç Ekici, Baki Davrak, Ali Barkin,
Directors : Burak Arliel,

The human tragedy and the suffering of the Crimean Turks who were taken hostage as prisoners of war in German prison camps during World War II.

Actors : Joan Collins, Tom Bell, Denholm Elliott, Laurence Naismith,
Directors : Ralph Thomas,

After a scientific experiment goes horribly wrong during a demonstration, a scientist finds himself trapped in an alternative reality that bears some similarities to our own, but also has ...

Actors : Ismaila Cissé, Ababacar Sy Cissé, Sidiki Bakaba, Hamed Camara,

In this semi-autobiographical film, black soldiers help to defend France, but are detained in prison camp before being repatriated home.

Actors : Henrikke Lund Olsen, Kristoffer Joner, Pål Sverre Hagen, Ine Marie Wilmann,
Directors : Gunnar Vikene,

The sailor Alfred is in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean when World War II breaks out. Suddenly the sailors are in the front of the war, without any weapons.

Actors : Franco Fabrizi, Lea Massari, Alberto Sordi, Lina Volonghi,
Directors : Dino Risi,

Silvio refuses to fight for the fascists and joins the resistance with Elena. After the war, his vitriolic newspaper articles cause him to be sentenced to imprisonment.

Actors : Nina Usatova, Elizaveta Arzamasova, Kirill Pletnyov, Sergey Makovetskiy,
Directors : Vladimir Khotinenko,

Father Alexander is trying to maintain peaceful life for his church amidst the Nazi occupation during WWII.

Actors : Roman Luknár, Karel Roden, Zuzana Bydzovská, Zuzana Fialová,
Directors : Petr Nikolaev,

At the beginning of the story Lidice is just one of many small Czech villages trying to survive the war as best as it can... See full synopsis »

Actors : Vasiliki Troufakou, Christina Hilla Fameli, Haris Fragoulis, Andreas Konstantinou,
Directors : Manousos Manousakis,

During World War II in Greece, under the submission of Germans, one Christian, Giorgos, falls in love with a Jewish, Estrea, something completely forbidden. Can they and their families ...

Actors : Clotilde Hesme, Grégory Gadebois, Evelyne Didi, Jérôme Huguet,
Directors : Alix Delaporte,

Angèle, a beautiful young woman with a past, arrives in a small fishing harbor in Normandy. She meets Tony, a professional fisherman, who finds himself attracted to her although he dislikes...

Actors : Dolph Lundgren, Hiram A. Murray, Andrew Stecker, Apostolos Gliarmis,
Directors : Steven Luke,

In the last days of WWII, Germany, desperate for any last grasp to defeat the allied powers, formed together the German Navy and the last remaining U-Boats, for one last mission, to attack the United States Homeland.

Actors : Dean Newcombe, Lily Franky, Tatsuya Nakamura, Yûko Nakamura,
Directors : Shin'ya Tsukamoto,

A Japanese soldier endures illness, starvation and brutality in the Philippines at the tail end of WW2.

Actors : Stellan Skarsgård, Miklós B. Székely, Károly Eperjes, Katharina Thalbach,
Directors : Kjell Grede,

Swedish national Raoul Wallenberg, newcomer to politics and international machinations, travels to German-occupied Budapest during WWII in order to effectively intervene in the fate of ...

Actors : Mao Inoue, Yutaka Takenouchi, Sean McGowan, Markus Waldow,
Directors : Hideyuki Hirayama,

During the end of World War 2, a group of Japanese soldiers fight on after US forces capture most of the island. They refuse to surrender and continue to resist after the Emperor surrenders.

Actors : Hughie Restorick, Jean Taylor Smith, Stephen Archibald, Karl Fieseler,
Directors : Bill Douglas,

The second part (My ain folk) of Bill Douglas' influential trilogy harks back to his impoverished upbringing in early-'40s Scotland. Cinema was his only escape - he paid for it with the ...

Actors : Cristian Motiu, Sergiu Nicolaescu, Vladimir Gaitan, Petr Falc,
Directors : Sergiu Nicolaescu,

After WWII "Comisarul Moldova" (Sergiu Nicolaescu / Petr Falc) spent years as a political prisoner of the communist regime. The favorite entertainment of the Russian Colonel in charge of ...

Actors : Jake Abel, Brianna Hildebrand, Géza Röhrig,
Directors : Michael Day,

An injured American pilot, Gene, and his OSS agent fiancée, Penny, retreat to a remote estate in Massachusetts to visit her extended family. The OSS has recruited Gene to spy on the family and the surrounding community.

Actors : Stjepan Peric, Kristijan Jaic, Tena Jeic Gajski, Ljubisa Savanovic,
Directors : Ivan-Goran Vitez,

This comedy of the absurd is set in the Nazi puppet Independent State of Croatia (NDH) during World War II. The hero, Ljiljan is a young peasant poet who joins the Partisan movement just ...

Actors : Robert Wieckiewicz, Michalina Labacz, Ryszard Ronczewski, Agata Kulesza,
Directors : Wojciech Smarzowski,

The story of a WWII tragedy in a Polish village mixed with the story of a wedding taking place in the same place 100 years later. A bitter look at a xenophobic community that forgets its own history.

Actors : Anatoliy Papanov, Aleksey Glazyrin, Evgeniy Leonov, Vsevolod Safonov,
Directors : Andrey Smirnov,

A sympathetic, emotionally persuasive drama describing the friendship of four World War II veterans, their sudden reunion after 25 years and the subsequent effect of this occasion upon ...