Best World War II movies

Actors : Geena Davis, Lori Petty, Tom Hanks, Madonna,
Directors : Penny Marshall,

Two sisters join the first female professional baseball league and struggle to help it succeed amidst their own growing rivalry.

Actors : John Haycraft, Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Christopher Reeve,
Directors : James Ivory,

A butler who sacrificed body and soul to service in the years leading up to World War II realizes too late how misguided his loyalty was to his lordly employer.

Actors : John Wood, Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, Dabney Coleman,
Directors : John Badham,

A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III.

Actors : Joel Basman, Louis Hofmann, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Roland Møller,
Directors : Martin Zandvliet,

In post-World War II Denmark, a group of young German POWs are forced to clear a beach of thousands of land mines under the watch of a Danish Sergeant who slowly learns to appreciate their plight.

Actors : Nicole Kidman, Stellan Skarsgård, Colin Firth, Jeremy Irvine,
Directors : Jonathan Teplitzky,

A former British Army officer, who was tortured as a prisoner of war at a Japanese labor camp during World War II, discovers that the man responsible for much of his treatment is still alive and sets out to confront him.

Actors : Saskia Rosendahl, Nele Trebs, Kai-Peter Malina, Ursina Lardi,
Directors : Cate Shortland,

As the Allies sweep across Germany, Lore leads her siblings on a journey that exposes them to the truth of their parents' beliefs. An encounter with a mysterious refugee forces Lore to rely on a person she has always been taught to hate.

Actors : Woody Harrelson, Luke Evans, Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson,
Directors : Roland Emmerich,

The story of the Battle of Midway, told by the leaders and the sailors who fought it.

Actors : John D'Leo, Dianna Agron, Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer,
Directors : Luc Besson,

The Manzoni family, a notorious mafia clan, is relocated to Normandy, France under the witness protection program, where fitting in soon becomes challenging as their old habits die hard.

Actors : Nick Robinson, Beulah Koale, Chloë Grace Moretz, Taylor John Smith,
Directors : Roseanne Liang,

A female WWII pilot traveling with top secret documents on a B-17 Flying Fortress encounters an evil presence on board the flight.

Actors : John Malkovich, Christian Bale, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers,
Directors : Steven Spielberg,

A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation during World War II.

Actors : Karel Hermánek Jr., Jamie Dornan, Cillian Murphy, Brian Caspe,
Directors : Sean Ellis,

Based on the extraordinary true story of Operation Anthropoid, the WWII mission to assassinate SS General Reinhard Heydrich, the main architect behind the Final Solution and the Reich's third in command after Hitler and Himmler.

Actors : Cole Hauser, Colin Farrell, Bruce Willis, Terrence Howard,
Directors : Gregory Hoblit,

A law student becomes a lieutenant during World War II, is captured and asked to defend a black prisoner of war falsely accused of murder.

Actors : Gaspard Ulliel, Rhys Ifans, Aaran Thomas, Li Gong,
Directors : Peter Webber,

After the death of his parents during World War II, young Hannibal Lecter moves in with his beautiful aunt and begins plotting revenge on the barbarians responsible for his sister's death.

Actors : Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Spall, Rachel Weisz, Andrew Scott,
Directors : Mick Jackson,

Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a renowned denier, sues her for libel.

Actors : Andre Royo, Cuba Gooding Jr., Gerald McRaney, David Oyelowo,
Directors : Anthony Hemingway,

A crew of African American pilots in the Tuskegee training program, having faced segregation while kept mostly on the ground during World War II, are called into duty under the guidance of Col. A.J. Bullard.

Actors : Tobey Maguire, Cate Blanchett, George Clooney, Beau Bridges,
Directors : Steven Soderbergh,

While in post-war Berlin to cover the Potsdam Conference, an American military journalist is drawn into a murder investigation which involves his former mistress and his driver.

Actors : Hayley Atwell, Matthew Goode, Patrick Malahide, Thomas Morrison,
Directors : Julian Jarrold,

A poignant story of forbidden love and the loss of innocence set in England prior to the Second World War.

Actors : Peter Mygind, Thure Lindhardt, Mads Mikkelsen, Stine Stengade,
Directors : Ole Christian Madsen,

A drama centered on two fighters in the Holger Danske World War II resistance group.

Actors : Ben Kingsley, Lior Raz, Mélanie Laurent, Oscar Isaac,
Directors : Chris Weitz,

A team of secret agents set out to track down the Nazi officer who masterminded the Holocaust.

Actors : Bobby Di Cicco, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine, Lee Marvin,
Directors : Samuel Fuller,

The story of a sergeant and the inner core members of his unit as they try to serve in and survive World War II.