Best World War II movies of 1960s

Actors : Alec Guinness, Madlyn Rhue, Rosalind Russell, Ray Danton,
Directors : Mervyn LeRoy,

A gentle love story about a Japanese businessman and widower, and a Brooklyn widow. But before a happy ending can ensue, they must learn again the lessons of tolerance, kindness and forgiveness.

Actors : Yvonne Mitchell, Lilli Palmer, Sylvia Syms, Ronald Lewis,
Directors : Ralph Thomas,

Catholic nuns risk their lives to help Jewish children in an Italian internment camp escape to Palestine during World War II.

Actors : Shelley Winters, Phil Silvers, Peter Lawford, Gina Lollobrigida,
Directors : Melvin Frank,

Carla Campbell receives maintenance payment by three former GIs who all believe to be the father of her daughter Gia.

Actors : Hardy Krüger, Lino Ventura, Maurice Biraud, Charles Aznavour,
Directors : Denys de La Patellière,

During World War II, French Commandos join forces with a German officer in order to survive the African desert.

Actors : Tommy Sands, Robert Walker Jr., Burl Ives, Walter Matthau,
Directors : Joshua Logan,

Life becomes so harried after Ensign Pulver's prank, he and the Captain are swept off deck during a storm, ending up on a tropical island, a group of ship wrecked nurses, dancing natives and 1 very big case of appendicitis.

Actors : Ian Hendry, Jack Watson, Helmut Griem, Brian Keith,
Directors : Lamont Johnson,

During WW2, German POWs in Britain plot to escape from their prison camp in Scotland.

Actors : Dirk Bogarde, Maria Perschy, Nigel Stock, Alfred Lynch,
Directors : Andrew L. Stone,

A World War II British officer named Charles Coward, having been captured by the Germans, tries everything he can to escape. In the process, among many other adventures he gets awarded the ...

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 : Philippe Noiret, Henri Garcin, Pierre Brasseur, Catherine Deneuve,
Directors : Jean-Paul Rappeneau,

In the countryside near Normandy's beaches lives Marie, unhappy. It's 1945, she's married to Jérôme, a somewhat fussy milquetoast, diffident to the war around him and unwilling to move his ...

Actors : Capucine, William Holden, Tetsurô Tanba, Susannah York,
Directors : Lewis Gilbert,

Political and personal intrigues surround a group of characters in Malaya, after the close of the Second World War.

Actors : Bourvil, Peter McEnery, Jean Poiret, Sophie Desmarets,
Directors : Marcel Camus,

A gentle restaurant owner inadvertently got involved in World War II after delivering a confidential document to an English pilot.

Actors : Vesa-Matti Loiri, Uti Saurio, Pentti Tarkiainen, Hannu Vironmäki,
Directors : Mikko Niskanen,

A group of mischievous Finnish boys experience the ups and downs of life during World War 2.

Actors : James Yagi, Carroll Baker, Tetsurô Tanba, James Shigeta,
Directors : Etienne Périer,

Based on a true story, this compelling drama relates the difficulties of a young woman married to a Japanese diplomat during World War II, victim of suspicion and animosity from her husband's government.

Actors : John Hackett, Jack Nicholson, Annabelle Huggins, Jimmie Rodgers,
Directors : Monte Hellman,

During WWII, a three-man commando team places its trust in the hands of a band of Filipino resistants, as they try to knock out a Japanese communication center.

Actors : Susan Hayward, Charles Drake, John Gavin, Vera Miles,
Directors : David Miller,

Ambitious but thwarted, Rae Smith meets handsome Marine Paul Saxon, (of the Saxon department store chain), as he passes through Lincoln, Nebraska, on his way home from World War II. There's...

Actors : Bob Kanter, Keir Dullea, Jack Warden, James Philbrook,
Directors : Andrew Marton,

In Guadalcanal during World War II, a private and his sergeant clash during the heat of battle with the Japanese.

Actors : Bruno Cremer, Manuel Zarzo, Jacques Perrin, Pierre Fabre,
Directors : Pierre Schoendoerffer,

In Vietnam, 1954, a French platoon isolated behind enemy lines tries to come back. It is led by the inexperienced, idealistic sous-lieutenant Torrens, and by adjutant Willsdorf, a WWII veteran of the Werhmacht.

Actors : Totò, Nino Taranto, Walter Pidgeon, Scilla Gabel,
Directors : Steno,

During the WWII Italians and English occupy alternatively a village between the Albanian and Grecian borders. It happens so often that, not only they use the same Hotel (the Iris) as ...

Actors : Roger Moore, Angie Dickinson, Peter Finch, Errol John,
Directors : Gordon Douglas,

While the Nazi regime subjugates European Nations, in the Belgian Congo, Doctor Rachel Cade tries to cure those troubled people. Colonel Derode falls in love with her, but a young American injured pilot upsets his plans.

Actors : Bert Sotlar, Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Milena Dravic, Olivera Markovic,
Directors : Veljko Bulajic,

Battle on Kozara known as the 'third offensive' is the hardest and most tragic battle led by the Yugoslav Partisans in World War II. In June of 1942 Germans and their collaborators decide ...