Au revoir les enfants(1987)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 21

A French boarding school run by priests seems to be a haven from World War II until a new student arrives. He becomes the roommate of top student in his class. Rivals at first, the roommates form a bond and share a secret.



Mr. & Mrs. Bridge(1990)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 47

Set during World War II, an upper-class family begins to fall apart due to the conservative nature of the patriarch and the progressive values of his children.



Anonyma - Eine Frau in Berlin(2008)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 37

A woman tries to survive the invasion of Berlin by the Soviet troops during the last days of World War II.



Passione(2010)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 56

A look at the musical roots and traditions of Naples, Italy, as well as its influence on the rest of the world.



Restless(2011)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 24

The story of a terminally ill teenage girl who falls for a boy who likes to attend funerals and their encounters with the ghost of a Japanese kamikaze pilot from WWII.



The Longest Day(1962)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 15

The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.



Where Eagles Dare(1968)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 15

Allied agents stage a daring raid on a castle where the Nazis are holding an American General prisoner... but that's not all that's really going on.



New York, New York(1977)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 24

An egotistical saxophonist and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long, up-hill climb.



Paradise Road(1997)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 39

Fact-based recounting of a group of women who are imprisoned on the island of Sumatra by the Japanese during World War II and used music as a relief to their misery.



Edwin Boyd(2011)

Combined Rating:
38
Combined Critics Rating: 40

WWII vet Eddie Boyd is torn between providing for his young family and an unfulfilled dream of becoming a Hollywood star. He discovers a way to do both, but his dream leads him down a path of danger and tragedy.



Kelly's Heroes(1970)

Combined Rating:
38
Combined Critics Rating: 15

A group of U.S. soldiers sneaks across enemy lines to get their hands on a secret stash of Nazi treasure.



Maadadayo(1993)

Combined Rating:
38
Combined Critics Rating: 38

Following World War II, a retired professor approaching his autumn years finds his quality of life drastically reduced in war-torn Tokyo. Denying despair, he pursues writing and celebrates his birthday with his adoring students.



A Walk in the Clouds(1995)

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Combined Rating:
38
Combined Critics Rating: 18

A married soldier returning from World War II poses as a pregnant woman's husband to save her from her father's anger and honor.



Dara of Jasenovac(2020)

Combined Rating:
38
Combined Critics Rating: 15

Follows the story of a young girl named Dara who is sent to a concentration camp in Croatia during World War 2.



I Was a Simple Man(2021)

Combined Rating:
38
Combined Critics Rating: 55

A family in Hawai'i faces the imminent death of their eldest as the ghosts of the past haunt the countryside.



Burial(2022)

Combined Rating:
38
Combined Critics Rating: 54

A small group of Russian soldiers have the task of taking Hitler's discovered remains back to Stalin in Moscow.



Borstal Boy(2000)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 43

Irish writer and political activist Brendan Behan, is befriended as a teenager in a British labor camp by a liberal warden.



Solntse(2005)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 43

Third part in Aleksandr Sokurov's quadrilogy of Power, following Molokh (1999) and Telets (2001), focuses on Japanese Emperor Hirohito and Japan's defeat in World War II when he is finally confronted by General Douglas MacArthur who offers him to accept a diplomatic defeat for survival.



The Way We Were(1973)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 19

Two desperate people have a wonderful romance, but their political views and convictions drive them apart.



Ocean's Eleven(1960)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 19

Danny Ocean gathers a group of his World War II compatriots to pull off the ultimate Las Vegas heist. Together the eleven friends plan to rob five Las Vegas casinos in one night.




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