Best World War I movies

Actors : Corinne Calvet, Fred Clark, Richard Beymer, Diane Baker,
Directors : Martin Ritt,

An immature young man from Middle America grows to manhood after a cross-country journey and his military service in World War I.

Actors : Ewa Domanska, Wojciech Pszoniak, Jan Szurmiej, Franciszek Pieczka,
Directors : Jerzy Kawalerowicz,

During a pogrom in Poland on the eve of World War I, a group of Jews seek refuge from the Cossacks. The fugitives hide out in a rural inn, terrified that they may be given away at any moment.

Actors : Fausto Russo Alesi, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Fanni Wrochna,
Directors : Pietro Marcello,

After retiring from her legendary stage career, actress Eleonora Duse feels an irresistible call to return to the theater during Italy's turbulent period between WWI and the rise of fascism.

Actors : Heinz Rühmann, Franz Muxeneder, Ernst Stankovski, Ursula von Borsody,
Directors : Axel von Ambesser,

During World War I, Schweik (played by Heinz Rühmann) is drafted into the Austro-Hungarian Army as soldier, where he is assigned to be an assistent to Lt. Lukas.

Actors : Tyler Jensen, Gregory Gudgeon, Ben Cross, Steven O'Donnell,
Directors : Danny Lerner,

The true story of the legendary German Shepherd who was found by American pilot Lee Duncun in France during World War I, and later became the most famous animal star in Hollywood history.

Actors : Patrick Bruel, Anne Brochet, Agnès Blanchot, Ingrid Held,
Directors : Georges Lautner,

After World War I, a young ex-soldier, Sébastien Monge, returns to his home village. Ignorant of his past, he learns that, 24 years before, his entire family was slain in their home one ...

Actors : Nathaniel Parker, Tilda Swinton, Laurence Olivier, Patricia Hayes,
Directors : Derek Jarman,

A film with no spoken dialogue, just follows the music and lyrics of Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem, which include WWI soldier poet Wilfred Owen's poems reflecting the war's horrors. It ...

Actors : Alan Bates, Julie Christie, Glenda Jackson, Ann-Margret,
Directors : Alan Bridges,

Kitty Baldry (Julie Chirstie) is a haughty society queen with a tunneled view of life. Kitty's complacency is rocked when her husband, Captain Chris Baldry (Alan Bates), returns from the ...

Actors : Clotilde Courau, Thérèse Liotard, Guillaume Depardieu, Bernard Giraudeau,
Directors : Jean-Loup Hubert,

(Translated from TV5 description) A soldier wounded during WWI falls in love with a young school teacher.

Actors : Eric Shea, Rosemary Murphy, Pamela Franklin, Cliff Robertson,
Directors : John Erman,

Story of a 1920s stunt flyer and the son he takes on the road with him.

Actors : Helena Gorovova, Alexandra Sekulova, Ferencz Gejza, Mikulás Ladizinský,
Directors : Juraj Jakubisko,

Three war stories ranging from World War I to a post-apocalyptic nuclear holocaust treat death and the fragility of the humankind through different approaches.

Actors : Jeff Osterhage, Miles Anderson, Ronald Lacey, Scott McGinnis,
Directors : Zoran Perisic,

Through a series of circumstances, a pair of Old West gunfighters end up as fighter pilots in World War I.

Actors : Klaus Maria Brandauer, Ulrich Mühe, Andrea Jonasson, Armin Mueller-Stahl,
Directors : Bernhard Wicki,

Ulrich Mühe plays a German businessman who was born completely without scruples. This makes him an eminently suitable candidate for success in the chaotic years after World War I. The ...

Actors : Henryk Bista, Czeslaw Byszewski, Marek Walczewski, Zdzislaw Mrozewski,
Directors : Jerzy Kawalerowicz,

Set at the historic moment of rebirth of Poland after World War I. The newly organized National Assembly elected Gabriel Narutowicz, a professor returning home from Switzerland to enter ...

Actors : Mohamad Ali Keshavarz, Ali Nassirian, Ezzatolah Entezami, Jamshid Mashayekhi,
Directors : Ali Hatami,

In Tehran 1916 during first world war a group of patriots make a punishment committee to punish the traitors. With the lead of Abolfatooh Mirza, Reza Tofangchi begins the assassinations.

Actors : Sean T. McClory, Frankie McCafferty, Iain Glen, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio,
Directors : Pat O'Connor,

A Protestant Irish family is caught up in a conflict between Irish Republicans and the British army.

Actors : Bulle Ogier, Roger Van Hool, Mathieu Carrière, Anna Karina,
Directors : André Delvaux,

In 1917, the First World War is raging. Julien is from Luxemburg, so instead of having to go to war he studies piano in Paris. One day his friend Jacques, also a musician and now a fighter ...

Actors : Bruce Glover, Artur Krajewski, Karl Markovics, Crispin Glover,
Directors : Lukasz Barczyk,

Steeped in wonder and mystery, HISZPANKA (Influenz) tells the story of a group of clairvoyants committed to restoring the Polish state as World War One dwindles to an end... See full synopsis »

Actors : Adele Neuhauser, Lou Strenger, Burghart Klaußner, Tom Schilling,
Directors : Heinrich Breloer,

Starting from the year 1956, Brecht's year of death, the film looks back on the time of the First World War and the life Bertolt Brecht in a mixture of fiction and documentary.

Actors : Helena Bergström, Percy Brandt, Amanda Ooms, Stellan Skarsgård,
Directors : Carl-Gustav Nykvist,

An innocent and beautiful teenage girl, Linnea takes a garret room in Stockholm just before WWI. She begins work for a dour older man, but soon meets an interesting young woman, Anna, a ...