Best World War I movies

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 : Peter Berzanskis, Marie-Therese Bjornerud, Maureen Alford, John Black,
Directors : Geoff Davis,

As the Great War begins, Billy and Jack Kelly together with cousin Paddy sign on and are shipped out to serve in Europe. Billy, a known marksman is singled out to head up a highly ...

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 : 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 ...

Actors : Tadeusz Schmidt, Zygmunt Hübner, Arkadiusz Bazak, Józef Nowak,
Directors : Stanislaw Rózewicz,

Dramatization of the first battle of World War II. The first target of German troops in the invasion of Poland is a small garrison at Westerplatte. Outnumbered and out-gunned, the Poles mount a fierce defense against an overwhelming enemy.

Actors : Eddie Ray Martin, Nicholas Ralph, Max McLean, Richard Harrington,
Directors : Norman Stone,

Spanning C.S. Lewis' bitter childhood, WWI and his life-changing friendships at Oxford, The Most Reluctant Convert depicts the events that shaped Lewis' early life and journey from hard-boiled atheism to prolific Christianity.

Actors : Nicolas Duvauchelle, Jean-Baptiste Maunier, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Clémence Poésy,
Directors : Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe,

A coming-of-age story set in France in the years leading up to World War I. Two teenage boys experience love, loss, anguish and betrayal in a rural setting of great beauty.

Actors : Bruce Glover, Artur Krajewski, Crispin Glover, Karl Markovics,
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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : György Cserhalmi, Lajos Balázsovits, Udo Kier, Gábor Koncz,
Directors : Miklós Jancsó,

The first chapter of a two-part dramatized history of Hungary, from the turn of the century, to World War II.

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 : Oliver Korittke, Ken Duken, Sibel Kekilli, Felicitas Woll,
Directors : Berengar Pfahl,

When their ship is sunk in the first world war, in the Indian ocean, 50 men have to cross infinite stretches of sea and desert, avoid enemies, find allies and finally make it home to Germany. A breathtaking real-live odyssey.

Actors : Klaus Maria Brandauer, Ulrich Mühe, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Andrea Jonasson,
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 : John Walton, Judy Davis, Colin Friels, Julie Nihill,
Directors : Tim Burstall,

A mild-mannered English conscientious objector moves to what he feels will be the relative calm of Australia after World War I, but gets caught in the middle of violent battles between the rising trade unions and fascist groups.

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 : Pierre Martial Gaillard, Nino Rocher, Eliott Margueron, Théo Chazal,
Directors : Damien Odoul,

A young soldier testifies of his thoughts about the first world war, between disillusion, fear and hate, following his path through the letters he sends to his lover.

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 : 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 ...