The Sound of Music(1965)

Combined Rating:
52
Combined Critics Rating: 30

A woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the children of a Naval officer widower.



The Great Escape(1963)

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Combined Rating:
49
Combined Critics Rating: 25

Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.



The Dirty Dozen(1967)

Combined Rating:
47
Combined Critics Rating: 26

During World War II, a rebellious U.S. Army Major is assigned a dozen convicted murderers to train and lead them into a mass assassination mission of German officers.



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.



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.



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.



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.



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.



Hope and Glory(1987)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 16

A semi-autobiographical project by John Boorman about a nine year old boy called Bill as he grows up in London during the blitz of World War 2. For a young boy, this time in history was ...



Summer of '42(1971)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 16

During his summer vacation on Nantucket Island in 1942, a youth eagerly awaiting his first sexual encounter finds himself developing an innocent love for a young woman awaiting news on her soldier husband's fate in WWII.



Father Goose(1964)

Combined Rating:
25
Combined Critics Rating: 11

During World War II, a man persuaded to live on an isolated island and spot aircraft finds himself responsible for a teacher and several students, all female.



Battle of the Bulge(1965)

Combined Rating:
25
Combined Critics Rating: 5

A dramatization of Nazi Germany's final Western Front counterattack of World War II.



Save the Tiger(1973)

Combined Rating:
23
Combined Critics Rating: 16

A disillusioned aging decent man and once proud WWII veteran is dealing with midlife crisis as well as a tough moral dilemma. If he wants his small near-bankrupt clothing company to survive, he has two days to let go of his shaken morals.



For the Boys(1991)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 11

With the help of the singer and dancer Dixie Leonhard US-Entertainer Eddie Sparks wants to bring some fun to the soldiers during World War II. Becoming a perfect team they tour from North ...



Yanks(1979)

Combined Rating:
19
Combined Critics Rating: 14

During WWII, the United States set up army bases in Great Britain as part of the war effort. Against their proper sensibilities, many of the Brits don't much like the brash Yanks, ...



To Be or Not to Be(1983)

Combined Rating:
19
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A bad Polish actor is just trying to make a living when what should intrude but World War II in the form of an invasion. His wife has the habit of entertaining young Polish officers while ...



Swing Shift(1984)

Combined Rating:
18
Combined Critics Rating: 11

A woman finds romance when she takes a job at an aircraft plant to help make ends meet after her husband goes off to war.



Tunes of Glory(1960)

Combined Rating:
15
Combined Critics Rating: 9

Major Jock Sinclair has been in this Highland regiment since he joined as a boy piper. During the Second World War, as Second-in-Command, he was made acting Commanding Officer. Now the ...



From the Terrace(1960)

Combined Rating:
14
Combined Critics Rating: 10

An ambitious young executive chooses a loveless marriage and an unfulfilling personal life in exchange for a successful Wall Street career.



The Secret of Santa Vittoria(1969)

Combined Rating:
13
Combined Critics Rating: 7

During WWII in Italy, a wine producing village hide a million bottles from the Germans




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