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87
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93
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88
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cc age 11+

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson, the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.
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Kanopy
87
8.1
/40664/
77
/689/
79
/748/
4.2
/42261/
97
/73/
92
/622/

Grand Illusion (1937)
A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, grapple with their own class differences after being captured and held in a World War I German prison camp. When the men are transferred to a high-security fortress, they must concoct a plan to escape beneath the watchful eye of aristocratic German officer von Rauffenstein, who has formed an unexpected bond with de Boeldieu.
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Amazon Prime Video
87
8.5
/994534/
84
/15499/
83
/9791/
4.4
/1069688/
95
/186/
96
/10821/
85
/40/
cc age 15+

The Pianist (2002)
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
poster
84
7.8
/175660/
76
/3457/
74
/2182/
3.9
/64088/
91
/201/
86
/10115/
89
/37/
cc age 16+

Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.
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Amazon Prime Video
83
8.0
/7301/
76
/161/
75
/91/
4.0
/9768/
93
/14/
94
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Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997)
Three decades after German-American pilot Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos, he returns to the places where he was held prisoner during the early years of the Vietnam War. Accompanied by director Werner Herzog, Dengler describes in unusually candid detail his captivity, the friendships he made, and his daring escape. Not willing to stop there, Herzog even persuades his subject to re-enact certain tortures, with the help of some willing local villagers.
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MGM Plus
82
7.9
/60888/
76
/751/
76
/638/
4.0
/25984/
91
/77/
93
/786/
84
/15/
cc age 15+

Stalag 17 (1953)
It's a dreary Christmas 1944 for the American POWs in Stalag 17 and the men in Barracks 4, all sergeants, have to deal with a grave problem—there seems to be a security leak.
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Kanopy
80
7.7
/447905/
78
/13359/
74
/6122/
3.7
/238169/
77
/172/
88
/18039/
74
/33/
cc age 17+

Black Hawk Down (2001)
When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.
poster
Netflix
79
8.1
/661543/
83
/34016/
81
/14453/
4.0
/911723/
84
/280/
92
/3404/
71
/47/
cc age 16+

Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
poster
75
7.2
/1677/
71
/16/
64
/25/
3.6
/793/
94
/18/
77
/14/

Dr. Akagi (1998)
At the end of WWII, Japanese doctor Akagi searches for the cure for hepatitis in the prisoner-of-war camp.
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Kanopy
77
75
7.7
/20969/
76
/338/
72
/224/
3.6
/9900/
81
/26/
87
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Sergeant York (1941)
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI.
poster
Netflix
74
7.1
/32567/
71
/893/
66
/327/
3.4
/13609/
83
/6/
99
/26/
cc age 16+

Mosul (2019)
When ISIS took their homes, families and city, one group of men fought to take it all back. Based on true events, this is the story of the Nineveh SWAT team, a renegade police unit who waged a guerrilla operation against ISIS in a desperate struggle to save their home city of Mosul.
poster
Netflix
74
6.5
/56980/
66
/2561/
64
/1134/
3.5
/147347/
92
/315/
53
/665/
82
/49/
cc age 17+

Da 5 Bloods (2020)
Four African-American Vietnam veterans return to Vietnam. They are in search of the remains of their fallen squad leader and the promise of buried treasure. These heroes battle forces of humanity and nature while confronted by the lasting ravages of the immorality of the Vietnam War.
poster
74
7.7
/140840/
76
/3107/
75
/2043/
3.9
/103337/
77
/65/
90
/3544/
62
/22/
cc age 14+

Empire of the Sun (1987)
Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor, who looks out for him while they are in the camp together. Even though he is separated from his parents and in a hostile environment, Jamie maintains his dignity and youthful spirit, providing a beacon of hope for the others held captive with him.
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73
7.3
/10293/
73
/225/
69
/152/
3.5
/3593/
100
/6/
80
/187/

Shenandoah (1965)
Charlie Anderson, a farmer in Shenandoah, Virginia, finds himself and his family in the middle of the Civil War he wants nothing to do with. When his youngest boy is taken prisoner by the North, the Civil War is forced upon him.
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Kanopy
73
7.3
/31628/
74
/1413/
71
/587/
3.6
/11291/
86
/21/
82
/85/
70
/10/

The 12th Man (2017)
After a failed anti-Nazi sabotage mission leaves his eleven comrades dead, a Norwegian resistance fighter finds himself fleeing the Gestapo through the snowbound reaches of Scandinavia.
poster
73
7.2
/171426/
72
/4471/
72
/3551/
3.4
/132286/
74
/241/
74
/5350/
72
/40/
cc age 13+

War Horse (2011)
On the brink of the First World War, Albert's beloved horse Joey is sold to the Cavalry by his father. Against the backdrop of the Great War, Joey begins an odyssey full of danger, joy, and sorrow, and he transforms everyone he meets along the way. Meanwhile, Albert, unable to forget his equine friend, searches the battlefields of France to find Joey and bring him home.
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78
72
7.7
/11660/
74
/140/
74
/168/
3.9
/7521/
83
/6/
88
/212/
73
/7/

Waterloo Bridge (1940)
On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he was at the beginning of World War I and the young ballerina he met just before he left for the front.
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72
7.0
/23510/
70
/364/
67
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3.5
/11894/
80
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74
/328/
75
/19/
cc age 15+

The Boxer (1997)
Nineteen-year-old Danny Flynn is imprisoned for his involvement with the I.R.A. in Belfast. He leaves behind his family and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Maggie Hamill. Fourteen years later, Danny is released from prison and returns to his old working class neighborhood to resume his life as a boxer.
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Amazon Prime Video
72
7.3
/31207/
72
/497/
71
/261/
3.6
/7604/
79
/34/
83
/273/
60
/7/

Max Manus: Man of War (2008)
Max Manus is a Norwegian 2008 biographic war film based on the real events of the life of resistance fighter Max Manus (1914–96), after his contribution in the Winter War against the Soviet Union. The story follows Manus through the outbreak of World War II in Norway until peacetime in 1945.
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Netflix
72
7.6
/595028/
76
/21668/
75
/12589/
3.8
/647754/
75
/261/
84
/4525/
64
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cc age 17+

Fury (2014)
April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-hardened army sergeant named Wardaddy commands a Sherman tank and her five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Outnumbered and outgunned, and with a rookie soldier thrust into their platoon, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany.
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Kanopy
77
71
7.5
/13001/
69
/173/
70
/224/
3.8
/13075/
91
/22/
84
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Alexander Nevsky (1938)
When German knights invade Russia, Prince Alexander Nevsky must rally his people to resist the formidable force. After the Teutonic soldiers take over an eastern Russian city, Alexander stages his stand at Novgorod, where a major battle is fought on the ice of frozen Lake Chudskoe. While Alexander leads his outnumbered troops, two of their number, Vasili and Gavrilo, begin a contest of bravery to win the hand of a local maiden.
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Amazon Prime Video
73
70
7.3
/7447/
74
/362/
74
/228/
3.4
/5166/
86
/29/
89
/30/
52
/6/
cc age 14+

The Keeper (2018)
The story of a man whose love for football, for England and for the love of his life, Margaret, saw him rise from Nazi 'villain' to British hero. Bert Trautmann, the German goalkeeper won over even his harshest opponents by winning the FA Cup Final for Manchester City in 1956 - playing on with a broken neck to secure victory.
poster
Criterion Channel
77
70
7.4
/6984/
73
/133/
71
/99/
3.6
/2837/
91
/11/
85
/90/

The Four Feathers (1939)
A disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.
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YouTube TV
74
69
7.4
/8366/
74
/186/
67
/96/
3.7
/2673/
78
/9/
82
/122/

Battleground (1949)
Members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the rugged terrain of Bastogne, Belgium, in December 1944. Holley and his American compatriots have already seen one of their own, Roderigues, perish under enemy fire. The men try to rebuff another series of Nazi attacks, but what they really need is a change in the weather. Without clear skies, they'll never get the air support they need.
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79
69
7.5
/4243/
70
/71/
70
/89/
4.0
/6044/
95
/21/
86
/73/

The Red and the White (1967)
In 1919, Hungarian Communists aid the Bolsheviks' defeat of Czarists, the Whites. Near the Volga, a monastery and a field hospital are held by one side and then the other.
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Kanopy
69
7.4
/66454/
75
/1757/
72
/887/
3.7
/27692/
59
/29/
85
/1291/
63
/13/

A Bridge Too Far (1977)
The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland allowing access over the Rhine into Germany. A combination of poor allied intelligence and the presence of two crack German panzer divisions meant that the final part of this operation (the bridge in Arnhem over the Rhine) was doomed to failure.
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YouTube TV
76
67
7.2
/6952/
74
/115/
66
/60/
3.4
/1733/
100
/5/
75
/52/
77
/8/

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Japanese homeland.
poster
fuboTV
67
6.7
/14911/
72
/450/
65
/275/
3.3
/7230/
70
/23/
70
/180/
55
/7/

Rio Lobo (1970)
After the Civil War, a former Union colonel searches for the two traitors whose perfidy led to the loss of a close friend.
poster
67
6.6
/22968/
64
/405/
63
/305/
3.4
/20860/
72
/25/
73
/1104/

Meet the Feebles (1989)
Heidi, star of the "Meet The Feebles Variety Hour" discovers her lover Bletch the Walrus is cheating on her. And with all the world waiting for the show, the assorted co-stars must contend with drug addiction, extortion, robbery, disease, drug dealing, and murder.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
67
6.6
/113835/
68
/8429/
67
/3013/
3.2
/142117/
82
/226/
67
/970/
60
/28/
cc age 18+

Overlord (2018)
France, June 1944. On the eve of D-Day, some American paratroopers fall behind enemy lines after their aircraft crashes while on a mission to destroy a radio tower in a small village near the beaches of Normandy. After reaching their target, the surviving paratroopers realise that, in addition to fighting the Nazi troops that patrol the village, they also must fight against something else.
poster
74
66
7.7
/6366/
73
/99/
69
/94/
3.8
/3891/
67
/9/
85
/52/
72
/12/

America America (1963)
A young Anatolian Greek, entrusted with his family's fortune, loses it en route to Istanbul and dreams of going to America.
poster
72
66
7.1
/9479/
74
/180/
68
/139/
3.5
/3013/
75
/8/
76
/115/
cc age 12+

The Young Lions (1958)
The lives of three young men, a German and two Americans, during WWII.
poster
66
7.1
/164863/
72
/3809/
71
/3009/
3.5
/98936/
57
/35/
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/1609/
55
/18/
cc age 13+

Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer journeys to the Himalayas without his family to head an expedition in 1939. But when World War II breaks out, the arrogant Harrer falls into Allied forces' hands as a prisoner of war. He escapes with a fellow detainee and makes his way to Lhasa, Tibet, where he meets the 14-year-old Dalai Lama, whose friendship ultimately transforms his outlook on life.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
69
65
6.9
/12171/
69
/292/
64
/173/
3.4
/1593/
62
/13/
85
/466/

To End All Wars (2001)
Based on a real-life story, this drama focuses on a small group of Allied soldiers in Burma who are held captive by the Japanese. Capt. Ernest Gordon, Lt. Jim Reardon and Maj. Ian Campbell are among the military officers kept imprisoned and routinely beaten and deprived of food. While Campbell wants to rebel and attempt an escape, Gordon tries to take a more stoic approach, an attitude that proves to be surprisingly resonant.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
65
7.1
/23242/
72
/706/
69
/313/
3.5
/4356/
45
/11/
67
/91/

Into the White (2012)
During World War II, enemy fighter pilots find themselves face to face after shooting down one another's planes over a desolate landscape. In order to survive, they must set aside the rules of war.
poster
Peacock Premium
64
7.3
/605426/
73
/15530/
72
/10717/
3.4
/429003/
53
/227/
74
/35703/
56
/43/
cc age 16+

Troy (2004)
In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnon to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. They set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy.
poster
69
63
6.9
/7074/
70
/176/
67
/111/
3.3
/2152/
83
/6/
61
/71/

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)
The life and career of Erwin Rommel and his involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler.
poster
Netflix
63
6.6
/14889/
69
/394/
62
/275/
3.2
/7282/
52
/21/
52
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58
/22/

Geronimo: An American Legend (1993)
The Apache Indians have reluctantly agreed to settle on a US Government approved reservation. Not all the Apaches are able to adapt to the life of corn farmers. One in particular, Geronimo, is restless. Pushed over the edge by broken promises and necessary actions by the government, Geronimo and thirty or so other warriors form an attack team which humiliates the government by evading capture, while reclaiming what is rightfully theirs.
poster
62
6.7
/103275/
71
/7627/
71
/2610/
2.9
/72765/
42
/175/
92
/2705/
47
/28/
cc age 13+

Midway (2019)
The story of the Battle of Midway, and the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude and bravery to overcome massive odds.
poster
YouTube TV
71
62
7.1
/5222/
67
/66/
64
/64/
3.4
/2443/
86
/14/
72
/97/

The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
Henry Fleming is a young Union soldier in the American Civil War. During his unit's first engagement, Henry flees the battlefield in fear. When he learns that the Union actually won the battle, shame over his cowardice leads him to lie to his friend Tom and the other soldiers, saying that he had been injured in battle. However, when he learns that his unit will be leading a charge against the enemy, Henry takes the opportunity to face his fears and redeem himself.
poster
69
61
6.9
/4708/
64
/89/
62
/95/
3.5
/4218/
86
/58/
64
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The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1932)
An American missionary is gradually seduced by a courtly warlord holding her in Shanghai.
poster
Hoopla
61
6.8
/6236/
72
/134/
64
/91/
3.3
/2137/
48
/23/
78
/127/
48
/18/

Paradise Road (1997)
A group of English, American, Dutch and Australian women creates a vocal orchestra while being imprisoned in a Japanese POW camp on Sumatra during World War II.
poster
72
60
6.7
/5629/
68
/97/
63
/93/
3.3
/1218/
100
/6/
70
/48/

The Desert Rats (1953)
In North Africa, German Field Marshal Rommel and his troops have successfully fended off British forces, and now intend to take Tobruk, an important port city. A ramshackle group of Australian reinforcements sent to combat the Germans is put under the command of British Captain MacRoberts. The unruly Aussies immediately clash with MacRoberts, a gruff, strict disciplinarian, however this unorthodox team must band together to protect Tobruk from the German forces.
poster
fuboTV
73
58
6.9
/2849/
69
/59/
63
/62/
3.5
/2661/
100
/13/
71
/26/

The Spy in Black (1939)
A German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet.
poster
Fandor
74
58
7.1
/3388/
71
/72/
66
/63/
3.7
/1972/
88
/8/
76
/24/

Men in War (1957)
In Korea, on 6 September 1950, Lieutenant Benson's platoon finds itself isolated in enemy-held territory after a retreat. Soon they are joined by Sergeant Montana, whose overriding concern is caring for his catatonic colonel. Benson and Montana can't stand each other, but together they must get the survivors to Hill 465, where they hope the division is waiting. It's a long, harrowing march, fraught with all the dangers the elusive enemy can summon.
poster
Hoopla
58
6.6
/8142/
71
/244/
62
/125/
3.2
/1753/
44
/9/
65
/98/
48
/4/

The Undefeated (1969)
After the Civil War, ex-Union Colonel John Henry Thomas and ex-Confederate Colonel James Langdon are leading two disparate groups of people through strife-torn Mexico. John Henry and company are bringing horses to the unpopular Mexican government for $35 a head while Langdon is leading a contingent of displaced southerners, who are looking for a new life in Mexico after losing their property to carpetbaggers. The two men are eventually forced to mend their differences in order to fight off both bandits and revolutionaries, as they try to lead their friends and kin to safety.
poster
73
57
7.0
/3497/
70
/63/
66
/49/
3.3
/1467/
100
/8/
71
/27/

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
In the Northwest Frontier of India, the 41st Bengal Lancers led by the harsh Colonel Tom Stone are having trouble with the rebellious leader Mohammed Khan. Surly McGregor and wry, blue-blooded Forsythe are officers in charge of newcomer Lieutenant Stone, the commanding officer’s inexperienced son. Motivated by a grudge toward his father, Lt. Stone allows himself to be captured by the enemy.
poster
56
5.9
/30978/
65
/1044/
60
/586/
2.8
/11413/
41
/17/
42
/371/
44
/11/

Firefox (1982)
The Soviets have developed a revolutionary new jet fighter, called 'Firefox'. Worried that the jet will be used as a first-strike weapon—as there are rumours that it is undetectable by radar—the British send ex-Vietnam War pilot, Mitchell Gant on a covert mission into the Soviet Union to steal the Firefox.


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