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poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
91
8.5
/650407/
82
/9311/
81
/5879/
4.3
/737648/
99
/135/
95
/19581/
100
/18/
cc age 10+

Casablanca (1943)
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
poster
88
8.2
/741835/
80
/18271/
77
/11209/
4.2
/927670/
95
/239/
91
/62196/
98
/37/
cc age 15+

Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
In post–civil war Spain, 10-year-old Ofelia moves with her pregnant mother to live under the control of her cruel stepfather. Drawn into a mysterious labyrinth, she meets a faun who reveals that she may be a lost princess from an underground kingdom. To return to her true father, she must complete a series of surreal and perilous tasks that blur the line between reality and fantasy.
poster
87
8.1
/247061/
78
/3991/
78
/2292/
4.2
/110407/
96
/103/
93
/2260/
88
/16/
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.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
87
8.5
/1001136/
84
/15819/
83
/9862/
4.4
/1130522/
95
/186/
96
/10820/
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
Criterion Channel
86
8.0
/38240/
78
/673/
75
/704/
4.2
/52258/
97
/36/
93
/731/
88
/18/
cc age 12+

Au Revoir les Enfants (1987)
Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie—until a secret is revealed. Based on events from writer-director Malle’s own childhood, the film is a subtle, precisely observed tale of courage, cowardice, and tragic awakening.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
85
7.8
/296282/
74
/11204/
74
/2589/
4.2
/1970412/
94
/433/
85
/2012/
95
/63/
cc age 16+

One Battle After Another (2025)
Washed-up revolutionary Bob exists in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his spirited, self-reliant daughter, Willa. When his evil nemesis resurfaces after 16 years and she goes missing, the former radical scrambles to find her, father and daughter both battling the consequences of his past.
poster
Criterion Channel
85
8.0
/33669/
79
/619/
80
/956/
4.2
/70091/
100
/46/
92
/278/

Rome, Open City (1945)
During the Nazi occupation of 1944 Rome, Resistance leader Giorgio Manfredi is pursued by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a means of escape.
poster
Kanopy
82
7.3
/33952/
77
/2147/
77
/1109/
3.9
/167842/
93
/170/
84
/113/
82
/27/

Bacurau (2019)
Bacurau, a small town in the Brazilian sertão, mourns the loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be 94. Days later, its inhabitants notice that their community has vanished from most maps.
poster
Kanopy
82
7.5
/58336/
74
/1209/
73
/868/
4.0
/72752/
90
/116/
87
/2769/
82
/30/
cc age 16+

The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)
In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien joins his brother Teddy in the Irish Republican Army, but political events are soon set in motion that tear the brothers apart.
poster
Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel
81
7.4
/4021/
75
/245/
80
/85/
3.9
/27814/
92
/74/
93
/13/
85
/19/

The Eternal Memory (2023)
Augusto and Paulina have been together for 25 years. Eight years ago, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Both fear the day he no longer recognizes her.
poster
79
7.7
/62319/
78
/1610/
76
/996/
3.8
/23627/
83
/24/
90
/1410/
75
/7/
cc age 12+

The Longest Day (1962)
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"
poster
Disney Plus
79
8.1
/288273/
79
/7177/
77
/3531/
4.2
/599562/
83
/78/
91
/27238/
63
/11/
cc age 6+

The Sound of Music (1965)
In the years before World War II, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children and brings a new love of life and music into the home.
poster
Kanopy
79
7.6
/137009/
78
/6166/
72
/1897/
3.7
/56825/
93
/67/
89
/4040/
70
/18/
cc age 12+

Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
The Borg, a relentless race of cyborgs, are on a direct course for Earth. Violating orders to stay away from the battle, Captain Picard and the crew of the newly-commissioned USS Enterprise E pursue the Borg back in time to prevent the invaders from changing Federation history and assimilating the galaxy.
poster
Hoopla
77
7.6
/29651/
75
/514/
71
/446/
3.6
/10101/
87
/94/
88
/929/
76
/30/

Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)
In 1943, as Hitler continues to wage war across Europe, a group of college students mount an underground resistance movement in Munich. Dedicated expressly to the downfall of the monolithic Third Reich war machine, they call themselves the White Rose. One of its few female members, Sophie Scholl is captured during a dangerous mission to distribute pamphlets on campus with her brother Hans. Unwavering in her convictions and loyalty to the White Rose, her cross-examination by the Gestapo quickly escalates into a searing test of wills as Scholl delivers a passionate call to freedom and personal responsibility.
poster
The Roku Channel
79
76
8.2
/18807/
75
/286/
73
/190/
3.9
/5357/
75
/8/
93
/122/

Lion of the Desert (1981)
This movie tells the story of Omar Mukhtar, an Arab Muslim rebel who fought against the Italian conquest of Libya during the second Italo-Senussi War. It gives western viewers a glimpse into this little-known region and chapter of history, and exposes the savage means by which the conquering army attempted to subdue the natives.
poster
MGM Plus
76
7.5
/377900/
76
/14567/
73
/6259/
3.8
/324643/
81
/78/
79
/7871/
60
/17/
cc age 17+

Total Recall (1990)
Construction worker Douglas Quaid's obsession with the planet Mars leads him to visit Recall, a company that manufactures memories. When his memory implant goes wrong, Doug can no longer be sure what is and isn't reality.
poster
Kanopy
75
7.2
/20800/
72
/350/
68
/242/
3.6
/7491/
86
/69/
82
/423/
74
/20/

Flame & Citron (2008)
Gunman Flame and his partner Citron assassinate Nazi collaborators for the Danish resistance. Assigned targets by their Allies-connected leader, Aksel Winther, they relish the opportunity to begin targeting the Nazis themselves. When they begin to doubt the validity of their assignments, their morally complicated task becomes even more labyrinthine.
poster
74
7.5
/48053/
74
/966/
72
/766/
4.0
/38727/
73
/149/
84
/6736/
61
/35/
cc age 18+

Lust, Caution (2007)
During World War II, a secret agent must seduce and assassinate an official who works for the Japanese puppet government in Shanghai.
poster
Kanopy
73
7.0
/3529/
69
/100/
66
/82/
3.5
/2970/
86
/43/
75
/5/
75
/14/

Afterimage (2016)
In 1945, as Stalin sets his hands over Poland, famous painter Wladislaw Strzeminski refuses to compromise on his art with the doctrines of social realism. Persecuted, expelled from his chair at the University, he's eventually erased from the museums' walls. With the help of some of his students, he starts fighting against the Party and becomes the symbol of an artistic resistance against intellectual tyranny.
poster
Kanopy
72
7.5
/899/
75
/34/
70
/19/
4.1
/3835/
90
/30/
72
/6/
80
/12/

Concerning Violence (2014)
Based on powerful archival material documenting the most daring moments in the struggle for liberation in the Third World, this documentary is accompanied by classic text from The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon.
poster
72
6.9
/2544/
66
/33/
58
/31/
3.5
/882/
80
/15/
75
/18/

The Legend of Rita (2000)
Radical West German terrorist Rita Vogt abandons the revolution and settles in East Germany with a new identity provided by the secret service. She lives in constant fear of having her cover blown, which unavoidably happens after the reunification.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
7.3
/31331/
72
/501/
71
/261/
3.6
/7984/
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.
poster
MGM Plus
70
7.6
/28835/
73
/451/
78
/665/
3.9
/19385/
52
/23/
84
/386/
70
/14/

1900 (1976)
The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.
poster
Crunchyroll
70
7.3
/20707/
74
/909/
74
/538/
3.9
/40018/
52
/23/
79
/417/
59
/13/
7.7
/86620/

Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999)
A member of an elite paramilitary counter-terrorism unit becomes traumatized after witnessing the suicide bombing of a young girl and is forced to undergo retraining. However, unbeknownst to him, he becomes a key player in a dispute between rival police divisions, as he finds himself increasingly involved with the sister of the girl he saw die.
poster
Fandango at Home Free
70
7.4
/70299/
74
/1513/
73
/1497/
3.7
/49357/
63
/30/
87
/1800/
55
/18/
cc age 14+

The Mission (1986)
When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave hunter is converted and joins his mission. When Spain sells the colony to Portugal, they are forced to defend all they have built against the Portuguese aggressors.
poster
MGM Plus
70
7.1
/178677/
73
/10409/
68
/4699/
3.3
/103114/
60
/256/
64
/884/
60
/44/
cc age 17+

Allied (2016)
In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
68
6.8
/43326/
69
/946/
65
/543/
3.4
/20511/
78
/27/
73
/1559/
61
/21/

Romper Stomper (1992)
Nazi skinheads in Melbourne take out their anger on local Vietnamese, who are seen as threatening racial purity. Finally the Vietnamese have had enough and confront the skinheads in an all-out confrontation, sending the skinheads running. A woman who is prone to epileptic seizures joins the skins' merry band, and helps them on their run from justice, but is her affliction also a sign of impurity?
poster
67
7.1
/4705/
64
/44/
64
/87/
3.6
/3762/
50
/12/
74
/29/

Lili Marleen (1981)
The story of a German singer named Willie, who while working in Switzerland, falls in love with a Jewish composer named Robert, whose family is helping people to flee from the Nazis. Robert’s family is skeptical of Willie, thinking she could be a Nazi as she becomes famous for singing the song “Lili Marleen”.
poster
Peacock Premium
67
6.6
/540368/
71
/28599/
68
/16480/
3.3
/1486711/
70
/301/
71
/6310/
64
/46/
cc age 13+

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)
After surviving the Quarter Quell, Katniss finds herself in the hidden stronghold of District 13, where the rebellion against the Capitol is gaining momentum. Struggling with the weight of becoming the symbol of resistance, she must navigate fragile alliances while trying to protect those she loves. As propaganda battles rage and Panem moves closer to full-scale war, Katniss is forced to confront the true cost of revolution.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
66
6.8
/16763/
70
/1165/
69
/458/
3.0
/9283/
75
/61/
67
/79/
60
/15/
cc age 17+

The Exception (2017)
Nothing is as it seems in this riveting World War 2 thriller as a wary soldier goes to investigate a mysterious German monarch at his secluded mansion, leading him into a web of deceit and a dangerous love affair with a local Jewish woman.
poster
Hulu
66
6.6
/10018/
70
/1030/
69
/456/
3.2
/10101/
57
/96/
78
/60/
53
/19/
cc age 15+

Resistance (2020)
The story of mime Marcel Marceau as he works with a group of Jewish boy scouts and the French Resistance to save the lives of ten thousand orphans during World War II.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
74
66
7.4
/7274/
72
/134/
68
/138/
3.7
/6765/
87
/15/
68
/47/

Hangmen Also Die! (1943)
During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, surgeon Dr. Franticek Svoboda, a Czech patriot, assassinates the brutal "Hangman of Europe", Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich, and is wounded in the process. In his attempt to escape, he is helped by history professor Stephen Novotny and his daughter Mascha.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
66
6.5
/3720/
65
/92/
58
/79/
3.3
/870/
58
/36/
58
/180/
61
/13/

Trucker (2008)
Loner Diane Ford is a truck driver with an 11-year-old son, Peter, whom she never sees, and that's fine with her. But, when Peter's father, Len, falls ill, he asks Diane to take care of their son for a while. Eventually, Diane reluctantly agrees, but she quickly realizes that caring for a child interferes with her independent lifestyle - and Peter isn't all that thrilled with the arrangement, either.
poster
MGM Plus
66
7.1
/272745/
71
/6928/
69
/3968/
3.3
/115442/
62
/199/
65
/14000/
56
/36/
cc age 16+

Valkyrie (2008)
Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler. When events unfold so that he becomes a central player, he finds himself tasked with both leading the coup and personally killing the Führer.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
70
65
6.7
/8293/
73
/249/
66
/269/
3.3
/1913/
78
/9/
71
/255/

Female Agents (2008)
May 1944, a group of French servicewomen and resistance fighters are enlisted into the British Special Operations Executive commando group under the command of Louise Desfontaines and her brother Pierre. Their mission, to rescue a British army geologist caught reconnoitering the beaches at Normandy.
poster
Netflix
69
64
6.9
/11455/
71
/628/
66
/259/
3.3
/4611/
75
/22/
cc age 14+

The Resistance Banker (2018)
In the occupied Netherlands during World War II, banker Walraven van Hall is asked to use his financial contacts to help the Dutch resistance. With his brother Gijs, he comes up with a risky plan to take out huge loans and use the money to finance the Resistance.
poster
Kanopy
63
7.3
/360389/
74
/10850/
70
/4871/
3.3
/140380/
39
/87/
81
/18144/
33
/22/
cc age 16+

Equilibrium (2002)
In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, and displays of emotion are punishable by death. A man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system.
poster
70
63
6.8
/5537/
68
/138/
72
/218/
3.5
/3461/
75
/8/
71
/42/

Is Paris Burning? (1966)
Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it becomes clear the Allies are going to invade, or if he cannot maintain control of the city. After much contemplation Choltitz decides to ignore his orders, enraging the Germans and giving hope to various resistance factions that the city will be liberated. Choltitz, along with Swedish diplomat Raoul Nordling, helps a resistance leader organize his forces.
poster
Hoopla
71
63
6.7
/3711/
69
/120/
64
/113/
3.5
/1656/
88
/33/
68
/94/
76
/9/

Army of Crime (2009)
This gripping historical drama recounts the story of Armenian-born Missak Manouchian, a woodworker and political activist who led an immigrant laborer division of the Parisian Resistance on 30 operations against the Nazis in 1943. The Nazis branded the group an Army of Crime, an anti-immigrant propaganda stunt that backfired as the team's members became martyrs for the Resistance.
poster
62
6.4
/113775/
65
/2380/
63
/1522/
3.0
/31800/
57
/190/
54
/2653/
62
/41/
cc age 17+

The Interpreter (2005)
After Silvia Broome, an interpreter at United Nations headquarters, overhears plans of an assassination, an American Secret Service agent is sent to investigate.
poster
Hoopla
62
6.2
/882/
44
/12/
61
/15/
3.3
/313/
74
/31/
43
/8/
60
/15/

The Last Sentence (2012)
Renowned journalist Torgny Segerstedt declares war against Hitler as he criticizes Swedish politicians who tried to look away from the tyranny of the Nazis with the good excuse of “neutralism”. His only weapon is his pen and his life is full of gossip such as an affair with his boss’ wife, a love scandal with a secretary younger than his daughter, and the suicide of his wife. However, he continues to fight a one man battle against Hitler and the Nazi regime until his death, throwing the question “Can one person really change history?” to the audience.
poster
77
62
7.6
/4137/
74
/70/
72
/67/
3.8
/2459/
86
/7/
81
/22/

This Land Is Mine (1943)
Somewhere in Europe, in a city occupied by the Nazis, a gentle school teacher finds himself torn between collaboration and resistance, cowardice and courage.
poster
Kanopy
79
62
7.7
/4050/
72
/70/
74
/141/
3.9
/3447/
90
/10/
87
/18/

General Della Rovere (1959)
The Gestapo forces con man Victorio Bardone to impersonate a dead partisan general in order to extract information from his fellow inmates.
poster
62
61
6.6
/9618/
65
/372/
61
/175/
3.2
/2120/
55
/42/
68
/256/
53
/19/
6.9
/15875/

Wonderful Days (2003)
Civilization has been destroyed by war and pollution, but the survivors have built the last city of Ecoban. As most natural resources have been exhausted, Ecoban is powered by pollution. The citizens of Ecoban need to continue creating this pollution leading them into conflict with the inhabitants of Marr while one man just wants to clear away the clouds and see the sky.
poster
Starz Apple TV Channel
67
59
6.7
/11266/
69
/171/
62
/139/
3.2
/1346/
75
/141/
71
/783/
62
/32/
cc age 15+

Catch a Fire (2006)
The true story of anti-apartheid activists in South Africa, and particularly the life of Patrick Chamusso, a timid foreman at Secunda CTL, the largest synthetic fuel plant in the world. Patrick is wrongly accused, imprisoned and tortured for an attempt to bomb the plant, with the injustice transforming the apolitical worker into a radicalised insurgent, who then carries out his own successful sabotage mission.
poster
Starz
59
6.4
/29091/
65
/577/
61
/382/
3.1
/9005/
54
/59/
53
/1146/
56
/16/

Ned Kelly (2003)
After getting threatened by Kelly's friends and family, Constable Fitzpatrick places the blame on Ned Kelly and exaggerates what happened. With the biggest ever award available, Kelly and his gang set into the wild, to remain hidden from everyone who seeks them. Even if it means having his family arrested, the members of the Kelly Gang stay hidden and plan a way to get their names cleared.
poster
Hulu
57
6.4
/39407/
67
/3556/
67
/751/
3.0
/90079/
58
/170/
72
/44/
47
/27/
cc age 17+

Boy Kills World (2024)
When his family is murdered, a deaf-mute named Boy escapes to the jungle and is trained by a mysterious shaman to repress his childish imagination and become an instrument of death.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
57
6.3
/2547/
67
/47/
62
/60/
3.2
/682/
42
/8/

Villa Rides (1968)
Pulled into the Mexican Revolution by his own greed, Texas gunrunner and pilot Lee Arnold joins bandit-turned-patriot Pancho Villa and his band of dedicated men in a march across Mexico battling the Colorados and stealing women's hearts as they go. But each has a nemesis among his friends: Arnold is tormented by Fierro, Villa's right-hand-man; and Villa must face possible betrayal by his own president's naiveté


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