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Hoopla
93
9.2
/2183055/
88
/34806/
86
/22142/
4.5
/2249950/
97
/153/
98
/41096/
100
/16/
cc age 16+

The Godfather (1972)
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.
poster
fuboTV
89
8.6
/1608983/
85
/31641/
82
/16695/
4.2
/1252408/
94
/148/
95
/41372/
91
/38/
cc age 16+

Saving Private Ryan (1998)
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
poster
89
8.1
/28542/
78
/684/
78
/706/
4.4
/54052/
97
/77/
94
/535/
99
/24/

Army of Shadows (1969)
Betrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Though Gerbier escapes to rejoin the Resistance in occupied Marseilles, France, and exacts his revenge on the informant, he must continue a quiet, seemingly endless battle against the Nazis in an atmosphere of tension, paranoia and distrust.
poster
89
IMDb 71
9.3
/3128869/
91
/51309/
87
/29334/
4.6
/2312347/
89
/146/
98
/53487/
82
/22/
cc age 15+

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
poster
87
8.3
/961655/
80
/32621/
80
/11039/
4.2
/3631578/
93
/513/
91
/6024/
90
/69/
cc age 15+

Oppenheimer (2023)
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
86
7.9
/54889/
77
/1120/
76
/868/
4.0
/69286/
100
/64/
90
/775/

Laura (1944)
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
86
8.2
/395562/
80
/7187/
78
/4121/
4.1
/145745/
90
/137/
94
/5141/
82
/35/
cc age 17+

Downfall (2004)
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his generals and advisers to fight to the last man. When the end finally does come, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender.
poster
Criterion Channel
85
7.9
/56514/
79
/1077/
79
/1039/
4.3
/164883/
100
/30/
91
/543/
82
/14/

Mirror (1975)
A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell of and juxtapose pivotal moments in Soviet history with daily life.
poster
Kanopy
85
8.2
/273971/
80
/4796/
79
/2717/
4.2
/134048/
94
/53/
95
/4759/
86
/16/
cc age 8+

The Great Escape (1963)
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.
poster
Criterion Channel
85
8.0
/42682/
78
/709/
78
/797/
4.2
/93417/
100
/27/
93
/335/

Ivan's Childhood (1962)
In WW2, twelve year old Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev works for the Soviet army as a scout behind the German lines and strikes a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers.
poster
85
8.3
/21950/
82
/465/
80
/350/
4.2
/21920/
87
/23/
96
/404/

To Live (1994)
Married couple Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in mid-20th century mainland China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry.
poster
85
7.8
/68330/
77
/1841/
74
/922/
4.0
/35352/
96
/54/
90
/1079/
91
/16/
cc age 12+

The Right Stuff (1983)
At the dawn of the Space Race, seven test pilots set out to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history brings momentous challenges.
poster
Criterion Channel
84
7.7
/15998/
75
/260/
73
/286/
4.0
/24475/
93
/27/
90
/197/

The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
Maria marries a young soldier in the last days of World War II, only for him to go missing in the war. She must rely on her beauty and ambition to navigate the difficult post-war years alone.
poster
Netflix
84
7.6
/125276/
75
/5840/
80
/3189/
4.0
/632989/
96
/298/
89
/605/
79
/49/
cc age 11+

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)
During the rise of fascism in Mussolini's Italy, a wooden boy brought magically to life struggles to live up to his father's expectations.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
84
7.7
/10579/
78
/373/
78
/333/
4.1
/35213/
94
/84/
89
/22/
81
/18/

Invisible Life (2019)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1950. In the conservative home of the Gusmão family, Eurídice and Guida are two inseparable sisters who support each other. While Guida can share with her younger sister the details of her romantic adventures, Eurídice finds in her older sister the encouragement she needs to pursue her dream of becoming a professional pianist.
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.
poster
Disney Plus
84
7.7
/230245/
77
/10586/
75
/5982/
4.0
/401183/
96
/76/
85
/13281/
83
/15/
cc age 12+

Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime suspect.
poster
Netflix
83
7.7
/180866/
77
/11530/
76
/2901/
4.1
/805918/
99
/212/
98
/1981/
81
/34/
cc age 11+

Godzilla Minus One (2023)
In postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched landscape. With no military intervention or government help in sight, the survivors must join together in the face of despair and fight back against an unrelenting horror.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
83
7.4
/104984/
74
/5628/
74
/2405/
3.9
/1112539/
96
/275/
88
/474/
91
/55/
7.6
/87528/
cc age 10+

The Boy and the Heron (2023)
While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy's mother. As he tries to adjust, this strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance of a persistent gray heron, who perplexes and bedevils Mahito, dubbing him the "long-awaited one."
poster
Criterion Channel
86
83
8.2
/11768/
78
/284/
78
/231/
4.4
/42250/
100
/29/
91
/65/

The Ascent (1977)
Two Soviet partisans leave their starving band to get supplies from a nearby farm. The Germans have reached the farm first, so the pair must go on a journey deep into occupied territory, a voyage that will also take them deep into their souls.
poster
82
7.9
/21899/
79
/976/
79
/1418/
4.0
/35078/
94
/5020/

Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! (1966)
During World War II, two French civilians and a downed British Bomber Crew set out from Paris to cross the demarcation line between Nazi-occupied Northern France and the South. From there they will be able to escape to England. First, they must avoid German troops – and the consequences of their own blunders.
poster
Criterion Channel
82
7.7
/117907/
75
/2693/
75
/1830/
3.9
/80082/
86
/126/
88
/1366/
76
/15/
cc age 14+

The Last Emperor (1987)
A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.
poster
82
7.8
/792130/
75
/34640/
74
/17142/
3.8
/1659832/
92
/469/
81
/5373/
94
/53/
cc age 14+

Dunkirk (2017)
The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
81
7.3
/110984/
70
/4416/
70
/1433/
3.9
/700614/
93
/336/
80
/513/
90
/57/
cc age 17+

The Brutalist (2024)
When an innovative modern architect flees post-war Europe, he is given the opportunity to rebuild his legacy. Set during the dawn of the modern United States (in Pennsylvania), his wife joins him, and their lives are forever changed by a demanding, wealthy patron.
poster
81
7.3
/143995/
69
/6074/
70
/2378/
3.9
/882625/
93
/357/
79
/114/
92
/59/
cc age 13+

The Zone of Interest (2023)
The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.
poster
Netflix
81
7.3
/18578/
74
/745/
78
/532/
3.6
/18101/
100
/10/
90
/86/
cc age 14+

The Shadow in My Eye (2021)
On March 21st, 1945, the British Royal Air Force set out on a mission to bomb Gestapo's headquarters in Copenhagen. The raid had fatal consequences as some of the bombers accidentally targeted a school and more than 120 people were killed, 86 of whom were children.
poster
81
7.7
/26020/
75
/578/
73
/392/
3.9
/27821/
97
/34/
87
/337/
cc age 10+

Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
One-armed war veteran John J. Macreedy steps off a train at the sleepy little town of Black Rock. Once there, he begins to unravel a web of lies, secrecy, and murder.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
81
7.8
/13624/
77
/809/
79
/606/
4.1
/38259/
97
/74/
87
/21/
73
/21/
8.2
/83304/
cc age 10+

In This Corner of the World (2016)
Japan, 1943, during World War II. Young Suzu leaves her village near Hiroshima to marry and live with her in-laws in Kure, a military harbor. Her creativity to overcome deprivation quickly makes her indispensable at home. Inhabited by an ancestral wisdom, Suzu impregnates the simple gestures of everyday life with poetry and beauty. The many hardships, the loss of loved ones, the frequent air raids of the enemy, nothing alters her enthusiasm…
poster
81
7.4
/53947/
72
/1626/
71
/1134/
4.1
/58213/
96
/230/
79
/312/
91
/49/
cc age 18+

Son of Saul (2015)
In the horror of 1944 Auschwitz, a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people finds moral survival trying to save from the flames the body of a boy he takes for his son, seeking to give him a proper jewish burial.
poster
85
80
7.8
/2471/
78
/113/
82
/53/
3.8
/3776/
100
/10/
97
/33/

Dead to Rights (2025)
In the Nanjing Massacre of 1937, in order to save his life, postman A Chang pretended to be a photo developer in a photo studio and developed photos for the Japanese army. He also took in a group of Chinese soldiers and civilians, turning the studio into a temporary shelter. However, in the face of the Japanese army's cruel atrocities, A Chang risked his life to safely transfer the refugees and exposed the evidence of the massacre to the public.
poster
Kanopy
80
7.8
/4303/
71
/68/
75
/126/
4.0
/5504/
86
/14/
89
/54/

Black Rain (1989)
Shigematsu Shizuma, who lives with his family in a village near Fukuyama, was in Hiroshima with his wife and niece just after the devastating atomic bombing, a tragedy that cruelly took the lives of thousands of people and forever marked the harsh existence of the survivors.
poster
Criterion Channel
80
7.7
/2250/
78
/60/
74
/59/
4.2
/7854/
83
/6/
84
/16/

Jacquot (1991)
Jacquot Demy, the son of a garage owner and a hairdresser, is fascinated by cinema and decides to pursue his dream of becoming a filmmaker by any means necessary.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
80
7.4
/5763/
75
/89/
72
/56/
3.5
/2513/
100
/10/
85
/98/
81
/10/

The Trip to Bountiful (1985)
Carrie Watts is living the twilight of her life trapped in an apartment in 1940s Houston, Texas with a controlling daughter-in-law and a hen-pecked son. Her fondest wish – just once before she dies – is to revisit Bountiful, the small Texas town of her youth which she still refers to as "home."
poster
Kanopy
80
7.7
/6942/
76
/101/
74
/145/
4.0
/9955/
67
/21/
88
/116/

Seven Beauties (1975)
Pasqualino Frafuso, known in Naples as "Pasqualino Seven Beauties" is a petty thief who lives off of the profits of his seven sisters while claiming to protect their honor at any cost, Pasqualino is arrested for murder and later sent to fight in the army after committing sexual assault. The Germans capture him and he gets sent to a concentration camp where he plots to make his escape by seducing a German officer.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
80
7.6
/28562/
73
/848/
73
/447/
3.7
/22865/
100
/7/
87
/314/

Conspiracy (2001)
At the Wannsee Conference on January 20, 1942, senior Nazi officials meet to determine the manner in which the so-called "Final Solution to the Jewish Question" can be best implemented.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
80
7.4
/38375/
73
/688/
70
/620/
3.8
/34349/
92
/38/
84
/523/
74
/17/
cc age 12+

Radio Days (1987)
The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes the narrator's experiences with contemporary anecdotes and urban legends of the radio stars.
poster
Hoopla
80
7.6
/134393/
75
/2669/
74
/1797/
4.1
/161118/
90
/67/
89
/2632/
69
/19/
cc age 17+

Barton Fink (1991)
A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
poster
80
7.8
/48616/
77
/1848/
78
/1431/
4.0
/31725/
91
/105/
89
/114/
75
/26/

Land of Mine (2015)
In the days following the surrender of Germany in May 1945, a group of young German prisoners of war is handed over to the Danish authorities and subsequently sent to the West Coast, where they are ordered to remove the more than two million mines that the Germans had placed in the sand along the coast. With their bare hands, crawling around in the sand, the boys are forced to perform the dangerous work under the leadership of a Danish sergeant.
poster
80
7.7
/160882/
78
/6830/
75
/3024/
4.0
/191973/
90
/188/
89
/10747/
78
/38/
cc age 14+

Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
It's the 1940s, and the notorious Axe Gang terrorizes Shanghai. Small-time criminals Sing and Bone hope to join, but they only manage to make lots of very dangerous enemies. Fortunately for them, kung fu masters and hidden strength can be found in unlikely places. Now they just have to take on the entire Axe Gang.
poster
Kanopy
79
6.9
/6288/
67
/218/
71
/279/
3.6
/31064/
93
/72/
93
/25/
85
/16/

Vermiglio (2024)
Set in the small, mountainous village of Vermiglio during the waning days of WWII, a series of dramatic, consequential events unfold after the arrival of a taciturn Sicilian soldier, who hides out in town after deserting the army. While there, the soldier develops a romance with a provincial family’s eldest daughter.
poster
79
7.1
/1473/
70
/56/
73
/30/
3.6
/7047/
97
/61/
82
/17/

Riefenstahl (2024)
Explores Leni Riefenstahl's artistic legacy and her complex ties to the Nazi regime, juxtaposing her self-portrayal with evidence suggesting awareness of the regime's atrocities.
poster
Netflix
79
7.4
/238181/
76
/11177/
73
/5358/
3.5
/242756/
84
/310/
83
/1500/
75
/50/
cc age 13+

Darkest Hour (2017)
In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.
poster
79
7.6
/53570/
72
/822/
72
/680/
3.8
/32493/
88
/100/
84
/791/
85
/21/
cc age 13+

From Here to Eternity (1953)
In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love.
poster
78
7.3
/122823/
73
/3001/
72
/1691/
3.3
/61050/
85
/106/
81
/1622/
81
/17/
cc age 13+

Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur, Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship grew in 25 years a strong friendship between the two very different characters, in a time when those types of relationships were shunned.
poster
78
7.3
/15735/
72
/265/
69
/210/
3.7
/7861/
96
/28/
82
/244/
86
/15/
cc age 12+

Hope and Glory (1987)
A middle-aged man recalls his childhood growing up in and around London during World War II.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
78
7.1
/16405/
68
/500/
67
/302/
3.6
/8545/
94
/115/
76
/227/
76
/28/

Lore (2012)
After being abandoned by their Nazi parents at the end of World War II, five German siblings embark on a harrowing journey across their war-torn country. Led by the eldest, 14 year-old Lore, the children are forced to confront their parents’ actions and the reality of a new world.
poster
Hulu
78
7.9
/176697/
78
/5736/
72
/1339/
3.6
/196038/
89
/61/
89
/13151/
77
/16/
cc age 8+

A Christmas Story (1983)
The comic mishaps and adventures of a young boy named Ralph, trying to convince his parents, teachers, and Santa that a Red Ryder B.B. gun really is the perfect Christmas gift for the 1940s.
poster
77
7.8
/971/
73
/21/
90
/2/
3.5
/2767/
87
/23/
96
/225/
cc age 13+

Truth & Treason (2025)
When loyalty to country becomes loyalty to a lie, one teen risks everything to expose the truth. With the Gestapo closing in, he must decide what it really means to be a good German.


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