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poster
87
8.1
/246175/
78
/3921/
78
/2264/
4.2
/107284/
96
/103/
93
/2261/
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
Kanopy
86
8.4
/256461/
82
/4183/
82
/3567/
4.3
/170573/
92
/52/
95
/1899/
cc age 10+

The Great Dictator (1940)
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
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
Hulu
84
7.9
/4883/
78
/287/
76
/54/
4.0
/10140/
100
/58/
99
/48/
85
/16/

Beyond Utopia (2023)
A courageous pastor uses his underground network to rescue and aid North Korean families as they risk their lives to embrace freedom.
poster
Kanopy
83
7.8
/62924/
76
/1315/
74
/791/
3.9
/33452/
91
/45/
91
/1094/
76
/18/
cc age 16+

The Killing Fields (1984)
New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the help of local interpreter Dith Pran and American photojournalist Al Rockoff. When the U.S. Army pulls out amid escalating violence, Schanberg makes exit arrangements for Pran and his family. Pran, however, tells Schanberg he intends to stay in Cambodia to help cover the unfolding story — a decision he may regret as the Khmer Rouge rebels move in.
poster
Netflix
83
8.3
/994658/
82
/19981/
81
/12599/
4.1
/1328323/
79
/81/
93
/30672/
65
/9/
cc age 18+

Scarface (1983)
After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami. But increased pressure from the police, wars with Colombian drug cartels and his own drug-fueled paranoia serve to fuel the flames of his eventual downfall.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
83
8.0
/7301/
76
/161/
75
/91/
4.0
/9768/
93
/14/
94
/247/

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.
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
Kanopy
82
8.0
/42215/
77
/2946/
75
/843/
3.8
/40121/
95
/93/
90
/361/
80
/11/
cc age 13+

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015)
GOING CLEAR intimately profiles eight former members of the Church of Scientology, shining a light on how they attract true believers and the things they do in the name of religion.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
80
7.5
/5219/
74
/86/
75
/53/
3.7
/3699/
91
/22/
79
/69/
80
/6/
cc age 12+

Sounder (1972)
The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food.
poster
84
79
8.2
/15390/
78
/239/
78
/219/
4.1
/11294/
96
/28/
91
/192/

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s falsely convicted of a crime and sent to work on a chain gang.
poster
Netflix
79
7.2
/21828/
74
/956/
73
/698/
3.7
/22250/
88
/74/
81
/155/
72
/22/
cc age 16+

First They Killed My Father (2017)
A 5-year-old girl embarks on a harrowing quest for survival amid the sudden rise and terrifying reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia.
poster
Netflix
79
7.4
/336435/
74
/10938/
70
/4736/
3.7
/252525/
91
/304/
80
/7272/
95
/46/
cc age 17+

Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.
poster
Kanopy
78
7.0
/2457/
64
/43/
66
/58/
3.7
/3152/
100
/11/
85
/10/

Entre Nous (1983)
In 1942 in occupied France, a Jewish refugee marries a soldier to escape deportation to Germany. Meanwhile a wealthy art student loses her first husband to a stray Resistance bullet; at the Liberation she meets an actor, gets pregnant, and marries him. Lena and Madeleine meet at their children's school in Lyon in 1952 and the intensity of their relationship strains both their marriages to the breaking point.
poster
Kanopy
82
78
7.6
/6484/
76
/208/
74
/160/
4.0
/14834/
100
/49/
84
/108/
91
/19/

Nostalgia for the Light (2010)
In Chile's Atacama Desert, astronomers peer deep into the cosmos in search for answers concerning the origins of life. Nearby, a group of women sift through the sand searching for body parts of loved ones, dumped unceremoniously by Pinochet's regime.
poster
The Roku Channel
76
7.2
/115049/
72
/2384/
69
/1347/
3.6
/36653/
90
/160/
75
/8298/
77
/36/
cc age 15+

Rescue Dawn (2007)
A US Fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
7.3
/23612/
73
/1047/
72
/475/
3.9
/19468/
83
/53/
85
/60/
67
/17/

The Captain (2018)
Germany, 1945. Soldier Willi Herold, a deserter of the German army, stumbles into a uniform of Nazi captain abandoned during the last and desperate weeks of the Third Reich. Newly emboldened by the allure of a suit that he has stolen only to stay warm, Willi discovers that many Germans will follow the leader, whoever he is.
poster
Kanopy
70
69
7.2
/15599/
71
/392/
69
/362/
3.6
/5384/
67
/49/
82
/174/
57
/19/

Amen. (2002)
Kurt Gerstein—a member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS—is appalled to discover that a poison gas he helped discover is being used to kill Jews. Driven by his conscience to alert the rest of the world, Gerstein teams up with a young Jesuit priest, Riccardo Fontana, but their protestations fall on deaf ears in the Vatican.
poster
Hoopla
69
7.3
/126454/
73
/2771/
70
/1693/
3.5
/32168/
73
/137/
72
/1738/
66
/33/
cc age 14+

The Way Back (2010)
A small band of multicultural convicts stages a daring escape from a WWII-era Siberian gulag, and embarks on a treacherous journey across five countries in a desperate race for freedom and survival.
poster
68
6.2
/160492/
65
/6409/
62
/3127/
3.0
/154479/
80
/59/
49
/2068/
71
/18/

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Mad Max becomes a pawn in a decadent oasis of a technological society, and when exiled, becomes the deliverer of a colony of children.
poster
Kanopy
67
6.6
/5057/
63
/257/
62
/42/
3.5
/9078/
88
/120/
50
/27/
69
/31/
cc age 15+

The Trip to Greece (2020)
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon continue their travelogue series with a visit to Greece.
poster
81
67
7.9
/4090/
75
/53/
75
/88/
3.9
/2990/
100
/90/

Fate of a Man (1959)
The story of a man whose life was ruthlessly crippled by World War II. His wife and daughters were killed during the bombing of his village, he spent some time as a prisoner, and his only son was killed in action only a few days before the victory...
poster
Criterion Channel
73
67
7.2
/8687/
70
/182/
71
/211/
3.9
/17589/
67
/12/
80
/43/

Stromboli (1950)
After the end of WWII, a young Lithuanian woman and a young Italian man from Stromboli impulsively marry, but married life on the island is more demanding than she can accept.
poster
69
67
6.7
/9448/
70
/309/
66
/199/
3.3
/4697/
82
/17/
65
/146/

Mysterious Island (1961)
During the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up stranded on a South Pacific island, inhabited by giant plants and animals. They must use their ingenuity to survive the dangers, and to devise a way to return home. Sequel to '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' .
poster
Kanopy
67
6.7
/35178/
69
/907/
69
/965/
3.3
/20504/
70
/10/
71
/553/
57
/10/
cc age 10+

Escape to Victory (1981)
A group of POWs in a German prison camp during World War II play the German National Soccer Team in this powerful film depicting the role of prisoners during wartime.
poster
66
7.1
/164863/
72
/3809/
71
/3009/
3.5
/98936/
57
/35/
73
/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
Netflix
66
7.2
/195680/
73
/6651/
74
/4268/
3.6
/168837/
53
/230/
70
/2567/
59
/48/
cc age 14+

Unbroken (2014)
A chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II.
poster
65
6.6
/102767/
69
/3769/
65
/1968/
3.2
/46852/
59
/34/
63
/1991/
64
/20/

Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
Topper Harley is found to be working as an odd-job-man in a monastery. The CIA want him to lead a rescue mission into Iraq, to rescue the last rescue team, who went in to rescue the last rescue team—who went in to rescue hostages left behind after Desert Storm.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
64
7.1
/11292/
74
/248/
75
/147/
3.4
/4558/
35
/17/
87
/784/
40
/22/

The Power of One (1992)
PK, an English orphan terrorized for his family's political beliefs in Africa, turns to his only friend, a kindly world-wise prisoner, Geel Piet. Geel teaches him how to box with the motto “fight with your fists and lead with your heart”. As he grows to manhood, PK uses these words to take on the system and the injustices he sees around him - and finds that one person really can make a difference.
poster
75
62
7.5
/3625/
67
/37/
72
/71/
4.0
/5034/
84
/486/

The Round-Up (1966)
After the failure of the Kossuth's revolution of 1848, people suspected of supporting the revolution are sent to prison camps. Years later, partisans led by outlaw Sándor Rózsa still run rampant. Although the authorities do not know the identities of the partisans, they round up suspects and try to root them out by any means necessary.
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
HBO Max Amazon Channel
61
7.0
/80303/
69
/2316/
67
/1289/
3.1
/16270/
63
/148/
60
/478/
50
/36/
cc age 16+

The Water Diviner (2014)
In 1919, Australian farmer Joshua Connor travels to Turkey to discover the fate of his three sons, reported missing in action. Holding on to hope, Joshua must travel across the war-torn landscape to find the truth and his own peace.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
59
7.1
/8499/
69
/125/
68
/104/
3.2
/1428/
39
/31/
83
/520/
47
/9/
cc age 9+

I Am David (2003)
A 12-year-old boy manages to flee a Communist concentration camp on his own, through sheer will and determination. All he has in his possession is a loaf of bread, a letter to deliver to someone in Denmark, and a compass to help get him there.
poster
70
58
6.9
/4621/
71
/112/
64
/76/
3.4
/1498/
86
/14/
62
/35/

Broken Lance (1954)
Tensions erupt within an Arizona cattle baron's household when his three sons vie for control of the ranch.
poster
Hoopla
57
6.3
/12722/
66
/327/
62
/205/
3.1
/5104/
60
/10/
61
/148/
38
/5/

Uncommon Valor (1983)
A group of Vietnam War veterans re-unite to rescue one of their own left behind and taken prisoner by the Vietnamese.
poster
Hoopla
57
6.5
/193259/
68
/6895/
67
/4160/
3.1
/118484/
33
/45/
60
/2949/
47
/15/
cc age 16+

Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam.
poster
68
55
6.6
/4582/
72
/110/
60
/63/
3.1
/1046/
86
/42/
62
/46/

Back to Bataan (1945)
An Army colonel leads a guerrilla campaign against the Japanese in the Philippines.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
80
54
8.3
/1780/
75
/110/
77
/59/
4.2
/1732/

Nazi Concentration Camps (1945)
Produced and presented as evidence at the Nuremberg war crimes trial of Hermann Göring and twenty other Nazi leaders, this film consists primarily of dead and surviving prisoners and of facilities used to kill and torture during the World War II.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
79
53
7.1
/3077/
71
/102/
70
/40/
3.5
/1844/
100
/8/
92
/4/

Betrayed (2020)
During World War II, millions of Jews from all over Europe are deported and killed in German concentration camps. When the German troops invade Norway, the Norwegian Jews feel safe and protected. But anti-Semitism knows no borders and as the war escalates in Europe, the situation changes drastically. Suddenly, their radios are taken away; their passports are stamped with a big J and one day, all the men men over the age of 15 are arrested and taken to prisons camps. Many of the women left behind are too frightened to escape and are desperately waiting for their husbands and sons to come back home. On November 26, 1942, hundreds of Jews are picked up by the police in the middle of the night and are transported to the dock in Oslo. Unknowing and frightened men, women, children, sick and old are forced on board the awaiting German cargo ship "SS DONAU". The ship leaves with 532 Norwegian Jews onboard; 302 men, 188 women and 42 children. The end station is Auschwitz.
poster
Netflix
74
53
7.3
/1678/
72
/186/
68
/37/
3.6
/2857/
83
/6/
77
/11/

Fire in Paradise (2019)
In this documentary, survivors recall the catastrophic 2018 Camp Fire, which razed the town of Paradise and became California’s deadliest wildfire.
poster
Criterion Channel
71
51
7.6
/2882/
70
/42/
69
/80/
3.7
/2180/
57
/7/
84
/17/

Kapo (1960)
Determined to survive at any price, Edith, a young Jewish woman deported to an extermination camp, manages to survive by accepting the role of kapo, a privileged prisoner whose mission is to ruthlessly guard other prisoners.
poster
51
6.0
/1530/
61
/18/
55
/30/
3.2
/821/
32
/105/

El Condor (1970)
Luke, an escaped convict, and Jaroo, a loner gold prospector, team up with a band of Apache Indians in 19th century Mexico to capture a large, heavily armed fortress for the millions -- or billions -- of dollars in gold that are rumored to be stored within. Written by Brian C. Madsen
poster
61
51
6.5
/5528/
71
/146/
63
/86/
3.1
/1328/
45
/11/
60
/89/

MacArthur (1977)
The film portrays MacArthur's life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan, to 1952, the time after he had been removed from his Korean War command by President Truman for insubordination, and is recounted in flashback as he visits West Point.
poster
Hulu
50
5.7
/240131/
61
/7200/
57
/4273/
2.3
/143750/
43
/200/
27
/10337/
50
/34/
cc age 12+

Planet of the Apes (2001)
After a spectacular crash-landing on an uncharted planet, brash astronaut Leo Davidson finds himself trapped in a savage world where talking apes dominate the human race. Desperate to find a way home, Leo must evade the invincible gorilla army led by Ruthless General Thade.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
58
49
6.7
/5127/
72
/211/
72
/131/
3.1
/3008/
40
/10/
59
/15/
36
/6/

Commitment (2013)
The son of a North Korean spy decides to follow in his father's footsteps to protect his little sister.
poster
Kanopy
49
6.1
/120590/
65
/3791/
62
/2336/
2.6
/57261/
16
/147/
55
/15579/
35
/30/
cc age 17+

Hannibal Rising (2007)
The story of the early, murderous roots of the cannibalistic killer, Hannibal Lecter – from his hard-scrabble Lithuanian childhood, where he witnesses the repulsive lengths to which hungry soldiers will go to satiate themselves, through his sojourn in France, where as a medical student he hones his appetite for the kill.
poster
60
47
5.9
/3564/
63
/82/
53
/48/
3.2
/1031/
75
/8/
48
/127/

Van Diemen's Land (2009)
The true story of Australia’s most notorious convict, Alexander Pearce and his infamous journey into the beautiful yet brutal Tasmanian wilderness. A point of no return for convicts banished from their homeland, Van Diemen’s Land was a feared and dreaded penal settlement at the end of the earth.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
47
5.5
/17970/
61
/725/
58
/526/
2.7
/10420/
19
/16/
43
/329/
43
/8/

Missing in Action (1984)
American servicemen are still being held captive in Vietnam and it's up to one man to bring them home in this blistering, fast-paced action/adventure starring martial arts superstar Chuck Norris. Following a daring escape from a Vietnamese POW camp, Special Forces Colonel James Braddock (Norris) is on a mission to locate and save remaining MIAs.


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