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87
8.1
/247098/
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
MGM Plus
86
7.7
/37484/
76
/670/
73
/572/
4.0
/36986/
100
/32/
87
/474/
96
/15/

Red River (1948)
Following the Civil War, headstrong rancher Thomas Dunson decides to lead a perilous cattle drive from Texas to Missouri. During the exhausting journey, his persistence becomes tyrannical in the eyes of Matthew Garth, his adopted son and protégé.
poster
Criterion Channel
85
7.7
/22431/
74
/458/
76
/386/
4.2
/52765/
93
/29/
89
/500/
87
/4/

The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
In 1940, in the immediate aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, a young girl living on the Castilian plain is haunted after attending a screening of James Whale's 1931 film Frankenstein and hearing from her sister that the monster is not dead, instead existing as a spirit inhabiting a nearby barn.
poster
Criterion Channel
85
8.0
/33679/
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
84
7.8
/67168/
74
/1373/
74
/1199/
4.1
/130331/
96
/56/
90
/1589/

Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
A few decades after the destruction of the Inca Empire, a Spanish expedition led by the infamous Aguirre leaves the mountains of Peru and goes down the Amazon River in search of the lost city of El Dorado. When great difficulties arise, Aguirre’s men start to wonder whether their quest will lead them to prosperity or certain death.
poster
84
8.1
/201618/
79
/3606/
79
/3082/
4.4
/374130/
78
/152/
92
/2591/
89
/21/
cc age 12+

Barry Lyndon (1975)
An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century England, transforming himself from the humble Redmond Barry into the noble Barry Lyndon.
poster
Criterion Channel
82
7.8
/25291/
76
/619/
76
/459/
4.1
/87371/
90
/20/
90
/378/

Onibaba (1964)
While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever valuables they find. Both are devastated when they learn that Kichi has died, but his wife soon begins an affair with a neighbor who survived the war, Hachi. The mother disapproves and, when she can't steal Hachi for herself, tries to scare her daughter-in-law with a mysterious mask from a dead samurai.
poster
Kanopy
80
7.7
/6981/
76
/101/
74
/146/
4.0
/10238/
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
80
7.3
/283173/
72
/6749/
68
/3971/
3.6
/210870/
89
/288/
80
/8637/
87
/45/
cc age 13+

Lincoln (2012)
The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.
poster
Kanopy
79
6.9
/6715/
67
/236/
70
/297/
3.6
/32564/
93
/72/
93
/26/
85
/16/

Vermiglio (2024)
In the last days of the Second World War, a deserting soldier disrupts a tranquil and isolated mountain community. For one family, his arrival brings excitement and romance, but tragedy lies in wait.
poster
79
7.6
/2977/
66
/23/
62
/28/
3.7
/1038/
88
/26/
91
/48/

Men with Guns (1998)
Dr. Fuentes is a medical professor approaching his retirement and journeys to find old students, with sometimes disturbing results.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
7.1
/8686/
69
/158/
69
/182/
3.6
/24184/
81
/21/
73
/105/
97
/5/

Le Petit Soldat (1963)
Despite his lack of political convictions, photojournalist Bruno Forestier is roped into a paramilitary group waging a shadow war in Geneva against the Algerian independence movement.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
7.4
/9958/
71
/148/
71
/247/
3.8
/12021/
88
/24/
73
/65/

Senso (1954)
A troubled and neurotic Italian Countess betrays her entire country for a self-destructive love affair with an Austrian Lieutenant.
poster
Disney Plus
79
7.7
/1018472/
77
/55255/
72
/20228/
3.2
/1726492/
93
/449/
84
/19149/
80
/55/
cc age 10+

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and his army of Stormtroopers.
poster
78
7.6
/77684/
74
/1284/
73
/1292/
3.7
/33183/
79
/146/
85
/3689/
76
/39/
cc age 17+

A Very Long Engagement (2004)
Young Frenchwoman Mathilde searches for the truth about her missing fiancé, lost during World War I, and learns many unexpected things along the way. The love of her life is gone. But she refuses to believe he's gone forever — and she needs to know for sure.
poster
78
7.3
/15785/
72
/271/
69
/210/
3.7
/8183/
96
/28/
82
/243/
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
Criterion Channel
79
78
7.5
/18442/
74
/339/
72
/271/
3.8
/13602/
95
/22/
90
/363/
75
/12/
cc age 15+

Europa Europa (1990)
A Jewish boy separated from his family in the early days of WWII poses as a German orphan and is taken into the heart of the Nazi world as a 'war hero' and eventually becomes a Hitler Youth.
poster
Kanopy
81
77
7.7
/14641/
73
/253/
74
/264/
4.1
/28715/
96
/26/
87
/151/

Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
A young academy soldier, Maciek Chelmicki, is ordered to shoot the secretary of the KW PPR. A coincidence causes him to kill someone else. Meeting face to face with his victim, he gets a shock. He faces the necessity of repeating the assassination. He meets Krystyna, a girl working as a barmaid in the restaurant of the "Monopol" hotel. His affection for her makes him even more aware of the senselessness of killing at the end of the war. Loyalty to the oath he took, and thus the obligation to obey the order, tips the scales.
poster
77
7.1
/12090/
70
/258/
66
/199/
3.6
/9550/
95
/21/
78
/191/

Belle Époque (1992)
In 1931, a young soldier deserts from the army and falls into a country farm, where he is welcomed by the owner due to his political ideas. Manolo has four daughters, Fernando likes all of them and they like him, so he has to decide which one to love.
poster
Criterion Channel
83
76
7.6
/8637/
72
/132/
72
/188/
3.8
/9939/
100
/33/
87
/95/
98
/12/

Pépé le Moko (1937)
Pépé le Moko, one of France's most wanted criminals, hides out in the Casbah section of Algiers. He knows police will be waiting for him if he tries to leave the city. When Pépé meets Gaby, a gorgeous woman from Paris who is lost in the Casbah, he falls for her.
poster
Kanopy
76
7.0
/6929/
71
/214/
73
/336/
3.8
/11374/
79
/14/
79
/28/

That Man from Rio (1964)
French military man Adrien Dufourquet gets an eight-day furlough to visit his fiancée, Agnès. But when he arrives in Paris, he learns that her late father's partner, museum curator Professor Catalan, has just been kidnapped by a group of Amazon tribesmen who have also stolen a priceless statue from the museum. Adrien and Agnès pursue the kidnappers to Brazil, where they learn that the statue is the key to a hidden Amazon treasure.
poster
Kanopy
75
6.8
/19773/
68
/905/
66
/428/
3.7
/44698/
93
/149/
85
/4/
78
/27/

Monos (2019)
On a faraway mountaintop, eight kids with guns watch over a hostage and a conscripted milk cow.
poster
Kanopy
81
75
7.7
/10788/
73
/188/
74
/300/
3.9
/15207/
96
/27/
91
/108/

Port of Shadows (1938)
Down a foggy, desolate road to the port city of Le Havre travels Jean, an army deserter looking for another chance to make good on life. Fate, however, has a different plan for him, as acts of both revenge and kindness render him front-page news.
poster
75
7.0
/15552/
69
/299/
67
/391/
3.5
/5873/
83
/88/
79
/719/
82
/25/
cc age 17+

Days of Glory (2006)
1943. They have never stepped foot on French soil but because France was at war, Said, Abdelkader, Messaoud and Yassir enlist in the French Army, along with 130,000 other “indigenous” soldiers, to liberate the “fatherland” from the Nazi enemy. Heroes that history has forgotten…
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
7.3
/23824/
73
/1060/
71
/479/
3.9
/20281/
83
/53/
85
/59/
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
MGM Plus
72
7.1
/28114/
70
/594/
66
/337/
3.6
/15485/
81
/31/
76
/658/
70
/11/
cc age 17+

Catch-22 (1970)
A WWII military pilot makes a valiant effort to be certified insane in order to be excused from flying missions. But there's a catch.
poster
Criterion Channel
71
7.0
/3549/
56
/31/
68
/46/
3.6
/3854/
57
/7/
75
/31/

Elvira Madigan (1967)
Bound by their all-consuming desire, a young circus tightrope walker and a lieutenant forsake everything to be together and escape to the countryside—only to see their lovers’ idyll gradually give way to poverty and desperation.
poster
Kanopy
71
6.7
/2976/
64
/33/
62
/67/
3.7
/2325/
72
/29/
72
/42/
72
/23/

Time Regained (1999)
In early 1920s France, an author, lying on his deathbed, looks at various photographs and is flooded with memories of the people and events that have shaped his life.
poster
MGM Plus
70
7.0
/19198/
71
/471/
68
/377/
3.5
/16665/
75
/16/
70
/195/

Rio Grande (1950)
Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke is posted on the Texas frontier to defend settlers against depredations of marauding Apaches. Col. Yorke is under considerable stress by a serious shortage of troops of his command. Tension is added when Yorke's son (whom he hasn't seen in fifteen years), Trooper Jeff Yorke, is one of 18 recruits sent to the regiment.
poster
Hoopla
72
70
7.1
/12857/
71
/296/
69
/270/
3.5
/5967/
81
/16/
75
/135/

The Horse Soldiers (1959)
A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail supply center. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes instant antipathy between him and the commander. The secret plan for the mission is overheard by a southern belle who must be taken along to assure her silence.
poster
70
6.7
/5313/
61
/62/
62
/94/
3.3
/1407/
77
/96/
75
/148/
68
/30/

Bon Voyage (2003)
On the eve of World War II four Parisians cope with the impending invasion of their city by German forces. While the French government braces for impact, the intersected lives of a young writer, a vain movie star, a French politician and a young scientist are examined as they attempt to deal with war and evade German spies.
poster
Kanopy
70
6.5
/4453/
64
/113/
63
/273/
3.2
/4292/
85
/66/
54
/100/
78
/20/

The Princess of Montpensier (2010)
Set in the high courts of 16th Century France, where the wars of religion between Catholics and Protestants are raging. Marie de Mézières, a beautiful young aristocrat, is in love with Henri de Guise, but her hand in marriage is promised to the Prince of Montpensier.
poster
AMC+ Amazon Channel
70
7.1
/49539/
70
/1078/
68
/801/
3.8
/31762/
67
/138/
75
/1928/
64
/24/

Che: Part One (2008)
Ernesto Guevara, known as 'Che', leads a group of Cuban exiles under Fidel Castro in a revolution to overthrow Fulgencio Batista, the dictator of Cuba.
poster
Netflix
71
69
7.0
/27371/
71
/1315/
70
/1388/
3.4
/35882/
75
/8/
74
/31/
cc age 15+

Rose Island (2020)
In 1968, engineer Giorgio Rosa established the independent state called "The Isle of Roses" off the coast of Rimini, built on a platform outside the territorial waters, with Esperanto as the official language. The Italian authorities did not take it well because the micronation was seen as an expedient to not pay taxes on the revenues obtained thanks to the arrival of numerous tourists and curious people.
poster
YouTube TV
76
69
7.5
/6993/
75
/115/
69
/107/
3.6
/2560/
92
/12/
83
/64/
69
/7/

Beau Geste (1939)
When three brothers join the Foreign Legion to escape a troubled past, they find themselves trapped under the command of a sadistic sergeant deep in the scorching Sahara. Now the brothers must fight for their lives as they plot mutiny against tyranny and defend a desert fortress against a brutal enemy.
poster
Kanopy
68
7.1
/767/
60
/20/
60
/14/
3.5
/300/
75
/7/
6.3
/430/

The Boat Is Full (1981)
During World War II, Switzerland severely limited refugees: "Our boat is full." A train from Germany halts briefly in an isolated corner of Switzerland. Six people jump off seeking asylum: four Jews, a French child, and a German soldier. They seek temporary refuge with a couple who run a village inn. They pose as a family: the deserter as husband, Judith as his wife, an old man from Vienna as her father, his granddaughter and the French lad, whom they beg to keep silent, as their children. Judith's teenage brother poses as a soldier. The fabrication unravels through chance and the local constable's exact investigation. Whom will the Swiss allow to stay? Who gets deported?
poster
Hoopla
68
6.7
/3266/
70
/68/
61
/57/
3.3
/975/
64
/11/
73
/38/

Come See the Paradise (1990)
In this drama from director Alan Parker, on-the-lam Jack McGurn flees to Los Angeles and takes a job as a projectionist at a movie theater owned by a Japanese-American man. Jack falls for the owner's daughter, Lily, but they are forced to elope to Seattle when her father forbids the relationship. The couple marry and have a daughter, but when World War II breaks out, Jack is powerless to stop his new family's forced internment.
poster
MUBI
68
6.2
/14943/
63
/517/
62
/283/
3.5
/32698/
86
/73/
58
/197/
73
/19/
cc age 16+

A Field in England (2013)
During the Civil War in 17th-Century England, a small group of deserters flee from a raging battle through an overgrown field. They are captured by an alchemist, who forces the group to aid him in his search to find a hidden treasure that he believes is buried in the field. Crossing a vast mushroom circle, which provides their first meal, the group quickly descend into a chaos of arguments, fighting and paranoia, and, as it becomes clear that the treasure might be something other than gold, they slowly become victim to the terrifying energies trapped inside the field.
poster
Kanopy
66
6.8
/14052/
70
/1050/
65
/321/
3.4
/8083/
78
/54/
78
/70/
65
/12/

Black '47 (2018)
In 1847, when Ireland is in the grip of the Great Famine that has ravaged the country for two long years, Feeney, a hardened Irish Ranger who has been fighting for the British Army abroad, returns home to reunite with his estranged family, only to discover the cruelest reality, a black land where death reigns.
poster
The Roku Channel
71
66
6.7
/9445/
70
/199/
66
/170/
3.4
/5428/
97
/37/
67
/111/
62
/12/

Major Dundee (1965)
During the last winter of the Civil War, cavalry officer Amos Dundee leads a contentious troop of Army regulars, Confederate prisoners and scouts on an expedition into Mexico to destroy a band of Apaches who have been raiding U.S. bases in Texas.
poster
72
66
7.1
/9536/
74
/183/
67
/142/
3.5
/3173/
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
77
66
7.6
/5562/
72
/77/
71
/55/
3.7
/1286/
90
/62/
90
/94/
69
/23/

Divided We Fall (2000)
In 1943, a childless couple, the Čížeks, decide to hide a Jewish refugee, David Wiener, the son of Čížek's former employer, in the secret pantry of their apartment. Čížek is aware of the danger into which he has brought his household and his neighbours, but he takes helping his fellow man in need for granted. But at the same time, as a largely unheroic hero, he is dying of fear. His personal situation is greatly complicated by the approaching end of the war, when he faces danger from both the Germans and his "honest" fellow Czechs...
poster
Kanopy
72
65
7.5
/14767/
76
/855/
74
/460/
3.6
/13430/
70
/30/
84
/14/
53
/9/

Balloon (2018)
Two families attempt a daredevil plan to escape the GDR with a homemade hot air balloon, but it crashes just before the border. The Stasi finds traces of this attempt to escape and immediately starts investigations, while the two families are forced to build a new escape balloon. With each passing day the Stasi is closer on their heels – a nerve-wracking race against time begins.
poster
76
65
7.7
/6560/
72
/75/
70
/107/
3.5
/1204/
84
/25/
91
/154/
72
/14/

The Tunnel (2001)
Inspired by true events, Olympic swimmer Harry Melchior defects from East Germany in the 1960s and hatches a daring plot to help his sister and others flee East Berlin through a 145-yard underground tunnel.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
69
65
6.9
/12217/
69
/298/
64
/176/
3.4
/1680/
62
/13/
85
/467/

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
Kanopy
64
5.6
/1768/
61
/141/
65
/262/
2.7
/2282/
57
/49/
92
/11/
54
/10/
cc age 10+

The Railway Children Return (2022)
Follow a group of children who are evacuated to a Yorkshire village during the Second World War, where they encounter a young soldier who, like them, is far away from home.
poster
Hoopla
65
64
6.1
/5361/
64
/427/
60
/115/
3.0
/2941/
67
/21/
78
/80/

Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears (2020)
After freeing a young Bedouin girl from her unjust imprisonment in Jerusalem, an Australian adventuress, together with her devoted police detective friend, begins to unravel a decade-old mystery concerning priceless emeralds, an ancient curse and the disappearance of the girl's mother and massacre of her tribe.
poster
Kanopy
63
6.9
/67737/
74
/6317/
68
/1590/
3.3
/34466/
48
/193/
64
/758/
53
/38/
cc age 16+

Free State of Jones (2016)
In 1863, Mississippi farmer Newt Knight serves as a medic for the Confederate Army. Opposed to slavery, Knight would rather help the wounded than fight the Union. After his nephew dies in battle, Newt returns home to Jones County to safeguard his family but is soon branded an outlaw deserter. Forced to flee, he finds refuge with a group of runaway slaves hiding out in the swamps. Forging an alliance with the slaves and other farmers, Knight leads a rebellion that would forever change history.


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