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92
9.0
/1570725/
88
/25579/
85
/17050/
4.5
/1273030/
98
/135/
97
/22910/
95
/30/
cc age 15+

Schindler's List (1993)
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
poster
Kanopy
89
8.6
/1620300/
85
/32155/
82
/16824/
4.2
/1322650/
94
/148/
95
/41373/
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
8.4
/27472/
82
/465/
81
/593/
4.3
/17582/
94
/62/
98
/603/
89
/28/

The Best of Youth (2003)
After a fateful encounter in the summer of 1966, the lifepaths of two brothers from a middle-class Roman family diverge, intersecting with some of the most significant events of postwar Italian history in the following decades.
poster
89
8.1
/28789/
78
/690/
79
/715/
4.4
/59639/
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
Kanopy
89
8.1
/74637/
78
/1195/
78
/856/
4.5
/115908/
99
/95/
95
/1192/
96
/22/

The Battle of Algiers (1966)
Paratrooper commander Colonel Mathieu, a former French Resistance fighter during World War II, is sent to Algeria to reinforce efforts to squelch the uprisings of the Algerian War. There he faces Ali la Pointe, a former petty criminal who, as the leader of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale, directs terror strategies against the colonial French government occupation. As each side resorts to ever-increasing brutality, no violent act is too unthinkable.
poster
87
IMDb 100
8.2
/995833/
80
/33689/
80
/11273/
4.2
/3873565/
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
87
8.0
/104627/
79
/2457/
78
/2080/
4.2
/213062/
96
/163/
92
/7559/
90
/31/
cc age 15+

Persepolis (2007)
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own.
poster
Kanopy
87
8.1
/40826/
77
/698/
79
/751/
4.2
/46739/
97
/74/
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.
poster
Kanopy
87
8.1
/36490/
82
/765/
79
/654/
4.4
/62486/
90
/52/
93
/726/
84
/28/

Farewell My Concubine (1993)
In an epic tale of theater, gender, love and class, two Beijing opera actors navigate political turmoil as their friendship evolves over decades.
poster
87
8.4
/440243/
82
/6482/
80
/3986/
4.3
/186686/
92
/162/
96
/11153/
89
/39/
cc age 17+

The Lives of Others (2006)
In 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and his actress-lover Christa-Maria. Wiesler becomes unexpectedly sympathetic to the couple, and faces conflicting loyalties when his superior takes a liking to Christa-Maria.
poster
AMC+ Amazon Channel
86
7.9
/65454/
75
/1104/
75
/790/
4.2
/56742/
96
/145/
86
/2898/
97
/37/

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
Two college roommates have 24 hours to make the ultimate choice as they finalize arrangements for a black market abortion.
poster
Criterion Channel
86
8.0
/38244/
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
86
8.1
/311480/
80
/6519/
78
/3688/
4.3
/799335/
94
/181/
91
/5132/
91
/39/
cc age 16+

Before Sunset (2004)
Nine years later, Jesse travels across Europe giving readings from a book he wrote about the night he spent in Vienna with Celine. After his reading in Paris, Celine finds him, and they spend part of the day together before Jesse has to again leave for a flight. They are both in relationships now, and Jesse has a son, but as their strong feelings for each other start to return, both confess a longing for more.
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
Criterion Channel
85
7.8
/15858/
74
/342/
76
/347/
4.2
/43938/
96
/23/
87
/156/

My Night at Maud's (1969)
The Catholic Jean-Louis runs into an old friend, the Marxist Vidal, in Clermont-Ferrand around Christmas. Vidal introduces Jean-Louis to the modestly libertine, recently divorced Maud and the three engage in conversation on religion, atheism, love, morality and Blaise Pascal's life and writings on philosophy, faith and mathematics. Jean-Louis ends up spending a night at Maud's. Jean-Louis' Catholic views on marriage, fidelity and obligation make his situation a dilemma, as he has already, at the very beginning of the film, proclaimed his love for a young woman whom, however, he has never yet spoken to.
poster
Kanopy
85
7.7
/11642/
79
/265/
75
/198/
4.0
/28376/
100
/13/
89
/128/

The Official Story (1985)
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1983. In the last and turbulent days of the military dictatorship, Alicia, a high school history teacher, begins to ask uncomfortable questions about the dark origins of Gaby, her adopted daughter.
poster
85
8.3
/22100/
82
/474/
80
/357/
4.2
/22767/
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
Kanopy
84
7.8
/5308/
76
/99/
73
/132/
4.0
/6441/
100
/8/
85
/16/

The Confession (1970)
The vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia, knowing he's being watched and followed, is one day arrested and put into solitary confinement.
poster
84
8.1
/372237/
81
/8096/
80
/4536/
4.3
/1295458/
100
/51/
93
/5129/
79
/19/
cc age 16+

Before Sunrise (1995)
An unexpected meeting on a train leads two travelers to spend an evening wandering through Vienna. As the night unfolds, they share stories and conversations about life and love, exploring new ideas while a quiet intimacy grows between them, knowing it may be their only night together.
poster
Kanopy
83
7.8
/63176/
76
/1327/
75
/799/
3.9
/34691/
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
Criterion Channel
83
7.5
/6183/
75
/113/
70
/156/
4.0
/12208/
96
/24/
85
/34/

Léon Morin, Priest (1961)
Barny, although a Marxist, is intrigued by the mysteries of religion. In confession, she teases a priest, Léon Morin, but he is a young and intelligent man and ready to discuss anything.
poster
Kanopy
83
8.0
/63850/
77
/871/
77
/746/
4.3
/38747/
86
/37/
96
/839/
79
/17/

Underground (1995)
A group of Serbian socialists prepares for the war in a surreal underground filled by parties, tragedies, love and hate.
poster
Kanopy
82
8.2
/12004/
81
/243/
78
/240/
4.4
/40688/
100
/5/
62
/5/
91
/20/

I Am Cuba (1964)
Four vignettes on the lives of the Cuban people in the pre-revolutionary era. In Havana, Maria is ashamed when a man she loves discovers how she makes a living. Pedro, an old farmer, discovers that the land he cultivates is being sold to an American company. A student sees his friends attacked by the police while they distribute leaflets supporting Fidel Castro. Finally, a peasant family is threatened by Batista's army.
poster
Criterion Channel
82
7.7
/118510/
75
/2734/
75
/1855/
3.9
/84242/
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
81
7.7
/11918/
75
/121/
73
/111/
3.7
/2831/
92
/26/
92
/121/

Character (1997)
In pre-WWII Holland, the penniless, illegitimate son of a powerful bailiff sets out to become a lawyer as he spends a lifetime struggling to prove his worth to his relentlessly spiteful father.
poster
81
7.4
/27035/
73
/565/
72
/460/
3.8
/37440/
93
/132/
80
/421/
81
/36/

No (2012)
In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, due to international pressure, is forced to call a plebiscite on his presidency. The country will vote ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to Pinochet extending his rule for another eight years. Opposition leaders for the ‘No’ vote persuade a brash young advertising executive, René Saavedra, to spearhead their campaign. Against all odds, with scant resources and while under scrutiny by the despot’s minions, Saavedra and his team devise an audacious plan to win the election and set Chile free.
poster
80
7.5
/5297/
74
/72/
69
/64/
3.9
/2567/
93
/45/
91
/383/
74
/14/

Blame It on Fidel! (2006)
A 9-year-old girl weathers big changes in her household as her parents become radical political activists in 1970-71 Paris.
poster
Kanopy
80
7.7
/12427/
74
/147/
71
/142/
3.9
/10191/
76
/25/
84
/103/

Mephisto (1981)
A German stage actor finds unexpected success and mixed blessings in the popularity of his performance in a Faustian play as the Nazis take power in pre-WWII Germany. As his associates and friends flee or are ground under by the Nazi terror, the popularity of his character supercedes his own existence until he finds that his best performance is keeping up appearances for his Nazi patrons.
poster
80
7.4
/9917/
73
/234/
71
/204/
3.9
/14587/
92
/64/
82
/69/
76
/21/

The Dance of Reality (2013)
'Having broken away from my illusory self, I was desperately seeking a path and a meaning to life.' This phrase perfectly sums up Alejandro Jodorowsky’s biographical project: reconstituting the incredible adventure of his life. He was born in 1929 Tocopilla, a coastal town on edge of the Chilean desert, where he discovered the fundamentals of reality, as he underwent an unhappy and alienated childhood as part of an uprooted family.
poster
Kanopy
80
7.4
/38589/
73
/696/
70
/625/
3.8
/35366/
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
80
7.4
/104741/
73
/1899/
70
/1068/
3.7
/48433/
93
/226/
83
/4960/
80
/41/
cc age 13+

Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)
The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.
poster
81
79
8.1
/13050/
79
/375/
76
/223/
4.0
/14310/
Popcorn
90
/47/

Day of the Wacko (2002)
It is a bitter story about a middle-aged man, who hates his life and other people, including himself. Adam Miauczynski, the character known from director Marek Koterski's previous films, is a 44 year-old teacher, who reads poetry during school lessons and later goes home swearing and calling his neighbours' names. The worst pain for him is the next 5 minutes of living. He doesn't accept himself and even everyday contacts with others cause his aggression. Though constantly dreaming of a romantic love, he is not bold enough to make his dreams come true. The desperate Miauczynski personalizes our own fears and obsessions, which have become so visible recently.
poster
Netflix
79
6.8
/4947/
72
/233/
67
/99/
3.8
/17956/
100
/7/
87
/8/

Operation Hyacinth (2021)
Not satisfied with the result of a murder investigation in Warsaw's gay community, an officer in 1980s communist Poland resolves to uncover the truth.
poster
MGM Plus
79
7.5
/404281/
73
/8599/
72
/5683/
3.8
/324101/
86
/227/
79
/7993/
77
/41/
cc age 16+

The Aviator (2004)
A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.
poster
MGM Plus
79
7.2
/8343/
69
/144/
69
/277/
3.6
/8457/
94
/16/
77
/70/

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970)
In 1930s Italy, a wealthy Jewish family tries to maintain their privileged lifestyle, hosting friends for tennis and parties at their villa. As anti-Semitism intensifies under Fascism, they must ultimately face the horrors of the Holocaust.
poster
79
7.8
/24536/
77
/485/
74
/409/
4.0
/22539/
88
/25/
87
/306/
73
/8/

One, Two, Three (1961)
In Cold War-era West Berlin, American Coca-Cola executive C.R. 'Mac' MacNamara is tasked with playing babysitter to his boss' spoiled 17-year-old daughter Scarlett, who proves more difficult than anticipated when she reveals that she is pregnant by a Communist.
poster
79
6.9
/2031/
71
/40/
66
/29/
3.4
/376/
83
/65/
74
/73/
78
/27/

Up and Down (2004)
Milan and Goran are two criminals who smuggle illegal immigrants. One night after they complete a smuggle, they discover that one of the immigrants has left a baby behind. Milan and Goran decide to sell the baby to Lubos and Eman, who are responsible for running an illegal baby adoption center. Lubos and Eman make attempts to sell the baby to Miluska and Frantisek, a barren couple.
poster
Kanopy
79
7.3
/7173/
70
/155/
70
/142/
3.8
/9913/
100
/10/
87
/76/
83
/19/

Wild Reeds (1994)
As the Algerian War draws to a close, a teenager with a girlfriend starts feeling homosexual urges for two of his classmates: a country boy, and a French-Algerian intellectual.
poster
The Roku Channel
79
7.6
/10515/
76
/307/
73
/241/
3.8
/22975/
96
/25/
91
/219/
69
/23/

Butterfly (1999)
The film centres on Moncho and his coming-of-age experience in Galicia in 1936. Moncho develops a close relationship with his teacher Don Gregorio who introduces the boy to different things in the world. While the story centres on Moncho's ordinary coming-of-age experiences, tensions related to the looming Spanish Civil War periodically interrupt Moncho's personal growth and daily life.
poster
83
79
8.1
/6942/
84
/350/
79
/106/
4.2
/11343/
91
/32/

Cosy Dens (1999)
Two families, Sebkovi and Krausovi, are celebrating Christmas, but not everyone is in a good mood. The teenage kids think that their fathers are totally stupid, and the fathers are sure that their children are nothing more than rebels, hating anything they say.
poster
79
7.7
/25361/
75
/472/
72
/413/
3.9
/21137/
94
/35/
85
/269/
78
/10/
cc age 14+

Missing (1982)
Based on the real-life experiences of Ed Horman. A conservative American businessman travels to Chile to investigate the sudden disappearance of his son after a military takeover. Accompanied by his son's wife he uncovers a trail of cover-ups that implicate the US State department which supports the dictatorship.
poster
79
7.7
/158856/
77
/3401/
75
/2557/
3.9
/156815/
91
/108/
93
/2983/
68
/32/
cc age 14+

Good Bye, Lenin! (2003)
Alex Kerner's mother was in a coma while the Berlin wall fell. When she wakes up he must try to keep her from learning what happened (as she was an avid communist supporter) to avoid shocking her which could lead to another heart attack.
poster
MUBI
79
7.3
/125026/
72
/6151/
70
/2072/
3.8
/270046/
94
/254/
79
/721/
88
/43/
cc age 15+

The Death of Stalin (2017)
When dictator Joseph Stalin dies, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to become the next Soviet leader. As they bumble, brawl and back-stab their way to the top, the question remains — just who is running the government?
poster
78
7.2
/40461/
70
/580/
68
/498/
3.7
/23653/
86
/29/
84
/944/
73
/17/

The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
Successful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, and brings her back with him. Tereza is surprised to learn that Tomas is already having an affair with the bohemian Sabina, but when the Soviet invasion occurs, all three flee to Switzerland. Sabina begins an affair, Tom continues womanizing, and Tereza, disgusted, returns to Czechoslovakia. Realizing his mistake, Tomas decides to chase after her.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
78
7.3
/12205/
71
/473/
70
/417/
3.8
/11504/
95
/113/
87
/61/
78
/23/
cc age 14+

The Innocents (2016)
Poland, 1945. Mathilde, a young French Red Cross doctor, is on a mission to help the war survivors. When a nun seeks for her help, she is brought to a convent where several pregnant sisters are hiding, unable to reconcile their faith with their pregnancy. Mathilde becomes their only hope.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
78
7.7
/1761/
76
/58/
74
/28/
3.6
/1029/
82
/45/
92
/166/
77
/18/

The Rape of Europa (2007)
World War II was not just the most destructive conflict in humanity, it was also the greatest theft in history: lives, families, communities, property, culture and heritage were all stolen. The story of Nazi Germany's plundering of Europe's great works of art during World War II and Allied efforts to minimize the damage.
poster
Kanopy
82
78
7.6
/6510/
76
/217/
73
/162/
4.0
/15418/
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
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.


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