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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
Kanopy
89
8.3
/120189/
82
/2976/
82
/1738/
4.6
/414511/
90
/60/
95
/931/
cc age 16+

Come and See (1985)
The invasion of a village in Belarus by German forces sends young Florya into the forest to join the weary Resistance fighters, against his family's wishes. There he meets a girl, Glasha, who accompanies him back to his village. On returning home, Florya finds his family and fellow peasants massacred. His continued survival amidst the brutal debris of war becomes increasingly nightmarish, a battle between despair and hope.
poster
86
8.0
/26049/
79
/615/
77
/291/
4.0
/19219/
96
/141/
93
/1006/
87
/36/

The Fog of War (2003)
Using archival footage, cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the 85-year-old Robert McNamara, The Fog of War depicts his life, from working as a WWII whiz-kid military officer, to being the Ford Motor Company's president, to managing the Vietnam War as defense secretary for presidents Kennedy and Johnson.
poster
81
7.6
/2486/
77
/86/
74
/22/
3.8
/8168/
100
/25/
80
/11/

Mr. Nobody Against Putin (2025)
As Russia launches its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, primary schools across Russia’s hinterlands are transformed into recruitment stages for the war. Facing the ethical dilemma of working in a system defined by propaganda and violence, a brave teacher goes undercover to film what’s really happening in his own school.
poster
Criterion Channel
80
8.2
/6561/
78
/205/
76
/93/
4.2
/7232/
90
/42/
90
/191/
68
/9/
cc age 15+

Hearts and Minds (1974)
Many times during his presidency, Lyndon B. Johnson said that ultimate victory in the Vietnam War depended upon the U.S. military winning the "hearts and minds" of the Vietnamese people. Filmmaker Peter Davis uses Johnson's phrase in an ironic context in this anti-war documentary, filmed and released while the Vietnam War was still under way, juxtaposing interviews with military figures like U.S. Army Chief of Staff William C. Westmoreland with shocking scenes of violence and brutality.
poster
Paramount+ Amazon Channel
79
7.4
/338520/
74
/11147/
69
/4786/
3.7
/263493/
91
/304/
80
/7271/
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
77
7.6
/211309/
73
/4969/
74
/3207/
4.1
/193110/
80
/106/
80
/5228/
78
/32/
cc age 15+

The Thin Red Line (1998)
The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II battle of Guadalcanal. It follows their journey, from the surprise of an unopposed landing, through the bloody and exhausting battles that follow, to the ultimate departure of those who survived.
poster
75
7.3
/564338/
74
/21877/
74
/13431/
3.4
/533475/
71
/299/
84
/7194/
73
/48/
cc age 17+

American Sniper (2014)
U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle takes his sole mission—protect his comrades—to heart and becomes one of the most lethal snipers in American history. His pinpoint accuracy not only saves countless lives but also makes him a prime target of insurgents. Despite grave danger and his struggle to be a good husband and father to his family back in the States, Kyle serves four tours of duty in Iraq. However, when he finally returns home, he finds that he cannot leave the war behind.
poster
73
6.8
/22086/
72
/1440/
65
/433/
3.3
/12999/
90
/168/
72
/209/
76
/30/
cc age 15+

Their Finest (2017)
During the Blitz of World War II, a female screenwriter works on a film celebrating England's resilience as a way to buoy a weary populace's spirits. Her efforts to dramatise the true story of two sisters who undertook their own maritime mission to rescue wounded soldiers are met with mixed feelings by a dismissive all-male staff.
poster
73
8.0
/10455/
75
/162/
74
/120/
3.8
/2102/
78
/115/
88
/1016/
68
/32/

Why We Fight (2005)
Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Jarecki's shrewd and intelligent polemic would seem to give an affirmative answer to each of these questions.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
7.3
/31335/
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.
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Disney Plus
71
6.9
/957761/
74
/46621/
70
/22411/
3.3
/1625741/
80
/274/
75
/15711/
66
/43/
cc age 11+

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
During World War II, Steve Rogers is a sickly man from Brooklyn who's transformed into super-soldier Captain America to aid in the war effort. Rogers must stop the Red Skull – Adolf Hitler's ruthless head of weaponry, and the leader of an organization that intends to use a mysterious device of untold powers for world domination.
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Hoopla
79
71
7.5
/4762/
73
/93/
71
/76/
3.8
/3589/
93
/14/
91
/78/

Went the Day Well? (1942)
The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England's radar network in preparation for a full scale German invasion. Once the villagers discover the true identity of the troops, they do whatever they can to thwart the Nazis plans.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
68
7.0
/4152/
65
/45/
62
/47/
3.4
/835/
73
/56/
73
/998/
61
/26/

Taking Sides (2002)
One of the most spectacular and renowned conductors of the 1930s, Wilhelm Furtwangler's reputation rivaled that of Toscanini's. After the war, he was investigated as part of the Allies' de-Nazification programme. In the bombed-out Berlin of the immediate post-war period, the Allies slowly bring law and order to bear on an occupied Germany. An American major is given the Furtwangler file, and is told to find everything he can and to prosecute the man ruthlessly. Tough and hard-nosed, Major Steve Arnold sets out to investigate a world of which he knows nothing.
poster
Hoopla
76
68
7.2
/6993/
74
/115/
66
/62/
3.4
/1858/
100
/5/
75
/52/
77
/8/

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Japanese homeland.
poster
75
66
7.1
/5416/
73
/94/
67
/68/
3.5
/2673/
100
/11/
71
/64/

All Through the Night (1942)
Broadway gamblers stumble across a plan by Nazi saboteurs to blow up an American battleship.
poster
75
66
7.0
/4113/
70
/83/
64
/51/
3.4
/4110/
100
/11/
83
/130/

For Me and My Gal (1942)
Two vaudeville performers fall in love, but find their relationship tested by the arrival of WWI.
poster
The Roku Channel
73
66
7.2
/6979/
70
/122/
68
/98/
3.4
/4369/
90
/20/
75
/108/

In Which We Serve (1942)
The story of the HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship’s first and only commanding officer is Captain E.V. Kinross, who trains his men not only to be loyal to him and the country, but—most importantly—to themselves.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
66
62
6.4
/8100/
67
/871/
76
/851/
3.1
/4791/
72
/18/
73
/19/
54
/5/

Sniper: The White Raven (2022)
Mykola is an eccentric pacifist who wants to be useful to humanity. When the war begins in Donbas, Mykola’s naive world is collapsing as the militants kill his pregnant wife and burn his home to the ground. Recovered, he makes a cardinal decision and gets enlisted in a sniper company. Having met his wife’s killers, he emotionally breaks down and arranges “sniper terror” for the enemy.
poster
67
60
6.8
/5729/
68
/124/
65
/81/
3.2
/2798/
80
/5/
61
/63/

Across the Pacific (1942)
Rick Leland makes no secret of the fact he has no loyalty to his home country after he is court-martialed out of the army and boards a Japanese ship for the Orient in late 1941. But has Leland really been booted out, or is there some other motive for his getting close to fellow passenger Doctor Lorenz? Any motive for getting close to attractive traveler Alberta Marlow would however seem pretty obvious.
poster
72
59
6.4
/4170/
74
/122/
62
/50/
3.1
/898/
100
/5/
72
/48/

The Fighting Seabees (1944)
Construction workers in World War II in the Pacific are needed to build military sites, but the work is dangerous and they doubt the ability of the Navy to protect them. After a series of attacks by the Japanese, something new is tried, Construction Battalions (CBs=Seabees). The new CBs have to both build and be ready to fight.
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Plex
71
58
7.0
/4151/
71
/96/
65
/59/
3.4
/2000/
82
/11/
70
/24/

Air Force (1943)
The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of the Philippines.
poster
The Roku Channel
56
6.5
/18655/
69
/569/
66
/396/
3.2
/5026/
31
/71/
63
/404/
40
/25/
cc age 13+

Jakob the Liar (1999)
In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caught out after curfew. While waiting for the German Kommondant, Jakob overhears a German radio broadcast about Russian troop movements. Returned to the ghetto, the shopkeeper shares his information with a friend and then rumors fly that there is a secret radio within the ghetto.
poster
69
56
7.0
/4924/
69
/100/
70
/57/
3.3
/1425/
72
/49/

Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Merchant Marine sailors Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart) and Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) are charged with getting a supply vessel to Russian allies as part of a sea convoy. When the group of ships comes under attack from a German U-boat, Rossi and Jarvis navigate through dangerous waters to evade Nazi naval forces. Though their mission across the Atlantic is extremely treacherous, they are motivated by the opportunity to strike back at the Germans, who sank one of their earlier ships.
poster
Kanopy
56
6.7
/1340/
65
/63/
63
/67/
3.4
/606/
41
/22/
54
/7/
45
/11/

Come What May (2015)
In may 1940, the German troops enter France. Frightened by the progress of the enemy, the people of a small village of Pas-de-Calais decide on the recommendations of the prefecture, to give up everything to go on the road, fleeing to the coast.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
56
6.4
/116487/
65
/2282/
63
/1835/
2.9
/50880/
51
/231/
51
/3209/
52
/41/
cc age 13+

The Iron Lady (2011)
A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a focus on the price she paid for power.
poster
52
5.6
/14645/
70
/396/
57
/184/
2.5
/4837/
23
/13/
61
/364/

The Green Berets (1968)
Col. Mike Kirby picks two teams of crack Green Berets for two missions in South Vietnam. The first is to strengthen a camp that is trying to be taken by the enemy. The second is to kidnap a North Vietnamese General.
poster
77
50
7.5
/4915/
71
/138/
69
/163/
3.6
/7065/
100
/2/

Der Fuehrer's Face (1943)
A marching band of Germans, Italians, and Japanese march through the streets of swastika-motif Nutziland, serenading "Der Fuehrer's Face." Donald Duck, not living in the region by choice, struggles to make do with disgusting Nazi food rations and then with his day of toil at a Nazi artillery factory. After a nervous breakdown, Donald awakens to find that his experience was in fact a nightmare.
poster
MGM Plus
50
6.1
/247981/
64
/14313/
58
/5732/
2.4
/133971/
50
/220/
49
/5179/
52
/41/
cc age 15+

RoboCop (2014)
In RoboCop, the year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Overseas, their drones have been used by the military for years, but have been forbidden for law enforcement in America. Now OmniCorp wants to bring their controversial technology to the home front, and they see a golden opportunity to do it. When Alex Murphy – a loving husband, father and good cop doing his best to stem the tide of crime and corruption in Detroit – is critically injured, OmniCorp sees their chance to build a part-man, part-robot police officer. OmniCorp envisions a RoboCop in every city and even more billions for their shareholders, but they never counted on one thing: there is still a man inside the machine.
poster
Hoopla
80
44
8.3
/1621/
77
/50/
77
/36/
3.7
/518/
80
/5/
89
/15/

The War You Don't See (2010)
This film investigates how the media has reported war, from the First World War to the present day.
poster
Kanopy
60
44
6.5
/1929/
59
/46/
61
/63/
3.3
/2932/
51
/317/

Listen to Britain (1942)
A depiction of life in wartime Britain during the Second World War. Director Humphrey Jennings visits many aspects of civilian life and of the turmoil and privation caused by the war, all without narration.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
44
5.7
/3676/
60
/326/
55
/80/
2.5
/1267/
19
/21/
36
/24/
25
/6/
cc age 15+

American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally (2021)
The life of American woman Mildred Gillars and her lawyer, who struggles to redeem her reputation. Dubbed “Axis Sally” for broadcasting Nazi propaganda to American troops during World War II, Mildred’s story exposes the dark underbelly of the Third Reich's hate-filled propaganda machine, her eventual capture in Berlin, and subsequent trial for treason against the United States after the war.
poster
68
44
7.0
/4398/
70
/63/
68
/51/
3.5
/1277/
65
/12/

The Battle of Neretva (1969)
In January 1943 the German army, afraid of an Allied invasion of the Balkans, launched a great offensive against Yugoslav Partisans in Western Bosnia. The only way out for Partisan forces and thousands of refugees was the bridge on the river Neretva.
poster
MGM Plus
43
5.3
/83424/
62
/3579/
57
/1704/
2.2
/42218/
15
/143/
50
/3285/
31
/33/
cc age 14+

Red Dawn (2012)
A city in Washington state awakens to the surreal sight of foreign paratroopers dropping from the sky—shockingly, the U.S. has been invaded and their hometown is the initial target. Quickly and without warning, the citizens find themselves prisoners and their town under enemy occupation. Determined to fight back, a group of young patriots seek refuge in the surrounding woods, training and reorganizing themselves into a guerrilla group of fighters.
poster
Criterion Channel
67
41
7.0
/2311/
73
/53/
67
/39/
3.4
/634/
61
/362/

The First of the Few (1942)
This 1942 fictionalized biopic chronicles the true story of how two of the most remarkable men in aviation history - visionary Spitfire designer R.J. Mitchell and his test pilot Geoffrey Crisp - designed a streamlined monoplane that led to the development of the Spitfire.
poster
57
41
6.4
/1362/
58
/113/
57
/48/
2.7
/2105/
53
/336/

Victory Through Air Power (1943)
Based on the book by Major Alexander de Seversky's about his theories of the practical uses of long range strategic bombing. Using a combination of animation humorously telling about the development of air warfare, the film shows de Seversky illustrating his ideas of how air power could win World War II for the Allies.
poster
68
38
5.9
/661/
60
/7/
51
/18/
2.7
/522/
100
/5/
88
/32/

Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips (1944)
Bugs fights stereotyped Japanese during World War II.
poster
70
37
7.3
/1143/
72
/41/
65
/33/
3.5
/1700/

Super-Rabbit (1943)
Bugs Bunny becomes a superhero who does battle with a rabbit hating cowboy and horse.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
68
36
6.2
/2134/
69
/138/
65
/55/
3.2
/594/
81
/10/

The Pilot: A Battle for Survival (2021)
December of 1941, Northwestern Front. A German tank column is moving towards Moscow. During a mission to stop the enemy advance, Nikolai Komlev's IL-2 is shot down. Komlev manages to crash-land his plane in a remote forest clearing. He's alive, but far from friendly territory. Ahead of him is a relentless trial of severe physical and mental endurance. After battling hunger and extreme cold, evading packs of wolves and detachments of Nazi soldiers, the wounded Komlev finally makes it back to safety. But there he faces another challenge, the most life-changing of them all.
poster
52
31
5.4
/1269/
52
/30/
49
/48/
2.9
/1123/
48
/304/

The Bond (1918)
A propaganda film created by Charlie Chaplin at his own expense for the Liberty Load Committee to help sell U.S. Liberty Bonds during World War I. The story is a series of sketches humorously illustrating various bonds like the bond of friendship and of marriage and, most important, the Liberty Bond, to K.O. the Kaiser which Charlie does literally.
poster
Kanopy
52
31
5.3
/1836/
49
/33/
53
/56/
2.7
/1336/

Aventure Malgache (1944)
Backstage before a performance, a French actor recalls his time in Madagascar during World War II, when he secretly ran a Resistance radio station under the watch of a collaborationist police chief. His story unfolds in flashback, revealing espionage, deception, and divided loyalties within the French ranks. Made for Britain’s Ministry of Information, this 1944 French-language propaganda short satirizes Vichy opportunism and wartime hypocrisy, and was shelved for decades before its release in 1993.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
62
30
6.3
/2054/
72
/32/
64
/19/
3.2
/703/
50
/332/

Reunion in France (1942)
Frenchwoman Michele de la Becque, an opponent of the Nazis in German-occupied Paris, hides a downed American flyer, Pat Talbot, and attempts to get him safely out of the country.
poster
72
29
7.4
/516/
75
/97/
73
/49/
3.4
/247/

WWII From Space (2012)
WWII from Space delivers World War II in a way you've never experienced it before. This HISTORY special uses an all-seeing CGI eye that offers a satellite view of the conflict, allowing you to experience it in a way that puts key events and tipping points in a global perspective. By re-creating groundbreaking moments that could never have been captured on camera, and by illustrating the importance of simultaneity and the hidden effects of crucial incidents, HISTORY presents the war's monumental moments in a never-before-seen context. And with new information brought to the forefront, you'll better understand how a nation ranked 19th in the world's militaries in 1939 emerged six years later as the planet's only atomic superpower.
poster
63
28
6.7
/2412/
70
/31/
56
/19/
3.2
/425/
62
/25/

Guadalcanal Diary (1943)
Concentrating on the personal lives of those involved, a war correspondent takes us through the preparations, landing and initial campaign on Guadalcanal during WWII.
poster
59
27
6.4
/2812/
66
/30/
55
/24/
3.3
/621/
45
/16/

Battle Cry (1955)
The dramatic story of US Marines in training, in combat, and in love, during World War II. The story centers on a major who guides the raw recruits from their training to combat.
poster
MGM Plus
58
27
6.0
/1786/
67
/31/
53
/24/
3.1
/475/
49
/1670/

Gung Ho! (1943)
A true-life epic that revolves around an exclusive bataillon of the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II, "Carlson's Raiders," whose assignment is to take control of a South Pacific island once possessed by the United States but now under Japanese command.
poster
Hoopla
70
26
6.9
/453/
61
/6/
60
/6/
3.4
/307/
98
/371/

Spy Smasher (1942)
Prior to the United States' involvement in World War II, the masked vigilante Spy Smasher fights Nazi agents operating within the US, led by the treacherous sabotage leader codenamed The Mask.


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