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Kanopy
90
8.3
/100968/
82
/1727/
83
/1284/
4.5
/178105/
98
/57/
96
/1465/
92
/20/
cc age 11+

Ikiru (1952)
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.
poster
Kanopy
90
8.1
/76785/
81
/1455/
82
/1177/
4.4
/137727/
100
/52/
93
/872/
100
/19/

Tokyo Story (1953)
The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their daughter, Shige, a hairdresser, don't have much time to spend with their aged parents, and so it falls to Noriko, the widow of their younger son who was killed in the war, to keep her in-laws company.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
88
8.1
/193952/
78
/3083/
79
/2033/
4.2
/180023/
99
/97/
93
/3387/
97
/30/
cc age 13+

The Third Man (1949)
In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.
poster
87
8.0
/27544/
79
/602/
77
/453/
4.3
/52377/
97
/38/
93
/635/
cc age 10+

A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American girl.
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
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
/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
Criterion Channel
84
7.7
/16086/
75
/262/
74
/289/
4.0
/25367/
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
Kanopy
84
7.9
/16340/
79
/487/
78
/334/
4.4
/103049/
79
/72/
90
/267/
84
/15/

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima, combining dramatizations of three of his novels and a depiction of the events of November 25th, 1970.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
83
7.5
/64983/
73
/2051/
74
/1554/
4.0
/172444/
92
/254/
82
/174/
90
/45/
cc age 16+

Cold War (2018)
A man and a woman meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With vastly different backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatally mismatched and yet drawn to each other.
poster
Kanopy
83
7.8
/38945/
77
/786/
76
/894/
4.2
/136150/
96
/46/
89
/628/

Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
The deep conversation between a Japanese architect and a French actress forms the basis of this celebrated French film, considered one of the vanguard productions of the French New Wave. Set in Hiroshima after the end of World War II, the couple -- lovers turned friends -- recount, over many hours, previous romances and life experiences. The two intertwine their stories about the past with pondering the devastation wrought by the atomic bomb dropped on the city.
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
Netflix
83
7.4
/57096/
75
/2442/
73
/1282/
3.8
/55876/
97
/202/
85
/314/
85
/44/
cc age 15+

Mudbound (2017)
In the post–World War II South, two families are pitted against a barbaric social hierarchy and an unrelenting landscape as they simultaneously fight the battle at home and the battle abroad.
poster
MUBI
82
7.5
/8641/
73
/283/
73
/190/
4.0
/34116/
97
/62/
90
/10/
89
/18/

Great Freedom (2021)
In post-war Germany, liberation by the Allies does not mean freedom for everyone. Hans Hoffmann is repeatedly imprisoned under Paragraph 175, which criminalizes homosexuality. Nevertheless, over the decades, he continues his quest for freedom and love, even if he finds it in the most unusual places.
poster
82
7.6
/28476/
73
/402/
71
/381/
3.9
/18545/
93
/160/
84
/747/
83
/40/
cc age 18+

Vera Drake (2004)
Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain – a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.
poster
Criterion Channel
82
7.4
/159742/
73
/5723/
73
/3701/
4.2
/598559/
91
/359/
71
/915/
90
/51/
cc age 15+

Phantom Thread (2017)
In 1950s London, a renowned dressmaker's meticulous lifestyle begins drastically changing as his relationship with his young muse intensifies.
poster
Criterion Channel
86
82
8.0
/10546/
78
/206/
78
/200/
4.2
/20700/
100
/11/
92
/97/
94
/5/

Early Summer (1951)
A 28-year-old single woman is pressured to marry.
poster
82
7.8
/91752/
74
/1674/
73
/1438/
4.0
/72356/
96
/48/
89
/1129/
86
/12/
cc age 10+

The Remains of the Day (1993)
A rule-bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love with him in post-WWI Britain. The possibility of romance and his master's cultivation of ties with the Nazi cause challenge his carefully maintained veneer of servitude.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
82
7.4
/62799/
72
/1463/
72
/1035/
4.0
/90423/
95
/167/
79
/480/
91
/35/
cc age 14+

Ida (2013)
In 1960s Poland, young novitiate Anna is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a family secret dating back to the years of the German occupation.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
81
7.2
/131716/
70
/4654/
70
/1517/
3.9
/728819/
93
/337/
79
/520/
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
80
7.6
/95618/
77
/2173/
77
/2310/
4.1
/111413/
90
/60/
87
/2310/
69
/23/
cc age 13+

The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.
poster
Kanopy
80
7.2
/13019/
71
/418/
70
/347/
3.8
/29510/
93
/111/
76
/43/
85
/26/

Beanpole (2019)
1945, Leningrad. World War II has devastated the city, demolishing its buildings and leaving its citizens in tatters, physically and mentally. Two young women, Iya and Masha, search for meaning and hope in the struggle to rebuild their lives amongst the ruins.
poster
Kanopy
80
8.0
/10205/
82
/552/
77
/195/
3.8
/5869/
92
/25/
84
/71/
cc age 12+

Requiem for the American Dream (2015)
Through interviews filmed over four years, Noam Chomsky unpacks the principles that have brought us to the crossroads of historically unprecedented inequality – tracing a half-century of policies designed to favor the most wealthy at the expense of the majority – while also looking back on his own life of activism and political participation. He provides penetrating insight into what may well be the lasting legacy of our time – the death of the middle class, and swan song of functioning democracy.
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
79
7.2
/70566/
70
/1380/
69
/1008/
3.8
/71597/
95
/107/
83
/1849/
86
/31/
cc age 17+

Heavenly Creatures (1994)
Precocious teenager Juliet moves to New Zealand with her family and soon befriends the quiet, brooding Pauline through their shared love of fantasy and literature. This friendship gradually develops into an intense and obsessive bond.
poster
Criterion Channel
81
79
7.8
/15110/
75
/306/
76
/414/
4.0
/32440/
96
/24/
86
/117/

Germany, Year Zero (1948)
In the ruins of post-WWII Berlin, a twelve-year-old boy is left to his own devices in order to help provide for his family.
poster
Kanopy
79
7.4
/9969/
72
/175/
69
/140/
3.9
/6250/
69
/52/
91
/311/

Antonia's Line (1995)
After World War II, Antonia and her daughter, Danielle, go back to their Dutch hometown, where Antonia's late mother has bestowed a small farm upon her. There, Antonia settles down and joins a tightly-knit but unusual community. Those around her include quirky friend Crooked Finger, would-be suitor Bas and, eventually for Antonia, a granddaughter and great-granddaughter who help create a strong family of empowered women.
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
78
7.3
/7544/
72
/317/
72
/246/
3.6
/14610/
96
/115/
77
/48/
79
/25/

Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015)
Filmmakers discuss the legacy of Alfred Hitchcock and the book “Hitchcock/Truffaut” (“Le cinéma selon Hitchcock”), written by François Truffaut and published in 1966.
poster
77
7.6
/1756/
72
/35/
70
/36/
3.9
/1430/
100
/6/
72
/14/

Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (1988)
Marcel Ophuls' riveting film details the heinous legacy of the Gestapo head dubbed "The Butcher of Lyon." Responsible for over 4,000 deaths in occupied France during World War II, Barbie would escape—with U.S. help—to South America in 1951, where he lived until a global manhunt led to his 1983 arrest and subsequent trial.
poster
Criterion Channel
82
77
7.6
/11051/
75
/201/
77
/509/
3.9
/26255/
100
/16/
88
/56/

Accattone (1961)
A pimp with no other means to provide for himself finds his life spiralling out of control when his prostitute is sent to prison.
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
/223608/
71
/8933/
68
/5295/
3.6
/462771/
97
/172/
65
/10164/
88
/34/
cc age 7+

Chicken Run (2000)
The creators of Wallace & Gromit bring you an exciting and original story about a group of chickens determined to fly the coop–even if they can’t fly! It’s hardly poultry in motion when Rocky attempts to teach Ginger and her feathered friends to fly…but, with teamwork, determination and a little bit o’ cluck, the fearless flock plots one last attempt in a spectacular bid for freedom.
poster
78
77
7.4
/17554/
74
/409/
76
/1040/
3.8
/16210/
80
/15/
91
/198/
7.1
/3140/

Mediterraneo (1991)
Greek Sea, World War II. An Italian ship leaves a handful of soldiers in a little island; their mission is to spot enemy ships and to hold the island in case of attack. The village of the island seems abandoned and there isn't a single enemy in sight, so the soldiers begin to relax a little. Things change when their ship is hit and destroyed by the enemy, and the soldiers find themselves abandoned there.
poster
Criterion Channel
84
77
8.0
/8847/
76
/134/
78
/265/
4.1
/12251/
100
/12/
92
/61/
82
/7/

Shoeshine (1946)
Two shoeshine boys in postwar Rome, Italy save up to buy a horse, but their involvement as dupes in a burglary lands them in juvenile prison; the experience take a devastating toll on their friendship.
poster
Kanopy
81
77
7.7
/13565/
74
/240/
78
/561/
3.9
/14650/
88
/8/
92
/147/

Two Women (1960)
A young widow flees from Rome during WWII and takes her lonely twelve-year-old-daughter to her rural hometown but the horrors of war soon catch up with them.
poster
Fandor
77
7.3
/30539/
72
/593/
72
/619/
3.7
/38474/
97
/32/
81
/356/
76
/9/

The Stranger (1946)
An investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi, who may be hiding out in a small town in the guise of a distinguished professor engaged to the Supreme Court Justice’s daughter.
poster
77
7.6
/5926/
71
/66/
70
/99/
3.7
/1810/
88
/24/
87
/33/

The Thief (1997)
Katya and her 6-year-old son Sanya, who, in 1952, meet a veteran Soviet officer named Tolyan. Katya falls in love with Tolyan, who turns out to be a small time criminal, but who also becomes a father figure to Sanya ...
poster
The CW
77
7.5
/56450/
72
/1049/
73
/909/
3.6
/53853/
74
/43/
85
/1220/
68
/9/
cc age 16+

Sophie's Choice (1982)
Stingo, a young writer, moves to Brooklyn in 1947 to begin work on his first novel. As he becomes friendly with Sophie and her lover Nathan, he learns that she is a Holocaust survivor. Flashbacks reveal her harrowing story, from pre-war prosperity to Auschwitz. In the present, Sophie and Nathan's relationship increasingly unravels as Stingo grows closer to Sophie and Nathan's fragile mental state becomes ever more apparent.
poster
77
7.5
/48381/
73
/964/
73
/669/
3.8
/11588/
93
/126/
88
/2441/
78
/23/
cc age 16+

The Counterfeiters (2007)
The story of Jewish counterfeiter Salomon Sorowitsch, who was coerced into assisting the Nazi operation of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp during World War II.
poster
Criterion Channel
82
76
7.8
/11284/
74
/186/
78
/431/
4.0
/22612/
95
/20/
90
/116/

Mamma Roma (1962)
After years spent working as a prostitute in her Italian village, middle-aged Mamma Roma has saved enough money to buy herself a fruit stand so that she can have a respectable middle-class life and reestablish contact with the 16-year-old son she abandoned when he was an infant. But her former pimp threatens to expose her sordid past, and her troubled son seems destined to fall into a life of crime and violence.
poster
76
7.1
/3992/
72
/74/
66
/47/
3.5
/1987/
84
/38/
86
/81/
cc age 14+

Let Him Have It (1991)
In 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by Chris Craig, a teenager with a fondness for American gangster films. Chris and Derek's friendship leads to their involvement in the true case which would forever shake England's belief in capital punishment.
poster
MUBI
76
7.5
/24460/
72
/325/
73
/348/
3.9
/27332/
81
/16/
88
/323/
69
/15/

Europa (1991)
Just after World War II, an American takes a railway job in Germany, but finds his position politically sensitive with various people trying to use him.
poster
Kanopy
75
7.1
/1528/
61
/20/
64
/30/
3.7
/1301/
73
/11/
88
/15/

A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984)
Shortly after World War II an American soldier (Norman) and a Polish refugee (Emilia) fall in love. Eventually he will return to the U.S. and both expect that she will soon follow him with her mother. Emilia's mother is sick, but will recover with the right medicine. But the mother, and not Emilia, knows that there will only be one ticket...
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
75
6.7
/7161/
68
/464/
68
/193/
3.3
/5184/
86
/69/
78
/25/
71
/16/
cc age 15+

The Survivor (2022)
Harry Haft is a boxer who fought fellow prisoners in the concentration camps to survive. Haunted by the memories and his guilt, he attempts to use high-profile fights against boxing legends like Rocky Marciano as a way to find his first love again.
poster
83
75
7.8
/6881/
76
/126/
75
/146/
4.2
/15783/
100
/13/
90
/77/

A City of Sadness (1989)
The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror," the Kuomintang government's anti-communist political repression that was wrought on the Taiwanese people from 1947-1987.
poster
75
7.1
/11389/
76
/530/
73
/388/
3.5
/7740/
73
/11/
90
/450/
66
/11/
cc age 17+

American Me (1992)
During his 18 years in Folsom Prison, street-gang leader Santana rules over all the drug-and-murder activities behind bars. Upon his release, Santana goes back to his old neighborhood, intending to lead a peaceful, crime-free life. But his old gang buddies force him back into his old habits.


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