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Netflix
90
8.5
/371467/
85
/9733/
84
/6220/
4.5
/970516/
100
/50/
95
/5486/
94
/16/
8.5
/443809/
cc age 15+

Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.
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Kanopy
89
8.3
/118563/
82
/2877/
82
/1707/
4.6
/397885/
90
/60/
95
/928/
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
88
8.2
/738412/
80
/17991/
77
/11137/
4.2
/893350/
95
/239/
91
/62198/
98
/37/
cc age 15+

Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
In post–civil war Spain, 10-year-old Ofelia moves with her pregnant mother to live under the control of her cruel stepfather. Drawn into a mysterious labyrinth, she meets a faun who reveals that she may be a lost princess from an underground kingdom. To return to her true father, she must complete a series of surreal and perilous tasks that blur the line between reality and fantasy.
poster
Criterion Channel
86
8.0
/38063/
78
/666/
75
/700/
4.2
/49189/
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
8.0
/13995/
75
/287/
78
/336/
4.1
/11866/
100
/20/
92
/223/

Forbidden Games (1952)
Orphaned after a Nazi air raid, Paulette, a young Parisian girl, runs into Michel, an older peasant boy, and the two quickly become close. Together, they try to make sense of the chaotic and crumbling world around them, attempting to cope with death as they create a burial ground for Paulette's deceased pet dog. Eventually, however, Paulette's stay with Michel's family is threatened by the harsh realities of wartime.
poster
Criterion Channel
85
8.0
/42682/
78
/709/
78
/797/
4.2
/93417/
100
/27/
93
/335/

Ivan's Childhood (1962)
In WW2, twelve year old Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev works for the Soviet army as a scout behind the German lines and strikes a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers.
poster
85
8.0
/22043/
80
/299/
77
/232/
4.2
/18005/
87
/71/
93
/687/
85
/31/

Turtles Can Fly (2005)
Turtles Can Fly tells the story of a group of young children near the Turkey-Iraq border. They clean up mines and wait for the Saddam regime to fall.
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Criterion Channel
82
7.6
/8267/
72
/119/
70
/155/
3.8
/7307/
100
/10/
85
/86/

Lacombe, Lucien (1974)
In Louis Malle's lauded drama, Lucien Lacombe is a young man living in rural France during World War II who seeks to join the French Resistance. When he is rejected due to his youth, the resentful Lucien allies himself with the Nazis and joins the Gallic arm of their Gestapo. Lucien grows to enjoy the power that comes with his position, but his life is complicated when he falls for France Horn, a beautiful young Jewish woman.
poster
Criterion Channel
80
7.7
/2250/
78
/60/
74
/59/
4.2
/7854/
83
/6/
84
/16/

Jacquot (1991)
Jacquot Demy, the son of a garage owner and a hairdresser, is fascinated by cinema and decides to pursue his dream of becoming a filmmaker by any means necessary.
poster
Netflix
79
7.7
/90339/
76
/3703/
75
/1813/
4.0
/90429/
91
/149/
92
/544/
79
/30/
cc age 18+

Beasts of No Nation (2015)
Based on the experiences of Agu, a child fighting in the civil war of a West African country. Follows Agu's journey as he's forced to join a group of soldiers. While he fears his commander and many of the men around him, his fledgling childhood has been brutally shattered by the war raging through his country, and he is at first torn between conflicting revulsion and fascination.
poster
78
7.3
/15735/
72
/265/
69
/210/
3.7
/7861/
96
/28/
82
/244/
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
Amazon Prime Video
78
7.1
/16405/
68
/500/
67
/302/
3.6
/8545/
94
/115/
76
/227/
76
/28/

Lore (2012)
After being abandoned by their Nazi parents at the end of World War II, five German siblings embark on a harrowing journey across their war-torn country. Led by the eldest, 14 year-old Lore, the children are forced to confront their parents’ actions and the reality of a new world.
poster
The Roku Channel
77
7.8
/8548/
76
/132/
82
/508/
3.9
/9452/
74
/50/
93
/444/
66
/24/

Innocent Voices (2005)
A young boy, attempting to have a normal childhood in 1980s El Salvador, is caught up in a dramatic fight for his life when he desperately tries to avoid the war that is raging all around him.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
77
7.5
/18348/
74
/332/
72
/269/
3.8
/12800/
95
/22/
90
/362/
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
78
77
8.0
/10102/
77
/365/
75
/225/
4.0
/17398/
71
/7/
86
/109/
7.7
/22369/

Barefoot Gen (1983)
A story about the effect of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.
poster
Criterion Channel
82
76
7.9
/9181/
76
/169/
75
/184/
4.0
/6536/
100
/9/
87
/45/

The Bridge (1959)
A group of German boys are ordered to protect a small bridge in their home village during the waning months of the second world war. Truckloads of defeated, cynical Wehrmacht soldiers flee the approaching American troops, but the boys, full of enthusiasm for the "blood and honor" Nazi ideology, stay to defend the useless bridge. The film is based on a West German anti-war novel of the same name, written by Gregor Dorfmeister.
poster
FXNow
76
7.9
/479155/
79
/22242/
79
/10073/
4.0
/1997104/
81
/431/
94
/1374/
58
/57/
cc age 13+

Jojo Rabbit (2019)
Jojo, a lonely German boy during World War II has his world shaken when he learns that his single mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home. Influenced by a buffoonish imaginary version of Adolf Hitler, he begins to question his beliefs and confront the conflict between propaganda and his own humanity.
poster
74
7.7
/140840/
76
/3107/
75
/2043/
3.9
/103337/
77
/65/
90
/3544/
62
/22/
cc age 14+

Empire of the Sun (1987)
Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor, who looks out for him while they are in the camp together. Even though he is separated from his parents and in a hostile environment, Jamie maintains his dignity and youthful spirit, providing a beacon of hope for the others held captive with him.
poster
Kanopy
74
7.7
/268305/
78
/9352/
78
/7460/
3.7
/750143/
65
/144/
84
/5572/
55
/28/
cc age 14+

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)
When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a Jewish prisoner or the role his own Nazi father plays in his imprisonment, Bruno embarks on a dangerous journey inside the camp's walls.
poster
73
72
7.4
/19118/
73
/426/
70
/350/
3.9
/23836/
67
/39/
84
/209/
65
/18/

Before the Fall (2004)
In 1942, Friedrich Weimer's boxing skills get him an appointment to a National Political Academy (NaPolA) – high schools that produce Nazi elite. Over his father's objections, Friedrich enrolls. During his year in seventh column, Friedrich encounters hazing, cruelty, death, and the Nazi code. His friendship with Albrecht, the ascetic son of the area's governor, is central to this education.
poster
76
71
7.0
/7712/
71
/187/
65
/108/
3.6
/3260/
94
/63/
78
/124/
84
/16/

War Witch (2012)
Somewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa, Komona a 14-year-old girl tells her unborn child growing inside her the story of her life since she has been at war. Everything started when she was abducted by the rebel army at the age of 12.
poster
Hoopla
72
69
7.4
/14369/
71
/271/
71
/367/
3.7
/6739/
81
/21/
77
/597/
59
/10/
cc age 12+

The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
The true, harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends, is forced into hiding in an attic in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.
poster
70
68
7.0
/13948/
70
/299/
67
/198/
3.4
/3317/
75
/64/
77
/152/
66
/18/

Winter in Wartime (2008)
During World War II in the freezing winter of 1944-45 the western Netherlands are in the grip of a famine. Many people move east to provide for their families. Fourteen year old Michiel can't wait to join the Dutch resistance, to the dismay of his father, who, as mayor, works to prevent escalations in the village.
poster
Disney Plus
68
7.1
/42824/
72
/1903/
70
/1002/
3.5
/35161/
66
/35/
74
/3384/
59
/11/
cc age 7+

Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
Three children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinster. The children's initial fears disappear when they find out she is in fact a trainee witch.
poster
Kanopy
72
66
6.9
/5946/
71
/434/
69
/667/
3.4
/13465/
91
/11/
65
/17/
cc age 10+

Belle and Sebastian (2013)
Belle and Sebastian is set high in the snowy Alps during the Second World War. The resourceful Sebastian is a lonely boy who tames and befriends a giant, wild mountain dog, Belle – even though the villagers believe her to be ‘the beast’ that has been killing their sheep.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
63
7.5
/146502/
76
/5460/
75
/4441/
3.5
/120473/
50
/149/
73
/1674/
53
/31/
cc age 13+

The Book Thief (2013)
While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refugee is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.
poster
60
7.0
/3345/
56
/80/
64
/73/
3.5
/1119/
66
/35/
67
/20/
57
/21/

The Notebook (2013)
In a village on the Hungarian border, two young brothers grow up during war time with their cruel grandmother and must learn every trick of evil to survive in the absurd world of adults.
poster
59
7.0
/10172/
69
/212/
67
/163/
3.3
/1183/
29
/76/
66
/728/
49
/22/

The Children of Huang Shi (2008)
About young British journalist, George Hogg, who with the assistance of a courageous Australian nurse, saves a group of orphaned children during the Japanese occupation of China in 1937.
poster
Kanopy
72
59
7.5
/5151/
74
/81/
67
/77/
3.0
/1699/
84
/1081/

For a Lost Soldier (1992)
In the occupied Netherlands near the end of WWII, a young teenager, Jeroen Boman (Maarten Smit) is sent to the Dutch countryside to avoid the war in Amsterdam. While living with his adopted family, Jeroen meets and becomes friends with a Canadian soldier named Walt Cook, who is stationed at the same town he is staying at. Joroen and Walt spend a lot of time playing around and eventually a romantic relationship develops between them. The boy’s sexual curiosity leads him to have a sexual experience with Walt, an encounter that is shown with some vague detail but without actually showing any nudity, even though sexual intimacy between the two of them is implied. Overall, the movie handles this difficult subject with an elegant style and feeling, without having the adult-child relationship overwhelm the viewer and thus allowing the movie to be seen as just a wartime relationship between two people that marks an important time in a young boy’s life.
poster
78
58
7.7
/2047/
68
/62/
74
/32/
3.7
/665/
92
/36/
88
/47/
79
/25/
cc age 14+

Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (2000)
In the nine months prior to World War II, 10.000 innocent children left behind their families, their homes, their childhood, and took the journey... to Britain to escape the Nazi Holocaust.
poster
Hoopla
58
6.8
/18161/
69
/304/
67
/238/
3.4
/16441/
56
/18/
79
/1082/
39
/20/
cc age 14+

Swing Kids (1993)
The story of a close-knit group of young kids in Nazi Germany who listen to banned swing music from the US. Soon dancing and fun leads to more difficult choices as the Nazis begin tightening the grip on Germany. Each member of the group is forced to face some tough choices about right, wrong, and survival.
poster
72
57
7.8
/5456/
75
/166/
69
/72/
3.5
/5932/
71
/16/

Goodnight, Mister Tom (1998)
A shy and quiet World War II evacuee is housed by a disgruntled old man, and they soon develop a close bond.
poster
Criterion Channel
75
56
7.3
/3149/
71
/45/
70
/72/
3.9
/7941/
92
/12/
71
/14/

Diamonds of the Night (1964)
Two Jewish boys escape from a train transporting them from one concentration camp to another. Ultimately, they are hunted down by a group of old, armed home-guardists.
poster
65
55
6.7
/3642/
69
/108/
61
/64/
3.6
/1364/
76
/25/
65
/127/
45
/6/

Johnny Mad Dog (2008)
A cast of unknown performers are used in this drama about child soldiers fighting a war in an unnamed African country.
poster
69
50
6.8
/1790/
70
/116/
72
/125/
3.4
/2407/

The Diary of Anne Frank (2016)
The story of Anne Frank, the Jewish girl who went into hiding with her family in Amsterdam and became a victim of the Holocaust.
poster
80
47
7.2
/1602/
77
/24/
72
/18/
3.8
/807/
100
/12/
85
/31/

Son of Babylon (2009)
A willful young boy follows his just and obstinate grandmother on a journey across Iraq, determined to discover the fate of her missing son, Ahmed's father, who never returned from war.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
68
45
6.5
/1568/
66
/151/
66
/105/
3.1
/719/
88
/16/
63
/17/
cc age 10+

Zoo (2018)
Young Tom and his misfit friends fight to save 'Buster' the baby elephant during the German air raid bombings of Belfast in 1941.
poster
Kanopy
72
42
7.1
/2219/
62
/107/
66
/74/
3.5
/905/
91
/16/
cc age 13+

Secrets of War (2014)
Tuur and Lambert are best friends. But the war is closing in and is about to change their lives forever. Tuurs dad joined the resistance and even his big brother seems so be part of it. Lamberts family on the other hand choose to obey the Germans. Then a new girls from the city shows up, befriending the boys but telling her secret to only one of them. A choice that separates the boys and ultimately gets her in trouble.
poster
51
41
6.2
/2477/
66
/130/
60
/471/
3.2
/5157/
25
/24/
42
/29/
41
/14/
cc age 12+

War of the Buttons (2011)
Occupied France; Lebrac leads a play war between two rival kid gangs, but a girl he likes, who's Jewish, is in danger of being discovered by local Nazi sympathisers. Lebrac and the village must now respond to the reality of what's happening.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
71
40
7.1
/2215/
72
/53/
71
/64/
3.4
/564/
76
/23/

The Island on Bird Street (1997)
Alex is an 11-year old boy who, during WWII, hides in the Jewish ghetto from Nazis after all his relatives have been sent to the concentration camp. The movie portrays the ghetto through his eyes.
poster
75
37
7.4
/586/
74
/100/
79
/112/
3.8
/751/

Grave of the Fireflies (2005)
Hisako loses her home in Tokyo to Allied bombing. With her husband fighting somewhere in Asia, she and her two children evacuate to a suburb of Kobe, where they share a house with Hisako's cousin, Kyoko. Kobe is bombed and Kyoko is killed. Hisako is forced to take care of Kyoko's two children in addition to her own, but there is not enough food for everyone.
poster
Fandor
69
36
7.2
/1113/
65
/25/
64
/30/
3.7
/1652/

Ballad of the Little Soldier (1984)
A group of Miskito Indians use Nicaraguan child soldiers in their resistance against the Sandinistas.
poster
Criterion Channel
64
29
6.3
/1017/
62
/17/
59
/24/
3.2
/432/
83
/6/
56
/7/

The Drum (1938)
Set in the India of the British Raj, the evil and untrustworthy Prince Guhl (Raymond Massey) plans to wipe out the British troops as they enjoy the hospitality of Guhl's spacious palace. It's up to the loyal young Prince Azim (Sabu) to warn the troops of Guhl's treachery by tapping out a message on his drum.
poster
66
23
7.2
/1068/
55
/6/
68
/28/
3.5
/356/

The Boys (1962)
When Continuation War started in Summer 1941, German soldiers arrived to Oulu. With their charm they conquered women and town boys. Finnish boys communicated with them on many levels: had trades, worked as interpreters, rotated business, spied on German love adventures and fought with each other about the favor of soldiers. In autumn 1944, the war was ending. Germans left Oulu by leaving behind fragile relationships, bastard kids and unfinished businesses. The most shocking of all was the faith of young Jake...
poster
69
20
6.8
/528/
68
/16/
71
/31/
3.5
/245/

The War Is Over (1989)
The film is set in France in August 1944 at the end of the war. German troops are in retreat as the allies are coming in. Two French boys run from home and on their journey they stumble upon a German soldier. Soon they become friends and together they head towards Lyon...
poster
68
15
6.9
/583/
72
/8/
65
/17/
3.5
/562/
64
/3/

No Greater Glory (1934)
A frail boy fights to win acceptance from the leader of a street gang.
poster
?
9.2
/12/
100
/1/

If I Could Fly (2025)
The film follows Lika, a young girl forced to flee the war with her little sister and mother, leaving her father behind. Haunted by fear and loss, Lika finds freedom in her dreams where she learns to fly. Her flights become a symbol of escape from the bombs, the terror, and the constant threat of death. When she tells her little sister about it, the four-year-old, who truly believes Lika can fly, asks softly, “Then why don’t you fly to Papa?” And so, Lika does – at least in her dreams.
poster
78
?
7.4
/8/
80
/1/
90
/1/
3.6
/331/

Little Shrew (Snowflake) (2025)
A little shrew searches for Hope as she makes her way across a bombed-out city.


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