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Criterion Channel
89
8.6
/23093/
84
/582/
82
/533/
4.5
/49645/
100
/26/
95
/415/
cc age 15+

Night and Fog (1959)
Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.
poster
87
8.1
/246175/
78
/3921/
78
/2264/
4.2
/107284/
96
/103/
93
/2261/
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
Kanopy
87
8.1
/40664/
77
/689/
79
/748/
4.2
/42261/
97
/73/
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
Amazon Prime Video
87
8.5
/994534/
84
/15499/
83
/9791/
4.4
/1069688/
95
/186/
96
/10821/
85
/40/
cc age 15+

The Pianist (2002)
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
poster
Kanopy
85
8.2
/273971/
80
/4796/
79
/2717/
4.2
/134048/
94
/53/
95
/4759/
86
/16/
cc age 8+

The Great Escape (1963)
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
83
8.0
/7301/
76
/161/
75
/91/
4.0
/9768/
93
/14/
94
/247/

Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997)
Three decades after German-American pilot Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos, he returns to the places where he was held prisoner during the early years of the Vietnam War. Accompanied by director Werner Herzog, Dengler describes in unusually candid detail his captivity, the friendships he made, and his daring escape. Not willing to stop there, Herzog even persuades his subject to re-enact certain tortures, with the help of some willing local villagers.
poster
Criterion Channel
89
81
8.8
/8394/
86
/207/
84
/199/
4.6
/22211/
97
/861/

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his dear wife and his old life, Kaji faces great odds in a variety of different harrowing circumstances as he and his fellow men sneak behind enemy lines.
poster
Kanopy
80
7.7
/448473/
78
/13404/
73
/6126/
3.7
/239531/
77
/172/
88
/18040/
74
/33/
cc age 17+

Black Hawk Down (2001)
When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.
poster
Criterion Channel
80
8.2
/6517/
78
/203/
77
/92/
4.2
/6876/
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
80
7.8
/48616/
77
/1848/
78
/1431/
4.0
/31725/
91
/105/
89
/114/
75
/26/

Land of Mine (2015)
In the days following the surrender of Germany in May 1945, a group of young German prisoners of war is handed over to the Danish authorities and subsequently sent to the West Coast, where they are ordered to remove the more than two million mines that the Germans had placed in the sand along the coast. With their bare hands, crawling around in the sand, the boys are forced to perform the dangerous work under the leadership of a Danish sergeant.
poster
MGM Plus
80
7.4
/211449/
71
/3271/
71
/2308/
3.6
/101532/
86
/93/
83
/4501/
86
/31/
cc age 16+

The English Patient (1996)
In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almásy enters into a world of love, betrayal, and politics.
poster
The Roku Channel
76
7.2
/115049/
72
/2384/
69
/1347/
3.6
/36653/
90
/160/
75
/8298/
77
/36/
cc age 15+

Rescue Dawn (2007)
A US Fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.
poster
78
76
7.6
/20867/
74
/349/
71
/274/
3.7
/13793/
93
/68/
84
/320/
77
/15/
cc age 12+

Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charming granddaughter of the local nobility as represented by Lady Beldon. Then the war comes and Vin joins the RAF.
poster
76
74
7.1
/15931/
72
/335/
71
/228/
3.5
/4821/
90
/21/
82
/205/

Von Ryan's Express (1965)
Von Ryan's Express stars Frank Sinatra as a POW colonel who leads a daring escape from WWII Italy by taking over a freight train, but he has to win over the British soldiers he finds himself commanding.
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
73
8.0
/10435/
75
/160/
75
/118/
3.8
/2107/
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
Criterion Channel
72
7.2
/21829/
74
/557/
73
/502/
3.9
/42865/
86
/29/
79
/364/
53
/13/

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. Colonel John Lawrence, who has a profound knowledge of Japanese culture, and Sergeant Hara, brutal and simpleton, will witness the struggle of wills between two men from very different backgrounds who are tragically destined to clash.
poster
71
6.9
/14257/
65
/416/
67
/296/
3.5
/30113/
89
/36/
69
/206/

The Black Cat (1934)
After a road accident in Hungary, the American honeymooners Joan and Peter and the enigmatic Dr. Werdegast find refuge in the house of the famed architect Hjalmar Poelzig, who shares a dark past with the doctor.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
71
6.9
/14174/
69
/435/
67
/244/
3.7
/28978/
82
/17/
77
/223/
66
/12/

Rolling Thunder (1977)
A Vietnam veteran, Charles Rane, returns home after years in a POW camp and is treated as a hero. He has a hard time adjusting, and things go badly. A movie about the walking dead, before that meant just flesh-eating zombies.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
79
69
7.5
/3150/
79
/136/
81
/80/
4.0
/13968/
63
/8/
96
/52/

Swing Kids (2018)
Rebellious Ki-soo from North Korea is mesmerized by tap dance in prison camps. Ki-soo joins as a team member of a dance team named 'Swing Kids'. Yet suddenly, their dreams about dancing in prison camps are put in danger.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
69
7.0
/30145/
70
/995/
72
/1129/
3.3
/19455/
75
/44/
69
/88/
63
/9/

Suite Française (2015)
France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law as they both await news of her husband: a prisoner of war. Parisian refugees start to pour into their small town, soon followed by a regiment of German soldiers who take up residence in the villagers' own homes. Lucile initially tries to ignore Bruno von Falk, the handsome and refined German officer staying with them. But soon, a powerful love draws them together and leads them into the tragedy of war.
poster
69
68
6.8
/14564/
66
/387/
65
/241/
3.5
/8265/
82
/17/
68
/372/
66
/6/

Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)
Billy Pilgrim, a veteran of the Second World War, finds himself mysteriously detached from time, so that he is able to travel, without being able to help it, from the days of his childhood to those of his peculiar life on a distant planet called Tralfamadore, passing through his bitter experience as a prisoner of war in the German city of Dresden, over which looms the inevitable shadow of an unspeakable tragedy.
poster
77
68
7.5
/6543/
72
/108/
69
/102/
3.8
/5283/
94
/17/
77
/57/

Act of Violence (1949)
A former prisoner of war, Frank Enley is hailed as a hero in his California town. However, Frank has a shameful secret that comes back to haunt him when fellow survivor Joe Parkson emerges, intent on making Frank pay for his past deeds.
poster
71
66
6.7
/9376/
70
/199/
66
/167/
3.4
/5194/
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
66
7.1
/164863/
72
/3809/
71
/3009/
3.5
/98936/
57
/35/
73
/1609/
55
/18/
cc age 13+

Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer journeys to the Himalayas without his family to head an expedition in 1939. But when World War II breaks out, the arrogant Harrer falls into Allied forces' hands as a prisoner of war. He escapes with a fellow detainee and makes his way to Lhasa, Tibet, where he meets the 14-year-old Dalai Lama, whose friendship ultimately transforms his outlook on life.
poster
Netflix
66
7.2
/195680/
73
/6651/
74
/4268/
3.6
/168837/
53
/230/
70
/2567/
59
/48/
cc age 14+

Unbroken (2014)
A chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II.
poster
Hoopla
61
6.8
/6236/
72
/134/
64
/91/
3.3
/2137/
48
/23/
78
/127/
48
/18/

Paradise Road (1997)
A group of English, American, Dutch and Australian women creates a vocal orchestra while being imprisoned in a Japanese POW camp on Sumatra during World War II.
poster
MGM Plus
61
6.6
/24618/
69
/734/
65
/362/
3.0
/3352/
39
/119/
70
/763/
48
/29/
cc age 17+

The Great Raid (2005)
As World War II rages, the elite Sixth Ranger Battalion is given a mission of heroic proportions: push 30 miles behind enemy lines and liberate over 500 American prisoners of war.
poster
MGM Plus
60
6.4
/57376/
66
/1447/
64
/1004/
2.9
/11734/
60
/121/
48
/733/
49
/32/
cc age 17+

Hart's War (2002)
When Col. William McNamara is stripped of his freedom in a German POW camp, he's determined to keep on fighting even from behind enemy lines. Enlisting the help of a young lieutenant in a brilliant plot against his captors, McNamara risks everything on a mission to free his men and change the outcome of the war.
poster
Kanopy
73
59
7.4
/3051/
68
/51/
69
/69/
3.6
/3833/
83
/6/
77
/29/

The Murderers Are Among Us (1946)
After returning from a concentration camp, Susanne finds a traumatized ex-soldier living in her apartment in bombed out Berlin. Together the two try to move past their experiences during WWII.
poster
75
58
7.2
/3233/
70
/53/
67
/47/
3.5
/1223/
100
/6/
72
/37/

Decision Before Dawn (1951)
WWII is entering its last phase: Germany is in ruins, but does not yield. The US army lacks crucial knowledge about the German units operating on the opposite side of the Rhine, and decides to send two German prisoners to gather information. The scheme is risky: the Gestapo retains a terribly efficient network to identify and capture spies and deserters. Moreover, it is not clear that "Tiger", who does not mind any dirty work as long as the price is right, and war-weary "Happy", who might be easily betrayed by his feelings, are dependable agents. After Tiger and another American agent are successfully infiltrated, Happy is parachuted in Bavaria. His duty: find out the whereabouts of a powerful German armored unit moving towards the western front.
poster
71
57
6.7
/2035/
75
/232/
72
/303/
3.6
/5821/

The Seventh Company Has Been Found (1975)
The second part of the Seventh Company adventures.
poster
Hoopla
57
6.5
/193259/
68
/6895/
67
/4160/
3.1
/118484/
33
/45/
60
/2949/
47
/15/
cc age 16+

Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam.
poster
59
55
6.1
/8057/
61
/254/
62
/233/
3.1
/8689/
51
/856/

Men Behind the Sun (1988)
The film is a graphic depiction of the war atrocities committed by the Japanese at Unit 731, the secret biological weapons experimentation unit of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. The film details the various cruel medical experiments Unit 731 inflicted upon the Chinese and Soviet prisoners at the tail-end of the war.
poster
AMC+
54
5.3
/1803/
57
/232/
58
/80/
2.6
/5590/
63
/16/
47
/21/

Monster Island (2025)
In the Pacific, 1944, a Japanese soldier and a British prisoner of war are stranded on a deserted island, hunted by a deadly creature. Two mortal enemies must come together to survive the unknown.
poster
53
4.4
/624/
41
/16/
45
/29/
3.0
/271/

Deported Women of the SS Special Section (1976)
Young women in Nazi-occupied countries are packed onto a train and shipped off to a prison camp, where the sadistic commandant uses them as rewards for his lesbian guards and perverted and deviate troops.
poster
53
6.3
/1912/
67
/61/
60
/37/
3.2
/468/
40
/5/
43
/12/

The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968)
When 5 allied generals are captured in Italy in WWII, it is a propaganda nightmare for the allies. The generals are all 1 star and refuse to take orders from each other in order to plan an escape. Harry Frigg is a private who has escaped from the guard house dozens of times. He is promoted to Major General and ordered to get the generals out once he is captured. Harry is willing to escape, but then he meets the countess...
poster
76
52
7.4
/3276/
70
/40/
67
/41/
3.5
/973/
100
/9/
76
/17/

The Seventh Cross (1944)
In Nazi Germany in 1936 seven men escape from a concentration camp. The camp commander puts up seven crosses and, as the Gestapo returns each escapee he is put to death on a cross. The seventh cross is still empty as George Heisler attempts an escape to freedom in Holland.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
53
52
5.3
/10124/
57
/368/
57
/301/
2.7
/4505/
47
/6758/

Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985)
Prequel to the first Missing In Action, set in the early 1980s it shows the capture of Colonel Braddock during the Vietnam war in the 1970s, and his captivity with other American POWs in a brutal prison camp, and his plans to escape.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
47
5.5
/17970/
61
/725/
58
/526/
2.7
/10420/
19
/16/
43
/329/
43
/8/

Missing in Action (1984)
American servicemen are still being held captive in Vietnam and it's up to one man to bring them home in this blistering, fast-paced action/adventure starring martial arts superstar Chuck Norris. Following a daring escape from a Vietnamese POW camp, Special Forces Colonel James Braddock (Norris) is on a mission to locate and save remaining MIAs.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
73
46
7.3
/2353/
65
/27/
65
/25/
3.5
/536/
100
/8/
68
/33/

Three Came Home (1950)
Borneo, 1941, during World War II. When the Japanese occupy the island, American writer Agnes Newton Keith is separated from her husband and imprisoned with her son in a prison camp run by the enigmatic Colonel Suga.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
53
46
5.7
/6399/
61
/157/
57
/118/
2.9
/2349/
32
/47/

Escape to Athena (1979)
During the World War II, the prisoners of a German camp in a Greek island are trying to escape. They not only want their freedom, but also seek an ineffable treasure hidden in a monastery at the summit of the island's mountain.
poster
47
46
5.1
/8921/
49
/404/
59
/369/
2.7
/6818/
27
/11/
42
/258/

Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS (1975)
Ilsa, a warden at a Nazi death camp that conducts experiments on prisoners, strives to prove that women can withstand more pain and suffering than men, and therefore should be allowed to fight on the frontlines.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
69
42
6.6
/1934/
65
/26/
63
/38/
3.4
/609/
85
/580/

Hannibal Brooks (1969)
A POW in World War II is put to work in a Munich zoo, looking after an Asian elephant. The zoo is bombed by the Americans and the director of the zoo decides it is not safe for his Asian elephant Lucy to remain there. So he sends Brooks to safety with Lucy. They escape and go on the run in order to get to Switzerland.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
57
41
6.0
/4771/
63
/144/
58
/108/
3.1
/542/
45
/41/

In Enemy Hands (2004)
At the height of Hitler's infamous U-boat war, the crew of the U.S.S. Swordfish were heading home after months at sea. They never made it. Now prisoners of war aboard U-boat 429, a small group of American survivors will find their loyalties put to the ultimate test when they're forced to join their German captors to fight for their very lives.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
69
40
7.2
/2106/
68
/35/
63
/32/
3.4
/549/
77
/46/

A Town Like Alice (1956)
In 1941 Malaysia, the advancing Japanese army captures a lot of British territory very quickly. The men are sent off to labor camps, but they have no plan on what to do with the women and children of the British.
poster
71
39
6.9
/1732/
71
/24/
68
/27/
3.4
/613/
80
/335/

The Wooden Horse (1950)
True story of three British POWs and their attempt to escape from Nazi Germany
poster
51
36
6.1
/2115/
54
/41/
55
/69/
3.0
/1736/
28
/80/

Bon Voyage (1944)
After escaping a Nazi POW camp, a young Scottish RAF gunner recounts his perilous journey through occupied France with the help of the Resistance. During his debriefing in London, French intelligence officers press him for details—especially about one companion whose true loyalties may not be what they seemed.


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