Band of Brothers movie poster
9.4

Band of Brothers

United States1944-1945

The story of Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, from their training in the United States through their participation in major WWII battles including D-Day, Operation Market Garden, and the Battle of the Bulge.

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Schindler's List movie poster
9

Schindler's List

United States1939-1945

In German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.

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Saving Private Ryan movie poster
8.6

Saving Private Ryan

United States1944-1944

Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.

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The Pianist movie poster
8.5

The Pianist

France1939-1945

A Polish Jewish radio station pianist sees Warsaw change gradually as World War II begins.

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Come and See movie poster
8.4

Come and See

Soviet Union1943-1943

After finding an old rifle, a young boy joins the Soviet resistance movement against ruthless German forces and experiences the horrors of World War II.

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Inglourious Basterds movie poster
8.4

Inglourious Basterds

USA1944-1944

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.

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Generation War movie poster
8.4

Generation War

Germany1941-1945

Five German friends in Berlin in 1941 face drastically different fates as the war progresses: two brothers fight on the Eastern Front, one volunteers as a nurse, one becomes entangled with the SS, and one faces persecution as a Jew.

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Das Boot movie poster
8.3

Das Boot

West Germany1941-1941

The claustrophobic world of a WWII German U-boat; boredom, filth and sheer terror.

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The Pacific movie poster
8.3

The Pacific

United States1942-1945

The story of three Marinesβ€”Robert Leckie, Eugene Sledge, and John Basiloneβ€”and their experiences in the Pacific Theater during WWII, from Guadalcanal to Peleliu, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa.

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Downfall movie poster
8.2

Downfall

Germany1945-1945

Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII.

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Hacksaw Ridge movie poster
8.1

Hacksaw Ridge

USA1945-1945

World War II American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor without firing a shot.

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Letters from Iwo Jima movie poster
7.9

Letters from Iwo Jima

USA1945-1945

The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.

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Patton movie poster
7.9

Patton

USA1942-1945

The World War II phase of the controversial American General George S. Patton, from his leadership in North Africa, through the invasion of Sicily, and the liberation of France and Germany.

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Dunkirk movie poster
7.8

Dunkirk

United Kingdom1940-1940

Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Commonwealth and Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.

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Unknown Soldier movie poster
7.8

Unknown Soldier

Finland1941-1944

A film adaptation of VΓ€inΓΆ Linna's best selling novel The Unknown Soldier (1954) and the novel's unedited manuscript, Sotaromaani.

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Masters of the Air movie poster
7.8

Masters of the Air

United States1943-1945

The story of the 100th Bomb Group, known as the 'Bloody Hundredth', who conducted dangerous daylight bombing raids over Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II.

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Empire of the Sun movie poster
7.7

Empire of the Sun

United States1941-1945

A young British boy is separated from his family during the Japanese invasion of Shanghai and must learn to survive in a Japanese internment camp during World War II.

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Enemy at the Gates movie poster
7.6

Enemy at the Gates

United States1942-1943

A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad.

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Fury movie poster
7.6

Fury

USA1945-1945

A grizzled tank commander makes tough decisions as he and his crew fight their way across Germany in April 1945.

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Stalingrad movie poster
7.5

Stalingrad

Germany1942-1943

German soldiers face the brutal reality of the Battle of Stalingrad during World War II.

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Tora! Tora! Tora! movie poster
7.5

Tora! Tora! Tora!

USA/Japan1941-1941

A dramatization of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the series of preceding American blunders that aggravated its effectiveness, presented from both American and Japanese perspectives.

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The Flowers of War movie poster
7.5

The Flowers of War

China1937-1937

An American mortician takes refuge in a Catholic church during the Nanjing Massacre and becomes the protector of a group of schoolgirls and courtesans against the Japanese army.

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The Captain movie poster
7.4

The Captain

Germany1945-1945

In the final moments of World War II, a young German soldier fighting for survival finds a Nazi captain's uniform. Impersonating an officer, the man quickly takes on the monstrous identity of the perpetrators he is trying to escape from.

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Darkest Hour movie poster
7.4

Darkest Hour

UK1940-1940

In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler, or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.

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Unbroken movie poster
7.2

Unbroken

United States1943-1945

After a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, Olympian Louis Zamperini spends 47 days drifting in the Pacific Ocean before being captured by the Japanese Navy and enduring years of brutal treatment as a prisoner of war.

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The Forgotten Battle movie poster
7.1

The Forgotten Battle

Netherlands1944-1944

A British glider pilot, a Dutch boy fighting on the German side and a Dutch female resistance member all end up involved in the Battle of the Scheldt. Their choices differ, but their goal is the same: freedom.

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Greyhound movie poster
7

Greyhound

United States1942-1942

Commander Ernest Krause leads a convoy of 37 Allied ships across the treacherous North Atlantic while being pursued by a German U-boat wolfpack during the Battle of the Atlantic.

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Battle of Britain movie poster
7

Battle of Britain

United Kingdom1940-1940

The aerial battle between the Royal Air Force and the German Luftwaffe over British skies in the summer of 1940, showcasing spectacular dogfights and the defense of Britain against Nazi invasion.

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The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel movie poster
6.9

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

USA1941-1944

The story of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's involvement in the North African campaign and the conspiracy to assassinate Adolf Hitler.

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Memphis Belle movie poster
6.9

Memphis Belle

United Kingdom1943-1943

In 1943, the crew of a B-17 bomber stationed in England embarks on their 25th and final mission over Germany, hoping to become the first American bomber crew to complete their tour of duty and return home.

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The Eight Hundred movie poster
6.8

The Eight Hundred

China1937-1937

Chinese soldiers defend the Sihang Warehouse in Shanghai against the invading Japanese army.

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Battle of the Bulge movie poster
6.8

Battle of the Bulge

USA1944-1945

A dramatization of Nazi Germany's final Western Front counteroffensive of World War II, the Ardennes Offensive, launched through the densely forested Ardennes region in December 1944.

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T-34 movie poster
6.7

T-34

Russia1941-1944

A group of Russian soldiers escape from German captivity in a half-destroyed T-34 tank.

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Midway movie poster
6.7

Midway

USA1942-1942

The story of the Battle of Midway, told by the leaders and the sailors who fought it.

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Narvik movie poster
6.6

Narvik

Norway1940-1940

April 1940. The eyes of the world are on Narvik, a small town in northern Norway, a source of the iron ore needed for Hitler's war machine. Through two months of fierce winter warfare, the German leader is dealt with his first defeat.

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