222 films & series · 1914–1945
The collection
222 films and series about World War II, World War I and the years between them, each mapped to the places where it happened.
41 essentials
The must-watch essentials
The films every war-cinema fan should see at least once.
- Must-watch
The Last Emperor
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Doctor Zhivago
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All Quiet on the Western Front
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The African Queen
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La Grande Illusion
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Paths of Glory
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Lawrence of Arabia
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All Quiet on the Western Front
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1917
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The King's Speech
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Oppenheimer
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Cabaret
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The World at War
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The Sound of Music
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The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
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The English Patient
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Life Is Beautiful
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Mrs. Miniver
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The Pianist
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Schindler's List
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Dunkirk
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Casablanca
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From Here to Eternity
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Inglourious Basterds
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The Cranes Are Flying
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Das Boot
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The Dam Busters
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Band of Brothers
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The Thin Red Line
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Downfall
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The Great Escape
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Come and See
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The Zone of Interest
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The Bridge on the River Kwai
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Patton
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Au revoir les enfants
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Rome, Open City
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The Longest Day
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Saving Private Ryan
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Son of Saul
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Grave of the Fireflies
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Themes
World War I1914–191827 titles
Parade's End
War Horse
Hell's Angels
Testament of Youth
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All Quiet on the Western Front
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The African Queen
Joyeux Noël
They Shall Not Grow Old
- WWI · SeriesANZAC Girls2014
ANZAC Girls
Gallipoli
- Must-watch
La Grande Illusion
Sergeant York
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Paths of Glory
The Red Baron
Beneath Hill 60
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Lawrence of Arabia
Wings
A Farewell to Arms
The Lighthorsemen
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All Quiet on the Western Front
A Very Long Engagement
The Big Parade
Passchendaele
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1917
Battalion
Journey's End
The Lost Battalion
Interwar1918–193925 titles
- Must-watch
The Last Emperor
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Doctor Zhivago
Reds
Admiral
Michael Collins
The Wind Rises
Peaky Blinders
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
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The King's Speech
Mephisto
Lion of the Desert
Babylon Berlin
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Cabaret
Munich – The Edge of War
Race
Mr. Jones
Julia
The Boys in the Boat
Libertarias
While at War
Land and Freedom
For Whom the Bell Tolls
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The Sound of Music
A Special Day
13 Roses
World War II1939–1945170 titles
- Must-watch
Oppenheimer
- Must-watch
The World at War
In This Corner of the World
Unbroken
Atonement
The Counterfeiters
Battle for Sevastopol
The Eight Hundred
City of Life and Death
John Rabe
The Flowers of War
Midway
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The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
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The English Patient
Lust, Caution
13 Minutes
Soldier of Orange
Europa Europa
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Life Is Beautiful
Sink the Bismarck!
World on Fire
- WWII · SeriesWe Were the Lucky Ones2024
We Were the Lucky Ones
In Which We Serve
- Must-watch
Mrs. Miniver
Hope and Glory
- Must-watch
The Pianist
Katyń
The Imitation Game
The Zookeeper's Wife
The Winter War
- Must-watch
Schindler's List
The Cruel Sea
The Battle of the River Plate
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
A Hidden Life
Max Manus
- WWII · SeriesThe Heavy Water War2015
The Heavy Water War
The King's Choice
Narvik
Foyle's War
- Must-watch
Dunkirk
Darkest Hour
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Casablanca
Battle of Britain
All the Light We Cannot See
Transatlantic
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Their Finest
- Must-watch
From Here to Eternity
Mediterraneo
Pearl Harbor
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Inglourious Basterds
The Resistance Banker
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
SAS: Rogue Heroes
- Must-watch
The Cranes Are Flying
Brest Fortress
Generation War
The Unknown Soldier
Defiance
Attack on Leningrad
- Must-watch
Das Boot
The Last Frontier
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Panfilov's 28 Men
T-34
- WWII · FilmThey Were Expendable1945
They Were Expendable
Empire of the Sun
Action in the North Atlantic
Malta Story
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The Dam Busters
The Heroes of Telemark
La Grande Vadrouille
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
The Army of Crime
A Town Like Alice
Paradise Road
The Railway Man
Greyhound
U-571
Hacksaw Ridge
- WWII · SeriesThe Tattooist of Auschwitz2024
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
The Dawns Here Are Quiet
Sahara
Five Graves to Cairo
Ice Cold in Alex
The Round Up
The Diary of Anne Frank
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Band of Brothers
Kokoda
Sarah's Key
Stalingrad
The Pacific
Tobruk
The Last Metro
Enemy at the Gates
Twelve O'Clock High
Army of Shadows
Stalingrad
Das Boot
The Big Red One
- Must-watch
The Thin Red Line
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Downfall
Sands of Iwo Jima
The Guns of Navarone
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The Great Escape
Cross of Iron
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Come and See
Escape from Sobibor
Days of Glory
Manhattan
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The Zone of Interest
The Battle of Neretva
Operation Mincemeat
The Story of G.I. Joe
- Must-watch
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Sophie Scholl – The Final Days
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Patton
Lucie Aubrac
Enigma
The 12th Man
Valkyrie
Battle of Sutjeska
Memphis Belle
In Darkness
Masters of the Air
Paisan
Two Women
Ivan's Childhood
Catch-22
Catch-22
Anzio
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Au revoir les enfants
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Rome, Open City
The Dirty Dozen
Ill Met by Moonlight
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The Longest Day
Lacombe, Lucien
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Saving Private Ryan
Windtalkers
Letters from Iwo Jima
Tali-Ihantala 1944
The Monuments Men
Warsaw 44
The Train
Is Paris Burning?
Diplomacy
Kanał
A Bridge Too Far
Black Book
The Forgotten Battle
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Son of Saul
Road 47
Battleground
Stalag 17
Fires on the Plain
Battle of the Bulge
The Great Raid
Flags of Our Fathers
King Rat
The Bridge at Remagen
A Woman in Berlin
Fury
The Captain
Lore
Land of Mine
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Grave of the Fireflies
The Burmese Harp
Black Rain
Emperor