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1. In Love and War (1996)
PG-13 | 113 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A bitter love story between a talented writer and a gentle nurse.
Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Chris O'Donnell, Mackenzie Astin, Margot Steinberg
Votes: 9,135 | Gross: $14.48M
2. Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001)
Not Rated | 95 min | Biography, Drama, War
The life of Anne Frank and her family from 1939 to 1945: pre-war fears, invasion of Netherlands by German troops, hiding in Amsterdam, deportation to the camps, return of Anne's father.
Stars: Ben Kingsley, Hannah Taylor Gordon, Brenda Blethyn, Lili Taylor
Votes: 5,427
3. My Best Friend Anne Frank (2021)
TV-14 | 103 min | Drama
Hannah is imprisoned at camp Bergen-Belsen days before it is liberated, and there she thinks back to her time in Amsterdam with her best friend Anne during the first few years of the war. ... See full summary »
Director: Ben Sombogaart | Stars: Roeland Fernhout, Aiko Beemsterboer, Joep Paddenburg, Josephine Arendsen
Votes: 5,527
4. The Story of Adele H (1975)
PG | 96 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Adèle Hugo's unrequited love for a lieutenant.
Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Bruce Robinson, Sylvia Marriott, Joseph Blatchley
Votes: 8,982
5. The Scarlet Empress (1934)
Passed | 104 min | Drama, History, Romance
A German noblewoman enters into a loveless marriage with the dim-witted, unstable heir to the Russian throne, then plots to oust him from power.
Director: Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge, Sam Jaffe, Louise Dresser
Votes: 7,246
6. A Woman in Berlin (2008)
Unrated | 131 min | Biography, Drama, History
A woman tries to survive the invasion of Berlin by the Soviet troops during the last days of World War II.
Director: Max Färberböck | Stars: Nina Hoss, Evgeniy Sidikhin, Irm Hermann, Rüdiger Vogler
Votes: 7,051 | Gross: $0.29M
7. The Goebbels Experiment (2005)
Not Rated | 108 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Through archival footage and dramatic readings of his personal writings, the life of Nazi Germany's Propaganda Minister, Josef Goebbels, is examined.
Director: Lutz Hachmeister | Stars: Udo Samel, Kenneth Branagh, Heinrich Brüning, Winston Churchill
Votes: 1,021 | Gross: $0.05M
8. Gie (2005)
Not Rated | 147 min | Biography, Drama, History
Soe Hok Gie is an activist who lived in the sixties. Set in the darkest era of Indonesian modern history, "Gie" is an interpretation of what happened based on his journal.
Director: Riri Riza | Stars: Nicholas Saputra, Jonathan Mulia, Thomas Nawilis, Christian Audi
Votes: 1,073
9. Beyond the Front Line (2004)
127 min | Drama, History, War
A story of the infantry regiment 61 that fought from Syväri to the Karelian Ishtmus.
Director: Åke Lindman | Stars: Tobias Zilliacus, Ilkka Heiskanen, Christoffer Weiss, Kim Gustafsson
Votes: 1,666
10. Rugged Gold (1994 TV Movie)
95 min | Adventure, Drama
In 1950s, a widowed mother falls for an Alaskan gold miner, so they move to the Alaskan wilderness and try to find gold and happiness.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Jill Eikenberry, Art Hindle, Ari Magder, Graham Greene
Votes: 157
11. I Was Nineteen (1968)
115 min | Biography, Drama, War
Gregor Hecker, who fled Germany with his parents, returns to Germany as a lieutenant in the Red Army.
Director: Konrad Wolf | Stars: Jaecki Schwarz, Vasiliy Livanov, Aleksey Eybozhenko, Dieter Mann
Votes: 1,038
12. The Iron Triangle (1989)
R | 91 min | Drama, War
An American soldier and a Viet Cong guerrilla find common ground and become allies during the Vietnam war.
Director: Eric Weston | Stars: Beau Bridges, Haing S. Ngor, Liem Whatley, Johnny Hallyday
Votes: 540
13. En compagnie d'Antonin Artaud (1993)
Unrated | 90 min | Biography, Drama
May, 1946, in Paris young poet Jacques Prevel meets Antonin Artaud, the actor, artist and writer just released from a mental asylum. Over ten months, we follow the mad Artaud from his cruel... See full summary »
Director: Gérard Mordillat | Stars: Sami Frey, Marc Barbé, Julie Jézéquel, Valérie Jeannet
Votes: 164
14. Pedon merkki (1981)
120 min | Drama, War
Follows several Finnish officers and soldiers during World War II, mainly in the Finnish headquarters.
Director: Jaakko Pakkasvirta | Stars: Esko Salminen, Irina Milan, Tom Wentzel, Hannu Lauri
Votes: 207
15. The Highland Jaunt (1968 TV Movie)
65 min | Drama
Director: Patrick Garland | Stars: Peter Woodthorpe, Gary Bond, Charles Baptiste, John Young
16. Jobless Days (1994)
62 min | Documentary, Drama
Director: Kanerva Cederström | Stars: Lea Vanajas, Pentti Halonen, Aura Hannonen, Tuulikki Hoppu