Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "german-army", "year-1945"

1. The 12th Man (2017)

Unrated | 135 min | Drama, History, Thriller

They were 12 saboteurs. The Nazis killed 11 of them. This is the true story of the one that got away.

Director: Harald Zwart | Stars: Thomas Gullestad, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Marie Blokhus, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen

Votes: 29,259

2. Mussolini: The Untold Story (1985)

Unrated | 410 min | Biography, Drama, History

The rise and fall of the Italian fascist dictator, Benito Mussolini.

Stars: George C. Scott, Virginia Madsen, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Lee Grant

Votes: 650

3. Days of Glory (2006)

R | 120 min | Action, Drama, War

During World War II, four North African men enlist in the French army to liberate that country from German oppression, and to fight French discrimination.

Director: Rachid Bouchareb | Stars: Samy Naceri, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila, Jamel Debbouze

Votes: 15,148 | Gross: $0.32M

4. Murderers Among Us (1946)

Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

After returning from a concentration camp, Susanne finds an ex-soldier living in her apartment. Together the two try to move past their experiences during World War II.

Director: Wolfgang Staudte | Stars: Hildegard Knef, Elly Burgmer, Erna Sellmer, Hilde Adolphi

Votes: 2,547

5. Miracle of the White Stallions (1963)

Approved | 118 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

In 1945 the fate of Vienna's famous Lipizzaner stallions hangs into balance. American general Patton could save them but first he asks to see them perform.

Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Robert Taylor, Lilli Palmer, Curd Jürgens, Eddie Albert

Votes: 803

6. Christmas Truce (2015 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 88 min | Drama

An American soldier and a Belgian woman fall in love during a brief holiday truce amid the Battle of the Bulge. When fighting resumes, they promise to reunite on the first Christmas after the war ends if they're both alive.

Director: Brian Skiba | Stars: Craig Olejnik, Ali Liebert, Kate Vernon, Josh Blacker

Votes: 507

7. Go for Broke! (1951)

Passed | 92 min | Drama, History, War

The story of Japanese-American soldiers who fought in Europe during World War II.

Director: Robert Pirosh | Stars: Van Johnson, Lane Nakano, George Miki, Akira Fukunaga

Votes: 1,749

8. Berlin 1945 (2020)

52 min | Documentary, History, War

Life in Berlin in 1945 before, during and after the battle of Berlin seen through the eyes of those who were there at the time from common Berliners to Allied troops.

Stars: Simon Brauer, Konstantin Achmed Bürger, Yvette Coetzee, Lucie David

Votes: 320

9. Joy Division (2006)

105 min | Drama, War

A teen orphan fights against the Red Army and in the aftermath of World War II is "adopted" by a Soviet commissar. Years later, during the Cold War, he is a KGB agent and is sent to London, where he ends up questioning his life.

Director: Reg Traviss | Stars: Ed Stoppard, Tom Schilling, Bernadette Heerwagen, Bernard Hill

Votes: 999

10. The Truce (1997)

R | 125 min | Drama, War

Based on Primo Levi's autobiographical "The Reawakening".

Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: John Turturro, Rade Serbedzija, Massimo Ghini, Stefano Dionisi

Votes: 1,830 | Gross: $0.07M

11. It Happened Here (1964)

Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, War

In 1940, Germany invades Britain and transforms it into a Fascist state where some Britons collaborate and others resist. In 1944, Pauline, an apolitical Irish nurse becomes a reluctant player in the fight between the two sides.

Directors: Kevin Brownlow, Andrew Mollo | Stars: Pauline Murray, Sebastian Shaw, Bart Allison, Reginald Marsh

Votes: 1,258

12. Hitler's Hollywood (2017)

Not Rated | 105 min | Documentary, History

Rüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1933, when the Nazis came into power, until 1945 when the Third Reich collapsed.

Director: Rüdiger Suchsland | Stars: Rüdiger Suchsland, Rike Schmid, Hans Henrik Wöhler, Udo Kier

Votes: 848 | Gross: $0.04M

13. Wake Me When the War Is Over (1969 TV Movie)

Unrated | 74 min | Comedy, War

During the final months of WW2, a lonely German Baroness hides an attractive American airman in her mansion for long time without telling him the war has been over for almost five years.

Director: Gene Nelson | Stars: Ken Berry, Eva Gabor, Werner Klemperer, Danielle De Metz

Votes: 233

14. Sniper: Weapon of Retaliation (2009– )

162 min | Action, Drama, Romance

In WW2, a Soviet sniper and a German sharpshooter develop a personal feud and their animosity continues even after the war, in the Soviet occupied Germany.

Stars: Dmitriy Pevtsov, Mariya Mironova, Alina Sergeeva, Sergey Belyaev

Votes: 201

15. Battle for the Bulge (1969)

48 min | Documentary, History, War

This WWII documentary uses current location filming and authentic historic film clips to document the Battle of the Bulge, the last big German offensive in World War II, which was launched ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Batty | Stars: Hasso von Manteuffel, Robert Hasbrouck, John Mace, David Belchem

Votes: 16

16. Maratón (1968)

103 min | Comedy, Drama, War

It is 5 May 1945 and the uprising against the hated German occupiers has broken out in Prague. The Czech guards open the gate of the Pankrác prison to allow the prisoners to escape en masse... See full summary »

Director: Ivo Novák | Stars: Jaromír Hanzlík, Jana Brejchová, Vladimír Mensík, Karel Höger

Votes: 29

17. Levé krídlo (1984)

81 min | Drama, Family, Romance

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Director: Jirí Hanibal | Stars: Filip Renc, Lucie Zednícková, Pavel Kríz, Zbynek Honzík

Votes: 20

18. Marseille, premier port de France (1945)

16 min | Documentary, Short

Cuckvective Daniel and Rommel go on a lifelong quest to find Ross a girlfriend.

Director: Jean Mineur | Stars: Maurice Pierrat, Erwin Rommel

19. Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State (2005)
Episode: Liberation & Revenge (2005)

TV-14 | 48 min | Documentary, History, War

In 1945, Red Army soldiers liberate Auschwitz-Birkenau. As other liberations occur in the following months, the world is appalled. Surviving Jews face horrors as they try to return to their lives, and few SS-men are found and put on trial.

Directors: Laurence Rees, Catherine Tatge | Stars: Gert Heidenreich, Linda Hunt, Samuel West, Vasily Gromadsky

Votes: 168

20. Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State (2005)
Episode: Frenzied Killing (2005)

TV-14 | 48 min | Documentary, History, War

More people are killed in 1944 than ever before at Auschwitz. The Nazis try to sow seeds of confusion amongst the Allies in the East and Western Allies make decisions about negotiating with the Nazis about the Jews and bombing the camp.

Directors: Laurence Rees, Catherine Tatge | Stars: Gert Heidenreich, Linda Hunt, Samuel West, Peretz Revesz

Votes: 166

21. The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode: Nemesis: Germany - February-May 1945 (1974)

TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War

The closing weeks of the European war bring retribution for Germany in the form of carpet bombing cities like Dresden, the collapse of the Whermacht, atrocities by Soviet forces, and finally the fall of Berlin and suicide of Hitler.

Director: Martin Smith | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Ursula Gray, Albert Speer, John Seney

Votes: 371

22. The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode: Pincers: August 1944-March 1945 (1974)

TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War

As the Allies debate how to prosecute the the invasion of Germany, Hitler settles the question with a massive counter attack in the Ardenne. Failure of the attack leaves German defenses of ... See full summary »

Stars: Laurence Olivier, Wynford Vaughan-Thomas, Brian Horrocks, Kenneth Strong

Votes: 355

23. Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode: Manchuria: The Forgotten Victory (2000)

Documentary, History, War

Tim Pigott-Smith narrates the story of the Soviet victory over the mighty Japanese Kwangtung Army in the mountains of Manchuria, which is one of the least known of the Second World War.

Stars: Tim Pigott-Smith, Aleksei Antonov, Henry H. Arnold, Kai-Shek Chiang

Votes: 6

24. Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode: The Siege of Leningrad (2000)

Documentary, History, War

Tim Pigott-Smith narrates the story of one of the Second World War's most harrowing episodes - the 890-day siege of the Soviet Union's second city Leningrad which was not liberated until January 1944.

Stars: Tim Pigott-Smith, Rolf Carls, Karl Dönitz, Joseph Goebbels

Votes: 7

25. Rise of the Nazis (2019–2023)
Episode: The Home Front (2022)

Documentary, History

Facing defeat on the Eastern Front, Hitler retreats. Deep rifts emerge, and his inner circle vies for power. The resistance gets a student voice, and an enemy within plots to kill Hitler.

Director: Julian Jones | Stars: Richard John Evans, Pablo de Orellana, Afua Hirsch, Christian Goeschel

Votes: 65

26. 1945-1953: From World War to Cold War (2018)
Episode: Yalta, the Twilight of the Big Three

56 min | Documentary, History, War

Hear how the Yalta Conference of 1945 - in which Franklin D Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin met to discuss Europe's post-war reorganization - led to enmity.

Director: Emilie Lançon | Stars: Curtis Roosevelt, Robert Franck, François Kersaudy, André Kaspi

27. The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022)
Episode: The Homeless, The Tempest-Tossed (1942-) (2022)

TV-14 | 131 min | Documentary, History

A group of government officials supports and finances rescue operations. Allied soldiers begin to liberate concentration camps and find mass graves. The public sees the sheer scale of the Holocaust.

Directors: Sarah Botstein, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, Daniel Mendelsohn, Deborah Lipstadt, Eva Geiringer

Votes: 146

28. World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode: The Soviet Steamroller (2009)

TV-MA | 51 min | Documentary, History, War

Their attack on the Soviet Union having failed, the German Army suffers a series of counter-offensives on the Eastern Front. Hitler's constant orders to stand ground backfire, and the ... See full summary »

Stars: Robert Powell, Adolf Hitler, Erich von Manstein, Walter Model

Votes: 243

29. The Armchair Historian (2017– )
Episode: Downfall of Italy: 1944-1945 (2/2) (2020)

11 min | Documentary, Animation

British and American forces battled through the Winter of 1943/1944 against determined German resistance led by General Albert Kesslering, who created a succession of defensive lines across... See full summary »

Director: Griffin Johnsen | Star: Griffin Johnsen

30. The Armchair Historian (2017– )
Episode: Why Didn't the U.S. Reach Berlin First in WWII? (2019)

10 min | Documentary, Animation

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Director: Griffin Johnsen | Star: Griffin Johnsen

31. The Armchair Historian (2017– )
Episode: Battle of Berlin/I (2019)

15 min | Documentary, Animation

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Director: Griffin Johnsen | Stars: Griffin Johnsen, Alberto, Potential History

32. World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode: Turning the Tide (2009)

TV-MA | 51 min | Documentary, History, War

Allies turn the tide in the Atlantic, where initially German U-Boats harass freely convoys to supply Britain. The Kriegsmarine calls off their submarines. The route to bring American soldiers who will land on D-Day is clear.

Stars: Robert Powell, Winston Churchill, Arthur Harris, Adolf Hitler

Votes: 244

33. The Armchair Historian (2017– )
Episode: Battle of Berlin/II (2022)

23 min | Documentary, Animation

The Armchair Historian describes the final days of the Third Reich as the Russian army surrounded and crushed the Wehrmacht's attempts to protect the German capital from their onslaught.

Director: Griffin Johnsen | Star: Griffin Johnsen

34. Against the Odds (2014– )
Episode: Those Damn Engineers (2014)

TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, History, War

In December of 1944, the seemingly defeated Germans secretly mustered 600,000 battle-hardened troops, including whole SS Panzer Divisions, into an all out offensive to capture Antwerp, the heart of the Allied supply chain.

Stars: Rod Paschall, Francis E. Hurd, Bob Creswell, Patrick Rizzieri

Votes: 10

35. Apocalypse: Stalin (2015)
Episode: Le Maître du Monde (2015)

TV-14 | 53 min | Documentary, History, War

1944: the Soviets continue on the path to towards liberation. On the road to Berlin, they discover the horror of Hitler's extermination camps. Fifteen years earlier, Stalin transformed his country using every means at his disposal.

Directors: Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Doug Rand, Nadezhda Alliluyeva, Olga Balykina

Votes: 77

36. Hitler's Circle of Evil (2018)
Episode: Beginning of the End (2018)

TV-14 | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, History

As the war fails, the inner circle responds with strategies to save itself, from plotting the Führer's assassination to negotiating with the Allies.

Director: Vicky Matthews | Stars: Emma Craigie, Thomas Weber, Guy Walters, Robert Gerwarth

Votes: 149

37. Hitler's Circle of Evil (2018)
Episode: Meltdown (2018)

TV-14 | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Exit strategies are put into action by the members of the inner circle when the Allies surround the capitol and Hitler perishes by his own hand.

Director: Vicky Matthews | Stars: Robert Gerwarth, Sönke Neitzel, Guy Walters, Emma Craigie

Votes: 139

38. Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode: The Battle of Berlin (1995)

Documentary, History, War

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Stars: Tim Pigott-Smith, Winston Churchill, Joseph Goebbels, Hermann Göring

Votes: 16