Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "nazi-occupation", "political-prisoner"

1. Army of Shadows (1969)

Not Rated | 145 min | Drama, War

An account of underground resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied France.

Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Simone Signoret

Votes: 25,917 | Gross: $0.74M

2. Is Paris Burning? (1966)

Approved | 173 min | Drama, History, War

August 1944. The Allies are approaching Paris and resistance groups within the city start to plan an uprising against the Germans. However, Hitler wants the city destroyed if it looks like the Allies will take it.

Director: René Clément | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, Leslie Caron, Jean-Pierre Cassel

Votes: 5,207

3. Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Drama

After regaining consciousness following an injury sustained in World War II, legendary American commando, B.J. Blazkowicz, awakens from a coma in a dystopian Nazi dominated world of 1960s. He tries to locate the remnants of the resistance.

Director: Jens Matthies | Stars: Brian Bloom, Alicja Bachleda, Gideon Emery, A.J. Trauth

Votes: 6,615

4. 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

5. The Sorrow and the Pity (1969)

PG | 251 min | Documentary, History, War

An in-depth exploration of the various reactions by the French people to the Vichy government's acceptance of the German invasion.

Director: Marcel Ophüls | Stars: Helmut Tausend, Marcel Verdier, Alexis Grave, Louis Grave

Votes: 4,107

6. Army of Crime (2009)

Not Rated | 139 min | Drama, History, War

The poet Missak Manouchian leads a mixed bag of youngsters and immigrants in a clandestine battle against the Nazi occupation. Twenty-two men and one woman fighting for an ideal and for ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Guédiguian | Stars: Simon Abkarian, Virginie Ledoyen, Robinson Stévenin, Lola Naymark

Votes: 3,561 | Gross: $0.04M

7. The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022)
Episode: Yearning to Breathe Free (1938-1942) (2022)

TV-14 | 138 min | Documentary, History

As WWII begins, Americans are divided over whether to intervene against Germany. Some individuals and organizations work tirelessly to help refugees escape. Germany invades the USSR and secretly begins the mass murder of European Jews.

Directors: Sarah Botstein, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, Daniel Mendelsohn, Guy Stern, Peter Hayes

Votes: 157

8. Beyond the Myth: The SS Unveiled (2022– )
Episode: From the Protection Squadron to the SS State (2022)

Documentary, History, War

Trace the rise to power of the SS as we examine several perpetrators. Who was recruited? And why was the SS attractive to men?

Director: Gabriele Rose | Stars: Christopher Dillon, Alexandra Richie, Benjamin Carter Hett, Otto Kumm

9. Military Masterminds (2022)
Episode: Guerrilla Warfare (2022)

52 min | Documentary, History, War

Looking at how Mao Zedong, Fidel Castro, Josip Broz Tito and Võ Nguyên Giáp used Guerrilla Warfare to overcome a militarily superior enemy.

Director: Roberto Irwin | Stars: Eric Y. Shibuya, Eric Gomez, James Rogers, William Leogrande