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Movies related to WWII you should watch*****

by samratnigam • Created 14 years ago • Modified 13 years ago
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    1. The Longest Day

    19622h 58mG75Metascore
    7.7 (61K)
    The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.
    DirectorsKen AnnakinAndrew MartonGerd OswaldStarsJohn WayneRobert RyanRichard Burton
  • Cross of Iron (1977)

    2. Cross of Iron

    19771h 59mR64Metascore
    7.4 (30K)
    German commander Hauptmann Stransky places a squad in extreme danger after Sergeant Rolf Steiner refuses to lie for him.
    DirectorSam PeckinpahStarsJames CoburnMaximilian SchellJames Mason
  • Oliver Conant, Gary Grimes, Jerry Houser, and Jennifer O'Neill in Summer of '42 (1971)

    3. Summer of '42

    19711h 44mPG59Metascore
    7.2 (9.6K)
    A teenager spending his summer vacation on Nantucket Island develops an innocent love for a young war bride who's awaiting news about her husband's fate.
    DirectorRobert MulliganStarsJennifer O'NeillGary GrimesJerry Houser
  • Islands in the Stream (1977)

    4. Islands in the Stream

    19771h 44mPG
    6.5 (1.7K)
    An isolated sculptor is visited by his three sons just before the start of WWII.
    DirectorFranklin J. SchaffnerStarsGeorge C. ScottDavid HemmingsGilbert Roland
  • Sam Neill and Judy Davis in One Against the Wind (1991)

    5. One Against the Wind

    19911h 36mPGTV Movie
    6.8 (598)
    Mary Lindell works for the French Red Cross in occupied France during World War II and helps Allied airmen who have been shot down to escape to the unoccupied side. Her activities are complicated by her high profile and her daughter's love affair with a German officer. Based on the true story.
    DirectorLarry ElikannStarsJudy DavisSam NeillAnthony Higgins
  • Dyan Cannon in Jenny's War (1985)

    6. Jenny's War

    19854 epsPGTV Mini Series
    6.5 (172)
    This fact-based story follows a woman who launches a rescue of her Royal Air Force pilot son, who was shot down over Germany in 1941. Getting no help from the underground, she sets up her own rescue mission.
    StarsDyan CannonElke SommerRobert Hardy
  • A Bridge Too Far (1977)

    7. A Bridge Too Far

    19772h 55mPG63Metascore
    7.4 (65K)
    Operation Market Garden, September 1944: The Allies attempt to capture several strategically important bridges in the Netherlands in the hope of breaking the German lines.
    DirectorRichard AttenboroughStarsSean ConneryRyan O'NealMichael Caine
  • 633 Squadron (1964)

    8. 633 Squadron

    19641h 42mApproved
    6.4 (4.8K)
    A RAF squadron is assigned to knock out a German rocket fuel factory in Norway. The factory supplies fuel for the Nazi effort to launch rockets on England during D-Day.
    DirectorWalter GraumanStarsCliff RobertsonGeorge ChakirisMaria Perschy
  • Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer, Robert Shaw, Trevor Howard, Harry Andrews, Curd Jürgens, Ian McShane, Kenneth More, Nigel Patrick, Michael Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, Patrick Wymark, and Susannah York in Battle of Britain (1969)

    9. Battle of Britain

    19692h 12mG44Metascore
    6.9 (26K)
    In 1940, the British Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle to prevent the Luftwaffe from gaining air superiority over the English Channel as a prelude to a possible Axis invasion of the U.K.
    DirectorGuy HamiltonStarsMichael CaineTrevor HowardHarry Andrews
  • Hanna's War (1988)

    10. Hanna's War

    19882h 28mPG-13
    6.1 (519)
    During WW2 Hanna Szenes, a Hungarian Jew living in British Palestine, volunteers to go behind enemy lines to rescue Jews from deportation to death camps.
    DirectorMenahem GolanStarsEllen BurstynMaruschka DetmersAnthony Andrews
  • Mark Hamill and Lee Marvin in The Big Red One (1980)

    11. The Big Red One

    19801h 53mR77Metascore
    7.1 (22K)
    A hardened sergeant and the four core members of his infantry unit try to survive World War II as they move from battle to battle throughout Europe.
    DirectorSamuel FullerStarsLee MarvinMark HamillRobert Carradine
  • Schindler's List (1993)

    12. Schindler's List

    19933h 15mR95Metascore
    9.0 (1.5M)
    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.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsLiam NeesonRalph FiennesBen Kingsley
  • Stellan Skarsgård in God afton, herr Wallenberg (1990)

    13. God afton, herr Wallenberg

    19901h 55mNot Rated
    6.5 (1.1K)
    A story of how a Swedish diplomat saved thousands of Hungarian Jews during the final months of World War II.
    DirectorKjell GredeStarsStellan SkarsgårdKatharina ThalbachKároly Eperjes
  • Marlene Dietrich, Judy Garland, Burt Lancaster, Spencer Tracy, Montgomery Clift, Maximilian Schell, and Richard Widmark in Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

    14. Judgment at Nuremberg

    19612h 59mApproved60Metascore
    8.3 (92K)
    Fictionalized depiction of the 1947 Judges' Trial, the third of 12 trials of Nazi war criminals conducted by the American occupying forces in Nuremberg, Germany, in which former judges of Nazi Germany were tried for their actions.
    DirectorStanley KramerStarsSpencer TracyBurt LancasterRichard Widmark
  • Clint Eastwood, Donald Sutherland, Telly Savalas, and Don Rickles in Kelly's Heroes (1970)

    15. Kelly's Heroes

    19702h 24mGP50Metascore
    7.6 (56K)
    A group of U.S. soldiers sneaks across enemy lines in WWII France to get their hands on a secret stash of Nazi treasure.
    DirectorBrian G. HuttonStarsClint EastwoodTelly SavalasDon Rickles
  • Robert Mitchum, Jan-Michael Vincent, John Houseman, David Dukes, and Ali MacGraw in The Winds of War (1983)

    16. The Winds of War

    19837 epsTV Mini Series
    8.1 (5K)
    The trials of the Henry and Jastrow families in the early years of World War II.
    StarsRobert MitchumAli MacGrawJan-Michael Vincent
  • Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973)

    17. Hitler: The Last Ten Days

    19731h 48mPG
    6.5 (2K)
    A dramatization based on eyewitness accounts of Hitler's final days in an underground bunker, his military henchmen, and his stormy relationship with Eva Braun.
    DirectorEnnio De ConciniStarsAlec GuinnessSimon WardAdolfo Celi
  • Go for Broke! (1951)

    18. Go for Broke!

    19511h 32mApproved
    6.6 (1.9K)
    The story of Japanese-American soldiers who fought in Europe during World War II.
    DirectorRobert PiroshStarsVan JohnsonLane NakanoGeorge Miki
  • Battleground (1949)

    19. Battleground

    19491h 58mApproved
    7.4 (8.2K)
    True tale about a squad of the 101st Airborne Division coping with being trapped by the Germans in the besieged city of Bastogne, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge in December of 1944.
    DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsVan JohnsonJohn HodiakRicardo Montalban
  • Patton (1970)

    20. Patton

    19702h 52mPG86Metascore
    7.9 (111K)
    The World War II phase of the career of controversial American general George S. Patton.
    DirectorFranklin J. SchaffnerStarsGeorge C. ScottKarl MaldenStephen Young
  • Harrison Ford and Lesley-Anne Down in Hanover Street (1979)

    21. Hanover Street

    19791h 49mPG32Metascore
    6.0 (6.2K)
    Margaret is a nurse in England during WW2, and married to a secret agent. Things get complicated when she falls for David, an American pilot.
    DirectorPeter HyamsStarsHarrison FordLesley-Anne DownChristopher Plummer
  • Yanks (1979)

    22. Yanks

    19792h 18mR54Metascore
    6.4 (3.9K)
    Joining WWII, USA ships soldiers to UK. Matt and John arrive in 1942. Each see a local woman - married or to be engaged with soldiers serving faraway.
    DirectorJohn SchlesingerStarsRichard GereLisa EichhornVanessa Redgrave
  • The Thousand Plane Raid (1969)

    23. The Thousand Plane Raid

    19691h 33mG
    5.6 (592)
    A U.S. Air Force colonel convinces the Allies during World War II that a daylight bombing raid of Germany will bring a quick end to the war.
    DirectorBoris SagalStarsChristopher GeorgeLaraine StephensJ.D. Cannon
  • Kostas Prekas in The Mediterranean in Flames (1970)

    24. The Mediterranean in Flames

    19701h 42m
    4.5 (114)
    In 1941 the Germans invaded Greece and two childhood friends, one a Greek naval officer and the other a German, are forced to fight each other, each one defending his homeland.
    DirectorDimis DadirasStarsKostas PrekasKostas KarrasOlga Politou
  • The Last Warrior (1989)

    25. The Last Warrior

    19891h 34mR
    5.1 (239)
    The biggest Japanese battleship, Yamato, is badly damaged and will be repaired at a small island in the Pacific which is inhabited only by Gibb, a US American observation post, and a few aborigines with their priest. Gibb and young novice Katherine can flee, but are tracked by two Japanese soldiers. After Gibb kills one of them, the other seeks revenge in a sword duel.
    DirectorMartin WraggeStarsGary GrahamMaria HolvoeCary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

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