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1. A Bridge Too Far (1977)
PG | 175 min | Drama, History, War
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.
Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Sean Connery, Ryan O'Neal, Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier
Votes: 61,657 | Gross: $50.80M
2. Dad's Army (1968–1977)
30 min | Comedy, War
A ragtag group of Home Guard volunteers prepare for an imminent German invasion during World War II.
Stars: Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie
Votes: 7,253
3. The Big Red One (1980)
R | 113 min | Drama, War
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.
Director: Samuel Fuller | Stars: Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine, Bobby Di Cicco
Votes: 21,418
4. Battle of the Bulge (1965)
Not Rated | 167 min | Drama, History, War
A dramatization of Nazi Germany's final Western Front counterattack of World War II.
Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan, Dana Andrews
Votes: 17,827 | Gross: $11.12M
5. The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)
Approved | 88 min | Biography, Drama, War
The story of the final years of the respected World War II German general, Erwin Rommel.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: James Mason, Cedric Hardwicke, Jessica Tandy, Luther Adler
Votes: 6,719
6. Battle of the Bulge: Winter War (2020)
Not Rated | 85 min | Fantasy, War
During World War II, the Germans decide to launch one last big offensive. Lieutenant Robert Cappa and his platoon are given the responsibility of defending a vital supply depot.
Director: Steven Luke | Stars: Steven Luke, Tom Berenger, Billy Zane, Aaron Courteau
Votes: 573
7. Hitler: A Career (1977)
Not Rated | 150 min | Documentary, History
This meticulously assembled film dissects the Third Reich with an analytical blade, charting Hitler's improbable rise, his mastery of crowd psychology and his consummate skill in exploiting others' weaknesses.
Directors: Joachim Fest, Christian Herrendoerfer | Stars: Gert Westphal, Stephen Murray, Artur Axmann, General Bergeret
Votes: 3,040
8. Apocalypse: Hitler Takes on the West (2021– )
104 min | Documentary, History, War
May 10th, 1940, Hitler takes on the West. Will he precipitate Europe into the Apocalypse?
Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Nathan Rippy, Stephen Rashbrook
Votes: 256
9. Apocalypse, le crépuscule d'Hitler (2023)
Documentary, History, War
The story of the end of the Second World War as seen by Hitler from 1943 and the turning point of the terrible Battle of Kursk. The end of the reign of the Nazi dictator.
Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Stephen Rashbrook
Votes: 49
10. Titanic: Adventure Out of Time (1996 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Mystery
A video game about a british espionage agent sent back in time to a failed mission aboard Titanic. At stake: The fate of the entire world!
Stars: Kevin Garrett, Erik Sigvard Quist, Stephanie Quist, Lona Livingston
Votes: 328
11. Hitler's Teen Killers (2020)
43 min | Documentary, History, War
They grew up under the Nazi regime. They pledged to give their lives for Hitler. They were fanatics who would not be stopped. They were the 20,000 teenagers who made up the 12th SS Panzer ... See full summary »
Director: Julien Johan | Star: Ken Starcevic
Votes: 64
12. The Battle of Normandy: 85 Days in Hell (2019 TV Movie)
44 min | Documentary, History, War
An unprecedented look at the vicious three-month Battle of Normandy that took place after the D-Day invasion.
Director: Guilain Depardieu | Stars: John McManus, Anthony Beevor, Tim Cook, Geoffrey Bateman
Votes: 54
13. 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
14. 1944: Should We Bomb Auschwitz? (2019 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary, Drama, History
After two men escape from the death camp at Auschwitz to tell the world the details of the Nazi genocide there, the Allies face a moral dilemma: to stop further killings, should we bomb Auschwitz?
Director: Tim Dunn | Stars: Nikolaus Wachsmann, Deborah Lipstadt, Michael Berenbaum, Rebecca Erbelding
Votes: 86
15. The Blitz: Days That Changed WWII (2020 TV Special)
44 min | Documentary, History, War
From Black Saturday in the East End, to the ruins of Coventry Cathedral, to the all-out assault on St. Pauls, they filmed the Blitz and the everyday people who defied it.
Stars: Gavin Brocker, Stephan Bachenheimer, Robert Bass, Richard Cotton
16. Field of Operations: The Battle of Arnhem (2020)
Documentary
The incredible story of one of the most radical ideas of the entire second world war. Operation Market Garden was the plan that caused over 10,000 paratroops to be whittled down to just ... See full summary »
Director: David Manson | Star: Jonathan Booth
17. Little Ships (2010 TV Movie)
Documentary, History, War
Dan Snow tells the story of the 'little ships' which took part in the Dunkirk evacuation.
Director: Linda Sands | Stars: Dan Snow, Ian Gilbert, John Tough, Simon Palmer
Votes: 12
18. Battle of Britain (2005)
Documentary, History, War
A chronological history of the Battle of Britain between July 10th and September 30th 1940, featuring interviews with eyewitnesses including surviving British and German pilots.
Stars: Bob Doe, Cyril Bamberger, Thomas Neil, Ulrich Steinhilper
Votes: 10
19. The Most Courageous Raid of WWII (2011 TV Movie)
49 min | Documentary, History, War
The story of the Cockleshell Heroes, who raided Nazi-occupied Bordeaux in 1942.
Director: Francis Whately | Stars: Paddy Ashdown, M.R.D. Foot, Norman Colley, Jeanne Baudray
Votes: 28
20. Blitz on Hamburg (2014)
Documentary, History, War
A straightforward account of the experience of Hamburg and its inhabitants during World War II and its immediate aftermath under British occupation.
Director: Robert Garofalo | Stars: Jeremy Anthony, Lieslotte Bottger, Gunther Hossfeld, Ralf Ohlhagen
Votes: 8
21. Blitz on London (2014 Video)
Documentary, History, War
A documentary which documents the massive bombing raids on Britain's capital city by the Luftwaffe during 1940 and 1941.
Director: Robert Garofalo | Stars: Roy Ward, Kai-Shek Chiang, Winston Churchill, Hugh Dowding
22. From D-Day to Germany (1944)
46 min | Documentary, History
Behind-the-lines documentary filmed by World War II correspondent Jack Lieb. Most of the footage shows areas already cleared by Allied forces as they made their way to Germany.
Director: Jack Lieb | Stars: Robert Capa, Cecil Carnes, Ernest Hemingway, Ernie Pyle
Votes: 15
23. The West Wall (2014 Video)
60 min | History, War
A documentary charting the construction and strategic development of the German Siegfried Line, which stretched from the Netherlands to Switzerland.
Director: Robert Garofalo | Stars: Jeremy Anthony, Winston Churchill, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Adolf Hitler
24. The Blitz on the Midlands (2001 Video)
56 min | Documentary, History, War
This is a powerful account of the German bombing raids on the central towns and airfields of England, including the terrible blitz on Coventry and the smaller raids on the airfields of Lincolnshire and East Anglia.
Director: Stanley Joseph | Stars: Don Burbridge, Rudolf Hess, Adolf Hitler, King George VI
Votes: 6
25. Blitz on Berlin (2014 Video)
56 min | Documentary, History, War
A detailed account of the allied bombing raids on the city of Berlin in World War Two.
Director: Stanley Joseph | Stars: Barbara Von Rimscha, Anne-Marie Von Mutius, Adolf Hitler, Kaiser Wilhelm II
Votes: 6
26. Blitz on Cologne (2014 Video)
54 min | Documentary, History, War
A documentary which chronicles the destruction of the German city of Cologne during World War Two.
Director: Robert Garofalo | Stars: Gertrud Türk, Günter Kassman, Wolfgram Hagspiel, Joseph Goebbels
27.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
The Battle of the Bulge: World War II's Deadliest Battle
(1994)
TV-PG | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Documentary chronicling the history of World War II's "Battle of the Bulge", when the German army launched a major surprise counteroffensive against the American forces that caught them ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Lennon | Stars: David McCullough, Guy Franz Arend, Omar N. Bradley, Clyde Burkholder
Votes: 103
28.
Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State (2005)
Episode:
Factories of Death
(2005)
TV-14 | 49 min | Documentary, History, War
The year 1942 is to be the most significant of 'the Final Solution' as the Nazis now begin to comb western Europe, even taking Jews from as far afield as the British Channel Islands.
Directors: Laurence Rees, Catherine Tatge | Stars: Gert Heidenreich, Linda Hunt, Samuel West, Annette Muller
Votes: 182
29.
The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode:
Alone: May 1940-May 1941
(1973)
TV-PG | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
The Battle of Britain, defeats in Greece and Crete, Tobruk and life in Britain between the evacuation at Dunkirk and Operation Barbarossa.
Director: David Elstein | Stars: Laurence Olivier, John McBeath, Bertie Good, Max Aitken
Votes: 500
30.
The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode:
France Falls: May-June 1940
(1973)
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War
French politics, the Maginot Line, the Saar Offensive, Blitzkrieg warfare and the Nazi invasion of France and the Low Countries.
Stars: Laurence Olivier, Edward Spears, Lawrence Durrell, Siegfried Westphal
Votes: 528
31.
The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode:
Home Fires: Britain - 1940-1944
(1974)
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War
The war effort required total commitment from British citizens stretching their bodies and spirits to the breaking point and occasionally beyond it. As a result of grim news early in the ... See full summary »
Stars: Laurence Olivier, George Hodgkinson, Gwen Bunt, Lord Chandos
Votes: 363
32.
The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode:
Inside the Reich: Germany - 1940-1944
(1974)
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War
Germany is jubilant after the surrender of France. Then the unsuccessful expansion of the war to include Russia and England gradually turns German morale from joy to fatalism. Even der ... See full summary »
Stars: Laurence Olivier, Marlene Tucking, Hans Kehrl, Christabel Bielenberg
Votes: 388
33.
The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode:
Morning: June-August 1944
(1974)
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War
Four years after France fell the Allies invade Normandy. Caught by surprise the German defenses are quickly overcome. Heading inland the Allies win major victories against fierce resistance.
Director: John Pett | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Goronwy Rees, Louis Mountbatten, Kay Summersby
Votes: 375
34.
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
35.
The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode:
Occupation: Holland - 1940-1944
(1974)
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War
The Dutch are shocked when the Germans bomb Rotterdam and invade their neutral country. But Germany follows with insidious conciliatory gestures that ease tensions. Germany gradually ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Darlow | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Sieuwert Bruins Slot, T. van Ralte, Piet Nak
Votes: 359
36.
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
37.
Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode:
Airwar Over Germany
(2000)
Documentary, History, War
The Allied bombing campaign of Germany in World War 2.
Votes: 7
38.
Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode:
Campaign in the Balkans
(2004)
105 min | Documentary, History, War
We examine the course of savage fighting in the Balkans in the latter half of the conflict in World War 2 where after the uprising by the Romanians, the Soviet Army moved swiftly to capture Bucharest.
Stars: Jonathan Booth, Ion Antonescu, Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, Ernst Busch
Votes: 12
39.
Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode:
Operation Market Garden
(2001)
Documentary, History, War
Operation Market Garden was an attempt by the allies to use airborne units to seize key bridges and short-cut the slog into northern Germany thereby shortening the war. This is a look at the plan, the leaders and the equipment involved.
Directors: Andrew Aitken, Dave Flitton, James Wignall | Stars: Jonathan Booth, Wilhelm Bittrich, Omar N. Bradley, Lewis H. Brereton
Votes: 7
40.
Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode:
The Battle for Caen
(2001)
Documentary, History, War
Stars: Jonathan Booth, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Bernard L. Montgomery, Erwin Rommel
Votes: 15
41.
Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode:
The West Wall
(2001)
Documentary, History, War
Star: Jonathan Booth
Votes: 5
42.
Les coulisses de l'Histoire (2017–2023)
Episode:
Le débarquement, une victoire inespirée
(2021)
52 min | History
Director: Bernard George | Stars: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Erwin Rommel
Votes: 22
43.
Battle Honours (2021– )
Episode:
Big Red One
(2021)
Documentary, History, War
The story of the longest serving infantry division in the US Army, who fought in every major campaign in Western Europe in which American forces were engaged.
Directors: Adam Luria, Ian Bremner | Stars: Harley Reynolds, Flint Whitlock, Jon Trigg, Benjamin Hilton
44.
Battle Honours (2021– )
Episode:
Red Devils
(2021)
Documentary, History, War
From the moment British airborne was formed after Churchill noted the impressive feats of Germany's elite Falschirmjaeger paratroopers, Britain's Airborne would be an elite fighting force.
Directors: Adam Luria, Ian Bremner | Stars: Chip Chapman, Tony Hibbert, Jim Knox, Jon Trigg
45.
Battle Honours (2021– )
Episode:
Desert Rats
(2021)
Documentary, History, War
The story of the armoured units who landed in Normandy to spearhead the Allied advance into Nazi occupied Europe and break open the Third Reich's defences.
Directors: Adam Luria, Ian Bremner | Stars: Dick Taylor, Jon Trigg, Rodney Scott, Cecil Newton
46.
Battle Honours (2021– )
Episode:
Screaming Eagles
(2021)
Documentary, History, War
The 101st Airborne parachuted into their first battle on D-Day, swiftly proving their worth as one of the most accomplished combat formations ever fielded by the US army.
Directors: Adam Luria, Ian Bremner | Stars: John O'Brien, Ed Shames, Carl Beck, Jon Trigg
47.
Battle Honours (2021– )
Episode:
Rangers
(2021)
Documentary, History, War
America's first true Special Forces units, specially selected and trained with the help of British commandos, Rangers became the first US ground forces to see action in Europe.
Directors: Adam Luria, Ian Bremner | Stars: Edwin Roth, George Sabine, Flint Whitlock, Jon Trigg
48.
Battle Honours (2021– )
Episode:
The Mighty Eighth
(2021)
Documentary, History, War
The 8th United States Army Air Force flew some of WW2's most daring raids and sorties over Germany and mainland Europe.
Director: Adam Luria | Stars: Robert Ricks, Bill Toombs, Flint Whitlock, Henry Hughey
49.
Rise of the Nazis (2019–2023)
Episode:
Barbarossa
(2022)
Documentary, History
At the peak of his power, Hitler now faces fellow ruthless dictator Stalin. He tries to deceive Stalin with a plan to invade Britain, all while preparing an attack on the Soviet Union.
Director: Julian Jones | Stars: Richard John Evans, Garry Kasparov, John Scarlett, Alexandra Richie
Votes: 63
50.
Adolf Hitler's War (2020)
Episode:
Vernichtsungskrieg
(2020)
Documentary, History, War
Adolf Hitler has his mind on making Germany into a great empire by expanding eastwards. but his invasion of Poland tips the world into a violent and bloody war.
Directors: Michael Cove, Mike Kenneally | Stars: Kate Reynolds, Tomasz Szarota, Karol Mazur, Ihar Melnikau