Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "world-war-ii-veteran"

1. A Haunting in Venice (2023)

PG-13 | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

In post-World War II Venice, Poirot, now retired and living in his own exile, reluctantly attends a seance. But when one of the guests is murdered, it is up to the former detective to once again uncover the killer.

Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Dornan, Tina Fey

Votes: 112,257

2. Grantchester (2014–2025)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A Cambridgeshire clergyman finds himself investigating a series of mysterious wrongdoings in his small village of Grantchester.

Stars: Robson Green, Tessa Peake-Jones, Al Weaver, Kacey Ainsworth

Votes: 17,191

3. The Master (2012)

R | 138 min | Drama, History

A Naval veteran arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future - until he is tantalized by the Cause and its charismatic leader.

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Jesse Plemons

Votes: 186,237 | Gross: $16.38M

4. Ocean's Eleven (1960)

Approved | 127 min | Comedy, Crime, Music

Danny Ocean gathers a group of his World War II compatriots to pull off the ultimate Las Vegas heist. Together the eleven friends plan to rob five Las Vegas casinos in one night.

Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford

Votes: 25,214 | Gross: $12.32M

5. Kon-Tiki (2012)

PG-13 | 118 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

Legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl's epic 4,300-mile crossing of the Pacific on a balsawood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove that it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.

Directors: Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg | Stars: Pål Sverre Hagen, Anders Baasmo, Gustaf Skarsgård, Odd-Magnus Williamson

Votes: 51,974 | Gross: $1.52M

6. Zero Hour! (1957)

Passed | 81 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

In 1950s Canada, during a commercial flight, the pilots and some passengers suffer food poisoning, thus forcing an ex-WWII fighter pilot (Dana Andrews) to try to land the airliner in heavy fog.

Director: Hall Bartlett | Stars: Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, Sterling Hayden, Elroy 'Crazylegs' Hirsch

Votes: 2,297

7. Remember (I) (2015)

R | 94 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person he believes to be responsible for the death of his family in the death camp to kill him himself.

Director: Atom Egoyan | Stars: Christopher Plummer, Kim Roberts, Amanda Smith, Martin Landau

Votes: 27,849 | Gross: $0.64M

8. Made in Dagenham (2010)

R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, History

A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.

Director: Nigel Cole | Stars: Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins, Andrea Riseborough, Jaime Winstone

Votes: 16,073 | Gross: $1.09M

9. Dear Comrades! (2020)

121 min | Drama, History

When the communist government raises food prices in 1962, the rebellious workers from the small industrial town of Novocherkassk go on strike. The massacre which then ensues is seen through the eyes of a devout party activist.

Director: Andrey Konchalovskiy | Stars: Yuliya Vysotskaya, Vladislav Komarov, Andrey Gusev, Yuliya Burova

Votes: 5,890

10. Wanda Nevada (1979)

PG | 107 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance

A drifter named Beaudray Demerille wins a young orphan named Wanda in a poker game and takes her gold prospecting in the Grand Canyon.

Director: Peter Fonda | Stars: Peter Fonda, Brooke Shields, Fiona Lewis, Luke Askew

Votes: 1,522 | Gross: $2.41M

11. Shack Out on 101 (1955)

Not Rated | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

An isolated diner on California's 101 highway provides the backdrop of the story involving nuclear secrets, foreign spies and federal agents.

Director: Edward Dein | Stars: Terry Moore, Frank Lovejoy, Keenan Wynn, Lee Marvin

Votes: 822

12. The Enchanted Cottage (1945)

Approved | 91 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

A plain maid and a wounded war veteran are transformed by their love for each other while residing in an enchanted honeymoon cottage.

Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Dorothy McGuire, Robert Young, Herbert Marshall, Mildred Natwick

Votes: 3,530

13. Daisy Kenyon (1947)

Passed | 99 min | Drama, Romance

A commercial artist having an affair with a married attorney becomes involved with a returning soldier and must choose between the two.

Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Joan Crawford, Dana Andrews, Henry Fonda, Ruth Warrick

Votes: 3,035

14. Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed (2013)

Not Rated | 108 min | Comedy, Drama

In Spain in 1966, an English teacher picks up two hitchhikers on his quest to meet John Lennon.

Director: David Trueba | Stars: Javier Cámara, Natalia de Molina, Francesc Colomer, Ramon Fontserè

Votes: 6,590 | Gross: $0.01M

15. A Woman's Secret (1949)

Approved | 84 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery

Failed singer Marian Washburn confesses she shot her friend, successful singer Susan Caldwell, but her manager Luke Jordan and Detective Fowler doubt her story and cannot establish a reasonable motive.

Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: Maureen O'Hara, Melvyn Douglas, Gloria Grahame, Bill Williams

Votes: 1,935

16. Mafia II: Definitive Edition (2020 Video Game)

M | Action, Crime, Drama

Part two of the crime drama saga. Following the rise of Vito Scaletta, son of Italian immigrants who moves to Empire Bay in America. Growing up and getting into a life of crime he befriends... See full summary »

Votes: 481

17. Good Sam (1948)

Passed | 114 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Sam Clayton has a good heart and likes to help out people in need. In fact, he likes to help them out so much that he often finds himself broke and unable to help his own family buy the things they need--like a house.

Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Gary Cooper, Ann Sheridan, Ray Collins, Edmund Lowe

Votes: 1,070

18. Let There Be Light (1980)

Not Rated | 58 min | Documentary, War

A group of mentally traumatized veteran patients is followed as they go through psychiatric treatment.

Director: John Huston | Stars: Walter Huston, Benjamin Simon

Votes: 2,027

19. Mirror for a Hero (1987)

139 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Two casual acquaintances, Sergey Pshenichnyy and Andrey Nemchinov, are transferred almost 40 years ago by the will of mysterious circumstances. This day - May 8, 1949 - begins to repeat itself for them with inexorable constancy.

Director: Vladimir Khotinenko | Stars: Sergey Koltakov, Ivan Bortnik, Boris Galkin, Feliks Stepun

Votes: 732

20. Psila ta heria Hitler (1962)

75 min | Drama

After many years, two good friends meet by chance during an excursion. Their joy is great as they both thought the other was dead. They start to reminisce about their common struggle for survival during the German occupation of Athens

Director: Roviros Manthoulis | Stars: Thanasis Vengos, Vasilis Diamantopoulos, Spyros Kalogirou, Vasilis Andreopoulos

Votes: 297

21. An Unbelievable Fool (1969)

84 min | Comedy, Romance

A silent remnant of WWII lies hidden in the backyard of an unsuspecting barber, as a former Gestapo officer and his henchmen, disguised as tourists, return to claim what's theirs. Will the resilient everyman find out their secret?

Director: Thanasis Vengos | Stars: Thanasis Vengos, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, Nora Katseli, Takis Miliadis

Votes: 325

22. Mia zoi xanarhizei (1947)

70 min | Drama, Romance

When a man returns to Greece from the Middle East he finds out that his family has gone missing in the war.

Directors: Kostas Gaziadis, Ilias Paraskevas | Stars: Alekos Deligiannis, Lili Berde, Mitsouko, Nikos Pashalidis

23. Soldier Soldier (1991–1997)
Episode: Ill Wind (1995)

TV-14 | 50 min | Drama

The men take part in an exercise to locate a downed Australian World War Two aircraft ends when the weather takes a turn for the worse and it causes Major Rory Taylor's dreams to be cut short.

Director: Ken Hannam | Stars: Dougray Scott, Sophie Heathcote, Ben Nealon, Robson Green

Votes: 8

24. Unsolved Mysteries (1987–2010)
Episode: Episode #5.12 (1992)

TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama

This episode includes: Martin Luther King (Pts. 1 and 2), Surprise Sister and UD and Texas Most Wanted and UD.

Stars: Robert Stack, Margaret Bowman, Kelly Farrell, Sam Guncler

Votes: 65

25. Lupin the 3rd (1977–1980)
Episode: Mottomo kiken na ôgon beddo (1979)

TV-PG | Animation, Action, Adventure

Pestered by Fujiko, Lupin has to steal a golden bed that was originally made by Louis XIV for Josephine. He makes a plan with Jigen and Goemon, but the owner of the bed, Morgan, is a formidable opponent who has WWII military experience.

Director: Kyôsuke Mikuriya | Stars: Richard Cansino, Makio Inoue, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Eiko Masuyama

Votes: 26

26. The Irish Mob (2008–2016)
Episode: Frank 'The Irishman' Sheeran/Whitey Bulger (2008)

Documentary, Biography, Crime

In a deathbed confession, Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran revealed his role in one of the great unsolved mysteries of the 20th century - who killed Jimmy Hoffa? James "Whitey" Bulger was ... See full summary »

Director: Dathaí Keane | Stars: T.J. English, Arthur Sloane, Dick Lehr, Howie Carr

27. United States of Al (2021–2022)
Episode: Homesick/Deghyat (2021)

TV-PG | Comedy

Riley, Art and Vanessa attempt to help Al feel better when he becomes homesick for his family and traditions.

Director: Nikki Lorre | Stars: Parker Young, Adhir Kalyan, Elizabeth Alderfer, Dean Norris

Votes: 140

28. Panoptikum (1990–1991)
Episode: Veterany (1990)

11 min | Documentary

Report on current life of World War II veterans in USSR.

Director: Aleksandr Nevzorov | Stars: Franz Martin Kuhn, Konstantin Filippov, Günther Krause, Henning Voscherau

29. Arena (1975– )
Episode: Produced by George Martin (2011)

90 min | Documentary

A profile of legendary music producer Sir George Martin with the help of his son Giles and wife Judy with contributions from Sir Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Michael Palin, Howard Goodall, Cilla Black, Bernard Cribbins and Rolf Harris.

Director: Francis Hanly | Stars: George Martin, Judy Martin, Giles Martin, Margaret Asher

Votes: 251

30. First Blood (2022– )
Episode: Richard Ramirez: The Nightstalker (2022)

TV-14 | Documentary, Crime, History

One of the most well-known serial killers, Richard Ramirez terrorized Southern California in the mid-1980s, where anyone could be a target of the sadistic murderer.

Director: David Bispham | Stars: Gisele Lavigne, Glynn Martin, Alan Yochelson, Gary Brucato

Votes: 10

31. Magnum P.I. (2018–2024)
Episode: The Breaking Point (2023)

TV-PG | Action, Adventure, Crime

Magnum and Higgins go undercover as lifeguards in order to solve a murder. Jin Jeong wins a storage unit auction and enlists the help of Rick and TC upon finding a stolen military medal.

Director: Bryan Spicer | Stars: Jay Hernandez, Perdita Weeks, Zachary Knighton, Stephen Hill

Votes: 406

32. Codes and Conspiracies (2014–2016)
Episode: Outlaw Bikers (2014)

TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary

Outlaw Bikers. We are about to go inside their tightly guarded clubs to reveal the real story that hasn't been told - until now. Are they international crime syndicates, or social clubs for outcasts and nonconformists? Discover the truth.

Stars: Kerrie Droban, William Dulaney, George Christie, Bill Hayes

Votes: 17

33. Grantchester (2014–2025)
Episode: Episode #1.6 (2014)

TV-14 | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Sidney and Geordie investigate the murder of a local policeman, and find the killer's motive is connected to events that took place in the Second World War.

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: James Norton, Robson Green, Morven Christie, Al Weaver

Votes: 516

34. Arena (1975– )
Episode: Tony Bennett 's New York (1996)

86 min | Documentary

Once dubbed the 'king of cool', a look behind the silky voice as Tony Bennett - civil rights activist, jazz enthusiast, painter and New Yorker - takes a tour around his native city.

Director: Leslie Woodhead | Stars: Tony Bennett, Reggie Nadelson, Mary Chiappa, Mario Cuomo

Votes: 11