Battle of Britain

7.0

Jean Moulin, une affaire française

Drama set in the Second World War, focused on Jean Moulin, hero, martyr and symbol of the French resistance and the patriotism during the dark years of Nazi occupation.

2003-01-06 | fr

7.1

The Painted Bird

After losing his parents, a young Jewish boy wanders Eastern Europe, seeking refuge during World War II.

2019-09-12 | cs

6.9

All Through the Night

Broadway gamblers stumble across a plan by Nazi saboteurs to blow up an American battleship.

1942-01-10 | en

6.9

Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

A Roman Catholic nun and a hard-bitten US Marine are stranded together on a Japanese-occupied island in the South Pacific during World War II. Under constant threat of discovery by a ruthless enemy, they hide in a cave and forage for food together. Their forced companionship and the struggle for survival forge a powerful emotional bond between them.

1957-03-13 | en

0.0

Admiral Chester Nimitz

Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz used submarines, a vessel used to great effect by Germany in WWI and WWII to turn the tide of the War in the Pacific.

2017-04-01 | en

7.9

Downfall

In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his generals and advisers to fight to the last man. When the end finally does come, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender.

2004-09-16 | de

7.5

The Killing Fields

New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the help of local interpreter Dith Pran and American photojournalist Al Rockoff. When the U.S. Army pulls out amid escalating violence, Schanberg makes exit arrangements for Pran and his family. Pran, however, tells Schanberg he intends to stay in Cambodia to help cover the unfolding story — a decision he may regret as the Khmer Rouge rebels move in.

1984-11-23 | en

7.1

Soldier of Orange

The lives of Erik Lanshof and five of his closest friends take different paths when the German army invades the Netherlands in 1940: fight and resistance, fear and resignation, collaboration and high treason.

1977-09-22 | nl

7.0

Hamka & Siti Raham Vol. 2

This biopic explores Muslim scholar Buya Hamka's life and hardships alongside his loving wife, Siti Raham, after Indonesia gained independence.

2023-12-21 | id

6.4

The Eternal Sea

Biography of Admiral John Hoskins' efforts to retain active command despite WW2 injury.

1955-04-19 | en

7.3

Europa Europa

A Jewish boy separated from his family in the early days of WWII poses as a German orphan and is taken into the heart of the Nazi world as a 'war hero' and eventually becomes a Hitler Youth.

1990-11-14 | de

6.5

K-19: The Widowmaker

When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.

2002-07-19 | en

6.2

13 Hours That Saved Britain

In this documentary, experts dissect the Battle of Britain, which took place on Sept. 15, 1940 — a day that determined the fate of the nation.

2011-04-20 | en

7.1

Mariana's Room

In the darkest days of the Second World War, Yulia and Hugo, a Jewish mother and son, escape from a Ukrainian ghetto. Fearing for his safety, Yulia entrusts her boy to the care of her friend Mariana, a sex worker who lives in a brothel. Hugo is placed in a closet, nominally for his safety, but from which he rarely leaves. With little view of the outside world, he conjures up ghosts and scenarios. But over time, Mariana brings the boy out and in doing so transforms his life.

2025-04-23 | uk

6.6

The Final Countdown

During routine manoeuvres near Hawaii in 1980, the aircraft-carrier USS Nimitz is caught in a strange vortex-like storm, throwing the ship back in time to 1941—mere hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

1980-01-31 | en

7.4

The Thin Red Line

The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II battle of Guadalcanal. It follows their journey, from the surprise of an unopposed landing, through the bloody and exhausting battles that follow, to the ultimate departure of those who survived.

1998-12-23 | en

5.0

Steps Through the Mist

After breaking the enemy's rings, a partisan batch is left only with three wounded and two healthy fighters. Through his binoculars, the German captain Anders monitors the surviving soldiers who are walking through the fog in an effort to reach their brigade. Anders quietly starts a manhunt on wounded while anticipating their physical and mental exhaustion.

1967-05-03 | sh

7.6

The Longest Day

The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"

1962-09-25 | en

0.0

6th Marine Division on Okinawa

A documentary covering the actions of the 6th Marine Division on Okinawa during WWII.

1945-06-07 | en

0.0

Himeyuri

The 30-minute film centers around a group of high school students who became nurses called Himeyuri and served during the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. The Himeyuri Alumnae Incorporated Foundation, which runs the Himeyuri Peace Museum in Okinawa, produced the film with the aim to convey the experiences of those high school students, many of whom lost their lives during the battle, to children.

2012-06-23 | en

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Battle of Britain

Never was so much owed by so many to so few.

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Harry Andrews

Michael Caine

Trevor Howard

Curd Jürgens

Ian McShane

Kenneth More

Laurence Olivier

Nigel Patrick

Christopher Plummer

Michael Redgrave

Ralph Richardson

Robert Shaw

Patrick Wymark

Susannah York

Michael Bates

Robert Flemyng

Isla Blair

Barry Foster

John Baskcomb

Edward Fox

Tom Chatto

W.G. Foxley

James Cosmo

David Griffin

Jack Gwillim

André Maranne

Myles Hoyle

Anthony Nicholls

Duncan Lamont

Nicholas Pennell

Sarah Lawson

Andrzej Scibor

Mark Malicz

Jean Wladon

Wilfried von Aacken

Reinhard Horras

Karl-Otto Alberty

Helmut Kircher

Alexander Allerson

Paul Neuhaus

Dietrich Frauboes

Malte Petzel

Alf Jungermann

Manfred Reddemann

Peter Hager

Hein Riess

Wolf Harnisch

Rolf Stiefel

Nikki Van der Zyl

Tony Allen

Paul Angelis

Graham Armitage

Hilda Barry

Kate Binchy

Ernest Blyth

A. J. Brown

Daniel Brown

Fay Bura

Mary Burleigh

Bill Burns

Pauline Chamberlain

Massimo Ciprari

Günter Clemens

John Comer

Les Conrad

Victor Croxford