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World War 2 Movies

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  • Schindler's List (1993)

    1. 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
  • Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore, and Edward Burns in Saving Private Ryan (1998)

    2. Saving Private Ryan

    19982h 49mR91Metascore
    8.6 (1.6M)
    Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsTom HanksMatt DamonTom Sizemore
  • Adrien Brody in The Pianist (2002)

    3. The Pianist

    20022h 30mR85Metascore
    8.5 (969K)
    During WWII, acclaimed Polish musician Wladyslaw faces various struggles as he loses contact with his family. As the situation worsens, he hides in the ruins of Warsaw in order to survive.
    DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsAdrien BrodyThomas KretschmannFrank Finlay
  • Das Boot (1981)

    4. Das Boot

    19812h 29m85Metascore
    8.4 (279K)
    A German U-boat stalks the frigid waters of the North Atlantic as its young crew experience the sheer terror and claustrophobic life of a submariner in World War II.
    DirectorWolfgang PetersenStarsJürgen ProchnowHerbert GrönemeyerKlaus Wennemann
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)

    5. Life Is Beautiful

    19971h 56mPG-1358Metascore
    8.6 (779K)
    When an open-minded Jewish waiter and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.
    DirectorRoberto BenigniStarsRoberto BenigniNicoletta BraschiGiorgio Cantarini
  • Alec Guinness, William Holden, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, Geoffrey Horne, and Ann Sears in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

    6. The Bridge on the River Kwai

    19572h 41mPG88Metascore
    8.1 (242K)
    British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.
    DirectorDavid LeanStarsWilliam HoldenAlec GuinnessJack Hawkins
  • Richard Attenborough, Steve McQueen, and James Garner in The Great Escape (1963)

    7. The Great Escape

    19632h 52mApproved86Metascore
    8.2 (269K)
    Allied officers in a German prisoner of war camp during World War II making a daring plan for a mass escape by hundreds of their men, hoping to draw German personnel and resources away from combat operations.
    DirectorJohn SturgesStarsSteve McQueenJames GarnerRichard Attenborough
  • Stalag 17 (1953)

    8. Stalag 17

    19532hApproved84Metascore
    7.9 (60K)
    After two Americans are killed while escaping from a German P.O.W. camp in World War II, the barracks black marketeer, J.J. Sefton, is suspected of being an informer.
    DirectorBilly WilderStarsWilliam HoldenDon TaylorOtto Preminger
  • Patton (1970)

    9. 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
  • Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

    10. Letters from Iwo Jima

    20062h 21mR89Metascore
    7.8 (174K)
    The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.
    DirectorClint EastwoodStarsKen WatanabeKazunari NinomiyaTsuyoshi Ihara
  • The Dirty Dozen (1967)

    11. The Dirty Dozen

    19672h 30mApproved73Metascore
    7.7 (82K)
    During World War II, a rebellious U.S. Army Major is assigned a dozen convicted murderers to train and lead them into a mass assassination mission of German officers.
    DirectorRobert AldrichStarsLee MarvinErnest BorgnineCharles Bronson
  • Asa Butterfield and Jack Scanlon in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)

    12. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

    20081h 34mPG-1355Metascore
    7.7 (262K)
    Through the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a German concentration camp, a forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling and unexpected consequences.
    DirectorMark HermanStarsAsa ButterfieldDavid ThewlisRupert Friend
  • Richard Burton, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, John Wayne, Sean Connery, Sal Mineo, Eddie Albert, Richard Beymer, Red Buttons, Jeffrey Hunter, Roddy McDowall, Rod Steiger, Robert Wagner, Paul Anka, Arletty, Mel Ferrer, Steve Forrest, Gert Fröbe, Fabian, Jean-Louis Barrault, Bourvil, Ray Danton, Irina Demick, Leo Genn, Henry Grace, John Gregson, Paul Hartmann, Werner Hinz, Curd Jürgens, Alexander Knox, Peter Lawford, Christian Marquand, Kenneth More, Edmond O'Brien, Ron Randell, Madeleine Renaud, Robert Ryan, Tommy Sands, Richard Todd, Tom Tryon, Peter van Eyck, and Stuart Whitman in The Longest Day (1962)

    13. 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
  • Mrs. Miniver (1942)

    14. Mrs. Miniver

    19422h 14mApproved77Metascore
    7.6 (20K)
    A British family struggles to survive the first months of World War II.
    DirectorWilliam WylerStarsGreer GarsonWalter PidgeonTeresa Wright
  • Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, and Mary Ure in Where Eagles Dare (1968)

    15. Where Eagles Dare

    19682h 38mM63Metascore
    7.6 (66K)
    Allied agents stage a daring raid on a castle where the Nazis are holding American brigadier general George Carnaby prisoner, but that's not all that's really going on.
    DirectorBrian G. HuttonStarsRichard BurtonClint EastwoodMary Ure
  • David Niven, Gregory Peck, and Anthony Quinn in The Guns of Navarone (1961)

    16. The Guns of Navarone

    19612h 38mNot Rated72Metascore
    7.5 (58K)
    A team of Allied saboteurs is assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held Greek island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
    DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsDavid NivenGregory PeckAnthony Quinn
  • Max Manus: Man of War (2008)

    17. Max Manus: Man of War

    20081h 58mNot Rated60Metascore
    7.3 (31K)
    The true story about one of the most brilliant saboteurs during World War II and his battle to overcome his inner demons.
    DirectorsJoachim RønningEspen SandbergStarsAksel HennieAgnes KittelsenNicolai Cleve Broch
  • Clint Eastwood, Donald Sutherland, Telly Savalas, and Don Rickles in Kelly's Heroes (1970)

    18. 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
  • Martin Balsam, Joseph Cotten, Jason Robards, E.G. Marshall, Tatsuya Mihashi, Koreya Senda, Takahiro Tamura, Eijirô Tôno, James Whitmore, and Sô Yamamura in Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

    19. Tora! Tora! Tora!

    19702h 24mG46Metascore
    7.5 (39K)
    The story of the 1941 Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor, and the series of preceding American blunders that aggravated its effectiveness.
    DirectorsRichard FleischerKinji FukasakuToshio MasudaStarsMartin BalsamSô YamamuraJason Robards
  • Jude Law and Joseph Fiennes in Enemy at the Gates (2001)

    20. Enemy at the Gates

    20012h 11mR53Metascore
    7.5 (286K)
    A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad.
    DirectorJean-Jacques AnnaudStarsJude LawEd HarrisJoseph Fiennes
  • Errol Flynn in Objective, Burma! (1945)

    21. Objective, Burma!

    19452h 22mApproved79Metascore
    7.3 (5.7K)
    A platoon of special ops are tasked to parachute into the remote Burmese jungle and destroy a strategic Japanese radar station, but getting out isn't as easy.
    DirectorRaoul WalshStarsErrol FlynnJames BrownWilliam Prince
  • Audie Murphy and Gordon Gebert in To Hell and Back (1955)

    22. To Hell and Back

    19551h 46mApproved
    7.1 (6.2K)
    The true WWII story of Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier in U.S. history. Based on the autobiography of Audie Murphy who stars as himself in the film.
    DirectorJesse HibbsStarsAudie MurphyMarshall ThompsonCharles Drake
  • A Bridge Too Far (1977)

    23. 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
  • Tom Cruise in Valkyrie (2008)

    24. Valkyrie

    20082h 1mPG-1356Metascore
    7.1 (267K)
    A dramatization of the July 20, 1944 assassination and political coup plot by desperate renegade German Army officers against Adolf Hitler during World War II.
    DirectorBryan SingerStarsTom CruiseBill NighyCarice van Houten
  • Daniel Craig in Defiance (2008)

    25. Defiance

    20082h 17mR58Metascore
    7.1 (159K)
    Jewish brothers in German-occupied Eastern Europe escape into a Belorussian forest, where they join Russian resistance fighters, and endeavor to build a village, in order to protect themselves and about one thousand Jewish non-combatants.
    DirectorEdward ZwickStarsDaniel CraigLiev SchreiberJamie Bell

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