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- Come and See (1985) Directed by Elem Klimov. Starring Aleksey Kravchenko, Olga Mironova, Liubomiras Laucevicius. Drama, Thriller, War (2h 22m) 8.4 on IMDb — 90% on RT.
- Life Is Beautiful (1997) Directed by Roberto Benigni. Starring Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini. Comedy, Drama, Romance (1h 56m) 8.6 on IMDb — 80% on RT.
- Schindler's List (1993) Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley. Biography, Drama, History (3h 15m) 9.0 on IMDb — 98% on RT.
- Oppenheimer (2023) Directed by Christopher Nolan. Starring Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon. Biography, Drama, History (3h) 8.5 on IMDb — 93% on RT.
A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco. Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains. Votes: 605,668 | Gross: $1.02M. 2.
- 'Schindler's List' (1993) Director: Steven Spielberg. An adaptation of the real-life Oskar Schindler's account, Spielberg’s other WWII Best Picture winner, tells the story of Schindler’s mission to protect and see to safety more than a thousand persecuted Jews.
- 'Come and See' (1985) Director: Elem Klimov. Set in Nazi-occupied Belarus during WWII, director Elem Klimov's Come and See depicts the war through the perspective of a young boy, Flyora (Aleksei Kravchenko).
- 'Saving Private Ryan' (1998) Director: Steven Spielberg. Steven Spielberg’s award-winning war film remains regarded as one of the best depictions of life on the battlefield.
- 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' (1957) Director: David Lean. The Bridge on the River Kwai is an Oscar-winning World War II movie set in a Japanese prison camp in Burma.
- The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) Released a year after the end of the war, The Best Years of Our Lives is an epic film about three soldiers who return home and soon realize their families are irrevocably changed.
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) Long before he was dueling Darth Vader in Star Wars, Sir Alec Guinness starred in this tour de force WWII film as Colonel Nicholson, a British POW who, with his unit, is tasked with building a railway bridge across the river Kwai in occupied Burma while Allied forces plan to destroy it.
- Casablanca (1942) There are love stories, and then there's Casablanca. The oft-quoted film follows the trench coat-clad Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), an American expat and owner of a nightclub in Morocco, whose political neutrality and cynical disposition can be traced back to a failed relationship with Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman).
- Come and See (1985) Few films have captured the horrific experiences of war as vividly and poetically as director Elim Kilmov's 1985 picture. Come and See follows Flyora, a young Belarusian boy who joins the Soviet resistance against German forces after finding an old rifle.
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- Inglourious Basterds
- Das Boot
- Jojo Rabbit
- Casablanca
- Dunkirk
- Come and See
- Schindler’s List
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Quentin Tarantino's violent, clever re-history, Inglourious Basterds, featured a Nazi-killing brigade, a Jewish movie theater owner, a ruthless SS officer, and a German film star-turned-spy as they all converge on occupied Paris for a movie premiere that proves to be quite crucial for the Allied war effort. Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, Diane Krug...
Written and directed by German filmmaker Wolfgang Petersen (who would go on to direct Air Force One and Troy), Das Bootwas hailed as one of the greatest war films ever made. Taut, thrilling, and smart, this epic naval adventure follows the crew of a German U-boat as they set out on to patrol the waters during the Battle of the Atlantic. Das Boot is...
The most recent film on this list, Taika Waititi's Jojo Rabbit is a coming-of-age dramedy about a ten-year-old boy, a Hitler Youth member, who finds out that his mother (Scarlett Johansson) is hiding a Jewish girl in their attic. Winning the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Waititi presented an unusually whimsical and disarming look at Na...
A pivotal cinema classic, Best Picture-winner Casablancais a gem from the "Golden Age" of Hollywood. Humphrey Bogart, in one of his most famous roles, plays a sly ex-pat who must choose between the love of a woman (Ingrid Bergman's Ilsa) and helping her resistance leader husband escape their fascist-occupied city. Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, and Pe...
Christopher Nolan's sweeping, complex, timey-wimey ensemble war film depicting the Dunkirk evacuation of over 300,000 Allied soldiers in Northern France, is a deeply moving spectacle full of dazzling imagery and an impressive sense of grandeur. Fionn Whitehead, Harry Styles, Barry Keoghan, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy, Mark Rylance, and Tom Hard...
War films can shine a light on heroism and triumph or reach into the darker corners of battle and reveal the true evils committed against humanity. '80's Soviet anti-war film Come and See, directed by Elem Klimov, fought its way through nearly a decade of State censorship to get made, and delivered the shocking, sobering story of the atrocities wit...
Director Steven Spielberg had long been a household name before the release of Schindler’s List, which would go on to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards. He'd even directed dramas before, most notably The Color Purple and (World War II-set) Empire of the Sun. But nothing quite prepared audiences for the abject horror of the Holocaust presented ...
Focusing on the Pacific Theater of World War II -- in particular the Battle of Mount Austen in Guadalcanal -- The Thin Red Lineis a soaring, philosophical war poem directed by Terrence Malick, who was delivering his first film in 20 years. Stars flocked to this enormous ensemble (many finding themselves completely cut out of the film in the end) as...
David Lean's The Bridge on the River Kwai, based on the 1952 novel written by Pierre Boulle, stars William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, and Sessue Hayakawa in a clever, complex, psychologically tense story about the construction of the Burma Railway. With expert performances, seven Academy Awards (including Best Picture) under its belt, and...
Presenting both courage and chaos, heroism and heinous violence, Saving Private Ryan is a superb swirl of every war movie touchstone, kicking things off with a chilling, nerve-shattering look at the D-Day landings on Omaha Beach. Director Steven Spielberg merged both warmth and wickedness for this boots-on-the-ground look at soldiers scouring war-t...
Sep 6, 2023 · War is hell, but films like "A Bridge Too Far," "Saving Private Ryan," "Grave of the Fireflies" and "Hell in the Pacific" provide diverse, eclectic WWII tales.
Nov 16, 2023 · Bale begins. Director: Steven Spielberg. Cast: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers. Empire of the Sun came smack in the centre of Steven Spielberg’s mid-’80s slump ...
