Resistance movement movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant resistance movement movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, captivating, suspense, tense and bleak films and TV shows about / with resistance movement, world war two, resistance, nazi, wartime life, war, world war, wartime, resistance fighter and military plots mostly in Drama, War and History genres shot in France, USA, Italy and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as resistance movement: Winter in Wartime (2008), Time of Honor (2008), Johnny the Partisan (2000), Resistance (2003), Burning at Both Ends (2021), Black Book (2006), Anthropoid (2016), Defiance (2008), The White Rose (1982), Resistance (2019).
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List of resistance movement movies
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
During World War II in the freezing Netherlands winter of 1944/1945 the western Netherlands are in the grip of a famine. Many people move east to provide for their families. Fourteen year old Michiel can't wait to join the Dutch resistance, to ...
Style:
tense, sexy, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
world war two, coming of age, resistance movement, occupation, resistance, children in wartime, nazi, wartime life, execution, winter, nazism, nazi occupation ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 2008, post world war two
Place:
netherlands, germany, europe, holland
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Days of honor is a Polish World War II television drama series, broadcast on TVP2 since September 7, 2008.
Style:
suspense, captivating, exciting
Plot:
world war two, resistance, resistance movement, wartime, battles, soldier, military life, power struggle, wartime life, class struggle, military, life is a bitch ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
poland
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
After the 8th September 1943 north of Italy is occupied by Germans. Italian army collapsed and the soldiers are escaped to the mountains trying to set up a resistance. Many civilians did the same and Johnny, an English literature student, is among ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, exciting, bleak
Plot:
resistance, world war two, resistance movement, partisan, fascism, war zone, murder, wartime life, italian history, nazi, world war, holocaust ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The epic tale of an American reconnaissance pilot downed in occupied Belgium at the height of World War II. Hidden by resistance fighters, the pilot falls in love with the wife of the man who will save him. When their affair is exposed, an act of ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspense, captivating
Plot:
world war two, resistance movement, forbidden love, french resistance, crash landing, betrayal, military, love triangle, wartime life, soldier, leadership, danger ...
Time:
year 1945, year 1944
Place:
belgium, europe
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The movie follows a group of resistance radio broadcasters in Nazi-occupied France as they evade capture alongside a Jewish family.
Style:
captivating, suspense, disturbing, historical drama, period drama
Plot:
french resistance, nazi occupied france, nazi, resistance movement, behind enemy lines, resistance fighter, resistance, wartime, nazi soldier, nazi spy, wartime life, world war two ...
Time:
year 1943, year 1942, year 1944
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Netherlands, Germany, UK, Belgium
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.
Style:
erotic, psychological, tense, sexy, dramatic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, espionage, nazi, spy, nazism, resistance, female spy, occupation, gestapo, german soldier, war ...
Time:
1940s, year 1956, 1950s, year 2006, 20th century ...
Place:
netherlands, israel, holland, germany, belgium ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK, France, USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In December 1941, Czech soldier Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš parachute into their occupied homeland to assassinate Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich
Style:
emotional, factual, visually stunning, slasher, social ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi, conspiracy, gestapo, murderer, assassination, betrayal, nazi occupation, friendship between men, ss, suspicion, repression ...
Time:
1940s, 2010s, year 2016, 90s, y2k ...
Place:
germany, prague, central europe, munich germany, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet partisans to combat the Nazis. The brothers begin the rescue of roughly 1,200 Jews still trapped in ...
Style:
sincere, period piece, epic, historical drama, dramatic ...
Audience:
manly, adult
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, war, nazi, genocide, partisan, shoah, judaism, world war, red army, hopes, rebellion ...
Time:
year 2008, 20th century, year 1941, 1940s, year 1942 ...
Place:
poland, germany, indiana, europe, russia ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: West Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
During the Second World War, a small group of students at Munich University begin to question the decisions and sanity of Germany's Nazi government. The students form a resistance cell which they name the "White Rose" after a ...
Style:
bleak, realistic, serious, emotional, thought provoking ...
Plot:
world war two, resistance, nazi, anti fascist, fascism, death sentence, resistance movement, nude girl, dying young, german history, intrigue, world war ...
Time:
year 1943, 1940s, 20th century, year 1982, 1920s
Place:
germany, europe, munich germany, california, paris france ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
This follow up to the Rebellion miniseries unfolds at the height of what became known as Ireland's War of Independence, and follows the lives of those caught up in the vicissitudes of history.
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense, disturbing, historical drama
Plot:
war for independence, interwar period, resistance, resistance fighter, world war two, military, rebellion, fight for supremacy, social problems, wartime, battles, fight ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
ireland
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
1944. Resistance-fighter Bakker gets send to a prison in Leeuwarden by the Gestapo. There he and other resistance-fighters are about to be rescued in a giant prison escape by their companions
Style:
tension, historical drama, realistic, heroic, grim
Plot:
world war two, resistance movement, prison break, rescue mission, gestapo, bravery, prisoner of war camp, prison escape, nazi, pow, sacrifice, ruse ...
Place:
netherlands
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
In 1944 Lucien Lacombe, a young peasant in the Lot region is refused permission to join the French Resistance. Instead, the opposing "French Gestapo" obtain from him information about an underground leader and recruit him into their ...
Style:
anthology, art house, postmodern, visual, controversial ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
world war two, french resistance, occupation, gestapo, nazi occupation, children in wartime, resistance, resistance movement, nazi, wartime life, world war, holocaust ...
Time:
1940s, year 1974, 20th century, year 1944
Place:
vichy, france, israel, europe, germany
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Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 166 min.
Story:
During the Hyderabad Liberation Movement of 1948, there will be atrocities, like the episode of Gundrampally, Parkala, Bhairanpally villages.
Style:
historical drama, psychological, thrilling, captivating, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
resistance movement, indian history, political conflict, fight, resistance fighter, battles, dictatorship, resistance, military dictatorship, dictator, nationalism, religious persecution ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
india
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
Paris. 1940. Lili is 17 years old. In occupied France, she encounters war before love, and joins the Resistance. Through the interconnecting destinies of its teenage heroes, Resistance tells the story of young people going to any lengths to defend ...
Style:
historical drama, suspense, disturbing, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, french resistance, occupied france, female protagonist, resistance movement, occupation, teenager, resistance, wartime, resistance fighter, teenage life, wartime life ...
Place:
paris france
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Genre: History
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
"1895" tells the story of the resistance against the Japanese invasion in 1895.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, suspense, period piece ...
Plot:
resistance, resistance movement, invasion, fight for supremacy, battles, power struggle, war, resistance fighter, fight, guerilla warfare, occupation, asian history ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s, victorian era
Place:
taiwan, asia, taipei, japan, east asia
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Genre: Action, Thriller, War
Country: France, Italy, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
As the Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944, German Colonel Von Waldheim is desperate to take all of France's greatest paintings to Germany. He manages to secure a train to transport the valuable art works even as the chaos of retreat ...
Style:
black and white, realistic, suspenseful, retro, exciting ...
Plot:
train, world war two, french resistance, saboteur, art, art theft, sabotage, nazi, resistance, military, railway, resistance movement ...
Time:
year 1944, 1940s
Place:
paris france, germany, france, europe, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A French resistance group liberates some German prisoners. Turns out one of them is a spy.
Style:
political
Plot:
world war two, resistance movement, nazi, war, covert operation, spy, anarchist, judaism, french resistance, prison break, firefight, rescue mission ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943
Place:
france, south of france
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Brazil, France, Netherlands, Germany
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
In 1977 Recife, Marcelo, a technology expert in his early forties, returns in the midst of Carnaval to reunite with his son and plot a dangerous escape under the ever-watchful eyes of Brazil’s repressive military regime.
Style:
political thriller, non-linear, period drama
Plot:
male nudity, gas station, projectionist, corruption, hitman, underground movement, resistance movement, public nudity, dead body, teenage boy, carnival, shark ...
Time:
year 1977, 20th century, 70s, 2020s
Place:
brazil, northeast brazil
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
It's the spring of 1944 and Therese is in a hurry to get back to Paris. The trains aren't running from the village where she has gone to visit her father's grave and to fill two suitcases with food. Some British and American planes ...
Plot:
resistance movement, world war two, nazi occupied france, nazi, wartime life, military police, shootout, woman, train, gestapo, french resistance, aviator ...
Time:
year 1963, 1940s, year 1944
Place:
france
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Line of Demarcation. is a 1966 film written and directed by Claude Chabrol. Its title in French is La Ligne de démarcation. It is based on upon the memoir Mémoires d'un agent secret de la France libre et La Ligne de démarcation by Gilbert ...
Style:
bleak, anthology, period drama
Plot:
french resistance, world war two, barber, nazi occupation, smuggler, doctor, resistance movement, occupation, occupied france, sacrifice, betrayal, escape ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
france
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France, USA
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
The title is Adolf Hitler's question to his chief of staff Alfred Jodl on the eve of the liberation of Paris (August 25): the military governor of Paris, General Dietrich von Choltitz, had been ordered to destroy Paris rather than let it fall ...
Style:
harsh, factual, tense, suspense, emotional ...
Plot:
french resistance, world war two, resistance, holocaust, nazi, ss, moral ambiguity, military, moral dilemma, totalitarianism, rescue, against the odds ...
Time:
1940s, year 1966, year 1944
Place:
france, paris france, europe, germany, warsaw poland
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Betrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier (Lino Ventura) finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Though Gerbier escapes to rejoin the Resistance in occupied Marseilles, France, and exacts his revenge on the informant, he must ...
Style:
noir, visually appealing, art house, captivating, stylized ...
Plot:
french resistance, world war two, terrorist, espionage, nazi, resistance, spy, wartime, nazism, world war, betrayal, resistance movement ...
Time:
1940s, year 1969, 20th century, year 1943, year 1942
Place:
paris france, vichy, lyon, marseille, europe ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A love story or a tale of the resistance, this poignant movie tells both the haunting story of a French resistance cell in Lyon but also the love of Lucie Aubrac for her husband...
Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, visually appealing, sexy ...
Plot:
french resistance, world war two, gestapo, love, french history, resistance movement, nazi occupied france, biopic, resistance, male nudity, nazi, judaism ...
Time:
1940s, year 1997, 20th century, 19th century
Place:
france, lyon, california, england
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
True story of Germany's most famous anti-Nazi heroine brought to thrilling, dramatic life. Sophie Scholl stars Julia Jentsch in a luminous performance as the fearless activist of the underground student resistance group, The White Rose. Armed ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, touching, suspenseful, political ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
world war two, politics, nazism, nazi germany, death sentence, nazi, resistance, gestapo, justice, historical character, trial, lawyer ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1943, 2000s, year 2005 ...
Place:
germany, munich germany, europe, poland, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In Paris during WWII, an Algerian immigrant is inspired to join the resistance by his unexpected friendship with a Jewish man. Based on not very known facts about the Muslim community in Paris during WWII, when the Paris Mosque and its dynamic ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, touching
Plot:
german occupation, world war two, resistance, friendship, idealism, moral dilemma, rebellion, wartime life, anti semitism, against humanity, life is a bitch, hopes ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, year 1942, 20th century
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, Germany, Italy
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
THE FALLEN is a three-sided story about German, Italian, and American soldiers, set in Northern Italy during the final weeks of the World War II. On the one side, a group of American supply soldiers delivers ammunition to the front line, a journey ...
Style:
captivating, rough, realistic, serious, bleak
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, war, soldier, resistance movement, military life, military, captivity, against the odds, battles, leadership, against humanity ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two
Place:
italy, europe
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Civilization has been destroyed by war and pollution, but the survivors have built the last city of Ecoban. As most natural resources have been exhausted, Ecoban is powered by pollution. The citizens of Ecoban need to continue creating this ...
Style:
anime, atmospheric, exciting, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
resistance movement, cyberpunk, environmental issue, survival, apocalypse, heroic mission, resistance, dystopian future, chaos, danger, escapades, toxic ...
Time:
future, year 2003, 2000s, 22nd century
Place:
japan, asia, korea, tokyo
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
May 1944, a group of French servicewomen and resistance fighters are enlisted into the British Special Operations Executive commando group under the command of Louise Desfontaines and her brother Pierre. Their mission, to rescue a British army ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspense, tense, historical drama ...
Plot:
world war two, french resistance, wartime life, female agent, resistance, rescue, betrayal, heroic mission, gestapo, hospital, espionage, military ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945, year 1944, post world war two
Place:
london, france, paris france, europe, england ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, War
Country: USA, Yugoslavia, Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A renegade team of World War II soldiers. This time, one of the 12 is a woman and, with a Nazi spy within their midst, they're up against German wartime geniuses out to establish a Fourth Reich.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, soldier, resistance movement, against the odds, danger, good versus evil, heroic mission, heroes, world war, death sentence, suicide mission, suicide ...
Place:
liverpool, former yugoslavia, denmark
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
Troubles worsen for Kumaresan after the capture of Perumal, and soon he is confronted with having to make a choice between performing his duties as a police constable, or taking a stand for what is right.
Style:
political thriller, tense, intense, crime drama, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
resistance movement, mature, social justice, moral dilemma, rebellion, oppression, corruption, unlikely hero, character study, leadership, anti establishment, police procedural ...
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