| 1917 (2019) | 8.2 | |
| The Water Diviner (2014) | 7.0 | |
| Many Wars Ago (1970) | 7.6 | |
| Wonder Woman (2017) | 7.3 | |
| Doctor Zhivago (1965) | 7.9 |
World war one movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant world war one movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, captivating, epic, historical drama and period drama films and TV shows about / with world war one, war, soldier, great war, military, battles, world war two, military life, death and world war plots mostly in Drama, War and History genres shot in UK, USA, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as world war one: Our World War (2014), All Quiet on the Western Front (2022), Gallipoli: End of the Road (2013), Frantz (2016), The Rifleman (2019), 1917 (2019), Anzac Girls (2014), Behind the Lines (1997), Legends of the Fall (1994), The Lost Battalion (2001).
Best films
New films
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK
TV show
Story:
During the First World War, British troops face the horrors of the Battle of Mons in 1914, internal strife in 1916 and innovative tank warfare in 1918.
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, suspenseful, costume drama ...
Plot:
world war one, battles, military, soldier, war, battle zone, great war, british soldier, wartime, struggle for survival, military life, wartime life ...
Time:
20th century, 1910s
Place:
europe
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, USA, UK
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
Paul Baumer and his friends Albert and Muller, egged on by romantic dreams of heroism, voluntarily enlist in the German army. Full of excitement and patriotic fervour, the boys enthusiastically march into a war they believe in. But once on the ...
Style:
visually stunning, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war one, trench warfare, battles, infantry, military, dying young, soldier, battlefield, german army, death of friend, german soldier, death ...
Time:
year 1917, year 1914, year 1918, 2020s, 1910s ...
Place:
germany, france
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
April, 1915. First World War in Canakkale, Ottoman Empire. Two brothers leave their mountain village to fight on the front line. One is an experienced sniper fighting for Ottomans against the invasion, while his brother finds it much tougher to cope ...
Style:
serious, exciting, realistic, stylized, epic ...
Plot:
world war one, turk, battles, great war, military, turkish history, survival, violent content, battle zone, heroic mission, danger, one man army ...
Time:
20th century, 1910s, year 1915, middle ages
Place:
gallipoli, turkey, ottoman empire
Is relevant?
19K
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of WWI, a young German who grieves the death of her fiancé in France meets a mysterious French man who visits the fiance’s grave to lay flowers.
Style:
sentimental, touching, sexy, black and white, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
world war one, guilty conscience, german soldier, grave, french soldier, nationalism, death of loved one, war veteran, sadness, casualty of war, soldier, mourning ...
Time:
post world war one, 1910s, year 1919, year 2016, 90s ...
Place:
germany, paris france, france
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Latvia
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The love story of sixteen-year-old Arturs is interrupted by the First World War. After losing his mother and his home, he finds some consolation in joining the army, because this is the first time national battalions are allowed in the Russian ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, psychological, thought provoking, suspenseful ...
Plot:
world war one, soldier, patriotism, loss of family, life is a bitch, struggle for survival, wartime, military, army, loss of mother, loss of sister, wartime life ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
poland, estonia, latvia
Is relevant?
761K
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield and Blake are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds ...
Style:
period piece, visually stunning, tense, entertaining, sad ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, date night, adult
Plot:
world war one, trench warfare, race against time, soldier, british soldier, british army, death, battlefield, military, british military, dangerous mission, german soldier ...
Time:
year 1917, 1910s, 20th century, year 2019, 2010s
Place:
persia, los angeles, britain, europe, france
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The unique, and rarely told true stories of Australian and New Zealand nurses serving at Gallipoli and the Western Front during the First World War.
Style:
costume drama, captivating, realistic, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
world war one, war, human spirit, love and romance, nurse, hopes, military, battles, fall in love, tragic love, wartime life, life is a bitch ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century
Place:
cairo egypt, australia, greece, france, new zealand ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Based on Pat Barker's novel of the same name, 'Regeneration' tells the story of soldiers of World War One sent to an asylum for emotional troubles. Two of the soldiers meeting there are Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon, two of ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, emotional, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
world war one, shell shock, traumatized man, great war, war, world war, writers, psychology, poet, gay interest, hospital, world war two ...
Time:
20th century, year 1997, 1910s, year 1917
Place:
scotland, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
An epic tale of three brothers and their father living in the remote wilderness of 1900s USA and how their lives are affected by nature, history, war, and love.
Style:
emotional, touching, serious, sentimental, sincere ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
world war one, revenge, love triangle, lovers, love, death, relationships, brother brother relationship, native american, suicide, ranch, love story ...
Time:
1910s, 1900s, 19th century, 1920s, year 1994 ...
Place:
america, usa, montana
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Fact-based war drama about an American battalion of over 500 men which gets trapped behind enemy lines in the Argonne Forest in October 1918 France during the closing weeks of World War I. Based on a true story, The Lost Battalion is set in 1918 ...
Style:
serious, rough, bleak, realistic, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war one, trench warfare, military, u.s. military, american abroad, u.s. army, pigeon, great war, survival, military life, leadership, danger ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1918
Place:
france, europe
Is relevant?
46K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots.
Style:
exciting, harsh, epic, period piece, factual ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
war, world war one, aerial combat, airplane, fighter pilot, biplane, zeppelin, aviation, love story, vengeance, weapons, fight scenes ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 2006
Place:
europe, france, germany
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, Poland
TV show
Story:
At the outbreak of war, two teenage boys defy their parents to sign up.
Style:
historical drama, epic, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
world war one, military, wartime life, soldier, life is a bitch, hopes, battles, great war, friendship, danger, bittersweet, war ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century
Place:
europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History, Music, Romance, War
Country: France, Germany, UK, Belgium, Romania, Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In 1914, World War I, the bloodiest war ever at that time in human history, was well under way. However on Christmas Eve, numerous sections of the Western Front called an informal, and unauthorized, truce where the various front-line soldiers of the ...
Style:
touching, uplifting, sincere, emotional, christian film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
christmas, world war one, war, truce, soldier, new year, holiday, idealism, christmas eve, priest, friendship, trench warfare ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 2005, 1920s, year 1914
Place:
france, prussia, europe, berlin germany, holland ...
Is relevant?
44K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
As World War I rages, brave and youthful Australians Archy and Frank, both agile runners, become friends and enlist in the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps together. They later find themselves part of the Dardanelles Campaign on the Gallipoli ...
Style:
atmospheric, harsh, touching, emotional, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war one, military, friendship, anti war, politics, idealism, human spirit, wartime, desert, great war, british army, running ...
Time:
1910s, year 1915, 20th century, year 1981, 1920s ...
Place:
australia, egypt, ottoman empire, gallipoli, turkey ...
Is relevant?
172K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Follows a young man named Albert and his horse, Joey, and how their bond is broken when Joey is sold to the cavalry and sent to the trenches of World War One. Despite being too young to enlist, Albert heads to France to save his friend.
Style:
touching, emotional, sentimental, epic, uplifting ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, family outing, date night, teen drama ...
Plot:
world war one, horse, war, friendship, animal training, animal, battles, human animal relationship, wartime, cavalry charge, human spirit, danger ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, 2010s, year 2011, 1920s ...
Place:
england, america, britain, belgium, europe ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Bulgaria near the end of World War I: Conan, warrior and wolf, leads a band of 50 ruthless French fighters who love hand-to-hand combat. Their motto: "We forgot to take prisoners, Captain." At war's end, the unit goes to Bucharest, ...
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, suspense
Plot:
world war one, french army, heroism, frontline, brutality, military life, society, great war, insubordination, danger, french military, investigation ...
Time:
year 1918, 20th century, year 1996, 1910s, post world war one ...
Place:
macedonia, romania, europe, brittany, balkan ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Horror, War, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In the brutal trench fighting of the First World War, a British Infantry Company is separated from their regiment after a fierce battle. Attempting to return to their lines, the British soldiers discover what appears to be a bombed out German ...
Style:
suspenseful, spooky, scary, atmospheric, rough ...
Plot:
world war one, military, supernatural, haunted house, ghost, soldier, rescue, deadly creature, danger, escapades, survival, gory ...
Time:
year 1917, 1910s
Place:
europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
TV show
Story:
As an English soldier fights in the horrific trenches of northern France, he is haunted by the memories of his forbidden love affair with a French woman.
Style:
romantic drama, realistic, emotional, serious, stylized ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
world war one, soldier, trench warfare, love affair, lovers, lovers apart, military, great war, abbey, battles, young lovers, tragic romance ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century
Place:
france, united kingdom, europe
Is relevant?
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The story of Manfred von Richtofen, the german air ace during the World War I and his struggle with the enemy aces and some jealous german officers.
Style:
serious, captivating, suspenseful, realistic, psychotronic ...
Plot:
world war one, aerial combat, fighter pilot, fighter plane, raf, soldier, aviation, great war, danger, military, military life, heroic mission ...
Time:
20th century, 1910s, year 1971
Place:
germany, europe, france
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Thriller, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In the final days of WWI a shell-shocked soldier must lead a mission deep beneath the trenches to stop a German plot that could turn the tide of the war.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, enigmatic, tense, psychotronic
Plot:
world war one, parasite, infection, zombie, bio weapon, soldier, disease, bunker, mad scientist, sole survivor, infected, creature ...
Time:
1910s, year 1918
Place:
france
Is relevant?
51K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
England, early 20th century. The future writer and philologist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) and three of his schoolmates create a strong bond between them as they share the same passion for literature and art, a true fellowship that ...
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, suspense, rough, retro ...
Plot:
world war one, teenage boy, orphan, boys' school, male friendship, priest, writers, treasure, friendship, soldier, coming of age, young soldier ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1914, year 1916, edwardian era ...
Place:
oxford university, birmingham alabama, europe, england
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 227 min.
Story:
The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his psychological ...
Style:
epic, breathtaking, visually appealing, visually stunning, historical drama ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, date night, kids
Plot:
world war one, desert, military, british empire, camel, islam, great war, imperialism, politics, historical character, battles, quicksand ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, 1930s, 1920s, year 1962 ...
Place:
middle east, saudi arabia, arabia, ottoman empire, jordan ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Set in a dugout in Aisne in 1918, a group of British officers, led by the mentally disintegrating young officer Stanhope, variously await their fate.
Style:
period piece, psychological, suspense, thought provoking, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
world war one, trench warfare, great war, nightmare, war, mentally unstable, british army, army, officer, world war two, battles, fear ...
Time:
1910s, future, year 1918
Place:
france
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Australia, USA, Turkey
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In 1919, Australian farmer Joshua Connor travels to Turkey to discover the fate of his three sons, reported missing in action. Holding on to hope, Joshua must travel across the war-torn landscape to find the truth and his own peace.
Style:
inspirational, emotional, reflective, compassionate, sentimental ...
Plot:
world war one, redemption, war, missing person, courage, greco turkish war, family drama, parents and children, family relations, escapades, turkish history, wartime ...
Time:
year 1919, 1910s, 2010s, year 2014, year 1915 ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey, australia, gallipoli, ottoman empire ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 520 min.
TV show
Story:
The Fall of the Great Russian Empire is the main storyline of this 10 episode mini series, however, every episode has a separate detective story of its own.
Style:
political, stylized, exciting, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
russian history, imperial russia, russian empire, world war one, military officer, revolution, war, russian revolution, spy, civil war, battlefield, revenge ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century
Place:
sarajevo
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Denmark, Estonia, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
1918. World War I rages in Europe while Erna Jensen tends to her ordinary life at home in Bramstrup, with her simple-minded son, Kalle. One day the village constable comes to enlist Kalle for military service for the German Empire – of which ...
Style:
captivating, sincere, suspense, period drama
Plot:
world war one, female soldier, mother son relationship, motherhood, soldier, military, wartime, parents and children, cross dressing, military life, deception, war ...
Time:
year 1918
Place:
denmark
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Turkey, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Lillie, a determined American woman, ventures overseas to join Dr. Jude at a remote medical mission in the Ottoman Empire (now Turkey). However, Lillie soon finds herself at odds with Jude and the mission’s founder, Woodruff, when she falls for ...
Style:
period piece, disturbing, captivating, thought provoking, tense ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
world war one, great war, turkish history, soldier, self discovery, female protagonist, friendly fire, danger, love triangle, loss of lover, war, tragic love ...
Time:
1910s, victorian era, year 1914
Place:
ottoman empire, istanbul turkey, philadelphia, turkey, america ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
At the start of World War I, Paul Baumer is a young German patriot, eager to fight. Indoctrinated with propaganda at school, he and his friends eagerly sign up for the army soon after graduation. But when the horrors of war soon become too much to ...
Style:
bleak, historical drama, suspenseful, sad, disturbing ...
Plot:
world war one, war, great war, soldier, combat, war hero, death of hero, last stand, literary, german soldier, world war, intrigue ...
Time:
20th century, 1910s, year 1918
Place:
europe, germany, france
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Italy, UK, USA
Duration: 197 min.
Story:
Doctor Zhivago is the filmed adapation of the Russian novel by Boris Pasternak from director David Lean that was an international success and today deemed a classic. Omar Sharif and Julie Christie play two protagonists who in fact love each other ...
Style:
costume drama, epic, period piece, breathtaking, visually stunning ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
world war one, revolution, war, communism, love story, train, forbidden love, rape, poet, deportation, love triangle, wartime ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, 1920s, 1940s, ancient times ...
Place:
russia, soviet union, moscow russia, ussr
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, Yugoslavia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
On the Italian/Austrian front during World War I, a disastrous Italian attack upon the Austrian positions leads to a mutiny among the decimated Italian troops.
Style:
historical drama, serious, realistic, captivating, rough ...
Plot:
world war one, death penalty, great war, soldier, war, man killed, death, stupidity, military officer, execution, military police, combat casualty ...
Time:
1910s, year 1916, 20th century
Place:
alps, italy
Is relevant?
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