World war two movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant world war two movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, historical drama, epic, suspenseful and period drama films and TV shows about / with world war two, world war, war, military, nazi, soldier, wartime, holocaust, danger and death plots mostly in Drama, War and History genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as world war two: Generation War (2013), Suite Française (2014), Black Book (2006), Inglourious Basterds (2009), Band of Brothers (2001), Greyhound (2020), Downfall (2004), Defiance (2008), Come and See (1985), The Imitation Game (2014).

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 8.4
 32K
Generation War (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 270 min.
TV show
Story: Berlin, 1941. Five friends eager to become heroes in an adventure that will change the face of Europe - and that will forever change them as well.
Style: tense, captivating, serious, thought provoking, anime ...
Plot: world war two, holocaust, nazism, military, friendship, nazi germany, danger, against humanity, eastern front, atrocity, friends, wehrmacht ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: germany, berlin germany, east germany, hawaii, soviet union
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Suite Française (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK, France, Canada, Belgium, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law as they both await news of her husband: a prisoner of war. Parisian refugees start to pour into their ...
Style: emotional, realistic, romantic, period piece, serious ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: world war two, forbidden love, nazi occupation, german officer, german soldier, war, fall in love, wartime life, occupied france, nazi occupied france, adultery, nazi officer ...
Time: 1940s, year 1940, ancient times, 20th century
Place: france, europe, paris france
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 7.7
 80K
Black Book (2006)
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: tense, erotic, psychological, realistic, dramatic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: world war two, holocaust, espionage, spy, nazism, nazi, war, revenge, resistance, occupation, gestapo, ss ...
Time: 1940s, 1950s, year 2006, 20th century, y2k ...
Place: netherlands, holland, germany, israel, amsterdam ...
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Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story: In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. ...
Style: suspense, absurd, atmospheric, captivating, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, date night, chick flick, adult
Plot: world war two, vengeance, nazi, war, nazism, revenge, violent, dark humor, alternate history, violence, brutality, working undercover ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 1940s, 20th century
Place: paris france, france, germany, america, europe
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Band of Brothers (2001)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 594 min.
TV show
Story: Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as their journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men from paratrooper training in Georgia through the end of the war. As an elite rifle company ...
Style: heroic, epic, captivating, serious, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: world war two, military, combat, war, soldier, battles, courage, american soldier, paratrooper, behind enemy lines, nazi germany, infantry ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, y2k, 2000s
Place: germany, europe, belgium, netherlands, austria ...
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 7.0
 113K
Greyhound (2020)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Canada, China
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A first-time captain leads a convoy of allied ships carrying thousands of soldiers across the treacherous waters of the “Black Pit” to the front lines of WW2. With no air cover protection for 5 days, the captain and his convoy must battle the ...
Style: serious, exciting, emotional, compassionate, inspirational ...
Audience: adult
Plot: world war two, submarine, war, u.s. navy, navy, warship, convoy, wartime, ocean, battleship, naval officer, captain ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1942
Place: san francisco, atlantic ocean
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 8.2
 373K
Downfall (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, Austria, Italy
Duration: 156 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: psychological, bleak, dramatic, disturbing, harsh ...
Audience: adult
Plot: world war two, hitler, nazism, suicide, nazi, war, holocaust, fascism, third reich, national socialism, nazi germany, dictatorship ...
Time: 1940s, year 1945, year 2004, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place: germany, berlin germany, prague, europe, frankfurt germany ...
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 7.1
 155K
Defiance (2008)
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, epic, period piece, dramatic, realistic ...
Audience: manly, adult
Plot: world war two, holocaust, war, nazi, judaism, genocide, partisan, world war, survival, rebellion, red army, military ...
Time: year 2008, 20th century, 1940s, year 1941, year 1942
Place: poland, germany, indiana, europe
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 8.4
 95K
Come and See (1985)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 142 min.
Story: The invasion of a village in Byelorussia by German forces sends young Florya into the forest to join the weary Resistance fighters, against his family's wishes. There he meets a girl, Glasha, who accompanies him back to his village. On ...
Style: bleak, disturbing, rough, thought provoking, political ...
Audience: adult
Plot: world war two, genocide, war crime, against humanity, brutality, holocaust, atrocity, occupation, anti war, nazi, war, military ...
Time: 1940s, year 1943, 20th century, year 1985, near future
Place: germany, ussr, persia, europe, russia ...
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The Imitation Game (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley ...
Style: inspirational, clever, intellectual, captivating, serious ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, family friendly, adult
Plot: world war two, mathematics, genius, inventor, inventions and discoveries, code, code breaking, prodigy, mathematician, invention, computer, ambition ...
Time: 1940s, year 2014, 20th century, 1950s, 2010s ...
Place: england, london, britain, idaho, los angeles ...
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 7.8
 733K
Dunkirk (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Netherlands, France, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.
Style: epic, dramatic, atmospheric, suspense, visually stunning ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: world war two, military, survival, war, wartime, soldier, evacuation, military officer, beach, shell shock, air attack, combat ...
Time: 1940s, year 1940, year 2017, 2010s, 20th century ...
Place: france, england, english channel, dover england, britain ...
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 8.3
 128K
The Pacific (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 530 min.
TV show
Story: A 10-part mini-series from the creators of "Band of Brothers" telling the intertwined stories of three Marines during America's battle with the Japanese in the Pacific during World War II.
Style: serious, disturbing, emotional, suspenseful, epic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, military, battlefield, war, battles, marines, soldier, combat, squad, american soldier, pacific war, imperial japan ...
Time: 1940s, year 1945, 2010s, 20th century
Place: pacific ocean, japan, alabama, okinawa, asia ...
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 6.6
 87K
U-571 (2000)
Genre: Action, War
Country: France, USA, Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story: In the midst of World War II, the battle under the sea rages and the Nazis have the upper hand as the Allies are unable to crack their war codes. However, after a wrecked U-boat sends out an SOS signal, the Allies realise this is their chance to ...
Style: realistic, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, factual ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: submarine, world war two, military, navy, war, naval battle, nazism, naval officer, sea battle, ship captain, wartime, boat ...
Time: year 2000, 1940s, y2k, 20th century
Place: germany, america
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 7.5
 38K
Stalingrad (1993)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 134 min.
Story: "Stalingrad" follows the progress of a German Platoon through the brutal fighting of the Battle of Stalingrad. After having half their number wiped out and after being placed under the command of a sadistic Captain, the Lieutenant of the ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, gloomy, rough ...
Plot: world war two, war, battles, nazism, soldier, eastern front, military, holocaust, starvation, survival, military life, winter ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1942, year 1943
Place: russia, germany, europe, italy
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Attack on Leningrad (2009)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia, UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story: When in 1941 Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union, their troops quickly besieged Leningrad. Foreign journalists are evacuated but one of them, Kate Davies, is presumed dead and misses the plane. Alone in the city she is helped by Nina Tsvetnova a ...
Style: serious, realistic, bleak, rough, gloomy
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, siege, hunger, wartime life, battles, soldier, world war, danger, self sacrifice, female protagonist, military, heroic mission ...
Time: 1940s, year 1941, 20th century
Place: russia
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 7.1
 258K
Valkyrie (2008)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Japan, UK
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler. When events unfold so that he becomes a ...
Style: factual, bad ending, tense, captivating, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: world war two, nazi, nazism, war, nazi germany, hitler, conspiracy, resistance, german soldier, politics, wehrmacht, espionage ...
Time: 1940s, year 2008, year 1944, year 1943, 20th century
Place: germany, berlin germany, europe, bavaria, tunisia ...
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Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 169 min.
Story: As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
Style: realistic, epic, breathtaking, captivating, tense ...
Audience: manly, chick flick, kids, date night, adult
Plot: war, world war two, military, courage, battles, self sacrifice, sniper, friendship, nazi, army, d day, rescue ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944, year 1998, 90s, 20th century ...
Place: normandy, poland, germany, france, europe ...
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The Longest Day (1962)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: epic, realistic, black and white, factual, harsh ...
Audience: manly
Plot: world war two, war, nazi, military, french resistance, d day, world war, courage, allies, resistance, beach, soldier ...
Time: year 1962, 20th century, year 1944, 1940s
Place: normandy, america, english channel, europe, france ...
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 8.1
 588K
Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Australia, USA, UK, China
Duration: 139 min.
Story: WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Style: inspirational, touching, sentimental, harsh, motivational ...
Audience: manly
Plot: world war two, war, soldier, conscientious objector, combat, religion, survival, american soldier, military, us military, bible, u.s. army ...
Time: 1940s, year 2016, 2010s, 20th century, year 1945 ...
Place: okinawa, okinawa japan, japan, tennessee, usa
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 6.2
 350K
Pearl Harbor (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 183 min.
Story: The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval nurse Evelyn Johnson. But the rivalry between the friends-turned-foes ...
Style: romantic, sentimental, emotional, epic, period piece ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot: world war two, war, love, military, combat, airplane, love triangle, navy, fighter pilot, wartime, aviation, love and romance ...
Time: year 2001, 1940s, 50s, 20th century, year 1942 ...
Place: hawaii, pearl harbor, japan, asia, america ...
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Baa Baa Black Sheep (1976)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The dramatized World War II adventures of US Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington and his Marine Attack Squadron 214, AKA The Black Sheep Squadron.
Style: realistic, semi serious, exciting, suspenseful, sitcom ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, aviation, military, world war, mission, air force, american soldier, wartime, revolution, freedom, struggle, revolutionary ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: pacific ocean
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 7.6
 542K
Fury (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, China, UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Last months of World War II in April 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theater, a battle-hardened U.S. Army sergeant in the 2nd Armored Division named Wardaddy commands a Sherman tank called "Fury" and its five-man ...
Style: serious, tense, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, family friendly, date night, adult
Plot: world war two, war, soldier, military, tank, battles, heroism, american soldier, ambush, violence, combat, nazi germany ...
Time: 1940s, year 2014, year 1945, 2010s, 20th century
Place: europe, germany, america
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 7.4
 219K
Darkest Hour (2017)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA, China
Duration: 125 min.
Story: A thrilling and inspiring true story begins on the eve of World War II as, within days of becoming Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill must face one of his most turbulent and defining trials: exploring a negotiated peace treaty with ...
Style: period piece, political, inspirational, serious, suspense ...
Audience: date night, teens
Plot: world war two, british history, prime minister, politics, winston churchill, british politics, british prime minister, choice, decision, biopic, wartime, leader ...
Time: year 1940, 1940s, 2010s, year 2017
Place: england, britain, united kingdom, dunkirk, london ...
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 8.5
 904K
The Pianist (2002)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, War
Country: France, Poland, Germany, UK, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story: The true story of pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he ...
Style: emotional, harsh, bleak, reflective, heartbreaking ...
Audience: adult
Plot: holocaust, world war two, survival, genocide, nazi, classical music, wartime, war, nazism, pianist, nazi occupation, hunger ...
Time: 1940s, year 2002, 20th century, year 1945, 1930s ...
Place: poland, germany, europe, eastern europe, persia ...
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Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Ireland, UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Enemy at the Gates is a war film from Jean-Jacques Annaud from 2001 that takes place during the battle of Stalingard in World War II between the Russians and the Germans.
Style: epic, realistic, serious, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: sniper, world war two, war, military, friendship, nazi, ambition, wartime, courage, world war, winter, battles ...
Time: 20th century, year 2001, 1940s, year 1943, year 1942
Place: germany, russia, iraq, persia, soviet union ...
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A Woman in Berlin (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, Poland
Duration: 131 min.
Story: A nameless woman keeps a diary as the Russians invade Berlin in the spring of 1945. She is in her early 30s, a patriotic journalist with international credentials; her husband, Gerd, a writer, is an officer at the Russian front. She speaks Russian ...
Style: realistic, bleak, serious, disturbing, sincere ...
Plot: world war two, war, war crime, strong sexual content, rape, military, soldier, sexual abuse, world war, brutality, injustice, political unrest ...
Time: year 1945, year 2008, 20th century, 1940s
Place: germany, berlin germany, europe
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 6.5
 3K
Strayed (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: France, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Fleeing the June 1940 arrival of Hitler's army in Paris, a young war widow and her two children are rescued from dive-bombing German fighters by a cocky, reckless teenager. He finds them refuge in an abandoned house, but despite the fact that ...
Style: sincere, touching, suspenseful, serious, erotic ...
Plot: older woman younger man relationship, world war two, older woman teenage boy sex, older woman younger man, occupied france, wartime life, male nudity, refugee, survival, friendship, teenage life, love affair ...
Time: 1940s, year 2003
Place: paris france, france, europe, riviera, nice france
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 6.4
 6K
Sobibor (2018)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Russia, Germany, Lithuania
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Based on the true story, international historical project “Sobibor” is dedicated to the heroism of the Soviet o cer Alexander Pechersky. During the great Patriotic war, being in a Nazi concentration camp Sobibor he managed to do the impossible ...
Style: rough, factual, suspenseful, philosophical, political
Plot: world war two, holocaust, nazi, nazi germany, genocide, holocaust survivor, mass murder, rebellion, pow, killings, military, world war ...
Time: 1940s
Place: germany, poland, lithuania, soviet union
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The Monuments Men (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on seven over-the-hill, out-of-shape museum directors, artists, architects, curators, and art historians who went to the front lines of ...
Style: exciting, intense, suspense, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: world war two, war, art, art theft, painting, nazi germany, nazism, nazi, military, gold bar, treasure hunt, stolen gold ...
Time: 1940s, year 2014, 2010s, post world war two, year 1945 ...
Place: paris france, france, europe, germany, normandy ...
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Schindler's List (1993)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 195 min.
Story: The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
Style: touching, emotional, heartbreaking, realistic, thought provoking ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, adult
Plot: holocaust, world war two, genocide, nazi, war, wartime, storytelling, concentration camp, brutality, nazism, against humanity, survival ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1993, 90s, ancient times ...
Place: poland, germany, persia, iran, europe ...
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