German occupation movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant german occupation movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, suspense, disturbing, realistic, serious and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with world war two, german occupation, nazi, nazi occupation, wartime life, war, world war, holocaust, life is a bitch and wartime plots mostly in Drama, War and Romance genres shot in France, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as german occupation: Suite Française (2014), The Crossing (2020), The Round Up (2010), World on Fire (2019), Bon voyage (2003), The Confession (2016), Free Men (2011), Cefalonia (2005), A French Village (2009), Strayed (2003).

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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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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Free-spirited writer Juliet Ashton forms a life-changing bond with the delightful and eccentric Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, when she decides to write about the book club they formed during the occupation of Guernsey in WWII.
Style: touching, romantic, uplifting, sincere, period piece ...
Audience: chick flick, teens
Plot: world war two, writers, german occupation, marriage proposal, letter, nazi occupation, fiance fiancee relationship, friendship, strong female character, german soldier, nazi, female writer ...
Time: 1940s, post world war two, year 1941, year 1946
Place: england, london
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 6.4
 877
The Crossing (2020)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, War
Country: Norway
Duration: 96 min.
Story: One day, just before Christmas in 1942, Gerda's and Otto's parents are arrested for being part of the Norwegian resistance movement during the Second World War, leaving the siblings on their own. Following the arrest, they discover two ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: world war two, german occupation, wartime life, jew persecution, escape, children, child, life is a bitch, wartime, jewish girl, war, child in peril ...
Time: 1940s
Place: germany
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 7.0
 9K
The Round Up (2010)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France, Germany, Hungary
Duration: 115 min.
Story: 1942. Joseph is eleven. And this June morning, he must go to school, a yellow star sown on his chest. He receives the support of a goods dealer. The mockery of a baker. Between kindness and contempt, Jo, his Jewish friends, their families, learn of ...
Style: emotional, disturbing, thought provoking, bleak, realistic ...
Plot: holocaust, concentration camp, nazism, german occupation, holocaust survivor, world war two, nazi, world war, against humanity, injustice, genocide, nazi concentration camp ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 2009, post world war two, year 1942
Place: france, vichy, paris france, middle east, europe ...
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World on Fire (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 57 min.
TV show
Story: The story of World War II told through the intertwining fates of ordinary people from all sides of this global conflict as they grapple with the effect of the war on their everyday lives.
Style: suspense, thought provoking, psychological, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: world war two, soldier, military, musician, singer, gay, homosexual, wartime life, society, invasion, life is a bitch, slice of life ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s
Place: poland, france, england, manchester
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 6.7
 5K
Bon voyage (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: France
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Isabelle Adjani and Gerard Depardieu star in director Jean-Paul Rappenau's amusing farce set on the eve of World War II, which follows the intersecting lives of four Parisians as they cope with the impending invasion of their city by German ...
Style: humorous, satirical, light, witty, semi serious ...
Plot: world war two, spy, war, politics, wartime life, manipulation, lie, top secret, writers, chase, wine, holocaust ...
Time: 1940s, year 2003, 20th century
Place: france, vichy, paris france, england, europe ...
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 6.4
 825
The Confession (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Under the German occupation, in a small French town, the arrival of a new priest arouses the interest of all women... Barny, a young communist and atheist woman, can not however be more indifferent. Driven by curiosity, the young skeptic went to the ...
Style: spiritual, psychological, disturbing, captivating
Plot: faith, belief in god, religious faith, religion, atheist, confession, nazi occupation, moral transformation, life is a bitch, character change, priest, friendship ...
Time: year 2016, 1940s
Place: france
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 6.6
 1K
Free Men (2011)
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: serious, realistic, sincere, touching
Plot: german occupation, world war two, resistance, friendship, human spirit, idealism, rebellion, moral dilemma, fighting the system, anti semitism, wartime life, life is a bitch ...
Time: 1940s, year 1942, year 1944, 20th century
Place: paris france, france, europe
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 6.5
 134
Cefalonia (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 210 min.
Story: Cefalonia tells the real story about what happened in September 1943 on the Greek island of Kefalonia (Cefalonia in Italian), when the 12,000 men in the Italian 33rd Acqui Infantry Division, following Italy's surrender to the Allied, refused to ...
Plot: world war two, fascism, german occupation, italian history, island, italian army, mass murder, bravery, nazi, soldier, truce, surrender
Place: greece
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A French Village (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: The stories of the people of Villeneuve, a fictional subprefecture, in the Jura, in German–occupied France during the Second World War.
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing
Plot: world war two, occupied france, nazi occupied france, occupation, nazi occupation, german occupation, war, life is a bitch, small village, social problems, society, wartime ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: france, soviet union, germany, israel
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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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Silence of the Sea (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In a small town in the West of France, during the German Occupation, a room is requisitioned by a Wehrmacht captain, Werner von Ebrennac. The house where he now stays is inhabited by young Jeanne, who makes a living by giving piano lessons, and by ...
Style: suspense, captivating, psychological, romantic drama
Plot: world war two, german officer, nazi occupation, french resistance, german soldier, nazi, female protagonist, pianist, german occupation, grandfather granddaughter relationship, relationship problems, life is a bitch ...
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The Rotterdam Bombing (2012)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A thrilling love story between the young boxer Vincent and the German Eva, who soon has to marry with the middle-aged Dirk to save her family. While the war starts in the Netherlands their impossible love inflames. May 14, 1940, the day that the ...
Style: realistic, serious, touching, suspenseful, emotional ...
Plot: world war two, wartime life, life is a bitch, bombing, social differences, society, german occupation, unfulfillment, brother sister relationship, wedding planning, dutch history, boxing ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: holland, europe, rotterdam netherlands
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A Bag of Marbles (2017)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Canada, Czech Republic
Duration: 110 min.
Story: In occupied France, Maurice and Joseph, two young Jewish brothers left to their own devices demonstrate an incredible amount of cleverness, courage, and ingenuity to escape the enemy invasion and to try to reunite their family once again.
Style: suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot: world war two, brother brother relationship, holocaust, ss, nazi occupation, nazi, german occupation, german soldier, soldier, military, danger, machismo ...
Time: 1940s, year 2017, year 1943, year 1942, year 1944
Place: paris france, nice france, france
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 6.5
 9K
Resistance (2020)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA, China
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The story of a group of Jewish Boy Scouts who worked with the French Resistance to save the lives of ten thousand orphans during World War II.
Style: powerful, costume drama
Plot: french resistance, occupied france, nazi officer, world war two, orthodox jew, world war, secret, love, husband wife relationship, saving a life, mother daughter relationship, anti semitism ...
Time: 1940s, year 1942, year 1938, year 1943, year 1939 ...
Place: europe, swiss alps, geneva switzerland, munich germany, switzerland ...
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Waiting for Anya (2020)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Belgium
Duration: 109 min.
Story: During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain.
Style: sincere, disturbing, captivating
Plot: world war two, wartime life, nazi occupation, deportation, occupation, german occupation, military, jew persecution, wartime, social problems, children in wartime, world war ...
Time: 2020s, year 1942
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Head in the Clouds (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 132 min.
Story: A romantic drama set in 1930's England, Paris, and Spain. Gilda Bessé shares her Paris apartment with an Irish schoolteacher, Guy Malyon, and Mia, a refugee from Spain. As the world drifts toward war, Gilda defiantly pursues her hedonistic ...
Style: sexy, romantic, sentimental, captivating, stylized ...
Plot: world war two, lesbian, spanish civil war, lesbianism, bisexual woman, sexual relations, love triangle, group sex, war, love, orgy, betrayal ...
Time: 1930s, 1920s, 1940s, year 1944, year 2004 ...
Place: paris france, england, france, germany, spain ...
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 6.6
 106K
Overlord (2018)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, War
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story: On the eve of D-Day, a group of American paratroopers is dropped behind enemy lines to carry out a mission crucial to the invasion’s success. But as they approach their target, they begin to realize there is more going on in this Nazi-occupied ...
Style: anime, action adventure, anamorphic, suspense, scary ...
Audience: adult
Plot: zombie, world war two, nazi, nazi zombie, supernatural, behind enemy lines, paratrooper, nazi occultism, war, fascist, laboratory, wartime ...
Time: year 1944, 1940s, 2010s, 20th century
Place: france, normandy
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Operation Silver A (2007)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 149 min.
Story: Based on actual events. Late 1941, Group Silver A are dropped into occupied Czechoslovakia on an SOE mission to set up a Radio communications centre for the resistance, and contact a German Army officer whom is forwarding information to the British.
Style: disturbing, compassionate, suspense, sentimental, suspenseful ...
Plot: world war two, conspiracy, fight, german occupation, agent, illness, mass murder, secret mission, neighbor neighbor relationship, arrest, fever, trap ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1941, year 1942
Place: prague, czechoslovakia, central europe
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The Painted Bird (2019)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller, War
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine
Duration: 169 min.
Story: A young Jewish boy in Poland seeks refuge in the forest during World War II where he encounters many different characters.
Style: disturbing, allegory, exciting, captivating, visual ...
Plot: holocaust, world war two, man boy relationship, sexual abuse, existentialism, intolerance, abuse of power, zoophilia, terrorism, folk horror, humiliation, child protagonist ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 2010s, 1930s
Place: poland, europe, eastern europe
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 6.1
 138
War Girls (2017)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Three young women join the resistance during German occupation of Poland.
Style: rough, suspense, touching, sincere, thought provoking
Plot: world war two, german occupation, young woman, female friendship, strong female lead, struggle for survival, martial law, elimination, wartime, hiding place, wartime life, jewish ghetto ...
Place: warsaw poland
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The Liberation of Skopje (2016)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Croatia, Finland
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Eight-year-old Zoran is the hero of this story set in Skopje during the German occupation of the city in World War II. Through his eyes, we experience all the cruelty, poverty and suffering of wartime. A love affair between his Macedonian mother and ...
Style: tense, thought provoking, suspense, rough, psychological
Plot: world war two, boy, liberation, arrest, german occupation, partisan, traitor, nazi occupation, assassination, german officer, prisoner, mother son relationship ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944, year 1943
Place: europe, former yugoslavia, macedonia, balkan
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Cloudy Sunday (2015)
Genre: Drama, Music, War
Country: Greece
Duration: 116 min.
Story: During World War II in Greece, under the submission of Germans, one Christian, Giorgos, falls in love with a Jewish, Estrea, something completely forbidden. Can they and their families overcome all the obstacles, along with racial discriminations ...
Style: suspenseful, psychological, touching, unusual plot structure, contemplative ...
Plot: world war two, greek, lovers, love, german occupation, composer, brutality, nazi, couples, love and romance, danger, society ...
Time: 1940s
Place: greece
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It Happened Here (1964)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story: It is the Second World War. The Nazis have invaded Britain. There is a split between the resistance and those who prefer to collaborate with the invaders for a quiet life. The protagonist, a nurse, is caught in the middle.
Style: thought provoking, dieselpunk, independent film, mockumentary, semi documentary ...
Plot: world war two, dystopia, nazi, alternate history, holocaust, war, resistance, german occupation, politics, fascism, distopia, hitler ...
Time: year 1945, year 1940, distant future, 1940s, 1910s ...
Place: england, europe, germany, dunkirk, madagascar ...
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Into the Darkness (2020)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Denmark
Duration: 152 min.
Story: Karlskov is a self made, successful owner of a large electronics factory, has a wife and five children. They live the good, privileged upper-class life on Strandvejen north of Copenhagen when the Nazis occupy Denmark in April 1940. Karl struggles to ...
Style: suspense, realistic, bleak, rough
Plot: world war two, factory, german occupation, conflict, industry, family relations, businessman, money, world war, economist, family conflict
Time: 1940s
Place: denmark, germany
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 5.8
 119
Here Below (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The true story of a nun who betrayed a network of Resistance fighters after having a passionate but doomed love affair with a priest during the Second World War.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, emotional, gloomy
Plot: impossible love, catholic church, nun, german occupation, forbidden love, love affair, wartime life, fall in love, dishonesty, betrayal, society, clergy ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: europe, france
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The Young Guard (2015)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
TV show
Story: A young partisan Viktor Tretyakov and his school friends decide to organize a resistance group to the fascists. They call it the "Young Guard" and attract familiar boys and girls to it. After a while, the Young Guards are joined by scouts ...
Style: captivating, suspense, tense, thought provoking
Plot: world war two, nazi, fascism, german soldier, occupation, showdown, german occupation, nazi occupation, heroes, military, saboteur, wartime ...
Time: 1940s
Place: soviet union, ussr
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Stones for the Rampart (2014)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 111 min.
Story: To be defeated and not be - a victory. This is the motto that life is guided by three young friends: Alek, Sophy and Rudy. Scouts, high school graduates high school in Warsaw drifting ambitious plans for the future broken through September 1939. ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating, suspense ...
Plot: world war two, wartime life, against the odds, life is a bitch, daring rescue, danger, prospector, wartime, german occupation, resistance, resistance fighter, nazi occupation ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: europe, poland
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Island at War (2004)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 540 min.
TV show
Story: Island at War is a British television series that tells the story of the German Occupation of the Channel Islands. It primarily focuses on three local families: the upper class Dorrs, the middle class Mahys and the working class Jonases, and four ...
Style: tense, captivating, atmospheric, suspenseful, historical drama ...
Plot: world war two, occupation, wartime, island, wartime life, society, against humanity, military, anti semitism, genocide, oppression, invasion ...
Place: britain, europe, england
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Tretego ne dano (2009)
Genre: War
Country: Ukraine, Russia
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: Occupied Western Ukraine, 1944. The Soviet High Command is concerned about a large-scale, highly classified construction running through the line of the Soviet offensive. A reconnaissance unit is deployed and a Soviet scout is placed behind ...
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: world war two, nazi occupation, spy, prospector, espionage, military, wartime, war, spy mission, occupation, reconnaissance, special agent ...
Time: 1940s
Place: ukraine
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