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 suspense, realistic, captivating, disturbing, bleak and period piece films and TV shows about / with world war two, german occupation, nazi, nazi occupation, wartime life, holocaust, war, survival, resistance and life is a bitch plots mostly in Drama, War and History genres shot in France, UK, USA and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as german occupation: The Silence of the Sea (2004), Suite Française (2014), The Devil's Arithmetic (1999), Strayed (2003), The Round Up (2010), Enemy at the Door (1978), World on Fire (2019), Free Men (2011), Here Below (2012), Cefalonia (2005).
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List of german occupation movies
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:
psychological, captivating, suspense, romantic drama
Plot:
world war two, german officer, nazi occupation, french resistance, german soldier, german occupation, nazi, french girl, female protagonist, forbidden love, relationship problems, life is a bitch ...
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Genre: Drama, History, 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:
realistic, emotional, romantic, period piece, costume drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
world war two, forbidden love, nazi occupied france, nazi occupation, german officer, german soldier, wartime, fall in love, wartime life, war, occupied france, nazi officer ...
Time:
1940s, ancient times, year 1940, 20th century, 18th century
Place:
france, europe, paris france, germany, england ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Hannah Stern, an American-born Jewish adolescent, is uninterested in the culture, faith and customs of her relatives; however, Hannah begins to revaluate her heritage when she has a supernatural experience that transports her back to a Nazi death ...
Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, sentimental, period piece ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, teens
Plot:
concentration camp, holocaust, world war two, nazi occupation, time travel, anti semitism, nazi, world war, human spirit, against humanity, hopes, survival ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
poland, europe
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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, erotic, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, wartime life, world war two, older woman teenage boy sex, age difference, teenage boy, escape, refugee, age-gap relationship, older woman younger man sex, capture, outdoor sex ...
Time:
1940s, year 2003
Place:
paris france, france, europe, nice france, riviera
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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, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
holocaust, concentration camp, nazism, holocaust survivor, german occupation, world war two, nazi, genocide, nazi concentration camp, shoah, world war, injustice ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 2009, post world war two, year 1942
Place:
paris france, vichy, france, middle east, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 650 min.
TV show
Story:
Enemy At The Door is a British television drama series made by London Weekend Television for ITV. The series was shown between 1978 and 1980 and dealt with the German occupation of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands, during the Second World War. ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, bleak, melancholic, suspense
Plot:
world war two, german occupation, nazi germany, fear, resistance movement, moral ambiguity, survival, collaboration, underground movement, stoicism, propaganda, rationing ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
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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:
costume drama, period piece, psychological, thought provoking, disturbing ...
Plot:
world war two, soldier, musician, singer, military, gay couple, gay, wartime life, german occupation, ordinary people, military life, invasion ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s
Place:
france, poland, manchester, england
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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: 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, nun, german occupation, love affair, wartime life, forbidden love, fall in love, clergy, dishonesty, society, life is a bitch, betrayal ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
france, europe
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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 ...
Style:
brutal, intense, emotional, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, italian army, surrender, tragedy, massacre, war crime, execution, atrocity, island, truce, german army, loss ...
Place:
greece
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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:
satirical, humorous, witty, semi serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
world war two, war, politics, wartime life, manipulation, lie, top secret, writers, chase, dead body, corpse, german occupation ...
Time:
1940s, year 2003, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
vichy, france, paris france, england, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, History
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:
tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, period drama
Plot:
world war two, nazi occupied france, occupied france, occupation, nazi occupation, german occupation, society, french countryside, life is a bitch, small village, social problems, wartime ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
france, germany, israel, soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
This war drama is dedicated to the victory in the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). It revolves around Pavel Zubov, a school teacher whose village was occupied by the fascists. Being a teacher is his calling in life. He believes in such basic human ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, realistic, intense ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, great patriotic war, german occupation, occupation, world war two, wartime, nazi occupation, war, wartime life, life is a bitch, struggle for survival, teacher ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union
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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:
bleak, rough, suspense, realistic, historical drama ...
Plot:
world war two, businessman, factory, conflict, german occupation, family relations, industry, nazi occupation, collaboration, money, industrialist, family drama ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
denmark, germany, copenhagen
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Denmark
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
This Danish movie "Out of The Darkness" ( in Danish 'De Forbandede år 2' ) is a continuation of the popular WW II drama "Into The Darkness" ( in Danish 'De forbandede år' ) and it portraits the Danish ...
Style:
suspenseful, dramatic, captivating, serious, historical drama ...
Plot:
world war two, occupation, german occupation, resistance, freedom fighter, world war, wartime, nazism, war, fight, nazi soldier, nazi ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
denmark, copenhagen
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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, suspenseful, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
world war two, bombing, wartime life, wedding planning, social differences, society, german occupation, unfulfillment, forbidden love, brother sister relationship, impossible love, nazi germany ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
holland, europe, rotterdam netherlands
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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:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, brother brother relationship, ss, nazi occupation, nazi, german occupation, children in wartime, german soldier, shoah, military, soldier ...
Time:
1940s, year 2017, year 1943, year 1942, year 1944
Place:
paris france, nice france, france
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Genre: Drama, Horror, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Set during the Nazi occupation of Poland, in which Michal witnesses the murder of his mother, wife and child. He is hurled into a life that literally is not his own; a surreal world littered with trapdoors, doppelgängers and wormholes. It also ...
Style:
surreal, disturbing, bleak, psychological, psychedelic ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi occupation, dead child, nun, lice, surrealism, blood, father son relationship, philosophy, bible, insanity, experiment ...
Place:
poland, eastern europe
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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, sincere, uplifting, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
world war two, german occupation, writers, marriage proposal, letter, friendship, fiance fiancee relationship, nazi occupation, german soldier, strong female character, female writer, unwed mother ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, year 1941, year 1946
Place:
england, london
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: UK
Duration: 93 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, mockumentary, independent film, dieselpunk, semi documentary ...
Plot:
world war two, dystopia, nazi, alternate history, holocaust, resistance, german occupation, politics, fascism, war, distopia, liberation ...
Time:
year 1940, year 1945, 1910s, distant future, 1940s ...
Place:
england, europe, dunkirk, madagascar, london ...
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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, suspenseful, sentimental, compassionate, suspense ...
Plot:
world war two, conspiracy, german occupation, fight, agent, arrest, police station, mass murder, secret mission, trap, war crime, neighbor neighbor relationship ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1941, year 1942
Place:
prague, czechoslovakia, central europe
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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:
disturbing, captivating, suspense
Plot:
world war two, child, wartime life, jew persecution, jewish girl, children, life is a bitch, wartime, child in peril, scolding, father son relationship, father figure ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
germany
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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:
sincere, suspense, rough, thought provoking, touching
Plot:
world war two, german occupation, struggle for survival, young woman, female friendship, strong female lead, wartime life, jewish family, jewish girl, hiding place, martial law, wartime ...
Place:
warsaw poland
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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:
suspense, thought provoking, psychological, rough, tense
Plot:
world war two, boy, liberation, assassination, partisan, nazi occupation, german officer, traitor, prisoner, german occupation, arrest, mother son relationship ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, year 1943
Place:
former yugoslavia, europe, macedonia, balkan
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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, suspense, psychological, unusual plot structure, contemplative ...
Plot:
world war two, greek, lovers, love, nazi, brutality, composer, german occupation, couples, society, love and romance, danger ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
greece
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Genre: Biography, History
Country: France
Duration: 192 min.
Story:
The deeds of Jean Moulin, a hero of the French Resistance.
Style:
historical drama, psychological, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
world war two, french resistance, german occupation, resistance, courage, resistance movement, biopic, problem, war, life is a bitch, nazi germany, underground ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943
Place:
france, paris france, europe, marseille
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Tells the story of a very memorable in Warsaw - August 1, 1944. The Germans have been withdrawing for some time, everyone is waiting for the signal of the Polish uprising to start.
Style:
bleak, tension, period piece, suspense, patriotic ...
Plot:
world war two, german occupation, sacrifice, polish history, resistance movement, desperation, bravery, realism, guerilla warfare, last stand, suicide mission, moral dilemma ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
warsaw poland
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Genre: Action, Comedy, War
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
1940: During the chaotic running fights of the French army the 7th company disappears - nobody knows they've been taken captive. Only their scouting patrol, three witty but lazy guys, can escape and now wanders around behind the German lines. ...
Style:
humorous, buddy comedy, period piece, slapstick, lighthearted ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, german occupation, french army, behind enemy lines, chaos, camaraderie, escape, french military, escapades, escapism, irreverent, survival ...
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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, captivating, exciting, visual, controversial ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, man boy relationship, intolerance, abuse of power, sexual abuse, existentialism, little boy, child protagonist, zoophilia, survival, abuse ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 2010s, 1930s
Place:
eastern europe, poland, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, 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:
costume drama, powerful
Plot:
french resistance, occupied france, nazi officer, world war two, orthodox jew, resistance, world war, nazi occupied france, shoah, love, secret, gestapo ...
Time:
1940s, year 1941, year 1942, year 1943, year 1939 ...
Place:
europe, berlin germany, munich germany, geneva switzerland, france ...
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