The Best World War 2 Movies
“What are the best movies about World War 2?” We looked at 279 of the top WW2 films and ranked them so we could answer that very question!
The top 27 films, all appearing on 6 or more “Best WW2” movie lists, are ranked below by how many times they appear. The remaining 225+ movies, as well as the sources we used, are in alphabetical order on the bottom of the page.
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Top 27 Best World War 2 Movies Of All-Time
26 .) A Bridge Too Far (1977) directed by Richard Attenborough
Lists It Appears On:
- History Answers
- Rank My List
- Softonic
- The Bests
- The Cinemaholic
- The Wrap
A Bridge Too Far tells the story of Operation Market Garden, the failed attempt by the allies to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland and allowing access over the Rhine into Germany. A combination of poor allied intelligence and the presence of two crack German Panzer divisions meant that the final part of this operation (the bridge in Arnhem over the Rhine, the titular ‘bridge too far’) was doomed to failure.
25 .) Atonement (2007) directed by Joe Wright
Lists It Appears On:
- Complex
- IMDB
- Indiewire
- Movie Film Review
- Quora
- The Cinemaholic
As a 13-year-old, fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister’s lover of a crime he did not commit.
24 .) Black Book (2006) directed by Paul Verhoeven
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- Indiewire
- Quora
- Shoebox LLC
- Softonic
- Timeout
In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.
23 .) Empire of the Sun (1987) directed by Steven Spielberg
Lists It Appears On:
- Box Office Mojo
- Goliath
- Shoebox LLC
- The Cinemaholic
- The Wrap
- Timeout
Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor named Basie, who looks out for him while they are in the camp together. Even though he is separated from his parents and in a hostile environment, Jamie maintains his dignity and youthful spirits, providing a beacon of hope for the others held captive with him.
22 .) From Here to Eternity (1953) directed by Fred Zinnemann
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- Movie Film Review
- Softonic
- The Wrap
- Timeout
In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit’s team, while his captain’s wife and second in command are falling in love.
21 .) Stalingrad (1993) directed by Joseph Vilsmaier
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- Indiewire
- Quora
- The Bests
- Thought Co.
- Timeout
“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 platoon leads his men to desert. The men of the platoon attempt to escape from the city which is now surrounded by the Soviet Army.
20 .) The Big Red One (1980) directed by Samuel Fuller
Lists It Appears On:
- Box Office Mojo
- History Answers
- IMDB
- Softonic
- The Wrap
- Timeout
A veteran sergeant of the World War I leads a squad in World War II, always in the company of the survivor Pvt. Griff, the writer Pvt. Zab, the Sicilian Pvt. Vinci and Pvt. Johnson in Vichy French Africa, Sicily, D-Day at Omaha Beach, Belgium and France, ending in a concentration camp in Czechoslovakia where they face the true horror of war.
19 .) Fury (2014) directed by David Ayer
Lists It Appears On:
- Box Office Mojo
- Goliath
- Indiewire
- Quora
- Shoebox LLC
- The Cinemaholic
- The Wrap
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 crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Outnumbered and outgunned, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany.
18 .) Patton (1970) directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- Rank My List
- Shoebox LLC
- Softonic
- The Cinemaholic
- The Wrap
“Patton” tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with patton’s career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton’s numerous faults such his temper and habit towards insubordination.
17 .) Come and See (1985) directed by Elem Klimov
Lists It Appears On:
- Goliath
- History Answers
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- RBTH
- Softonic
- Thought Co.
- Timeout
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 returning home, Florya finds his family and fellow peasants massacred. His continued survival amidst the brutal debris of war becomes increasingly nightmarish, a battle between despair and hope.
16 .) Casablanca (1942) directed by Michael Curtiz
Lists It Appears On:
- Goliath
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- Movie Film Review
- Rank My List
- Rank My List
- Shoebox LLC
- Softonic
- Timeout
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
15 .) Grave of the Fireflies (1988) directed by Isao Takahata
Lists It Appears On:
- Box Office Mojo
- Cinema Escape
- Goliath
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- The Bests
- The Cinemaholic
- Timeout
- USNI
In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.
14 .) The Thin Red Line (1998) directed by Terrence Malick
Lists It Appears On:
- Box Office Mojo
- Goliath
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- Rank My List
- Shoebox LLC
- The Cinemaholic
- The Wrap
- Timeout
Based on the graphic novel by James Jones, The Thin Red Line tells the story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II battle of Guadalcanal. It follows their journey, from the surprise of an unopposed landing, through the bloody and exhausting battles that follow, to the ultimate departure of those who survived. A powerful frontline cast – including Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Woody Harrelson and George Clooney – explodes into action in this hauntingly realistic view of military and moral chaos in the Pacific during World War II.
13 .) Enemy at the Gates (2001) directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud
Lists It Appears On:
- Box Office Mojo
- Goliath
- IMDB
- Imgur
- Rank My List
- Rank My List
- Softonic
- The Cinemaholic
- The Wrap
- Thought Co.
A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad.
12 .) The Great Escape (1963) directed by John Sturges
Lists It Appears On:
- Goliath
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- Rank My List
- Shoebox LLC
- Softonic
- The Bests
- The Cinemaholic
- The Wrap
- Timeout
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocates them to a high-security ‘escape-proof’ camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.
11 .) The Longest Day (1962) directed by Ken Annakin
Lists It Appears On:
- Complex
- History Answers
- IMDB
- Rank My List
- Rank My List
- Shoebox LLC
- Softonic
- The Bests
- The Cinemaholic
- The Wrap
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 when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. “For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day”
10 .) The Pianist (2002) directed by Roman Polanski
Lists It Appears On:
- Goliath
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- Indiewire
- Quora
- Rank My List
- Shoebox LLC
- The Bests
- The Cinemaholic
- Timeout
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 stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
9 .) Dunkirk (2017) directed by Christopher Nolan
Lists It Appears On:
- Box Office Mojo
- Goliath
- IMDB 2
- Movie Film Review
- Rank My List
- Rank My List
- Shoebox LLC
- Softonic
- The Cinemaholic
- The Wrap
- Timeout
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.
8 .) The Dirty Dozen (1967) directed by Robert Aldrich
Lists It Appears On:
- Goliath
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- Rank My List
- Rank My List
- RBTH
- Shoebox LLC
- Softonic
- The Cinemaholic
- The Wrap
- Timeout
12 American military prisoners in World War II are ordered to infiltrate a well-guarded enemy château and kill the Nazi officers vacationing there. The soldiers, most of whom are facing death sentences for a variety of violent crimes, agree to the mission and the possible commuting of their sentences.
7 .) Das Boot (1981) directed by Wolfgang Petersen
Lists It Appears On:
- Box Office Mojo
- Goliath
- History Answers
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- Movie Film Review
- Rank My List
- Rank My List
- Softonic
- The Bests
- The Cinemaholic
- Timeout
A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.
6 .) Inglorious Basterds (2009) directed by Quentin Tarantino
Lists It Appears On:
- Box Office Mojo
- Goliath
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- Indiewire
- Quora
- Rank My List
- Rank My List
- Shoebox LLC
- The Bests
- The Cinemaholic
- The Wrap
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. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.
5 .) Schindler’s List (1993) directed by Steven Spielberg
Lists It Appears On:
- Box Office Mojo
- Goliath
- History Answers
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- Movie Film Review
- Rank My List
- Rank My List
- Shoebox LLC
- Softonic
- The Cinemaholic
- Timeout
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.
4 .) The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) directed by David Lean
Lists It Appears On:
- Goliath
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- Life Zette
- Movie Film Review
- Rank My List
- Rank My List
- Softonic
- The Bests
- The Cinemaholic
- The Wrap
- Timeout
The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson , the commander who supervised the bridge’s construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.
3 .) Downfall (2004) directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel
Lists It Appears On:
- Box Office Mojo
- Goliath
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- Imgur
- Movie Film Review
- Rank My List
- Rank My List
- Shoebox LLC
- Softonic
- The Cinemaholic
- The Wrap
- Timeout
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 achieve victory and orders his generals and advisers to fight to the last man. When the end finally does come, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender.
2 .) Letters From Iwo Jima (2006) directed by Clint Eastwood
Lists It Appears On:
- Box Office Mojo
- Goliath
- History Answers
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- Life Zette
- Movie Film Review
- Rank My List
- Rank My List
- RBTH
- Shoebox LLC
- Softonic
- The Bests
- The Cinemaholic
- The Wrap
- Timeout
The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.
1 .) Saving Private Ryan (1998) directed by Steven Spielberg
Lists It Appears On:
- Box Office Mojo
- Goliath
- History Answers
- IMDB
- IMDB 2
- Indiewire
- Life Zette
- Movie Film Review
- Quora
- Rank My List
- Rank My List
- RBTH
- Shoebox LLC
- Softonic
- The Bests
- The Cinemaholic
- The Wrap
- Timeout
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.
The 225+ Additional Best Movies Taking Place During World War Two
| # | Films | Directors | Lists |
| 27 | Flags of Our Fathers (2006) | Box Office Mojo | |
| – | – | – | Life Zette |
| – | – | – | Rank My List |
| – | – | – | RBTH |
| – | – | – | The Cinemaholic |
| 28 | Life Is Beautiful (1997) | Roberto Benigni | Box Office Mojo |
| – | – | – | Goliath |
| – | – | – | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Imgur |
| – | – | – | Shoebox LLC |
| 29 | Son of Saul (2015) | László Nemes | Box Office Mojo |
| – | – | – | IMDB 2 |
| – | – | – | Indiewire |
| – | – | – | Quora |
| – | – | – | Timeout |
| 30 | Stalag 17 (1953) | Billy Wilder | IMDB |
| – | – | – | IMDB 2 |
| – | – | – |
Movie Film Review
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| – | – | – | Shoebox LLC |
| – | – | – | The Wrap |
| 31 |
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)
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Box Office Mojo | |
| – | – | – | Complex |
| – | – | – | Rank My List |
| – | – | – | Rank My List |
| – | – | – | The Cinemaholic |
| 32 | Where Eagles Dare (1968) | Brian G. Hutton | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Rank My List |
| – | – | – | Shoebox LLC |
| – | – | – | The Wrap |
| – | – | – | Timeout |
| 33 | Ballad of a Soldier (1959) | Grigoriy Chukhray | IMDB |
| – | – | – |
Movie Film Review
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| – | – | – | The Guardian |
| – | – | – | Thought Co. |
| 34 | Cross of Iron (1977) | Sam Peckinpah | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Softonic |
| – | – | – | Thought Co. |
| – | – | – | Timeout |
| 35 | Days of Glory (2006) | History Answers | |
| – | – | – |
Movie Film Review
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| – | – | – | Shoebox LLC |
| – | – | – | Timeout |
| 36 | Kanal (1956) | Andrzej Wajda | IMDB |
| – | – | – |
Movie Film Review
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| – | – | – | Thought Co. |
| – | – | – | Timeout |
| 37 | Kelly’s Heroes (1970) | Brian G. Hutton | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Softonic |
| – | – | – | The Wrap |
| – | – | – | Timeout |
| 38 | The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) | William Wyler | IMDB |
| – | – | – | IMDB 2 |
| – | – | – | RBTH |
| – | – | – | Shoebox LLC |
| 39 | The Cranes Are Flying (1957) | Mikhail Kalatozov | IMDB |
| – | – | – | IMDB 2 |
| – | – | – | RBTH |
| – | – | – | Timeout |
| 40 | Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) | Richard Fleischer | IMDB |
| – | – | – | The Bests |
| – | – | – | The Cinemaholic |
| – | – | – | The Wrap |
| 41 | Europa Europa | Agnieszka Holland | Box Office Mojo |
| – | – | – | IMDB |
| – | – | – |
Movie Film Review
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| 42 | Ivan’s Childhood (1962) | Andrei Tarkovsky | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Softonic |
| – | – | – | Timeout |
| 43 | Rome, Open City (1945) | Roberto Rossellini | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Softonic |
| – | – | – | Timeout |
| 44 | The Counterfeiters (2007) | Stefan Ruzowitzky | Box Office Mojo |
| – | – | – | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Shoebox LLC |
| 45 | The Dam Busters (1954) | History Answers | |
| – | – | – | Softonic |
| – | – | – | Timeout |
| 46 | The Imitation Game (2014) | Morten Tyldum | Box Office Mojo |
| – | – | – | IMDB 2 |
| – | – | – | The Cinemaholic |
| 47 | The Wind Rises | Cinema Escape | |
| – | – | – | Indiewire |
| – | – | – | Quora |
| 48 | To Be or Not To Be (1942) | Ernst Lubitsch | IMDB |
| – | – | – |
Movie Film Review
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| – | – | – | Timeout |
| 49 | Unbroken | Box Office Mojo | |
| – | – | – | Indiewire |
| – | – | – | Quora |
| 50 | Valkyrie (2008) | Box Office Mojo | |
| – | – | – | Shoebox LLC |
| – | – | – | The Wrap |
| 51 | A Midnight Clear (1992) | Box Office Mojo | |
| – | – | – | The Wrap |
| 52 | A Walk in the Sun (1945) | Softonic | |
| – | – | – | Timeout |
| 53 | Army of Shadows | Jean-Pierre Melville | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Softonic |
| 54 | Au Revoir Les Enfants | Louis Malle | IMDB |
| – | – | – |
Movie Film Review
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| 55 | Battle of Britain (1969) | The Wrap | |
| – | – | – | Timeout |
| 56 | Battle of Okinawa | Cinema Escape | |
| – | – | – | USNI |
| 57 | Defiance (2008) | Box Office Mojo | |
| – | – | – | The Cinemaholic |
| 58 | Fires on the Plain | Kon Ichikawa | IMDB |
| – | – | – | USNI |
| 59 | Flame & Citron | Box Office Mojo | |
| – | – | – | Complex |
| 60 | Generation War (2013) | Box Office Mojo | |
| – | – | – | The Guardian |
| 61 | Hacksaw Ridge | Mel Gibson | Box Office Mojo |
| – | – | – | IMDB 2 |
| 62 | Hell in the Pacific (1968) | John Boorman | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Timeout |
| 63 | Hope and Glory | John Boorman | IMDB |
| – | – | – |
Movie Film Review
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| 64 | Into the White | Box Office Mojo | |
| – | – | – | Complex |
| 65 | Japan’s Longest Day | Kihachi Okamoto | IMDB |
| – | – | – | USNI |
| 66 | Judgment at Nuremberg | Stanley Kramer | IMDB |
| – | – | – |
Movie Film Review
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| 67 | Katyn | Andrzej Wajda | IMDB |
| – | – | – |
Movie Film Review
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| 68 | Lore (2012) | Box Office Mojo | |
| – | – | – | The Guardian |
| 69 |
Memphis Belle: The Story of a Flying Fortress
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Box Office Mojo | |
| – | – | – | Slate |
| 70 | Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence | Nagisa Ôshima | Box Office Mojo |
| – | – | – | IMDB |
| 71 | Night And Fog (1956) | Alain Resnais | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Timeout |
| 72 | Pearl Harbor (2001) | Box Office Mojo | |
| – | – | – | The Wrap |
| 73 | Saints and Soldiers | Box Office Mojo | |
| – | – | – | Complex |
| 74 | Sea Without Exit | Cinema Escape | |
| – | – | – | USNI |
| 75 | Shoah (1985) | Claude Lanzmann | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Timeout |
| 76 | Soldier of Orange | Paul Verhoeven | IMDB |
| – | – | – |
Movie Film Review
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| 77 | The Battle of Britain | Softonic | |
| – | – | – | The Bests |
| 78 | The Caine Mutiny (1954) | Edward Dmytryk | IMDB |
| – | – | – | The Wrap |
| 79 | The Cuckoo | Aleksandr Rogozhkin | IMDB |
| – | – | – | RBTH |
| 80 | The Diary of Anne Frank | George Stevens | Complex |
| – | – | – | IMDB |
| 81 | The Eternal Zero | Cinema Escape | |
| – | – | – | USNI |
| 82 | The Grey Zone (2001) | Tim Blake Nelson | IMDB |
| – | – | – | The Guardian |
| 83 | The Guns of Navarone (1961) | J. Lee Thompson | Goliath |
| – | – | – | IMDB |
| 84 | The Hill | Sidney Lumet | IMDB |
| – | – | – | IMDB 2 |
| 85 | The Human Condition | Masaki Kobayashi | Cinema Escape |
| – | – | – | IMDB |
| 86 |
The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982)
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Box Office Mojo | |
| – | – | – | The Guardian |
| 87 | The Railway Man | Box Office Mojo | |
| – | – | – | Complex |
| 88 | The Train (1964) | John Frankenheimer | IMDB |
| – | – | – | The Guardian |
| 89 | The Winter War | Pekka Parikka | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Thought Co. |
| 90 | Two Women | Vittorio De Sica | IMDB |
| – | – | – |
Movie Film Review
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| 91 | 12 O’CLOCK HIGH (1949) | Shoebox LLC | |
| 92 |
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
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Timeout | |
| 93 | A Woman in Berlin | Box Office Mojo | |
| 94 | Aimee & Jaguar | Box Office Mojo | |
| 95 | All the Queen’s Men | Box Office Mojo | |
| 96 | Allied | Box Office Mojo | |
| 97 | Amen. | Costa-Gavras | IMDB |
| 98 | Anthropoid | Box Office Mojo | |
| 99 | Arise, My Love |
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| 100 | Ashes and Diamonds | Andrzej Wajda | IMDB |
| 101 | Attack (1956) | Timeout | |
| 102 | Australia | Box Office Mojo | |
| 103 | Bag of Marbles | Box Office Mojo | |
| 104 | Band of Brothers | Scott Grimes | IMDB |
| 105 | Battleground (1949) | The Wrap | |
| 106 | Bent (1997) | The Guardian | |
| 107 | Better Wishes for Tomorrow | USNI | |
| 108 | Bicycle Thieves | Vittorio De Sica | IMDB |
| 109 | Bitva za Sevastopol (2015) | Imgur | |
| 110 | Canopy | Box Office Mojo | |
| 111 |
Captain America: The First Avenger
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Box Office Mojo | |
| 112 | Captain Corelli’s Mandolin | Box Office Mojo | |
| 113 | Captive Hearts | Box Office Mojo | |
| 114 | Caterpillar (2010) | The Guardian | |
| 115 | Charlotte Gray | Box Office Mojo | |
| 116 | Chosen | Box Office Mojo | |
| 117 | City of Life and Death | Chuan Lu | IMDB |
| 118 |
Closely Observed Trains / Closely Watched Trains / Ostre Sledovane Vlaky
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| 119 | Closely Watched Trains | Jirí Menzel | IMDB |
| 120 | Code Name: Emerald | Box Office Mojo | |
| 121 | Come See the Paradise | Box Office Mojo | |
| 122 | Come What May | Box Office Mojo | |
| 123 | Counterfeiters |
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| 124 | Cremator | Juraj Herz | IMDB |
| 125 | Cruel Sea |
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| 126 | Dam Busters |
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| 127 | Darkest Hour | Box Office Mojo | |
| 128 | December | Box Office Mojo | |
| 129 | Devils on the Doorstep | Wen Jiang | IMDB |
| 130 | Divided We Fall | Box Office Mojo | |
| 131 | Emperor | Box Office Mojo | |
| 132 | Escape to Victory (1981) | Timeout | |
| 133 | Europa | Lars von Trier | IMDB |
| 134 | Fat Man and Little Boy | Box Office Mojo | |
| 135 | Female Agents | Complex | |
| 136 | Five Came Back | Slate | |
| 137 | Five Fingers |
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| 138 | Five Graves To Cairo |
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| 139 |
FLYING LEARHERNECKS (1951)
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| 140 | For Those We Love | USNI | |
| 141 | Forbidden Games | René Clément | IMDB |
| 142 |
Forty-Ninth Parallel / The Invaders / 49th Parallel
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| 143 | Free Men | Box Office Mojo | |
| 144 | Frequency | USNI | |
| 145 | Garbo: The Spy | Box Office Mojo | |
| 146 | Gekido no showashi: Okinawa kessen | Kihachi Okamoto | IMDB |
| 147 | Germany Year Zero | Roberto Rossellini | IMDB |
| 148 | Germany, Pale Mother (1980) | Timeout | |
| 149 | Great Escape |
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| 150 | Guns Of Navarone |
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| 151 | Hangmen Also Die! (1943) | Timeout | |
| 152 | Hart’s War | Box Office Mojo | |
| 153 | Head in the Clouds | Box Office Mojo | |
| 154 | Hôtel Terminus | Marcel Ophüls | IMDB |
| 155 | House On 92nd Street |
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| 156 |
I See A Dark Stranger / The Adventuress
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| 157 |
I Was a Male War Bride (1949)
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Timeout | |
| 158 | Ice Cold in Alex (1958) | Timeout | |
| 159 | Il Generale Della Rovere | Roberto Rossellini | IMDB |
| 160 | In Harm’s Way (2018) | Box Office Mojo | |
| 161 | In the Fog | Box Office Mojo | |
| 162 | In This Corner of the World | Cinema Escape | |
| 163 | In Which We Serve |
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| 164 | Is Paris Burning? | René Clément | IMDB |
| 165 | Isoroku | Cinema Escape | |
| 166 |
Jeux Interdits / Les Jeux Interdits / Forbidden Games / The Secret Game
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| 167 | Julia | Complex | |
| 168 | Kapò | Gillo Pontecorvo | IMDB |
| 169 | Know Your Enemy: Japan | Slate | |
| 170 | Lacombe, Lucien |
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| 171 | Land and Freedom | Ken Loach | IMDB |
| 172 | Land of Mine | Box Office Mojo | |
| 173 | Last Days |
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| 174 | Les Miserables |
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| 175 | Let There Be Light | Slate | |
| 176 | Lifeboat |
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Listen to Britain (1942) and Fires Were Started (1943)
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| 178 | Little Boy | Box Office Mojo | |
| 179 | Long Voyage Home |
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| 180 | Longest Day |
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| 181 | Map of the Human Heart | Box Office Mojo | |
| 182 | Master of the Game | Box Office Mojo | |
| 183 | Max Manus: Man of War | Joachim Rønning | IMDB |
| 184 | Mein Krieg | Thought Co. | |
| 185 | Mephisto | István Szabó | IMDB |
| 186 | Merdeka 17805 | USNI | |
| 187 | Millions Like Us (1943) | Timeout | |
| 188 | Miracle at St. Anna | Box Office Mojo | |
| 189 | More The Merrier |
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| 190 | Morituri | Complex | |
| 191 | Mrs. Miniver | William Wyler | IMDB |
| 192 |
Musime Si Pomahat / Divided We Fall
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| 193 | My Name Is Ivan | Thought Co. | |
| 194 | Naked Among Wolves | Complex | |
| 195 | Nazi Concentration Camps | Slate | |
| 196 | Oba, The Last Samurai | Cinema Escape | |
| 197 | Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations | Leni Riefenstahl | IMDB |
| 198 | Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty | Leni Riefenstahl | IMDB |
| 199 | Overlord | Box Office Mojo | |
| 200 | Paisan | Roberto Rossellini | IMDB |
| 201 | Pan’s Labyrinth | Guillermo del Toro | IMDB 2 |
| 202 | Phoenix | Complex | |
| 203 | Pianist |
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| 204 | Playing for Time | Daniel Mann | IMDB |
| 205 | Prelude to War | Slate | |
| 206 | Pride: A Fateful Moment | USNI | |
| 207 | Red Tails | Box Office Mojo | |
| 208 | Remembrance | Complex | |
| 209 | Report From the Aleutians | Slate | |
| 210 | Return to The Hiding Place | Box Office Mojo | |
| 211 | San Pietro | Slate | |
| 212 | Secrets of War | Complex | |
| 213 |
Seven Beauties / Pasqualino Settebellezze
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| 214 | Sophie Scholl: The Final Days | Marc Rothemund | IMDB |
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Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?
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| 216 | Storm Over the Pacific – 1960 | Cinema Escape | |
| 217 |
Story Of Gi Joe / Gi Joe, War Correspondent / War Correspondent
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| 218 | The Ascent | Larisa Shepitko | IMDB |
| 219 | The Battle of Midway | Slate | |
| 220 | The Book Thief | Box Office Mojo | |
| 221 | The Bridge | Bernhard Wicki | IMDB |
| 222 | The Burmese Harp (1956) | The Guardian | |
| 223 | The Captain | Box Office Mojo | |
| 224 | The Cruel Sea | Charles Frend | IMDB |
| 225 | The Damned | Luchino Visconti | IMDB |
| 226 | The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel | Henry Hathaway | IMDB |
| 227 | The Enemy Below | Complex | |
| 228 | The English Patient | Complex | |
| 229 | The Great Dictator | Charles Chaplin | IMDB |
| 230 | The Great Raid | Box Office Mojo | |
| 231 | The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity | Masaki Kobayashi | IMDB |
| 232 | The Human Condition III: A Soldier’s Prayer | Masaki Kobayashi | IMDB |
| 233 |
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| 234 | The Keep | Box Office Mojo | |
| 235 | The Keep (1983) | Timeout | |
| 236 | The King’s Choice | Box Office Mojo | |
| 237 | The Last Metro (1980) | The Guardian | |
| 238 | The Last Sentence | Box Office Mojo | |
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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
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| 240 | The Men of the Yamato | USNI | |
| 241 | The Monuments Men | Box Office Mojo | |
| 242 | The Negro Soldier | Slate | |
| 243 | The Notebook (2014) | Box Office Mojo | |
| 244 | The Outsider | Softonic | |
| 245 | The Sands of Iwo Jima | RBTH | |
| 246 | The Scoundrel’s Wife | Box Office Mojo | |
| 247 | The Shop on Main Street | Ján Kadár | IMDB |
| 248 | The Steel Helmet | Softonic | |
| 249 | The Tin Drum | Volker Schlöndorff | IMDB |
| 250 | The Travelling Players | Theodoros Angelopoulos | IMDB |
| 251 | The Truth about Nanjing | USNI | |
| 252 | The Way Back | Complex | |
| 253 | The Well-Digger’s Daughter | Box Office Mojo | |
| 254 | The World at War | Laurence Olivier | IMDB |
| 255 | The Zookeeper’s Wife | Box Office Mojo | |
| 256 |
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| 257 | They Were Expendable |
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| 258 | Thunder Rock |
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| 259 | Thunderbolt | Slate | |
| 260 | To End All Wars (2001) | The Wrap | |
| 261 | Trial on the Road | RBTH | |
| 262 | Triumph of the Will | Leni Riefenstahl | IMDB |
| 263 | Tunisian Victory | Slate | |
| 264 | Twelve O’Clock High | Complex | |
| 265 | Twin Sisters | Complex | |
| 266 | U-571 | Box Office Mojo | |
| 267 |
Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines
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| 268 | Underground | Emir Kusturica | IMDB |
| 269 | Von Ryan’s Express | Mark Robson | IMDB |
| 270 |
Walk In The Sun / Salerno Beachhead
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| 271 | Walking with the Enemy | Box Office Mojo | |
| 272 | War of the Buttons (2012) | Box Office Mojo | |
| 273 | Went the Day Well? (1942) | Timeout | |
| 274 | Where Hands Touch | Box Office Mojo | |
| 275 | White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki | Steven Okazaki | IMDB |
| 276 |
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia
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| 277 | Windtalkers | Box Office Mojo | |
| 278 | Yamato | Cinema Escape | |
| 279 | Zero Fighter | USNI |
24 Best World War 2 Film Sources/Lists
| Source | Article |
| Box Office Mojo | War – World War 2 Movies at the Box Office – Box Office Mojo |
| Cinema Escape | 11 WWII movies from the Japanese perspective | Cinema Escapist |
| Complex | The Diary of Anne Frank – The 20 Best World War Movies Streaming |
| Goliath | The Best Films Set During World War II |
| History Answers | The 10 best World War 2 movies ever made |
| IMDB | The 100 Best Films About World War II |
| IMDB 2 | The 25 Best World War 2 Movies of All Time |
| Imgur | Greatest World War 2 Movies. |
| Indiewire | Best World War 2 Movies Since 1996 |
| Life Zette | The Four Best World War II Movies of All Time |
| Movie Film Review | Top 100 WORLD WAR II | Movie Film Review |
| Quora | What is the best World War II movie? |
| Rank My List | Best World War 2 Movies of All Time |
| RBTH | 10 must-see films about World War II |
| Shoebox LLC | 25 Best World War 2 Movies to Watch Before You Die |
| Slate | 13 World War II movies to watch on Netflix after Five Came Back |
| Softonic | 28 Best Movies about World War II 2019 |
| The Bests | The 13 Best World War Two Movies |
| The Cinemaholic | 25 Best World War 2 Movies of All Time |
| The Guardian | The 10 greatest second world war films you haven’t seen |
| The Wrap | 30 Best World War II Movies, From ‘Battleground’ to ‘Dunkirk’ |
| Thought Co. | Top 10 Best World War 2 Films: Eastern Front |
| Timeout | Best World War II Movies | 50 Brilliant WWII Films To Watch |
| USNI | Through Japanese Eyes: World War II in Japanese Cinema |
