Best World War II movies of 2005

Memoirs of a Geisha(2005)

Actors : Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang, Suzuka Ohgo, Ken Watanabe,
Directors : Rob Marshall,

Nitta Sayuri reveals how she transcended her fishing-village roots and became one of Japan's most celebrated geisha.

Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage(2005)

Actors : Fabian Hinrichs, Johanna Gastdorf, Alexander Held, Julia Jentsch,
Directors : Marc Rothemund,

A dramatization of the final days of Sophie Scholl, one of the most famous members of the German World War II anti-Nazi resistance movement, The White Rose.

Everything Is Illuminated(2005)

Actors : Elijah Wood, Eugene Hutz, Boris Leskin, Jonathan Safran Foer,
Directors : Liev Schreiber,

A young Jewish American man endeavors to find the woman who saved his grandfather during World War II in a Ukrainian village, that was ultimately razed by the Nazis, with the help of an eccentric local.

The Great Raid(2005)

Actors : James Franco, Benjamin Bratt, Joseph Fiennes, Robert Mammone,
Directors : John Dahl,

Taking place towards the end of WWII, 500 American Soldiers have been entrapped in a camp for 3 years. Beginning to give up hope they will ever be rescued, a group of Rangers goes on a dangerous mission to try and save them.

Lassie(2005)

Actors : Samantha Morton, Peter Dinklage, Peter O'Toole, John Lynch,
Directors : Charles Sturridge,

A family in financial crisis is forced to sell Lassie, their beloved dog. Hundreds of miles away from her true family, Lassie escapes and sets out on a journey home.

Sorstalanság(2005)

Actors : Marcell Nagy, Béla Dóra, Bálint Péntek, Áron Dimény,
Directors : Lajos Koltai,

14-year-old György's life is torn apart in World War II Hungary as he is sent to a concentration camp where he is forced to become a man, and learns to find happiness in the midst of hatred, and what it really means to be Jewish.

Solntse(2005)

Actors : Kaori Momoi, Issei Ogata, Shirô Sano, Robert Dawson,
Directors : Aleksandr Sokurov,

Third part in Aleksandr Sokurov's quadrilogy of Power, following Molokh (1999) and Telets (2001), focuses on Japanese Emperor Hirohito and Japan's defeat in World War II when he is finally confronted by General Douglas MacArthur who offers him to accept a diplomatic defeat for survival.

Äideistä parhain(2005)

Actors : Marjaana Maijala, Maria Lundqvist, Topi Majaniemi, Michael Nyqvist,
Directors : Klaus Härö,

During World War II, more than 70,000 Finnish children were evacuated to neutral Sweden to avoid the conflict. From the award-winning Klaus Härö (Elina - Som om jag inte fanns (2002)), "...

Lorelei(2005)

Actors : Satoshi Tsumabuki, Kôji Yakusho, Yû Kashii, Toshirô Yanagiba,

A drama set during World War II where a submarine carrying a secret weapon attempts to stop a planned third atomic bombing of Japan. Based on Harutoshi Fukui's novel Shuusen no Lorelei.

Eighteen(2005)

Actors : Brendan Fletcher, Paul Anthony, Clarence Sponagle, Mark Hildreth,
Directors : Richard Bell,

Pip is a street kid who's meeting life head-on in the big city. On his eighteenth birthday he receives his grandfather's Second World War memoirs on audio cassette, a gift that awakens the ...

The Second Front(2005)

Actors : Svetlana Metkina, Ron Perlman, Craig Sheffer, Todd Field,
Directors : Dmitriy Fiks,

In the midst of World War 2, intelligence services from England, Germany and Russia collided in a fierce fight for the mind of Nicky Raus, a genius German Jewish scientist who's developing ...