Best World War II movies

Actors : Kiefer Sutherland, Liz Fraser, Emily Lloyd, John Lahr,
Directors : Bernard Rose,

During World War II, an American serviceman in London decides to impress his English girlfriend by acting as an American gangster, which soon turns deadly.

Actors : Capucine, William Holden, Tetsurô Tanba, Susannah York,
Directors : Lewis Gilbert,

Political and personal intrigues surround a group of characters in Malaya, after the close of the Second World War.

Actors : Larry Gamell Jr., Bill Voorhees, Tino Struckmann, Tom Stedham,
Directors : Joseph J. Lawson,

As the Battle of the Bulge rages on, an American tank unit gets trapped behind Nazi lines. With just hours before the bombs of Operation Ardennes Fury fall, the tank's commander makes the risky decision to rescue an orphanage.

Actors : James Yagi, Carroll Baker, Tetsurô Tanba, James Shigeta,
Directors : Etienne Périer,

Based on a true story, this compelling drama relates the difficulties of a young woman married to a Japanese diplomat during World War II, victim of suspicion and animosity from her husband's government.

Actors : Maryam d'Abo, Amber Doig-Thorne, Paul Barber,
Directors : Andy Crane, Nathan Shepka,

A baby in a basket is left on the steps of an isolated monastery on a Scottish island. The nuns take it in, planning to care for it until a storm passes. Soon though, strange and unexplained events begin to happen at the convent.

Actors : Ching Wong, Jackie Chan, Yang Kao, Qiu Yuen,
Directors : Mu Chu,

Historical movie, set during the Japanese occupation of China during WWII, in which a group of Chinese rebels tries to oust the Japanese forces from a small town. Jackie Chan is one of the ...

Actors : Bourvil, Peter McEnery, Jean Poiret, Sophie Desmarets,
Directors : Marcel Camus,

A gentle restaurant owner inadvertently got involved in World War II after delivering a confidential document to an English pilot.

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.

Actors : Carlo Giuffrè, Ken Marshall, Marcello Mastroianni, Alexandra King,
Directors : Liliana Cavani,

After the Allies liberate Naples in 1943, the life for the locals is not much easier, especially for women. Many sacrifice their dignity and morale to survive.

Actors : Isao Hashizume, Haru Kuroki, Takako Matsu, Kazuko Yoshiyuki,
Directors : Yôji Yamada,

A woman looks back on her family's life in Tokyo before and during WWII. A maid arrives from the countryside to work for an upper middle class family. She fits in well, but everyone's emotions are stirred up with the arrival of a student.

Actors : Stanislav Majer, Robert Miklus, Magdaléna Borová, Csongor Kassai,
Directors : Bohdan Sláma,

How to reconcile with killings committed by your own neighbors? How to face growing evil that nobody stands against? What can human will overcome and what is the value of humility and hope?

Actors : Anthony May, Brian Deacon, Glenda Jackson, Oliver Reed,
Directors : Michael Apted,

Deserting soldier dresses as a woman to escape detection; liking the female role he goes to a dance with another soldier and is exposed.

Actors : Paul Logan, Julian Kostov, Borislav Iliev, Forbes KB,
Directors : Valeri Milev,

A Special Forces soldier is sent into Bulgaria when a chemical agent from WWII is uncovered that can reanimate the dead.

Actors : George Eastman, Al Cliver, Laura Gemser, Dino Conti,
Directors : Joe D'Amato,

A telepathic mutant recruits a post-World War III TV game-show warrior to lead her band of mutants to safety.

Actors : Bob Kanter, Keir Dullea, Jack Warden, James Philbrook,
Directors : Andrew Marton,

In Guadalcanal during World War II, a private and his sergeant clash during the heat of battle with the Japanese.

Actors : Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Pio Marmaï, Isabelle Huppert, Michael Nyqvist,
Directors : Marc Fitoussi,

Brigitte and Xavier are a couple of cattle farmers living and working together in Normandy. They have always got on well but now that their two children have left the household routine and ...

Actors : Philippe Noiret, Henri Garcin, Pierre Brasseur, Catherine Deneuve,
Directors : Jean-Paul Rappeneau,

In the countryside near Normandy's beaches lives Marie, unhappy. It's 1945, she's married to Jérôme, a somewhat fussy milquetoast, diffident to the war around him and unwilling to move his ...

Actors : Stephen Lang, Tom Sizemore, Sean Patrick Flanery, Kip Pardue,
Directors : Claudio Fäh,

Near the end of World War II, American and British Special Forces must extract a resistance fighter behind Nazi lines.

Actors : Donald Pleasence, George Peppard, Lesley Ann Warren, Ken Wahl,
Directors : David Hemmings,

In a lake high in the mountains of New Zealand hunter Gibbie Gibson discovers a plane wreck from ww-ii. When he tells it around, a gang of crooks follows and threatens him and his daughter,...

Actors : Gary Weeks, Brian Tee, William Katt, Harrison Page,
Directors : Damon O'Steen,

A man must cross post-world war III terrain and the new martial-law to save his missing wife.