Best World War II movies

Actors : Gary Weeks, William Katt, Brian Tee, 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.

Actors : Polde Bibic, Urska Hlebec, Ivo Ban, Milena Zupancic,
Directors : Matjaz Klopcic,

Year 1945. The second World War is over and the soldiers from the sisbanded army are returning home. Yet there is still no sign of Joze Malek. His wife Mimika and their children Tincek and ...

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 : 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 : Constantin Dita, Bogdan Dumitrache, Ionut Caras, Catalin Babliuc,
Directors : Constantin Popescu,

The story of anti-communist partisans in post-World War II Romania.

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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Bruno Cremer, Manuel Zarzo, Jacques Perrin, Pierre Fabre,
Directors : Pierre Schoendoerffer,

In Vietnam, 1954, a French platoon isolated behind enemy lines tries to come back. It is led by the inexperienced, idealistic sous-lieutenant Torrens, and by adjutant Willsdorf, a WWII veteran of the Werhmacht.

Actors : Yaël Abecassis, Michèle Bernier, Mathilde Goffart, Guy Bedos,
Directors : Véra Belmont,

In 1942, the young Jewish girl Misha, her Russian mother Gerusha and her German father Reuven hide from the Germans in a small house in Ardennes, Belgium. Misha is very connected to her ...

Actors : Louis Seigner, Michael Lonsdale, Roland Bertin, Ivo Garrani,
Directors : Costa-Gavras,

In occupied France during the WWII, a German officer is murdered. The collaborationist Vichy government decides to pin the murder on six petty criminals. Loyal judges are called in to convict them as quickly as possible.

Actors : Goran Visnjic, Mustafa Nadarevic, Ivo Gregurevic, Goran Navojec,
Directors : Antun Vrdoljak,

"Duga mraèna noæ" is a story about Croatian partisans fight Hitler's troops during WWII.

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 : 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 : Hayley Carr, Olivier Gruner, Michael Berryman, Tino Struckmann,
Directors : Jerry Buteyn,

The story is set in the latter days of World War 2, against the backdrop of fierce combat on the eastern front. Brother's War is based on real events. The western Allies push into Germany ...

Actors : Ewa Dalkowska, Scott Wilson, Hanna Skarzanka, Maja Komorowska,
Directors : Krzysztof Zanussi,

Shortly after WWII an American soldier (Norman) and a Polish refugee (Emilia) fall in deep love. Eventually he will return to USA and both expect that she will soon follow him. Emilia's ...

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 : Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Lauri Tilkanen, Krista Kosonen, Tommi Korpela,
Directors : Antti Jokinen,

A Finnish midwife falls in love with a German-Finnish SS-officer during the Lapland War, in the middle of WWII.