Best World War II movies of 2000s

Actors : Robbie Kay, Monika Schurmann, Nina Dobrev, Jordan Pettle,
Directors : Jeremy Podeswa,

A child escapes from Poland during World War II and first heads to Greece before coming of age in Canada.

Actors : Ken Duken, Agnes Kittelsen, Nicolai Cleve Broch, Aksel Hennie,

The true story about one of the most brilliant saboteurs during World War II and his battle to overcome his inner demons.

Actors : Jean Reno, Gad Elmaleh, Raphaëlle Agogué, Mélanie Laurent,
Directors : Rose Bosch,

A faithful retelling of the 1942 "Vel' d'Hiv Roundup" and the events surrounding it.

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.

Actors : Sami Bouajila, Chafia Boudraa, Roschdy Zem, Jamel Debbouze,
Directors : Rachid Bouchareb,

A drama about the Algerian struggle for independence from France after WWII.

Actors : Cristian Motiu, Willem Dafoe, Derek Jacobi, Jeff Goldblum,
Directors : Paul Schrader,

In the aftermath of WWII, a former circus entertainer who was spared from the gas chamber becomes the ringleader at an asylum for Holocaust survivors.

Actors : Maria Schrader, Svea Lohde, Katja Riemann, Jutta Lampe,
Directors : Margarethe von Trotta,

After the death of her father, Hannah becomes concerned with the strange behavior of her mother. As her mother's troubled childhood is revealed, Hannah realizes how little she ever knew.

Actors : Rüdiger Vogler, Nina Hoss, Evgeniy Sidikhin, Irm Hermann,
Directors : Max Färberböck,

A woman tries to survive the invasion of Berlin by the Soviet troops during the last days of World War II.

Actors : Max Casella, Massimo Ranieri, Angela Luce, John Turturro,
Directors : John Turturro,

A look at the musical roots and traditions of Naples, Italy, as well as its influence on the rest of the world.

Actors : Eamon Glancy, Ian McElhinney, Danny Dyer, Shawn Hatosy,
Directors : Peter Sheridan,

Irish writer and political activist Brendan Behan, is befriended as a teenager in a British labor camp by a liberal warden.

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.

Actors : Biana Tamimi, Richard Romanus, Patrick Elyas, Gérard Rudolf,
Directors : Simon Wincer,

A young girl befriends a wild black stallion.

Actors : Kenneth Cranham, Leo Bill, Rosanna Lavelle, Derek Jacobi,
Directors : John Henderson,

Comedy drama based on the true story of two British Army dentists who in 1942, eager to see action, go AWOL and invade occupied France on their own.

Actors : JJ Feild, Liam Cunningham, Ji-hyun Jun, Allison Miller,
Directors : Chris Nahon,

A vampire named Saya, who is part of covert government agency that hunts and destroys demons in a post-WWII Japan, is inserted in a military school to discover which one of her classmates is a demon in disguise.

Actors : Marie-Josée Croze, James Thierrée, Mathias Laliberté, Marc Lavoine,
Directors : Tony Gatlif,

A Gypsy family travels the French roads during the Second World War, followed by Little Claude, a young boy seeking a new family after his parents "left and never returned". Upon reaching a...

Actors : Eddie Izzard, Matt LeBlanc, James Cosmo, Udo Kier,
Directors : Stefan Ruzowitzky,

A mismatched team of British Special Services agents led by an American must infiltrate, in disguise, a female-run Enigma factory in Berlin and bring back the decoding device that will end the war.

Actors : Kiefer Sutherland, Mark Strong, Robert Carlyle, Ciarán McMenamin,
Directors : David L. Cunningham,

A true story about four Allied POWs who endure harsh treatment from their Japanese captors during World War II while being forced to build a railroad through the Burmese jungle. Ultimately ...

Actors : Willem Dafoe, Luo Yan, Sau Sek, John Cho,
Directors : Ho Yim,

With World War 2 looming, a prominent family in China must confront the contrasting ideas of traditionalism, communism and Western thinking, while dealing with the most important ideal of all: love and its meaning in society.

Actors : Judy Parfitt, Kenny Doughty, Caroline Carver, Martin Landau,
Directors : John Daly,

A WWII Drama about a German/Jewish industrialist who, in order to ensure his family's safe passage out of Germany, is forced to hand over his business to the Nazis.

Actors : Fengyi Zhang, Chen Chang, Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro,
Directors : John Woo,

In this sequel to Red Cliff, Chancellor Cao Cao convinces Emperor Xian of the Han to initiate a battle against the two Kingdoms of Shu and Wu, who have become allied forces, against all ...