Best World War II movies of 1960s

Actors : Gregory Walcott, Bruce Bennett, Tony Curtis, James Franciscus,
Directors : Delbert Mann,

Tony Curtis plays an Indian (Nicknamed "Chief" by other soldiers) who fights in WWII and helps to raise the flag at Iwo Jima.

Actors : Norman Bowler, David Sumner, Brian Grellis, James Caan,
Directors : William A. Graham,

After losing a submarine and fifty crew in a battle with a German ship during WWII, a Royal Navy officer gets a second chance in a daring raid with midget subs.

Actors : Danny Kaye, Dana Wynter, Margaret Rutherford, Wilfrid Hyde-White,
Directors : Melville Shavelson,

At the time of the Invasion of Normandy, an American soldier is asked to impersonate a British General in order to confuse the Nazi spies and assassins in London.

Actors : Sean Connery, Victor Maddern, Harry Locke, Alfred Lynch,
Directors : Cyril Frankel,

When he is pulled up in court for selling stuff on the street, Horace Pope says he was only doing it while waiting to enlist. The judge calls his bluff and forces him to sign up. Pope makes...

Actors : Harry Guardino, Elsa Martinelli, Charlton Heston, Salvatore Baccaloni,
Directors : Melville Shavelson,

In 1944, two American spies, posing as priests, infiltrate German occupied Rome to relay information to HQ but can only communicate via pigeons due to the imposed radio silence.

Actors : Fernandel, Rellys, Marcelle Ranson-Hervé, René Génin,
Directors : Jean Giono,

This story is set in a little mountain community lost in the French mountains in the early years after World War II... See full synopsis »

Actors : John Collin, Martin Jarvis, Pinkas Braun, Stuart Whitman,
Directors : Walter Grauman,

The end of WW2. Allied forces enter a well-guarded German rocket base and kidnap among others the rocket scientist Dr. Von Heinken. When they try to get away they are followed both by ...

Actors : Lea Massari, Marie Laforêt, Anna Karina, Mario Adorf,
Directors : Valerio Zurlini,

In WWII, Lieut. Martino and his men are assigned to lead a group of prostitutes through the mountainous ways to serve in brothels for Italian soldiers in Albania.

Actors : Tadeusz Schmidt, Zygmunt Hübner, Arkadiusz Bazak, Józef Nowak,
Directors : Stanislaw Rózewicz,

Dramatization of the first battle of World War II. The first target of German troops in the invasion of Poland is a small garrison at Westerplatte. Outnumbered and out-gunned, the Poles mount a fierce defense against an overwhelming enemy.

Actors : Ilja Prachar, Zdenek Stepánek, Cestmír Randa, Jirí Vrstála,
Directors : Zbynek Brynych,

Teresienstadt camp where Nazis held prominent Jews during the World War II. Film shows last days of the camp under the Nazis.

Actors : Totò, Cristina Gaioni, Nadia Gray, Peppino De Filippo,
Directors : Steno,

Antonio married Amalia and went to fight in Russia during World War II. Since he didn't return Amalia thought he was dead, so she married another man. Many year after the war end, Antonio ...

Actors : Diana Hyland, Katy Jurado, Fess Parker, Hoyt Axton,
Directors : George Sherman,

A cowboy finds, captures and patient trains a beautiful wild stallion until a bond develops between the two that is almost unbreakable. The cowboy's brother, however, needing money to pay ...

Actors : Daniela Bianchi, John Ireland, Curd Jürgens, Frederick Stafford,
Directors : Alberto De Martino,

Holland. Spring 1945. Two armies face each other in the final confrontation of World War II. On the one hand are the powerful forces of the Allies, on the other, all that remains of the ...

Actors : Nasreddin Dubashev, Natalya Arinbasarova, Suymenkul Chokmorov, Altynbek Kenzhekov,

Dzhamiliya lives in a kirghizian village. She follows their parents' orders when she marries a man without loving him. Then World War II breaks out and her new husband has to leave the ...

Actors : Manja Behrens, Margot Busse, Erwin Geschonneck, Marita Böhme,
Directors : Frank Beyer,

After the second World War, Dresden has a lot of reconstructing to do. To get the cigarette factory he once worked for running again, Kalle has to travel to Wittenberg - the only place ...

Actors : Peter Cushing, Mai Zetterling, Georgina Ward, Stanley Baker,
Directors : Quentin Lawrence,

A mysterious call summons Joe Newman to Bavaria in search of the father he believed dead for 20 years.

Actors : Charles Aznavour, Georges Rivière, Nicole Courcel, Cordula Trantow,
Directors : André Cayatte,

Following the defeat of France by Germany during WWII, two French soldiers are taken to a German farm as forced laborers. In the ensuing years they become deeply involved in the lives of ...

Actors : Vyacheslav Nevinnyy, Ivan Lapikov, Mikhail Ulyanov, Nonna Mordyukova,
Directors : Aleksei Saltykov,

After World War II ends, soldier Yegor Trubnikov comes back to his native village to restore the ruined collective farm facilities. Rebuilding the kolkhoz is as hard for him as fighting the war.

Actors : Philippe Hersent, Erika Blanc, Guy Madison, Peter Lee Lawrence,
Directors : Alfonso Brescia,

The movie is set during World War II in the days just prior to the D-Day invasion. A special parachute unit is sent to destroy a German flame thrower installation on Omaha Beach.

Actors : Michael Anderson Jr., Harry Andrews, Oliver Grimm, Kay Walsh,
Directors : Philip Leacock,

During World War II, in a small English coastal town, teenage boys eager to join the army but unable to do so participate in their own homemade private brutal war games with tragic results.