Come What May

2015

French

6.7

♡ 4

41%

Christian Carion Director

Emanuela Postacchini as Geraldine

August Diehl as Hans

Matthew Rhys as Percy

Alice Isaaz as Suzanne

In may 1940, the German troops enter France. Frightened by the progress of the enemy, the people of a small village of Pas-de-Calais decide on the recommendations of the prefecture, to give up everything to go on the road, fleeing to the coast.

Sons, Mothers and a General

1955

German

6.8

♡ 1

Laslo Benedek Director

Hans Christian Blech as Feldwebel mit den Orden

Klaus Kinski as Leutnant, der nicht mehr lacht

Maximilian Schell as Soldat, der nicht mehr mitmacht

Til Kiwe as Werner

As Germany's fortunes in the latter part of World War II wane, several young boys, in their enthusiasm to do something "for the fatherland", volunteer to fight with the German army in the East. Horrified at the news that their children left for the Russian front, the boys' mothers begin a desperate effort to get their sons back.

The Dresser

2015

English

6.7

♡ 9

100%

Richard Eyre Director

Emily Watson as Her Ladyship

Vanessa Kirby as Irene

Ian McKellen as Norman

Anthony Hopkins as Sir

One fateful night in a small English regional theatre during World War II a troupe of touring actors stage a production of Shakespeares King Lear. Bombs are falling, sirens are wailing, the curtain is up in an hour but the actor/manager Sir who is playing Lear is nowhere to be seen. His dresser Norman must scramble to keep the production alive but will Sir turn up in time and if he does will he be able to perform that night? The Dresser is a wickedly funny and deeply moving story of friendship and loyalty as Sir reflects on his lifelong accomplishments and seeks to reconcile his turbulent friendships with those in his employ before the final curtain.

A Generation

1955

Polish

7.1

♡ 8

77%

based on novel or book

Andrzej Wajda Director

Zofia Czerwinska as Bartender Lola

Franciszek Pieczka as German Patrolman

Roman Polanski as Mundek

Janusz Paluszkiewicz as Sekula

Stach is a wayward teen living in squalor on the outskirts of Nazi-occupied Warsaw. Guided by an avuncular Communist organizer, he is introduced to the underground resistance—and to the beautiful Dorota. Soon he is engaged in dangerous efforts to fight oppression and indignity, maturing as he assumes responsibility for others’ lives. A coming-of-age story of survival and shattering loss, A Generation delivers a brutal portrait of the human cost of war.

Waiting for Anya

2020

English

6.0

♡ 17

41%

Ben Cookson Director

Jean Reno as Henri

Noah Schnapp as Jo

Tómas Lemarquis as Leutnant

Gilles Marini as Papa

During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain.

Morituri

1965

English

7.0

♡ 14

75%

Bernhard Wicki Director

Trevor Howard as Colonel Statter

Wally Cox as Dr. Ambach

Gene Dynarski as Merchant Marine

Roy Jenson as Merchant Marine

A German living in India during World War II is blackmailed by the English to impersonate an SS officer on board a cargo ship leaving Japan for Germany carrying a large supply of rubber for tyres. His mission is to disable the scuttling charges so the captain cannot sink the ship if they are stopped by English warships.

Flying Tigers

1942

English

6.7

♡ 11

70%

David Miller Director

Richard Crane as Airfield Radioman

Addison Richards as Col. Lindsay

Nestor Paiva as Missionairy

Anne Jeffreys as Nurse

Jim Gordon commands a unit of the famed Flying Tigers, the American Volunteer Group which fought the Japanese in China before America's entry into World War II. Gordon must send his outnumbered band of fighter pilots out against overwhelming odds while juggling the disparate personalities and problems of his fellow flyers.

The Unknown Soldier

1955

Finnish

8.0

♡ 15

Action

based on novel or book

Edvin Laine Director

Pentti Irjala as Kaarna

Kaarlo Halttunen as Rahikainen

Leo Torkko as Soldier

Leo Riuttu as Vanhala

It is the summer of 1941. An eastern-Finnish machine gun company receives an order to turn in their surplus equipment. The company is transferred to the front lines. The next morning the soldiers wake to the sound of guns – the war has begun.

Greyhound

2020

English

7.0

♡ 314

78%

based on a true story

Aaron Schneider Director

Tom Hanks as Captain Krause

Stephen Graham as Charlie Cole

Elisabeth Shue as Evelyn

Matthew Zuk as Flusser

A first-time captain leads a convoy of allied ships carrying thousands of soldiers across the treacherous waters of the "Black Pit" to the front lines of WWII. With no air cover protection for 5 days, the captain and his convoy must battle the surrounding enemy Nazi U-boats in order to give the allies a chance to win the war.

Zone Troopers

1985

English

5.2

♡ 4

45%

Danny Bilson Director

Anita Zagaria as Dream Girl

Art LaFleur as Mittens

Achille Brugnini as SS Radioman

Tim Thomerson as The Sarge

American soldiers, led by The Sarge, are stuck behind Nazi enemy lines. As they make their way across the Italian countryside, they come across an alien spaceship that has crash-landed in the woods. The alien pilot is dead, but one of the ship's passengers is on the loose. As the GIs hunt down the alien by splitting into smaller groups, they're not only tracked by the Nazis, but also a whole host of other aliens come to save their stranded party.

The Blockhouse

1973

English

5.9

♡ 2

73%

based on a true story

Clive Rees Director

Jeremy Kemp as Grabinski

Nicholas Jones as Kramer

Alfred Lynch as Larshen

Peter Sellers as Rouquet

A group of Slave workers, drafted by the Nazis to help construct their coastal defences in 1944, are trapped in an underground bunker when the Allies land at Normandy on D-Day. They find huge stores of food, but not enough candles. The slow dying of the light parallels their increasing boredom, illness, and jealousy during their entrapment. Based on the Novel 'Le Blockhaus' by Jean Paul Clebert

Wyszynski - zemsta czy przebaczenie

2021

Polish

4.6

♡ 4

Tadeusz Syka Director

Adam Fidusiewicz as Corporal Officer Cadet 'Brzoza'

Wojciech Sukiennik as Lieutenant Dr. Kazimierz Cebertowicz 'Swierk'

Dominik Chmielewski as Priest Jerzy Baszkiewicz 'Radwan II'

Mariusz Drezek as Wounded German soldier

This film tells the story of lieutenant Stefan Wyszynski (Ksawery Szlenkier) - the future Primate of Poland, unknown to a wider audience. It is 1944, in the heat of war, we meet a young priest Wyszynski, who has recently been appointed chaplain of the branch in the Kampinos Forest. It is also active in the insurgent hospital. Everyone knows him there under the pseudonym "Radwan III". The reality of the war is for Fr. Wyszynski, a forge of character, a fight for hope and love, especially against enemies. How are we to forgive in everyday warfare? The hero asks, turning to the Source of his vocation.

The 7th Dawn

1964

English

6.4

♡ 6

65%

Lewis Gilbert Director

Beulah Quo as Ah Ming

Susannah York as Candace Trumpey

Capucine as Dhana Mercier

William Holden as Major Ferris

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

Housewife, 49

2005

English

7.7

♡ 3

82%

Gavin Millar Director

David Threlfall as Daddy

Sian Brooke as Evelyn Edwards

Daisy Haggard as Jill

Sylvestra Le Touzel as Mrs Lynch

Downtrodden wife and mother Nella's life takes an unexpected turn for the better after she joins the Women's Voluntary Service office in Barrow-in-Furness during the Second World War. However, her new-found happiness is shattered when her son Cliff leaves to join the troops - provoking a painful confrontation with her husband Will.

Battle of the Bulge: Winter War

2020

English

2.7

♡ 4

4%

Steven Luke Director

Billy Zane as General Omar Bradly

Steven Luke as Lt. Cappa

Tom Berenger as Major McCulley

Ryan J. Gilmer as Wounded German

Lt. Robert Cappa and his platoon of 2nd Infantry Division soldiers must defend a vital supply depot from being captured by attacking German soldiers.

The Incredible Mr. Limpet

1964

English

6.5

♡ 5

40%

live action and animation

Hawley Pratt Director

Elizabeth MacRae as Ladyfish

Oscar Beregi Jr. as Nazi Admiral

George DeNormand as Nazi Officer

Louie Elias as Sailor

Milquetoast Henry Limpet experiences his fondest wish and is transformed into a fish. As a talking fish he assists the US Navy in hunting German submarines during World War II.

Dunkirk

1958

English

7.1

♡ 7

73%

Action

based on a true story

Leslie Norman Director

Arnold Bell as Commander - Royal Navy

John G. Heller as German Soldier

Kenneth Cope as Lieutenant Lumpkin

Ronald Hines as Private Miles

A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. He has to get them back to Britain somehow. Meanwhile, British civilians are being dragged into the war with Operation Dynamo, the scheme to get the French and British forces back from the Dunkirk beaches. Some come forward to help, others were less willing.

Whisky Galore!

1949

English

7.1

♡ 5

96%

84%

Action

based on novel or book

Alexander Mackendrick Director

Basil Radford as Captain Paul Waggett

James Robertson Justice as Dr. Maclaren

Gordon Jackson as George Campbell

Bruce Seton as Sergeant Odd

Based on a true story. The name of the real ship, that sunk Feb 5 1941 - during WWII - was S/S Politician. Having left Liverpool two days earlier, heading for Jamaica, it sank outside Eriskay, The Outer Hebrides, Scotland, in bad weather, containing 250,000 bottles of whisky. The locals gathered as many bottles as they could, before the proper authorities arrived, and even today, bottles are found in the sand or in the sea every other year.

A Guy Named Joe

1943

English

6.9

♡ 5

60%

Victor Fleming Director

Irving Bacon as Cpl. Henderson

Barry Nelson as Dick Rumney

Marshall Reed as Flyer

Addison Richards as Maj. Corbett

A cocky U.S. Army Air Force pilot stationed in England during World War II falls for a daring female flier. After he's killed on a mission, he's sent back to Earth by a heavenly General with a new assignment.