World War II was not just the most destructive conflict in humanity, it was also the greatest theft in history: lives, families, communities, property, culture and heritage were all stolen. The story of Nazi Germany's plundering of Europe's great works of art during World War II and Allied efforts to minimize the damage.

Lost Transport

2022

Dutch

6.1

♡ 4

Saskia Diesing Director

Konstantin Frolov as Alexei

Germain Wagner as Priest

Willeke van Ammelrooy as Prologue voice over

Hanna van Vliet as Simone

In the spring of 1945, a train deporting hundreds of Jewish prisoners gets stranded near a small German village occupied by the Red Army. Condemned to each other and in a context of deep mistrust, desperation and revenge, an unexpected friendship emerges between Russian sniper Vera, village girl Winnie and Jewish-Dutch woman Simone.

Hangmen Also Die!

1943

English

7.4

♡ 10

Fritz Lang Director

Gene Lockhart as Emil Czaka

John Abbott as Hostage

Margaret Bert as Market Woman

Edward Earle as Professor

During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, surgeon Dr. Franticek Svoboda, a Czech patriot, assassinates the brutal "Hangman of Europe", Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich, and is wounded in the process. In his attempt to escape, he is helped by history professor Stephen Novotny and his daughter Mascha.

I Served the King of England

2006

Czech

7.3

♡ 5

79%

81%

Action

based on novel or book

prague, czech republic

Jirí Menzel Director

Pavel Nový as Generál

Julia Jentsch as Líza

Vladimír Kulhavý as Nemecký lekar

Adolf Hitler as Self

Prague, Czechoslovakia, during the inter-war period. Jan Dítě, a young and clever waiter who wants to become a millionaire, comes to the conclusion that to achieve his ambitious goal he must be diligent, listen and observe as much as he can, be always discreet and use what he learns to his own advantage; but the turbulent tides of history will continually stand in his way.

The Enemy Below

1957

English

7.4

♡ 28

86%

88%

Action

Adventure

battle of the atlantic

Dick Powell Director

Theodore Bikel as 'Heinie' Schwaffer

Frank Albertson as Lt. Crain

Louie Elias as Sailor

Curd Jürgens as Von Stolberg

The crew of the American destroyer escort, the USS Haynes, detects a German U-Boat—resulting in a prolonged, deadly battle of wits.

The Last Train

1973

French

6.9

♡ 8

69%

Pierre Granier-Deferre Director

Carlo Nell as

Anne Wiazemsky as La fille-mère

Jean-Pierre Castaldi as Le sergent

Adolf Hitler as Self

Two people, a Frenchman and a Jewish German woman, meet on a train while escaping the German army entering France.

Air Force

1943

English

7.0

♡ 6

82%

Howard Hawks Director

Addison Richards as Maj. Daniels

Ann Doran as Mrs. Mary Ann Quincannon

David S. Horsley as Orderly

William Hopper as Sergeant

The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of the Philippines.

Omaha Beach, Honor and Sacrifice

2014

English

7.5

♡ 4

Tim Gray Director

Tim McCarver as Narrator

Hal Baumgarten as Self - WWII veteran

Seven Decades after the bloody battle for Omaha Beach in Normandy, France on D-Day, many veterans are returning to visit one last time. Omaha Beach: Honor And Sacrifice tells the very personal stories of several veterans as they return to Omaha Beach and the celebration that Normandy, France holds in their honor every year.

Ghosts of War

2020

English

♡ 80

38%

Eric Bress Director

Alan Ritchson as Butchie

Amber Townsend as Camp Victim

Billy Zane as Dr. Engel

Theo Rossi as Kirk

A group of World War II American soldiers encounter a supernatural enemy as they occupy a French castle previously under Nazi control.

The Battle of Normandy: 85 Days in Hell

2019

English

7.6

♡ 5

Guilain Depardieu Director

Adolf Hitler as Self

Dwight D. Eisenhower as Self

Michael Wittmann as Self

Geoffrey Bateman as Self - Narrator

On the morning of June 6, 1944, thousands of ships reached the French coast of Normandy as part of an Allied operation to take back France from the Germans. For the next 85 days, U.S., British, and Canadian soldiers engaged in conflicts of unimaginable violence, conquering and liberating the region's cities, but at the cost of hundreds of thousands of lives. From the D-Day invasion to the final Nazi surrender in Argentan, this is the definitive story of the three-month Battle of Normandy as it's never been seen before.

The Hill

1965

English

7.8

♡ 16

75%

Sidney Lumet Director

Ian Bannen as Harris

Ossie Davis as Jacko King

Sean Connery as Joe Roberts

Roy Kinnear as Monty Bartlett

North Africa, World War II. British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to struggle up a brutal incline. It's not a military objective. It's The Hill, a manmade instrument of torture, a tower of sand seared by a white-hot sun. And the troops' tormentors are not the enemy, but their own comrades-at-arms.

The Survivor

2021

English

6.7

♡ 16

86%

concentration camp survivor

Barry Levinson Director

Danny DeVito as Charlie Goldman

Billy Magnussen as Dietrich Schneider

Balázs Veres as Jew in Camp / Boxing Crowd

John Leguizamo as Pepe

Harry Haft is a boxer who fought fellow prisoners in the concentration camps to survive. Haunted by the memories and his guilt, he attempts to use high-profile fights against boxing legends like Rocky Marciano as a way to find his first love again.

Alan & Naomi

1992

English

6.7

♡ 3

84%

Drama

Family

post traumatic stress disorder

post-traumatic stress disorder

post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)

world war ii

Sterling Van Wagenen Director

Lukas Haas as Alan Silverman

Zohra Lampert as Mrs. Liebman

Amy Aquino as Ruth Silverman

Michael Gross as Sol Silverman

When Naomi, a young refugee from Nazi-occupied Paris, moves into Alan Silverman’s building in New York, he does his best to avoid her. But despite Naomi's strange behavior and the language barrier, they slowly develop a deep and touching friendship.

Ike: Countdown to D-Day

2004

English

7.1

♡ 9

71%

Robert Harmon Director

Tom Selleck as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower

James Remar as Gen. Omar Bradley

Christopher James Baker as Group Cpt. Major James Stagg

Timothy Bottoms as Walter Bedell "Beetle" Smith

The story of the senior-level preparations for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944 from the time of Dwight D. Eisenhower's appointment as the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, to the establishment of the beachhead in Normandy.

Coming Out Under Fire

1994

English

7.5

♡ 2

91%

Arthur Dong Director

Salome Jens as Narrator

Norman Schwarzkopf as Self - General, U.S. Army -Retired

Bill Clinton as Self - President of the United States

Franklin D. Roosevelt as Self - President of the United States

A historical account of military policy regarding homosexuality during World War II. The documentary includes interviews with several homosexual WWII veterans.

Three Minutes: A Lengthening

2021

English

7.3

♡ 1

Bianca Stigter Director

Mary Rosen as Self

Evelyn Chandler Rosen as Self

Andrzej Lubieniecki as Self

Helena Bonham Carter as Self - Narrator

The story of the only three minutes of footage —a home movie shot by David Kurtz in 1938— showing images of the Jewish inhabitants of Nasielsk (Poland) before the beginning of the Shoah.

Dad's Army

1971

English

6.9

♡ 8

42%

Norman Cohen Director

Liz Fraser as Mrs. Pike

Sam Kydd as Nazi Orderly

Derek Newark as R.S.M.

John Le Mesurier as Sgt. Wilson

Dad's Army was a 1971 feature film based on the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army. Directed by Norman Cohen, it was filmed between series three and four and was based upon material from the early episodes of the television series. The film told the story of the Home Guard platoon's formation and their subsequent endeavours at a training exercise.

The Black Tent

1956

English

5.5

♡ 4

40%

Brian Desmond Hurst Director

Donald Pleasence as Ali

Anthony Steel as Capt. David Holland

Nanette Newman as Mabrouka

Michael Craig as Sheik Faris

During the British retreat through Libya, a British officer takes shelter with a group of Arab Bedouin. He marries the chief's daughter. Sometime later, his younger brother, who had believed him to be dead, is informed that he may be alive in Libya - prompting him to set out and search for him.

The Last Stage

1948

Polish

7.2

♡ 14

Action

auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp

based on true story

concentration camp prisoner

Wanda Jakubowska Director

Edward Dziewonski as Auschwitz Medical Officer

Barbara Rachwalska as Elza

Mariya Vinogradova as Nadya, a nursing aide

Jadwiga Chojnacka as Prisoner #2

Poland, during World War II. Martha Weiss, a Jewish woman, arrives at the Auschwitz extermination camp with her family. She is assigned the role of interpreter, but her loved ones are much less fortunate.

The Spy

2019

Norwegian

6.2

♡ 13

50%

Action

based on a true story

Jens Jonsson Director

Damien Chapelle as Andor Gellért

Johannes Kuhnke as Karl Gerhard

Sannamari Patjas as Secretary

Gitte Witt as Vipsen

Sonja Wigert, Scandinavia's most acclaimed female movie star, enlists as a spy for Swedish intelligence but ends up becoming entangled with the German Reichskommissar Terboven.

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The Hill

The Survivor

Alan & Naomi

Ike: Countdown to D-Day

Coming Out Under Fire

Three Minutes: A Lengthening

Dad's Army

The Black Tent

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