After a series of assassinations in Nanking, a Japanese spy master gathers a group of suspects in a mansion, then a tense cat-and-mouse game erupts as the Chinese agent tries to keep his or her identity a secret.

They Fought for Their Country

1975

Russian

7.7

♡ 7

86%

1940s

Action

based on novel or book

Sergey Bondarchuk Director

Pyotr Merkurev as (as P. Merkuryev)

Natalya Gundareva as Glikeriya

Yuriy Nikulin as Nekrasov

Vyacheslav Tikhonov as Nikolay Streltsov

In July 1942, in the Second World War, the rearguard of the Russian army protects the bridgehead of the Don River against the German army while the retreating Russian troops cross the bridge. While they move back to the Russian territory through the countryside, the soldiers show their companionship, sentiments, fears and heroism to defend their motherland.

Another Time, Another Place

1958

English

5.8

♡ 3

37%

Action

cornwall, england

Drama

foreign correspondent

Romance

War

world war ii

Lewis Allen Director

John Le Mesurier as Dr. Aldridge

Sidney James as Jake Klein

Glynis Johns as Kay Trevor

Sean Connery as Mark Trevor

In England during WWII, an American news correspondent’s affair with a married British correspondent ends tragically when he is killed in action. Fearing a nervous breakdown as a result of his death, she travels to Cornwall to mourn with his family without any intention of revealing her relationship with him.

The Passage

1979

English

6.0

♡ 11

40%

Action

basque country, spain

J. Lee Thompson Director

Malcolm McDowell as Capt. Von Berkow

Jim Broadbent as German Soldier

James Mason as Prof. John Bergson

Christopher Lee as The Gypsy

During WW 2, a Basque shepherd is approached by the underground, who wants him to lead a scientist and his family across the Pyrenees. While being pursued by a sadistic German.

Carmen Jones

1954

English

6.7

♡ 9

72%

Otto Preminger Director

Carmen De Lavallade as Dance Soloist

Bernie Hamilton as Reporter

Brock Peters as Sergeant Brown

DeForest Covan as Trainer

In this musical set in an all-Black army camp, civilian parachute maker and "hot bundle" Carmen Jones is desired by many of the men. Naturally, she wants Joe, who's engaged to sweet Cindy Lou and about to go into pilot training for the Korean War.

George Takei's Allegiance

2016

English

8.3

♡ 3

Lorenzo Thione Director

Michael K. Lee as Frankie Suzuki

Marcus Choi as Johnny Goto

Lea Salonga as Kei Kimura

George Takei as Sam Kimura / Ojii-chan

Inspired by the true-life experience of its star George Takei, Allegiance follows one family's extraordinary journey in this untold American story following the events of Pearl Harbor. Their loyalty was questioned, their freedom taken away, but their spirit could never be broken.

Father of a Soldier

1964

Georgian

8.3

♡ 6

92%

Action

Drama

father seeks son in war

great patriotic war

War

world war ii

Rezo Chkheidze Director

Irakli Kokrashvili as Episodic role

Vladimir Pitsek as Hospital Receptionist

Irakli Nijaradze as Makharashvili's Fellow Villager

Aleksandr Lebedev as Nikolay Nazarov

During World War II, оld Georgian peasant wine-grower Georgy leaves his Georgian village and goes off to the front line, hoping to find his son. George should see and transfer a lot of things, he becomes a soldier and only in the last days of war finds the son...

Midway

1976

English

6.8

♡ 30

39%

Jack Smight Director

Tom Selleck as Aide to Capt. Cyril Simard

Lloyd Kino as Capt. Aoki

Edward Albert as Lieutenant Tom Garth

John Schuck as Wilson

This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a turning point for Americans during World War II.

Unsinkable: Japan's Lost Battleship

2020

English

6.6

♡ 3

Action

Documentary

History

imperial japanese navy

October 24, 1944, the world’s greatest battle at sea begins in the Philippines. Japan’s navy gambles on a decisive victory against the United States to turn the tide of World War II. Instead, Musashi, its top-secret super battleship, ends up at the bottom of the ocean.

Enigma

2001

English

6.4

♡ 35

71%

Michael Apted Director

Corin Redgrave as Admiral Trowbridge

Kate Winslet as Hester Wallace

Anne-Marie Duff as Kay

Tom Hollander as Logie

The story of the WWII project to crack the code behind the Enigma machine, used by the Germans to encrypt messages sent to their submarines.

Winston Churchill: A Giant in the Century

2015

French

7.7

♡ 5

David Korn-Brzoza Director

Charles Chaplin as Self

Harry S. Truman as Self

Sarah Churchill as Self

Diana Churchill as Self

A new look at the public and private life of one of the most important statesmen in the history of Europe: Winston Churchill (1874-1965), soldier, politician, writer, painter, leader of his country in the darkest hours, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, a myth, a giant of the 20th century.

The Rooster

1981

Swedish

5.9

♡ 1

Action

based on novel or book

Lasse Hallström Director

Pernilla August as Åsa Eriksson

Magnus Härenstam as Cederqvist

Tage Danielsson as Cyclist

Ing-Marie Carlsson as Karin Petrén

In 1944, Cederqvist comes to a small cloth factory to see how the all-women employees can work more efficiently. At the beginning he is greeted with suspicion and his efforts at courting the young ladies are futile. But as soon as he buys himself a car it becomes much easier, especially since he has the power to relocate people to an easier line of work. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.

Belle & Sebastian

2013

French

♡ 9

91%

based on children's book

Nicolas Vanier Director

Tchéky Karyo as César

Andreas Pietschmann as Lieutenant Peter

Jan Oliver Schroeder as Soldat Hans

Urbain Cancelier as The Mayor

Belle and Sebastian is set high in the snowy Alps during the Second World War. The resourceful Sebastian is a lonely boy who tames and befriends a giant, wild mountain dog, Belle – even though the villagers believe her to be ‘the beast’ that has been killing their sheep.

Swing Shift

1984

English

5.9

♡ 8

87%

Jonathan Demme Director

Todd Allen as Cpl. Bobby Danzig

Ed Harris as Jack Walsh

Kurt Russell as Lucky Lockhart

Charles Napier as Moon Willis

In 1941 America, Kay and her husband are happy enough until he enlists after Pearl Harbor. Against his wishes, she takes a job at the local aircraft plant where she meets Hazel, the singer from across the way. The two soon become firm friends and with the other girls become increasingly expert workers. As the war drags on, Kay finally dates her trumpet-playing foreman and life gets more complicated.

My Enemy's Enemy

2007

English

7.3

♡ 2

77%

Kevin Macdonald Director

Kevin Macdonald as Narrator / Interviewer

Adolf Hitler as Self

René Hardy as Self

Jacques Vergès as Self

Reveals an alternate history of the post-war world. This is a version of history where, in contrast to what we are all told, fascist ideology prevailed. The story of Klaus Barbie, Nazi torturer, American spy, tool of repressive right-wing regimes, is symbolic of the real relationship that the "Western" governments had with fascism and makes us see the world as it is today - and the politicians that inhabit it - in a different way.

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

1951

English

6.9

♡ 23

Henry Hathaway Director

Patrick Whyte as British Agent

Carleton Young as German Staff Officer

Sean McClory as Jock

John Roy as Soldier

The life and career of Erwin Rommel and his involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler.

The Key

1958

English

6.7

♡ 7

58%

Carol Reed Director

Trevor Howard as Captain Chris Ford

Michael Caine as Seaman

Sophia Loren as Stella

Aileen Lewis as Woman With Baby in Air Raid Shelter

In wartime England, circa 1941, poorly-armed tugs are sent into "U-Boat Alley" to rescue damaged Allied ships. An American named David Ross arrives to captain one of these tugs. He's given a key by a fellow tugboat-man -- a key to an apartment and its pretty female resident. Should something happen to the friend, Ross can use the key.

The Imperial Navy

1981

Japanese

6.5

♡ 7

Action

Drama

imperial japanese navy

Shûe Matsubayashi Director

Jun Tazaki as

Masao Imanishi as

Hisaya Morishige as

Nobuo Kaneko as Chuichi Nagumo

A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the battleship Yamato, Japan's greatest flagship during the Second World War.