Summer of 1939. Zosia is a young Polish girl who is deeply in love with Ukrainian Petro. Their great love will be put to the test when her father decides to marry her to a wealthy widower Skiba. Right after wedding she is left alone because her husband is drafted to the Polish army for the war with Germany. Meanwhile, tensions grow due to Jews, Poles, and Ukrainians living side by side.

Labyrinth of Lies

2014

German

7.3

♡ 10

83%

Giulio Ricciarelli Director

Alexander Fehling as Johann Radmann

Friederike Becht as Marlene Wondrak

Timo Dierkes as Peter Mertens

Johann von Bülow as Staatsanwalt Otto Haller

A young prosecutor in postwar West Germany investigates a massive conspiracy to cover up the Nazi pasts of prominent public figures.

The Round Up

2010

French

7.1

♡ 14

96%

Rose Bosch Director

Adèle Exarchopoulos as Anna Traube

Mélanie Laurent as Annette Monod

Jean Reno as Dr. David Scheinbaum

Anne Benoît as Matthey Jouanis

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

Butterfly Vision

2022

Ukrainian

6.5

♡ 4

86%

Maksym Nakonechnyi Director

Miroslav Gai as Beard

Myroslava Vytrykhovska-Makar as Lilia's mother

Natalya Vorozhbit as Magpie

Yevheniya Nepytaliuk as Ombudswoman

After spending months as a prisoner in Donbas, Ukrainian aerial reconnaissance expert Lilia returns home to her family. But the trauma of captivity continues to torment her and surface in dreamlike ways. Something growing deep within Lilia will not allow her to forget, yet she refuses to identify as a victim and will fight to liberate herself.

The Bridge

1959

German

7.9

♡ 11

Bernhard Wicki Director

Fritz Wepper as Albert Mutz

Frank Glaubrecht as Jurgen Borchert

Til Kiwe as Knight of the Iron Cross

Ira Lewis as (voice)

A group of German boys are ordered to protect a small bridge in their home village during the waning months of the second world war. Truckloads of defeated, cynical Wehrmacht soldiers flee the approaching American troops, but the boys, full of enthusiasm for the "blood and honor" Nazi ideology, stay to defend the useless bridge. The film is based on a West German anti-war novel of the same name, written by Gregor Dorfmeister.

The Ghost Writer

2010

English

7.2

♡ 75

84%

70%

Action

based on novel or book

central intelligence agency (cia)

Roman Polanski Director

Pierce Brosnan as Adam Lang

Robert Pugh as Richard Rycart

Jon Bernthal as Rick Ricardelli

Ewan McGregor as The Ghost

A writer stumbles upon a long-hidden secret when he agrees to help former British Prime Minister Adam Lang complete his memoirs on a remote island after the politician's assistant drowns in a mysterious accident.

The Reader

2008

English

♡ 129

63%

79%

Action

based on novel or book

Stephen Daldry Director

Jürgen Tarrach as Gerhard Bade

Kate Winslet as Hanna Schmitz

Ralph Fiennes as Michael Berg

Michael Schenk as Remand Prison Guard #2

The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as a concentration camp guard late in the war. He alone realizes that Hanna is illiterate and may be concealing that fact at the expense of her freedom.

A Time to Love and a Time to Die

1958

English

7.6

♡ 6

75%

Douglas Sirk Director

Don DeFore as Boettcher

Jock Mahoney as Immerman

Keenan Wynn as Reuter

Paul Frees as Several Characters

A German soldier home on leave falls in love with a girl, then returns to World War II.

Tears of the Sun

2003

English

6.6

♡ 98

34%

Antoine Fuqua Director

Tom Skerritt as Captain Bill Rhodes

Monica Bellucci as Dr. Lena Fiore Kendricks

Cole Hauser as James 'Red' Atkins

Bruce Willis as Lieutenant A.K. Waters

Navy SEAL Lieutenant A.K. Waters and his elite squadron of tactical specialists are forced to choose between their duty and their humanity, between following orders by ignoring the conflict that surrounds them, or finding the courage to follow their conscience and protect a group of innocent refugees. When the democratic government of Nigeria collapses and the country is taken over by a ruthless military dictator, Waters, a fiercely loyal and hardened veteran is dispatched on a routine mission to retrieve a Doctors Without Borders physician.

The A-Team

2010

English

6.7

♡ 190

48%

Joe Carnahan Director

Jessica Biel as Charissa Sosa

Liam Neeson as Hannibal

Patrick Wilson as Lynch

Jon Hamm as Other Lynch

A man who loves when a plan comes together, Col. Hannibal Smith leads a close-knit team of elite operatives and Iraq War veterans. Framed for a crime they didn't commit, Smith and his men, Capt. H.M. ‘Howling Mad’ Murdock , Sgt. Bosco ‘B.A.’ Baracus, and Lt. Templeton ‘Faceman’ Peck, break out and go rogue, using their special talents to clear their names and find the perpetrator. Hot on their trail is Capt. Charissa Sosa, who was once involved with a member of Smith's team and has sworn to capture them, no matter what it takes.

Doctors of the Dark Side

2011

English

6.9

♡ 3

central intelligence agency (cia)

Martha Davis Director

Gian-Murray Gianino as Detainee

Lee Aaron Rosen as Instructor

Diane Davis as Instructor

Mercedes Ruehl as Narrator

Doctors of the Dark Side is the first feature length documentary about the pivotal role of physicians and psychologists in detainee torture. The stories of four detainees and the doctors involved in their abuse demonstrate how US Army and CIA doctors implemented the Enhanced Interrogation Techniques and covered up signs of torture at Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib. Interviews with medical, legal and intelligence experts and evidence from declassified government memos document what has been called the greatest scandal in American medical ethics. Based on four years of research by Producer/Director Martha Davis, written by Oscar winning Mark Jonathan Harris, and filmed in HD by Emmy winning DP Lisa Rinzler, the film shows how the torture of detainees could not continue without the assistance of the doctors.

Breaker Morant

1980

English

7.8

♡ 7

100%

91%

Action

based on a true story

Bruce Beresford Director

Trevor Mann as B / M Little

Charles 'Bud' Tingwell as Lt. Col. Denny

Lewis Fitz-Gerald as Lt. George Witton

Rod Mullinar as Major Charles Bolton

During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners. Though they acted under orders, they are being used as scapegoats by the General Staff, who hopes to distance themselves from the irregular practices of the war. The trial does not progress as smoothly as expected by the General Staff, as the defence puts up a strong fight in the courtroom.

Killing Gaza

2018

English

7.2

♡ 44

palestinian-israeli conflict

War

war crimes

Max Blumenthal Director

John Kerry as (archive footage)

Benjamin Netanyahu as Self

Abu Obaida as Self - Palestinian freedom fighter

In Killing Gaza, independent journalists Max Blumenthal and Dan Cohen documented Israel’s 2014 war on Gaza. Yet this film is much more than a documentary about Palestinian resilience and suffering. It is a chilling visual document of war crimes committed by the Israeli military, featuring direct testimony and evidence from the survivors.

In a Glass Cage

1986

Spanish

6.7

♡ 4

Agustí Villaronga Director

Ricardo Carcelero as Angelo Niño

Günter Meisner as Klaus

David Cuspinera as Niño barracon

Josuè Guasch as Niño Cantor

A mysterious teenager named Ángelo cares for Klaus, a German doctor with a dark past who lives trapped in an iron lung.

Man Behind the Sun

1988

Cn

6.1

♡ 14

Tun Fei Mou Director

Jiang Wen as

Shennin Wang as

Dai Yao Wu as

Runshen Wang as (as Run Shen Wang)

The film is a graphic depiction of the war atrocities committed by the Japanese at Unit 731, the secret biological weapons experimentation unit of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. The film details the various cruel medical experiments Unit 731 inflicted upon the Chinese and Soviet prisoners at the tail-end of the war.

Rescue Dawn

2006

English

7.2

♡ 122

90%

Werner Herzog Director

Marshall Bell as Admiral

Christian Bale as Dieter Dengler

Steve Zahn as Duane

François Chau as Province Governor

A US Fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.

Harrison's Flowers

2000

English

7.0

♡ 7

49%

Élie Chouraqui Director

Gerard Butler as Chris Kumac, Photojournalist

Christian Charmetant as Jeff

Adrien Brody as Kyle Morris

Brendan Gleeson as Marc Stevenson

1991. Harrison Lloyd, a renowned photojournalist covering the war in Yugoslavia, is reported missing. Sarah, his wife, convinced that he is not dead, decides to go to Bosnia to find him.

La Llorona

2019

Spanish

6.6

♡ 58

96%

Jayro Bustamante Director

María Mercedes Coroy as Alma

Margarita Kenéfic as Carmen

Juan Pablo Olyslager as Letona

Alejandra Colom as Periodista

Accused of the genocide of Mayan people, retired general Enrique is trapped in his mansion by massive protests. Abandoned by his staff, the indignant old man and his family must face the devastating truth of his actions and the growing sense that a wrathful supernatural force is targeting them for his crimes.

Music Box

1989

English

7.4

♡ 13

75%

Costa-Gavras Director

Jessica Lange as Ann Talbot

Frederic Forrest as Jack Burke

Michael Rooker as Karchy Laszlo

Lukas Haas as Mikey Talbot

A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.

The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On

1987

Japanese

8.1

♡ 5

100%

Kazuo Hara Director

Eizaburo Oshima as

Rinko Sakimoto as

Yukio Seo as

Shizumi Okuzaki as

Kenzo Okuzaki, a 62-year-old veteran of the New Guinea campaign in World War II, sets out to conduct interviews with survivors and relatives to find the truth behind atrocities committed while the Japanese garrison was surrounded, in particular the unexplained killing of two Japanese privates in his unit.

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