About young British journalist, George Hogg, who with the assistance of a courageous Australian nurse, saves a group of orphaned children during the Japanese occupation of China in 1937.

Diamonds of the Night

1964

Czech

7.3

♡ 8

92%

Jan Nemec Director

Josef Kubat as

Bohumil Moudry as

Rudolf Lukásek as

Karel Navratil as

Two Jewish boys escape from a train transporting them from one concentration camp to another. Ultimately, they are hunted down by a group of old, armed home-guardists.

Winter in Wartime

2008

Dutch

7.0

♡ 7

75%

Martin Koolhoven Director

Dan van Husen as Auer

Tygo Gernandt as Bertus

Jamie Campbell Bower as Jack

Raymond Thiry as Johan

During World War II in the freezing winter of 1944-45 the western Netherlands are in the grip of a famine. Many people move east to provide for their families. Fourteen year old Michiel can't wait to join the Dutch resistance, to the dismay of his father, who, as mayor, works to prevent escalations in the village.

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.

Ballad of the Little Soldier

1984

German

7.2

♡ 6

Werner Herzog Director

Werner Herzog as Self

Denis Reichle as Self

A group of Miskito Indians use Nicaraguan child soldiers in their resistance against the Sandinistas.

Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport

2000

English

7.7

♡ 3

92%

Mark Jonathan Harris Director

Alexander Leeb as Father

Judi Dench as Narrator

Adolf Hitler as Self

Lore Segal as Self

In the nine months prior to World War II, 10.000 innocent children left behind their families, their homes, their childhood, and took the journey... to Britain to escape the Nazi Holocaust.

Son of Babylon

2009

Arabic

7.2

♡ 7

100%

Mohamed Al Daradji Director

Yasser Talib as Ahmed

Patrick Lally as American

Bryan Bounds as American

Shazada Hussein as Um Ibrahim

A willful young boy follows his just and obstinate grandmother on a journey across Iraq, determined to discover the fate of her missing son, Ahmed's father, who never returned from war.

The Diary of Anne Frank

2016

German

6.8

♡ 4

1940s

based on memoir or autobiography

Hans Steinbichler Director

Lea van Acken as Anne Frank

Jamie Bick as Hanneli

Florian Teichtmeister as Karl Josef Silberbauer

Ulrich Noethen as Otto Frank

The story of Anne Frank, the Jewish girl who went into hiding with her family in Amsterdam and became a victim of the Holocaust.

Pojat

1962

Finnish

7.2

♡ 2

based on novel or book

Mikko Niskanen Director

Tapio Hämäläinen as Kansakoulun pääopettaja

Matti Pellonpää as Koulupoika

Olavi Ahonen as Pastori Pisa

Kaarlo Wilska as Saksalainen sotilas

When Continuation War started in Summer 1941, German soldiers arrived to Oulu. With their charm they conquered women and town boys. Finnish boys communicated with them on many levels: had trades, worked as interpreters, rotated business, spied on German love adventures and fought with each other about the favor of soldiers. In autumn 1944, the war was ending. Germans left Oulu by leaving behind fragile relationships, bastard kids and unfinished businesses. The most shocking of all was the faith of young Jake...

The Book Thief

2013

English

7.5

♡ 139

50%

73%

Action

based on novel or book

based on young adult novel

Brian Percival Director

Ben Schnetzer as Max Vandenburg

Godehard Giese as Policeman on Train

Rainer Reiners as Priest

Emily Watson as Rosa Hubermann

While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refugee is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.

Lacombe, Lucien

1974

French

7.6

♡ 10

100%

Louis Malle Director

Gaëtan Bloom as

Aurore Clément as France

Jacqueline Staup as Melle Chauvelot

Jean Rougerie as Tonin

In Louis Malle's lauded drama, Lucien Lacombe is a young man living in rural France during World War II who seeks to join the French Resistance. When he is rejected due to his youth, the resentful Lucien allies himself with the Nazis and joins the Gallic arm of their Gestapo. Lucien grows to enjoy the power that comes with his position, but his life is complicated when he falls for France Horn, a beautiful young Jewish woman.

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The Children of Huang Shi

Diamonds of the Night

Winter in Wartime

Belle & Sebastian

Ballad of the Little Soldier

Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport

Son of Babylon

The Diary of Anne Frank

Pojat

The Book Thief

Lacombe, Lucien