The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War ...
The Dirty Dozen
1967
Robert Aldrich
7.6
Action, Adventure, War
United Kingdom
149
12 American military prisoners in World War II are ordered to infiltrate a well-guarded enemy château and kill the Nazi officers vacationing there. The soldiers, most of whom are facing death sentences for a variety of violent crimes, agree to the mission and the possible commuting of their sente...
The Longest Day
1962
Ken Annakin
7.6
War, Action, Drama
United States of America
178
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on t...
Fury
2014
David Ayer
7.5
War, Drama, Action
United States of America
135
April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-hardened army sergeant named Wardaddy commands a Sherman tank and her five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Outnumbered and outgunned, and with a rookie soldier thrust into their platoon, Wardaddy a...
Letters from Iwo Jima
2006
Clint Eastwood
7.5
Action, Drama, War
United States of America
141
The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.
Dunkirk
2017
Christopher Nolan
7.4
War, Action, Drama
United Kingdom
107
The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.
Greyhound
2020
Aaron Schneider
7.4
War, Action, Drama
Canada
92
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 a...
Sisu
2022
Jalmari Helander
7.4
Action, War, Thriller
Finland
91
When an ex-soldier who discovers gold in the Lapland wilderness tries to take the loot into the city, German soldiers led by a brutal SS officer battle him.
Midway
2019
Roland Emmerich
7.1
Action, War, History
Canada
138
The story of the Battle of Midway, and the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude and bravery to overcome massive odds.
Captain America: The First Avenger
2011
Joe Johnston
7
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
United States of America
124
During World War II, Steve Rogers is a sickly man from Brooklyn who's transformed into super-soldier Captain America to aid in the war effort. Rogers must stop the Red Skull – Adolf Hitler's ruthless head of weaponry, and the leader of an organization that intends to use a mysterious device of un...
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
2024
Guy Ritchie
7
Action, Comedy, War
United Kingdom
120
During World War II, the British Army assigns a group of competent soldiers to carry out a mission against the Nazi forces behind enemy lines... A true story about a secret British WWII organization — the Special Operations Executive. Founded by Winston Churchill, their irregular warfare against ...
The Way Back
2010
Peter Weir
7
Drama, Adventure, History
Poland
133
A small band of multicultural convicts stages a daring escape from a WWII-era Siberian gulag, and embarks on a treacherous journey across five countries in a desperate race for freedom and survival.
Pearl Harbor
2001
Michael Bay
6.9
War, Romance, History, Action
United States of America
183
The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval nurse Evelyn Johnson. But the rivalry between the friends-turned-foes is immediately put on hold when they find thems...
Allied
2016
Robert Zemeckis
6.8
Action, Drama, War, Romance, Thriller
China
124
In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.
Defiance
2008
Edward Zwick
6.8
Action, Drama, History, War
United States of America
137
Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet partisans to combat the Nazis. The brothers begin the rescue of roughly 1,200 Jews still trapped in the ghettos of Poland.
U-571
2000
Jonathan Mostow
6.5
War, Action, Adventure
United States of America
116
In the midst of World War II, the battle under the sea rages and the Nazis have the upper hand as the Allies are unable to crack their war codes. However, after a wrecked U-boat sends out an SOS signal, the Allies realise this is their chance to seize the 'enigma coding machine'.
Windtalkers
2002
John Woo
6.3
War, Action
United States of America
134
Joe Enders is a gung-ho Marine assigned to protect a "windtalker" - one of several Navajo Indians who were used to relay messages during World War II because their spoken language was indecipherable to Japanese code breakers.
The Monuments Men
2014
George Clooney
6.1
War, Drama, History, Action
Germany
118
Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on seven over-the-hill, out-of-shape museum directors, artists, architects, curators, and art historians who went to the front lines of WWII to rescue the world’s artistic masterpieces ...
Shadow in the Cloud
2021
Roseanne Liang
5.8
Horror, Action, War
United States of America
83
A WWII pilot traveling with top secret documents on a B-17 Flying Fortress encounters an evil presence on board the flight.
