II World War

Movies that take place during World War II or in which the war is key to the plot. The movies aren't necessarily about soldiers or battles but rather simply could reflect life during this era (1939-1945).

Total number of movies with this topic: 1185

Recent/Upcoming movies with this topic: 4

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8.70 6,429 votes

Apocalypse: The Second World War (TV)

(2009)

(Daniel Costelle, Isabelle Clarke) Documentary

8.65 130,960 votes

Schindler's List

(1993)

(Steven Spielberg) Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley

8.59 65,968 votes

The Great Dictator

(1940)

(Charles Chaplin) Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard

8.58 25,365 votes

To Be or Not to Be

(1942)

(Ernst Lubitsch) Carole Lombard, Jack Benny

8.53 39,280 votes

Band of Brothers (TV)

(2001)

(Stephen Ambrose (Creator), David Frankel) Damian Lewis, Ron Livingston

8.48 147,732 votes

Life is Beautiful

(1997)

(Roberto Benigni) Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi

8.41 872 votes

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

(1961)

(Masaki Kobayashi) Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama

8.41 3,613 votes

The World at War (TV Series)

(1974)

(Jeremy Isaacs (Creator), Hugh Raggett) Documentary

8.39 75,087 votes

Casablanca

(1942)

(Michael Curtiz) Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman

8.27 3,936 votes

A Man Escaped

(1956)

(Robert Bresson) François Leterrier, Roland Monod

8.26 115,182 votes

The Pianist

(2002)

(Roman Polanski) Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann

8.23 10,788 votes

Rome, Open City

(1945)

(Roberto Rossellini) Anna Magnani, Aldo Fabrizi

8.22 4,951 votes

The Best Years of Our Lives

(1946)

(William Wyler) Dana Andrews, Fredric March

8.22 52,889 votes

The Great Escape

(1963)

(John Sturges) Steve McQueen, James Garner

8.21 926 votes

The Human Condition II: The Road to Eternity

(1959)

(Masaki Kobayashi) Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama

8.18 1,190 votes

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

(1959)

(Masaki Kobayashi) Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama

8.17 4,523 votes

Germany, Year Zero

(1948)

(Roberto Rossellini) Edmund Moeschke, Werner Pittschau

8.06 19,594 votes

Grave of the Fireflies

(1988)

(Isao Takahata) Animation

8.03 2,550 votes

This Land is Mine

(1943)

(Jean Renoir) Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara

8.03 35 votes

Generation War (TV)

(2013)

(Philipp Kadelbach) Volker Bruch, Tom Schilling

8.03 8,527 votes

To Have and Have Not

(1944)

(Howard Hawks) Humphrey Bogart, Walter Brennan

8.02 123 votes

The Great Battle (Liberation)

(1969)

(Yuri Ozerov, Julius Kun) Vladimir Samojlov, Jan Englert

7.94 13,197 votes

Underground

(1995)

(Emir Kusturica) Miki Manojlovic, Lazar Ristovski

7.91 562 votes

The Shop on Main Street

(1965)

(Ján Kadár, Elmar Klos) Josef Kroner, Frantisek Zvarik

7.90 1,463 votes

Forbidden Games

(1951)

(René Clément) Brigitte Fossey, Georges Poujouly

7.89 9,964 votes

Goodbye Children

(1987)

(Louis Malle) Gaspard Manesse, Raphaël Fetjo

7.88 39,523 votes

The Bridge on the River Kwai

(1957)

(David Lean) William Holden, Alec Guinness

7.88 3,111 votes

The Train

(1964)

(John Frankenheimer) Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield

7.88 968 votes

The Cranes are Flying

(1957)

(Mikhail Kalatozov (AKA Mijaíl Kalatozov)) Tatyana Samojlova, Aleksei Batalov

7.88 179 votes

The Ascent

(1977)

(Larisa Shepitko) Boris Plotnikov, Vladimir Gostyukhin

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