1. The Song of Manshuk (Песнь о Маншук)
The story of the hero of the Soviet Union, Manshuk Mametova, machine-gunner of the 21st Guards Rifle Division of the 3rd shock army of the Kalinin Front, the guards sergeant in charge. The first woman awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for bravery. The film recreates the past and shows a day of combat life Manshuk and her comrades, who took unequal battle with German tanks.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
2. The English Patient
In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almásy enters into a world of love, betrayal, and politics.
It has an average vote of 7.177 on TMDB.
3. The Pianist
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
It has an average vote of 8.382 on TMDB.
4. Schindler's List
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
It has an average vote of 8.566 on TMDB.
5. Maikäfer flieg (Maikäfer flieg)
A movie based on the book by Christine Nöstlinger “Maikäfer, flieg! Mein Vater, das Kriegsende, Cohn und ich”
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
6. Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow (Освобождение 3: Направление главного удара)
This five part epic war drama gives a dramatized detailed account of Soviet Union's war against Nazi Germany during world war two. Each of the five parts represents a separate major eastern front campaign.
It has an average vote of 6.25 on TMDB.
7. Unbroken
A chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II.
It has an average vote of 7.438 on TMDB.
8. Appeal to Your Love (Oznamuje se láskám vašim)
A sad story about love between Czech boy and German girl during 1944.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
9. Samurai
A young Japanese-American orphan in California is taken in by a priest who is actually a Japanese secret agent and a samurai warrior. Due to the samurai's training, the boy murders his English teacher, kills the American parents who have adopted him, smuggles Japanese secret plans into the country, and eventually becomes the governor of California with plans to infiltrate Japanese spies into the state so they can take over.
It has an average vote of 3 on TMDB.
10. Casablanca
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
It has an average vote of 8.161 on TMDB.
11. Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams (Grbavica)
A woman and her daughter struggle to make their way through the aftermath of the Balkan war.
It has an average vote of 6.949 on TMDB.
12. Das Boot (Das Boot)
A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.
It has an average vote of 8.088 on TMDB.
13. Dawn of a Filmmaker: The Keisuke Kinoshita Story (はじまりのみち)
Keisuke Kinoshita sits easily alongside Ozu, Kurosawa and Naruse as one of Japan’s most respected legends of cinema. Made to commemorate the centenary of Kinoshita’s birth, this biographical drama chronicles formative hardships and personal encounters to provide a rare glimpse into the life of one of Japan’s most acclaimed screen directors. Includes archival footage from 49 of the films he produced during his career at Shochiku.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
14. The Guerrilla Unit (Njësiti guerril)
Action war film drama directed and written by Hysen Hakani with Muharrem Skënderi.
15. I am from Krajina, the Land of Chestnuts (Ja sam iz Krajine, zemlje kestena)
Omer returns to his homeland after a long time, there he encounters those from his past.
It has an average vote of 2 on TMDB.
16. Kapitán Dabač (Kapitán Dabač)
(Kapitán Dabač)
It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.
17. Death Is Called Engelchen (Smrt si říká Engelchen)
Pavel is a Czech partisan fighter in the waning days of the war. Just as peace is declared, Pavel is shot in the spine and sent to the hospital emergency ward. As he fades in and out of consciousness, he recalls the events that led to his participation in the underground. Holding German occupation commander Engelchen responsible for all the horrors and deprivations heaped upon his comrades, Pavel is kept alive by the possibility of recovering and exacting vengeance upon the Nazi officer - no matter how long it takes.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
18. Downfall (Der Untergang)
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his generals and advisers to fight to the last man. When the end finally does come, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender.
It has an average vote of 7.858 on TMDB.
19. Soldier of Orange (Soldaat van Oranje)
The lives of Erik Lanshof and five of his closest friends take different paths when the German army invades the Netherlands in 1940: fight and resistance, fear and resignation, collaboration and high treason.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
20. Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella)
A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.
It has an average vote of 8.45 on TMDB.
