1. The Great Dictator
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
It has an average vote of 8.322 on TMDB.
2. The Flight (Die Flucht)
When Dr. Schmith's proposal for international research on infant mortality is rejected, he decides to leave East Germany and strikes a deal with an escape agency that promises him a leading position at a children's hospital in West Germany. But then the decision is reversed: the project is approved and his international colleagues want Dr. Schmith to head the GDR section. Moreover, he falls in love with his new colleague, Katharina. Schmith initially tries to ignore the arrangements he made with the escape agency, but they blackmail him. Things soon turn deadly...
It has an average vote of 8.5 on TMDB.
3. Her Name Was Ellie, His Name Was Lyle
In New York City, a relationship is threatened when a young man discovers he's caught syphilis from a tryst with a waitress named Ellie. This threatens his relationship with a new girl. Film critic Amy Taubin co-stars as the new girl who gets the bad news. The director is apparently the same man who edited Fritz Lang's The Testament of Dr. Mabuse.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
4. Full Metal Jacket
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
It has an average vote of 8.132 on TMDB.
5. Days of Hope (Espoir - Sierra de Teruel)
Spanish Civil War, 1937. A platoon of Republican soldiers plans to stop the advance of the rebel troops by bombing a bridge on the road to Zaragoza, near the city of Linás. With the close collaboration of the peasants of the area, the soldiers try to overcome the continuous bombardments and endure the harsh and tireless opposition of the powerful enemy…
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
6. Jeunes filles d'hier et d'aujourd'hui (Jeunes filles d'hier et d'aujourd'hui)
(Jeunes filles d'hier et d'aujourd'hui)
7. Love on Leave
George and Katherine plan to marry but war breaks out. When he returns on two weeks leave, but has his marriage proposal put down by Katherine, George enters a relationship with another woman.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
8. The People at No. 19
Reported cases of sexually transmitted disease took a sharp rise during and after World War II, but as this film testifies, sexual license amongst soldiers on the frontline wasn't the sole cause. Back on the home front, for many women, like Joan from No. 19, loneliness or newfound independence acted as an incentive to extramarital promiscuity.
It has an average vote of 4.5 on TMDB.
9. The Crew of the Dora (Besatzung Dora)
German film about Luftwaffe pilots. It depicts a love triangle involving two of them being overcome by their participation in battle together.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
10. 6 Little Jungle Boys
A short animated War Office commissioned health education film, showing the fate of each of the 6 jungle soldiers.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
11. My Führer (Mein Führer - Die wirklich wahrste Wahrheit über Adolf Hitler)
Hitler no longer believes in himself, and can barely see himself as an equal to even his sheep dog. But to seize the helm of the war he would have to create one of his famous fiery speeches to mobilize the masses. Goebbels therefore brings a Jewish acting teacher Grünbaum and his family from the camps in order to train the leader in rhetoric. Grünbaum is torn, but starts Hitler in his therapy ...
It has an average vote of 5.679 on TMDB.
12. Hotsunlight (Солнцепёк)
Lugansk region, May 2014. The Novozhilov family, by chance, finds itself in the thick of events in Lugansk. Vlad Novozhilov is a former participant in the war in Afghanistan. He knows firsthand what war is. Having seen enough of the horrors of war in his time, in principle he does not even want to touch a weapon. In a situation, he sees only one way out - to leave the country. But you can't run away from the war, the border is already closed. To save his family, he will have to make difficult moral choices.
It has an average vote of 7.578 on TMDB.
13. China's Little Devils
In this propaganda film, a courageous group of Chinese children risk their lives to assist downed American pilots escape the ruthless Japanese oppressors.
14. Lions for Lambs
Three stories told simultaneously in ninety minutes of real time: a Republican Senator who's a presidential hopeful gives an hour-long interview to a skeptical television reporter, detailing a strategy for victory in Afghanistan; two special forces ambushed on an Afghani ridge await rescue as Taliban forces close in; a poli-sci professor at a California college invites a student to re-engage.
It has an average vote of 6.04 on TMDB.
15. Six Murderous Beliefs
A short film from the National Safety Council detailing six commonly held beliefs that can lead to death.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
16. Heaven and Hell (Himmel og helvete)
Norwegian propaganda film and cult drama about Eva and Arne , both from well established homes, attend a class where a professor says that cannabis is safer than alcohol. Together with some friends they decide to try the drug. The start of a drug hell for all involved. The film was poorly received by the critics, but it nonetheless became one of the highest-grossing theater films in Norway in 1969
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
17. Bleeding Hearts
An ill-fated, tender romance between an adult white male tutor and his 17-year-old African-American female student.
It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.
18. A Test for Love
In this dramatized warning to young women of the risks of venereal disease, Betty, a shop girl, pays a severe price for just one 'slip'.
It has an average vote of 4.5 on TMDB.
19. Kids
A day in the life of a group of teens as they travel around New York City skating, drinking, smoking and deflowering virgins.
It has an average vote of 6.873 on TMDB.
20. Main Street Today
This patriotic short film promotes America's war effort at home. The story looks at a fictional small town's main street, seeing where additional workforce, for increased production of materials needed by the military, might come from.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
