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1. A Bridge Too Far (1977)
PG | 175 min | Drama, History, War
Operation Market Garden, September 1944: The Allies attempt to capture several strategically important bridges in the Netherlands in the hope of breaking the German lines.
Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Sean Connery, Ryan O'Neal, Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier
Votes: 61,717 | Gross: $50.80M
2. Berlin 1945 (2020)
52 min | Documentary, History, War
Life in Berlin in 1945 before, during and after the battle of Berlin seen through the eyes of those who were there at the time from common Berliners to Allied troops.
Stars: Simon Brauer, Konstantin Achmed Bürger, Yvette Coetzee, Lucie David
Votes: 322
3. How to Lose a War (2023)
Documentary, History, War
'How to Lose a War' offers a fresh perspective on the story of 1939-1945 - the second world war.
Stars: Alexander Henry, Briony Williams, Sandra Wilson, Richard Hammond
Votes: 8
4. The Savage Peace (2015 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary, History
When the Second World War ended, the people of liberated Europe celebrated their freedom from Nazi tyranny. Their years of suffering had ended, but for millions of Germans, the end of the conflict opened a new and terrible chapter.
Director: Peter Molloy | Stars: Christa Ronke, Marianne Becker, Meda Mládek, Stanislava Zverinova
Votes: 314
5. Apocalypse, le crépuscule d'Hitler (2023)
Documentary, History, War
The story of the end of the Second World War as seen by Hitler from 1943 and the turning point of the terrible Battle of Kursk. The end of the reign of the Nazi dictator.
Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Stephen Rashbrook
Votes: 53
6. The Battle of Normandy: 85 Days in Hell (2019 TV Movie)
44 min | Documentary, History, War
An unprecedented look at the vicious three-month Battle of Normandy that took place after the D-Day invasion.
Director: Guilain Depardieu | Stars: John McManus, Anthony Beevor, Tim Cook, Geoffrey Bateman
Votes: 56
7. The Living Dead (1995)
176 min | Documentary
Investigating the way politicians erase, rewrite and interpret the past to their own interest.
Star: Adam Curtis
Votes: 360
8. 1944: Should We Bomb Auschwitz? (2019 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary, Drama, History
After two men escape from the death camp at Auschwitz to tell the world the details of the Nazi genocide there, the Allies face a moral dilemma: to stop further killings, should we bomb Auschwitz?
Director: Tim Dunn | Stars: Nikolaus Wachsmann, Deborah Lipstadt, Michael Berenbaum, Rebecca Erbelding
Votes: 87
9. Moscow Strikes Back (1942)
Approved | 55 min | Documentary, War
A number of frontline cameramen shot the footage used in this documentary of the Battle of Moscow, between October 1941 and January 1942,in which a people's war against the German invaders,... See full summary »
Directors: Ilya Kopalin, Leonid Varlamov | Stars: N. Dubravin, Edward G. Robinson, Joseph Stalin
Votes: 296
10. Battle for the Bulge (1969)
48 min | Documentary, History, War
This WWII documentary uses current location filming and authentic historic film clips to document the Battle of the Bulge, the last big German offensive in World War II, which was launched ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Batty | Stars: Hasso von Manteuffel, Robert Hasbrouck, John Mace, David Belchem
Votes: 16
11. Battle for Cassino (1969 Video)
51 min | Documentary, History, War
In this World War II documentary, we examine several of the controversial bombings of the war. Included is Allies bombing of the Benedictine Monastery on Monte Cassino.
Director: Peter Batty | Stars: Bernard Archard, Allan Francis Harding, Dan Davin, Achim Oster
Votes: 13
12. Little Ships (2010 TV Movie)
Documentary, History, War
Dan Snow tells the story of the 'little ships' which took part in the Dunkirk evacuation.
Director: Linda Sands | Stars: Dan Snow, Ian Gilbert, John Tough, Simon Palmer
Votes: 12
13. Blitz on Berlin (2014 Video)
56 min | Documentary, History, War
A detailed account of the allied bombing raids on the city of Berlin in World War Two.
Director: Stanley Joseph | Stars: Barbara Von Rimscha, Anne-Marie Von Mutius, Adolf Hitler, Kaiser Wilhelm II
Votes: 6
14. Taiheiyô sensô to Himeyuri butai (1962)
93 min | Drama, War
The last fight put up by remaining Japanese forces and a special volunteer nursing corps on Okinawa at the end of World War II (1944-45).
Director: Kiyoshi Komori | Stars: Tôru Abe, Kanjûrô Arashi, Shinjirô Asano, Kikuko Hanaoka
Votes: 14
15. Fighting Norway (1943)
Documentary, Short, War
Documentary film about the Free Norwegian forces and their role in fighting World War II. Depicts Little Norway, a Norwegian Army Air Service training camp in southern Ontario.
Director: Sydney Newman | Star: Lorne Greene
16. Battle of Crete (2009 Video)
45 min | Documentary, History, War
A gripping World War Two documentary recounting the German airborne invasion of the Greek island of Crete in May 1941.
Director: Robert Garofalo | Stars: Roy Ward, Bernard Freyberg, Kurt Student
17. The West Wall (2014 Video)
60 min | History, War
A documentary charting the construction and strategic development of the German Siegfried Line, which stretched from the Netherlands to Switzerland.
Director: Robert Garofalo | Stars: Jeremy Anthony, Winston Churchill, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Adolf Hitler
18.
Justice League (2001–2004)
Episode:
The Savage Time: Part II
(2002)
TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Mired in World War II, the Leaguers discover that Vandal Savage has usurped Hitler and is getting technology from his future self, setting the stage for his eventual rule.
Directors: Butch Lukic, Dan Riba | Stars: Maria Canals-Barrera, Susan Eisenberg, Phil LaMarr, Carl Lumbly
Votes: 781
19.
Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State (2005)
Episode:
Liberation & Revenge
(2005)
TV-14 | 48 min | Documentary, History, War
In 1945, Red Army soldiers liberate Auschwitz-Birkenau. As other liberations occur in the following months, the world is appalled. Surviving Jews face horrors as they try to return to their lives, and few SS-men are found and put on trial.
Directors: Laurence Rees, Catherine Tatge | Stars: Gert Heidenreich, Linda Hunt, Samuel West, Vasily Gromadsky
Votes: 168
20.
Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State (2005)
Episode:
Frenzied Killing
(2005)
TV-14 | 48 min | Documentary, History, War
More people are killed in 1944 than ever before at Auschwitz. The Nazis try to sow seeds of confusion amongst the Allies in the East and Western Allies make decisions about negotiating with the Nazis about the Jews and bombing the camp.
Directors: Laurence Rees, Catherine Tatge | Stars: Gert Heidenreich, Linda Hunt, Samuel West, Peretz Revesz
Votes: 166
21.
The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode:
The Bomb: February-September 1945
(1974)
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War
Following the events from the death of US President Roosevelt through to the dropping of the two bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki that prompted Japan's surrender.
Stars: Laurence Olivier, Averell Harriman, Alger Hiss, Anthony Eden
Votes: 358
22.
The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode:
Reckoning: 1945... and after
(1974)
TV-PG | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
As wretched survivours suffer deprivations amongst the ruins, half of Germany and eastern Europe trade one socialist tyranny for another as the Soviets take power. Japan is occupied by the U. S., but the colonial empires disintegrate.
Stars: Laurence Olivier, Stephen Ambrose, William Robertson, Kay Summersby
Votes: 338
23.
Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode:
The Battle for North Africa
(1995)
Documentary, History, War
Director: Dave Flitton | Stars: Tim Pigott-Smith, Winston Churchill, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Bernard L. Montgomery
Votes: 6
24.
Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode:
The Battle for Italy
(1996)
Documentary, History, War
Director: Dave Flitton | Stars: Tim Pigott-Smith, Benito Mussolini
25.
Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode:
Campaign in the Balkans
(2004)
105 min | Documentary, History, War
We examine the course of savage fighting in the Balkans in the latter half of the conflict in World War 2 where after the uprising by the Romanians, the Soviet Army moved swiftly to capture Bucharest.
Stars: Jonathan Booth, Ion Antonescu, Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, Ernst Busch
Votes: 12
26.
Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode:
Manchuria: The Forgotten Victory
(2000)
Documentary, History, War
Tim Pigott-Smith narrates the story of the Soviet victory over the mighty Japanese Kwangtung Army in the mountains of Manchuria, which is one of the least known of the Second World War.
Stars: Tim Pigott-Smith, Aleksei Antonov, Henry H. Arnold, Kai-Shek Chiang
Votes: 6
28.
Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode:
Operation Market Garden
(2001)
Documentary, History, War
Operation Market Garden was an attempt by the allies to use airborne units to seize key bridges and short-cut the slog into northern Germany thereby shortening the war. This is a look at the plan, the leaders and the equipment involved.
Directors: Andrew Aitken, Dave Flitton, James Wignall | Stars: Jonathan Booth, Wilhelm Bittrich, Omar N. Bradley, Lewis H. Brereton
Votes: 7
29.
Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode:
The Battle for Caen
(2001)
Documentary, History, War
Stars: Jonathan Booth, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Bernard L. Montgomery, Erwin Rommel
Votes: 15
30.
Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode:
The Battle for the Mediterranean
(2002)
Documentary, History, War
We tell the story of the crucial battles for control of the Mediterranean, North Africa, and the irreplaceable oil fields in World War 2 and the story of the war in Greece.
Stars: Jonathan Booth, Harold Alexander, Claude Auchinleck, Winston Churchill
Votes: 6
31.
Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode:
The Battles for Tunisia
(2001)
Documentary, History, War
The campaign in Tunisia in World War Two saw the battles that finally ended the brutal war in the desert. We look at the weapons used and tactics and tell the story of the battle itself.
Stars: Jonathan Booth, Harold Alexander, Kenneth Anderson, Claude Auchinleck
Votes: 7
32.
Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode:
The War Against the U-Boats
(2002)
Documentary, History, War
An in depth look at the World War II Battle of the Atlantic, the people who commanded the fighting, the national leaders, and the equipment used.
Stars: Jonathan Booth, Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill, Martin Dunbar-Nasmith
Votes: 7
33.
Churchill (2021)
Episode:
Path to Victory
(2021)
45 min | Documentary, Biography
Looking at Churchill's Christmas visit to Washington, DC in 1941, during which he secured the support of US president Franklin Roosevelt.
Director: Stephanie Seabrook | Star: Aaron Neil
Votes: 9
34.
Battle Honours (2021– )
Episode:
Big Red One
(2021)
Documentary, History, War
The story of the longest serving infantry division in the US Army, who fought in every major campaign in Western Europe in which American forces were engaged.
Directors: Adam Luria, Ian Bremner | Stars: Harley Reynolds, Flint Whitlock, Jon Trigg, Benjamin Hilton
35.
Battle Honours (2021– )
Episode:
Red Devils
(2021)
Documentary, History, War
From the moment British airborne was formed after Churchill noted the impressive feats of Germany's elite Falschirmjaeger paratroopers, Britain's Airborne would be an elite fighting force.
Directors: Adam Luria, Ian Bremner | Stars: Chip Chapman, Tony Hibbert, Jim Knox, Jon Trigg
36.
Battle Honours (2021– )
Episode:
Desert Rats
(2021)
Documentary, History, War
The story of the armoured units who landed in Normandy to spearhead the Allied advance into Nazi occupied Europe and break open the Third Reich's defences.
Directors: Adam Luria, Ian Bremner | Stars: Dick Taylor, Jon Trigg, Rodney Scott, Cecil Newton
37.
Battle Honours (2021– )
Episode:
Screaming Eagles
(2021)
Documentary, History, War
The 101st Airborne parachuted into their first battle on D-Day, swiftly proving their worth as one of the most accomplished combat formations ever fielded by the US army.
Directors: Adam Luria, Ian Bremner | Stars: John O'Brien, Ed Shames, Carl Beck, Jon Trigg
38.
Battle Honours (2021– )
Episode:
Rangers
(2021)
Documentary, History, War
America's first true Special Forces units, specially selected and trained with the help of British commandos, Rangers became the first US ground forces to see action in Europe.
Directors: Adam Luria, Ian Bremner | Stars: Edwin Roth, George Sabine, Flint Whitlock, Jon Trigg
39.
Battle Honours (2021– )
Episode:
The Mighty Eighth
(2021)
Documentary, History, War
The 8th United States Army Air Force flew some of WW2's most daring raids and sorties over Germany and mainland Europe.
Director: Adam Luria | Stars: Robert Ricks, Bill Toombs, Flint Whitlock, Henry Hughey
40.
World War Weird (2017– )
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(2017)
Documentary, History, War
This is war at its weirdest. Learn all about Stalin's flying saucer, an Allied ghost army designed to fool Hitler and the mystery wartime disappearance of musician Glenn Miller.
Director: Pascal Hughes | Stars: Dominic Selwood, Andrew Gough, Michael Wood, Sam Edwards
41.
World War Weird (2017– )
Episode:
Episode #2.2
(2018)
Documentary, History, War
To improve their bombs, the US Navy turned to the animal world for inspiration. When 270 men vanished into a cloud, witnesses claimed the soldiers had been abducted by aliens.
Directors: Mike Ibeji, Justine Ostrowska, Alex Turner | Stars: Martin K.A. Morgan, Andrew Robertshaw, Guy Walters, Joshua Levine
42.
Rise of the Nazis (2019–2023)
Episode:
The Home Front
(2022)
Documentary, History
Facing defeat on the Eastern Front, Hitler retreats. Deep rifts emerge, and his inner circle vies for power. The resistance gets a student voice, and an enemy within plots to kill Hitler.
Director: Julian Jones | Stars: Richard John Evans, Pablo de Orellana, Afua Hirsch, Christian Goeschel
Votes: 65
43.
Battle Plan Under Fire (2004– )
Episode:
Deception
(2004)
Documentary, History, War
Find out how deception can take many forms and turn the tides of even the most perilous of situations.
Director: Gordon Stevens | Stars: Lloyd Clark, Bruce Gudmundsson, Eric Meyers, Winston Churchill
44.
Battle Plan Under Fire (2004– )
Episode:
Assault from the Air
(2004)
Documentary, History, War
Exploring the history of military tactics - assaults from the air introduce a third dimension to a a battlefield. This programme focuses on the key requirements for air assault.
Stars: Lloyd Clark, Bruce Gudmundsson, Eric Meyers, Lewis H. Brereton
45.
1945-1953: From World War to Cold War (2018)
Episode:
Yalta, the Twilight of the Big Three
56 min | Documentary, History, War
Hear how the Yalta Conference of 1945 - in which Franklin D Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin met to discuss Europe's post-war reorganization - led to enmity.
Director: Emilie Lançon | Stars: Curtis Roosevelt, Robert Franck, François Kersaudy, André Kaspi
46.
The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022)
Episode:
The Homeless, The Tempest-Tossed (1942-)
(2022)
TV-14 | 131 min | Documentary, History
A group of government officials supports and finances rescue operations. Allied soldiers begin to liberate concentration camps and find mass graves. The public sees the sheer scale of the Holocaust.
Directors: Sarah Botstein, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, Daniel Mendelsohn, Deborah Lipstadt, Eva Geiringer
Votes: 146
47.
Hitler: Uncovering His Fatal Obsession (2021)
Episode:
Time is Blood
(2021)
45 min | Documentary, History, War
After a terrible winter, 1942 starts badly for Stalin due to a ruthless Nazi campaign that leaves millions of Soviets captive and without food.
Directors: Lyndy Saville, Cal Seville | Stars: Max Hastings, Anthony Beevor, Klaus Schmider, Richard John Evans
Votes: 6
48.
World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode:
Victory in Europe
(2009)
TV-MA | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
In 1945, Germany is crumbly on both fronts. The Western Allies cross the Rhine and take most of Germany, while the Red Army quickly advances into Berlin. After Hitler's suicide, Germany surrenders and is divided among the allied powers.
Stars: Adolf Hitler, Gerd von Rundstedt, Albert Kesselring, Bernard L. Montgomery
Votes: 213
49.
Military Masterminds (2022)
Episode:
Rapid Dominance
(2022)
52 min | Documentary, History, War
From Julius Caesar to Napoleon Bonaparte, ancient generals took advantage of a military tactic still used in modern warfare - a tactic known as Rapid Dominance.
Director: Roberto Irwin | Stars: Ahron Bregman, Lawrence Freedman, Jenny Grant, Dina Gusejnova
50.
Military Masterminds (2022)
Episode:
Combat Power
(2022)
52 min | Documentary, History, War
Combined arms operations use the force of different military corps to increase combat power. Combining these forces needs incredible planning and authority.
Director: Roberto Irwin | Stars: Dan Hill, Jenny Grant, Daniel L. Davis, Christopher Hickey