Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "german-invasion-of-france"

1. Hitler: A Career (1977)

Not Rated | 150 min | Documentary, History

This meticulously assembled film dissects the Third Reich with an analytical blade, charting Hitler's improbable rise, his mastery of crowd psychology and his consummate skill in exploiting others' weaknesses.

Directors: Joachim Fest, Christian Herrendoerfer | Stars: Gert Westphal, Stephen Murray, Artur Axmann, General Bergeret

Votes: 3,036

2. Come What May (2015)

R | 114 min | Drama, War

A German communist flees to Northern France with his son. German troops follow May 1940. The son flees with the village towards Dieppe at the English Channel, as does the separated dad, joined by a Scottish officer.

Director: Christian Carion | Stars: August Diehl, Olivier Gourmet, Mathilde Seigner, Alice Isaaz

Votes: 1,253 | Gross: $0.03M

3. Strange Confession (1944)

Approved | 92 min | Drama, War

In World War 2 an escaped murderer who takes the identity of a dead soldier becomes a hero fighting in Africa, but his past catches up with him.

Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Jean Gabin, Richard Whorf, Allyn Joslyn, Ellen Drew

Votes: 223

4. Somewhere in France (1942)

Approved | 87 min | Adventure, Drama, War

In 1940, a British engineer goes to France to retrieve specialized armaments machinery, loaned to the French, before the invading Nazi armies can capture it.

Director: Charles Frend | Stars: Tommy Trinder, Constance Cummings, Clifford Evans, Robert Morley

Votes: 400

5. Let's Go Up the Champs-Élysées (1938)

Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama

Let Guitry take you down cause he's going to...Elysées Fields .

Directors: Sacha Guitry, Robert Bibal | Stars: Sacha Guitry, Lucien Baroux, Jean Périer, Roger Bourdin

Votes: 246

6. Forced March (2018)

Documentary

'Forced March' describes the prevalent drug use by the Nazi armed forces during World War Two. Emerging from the open society following World War One, German pharmaceutical companies grew ... See full summary »

Director: Duncan Napier-Bell | Stars: Anthony Beevor, Lloyd Clark, Johann Hari, James Holland

Votes: 51

7. 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

8. 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

9. Modern Marvels (1993– )
Episode: Eiffel Tower (1994)

TV-14 | 48 min | Documentary, History

Despite its detractors in the French art world, Gustave Eiffel's tower quickly won the hearts of Parisians and came to symbolize the spirit of Paris during the city's tribulations over the ... See full summary »

Director: Andrew Thomas

Votes: 26

10. Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode: Hitler's Secrets

TV-PG | 51 min | Documentary, History, War

From his "grand deception" against Stalin to his spy operations in America, Adolf Hitler shared many secrets with his intelligence masters. An examination of Hitler and the eventual betrayal of his chief spymaster.

Stars: Charlton Heston, Heinz Felfe, Thomas B. Allen, Terry Charman

11. The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode: France Falls: May-June 1940 (1973)

TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War

French politics, the Maginot Line, the Saar Offensive, Blitzkrieg warfare and the Nazi invasion of France and the Low Countries.

Stars: Laurence Olivier, Edward Spears, Lawrence Durrell, Siegfried Westphal

Votes: 527

12. Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode: The Siege of Leningrad (2000)

Documentary, History, War

Tim Pigott-Smith narrates the story of one of the Second World War's most harrowing episodes - the 890-day siege of the Soviet Union's second city Leningrad which was not liberated until January 1944.

Stars: Tim Pigott-Smith, Rolf Carls, Karl Dönitz, Joseph Goebbels

Votes: 6

13. Unsolved Mysteries of World War II (1992– )
Episode: Kill Hitler (2004)

Documentary, History, War

Of the many attempts to kill Hilter the von Stauffenberg attempt came closest to not just killing Hitler but in toppling the Nazi Regime. Although the plot came toward the end of Hitler's ... See full summary »

Star: Patrick Allen

14. The Century: America's Time (1999– )
Episode: 1936-1941: Over the Edge (1999)

Not Rated | Documentary

The years 1936 thru 1941. From the Berlin Olympics, burning books and Kristallnacht, anti-Semitism eventually dominates German thinking. Fascists and world leaders utilize film, radio and ... See full summary »

Stars: Peter Jennings, Marian Anderson, Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill

Votes: 9

15. Today I Found Out (2013– )
Episode: Yet Another of Hitler's Ultimate Dick Moves (2021)

11 min | Documentary

The Armistice of 1918 that ended World War One was a deliberately humiliating blow to Germany that was enshrined by a further humiliating monument in the Glade of Armistice where the treaty... See full summary »

Star: Simon Whistler

16. Apocalypse: Hitler Takes on the West (2021– )
Episode: Le piège (2021)

Documentary, History, War

Nine months after the onset of World War II, Hitler attacks the West - Belgium, the Netherlands, France and Great Britain - with intense violence.

Directors: Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Stephen Rashbrook, Nathan Rippy, Fernand Bignon

Votes: 38

17. Rise of the Nazis (2019–2023)
Episode: Barbarossa (2022)

Documentary, History

At the peak of his power, Hitler now faces fellow ruthless dictator Stalin. He tries to deceive Stalin with a plan to invade Britain, all while preparing an attack on the Soviet Union.

Director: Julian Jones | Stars: Richard John Evans, Garry Kasparov, John Scarlett, Alexandra Richie

Votes: 63

18. Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode: The French Resistance

TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War

Sworn to Secrecy examines the French Resistance. After Nazi Germany's invasion and capture of France, brave French citizens take it upon themselves to wage a guerrilla campaign against ... See full summary »

Stars: Charlton Heston, J.C. Simmons, Bela Elek, M.R.D. Foot

19. Battle Plan Under Fire (2004– )
Episode: Blitzkrieg (2004)

Documentary, History, War

Exploring the history of military tactics - water covers almost two-thirds of the Earth's surface, and assaults from the sea range from massive invasions to spectacular raids.

Stars: Bruce Gudmundsson, Lloyd Clark, Eric Meyers, Tommy Franks

20. Greatest Tank Battles (2010– )
Episode: The Battle of France (2012)

TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, History, War

At the outset of WWII, the Germans pioneered a new form of mobile armored warfare.This is the story of how the Nazi's unleashed the blitzkrieg on Western Europe as thousands of Panzer tanks... See full summary »

Director: Paul Kilback | Stars: Raymond Atkinson, David Fletcher, Leon Honor, Ralf Raths

Votes: 16

21. Adolf Hitler's War (2020)
Episode: Vernichtsungskrieg (2020)

Documentary, History, War

Adolf Hitler has his mind on making Germany into a great empire by expanding eastwards. but his invasion of Poland tips the world into a violent and bloody war.

Directors: Michael Cove, Mike Kenneally | Stars: Kate Reynolds, Tomasz Szarota, Karol Mazur, Ihar Melnikau

22. The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022)
Episode: Yearning to Breathe Free (1938-1942) (2022)

TV-14 | 138 min | Documentary, History

As WWII begins, Americans are divided over whether to intervene against Germany. Some individuals and organizations work tirelessly to help refugees escape. Germany invades the USSR and secretly begins the mass murder of European Jews.

Directors: Sarah Botstein, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, Daniel Mendelsohn, Guy Stern, Peter Hayes

Votes: 157

23. World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode: Lightning War (2009)

TV-MA | 51 min | Documentary, History, War

Country after European country falls before the unstoppable German blitzkrieg.

Stars: Robert Powell, Adolf Hitler, Wladyslaw Sikorski, Karl Dönitz

Votes: 344

24. The Armchair Historian (2017– )
Episode: How Did Germany Storm Europe? Blitzkrieg 1939-1940 (2023)

15 min | Documentary, Animation

The Armchair Historian discusses the reasons behind the rapid victories the German armed forces achieved in the early years of World War Two. Although German tank formations are usually ... See full summary »

Director: Griffin Johnsen | Star: Griffin Johnsen

25. Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012– )
Episode: Hold the Laughter (2024)

TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Bob Odenkirt and Iliza Schlesinger--two very funny people whose family trees brim with drama

Stars: Henry Louis Gates Jr., Bob Odenkirk, Iliza Shlesinger, King Charles III

Votes: 35

26. The 100 Days: That Defined Modern History (2022–2023)
Episode: World War II: Blitzkrieg - 1940 (2023)

Documentary, History

In May 1940, Churchill became Prime Minister and Germany launched its offensive. By mid-July, the Battle of Britain had begun.

Directors: Edmund Duff, Mike Kenneally | Stars: Steven P. Remy, Jonathon Riley, Peter Lieb, Richard John Evans

Votes: 5

27. How to Lose a War (2023)
Episode: The Men Who Gave the Orders (2023)

Documentary, History, War

Explore the men in charge whose rampant egos and misguided belief in their own abilities led to their country making fatal mistakes in the war.

Director: Tim Bosanquet | Stars: Tim Benbow, Russell A. Hart, Alexander Henry, Giuseppe Finaldi

28. How to Lose a War (2023)
Episode: The Best Laid Plans (2023)

Documentary, History, War

Explore how the seeds of Japan's defeat in 1945 were sown a decade earlier with the occupation of Manchuria in China.

Director: Tim Bosanquet | Stars: Rana Mitter, Sandra Wilson, Yuma Totani, Guy Walters

29. Hitler's Engineers: Building the Third Reich (2023–2024)
Episode: Fritz Todt (2024)

Documentary, History, War

Fritz Todt was the man tasked with engineering projects including the autobahn, the West Wall defences and more. But in 1942, he died under mysterious circumstances.

Director: Tom Williams | Stars: Jadwiga Korowaj, Nigel Jones, Guy Walters, Dieter Stockmann

30. Beyond the Myth: The SS Unveiled (2022– )
Episode: The Waffen-SS (2022)

Documentary, History, War

Masqueraded as military excellence, the reality was very different. Recruits were poorly trained and remorse was nonexistent, as SS troops killed mercilessly.

Director: Gabriele Rose | Stars: Richard John Evans, Jean-Luc Leleu, Bastian Hein, Jochen Böhler

31. Nazi Mega Weapons (2013– )
Episode: The Wolf's Lair (2015)

TV-PG | 55 min | Documentary, History, War

As European countries fall like dominoes to the all-conquering German armies, Hitler becomes convinced of his own military genius. He plans to invade Russia and orders the construction of a... See full summary »

Directors: Tom Lindley, Gary Johnstone | Stars: Patrick Bury, Andy Diduca, Julian Forsyth, Adolf Hitler

Votes: 65

32. Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode: The Battle of France (1995)

Documentary, History, War

A documentary look at Early World War Two, the invasion of Poland and France, the equipment, the leaders, and the strategy.

Stars: Tim Pigott-Smith, Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill, Maurice Gamelin

Votes: 15

33. Nazi Mega Weapons (2013– )
Episode: Blitzkrieg Lightning War Machine (2016)

44 min | Documentary, History, War

Guderian's book "Achtung Panzer" introduces the concept of the combined arms offensive. Hitler seizes upon it as the way to use modern weapons technology in Germany's tradition of fighting ... See full summary »

Directors: David Caldwell-Evans, Bill Thomas | Stars: James S. Corum, Julian Forsyth, Heinz Guderian, Adolf Hitler

Votes: 43

34. Hitler's Circle of Evil (2018)
Episode: The Madness of Rudolf Hess (2018)

TV-14 | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, History

As Germany invades Poland and sparks World War II, loyal Deputy Fuhrer Rudolph Hess tries to reclaim his once lofty status among Hitler's senior staff.

Director: Guy Smith | Stars: Guy Walters, Frank McDonough, Michael Lynch, James Holland

Votes: 156

35. Hitler's Circle of Evil (2018)
Episode: The Rise and Fall of Reinhard Heydrich (2018)

TV-14 | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, History

SS head Heinrich Himmler orders his deputy Reinhard Heydrich to enact a plan of ethnic cleansing that becomes a blueprint for the Holocaust.

Director: Simon Deeley | Stars: Guy Walters, James Holland, Richard Overy, Frank McDonough

Votes: 160

36. Battle of Britain (2005)
Episode: The Few (2005)

Documentary, History, War

Examining the technological advances that the RAF pioneered in the build-up to the Battle of Britain. At its heart were two world-class fighters, the Hurricane and the Spitfire, that were ... See full summary »

Director: Stephen Saunders | Stars: Bob Doe, Cyril Bamberger, Thomas Neil, Aylmer Aldwinckle

37. Nova (1974– )
Episode: Great Escape at Dunkirk (2018)

TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary

Archaeologists and divers recover remains of ships and planes that were lost in Dunkirk, France during World War II.

Director: John Hayes Fisher | Stars: Simon Foster, Nigel Froude, Don Hall, Jeff Haward

Votes: 70