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1. The Great Escape (1963)
Approved | 172 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson
Votes: 258,850 | Gross: $12.10M
2. The Favourite (2018)
R | 119 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
In early 18th-century England, the status quo at the court is upset when a new servant arrives and endears herself to a frail Queen Anne.
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos | Stars: Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult
Votes: 233,317 | Gross: $34.37M
3. Dunkirk (2017)
PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Drama, History
Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Commonwealth and Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Fionn Whitehead, Barry Keoghan, Mark Rylance, Tom Hardy
Votes: 739,900 | Gross: $188.37M
4. Fury (2014)
R | 134 min | Action, Drama, War
A grizzled tank commander makes tough decisions as he and his crew fight their way across Germany in April, 1945.
Director: David Ayer | Stars: Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Michael Peña
Votes: 546,989 | Gross: $85.82M
5. Pearl Harbor (2001)
PG-13 | 183 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A tale of war and romance mixed in with history. The story follows two lifelong friends and a beautiful nurse who are caught up in the horror of an infamous Sunday morning in 1941.
Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale, Josh Hartnett, William Lee Scott
Votes: 351,735 | Gross: $198.54M
6. Victoria & Abdul (2017)
PG-13 | 111 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Tim Pigott-Smith, Eddie Izzard
Votes: 38,231 | Gross: $22.25M
7. The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
Approved | 188 min | Drama, History, War
The death of Marcus Aurelius leads to a succession crisis, in which the deceased emperor's son, Commodus, demonstrates that he is unwilling to let anything undermine his claim to the Roman Empire.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd, Alec Guinness, James Mason
Votes: 10,144 | Gross: $4.75M
8. Chernobyl: Abyss (2021)
136 min | Drama, History
A story about a heroic fireman who worked as one of Chernobyl liquidators.
Director: Danila Kozlovskiy | Stars: Danila Kozlovskiy, Oksana Akinshina, Filipp Avdeev, Ravshana Kurkova
Votes: 10,522
9. Witchfinder General (1968)
Unrated | 86 min | Drama, Horror
A young soldier seeks to put an end to the evils caused by a vicious witch-hunter when the latter terrorizes his fiancée and kills her uncle.
Director: Michael Reeves | Stars: Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy, Rupert Davies, Patrick Wymark
Votes: 12,218
10. Deutschland 83 (2015)
TV-MA | 42 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Martin Rauch is recruited by the HVA to infiltrate the West Germany army. As a rookie spy, his decisions constantly put his cover at risk and force his agency to take extreme measures.
Stars: Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader, Ulrich Noethen, Sylvester Groth
Votes: 15,017
11. Battle for Sevastopol (2015)
110 min | Action, Biography, Drama
A story of Lyudmila Pavlichenko, the most successful female sniper in history.
Director: Sergey Mokritskiy | Stars: Yuliya Peresild, Evgeniy Tsyganov, Oleg Vasilkov, Nikita Tarasov
Votes: 13,942
12. Fatima (2020)
PG-13 | 113 min | Drama, War
Three young shepherds in Fátima, Portugal report visions of the Virgin Mary, inspiring believers and angering officials of the Church and the government, who try to force them to recant their story. Based on historical events.
Director: Marco Pontecorvo | Stars: Joaquim de Almeida, Goran Visnjic, Stephanie Gil, Alejandra Howard
Votes: 4,103
13. The Red Baron (2008)
PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
German biopic loosely based on the World War I fighter ace Manfred Von Richthofen, nicknamed the Red Baron by friend and foe alike.
Director: Nikolai Müllerschön | Stars: Matthias Schweighöfer, Lena Headey, Til Schweiger, Joseph Fiennes
Votes: 13,154 | Gross: $0.04M
14. Operation Crossbow (1965)
PG-13 | 115 min | Action, Drama, War
Allied agents attempt to infiltrate a German rocket research site.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Sophia Loren, George Peppard, Trevor Howard, John Mills
Votes: 5,507
15. Deutschland 89 (2020)
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Thriller
Martin Rauch experiences the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 during his activities as an East German spy.
Stars: Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader, Sylvester Groth, Corinna Harfouch
Votes: 3,340
16. The Emperor of Paris (2018)
TV-MA | 120 min | Adventure, Crime, History
Vidocq escapes captivity in 1805; years later he's a fabric merchant in Paris under an alias. He makes a deal of amnesty for catching criminals. He builds an efficient team of ex-cons to catch or kill them.
Director: Jean-François Richet | Stars: Vincent Cassel, Patrick Chesnais, August Diehl, Olga Kurylenko
Votes: 6,130
17. Deutschland 86 (2018)
TV-MA | 472 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Abandoned by Moscow and desperate for cash, the East German leadership pushes their secret operatives to experiment with global capitalism and save their sinking socialist ship. Long ... See full summary »
Stars: Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader, Florence Kasumba, Sylvester Groth
Votes: 5,286
18. Mussolini: The Untold Story (1985)
Unrated | 410 min | Biography, Drama, History
The rise and fall of the Italian fascist dictator, Benito Mussolini.
Stars: George C. Scott, Virginia Madsen, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Lee Grant
Votes: 646
19. Queen Marie of Romania (2019)
110 min | Drama
Devastated by the First World War and plunged into political controversy, Romania's every hope accompanies its queen on her mission to Paris to lobby for international recognition of its great unification at the 1919 peace talks.
Directors: Alexis Cahill, Brigitte Drodtloff | Stars: Roxana Lupu, Daniel Plier, Richard Elfyn, Patrick Drury
Votes: 2,388
20. Dresden (2006 TV Movie)
176 min | Drama, Romance, War
A romance between a British pilot hiding in Germany and a German nurse is shown on the background of massive allied bombing of Dresden towards the end of World War 2.
Director: Roland Suso Richter | Stars: Felicitas Woll, John Light, Benjamin Sadler, Heiner Lauterbach
Votes: 2,689
21. Princess Sissi (1997–1998)
TV-Y7-FV | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The smart and beautiful Sissi does everything to be with her beloved charming Prince Franz, but many people try to stop the couple from living happily ever after...
Stars: Jacob Tierney, Terri Hawkes, Terrence Scammell, Elisabeth Fargeot
Votes: 849
22. Down River (2018)
70 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Four soldiers trapped behind enemy lines must confront their fears and desires while finding a way back to their battalion.
Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Alexander Raye Pimentel, Zachary Greene, Brennen Reece, Nicholas Winand
Votes: 588
23. Yôkihi (1955)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, History, Romance
In 8th-century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate their influence over the ... See full summary »
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Sô Yamamura, Eitarô Shindô
Votes: 2,062
24. The Miracle of Bern (2003)
118 min | Drama, Sport
A young boy from a working class family in post-war Germany struggles with his estranged father returning from war captivity, while a friend of his plays for the German National Soccer Team at the 1954 FIFA World Cup in Switzerland.
Director: Sönke Wortmann | Stars: Louis Klamroth, Peter Lohmeyer, Johanna Gastdorf, Lucas Gregorowicz
Votes: 7,476
25. The Pearls of the Crown (1937)
105 min | Comedy, History
Three narrators (French writer Jean Martin, an English royal equerry, and a papal chamberlain) tell the story of seven matched pearls, four of them now in the British Crown. Episodes whirl ... See full summary »
Directors: Christian-Jaque, Sacha Guitry | Stars: Jacqueline Delubac, Sacha Guitry, Lyn Harding, Renée Saint-Cyr
Votes: 634
26. Luchshiye v adu (2022)
109 min | War
The "White" units are carrying out an assault operation to seize buildings. They are opposed by the "Yellow" units who are entrenched in these buildings and are also ready to fight to the end.
Director: Andrey Shcherbinin | Stars: Aleksey Kravchenko, Georgiy Bolonev, Sergey Garusov, Dmitriy Murashev
Votes: 772
27. Scipione l'africano (1937)
83 min | Drama, History, War
A story of the Second Punic Wars, beginning with Scipio's futile pleas to the Roman Senate to build an army to battle Hannibal, that climaxes with the battle of Zama.
Director: Carmine Gallone | Stars: Annibale Ninchi, Camillo Pilotto, Fosco Giachetti, Francesca Braggiotti
Votes: 317
28. Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
152 min | Comedy, Drama, History
The history of the palace of Versailles from its founding to the present.
Director: Sacha Guitry | Stars: Michel Auclair, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jean-Louis Barrault, Jeanne Boitel
Votes: 634
29. Io, Don Giovanni (2009)
127 min | Drama, History, Music
A drama based on the life of 18th century Italian lyricist Lorenzo da Ponte, who collaborated with Mozart on his "Don Giovanni" opera.
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Tobias Moretti, Eulàlia Ramon, Sergi Roca, Anna Saura Ramón
Votes: 628
30. Starfighter - Sie wollten den Himmel erobern (2015 TV Movie)
125 min | Action, Drama, History
Young pilots of the German Air Force only want to fly the new Starfighter. But after a short time, more and more pilots crash and die - and the German government and the air force cover up these incidents.
Director: Miguel Alexandre | Stars: Picco von Groote, Steve Windolf, Frederick Lau, Alice Dwyer
Votes: 253
31. The Magic Bow (1946)
Approved | 106 min | Biography, Musical, Romance
Biography of the famous--and notorious--Italian violinist Nicolo Paganini.
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Stewart Granger, Phyllis Calvert, Jean Kent, Dennis Price
Votes: 238
32. U47 - Kapitänleutnant Prien (1958)
91 min | Drama, War
In 1939 German U-boat captain Günther Prien receives orders to infiltrate the British Royal Navy base at Scapa Flow and sink British warships.
Director: Harald Reinl | Stars: Dieter Eppler, Sabine Sesselmann, Joachim Fuchsberger, Harald Juhnke
Votes: 211
33. The Girl Rosemarie (1996 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 127 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A historical drama set in the 1950s, based on real-life events. Rosemarie Nitribitt comes out of a remand center, runs away from her foster parents, and ends up working as a barmaid in a ... See full summary »
Director: Bernd Eichinger | Stars: Nina Hoss, Heiner Lauterbach, Mathieu Carrière, Hannelore Elsner
Votes: 597 | Gross: $0.00M
34. Joe Maddison's War (2010 TV Movie)
85 min | Drama, War
Tyneside ship-builder Joe Maddison lost his faith in the trenches at the Somme in 1916. Now that World War II has begun, he is too old to enlist alongside his son and son-in-law, and is ... See full summary »
Director: Patrick Collerton | Stars: Sammy T. Dobson, James Atherton, Angela Lonsdale, James Baxter
Votes: 241
35. Dumas (2010)
Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, History
When Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet, his ghostwriter, are at the summit of their collaboration, Auguste decides to pass himself off as Alexandre in order to seduce Charlotte, a fervent admirer of the great man.
Director: Safy Nebbou | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Benoît Poelvoorde, Dominique Blanc, Mélanie Thierry
Votes: 698
36. 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: 245
37. Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Two Tribes (1984 Music Video)
5 min | Music
A wrestling match between then-President Ronald Reagan and then-Soviet leader Konstantin Chernenko for the benefit of group members and an eagerly belligerent assembly of representatives ... See full summary »
Directors: Lol Creme, Godley & Creme, Kevin Godley | Stars: Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Graham K. Furness, Peter Gill, Jill Goldston
Votes: 65
38. The Airlift (2005 TV Movie)
180 min | Drama, Romance, War
Two-part historic drama about a difficult love affair between a German woman and an American soldier during the Berlin Airlift. After her husband Axel is declared dead, Luise Kielberg must ... See full summary »
Director: Dror Zahavi | Stars: Heino Ferch, Bettina Zimmermann, Ulrich Tukur, Ulrich Noethen
Votes: 479
39. The Final Days (2008 TV Movie)
186 min | Drama
The Berlin Wall separated families and friends for 28 years. Some accepted it, and some worked hard to make it fall.
Director: Thomas Berger | Stars: Anja Kling, Madeleine Lierck, Matthias Koeberlin, Lino Sliskovic
Votes: 236
40. Strafbataillon 999 (1960)
109 min | Drama, War
On the Eastern Front in World War II, a German battalion fights Russian and Partisan soldiers.
Director: Harald Philipp | Stars: Werner Peters, Kurd Pieritz, Heinz Weiss, Klaus Kindler
Votes: 101
41. Le mot de Cambronne (1937)
36 min | Short
Inspired by playwright Edmond Rostand, this comedy short pivots around a general who has uttered a French cuss word that no one wants to speak aloud.
Director: Sacha Guitry | Stars: Sacha Guitry, Jacqueline Delubac, Pauline Carton, Marguerite Moreno
Votes: 155
42. Guerrilla Brigade (1939)
72 min | Drama, History, War
Episodic story of the Russian resistance to the German invasion of the Ukraine in 1918 during World War 1, and made as an example of the guerrilla warfare and fierce spirit in which Russian... See full summary »
Director: Igor Savchenko | Stars: Lev Sverdlin, Stepan Shkurat, Pyotr Masokha, Mikhail Troyanovskiy
Votes: 32
43. Lucrezia Borgia (1940)
76 min | Drama, History, Romance
A look at famous Lucrezia Borgia ,in the last part of her life,when she was duchess of Ferrara.
Director: Hans Hinrich | Stars: Isa Pola, Friedrich Benfer, Carlo Ninchi, Nerio Bernardi
Votes: 34
44. Jianghu san nu xia Xia ji (1960)
100 min | Action, Adventure
Director: Fah Lee | Stars: Junhui Shangguan, Ping Ha, Siuyi Yung, Tat-Wah Tso
45. Jianghu san nu xia Shang ji (1960)
92 min | Action, Adventure
Director: Fah Lee | Stars: Junhui Shangguan, Ping Ha, Siuyi Yung, Tat-Wah Tso
46.
F Is for Family (2015–2021)
Episode:
Bring Me a Tooth
(2020)
TV-MA | 28 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Frank struggles to make good on his promises to Bill and Maureen. Vic gets a rude surprise on his first day back at the radio station.
Directors: Sylvain Lavoie, Rich Wilkie | Stars: Bill Burr, Laura Dern, Justin Long, Debi Derryberry
Votes: 444