Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "night-bombing"

1. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)

PG-13 | 127 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

When Jacob (Asa Butterfield) discovers clues to a mystery that stretches across time, he finds Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. But the danger deepens after he gets to know the residents and learns about their special powers.

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Samuel L. Jackson, Judi Dench

Votes: 188,720 | Gross: $87.24M

2. Command Decision (1948)

Passed | 112 min | Action, Drama, War

Army generals struggle with the decision to prioritize bombing the German factories producing new jet fighters over the extremely high casualties the mission will cost.

Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Clark Gable, Walter Pidgeon, Van Johnson, Brian Donlevy

Votes: 2,169

3. Target for Tonight (1941)

Approved | 48 min | Documentary, Drama, War

The planning and implementation of an RAF night raid on Germany in World War II, concentrating on a low level mission by a Wellington bomber on an oil storage facility by the Rhine.

Director: Harry Watt | Stars: John Cobb, Richard Peirse, Percy Charles Pickard, Robert Saundby

Votes: 406

4. The Battle of Britain (1943)

Not Rated | 54 min | Documentary, History, War

The official World War II US government account of Great Britain's stand against the Nazi war machine after the Dunkirk evacuation.

Directors: Frank Capra, Anthony Veiller | Stars: Douglas Bader, Arno Breker, Winston Churchill, Hermann Göring

Votes: 1,018

5. Train Busters (1944)

13 min | Documentary, War

Documentary film concerning the operations of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) in Europe, including night bombing in occupied Europe.

Director: Sydney Newman | Star: Lorne Greene

Votes: 6

6. Blitz on Cologne (2014 Video)

54 min | Documentary, History, War

A documentary which chronicles the destruction of the German city of Cologne during World War Two.

Director: Robert Garofalo | Stars: Gertrud Türk, Günter Kassman, Wolfgram Hagspiel, Joseph Goebbels

7. Nova (1974– )
Episode: Top Gun Over Moscow (1996)

TV-G | Documentary

Nova contrasts the philosophies of Russian and American fighter commands and how they influence aircraft design, operation and tactics.

Star: Stacy Keach

Votes: 10

8. 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

9. Paper Skies (2021– )
Episode: Why B-17 "Memphis Belle" was So Special? Boeing's Flying Fortresses in World War II (2021)

24 min | Documentary, History

Despite it's ability to sustain heavy damage, in the bombing raids of World War Two Europe the average B-17 Flying Fortress survived just 13 of the crew's 25 mission tour of duty. So it was... See full summary »

Star: Dmytri Babenkov

10. American Experience (1987– )
Episode: The Bombing of Germany (2010)

TV-14 | 53 min | Documentary, Biography, History

On September 1, 1939 the first day of World War II in Europe President Franklin D. Roosevelt appealed to the warring nations to under no circumstances undertake the bombardment from the air... See full summary »

Director: Zvi Dor-Ner | Stars: Joe Morton, Carl Spaatz, Tami Davis Biddle, Conrad Crane

Votes: 103

11. Caliban Rising - Aviation History (2021– )
Episode: The Biggest RAF Cover up of WW2? The German 'Scarecrow' Myth Explained (2023)

21 min | Documentary, History, War

RAF bomber crews flying over Germany often believed planes they saw being shot down in the dark were "scare shells" that simulated a plane being shot down. This myth and a couple others seemed to help with morale.

Stars: Thomas Bennett, Phil Hawes, Douglas Hudson, William Kelbrick

12. TopTenz (2010– )
Episode: 10 Bizarre Military Tactics that Worked (2024)

15 min | Documentary

Unusual military tactic can provide deception, confusion and even panic among enemy forces. Here are a few that were also probably entertaining for the perpetrators.

Star: Karl Smallwood

13. Greatest Events of WWII in Colour (2019)
Episode: Dresden Firestorm (2019)

50 min | Documentary, History, War

The Allies' bombing of the German city of Dresden was one of the most controversial of WWII. Rare archive footage tells the story as it's never seen before.

Stars: Derek Jacobi, Phillips O'Brien, Sönke Neitzel, James Holland

Votes: 458