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1. Overlord (2018)
R | 110 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A small group of American soldiers find horror behind enemy lines on the eve of D-Day.
Director: Julius Avery | Stars: Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, Mathilde Ollivier, Pilou Asbæk
Votes: 106,802 | Gross: $21.70M
2. The Longest Day (1962)
G | 178 min | Action, Drama, History
The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.
Directors: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Gerd Oswald, Bernhard Wicki, Darryl F. Zanuck | Stars: John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Richard Burton, Henry Fonda
Votes: 59,152 | Gross: $39.10M
3. The Bloody Hundredth (2024)
TV-14 | 62 min | Documentary
It honors the heroes of the 100th Bomb Group.
Directors: Laurent Bouzereau, Mark Herzog | Stars: Tom Hanks, Robert Rosenthal, Steven Spielberg, James Stewart
Votes: 1,351
4. Call of Duty: WWII (2017 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Horror
You play various American servicemen and their allies in World War II as the Western Allies fight their way through Europe during and after the invasion of Normandy.
Directors: Michael Condrey, Glen A. Schofield, Dennis Adams, István Kovács, Bret Robbins | Stars: Josh Duhamel, Jonathan Tucker, Jeffrey Pierce, Brett Zimmerman
Votes: 7,917
5. Churchill (2017)
PG | 105 min | Biography, Drama, History
Ninety-six hours before the World War II invasion of Normandy, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill struggles with his severe reservations with Operation Overlord and his increasingly marginalized role in the war effort.
Director: Jonathan Teplitzky | Stars: Brian Cox, Miranda Richardson, John Slattery, Julian Wadham
Votes: 15,806 | Gross: $1.28M
6. Ike: Countdown to D-Day (2004 TV Movie)
PG | 89 min | Drama, History, War
A dramatization of the 90 days leading up to Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy, and how General Dwight Eisenhower, against all odds, brilliantly orchestrated the most important military maneuver in modern history.
Director: Robert Harmon | Stars: Tom Selleck, James Remar, Timothy Bottoms, Ian Mune
Votes: 3,709
7. Storming Juno (2010 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 88 min | History, War
Docudrama retelling the Canadian assault of Juno Beach on D-Day, as told via reenactment and through interviews with those who were there.
Director: Tim Wolochatiuk | Stars: Benjamin Muir, Kevin Walker, Craig Cyr, Anthony Rella
Votes: 774
8. D-Day 6.6.1944 (2004 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 120 min | Action, Drama, History
Dramatised documentary, based on the experiences of the soldiers who invaded France in the D-Day Normandy Landings on 6 June 1944 which were instrumental in ending World War II.
Directors: Richard Dale, Kim Bour, Pamela Gordon, Sally Weale | Stars: Ian Holm, André Heintz, Raimund Steiner, Eddie McCann
Votes: 381
9. Breakthrough (1950)
Approved | 91 min | Drama, War
An American infantry unit, from its pre-invasion training to combat in Europe.
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: David Brian, John Agar, Frank Lovejoy, William Campbell
Votes: 438
10. The King Who Fooled Hitler (2019 TV Movie)
49 min | Documentary
In a tale of double agents and decoys, this documentary reveals, for the first time, the story of King George VI's elaborate ruse to divert German attention away from the Normandy landings in 1944.
Director: Paul Elston | Stars: Helen McCrory, Richard J. Aldrich, Rory Cormac, King George VI
Votes: 113
11. WWII from Space (2012 TV Movie)
Documentary, History, War
The events of World War II from 1941 onward are depicted from the perspective of space.
Director: Simon George | Stars: Corey Johnson, Kevin Farrell, Geoffrey Wawro, Conrad Crane
Votes: 496
12. The True Glory (1945)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary, War
A documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the footage shot by nearly 1400 cameramen.
Directors: Garson Kanin, Carol Reed | Stars: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Leslie Banks, Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle
Votes: 634
13. Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (2002 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, War
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault drops you into World War II as American Lieutenant Mike Powell. Using anything at your disposal, you will fight your way from Arzew to Omaha Beach, and then straight into the heart of the Third Reich.
Stars: William Bassett, Steve Blum, Steve Bulen, Cam Clarke
Votes: 2,356
14. Five Days in June (1989)
108 min | Comedy, Drama
1944,6th of June : young musician Michel Legrand's D Day in Paris Conservatoire.
Director: Michel Legrand | Stars: Sabine Azéma, Annie Girardot, Matthieu Rozé, Christoph Moosbrugger
Votes: 103
15. Medal of Honor: Frontline (2002 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, War
Take on the role of Lieutenant James Patterson. You are the Allied force's most reliable military special agent. From storming the front lines of Normandy Beach as an infantryman to becoming an elite intel officer.
Stars: Andreas Beckett, Antoinette Boers, Steve Bulen, Neil Dickson
Votes: 1,769
16. 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: 57
17. From D-Day to Germany (1944)
46 min | Documentary, History
Behind-the-lines documentary filmed by World War II correspondent Jack Lieb. Most of the footage shows areas already cleared by Allied forces as they made their way to Germany.
Director: Jack Lieb | Stars: Robert Capa, Cecil Carnes, Ernest Hemingway, Ernie Pyle
Votes: 15
18. A Distant Shore: African Americans of D-Day (2007 TV Movie)
Documentary, History, War
The role of African American soldiers during the World War II Allied invasion of Normandy.
Star: Josh Harraway
Votes: 24
19. Vicky McClure: My Grandad's War (2023 TV Special)
60 min | History, War
In this one-off special documentary, actor Vicky McClure embarks on an emotional journey with her 97-year-old grandfather Ralph McClure to learn about his role in D-Day in June 1944. From ... See full summary »
Director: Ewan Keil | Stars: Vicky McClure, Ralph McClure, Stephen Fisher, Neil Morrissey
Votes: 9
20. D-Day: Wings of Victory (2020)
52 min | Documentary
An examination of the events behind the scenes of the historical air battle in Normandy, to try and determine if it would have been possible for the Allies to have won the war without aviation.
Director: Fabrice Gardel | Stars: Véronique Augereau, Sebastian Cox, Arthur Harris, James Holland
Votes: 11
21. 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
22. D-Day: The Color Footage (1999)
Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary
The story of the Allied landing at Normandy that began the end of World War II and the defeat of the Nazi empire. This documentary tells the story using the rare color footage director ... See full summary »
Director: George Stevens | Stars: Omar N. Bradley, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Bernard L. Montgomery, George S. Patton
Votes: 24
23. Who Will Command Overlord? (2021)
15 min | Short, Documentary
Director: Isaiah Guyman Martin IV | Stars: George C. Marshall, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Katherine Tupper Marshall, Winston Churchill
24. Ruins of the Reich: The Final Chapter (2005)
60 min | Documentary
The Final Chapter traces the events that would eventually lead to the fall of Hitler's Third Reich and the destruction of a once great nation. The episode begins with the allied invasion of... See full summary »
Director: R.J. Adams
Votes: 9
27.
Tank Overhaul (2006– )
Episode:
Sherman
(2006)
TV-G | 50 min | Documentary
The Isle of Wight team attempts to pull off an unrivaled feat of restoration as they make one good tank out of two destroyed ones by rebuilding the damaged front quarter of a US M4 Sherman ... See full summary »
Director: P.J. Naworynski | Stars: Dave Arnold, Dave Barnes, Bob Darwood, David Fletcher
Votes: 9
28.
Shootout! (2005– )
Episode:
Big Red One
(2006)
Documentary, History
The Big Red One is the U.S. Army's First Infantry Division. Its history mirrors the conduct of World War II in Europe; North Africa, Italy, D-Day then on to Germany. The soldiers describe ... See full summary »
Stars: Terry Allen, Joe Argencio, Henry Bowles, Thomas Bowles
Votes: 12
29.
Masters of the Air (2024)
Episode:
Part Eight
(2024)
TV-MA | 51 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Crosby prepares for D-Day. The POWs wonder how the Allied landing will affect their fate. Tuskegee pilots attack targets in Southern France.
Director: Dee Rees | Stars: Branden Cook, Tomisin Ajani, Darryl Mundoma, Francis Lovehall
Votes: 1,764
30.
The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode:
Morning: June-August 1944
(1974)
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War
Four years after France fell the Allies invade Normandy. Caught by surprise the German defenses are quickly overcome. Heading inland the Allies win major victories against fierce resistance.
Director: John Pett | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Goronwy Rees, Louis Mountbatten, Kay Summersby
Votes: 377
31.
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
32.
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
33.
War and Remembrance (1988–1989)
Episode:
Part VIII
(1989)
Not Rated | 145 min | Drama, War
Still in the camp at Theresienstadt, where prominent Jews have been interned, Natalie and Aaron have to deal with the fact that more and more of ghetto residents are being shipped to ... See full summary »
Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jane Seymour, Hart Bochner, Victoria Tennant
Votes: 100
34.
War and Remembrance (1988–1989)
Episode:
Part IX
(1989)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, War
It's 1944 and the Allies are preparing for D-day. Pug Henry is now a Rear Admiral and he again meets Pamela Tudsbury at her fiancé's residence, but their meeting is brief as he must return ... See full summary »
Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jane Seymour, Hart Bochner, Victoria Tennant
Votes: 96
35.
Les coulisses de l'Histoire (2017–2023)
Episode:
Le débarquement, une victoire inespirée
(2021)
52 min | History
Director: Bernard George | Stars: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Erwin Rommel
Votes: 22
36.
Unsolved Mysteries of World War II (1992– )
Episode:
Hitler's Secret Weapons
(2004)
25 min | Documentary, History, War
During the war German Scientists invented a range of remarkable weapons. But the most awe inspiring of all was undoubtedly the long-range rocket known to history as the V-2. Why did Germans... See full summary »
Star: Patrick Allen
Votes: 5
37.
Unsolved Mysteries of World War II (1992– )
Episode:
The Phantom Invasion
(2004)
25 min | Documentary, History, War
By June 1944, Adolf Hitler had become convinced that the Allied invasion of France would be launched at Pas-de-Calais.
Star: Patrick Allen
38.
Tanks! (1998–2005)
Episode:
The Battle of Normandy
(1999)
TV-PG | History, War
During the dark days of August 1942 there was still a chance that the Nazis might emerge victorious in World War II. After America entered the conflict, it would take the U.S. time to assemble a fighting force in continental Europe.
Stars: Stephen Badsey, Bob Carruthers, Bob Fleming, David Fletcher
39.
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
40.
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
41.
World War Weird (2017– )
Episode:
Episode #2.3
(2018)
Documentary, History, War
Crossword puzzles in a national newspaper begin to attract the attention of MI5, the answers are code words for the upcoming D-Day operation. Is this the work of a spy?
Director: Mike Ibeji | Stars: Andrew Robertshaw, Martin K.A. Morgan, Guy Walters, Joshua Levine
42.
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
43.
Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode:
Cold War: Eisenhower's Operatives
(1998)
TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary, History, War
The Supreme Allied Commander of World War Two relied on the covert arm of the CIA to an unprecedented scale during his presidency. From his education on clandestine warfare from Winston ... See full summary »
Stars: Charlton Heston, Evan Thomas, Andrew Goodpaster, Fred I. Greenstein
44.
Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode:
D-Day Deceptions
TV-PG | 46 min | Documentary, History, War
As the future of Europe and the world hung in the balance, an intricate web of lies tied up German army divisions across Europe concealing the greatest assembly of men and machines in ... See full summary »
Stars: Charlton Heston, Mark Seaman, Paul Beaver, M.R.D. Foot
45.
Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode:
Roosevelt's Spymasters
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, History, War
Go behind the scenes of FDR's use of political and military intelligence operatives. From O.S.S. chief William Donovan to the scheming Switzerland-based Allen Dulles, learn how American ... See full summary »
Stars: Charlton Heston, Joseph E. Persico, Christopher Andrew, Thomas F. Troy
46.
Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode:
Spies in the Sky
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War
From primitive balloons to supersonic spy planes and amazingly sophisticated satellites, get an insider's look at the pioneers of aerial reconnaissance and the profound impact they have had on modern warfare.
Stars: Charlton Heston, Edward Leaf, Geoffrey Oxlee, Dino A. Brugioni
47.
Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode:
Churchill's Gambles
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, History, War
An inside look at the man who, more than any of his contemporaries, embraced secret intelligence operations, deception and code-breaking as viable instruments of modern war.
Stars: Charlton Heston, David A.T. Stafford, Christopher Andrew, John Charmley
48.
Greatest Tank Battles (2010– )
Episode:
The Battle of Normandy
(2010)
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, History, War
On June 6, 1944, the Allies land on the northern coast of France.This is the story of the 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade as they fight their way inland against a stubborn and ruthless German defense.
Director: Hugh Hardy | Stars: Fritz Langanke, Phil Lawrence, S.V. Radley-Walters, Ken Tout
Votes: 17
49.
Adolf Hitler's War (2020)
Episode:
Scorched Earth
(2020)
Documentary, History, War
In Kursk, a battlefield the size of Wales, the tide turns and the Soviets push back, but as Germany retreats, they destroy all evidence of their genocidal activities.
Directors: Michael Cove, Mike Kenneally | Stars: Sergei Kudryashov, Alexander Vershinin, Ivan Patrylyak, Ihar Melnikau
50.
The Armchair Historian (2017– )
Episode:
Downfall of Germany: The Western Front
(2021)
49 min | Documentary, Animation
Director: Griffin Johnsen | Stars: Griffin Johnsen, James Cottle-Vinson, Robert Loria, Talen Weinman