List of World War II films (1950–1989) explained

See main article: List of World War II films made before 1950.

This list of World War II films (1950–1989) contains fictional feature films or miniseries released since 1950 which feature events of World War II in the narrative.

The entries on this list are war films or miniseries that are concerned with World War II (or the Sino-Japanese War) and include events which feature as a part of the war effort.

Common topics

Many aspects of this conflict have repeatedly been the subject of drama. These common subjects will not be linked when they appear in the film descriptions below:

Europe
Asia–Pacific
Non-geographical

Early 1950s

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1950United StatesAlbert S. RogellComedy. End of war readjustment of returning American servicemen and servicewomen
1950United StatesAmerican Guerrilla in the PhilippinesFritz LangJapanese occupation of the Philippines filmed on location
1950Anthony BushellDrama based on Ernst Lothar novel. Anschluss, 1938. NOTE: this movie has nothing to do with World War 2
1950United StatesAt War with the ArmyHal WalkerStateside GIs await transfer overseas
1950United StatesFritz LangDrama. Berlin Airlift, 1948, and transition to Cold War in Berlin's occupied sectors
1950United StatesBreakthroughLewis SeilerCompany B of the 1st Infantry Division from the D-Day landings through the Normandy campaign.
1950United StatesFrancisArthur LubinComedy. Francis the Talking Mule unmasks Japanese spy in China Burma India Theater
1950United StatesHalls of MontezumaLewis MilestoneUS Marines attack Japanese-held island in Pacific Ocean theater of World War II
1950PhilippinesMapuputing KamayMapuputing KamayFausto J. GalauranFilipina nurses in battles of Bataan and Corregidor
1950United States (Battle Stripe)Fred ZinnemannDrama. Paraplegic American veteran's struggle re-entering society
1950United KingdomMorning Departure (Operation Disaster)Roy Ward BakerDrama. British submarine on routine patrol encountering derelict war mine
1950United StatesMystery Submarine (Phantom Submarine)Douglas SirkThriller. US Navy Intelligence officer posing as ex-German medical officer to rescue kidnapped scientist and sink U-boat off South American coast
1950United KingdomOdetteHerbert WilcoxSOE agent Odette Samson
1950IndiaSamadhiSamādhi (समाधि)Ramesh SaigalDrama concerning Subhas Chandra Bose and the Indian National Army.
1950ItalyIl cielo è rossoClaudio GoraThe life of a 16 year old Italian boy after an Allied bombing has killed his parents and destroyed his town
1950United StatesThree Came HomeJean NegulescoBattle of Borneo, 1941–42, civilian internees and POWs of the Japanese
1950PolandUnvanquished CityMiasto nieujarzmioneJerzy ZarzyckiWarsaw, Poland, 1944
1950United StatesWhen Willie Comes Marching HomeJohn FordComedy based on Sy Gomberg story. Failed pilot's escapades, from homefront to German-occupied France and back
1950United KingdomJack LeeTrue story of British POWs' escape attempts from Stalag Luft III
1951PhilippinesAlliance of Philippine Patriots Makapili (Makabayan Katipunan Ñg Mg̃a Pilipino)unknown [1] Makapili, Japanese sympathizers, during Japanese Occupation of the Philippines[2]
1951ItalyAttention! BanditsAchtung! Banditi!Carlo LizzaniItalian Resistance
1951United StatesDecision Before DawnAnatole LitvakAllies use German POWs as spies in Nazi Germany, 1945
1951United StatesHenry HathawayGerman Field Marshal Erwin Rommel from Second Battle of El Alamein to July 20 plot
1951United StatesFighting Coast GuardJoseph KaneUS Coast Guard prepares for war
1951United StatesFlying LeathernecksNicholas RayUS Marine fighter pilot in Pacific Ocean theater of World War II
1951United StatesForce of ArmsMichael CurtizUS Fifth Army in Italian Campaign
1951United StatesLloyd Bacon, Dick MayberryUS Navy underwater demolition team divers/commandos in South West Pacific Theatre
1951United StatesGo For Broke!Robert PiroshUS Army 442nd Regimental Combat Team in Italy and France
1951United StatesI Was an American SpyLesley SelanderAmerican spy and Medal of Freedom winner Clara Fuentes during Japanese occupation of Philippines
1951United States
Austria		Frank TuttleActor becomes Hitler's valet, murders him and takes his place
1951ItalyMy Trieste! Trieste mia!Mario CostaTwo Italian soldiers are chased by the Germans and Yugoslav partisans in Trieste after the Italian armistice
1951United StatesOperation PacificGeorge WaggnerUS Navy submarine in South West Pacific Theatre
1951United StatesPurple Heart Diary Richard QuineSingers entertain wounded soldiers in the Pacific
1951United StatesSubmarine CommandJohn FarrowDrama. Career of US submarine commander up to Korean War
1951United StatesLewis SeilerAction-drama. US 3rd Armored Division tank crew in France and German Siegfried Line, Fall 1944
1951United StatesTarget UnknownGeorge ShermanDrama. Tense and discontented American bomber squadron forced to parachute over France before being interrogated by Nazis
1951United States (Thunder Across the Pacific)Allan DwanUS Air Force men are trained to pilot the B-29 and then fly bombing actions on Japan
1951United StatesYou're in the Navy NowHenry HathawayComedy. Inexperienced crew assigned to experimental US submarine chaser
1952United StatesAbove and BeyondMelvin Frank, Norman PanamaCol. Paul Tibbets and atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima
1952United KingdomAngels One FiveGeorge More O'FerrallRAF fighter squadron in the Battle of Britain
1952United KingdomAppointment in LondonPhilip LeacockRAF Bomber Command wing commander's attempt to finish his final tour of operations
1952ItalyBlack FeathersPenne nereOreste BiancoliVeteran Alpini become partisans after the German occupation of Italy
1952JapanChildren of HiroshimaGenbaku no ko (原爆の子)Kaneto ShindōDropping of Little Boy on Hiroshima
1952United StatesEight Iron MenEdward DmytrykDuring WW2 in Italy, a soldier trapped in no man's land.
1952NorwayEmergency LandingNødlandingArne SkouenAmerican bomber crew shot down in Norway and aided by Milorg (Norwegian Resistance)
1952United StatesJoseph L. MankiewiczDrama/Thriller. Cicero Affair involving German spy Elyesa Bazna
1952United StatesFlat TopLesley SelanderPilot training aboard US Navy carriers
1952FranceForbidden GamesJeux interditsRené ClémentLife for youngsters during the Occupation of France
1952United KingdomGift HorseCompton BennettFictional story to destroy a German navy dry dock, based on the real St Nazaire Raid
1952ItalyHeroic ChargeCarica eroicaFrancesco De RobertisCharge of the Savoia Cavalleria at Isbuscenskij
1952RomaniaMitrea CocorMitrea CocorVictor Iliu, Marietta Sadova
1952ItalyNobody Has Betrayed Nessuno ha traditoRoberto Bianchi MonteroItalian Civil War
1952United StatesOkinawaLeigh JasonUS Navy destroyer at the Battle of Okinawa
1952United StatesOperation SecretLewis SeilerEspionage with the French Resistance based on the life of Peter Ortiz
1952United StatesRed Ball ExpressBudd BoetticherTransportation units in European Theater of Operations
1952ItalyShadows on Trieste Ombre su TriesteNerino Florio BianchiFour Italian deserters and smugglers join Yugoslav partisans in Trieste
1952United StatesThunderbirdsJohn H. AuerThe 45th Infantry Division in Italy
1952United StatesTorpedo Alley (Down Periscope)Lew LandersDrama. Failed US carrier pilot's return to service on submarine
1952SwedenU-Boat 39 (Submarine no. 39)Ubåt 39Hampe FaustmanDrama. Crew of U-39
1953France
United States		Act of Love[3] [4] Anatole LitvakRomance drama based on Alfred Hayes novel. American soldier falls in love with Parisian woman near end of war
1953United KingdomAlbert R.N. (Break to Freedom)Lewis GilbertBritish POWs in German Stalag
1953JapanAnatahanAna-ta-han (アナタハン)Josef von SternbergJapanese soldiers on South West Pacific Theatre island battle after end of war
1953United StatesChina VentureDon SiegelAdventure-drama. American commandos sent to South China to rescue prisoner held by Chinese guerrillas
1953United KingdomCharles FrendBattle of the Atlantic from perspective of Royal Navy ships
1953United StatesRobert WiseAustralian 7th Division at Tobruk during North African campaign
1953United StatesDestination GobiRobert WiseUS Navy weather unit in Mongolia
1953JapanEagle of the Pacific (Operation Kamikaze)Taiheiyo no washi (太平洋の鷲)Ishirō HondaAdmiral Isoroku Yamamoto
1953United StatesEl AlaméinFred F. SearsSecond Battle of El Alamein
1953United StatesFighter AttackLesley SelanderPartisans in Italian Campaign
1953United StatesFrom Here to EternityFred Zinnemann1953 Best Picture culminating in the Attack on Pearl Harbor
1953United StatesAlvin Ganzer, F. Hugh HerbertComedy. Pacific Theatre and English family living on atoll invaded by US Marines near end of war
1953United StatesMaxwell ShaneDrama. DP camp survivor in New York City
1953United StatesGuerrilla GirlJohn ChristianGreek Resistance
1953ItalyHell Raiders of the DeepI sette dell'Orsa maggioreDuilio ColettiDecima Flottiglia MAS
1953Japan Himeyuri no Tō (ひめゆりの塔)Tadashi ImaiA group of high school girls trained as nurses witness the horrors of war first-hand on Okinawa
1953United StatesLittle Boy LostGeorge SeatonDrama. American war correspondent stationed in Paris before Battle of Dunkirk searching for his French family lost during war
1953United KingdomMalta StoryBrian Desmond HurstSiege of Malta in 1942
1953Italy La pattuglia dell'Amba AlagiFlavio CalzavaraA veteran of the second Battle of Amba Alagi meets the families of his fallen comrades
1953United KingdomTerence YoungBritish paratroopers and Operation Biting
1953United KingdomSingle-Handed (Sailor of the King)Roy BoultingAction-drama based on C. S. Forester novel Brown on Resolution. Royal Navy
1953United StatesSouth Sea Woman (The Marines Had a Word for It)Arthur LubinComedy. Pacific Theatre escapades of US Marine court martialed for events leading to Pearl Harbor
1953United StatesStalag 17Billy WilderAllies in German Stalag Luft
1953CanadaTit-CoqTit-CoqRené Delacroix, Gratien GélinasReturn home of French-Canadian soldier nicknamed "Little Rooster"
1954United StatesBeachheadStuart HeislerFour US Marines on a reconnaissance mission in the Solomon Islands
1954United StatesBetrayedGottfried ReinhardtDutch resistance in Battle of Arnhem
1954United StatesEdward DmytrykDestroyer warfare in South West Pacific Theatre
1954West GermanyCanaris: Master Spy (Deadly Decision)CanarisAlfred WeidenmannDrama. Abwehr Chief Admiral Canaris and Widerstand
1954West Germany08/15 – In der KasernePaul MayDrama. End of war for German soldiers; first of three parts
1954ItalyFolgore DivisionDivisione FolgoreDuilio Coletti185th Airborne Division Folgore in 1942
1954Italy (Frogman Spy)Mizar (Sabotaggio in mare)Francesco De RobertisItalian frogman is helped by a frogwoman
1954ItalyGoodbye Naples!Addio Napoli!Roberto Bianchi MonteroDrama. Espionage in Naples under Allied occupation
1954ItalySiluri umaniAntonio LeonviolaRaid on Souda Bay by Italian Commandos
1954Austria
Yugoslavia		Die Letzte Brücke
Posljednji most 		Helmut KäutnerGerman nurse is sent to the front as a punishment for tending a wounded Yugoslav partisan
1954ChinaLetter with FeatherJī máo xìn (鸡毛信)Shi HuiBoy attempts to deliver important message to 8th Route Army while evading Imperial Japanese forces during Sino-Japanese War
1954SpainLa patrullaPedro LazagaSpanish volunteer Blue Division on Eastern Front[5] [6]
1954United KingdomRobert ParrishRAF evaders in Burma campaign
1954United KingdomLewis GilbertChannel Air Sea Rescue of Allied bomber crew
1954ItalyShadow Men Uomini ombraFrancesco De RobertisIntelligence service of the Regia Marina
1954United Kingdom
Norway		Shetland Gang (Suicide Mission)ShetlandsgjengenMichael ForlongDocudrama. "Shetland bus", Norwegian smugglers in North Sea
1954United StatesSilent RaidersRichard BartlettFictitious story of US Army Rangers at the Dieppe Raid
1954IndiaAndha Naal (அந்த நாள்) S. BalachanderFictitious story of a scientist and radio operator who spies for Japan during the Second World War and is killed by his wife.
1954United KingdomThey Who DareLewis MilestoneSAS raid in occupied Greece

Late 1950s

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1955ItalyGli sbandatiFrancesco MaselliThe beginning of partisan warfare in Italy after the Armistice
1955Above Us the WavesRalph ThomasSubmarine attacks on German battleship Tirpitz
1955United StatesBad Day at Black RockJohn SturgesThriller. Disabled veteran tries to deliver a medal
1955United StatesBattle CryRaoul WalshUS Marines and battles of Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan
1955United KingdomJosé FerrerRoyal Marine commandos launch Operation Frankton
1955United KingdomGuy HamiltonBritish, Dutch and French POWs in special "escape-proof" castle prison
1955United KingdomMichael AndersonRAF bombers launch Operation Chastise against German dams using the bouncing bomb
1955West Germany
Austria		Des Teufels GeneralHelmut KäutnerDrama based on Gen. Ernst Udet. Successful Luftwaffe General courted by Widerstand
1955West Germany08/15 – Im Krieg (08/15 – Zweiter Teil)Paul MayDrama. End of war for German soldiers; second of three parts
1955West Germany08/15 – In der HeimatPaul MayDrama. End of war for German soldiers; third of three parts
1955United KingdomEdward DmytrykRomance drama. British homefront and illicit romance
1955East GermanyErnst Thälmann – Leader of his ClassErnst Thälmann – Führer seiner KlasseKurt MaetzigDrama. Ernst Thälmann leads Communist opposition to Hitler
1955United StatesJohn H. AuerFollows the career of US Navy Captain John Hoskins (officer) during the Pacific War
1955FranceThe FugitivesLes évadésJean-Paul Le ChanoisTwo French prisoners escape from German POW camp
1955PolandPokolenieAndrzej WajdaPolish resistance against German occupation
1955West GermanyHanussen, Hitler's AstrologerHanussenO. W. Fischer, Georg MarischkaDrama. Jewish psychic Erik Jan Hanussen collaborates with Nazis
1955West Germany
Austria		Hitler: The Last Ten Days (The Last Act)Der letzte AktGeorg Wilhelm PabstDrama based on novel by Nuremberg judge Michael Musmanno. Hitler's last days in Reichstag bunker through perspective of bunker guard
1955PolandGodziny nadzieiStanisław Bareja, Jan RybkowskiDrama set in Poland near the end of the war
1955United StatesIt's Always Fair WeatherStanley Donen, Gene KellyMusical comedy-drama. US soldiers vowing to reunite after war in 1955
1955West GermanyJackboot MutinyEs geschah am 20. JuliGeorg Wilhelm PabstJuly 20 plot to assassinate Hitler
1955PolandMen of the Blue CrossBłękitny krzyżAndrzej MunkTatra Mountains, Poland on Eastern Front, 1945
1955United StatesMister RobertsJohn Ford, Mervyn LeRoyComedy-drama. US Navy cargo ship in South Pacific
1955MalayaSergeant HassanSarjan HassanLamberto V. Avellana, P. RamleeAction drama. Malayan occupation and Royal Malay Regiment
1955ItalySubmarine Attack (Torpedo Zone)La grande speranzaDuilio ColettiAction/Romance. Italian submarine sinking Allied shipping on Eastern Atlantic Theatre and rescuing occasional survivor
1955DenmarkThere Came One DayDer kom en dagSven MethlingBased on Flemming Muus novel. Last days of Danish occupation
1955United StatesTo Hell and BackJesse HibbsAudie Murphy, most decorated US soldier
1955FinlandTuntematon sotilasEdvin LaineFinno-Soviet Continuation War
1956SpainAmbassadors in HellEmbajadores en el infiernoJosé María ForquéDrama based on Torcuato Luca de Tena novel. Spanish Blue Division volunteers from Siege of Leningrad and Battle of Krasny Bor imprisoned in Soviet Gulag
1956United StatesAttackRobert AldrichInfantrymen in France after D-Day
1956United StatesAway All BoatsJoseph PevneyUS NavyAttack transport operating in the Pacific
1956United Kingdom (Pursuit of the Graf Spee)Michael Powell, Emeric PressburgerBattle of the River Plate between German and British forces. The first naval battle of the war
1956United StatesBattle StationsLewis SeilerUS Navy battleship in the Pacific Ocean theater of World War II
1956United StatesBetween Heaven and HellRichard FleischerUS Army National Guard unit in Philippines
1956United KingdomBrian Desmond HurstBritish soldier helps local tribes fight the Germans during the North African campaign
1956United StatesLewis R. FosterUS soldiers serving during the Italian Campaign
1956JapanBiruma no tategoto (ビルマの竪琴)Kon IchikawaJapanese soldiers fighting in the Burma campaign
1956United StatesD-Day the Sixth of JuneHenry KosterStory of Operation Overlord, the Normandy invasion by Allied forces
1956ItalyFarewell, My Village... Ciao, pais...Osvaldo LanginiAlpini on the Greek front
1956CanadaFlight into Danger (TV)Gabriel AxelThriller. Ex-RCAF pilot in civilian emergency; remade as Zero Hour!-->
1956United StatesGabyCurtis BernhardtRomance/Drama. British homefront and ballerina falling for American soldier sent to France, 1944
1953ItalyLondra chiama Polo NordDuilio ColettiA British radio operator is captured by the Germans and forced to send fake messages back to London
1956PolandKanał (Kanal)KanałAndrzej WajdaPolish resistance during the Warsaw Uprising in 1944
1956FranceUn condamné à mort s'est échappé (Le vent souffle où il veut)Robert BressonThriller based on memoirs of POW André Devigny. French Resistance and Gestapo prison : Montluc Prison.
1956United KingdomRonald NeameBattle of Sicily and Operation Mincemeat A fake officer washes up on the coast of Spain as a cover for an invasion.
1956Italy Il prezzo della gloriaAntonio Musu
1956United KingdomPrivate's ProgressJohn BoultingComedy. Reluctantly conscripted/commissioned soldier and art heist behind German lines
1956United StatesGeorge SeatonRomance drama. Red Cross volunteer in South Pacific, New Caledonia and husband's death at Battle of Guadalcanal
1956United KingdomReach for the SkyLewis GilbertRAF Officer Douglas Bader and the Battle of Britain
1956United StatesThe Revolt of Mamie StoverRaoul Walsh
1956YugoslaviaOpsadaBranko MarjanovicComedy-drama. Zagreb Underground and Yugoslav Front
1956United Kingdom (Rape of Malaya)Jack LeeBritish and Australian POWs after Battle of Singapore
1956YugoslaviaValley of Peace (Sergeant Jim)Dolina miru
Dolina mira 		France ŠtiglicAfrican-American pilot down behind enemy lines rescues two orphans
1957United KingdomErnest MorrisCrime thriller. Allied pilot captured and tortured by Nazis and postwar search for his betrayer
1957FranceBitter VictoryAmère victoireNicholas RayAction-drama. Allied commando mission behind enemy lines in Benghazi and Western Desert campaign
1957United KingdomDavid Lean1957 Best Picture depicting British POWs work on Burma Railway
1957Soviet UnionLetyat zhuravli (Летят журавли)Mikhail KalatozovRomance drama. Soviet homefront
1957United StatesDon't Go Near the WaterCharles WaltersComedy-romance. US Navy public relations unit stationed on South West Pacific Theatre island
1957United StatesDick PowellSouth Atlantic and cat-and-mouse action between US destroyer and U-boat
1957West GermanyDer Fuchs von ParisPaul MayBattle of Normandy from Wehrmacht perspective
1957United StatesHeaven Knows, Mr. AllisonJohn HustonUS Marine and Catholic nun trapped on enemy island in Pacific Ocean theater of World War II
1957United StatesHellcats of the NavyNathan JuranSubmarine warfare in Pacific Theatre
1957United StatesKiss Them for MeStanley DonenComedy. US Navy pilots on leave in San Francisco
1957NorwayNine LivesNi LivArne SkouenDrama. Biography of Jan Baalsrud's, Norwegian Resistance fighter, epic escape to neutral Sweden following Tromsø sabotage operation
1957United KingdomRoy Ward BakerEscape of German POW Franz von Werra
1957United StatesOperation Mad BallRichard QuineComedy-romance. Closing of US Army hospital in France at end of war
1957West GermanySharks and Little FishHaie und kleine FischeFrank WisbarDrama. German naval cadets entering Kriegsmarine and U-boat service, 1940
1957West GermanyDer Stern von AfrikaAlfred WeidenmannDocudrama. Luftwaffe ace (Experten) Hans-Joachim Marseille
1957United KingdomMichael CarrerasSmall British recce force surrounded by overwhelming forces of Afrika Korps during Tunisian campaign
1957ItalyTanks of El AlameinEl Alamein (Deserto di gloria)Guido MalatestaSecond Battle of El Alamein
1957United StatesJohn FordDrama. US Navy pilot Frank Wead in Pacific Theater
1957ItalyLa donna che venne dal mareFrancesco De RobertisEspionage and Italian frogmen in Gibraltar.
1957United StatesZero Hour!Hall BartlettThriller. Ex-RCAF pilot in civilian emergency -->
1958Italy
West Germany		Always VictoriousPezzo, capopezzo e capitano Wolfgang StaudteComedy. Italian submarine chaser
1958PolandAshes and DiamondsPopiół i diamentAndrzej WajdaAnti-Communist resistance in Poland just after the war's end
1958CzechoslovakiaAt That Time, at Christmas...Tenkrát o VánocíchKarel KachyňaCzechoslovak Army on Eastern Front, Christmas 1944
1958West GermanyDie grünen Teufel von Monte CassinoHarald Reinl1. Fallschirmjägerdivision in the Battle of Monte Cassino
1958United KingdomVernon SewellPolish resistance spies on German rocket tests
1958United KingdomVal GuestBritish and Dutch POWs in Malaya
1958United KingdomCarve Her Name with PrideLewis GilbertSOE agent Violette Szabo serving in Nazi-occupied France
1958PolandCon Bravura (With Bravery)Con BravuraAndrzej MunkCouriers crossing Polish/Slovak Tatra Mountains; third part of Eroica cut by director
1958PolandCross of ValourKrzyż WalecznychKazimierz KutzShort stories from the Eastern Front, 1945
1958United StatesDarby's RangersWilliam WellmanBattle of Cisterna and Battle of Anzio
1958PolandDeserterDezerterWitold LesiewiczSilesian Pole conscripted in Wehrmacht
1958West GermanyDer Arzt von StalingradGéza von RadványiBattle of Stalingrad
1958United KingdomDunkirkLeslie NormanOperation Dynamo and Dunkirk evacuation
1958PolandEroica (Heroism)EroicaAndrzej MunkWarsaw Uprising and POW camp, 1944–45
1958China (Continuous Wave)Yong bu xiao shi de dian bo (永不消逝的电波)Wang PingDrama based on true story. Chinese agents in Japanese-held Shanghai, 1939
1958United StatesFräulein (1958)Henry KosterComedy-romance. Escaped American POW hiding in Berlin near end of war
1958PolandFree CityWolne miastoStanisław RóżewiczFree City of Danzig, Polish Campaign, 1939
1958United KingdomIce Cold in AlexJ. Lee ThompsonNorth African campaign
1958United StatesImitation GeneralGeorge MarshallComedy. US Army Sergeant impersonating fallen general to inspire comrades in France
1958United StatesIn Love and WarPhilip DunneDrama. US Marines on shore leave in San Francisco before returning to battle
1958United KingdomMark RobsonEnglish missionary in China during Sino-Japanese War
1958United KingdomI Was Monty's Double (Hell, Heaven or Hoboken)John GuillerminDiversionary D-Day impersonation of General Montgomery
1958United KingdomCarol ReedBattle of the Atlantic
1958United StatesKings Go ForthDelmer DavesAction/Romance. Soldiers involved with American woman during Champagne Offensive in southern France, Summer 1944
1958United StatesRaoul WalshUS troops fighting in the Pacific War
1958PolandOrzeł (The Eagle)OrzełLeonard BuczkowskiPolish submarine and Orzeł incident, Baltic Sea escape attempt from neutral Estonian internment and German navy
1958PolandPills for AureliaPigułki dla AureliiStanisław LenartowiczPolish resistance rescue of comrades from the Germans
1958United StatesRun Silent, Run DeepRobert WiseUS submarine and Japanese destroyer chase in South West Pacific Theatre
1958United KingdomSea of Sand (Desert Patrol)Guy GreenLong Range Desert Group in North African campaign
1958United KingdomWilliam FairchildFictionalised events in Gibraltar harbour during the Italian frogman and manned torpedo attacks
1958Italy
Spain		 Il cielo bruciaGiuseppe MasiniItalian bombers in the North African campaign
1958United StatesSouth PacificJoshua LoganMusical romance. South West Pacific Theater
1958DenmarkSpy 503 Spion 503Jørn JeppesenDrama. German Agent 503 June Harvey with Swedish diplomats and Danish Resistance
1958PolandStory of One FighterHistoria jednego myśliwcaHubert DrapellaPolish fighter pilot serving with the RAF during the Battle of Britain, 1940
1958United StatesSubmarine Seahawk (Submarine X2)Spencer Gordon BennetSuspense drama. Submarine on reconnaissance mission in South West Pacific Theatre
1958United StatesSuicide BattalionEdward L. CahnDrama. Soldiers sent to destroy base and strategic documents in occupied Philippines; remade as 1968 film Hell Raiders
1958United StatesTarawa BeachheadPaul WendkosDrama. Battle of Tarawa during Guadacanal conflict in the Pacific.
1958United StatesDouglas SirkRomance drama based on Erich Maria Remarque novel. German soldier on furlough finds home town in chaos
1958United StatesTorpedo RunJoseph PevneyDrama. Submarine sets out to destroy Japanese carrier from Pearl Harbor attack now using US civilians and POWs as human shields
1958West GermanyU 47 – Lieutenant Commander PrienU 47 – Kapitänleutnant PrienHarald ReinlGünther Prien and the U-47
1958United KingdomRalph ThomasRomance between a British officer and his female language instructor in Burma
1958United StatesWhen Hell Broke LooseKenneth G. CraneAction-drama. Foul-up GI redeems himself during Operation Greif in the Battle of the Bulge
1958United StatesEdward DmytrykAction-drama. Three soldiers during war: one German, two American (one Jewish)
1959United StatesRobert AldrichDrama based on Leon Uris novel. Greek resistance
1959PolandAnswer to Violence (Partisan Mission)ZamachJerzy PassendorferOperation Kutschera and Polish resistance, 1944
1959West GermanyAs Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (TV miniseries)So weit die Füße tragenFritz UmgelterDrama based on POW Cornell Rost. Eastern Front, then escape from Siberian Gulag and journey home; remade as 2001 film As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me
1959Soviet UnionBallad of a SoldierБаллада о солдатеGrigori ChukhraiPoetic drama. Soldier receives home leave as reward for heroism
1959United StatesBattle of the Coral SeaPaul WendkosAction-drama. Submarine on reconnaissance photographing Japanese installations through periscope
1959West GermanyDie BrückeBernhard WickiBoys conscripted into Wehrmacht service on Western Front, 1945
1959West GermanyCourt MartialKriegsgerichtKurt MeiselDrama based on Will Berthold article. Kriegsmarine sailors tried for abandoning ship
1959United KingdomDanger Within (Breakout)Don ChaffeyAllied escape from POW camp in Northern Italy, Summer 1943
1959United KingdomDesert Mice Michael RelphENSA unit in the Western Desert campaign
1959Soviet UnionDestiny of a ManSudba Cheloveka (Судьба человека)Sergei BondarchukDrama based on Mikhail Sholokhov story. POWs in German Stalag
1959United StatesGeorge StevensDrama. Anne Frank hiding from Germans in occupied Amsterdam
1959JapanFires on the PlainNobi (野火)Kon IchikawaDecimated Japanese Imperial Army in Philippines, 1945
1959ItalyGeneral Della RovereIl generale Della RovereRoberto RosselliniDrama based on Indro Montanelli novel. Petty thief hired by Nazis to impersonate Italian resistance leader
1959France
Japan		Hiroshima Mon Amour (Hiroshima, My Love)Hiroshima mon amour
Nijuuyojikan no jouji 		Alain ResnaisDrama. Hiroshima bomb; remade as 2001 film H Story
1959JapanNingen no jōken I (人間の條件)Masaki KobayashiManchukuo and Japanese Resistance in China; part one of trilogy
1959JapanNingen no jōken II (人間の條件)Masaki KobayashiImperial Japanese Army basic training; part two of trilogy
1959United StatesNever So FewJohn SturgesUS troops join local guerrillas to fight the Japanese during the Burma campaign
1959PolandOctopus CafeCafe Pod MinogąBronisław BrokComedy about wartime Polish resistance
1959United KingdomOperation AmsterdamMichael McCarthyBritish commandos on mission to occupied Holland find fortune in Nazi diamonds
1959United KingdomOperation BullshineGilbert GunnFemale crewed anti-aircraft units in England
1959United StatesOperation PetticoatBlake EdwardsComedy. Submarine commander stuck with decrepit pink sub, con-man executive officer and group of Army nurses
1959United StatesParatroop CommandWilliam WitneyUS Army paratroopers in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy
1959PolandSpeedLotnaAndrzej WajdaPolish Cavalry and Invasion of Poland, 1939
1959 United KingdomJohn Paddy CarstairsComedy. British council workmen drafted into service in France and mistaken for spies by Nazis
1959West Germany (Battle Inferno)Hunde, wollt ihr ewig lebenFrank WisbarDrama. Romanian Army component of German 6th Army and Battle of Stalingrad
1959East Germany
Bulgaria		StarsSterne Konrad Wolf
1959PolandKamienne nieboCzesław Petelski, Ewa PetelskaCivilians sheltering underground during the Warsaw Uprising, 1944
1959United StatesTank CommandosBurt TopperDrama. US ammo and demolition unit on reconnaissance mission to determine where Germans ford river
1959United Kingdom
West Germany		Ten Seconds to Hell (The Phoenix)Robert AldrichThriller based on Lawrence P. Bachmann novel. German bomb disposal squad in post-war Berlin
1959United StatesTimbuktuJacques TourneurTuareg revolt in French West Africa, 1940
1959United StatesUp PeriscopeGordon DouglasAction-drama. US Navy frogman aboard submarine on reconnaissance mission to Japanese-held island
1959PolandWhite BearBiały niedźwiedźJerzy ZarzyckiTatra Mountains and Zakopane, Polish Holocaust, 1941
1959Italy
France		Wolves of the DeepLupi nell'abisso
Les loups dans l'abîme		Silvio AmadioSailors trapped in an Italian submarine damaged by depth charges

Early 1960s

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1960East GermanyBlind Spot (TV)Toter WinkelWolfgang LudererDrama. German farm girl at odds with forced-labor camp guard guilty of war crimes on verge of Soviet occupation, 1945
1960Italy Il corazziereCamillo MastrocinqueComedy. The misadventures of a short Italian soldier
1960Italy
France		Escape by NightEra notte a Roma
Les Évadés de la nuit 		Roberto RosselliniEscaped Allied POWs in pre-liberated Italy
1960Italy
France		Everybody Go HomeTutti a casa
La Grande Pagaille 		Luigi ComenciniComedy-drama (commedia all'italiana). The Four days of Naples and double occupation and subsequent chaos
1960United StatesRobert MontgomeryDocudrama. Biopic of Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey. Efforts against Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto and Imperial Japanese forces in Guadalcanal campaign
1960United StatesHell to EternityPhil KarlsonBattle of Saipan and wartime discrimination against Japanese-Americans
1960ItalyIt Happened in '43La lunga notte del '43Florestano VanciniAllied invasion of Italy
1960ItalyIl gobboCarlo LizzaniItalian partisan under German occupation becomes a gangster after the liberation of Rome
1960DenmarkDen sidste vinterEdvin Tiemroth, Anker SørensenResistance group on Denmark's Lolland island attempts to liberate wounded British officer, Winter 1944–45
1960United KingdomLight Up the Sky!Lewis GilbertAnti-aircraft units in England
1960United StatesDaniel MannDrama based on Theodore White novel. China based US Army demolition officer's attempts to destroy bridges and roads useful to Imperial Japanese Army
1960DenmarkPrice of FreedomFrihedens PrisAnnelise Hovmand
1960RomaniaSecretul cifruluiLucian BratuRetreat of Nazi forces from Romania in 1944
1960Sink the Bismarck!Lewis GilbertOperation Rheinübung and Battle of the Atlantic
1960United StatesSki Troop AttackRoger CormanAction. US ski-troop commandos behind German lines to destroy rail bridge
1960CzechoslovakiaSlingshot BearerPráčeKarel KachyňaStory of Czechoslovak children participating in homeland liberation after Czechoslovak army rescue from concentration camps on Eastern Front
1960JapanStorm Over the Pacific (I Bombed Pearl Harbor)Hawai Middouei daikaikusen: Taiheiyo no arashi (ハワイ・ミッドウェイ大海空戦 太平洋の嵐)Shuei MatsubayashiImperial Japanese Navy pilot serving on Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū in battles of Pearl Harbor and Midway
1960Italy Il carro armato dell'8 settembreGianni PucciniItalian Armistice of 8 September 1943
1960FranceTaxi for TobrukUn taxi pour TobroukDenys de La PatellièreFree French commandos in North Africa on mission to capture German officer and reach Allied lines
1960ItalyTwo WomenLa ciociaraVittorio De SicaDrama. Italian mother and daughter raped by French Expeditionary Corps troops (Marocchinate)
1960Italy
United States		Under Ten FlagsDuilio ColettiThe 665-day pursuit of German surface raider Atlantis and Battle of the Atlantic
1961DenmarkAlarm in the Baltic Sorte Shara (Alarm i Østersøen, DVD)Sven MethlingBaltic naval battle and escape to neutral Sweden
1961United StatesBattle at Bloody BeachHerbert ColemanRomance/Drama. Civilian US Navy contractor supplies Filipino guerrillas while searching for wife
1961United Kingdom
Italy		I due nemici Guy HamiltonComedy. East African Campaign
1961PolandBirth CertificateŚwiadectwo urodzeniaStanisław RóżewiczInvasion of Poland, 1939
1961United States
France		Bridge to the SunPont vers le soleilÉtienne PérierRomance-drama based on autobiography of Gwendolen Terasaki. Wife to First Secretary at Japanese Embassy in Washington when Pearl Harbor is bombed and later liaison between Palace and Supreme Allied Commander Douglas MacArthur
1961ItalyUn giorno da leoniNanni LoyItalian armistice and the beginning of resistance in Italy
1961ItalyDesert FurloughPastasciutta nel desertoCarlo Ludovico BragagliaComedy. Misadventures of an Italian soldier in the rear of the front at El Alamein
1961ItalyUna vita difficileDino RisiComedy-drama. Italian resistance movement and postwar readjustment
1961ItalyIl federaleLuciano SalceComedy. Member of Fascist Brigate Nere and sojourn with captive anti-Fascist
1961East GermanyDer Fall GleiwitzGerhard KleinGleiwitz incident, 1939
1961United KingdomJ. Lee ThompsonAction-adventure. Allied commandos on mission in Mediterranean Theatre
1961JapanNingen no jōken III (人間の條件 III 人間の條件 完結篇)Masaki KobayashiPart three of trilogy
1961IndiaHum DonoAmarjeet, Vijay AnandMusical drama. Indian Army officer in Burma campaign longs for home but has one last duty to perform
1961United KingdomInvasion QuartetJay LewisComedy/drama set during the Battle of France
1961United StatesJudgment at NurembergStanley KramerDrama. The Nuremberg Trials
1961United StatesJack WebbComedy. Enlistment, training and commissioning of Civilian Air Corps into Army Air Force near end of war
1961United KingdomMontgomery TullyDrama. Canadian pilot downed on mission aids French Resistance under German occupation of France
1961PolandNight TrainLudzie z pociąguKazimierz KutzGerman occupation of Poland
1961United StatesOn the DoubleMelville ShavelsonComedy. Allied soldier awaiting D-Day and impersonation of Allied general to foil assassination by German agents
1961United StatesOperation BottleneckEdward L. CahnUS paratroopers in the Burma campaign
1961West GermanyOrdered to LoveLebensbornWerner KlinglerExploitation. Nazi Lebensborn programme
1961United StatesDelbert MannDrama based on life of Ira Hayes. Native American Marine who raised the flag on Iwo Jima
1961ItalyPigeon ShootTiro al piccioneGiuliano MontaldoDecima MAS of the Italian Social Republic
1961East GermanyProfessor MamlockProfessor MamlockKonrad WolfDrama based on Friedrich Wolf play. Jewish doctor fails to resist the Nazis
1961PolandSamsonSamsonAndrzej WajdaHolocaust during German occupation of Poland
1961PolandSpringKwiecieńWitold LesiewiczWehrmacht on Eastern Front, 1945
1961Hong KongSun, Moon and StarXingxing yueliang taiyang (星星月亮太陽) (Mandarin) [7] Yi WenDrama. Chinese resistance
1961United KingdomTarnished HeroesErnest MorrisAction-adventure. British Major recruits military prisoners for a mission during the Battle of France.
1961PolandTonight a City Will DieDziś w nocy umrze miastoJan RybkowskiBombing of Dresden from perspective of Polish forced labourers in city, 1945
1961ItalyI due marescialliSergio CorbucciComedy. Carabinieri during the German occupation of Italy
1961United KingdomVery Important PersonKen AnnakinComedy. British POWs in Stalag
1962United StatesGeorge SeatonDrama/Thriller based on Alexander Klein non-fiction novel. American-born Swedish oil-trader coerced by Allies into spying on Nazis
1962ItalyDesert WarQuattro notti con l'albaLuigi Filippo D'AmicoFour Italian soldiers and a woman during the retreat after the Second Battle of El Alamein
1962France (The Vanishing Corporal)Le caporal épingléJean RenoirComedy-drama. Upper-class Parisian corporal captured by Germans in Battle of France and his various escape attempts from stalag, 1940
1962ItalyLe quattro giornate di NapoliNanni LoyDrama. Italian civilians revolt against German invaders in the Four Days of Naples
1962United StatesThe Four Horsemen of the ApocalypseVincente MinnelliDrama. German family, from Germany to Argentina and occupied France, between country, Nazism and anti-Nazism
1962United StatesHell Is for HeroesDon SiegelAction-drama. Squad of US soldiers fighting off larger German forces on Western front
1962Soviet UnionIvan's ChildhoodIvanovo detstvo (Иваново детство)Andrei TarkovskyDrama. Orphaned boy, cared for by Soviet officers, works as spy on Eastern Front, crossing German lines
1962YugoslaviaKozaraKozaraVeljko BulajićYugoslav Partisans fight German forces in the Kozara Offensive
1962NetherlandsLike Two Drops of Water (The Dark Room of Damocles / The Spitting Image)Als twee druppels waterFons RademakersMystery drama based on Willem Frederik Hermans novel. Dutch Resistance
1962United StatesBernhard Wicki, Andrew Marton and Ken AnnakinAction-drama about the Allied Normandy landings on D-Day
1962United States
Philippines		Lost BattalionEddie RomeroAction-drama. Filipino guerilla leader with knowledge of island jungle attempts rescue of American refugees pinned by Japanese in Philippines
1962United StatesMerrill's MaraudersSamuel FullerUS Special Ops troops, the Merrill's Marauders fighting behind Japanese lines
1962United StatesNo Man is an Island (Island Escape)Richard Goldstone, John Monks Jr.Drama based on George Tweed. US sailor is only serviceman on Guam to avoid capture by Japanese
1962Italy
France		No Man's LandUn branco di vigliacchiFabrizio TaglioniGerman violence shortly before the arrival of the Allies in occupied Italy
1962United KingdomOperation SnatchRobert DayComedy. Officer responsible for Barbary apes on Gibraltar behind German lines to snatch an ape to prevent British departure from Gibraltar
1962United KingdomThe Silent InvasionMax VarnelDrama. French Resistance story.
1962NetherlandsDe OvervalPaul RothaCrime-thriller based on true story. Allied POW and Dutch Resistance escape from Leeuwarden prison, 1944
1962East GermanyStar-Crossed Lovers (Invincible Love)KönigskinderFrank BeyerRomantic Drama set in Eastern Germany pre-war and wartime.
1962GreeceStick Them Up, HitlerPsila ta heria Hitler (Ψηλά τα Χέρια Χίτλερ)Roviros ManthoulisComedy-drama. Greek Resistance
1962PhilippinesSuicide CommandoesArmando GarcesSix Filipino guerrillas aid Lieutenant in destroying Japanese airfield during Battle of Bessang Pass
1962ItalyTen Italians for One GermanDieci italiani per un tedescoFilippo Walter RattiItalian resistance in Rome and Ardeatine massacre
1962ItalyI due colonnelliStenoComedy. An Italian and a British colonel in Greece
1962Italy
United Kingdom		L'affondamento della ValiantRoy Ward BakerItalian navy divers attack Royal Navy ships in the Raid on Alexandria (1941)
1962DenmarkVenus fra VestøVenus fra VestøAnnelise ReenbergComedy based on true story. Prized cow on Danish island in danger of being seized by German occupation forces or British agricultural department
1962PolandWalther P-38 (TV)Pistolet typu Walter P-38 Edward EtlerPolish resistance
1962United KingdomPhilip LeacockAmerican bomber crews in England
1962JapanThe Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps太平洋戦争と姫ゆり部隊 (Taiheiyô Sensô to Himeyuri Butai)Kiyoshi KomoriHimeyuri students in Battle of Okinawa
1963FinlandCommando AssaultSissitMikko NiskanenGuerrilla warfare during Continuation War
1963United States
Philippines		Cry of BattleIrving LernerMercenary fighting with partisans in Philippines during Japanese occupation of the Philippines
1963United StatesJohn SturgesAllied POWs mount mass escape from Stalag Luft III
1963Italy La mano sul fucileLuigi TurollaSoldiers of the Italian Social Republic against Italian partisans
1963PolandManhunterNaganiaczCzesław Petelski, Ewa PetelskaHolocaust in Poland
1963United KingdomMystery Submarine (Decoy)C.M. Pennington-RichardsAdventure-drama. Captured U-boat on Royal Navy mission to mislead German naval force
1963East GermanyNaked Among WolvesNackt unter WölfenFrank BeyerDrama based on Bruno Apitz novel. Child hidden in Buchenwald until camp's liberation
1963PolandOn the White TrailsNa białym szlakuJarosław BrzozowskiNazi and Polish forces in Arctic at end of war
1963United StatesOperation BikiniAnthony CarrasUnderwater Demolition Team aboard a submarine in the Pacific.
1963PolandPassengerPasażerkaAndrzej MunkFemale SS officer at Auschwitz-Birkenau and her relationship with inmate
1963United KingdomAndrew StoneComedy-drama based on POW Sgt. Maj. Charles Coward. Captured soldier's attempts to escape Germans
1963PhilippinesPinakamagandang hayop sa daigdigPinakamagandang hayop sa daigdigPablo SantiagoHeroic Filipina during Japanese occupation of the Philippines
1963United StatesMiracle of the White StallionsArthur HillerIn 1945 the fate of Vienna's famous Lipizzaner stallions hangs into balance. American general Patton could save them but first he asks to see them perform.
1963United StatesPT 109Leslie H. MartinsonJohn F. Kennedy's USN service on Pacific Front
1963United StatesRobert TottenAction-drama. Isolated US soldiers aided by partisans during Italian Campaign, 1944
1963YugoslaviaDesant na DrvarFadil HadžićOperation Rösselsprung (1944) German operation to capture or kill the Yugoslav Partisan leader Marshal Tito
1963Philippines
United States		Eddie RomeroPlan to rescue captured American intelligence agent from the Japanese prior to the Battle of Leyte
1963PhilippinesSierra MadreArmando A. HerreraCampaigns of demolition men during Japanese Occupation of the Philippines
1963PhilippinesSigaw ng DigmaanSigaw ng DigmaanEfren Reyes, Sr.Philippine Army resistance, 1941
1963ItalyIl terroristaGianfranco De BosioItalian partisans in Venice
1963Italy
United States		Torpedo BayFinché dura la tempestaCharles FrendItalian submarine is chased by the British as it tries to pass through the Strait of Gibraltar
1963HungaryTwo Half Times in Hell (The Last Goal)Két félidő a pokolbanZoltán FábriDrama. Soccer match between POWs and Germans
1963ItalyIl processo di VeronaCarlo LizzaniVerona trial of prominent Italian Fascist leaders after the countries' liberation
1963United KingdomCarl ForemanDrama. US soldiers in European Theatre of combat following D-Day
1963PolandWhere is the General?Gdzie jest generał...Tadeusz ChmielewskiComedy. Polish forces on Eastern Front, 1945
1963ItalyWine, Whiskey and Salt WaterVino, whisky e acqua salataMario AmendolaComedy. An Italian submarine sinks an English warship and takes its very British commander as prisoner
1964Soviet UnionThe Alive and the DeadЖивые и мёртвыеAleksandr StolperMilitary journalism in the country during the period of counterattacks in Battle of Moscow
1964United StatesArthur HillerUS Navy planning for Normandy landings to have the first casualty by a US Navy man.
1964CzechoslovakiaAtentátJiří SequensOperation Anthropoid, the assassination of high-ranking Nazi Reinhard Heydrich in Prague
1964Italy
Soviet Union		Attack and RetreatItaliani brava gente
Oni shli na vostok (Они шли на Восток) 		Giuseppe De SantisDrama. Unheralded and unsuccessful Eastern Front invasion of Soviet Union by Italian army
1964United StatesBack Door to HellMonte HellmanAmerican commandos prepare for Gen. MacArthur's return to Philippines
1964PolandBattle ColoursBarwy walkiJerzy PassendorferPolish resistance, 1944
1964ChinaBái Qiúēn dai fu (白求恩大夫)Gao Zheng, Li ShutianDrama based on Zhou Erfu book. Canadian doctor Norman Bethune dies aiding Red Army in Sino-Japanese War [8]
1964PolandEnd of our WorldKoniec naszego świataWanda JakubowskaPrison camp survivor recalls his time in Auschwitz
1964United StatesEnsign PulverJoshua LoganRomantic comedy. South West Pacific Theatre; sequel to 1955 film Mister Roberts
1964United StatesFather GooseRalph NelsonComedy-drama. Coast watcher on Matalava island monitoring Japanese plane movements in the South Pacific
1964Georgian SSRJariskatsis mama (ჯარისკაცის მამა)
Otets soldata (Отец солдата) 		Rezo Chkheidze (Revaz Tchkheidze)Drama. Georgian peasant leaving village for front lines to find wounded soldier son
1964PolandPierwszy dzień wolnościAleksander FordPolish POWs in German Stalag, 1945
1964Japan
United States		Flight from AshiyaMichael AndersonUSAAF pilots relive events in North Africa and Pacific
1964PolandGiuseppe in WarsawGiuseppe w WarszawieStanisław LenartowiczComedy. Italian soldier in Poland, 1943
1964United StatesMcHale's NavyEdward MontagneComedy. American PT boat crew in Pacific Ocean theater of World War II and New Caledonia
1964PhilippinesThe Guns of Corregidor Mga Kanyon ng CorregidorJose de Villa, Mar S. TorresAllied forces retake Philippine island from Japanese in the Battle of Corregidor
1964YugoslaviaNikoletina BursaćNikoletina BursaćBranko BauerStory of Yugoslav partisan Nikoletina Bursać
1964DenmarkParadise and BackParadis ReturGabriel AxelRomance/Drama. Life near imposing landfill amid pre-War Denmark and Danish Resistance under German occupation of Denmark, 1928–1945
1964United StatesSidney LumetDrama. New York City Auschwitz survivor tormented by memories
1964United StatesRoger CormanAllied convicts recruited for mission to capture Nazi-imprisoned Italian general planning to switch sides and turnover army to Allies
1964United KingdomQuentin LawrenceBritish POWs help wounded female agent escape Japanese; loosely based sequel to 1958 film The Camp on Blood Island
1964South AfricaSeven Against the SunDavid MillinSquad of South African troops behind enemy lines cause Italian chaos with fake broadcasts in East African Campaign
1964United StatesShell ShockJohn HayesUS troops during the Italian Campaign
1964United Kingdom (Squadron 633)Walter GraumanDrama. RAF squadron on mission to destroy German V-2 rocket fuel factory in Occupied Norway
1964United StatesAndrew MartonUS troops fighting during the Guadalcanal campaign
1964United States
France
Italy		John FrankenheimerResistance in Occupied France
1964PolandNieznanyWitold LesiewiczSoviet Gulag and Eastern Front, 1943–44
1964Philippines
United States		IntramurosEddie Romero, Gerardo de LeónBattle of Intramuros to liberate Manila from the Japanese
1964FranceWeekend at DunkirkWeek-end à ZuydcooteHenri VerneuilFrench troops fight against German forces at the Battle of Dunkirk
1964PolandWounded in the ForestRanny w lesieJanusz NasfeterPolish troops try to evade capture by the Germans
1964United KingdomAnthony AsquithAxis invasion of Yugoslavia

Late 1960s

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1965PolandAnd All Will Be QuietPotem nastąpi ciszaJanusz MorgensternPolish resistance, 1944
1965United StatesBattle of the BulgeKen AnnakinArdennes Offensive in 1944
1965Poland (TV)ButyCzesław Petelski, Ewa PetelskaEastern Front military hospital
1965ItalyThe Camp FollowersLe soldatesseValerio ZurliniItalian soldiers escort a group of prostitutes in occupied Greece
1965Poland (TV)WózekCzesław Petelski, Ewa PetelskaSoviet POWs in Poland
1965HungaryA tizedes meg a többiekMárton KeletiComedy. Hungarian soldiers attempt to surrender to Soviet army
1965Poland (TV)Nazajutrz po wojnieLech LorentowiczEastern Front, 1945
1965PolandDeath in the Middle Room (TV)Śmierć w środkowym pokojuAndrzej Trzos-RastawieckiGerman occupation of Poland
1965PhilippinesIginuhit ng TadhanaMar S. Torres, Jose de Villa, Conrado CondeBiography of Ferdinand Marcos during Japanese Occupation of the Philippines
1965Czechoslovakia (...and the Fifth Horseman Is Fear)A pátý jezdec je strachZbyněk BrynychDrama. Mental effects of Holocaust and oppression in Prague under Nazi occupation
1965Anthony MannNorwegian resistance movement and Operation Gunnerside
1965United KingdomSidney LumetBritish military prison during the North African campaign
1965United StatesIn Harm's WayOtto PremingerUS Navy officers in the Pacific Theater of Operations
1965United StatesKing RatOtto PremingerBased on James Clavell novel. Allied POWs under Japanese captors
1965Poland (TV)CóreczkaCzesław Petelski, Ewa PetelskaPoland, 1944
1965United StatesEdward MontagneAmerican PT boat crew in Pacific Theatre; sequel to 1964 film McHale's Navy
1965Poland
France
West Germany		 (TV)Czas pokoju Georges Franju, Tadeusz Konwicki, Egon Monk, Wojciech SolarzAnthology. Occupation stories in France, Germany, and Poland
1965United StatesMorituri (Saboteur: Code Name Morituri)Bernhard WickiGerman in India blackmailed by British to impersonate SS officer aboard cargo ship bound for Germany
1965United States
Japan		None but the BraveFrank SinatraUS and Japanese soldiers temporarily unite to survive on isolated Pacific Island
1965United KingdomOperation Crossbow (The Great Spy Mission)Michael AndersonOperation Crossbow. Allied operations against the German V-Weapon programme
1965PhilippinesMy Beloved Philippines Pilipinas kong mahalEfren ReyesRomance-Drama. Battle of Bataan, Makapili, and Guerrilla movement in the Philippines during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines
1965Philippines
United States		Eddie RomeroFilipino guerrillas battle remaining Japanese forces
1965PhilippinesSa Bawat Hakbang...PanganibSa Bawat Hakbang...PanganibArmando A. HerreraFilipino guerrillas rescue US soldiers with information for resistance movement
1965CzechoslovakiaObchod na korzeJán Kadár, Elmar KlosDrama. Aryanization of rump Slovak State
1965United StatesSituation Hopeless... But Not SeriousGottfried ReinhardtComedy based on Robert Shaw novel about captured US airmen in Germany
1965United KingdomRobert Wise1965 Best Picture Musical drama. Von Trapp family in Salzburg during Nazi Anschluss
1965JapanStory of a ProstituteShunpuden (春婦伝)Seijun SuzukiBrothel at a Japanese outpost in Manchukuo
1965United StatesGeorge SeatonThriller based on Roald Dahl story. Early June 1944, Germans deceive American officer that it is 1950 and war is over
1965YugoslaviaThreeTriAleksandar PetrovićPartisan warfare in Yugoslavia
1965ChinaTunnel WarDì dào zhàn (地道战)Ren XudongTunnel warfare in China during Sino-Japanese War
1965United States
France		Up from the BeachRobert ParrishUS patrol and their German prisoner after D-Day
1965United StatesVon Ryan's ExpressMark RobsonAllied POWs escape from Italian camps by train
1965ItalyWar Italian StyleLuigi ScattiniTwo incompetent US Marines are sent to the Battle of Anzio
1966United StatesAmbush BayRon WinstonUS Marine amphibious scouts prior to 1944 invasion of the Philippines
1966CzechoslovakiaClosely Watched Trains (Closely Observed Trains)Ostře sledované vlakyJiří MenzelUnlikely hero takes stand against German occupation of Czechoslovakia
1966PolandContributionKontrybucjaJan ŁomnickiPolish resistance
1966PolandDon GabrielEwa Petelska, Czesław PetelskiComedy. Polish Campaign, 1939
1966FranceLa Grande VadrouilleGérard OuryComedy. RAF crew attempt escape through occupied France aided by two Frenchmen
1966YugoslaviaEagles Fly EarlyOrlovi rano leteSoja JovanovićYoung boys assist the partisans in fighting the Germans invading Yugoslavia
1966United StatesI Deal In DangerWalter GraumanAmerican correspondent and double agent for neutral US against Nazis; feature-length compilation of short-lived TV series Blue Light
1966Latvian SSRI remember everything, Richard (cut version) (Rocks and Splinters; uncut version)Es visu atceros, Ricard! (cut version) (Akmens un šķembas; uncut version)Rolands KalninsLatvian Legion on Leningrad Front; AKA Dzimtene, piedod
1966United States
France		Is Paris Burning?Paris brûle-t-il?René ClémentLiberation of Paris
1966Israel
United Kingdom
United States		Judith (Conflict)Daniel MannWoman betrayed by Nazi husband is interned in Dachau concentration camp and seeks revenge
1966FranceLine of DemarcationLa ligne de démarcationClaude ChabrolSmall French town divided by river that forms border between Nazi-occupied France and unoccupied zone, 1941
1966Poland (TV)MistrzJerzy AntczakGerman occupation of Poland
1966United StatesMission to DeathKenneth W. RichardsonUS commandos infiltrate German lines in northern France, 1945
1966United Kingdom
France		Anatole LitvakJuly 20 plot to assassinate Hitler
1966DenmarkOnce There Was a WarDer var engang en krigPalle Kjærulff-SchmidtDanish boy after German occupation of Denmark
1966JapanRed AngelAkai tenshi (赤い天使)Yasuzo MasumuraRomance/Drama. Japanese nurse serves in field hospitals of China
1966United StatesWhat Did You Do in the War, Daddy?Blake EdwardsAllied invasion of Sicily
1967United KingdomAttack on the Iron CoastPaul WendkosCanadian commando raid on Nazi-held French port, loosely based on St. Nazaire Raid
1967East GermanyDie Fahne von Kriwoj RogKurt MaetzigLiberation of Ukrainian city of Krivoy Rog
1967United StatesBeach RedCornel WildeUS Marines land on occupied island during the Pacific Theater of Operations
1967YugoslaviaBlack BirdsCrne ptice (Црне птице)Eduard GalićPOWs in Ustasha-run concentration camp near end of war
1967Italy
France		La feldmaresciallaStenoComedy. A downed American aviator, a meteorologist and a girl flee the Germans in occupied Italy
1967PolandZwariowana nocZbigniew KuźmińskiComedy. Polish resistance
1967YugoslaviaDemolition SquadDiverzantiHajrudin KrvavacPartisan commandos attack a German air base in Yugoslavia
1967Italy
France
West Germany		Desert CommandosAttentato ai tre grandi
Les chiens verts du désert
Fünf gegen Casablanca 		Umberto LenziGerman commandos parachute into North Africa to infiltrate Casablanca Conference
1967FrenchThe 25th HourLa vingt-cinquième heureHenri VerneuilIn World War II, a Romanian gentile peasant is denounced by the village gendarme and sent to a concentration camp for Jews where, due to an error, he's drafted into the S.S.
1967United StatesRobert AldrichThriller based on E. M. Nathanson novel. US Army convicts on mission before D-Day
1967United StatesFirst to FightChristian NybyUS Marines in the Pacific Theater of Operations
1967JapanJapan's Longest DayNihon no ichiban nagai hi (日本のいちばん長い日)Kihachi OkamotoDrama based on Sōichi Ōya book. Kyūjō Incident
1967PolandMorderca zostawia śladAleksander Ścibor-RylskiPolish resistance
1967United States (Escape from Bataan)Don WeisAdventure. US corporal, priest, and Filipino children flee the Japanese
1967PolandLong NightDługa nocJanusz NasfeterPolish resistance during German occupation of Poland, 1943
1967Poland
West Germany		Rassenschande: When Love Was a CrimeKiedy miłość była zbrodniąJan RybkowskiGerman homefront
1967United StatesTobrukArthur HillerCanadian officer guides British and German-Jewish commandos to destroy Tobruk fuel storage, September 1942
1967FranceLe vieil homme et l'enfant (Claude [9])Claude BerriComedy-drama. Jewish boy sent to live on farm during German occupation of France
1967PolandWesterplatteWesterplatteStanisław RóżewiczBattle of Westerplatte, the start of the 1939 German invasion of Poland
1967Soviet Union
Poland		ZosyaZosya (Зося)
Zosia 		Jerzy LipmanRomance/Drama. Soviet officer and Polish girl near end of war on Poland's Eastern Front
1968AlbaniaAmbushPritaMithat FaguAlbanian Resistance under German occupation of Albania, 1943
1968PhilippinesAng MangliligpitAng MangliligpitPablo SantiagoFilipino Guerrillas battle Makapili
1968ItalyAnzioEdward Dmytryk, Duilio ColettiAllied seaborne assault at the Battle of Anzio
1968Georgian SSRCrucified IslandJvartsmuli kundzuli (ჯვარცმული კუნძული)
Raspyaty ostrov (Распятый остров) 		Shota ManagadzeBased on true story of Georgian uprising on Texel. Insurrection of captured Soviet-Georgian soldiers conscripted into German Wehrmacht on Holland's Texel Island during German occupation of Holland
1968Italy
West Germany		Commandos (Sullivan's Marauders)Commandos Armando CrispinoItalian-American soldiers disguised in Italian uniform infiltrate North African camp
1968United StatesAndrew V. McLaglenStory of US-Canadian Commando force, the Devil's Brigade
1968CzechoslovakiaDita SaxováDita SaxováAntonín MoskalykConcentration camp survivor in postwar Prague. Based on novel by Arnošt Lustig.
1968FranceFranciscan of BourgesLe franciscain de BourgesClaude Autant-LaraGerman priest supports prisoners in occupied France
1968PolandHeading for BerlinKierunek BerlinJerzy PassendorferPolish troops taking part in the battle for Berlin during 1945
1968Italy
France		Hell in NormandyTesta di sbarco per otto implacabili Alfonso BresciaUS paratrooper commandos at Omaha Beach prior to D-Day
1968United StatesHell in the Pacific[10] John BoormanDowned US Marine pilot and marooned Japanese Navy captain on deserted Pacific island
1968United StatesHell Raiders (TV)Larry BuchananUS Army demolition squad on mission to destroy records in evacuated headquarters as German forces advance in Italy; remake of 1958 film Suicide Battalion
1968United StatesJoseph SargentFormer USAAF pilots forced to work for international smuggler in North Africa to earn money needed for return to civilian life, 1946
1968Japan (Human Guinea Pigs: The Human Bullet)Nikudan (肉弾)Kihachi OkamotoJapanese Navy pilot assigned kamikaze mission against US battleship
1968United StatesIn Enemy Country (In Enemy Hands)Harry KellerAllied undercover agents aided by Polish resistance on mission to stop Nazis from developing "super torpedo"
1968East GermanyIch war neunzehn (Ich war 19 / Heimkehr)Konrad WolfDrama based on director's diary. Young German's flight from Nazis to Moscow and return to Berlin as Russian Army officer
1968United KingdomPeter CollinsonBritish paratroopers separated from regiment take German officer prisoner
1968PhilippinesManila, Open CityManila, Open CityEddie RomeroManila Massacre and Battle of Manila
1968YugoslaviaOperation BelgradeOperacija BeogradŽika MitrovićA group of partisans is sent to Belgrade to rescue a captured American colonel
1968Estonian SSRPeople in Soldier's UniformsInimesed sõdurisinelis
Lyudi v soldatskikh shinelyakh (Люди в солдатских шинелях) 		Jüri MüürMobilized Estonian conscripts in Red Army at battles of Velikiye Luki and Tehumardi
1968CzechoslovakiaRiders in the Sky (Sky Riders / Heaven Riders)Nebeští jezdciJindřich PolákCzech pilots in RAF No. 311 Squadron
1968United StatesJack SmightComedy. Escape of Allied Generals held in special Italian camp
1968ItalyI sette fratelli CerviGianni PucciniAnti Fascist resistance fighters the Cervi Brothers
1968Soviet UnionThe Shield and the SwordShchit i mech (Щит и меч)Vladimir BasovSoviet spy in German intelligence [11]
1968West GermanySigns of LifeLebenszeichenWerner HerzogWounded German soldiers assigned to convalesce on Greek island of Kos
1968United StatesUlu GrosbardSoldier's return home after war
1968United KingdomSubmarine X-1William A. GrahamRoyal Navy midget submarines
1968Italy/SpainSuicide CommandosCommando suicidaCamillo BazzoniBritish commando mission prior to D-Day
1968United KingdomWhere Eagles DareBrian G. HuttonAllied commando operation to rescue captured "American General"
1968JapanMonument to the Girl's Corps Monument of Maidens LilyÂh himeyuri no tô (あゝひめゆりの塔)Toshio MasudaHimeyuri students in Battle of Okinawa
1968PhilippinesWarkillFerde Grofé Jr.US Colonel and Philippine guerillas hunt down Japanese in 1945
1969France
Italy		Army of ShadowsL'Armée des ombresJean-Pierre MelvilleFrench Resistance
1969PolandAscension DayWniebowstąpienieJan RybkowskiLwów, Poland during Soviet and German Occupation, 1941
1969Soviet UnionAt War as at WarНа войне как на войнеViktor TregubovichDnieper–Carpathian offensive,
Battle of the Dnieper
1969United KingdomBattle of BritainGuy HamiltonBattle of Britain
1969ItalyLa battaglia di El AlameinGiorgio FerroniSecond Battle of El Alamein
1969YugoslaviaBitka na NeretviVeljko BulajićYugoslav partisan resistance at the Battle of Neretva
1969Italy
Spain
West Germany
Switzerland		La legione dei dannati
La brigada de los condenados
Die zum Teufel gehen 		Umberto LenziIrish Colonel leading commando unit of convicts and US explosives expert on mission to defuse underwater mines in preparation for D-Day
1969Italy
Spain		 (The Last Panzer Battalion)La battaglia dell'ultimo panzer
La batalla del último Panzer 		José Luis MerinoSurviving German tank crew attempt to reach friendly lines
1969YugoslaviaKrvava bajkaBranimir Tori JankovićKragujevac massacre, Serbia
1969YugoslaviaMostHajrudin KrvavacYugoslav partisans mine a heavily guarded bridge held by German forces
1969United StatesJohn GuillerminBattle between US & German forces for the Bridge at Remagen in 1945
1969ItalyCode Name, Red RosesRose rosse per il FührerFernando Di LeoAn American major and some partisans try to capture an important German memoradum
1969PolandDay of PurificationDzień oczyszczeniaJerzy PassendorferPolish resistance and Soviet partisans in Poland, 1944
1969ItalyDesert Battle (Desert Assault)La battaglia del deserto (Inferno nel deserto)Mino Loy
1969ItalyEagles Over London (Battle Squadron / Battle Command)La battaglia d'InghilterraEnzo G. CastellariBritish officers pursue Nazi saboteurs through London
1969Italy
Yugoslavia		Gott mit uns (Dio è con noi) Giuliano Montaldo13 May 1945 German deserter execution
1969ItalyFive for Hell (Five into Hell)5 per l'infernoGianfranco ParoliniComedy-drama. Oddball US commandos with mission behind enemy lines
1969AlbaniaNjësiti guerrilHysen HakaniAlbanian Resistance in Tirana during Italian occupation of Albania
1969United KingdomHannibal BrooksMichael WinnerAdventure-comedy. British POW attempts escape from German captors with elephant
1969PolandHow I Unleashed the Second World WarJak rozpętałem drugą wojnę światowąTadeusz ChmielewskiComedy. Invasion of Poland, 1939 and Yugoslavia, Africa, Italy, and Poland, 1944
1969ItalyKill Rommel!Uccidete RommelAlfonso BresciaA mixed US-British commando tries to kill Rommel in North Africa
1969PolandOstatnie dniJerzy PassendorferEastern Front, 1945
1969Soviet Union
East Germany
Poland
Italy		Liberation (The Great Battle)Osvobozhdenie (Освобождение) Yuri Ozerov, Julius KunRomance/Drama. Eastern Front from Battle for Kursk to Fall of Berlin; five-part film series
1969United StatesLove Camp 7 (Nazi Love Camp 7)Lee FrostBritish female officers infiltrate Nazi internment camp to reach inmate scientist
1969United KingdomMosquito SquadronBoris SagalBritish bomber squadron targets German research camp and Vergeltungswaffe
1969PolandSąsiedziAleksander Ścibor-RylskiBydgoszcz, Polish Campaign, 1939
1969PhilippinesPambihirang tatloPambihirang tatloFelix VillarFilipino mission to destroy Japanese bastion along San Bernardino Strait
1969United KingdomPlay DirtyAndré de TothBritish commando raid on enemy oil depot during the North African campaign
1969PolandRed RowanJarzębina czerwonaEwa Petelska, Czesław PetelskiBattle of Kolberg on Eastern Front
1969ItalySalt in the Wound (The Dirty Two)Il dito nella piagaTonino RicciCondemned US soldiers survive Nazi ambush on way to execution and defend Italian village from invading Germans
1969United StatesStanley KramerAftermath of fall of Mussolini's Fascist government
1969Italy36 ore all'infernoRoberto Bianchi MonteroMarine platoon scouts Japanese-occupied island before Allied invasion of Rabaul
1969United States (The 1,000 Plane Raid)Boris SagalLargest air armada on daytime mission targets German fighter plane production
1969United StatesWake Me When the War Is Over (TV)Gene NelsonComedy about US airman sheltered from the Nazis by a German civilian [12]
1969Italy
Spain		War DevilsI diavoli della guerraBitto AlbertiniSmall units in North African desert battle, and French villa raid
1969YugoslaviaWhen You Hear the BellsKad čuješ zvonaAntun VrdoljakA partisan commissar, a Communist intellectual from Zagreb, must bring the group of Serb partisans in line
1969ItalyYouth MarchGiovinezza giovinezzaFranco RossiTwo Italian friends: one becomes an antifascist deserter and the other an artillery officer

Early 1970s

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1970ItalyOverrunLa lunga notte dei disertori – I 7 di Marsa MatruhMario SicilianoDrama. A group of British soldiers are determined to get back to their own lines, picking up more allied survivors along the way.
1970GreeceLieutenant NatashaIpolochagos Natassa (Υπολοχαγός Νατάσσα)Nikos FoskolosDrama. Woman in the Greek resistance sent to Dachau
1970United StatesCarter's Army AKA Black Brigade (TV)George McCowanBlaxploitation Western Front
1970United StatesCatch-22Mike NicholsSatirical black comedy about US bomber pilot during the Italian Campaign
1970Italy
Spain		Churchill's LeopardsI leopardi di Churchill Maurizio PradeauxEnglish agent, posing as dead German officer twin, assists French Resistance and British commandos against SS, 1944
1970ItalyCorbariCorbariValentino OrsiniItalian resistance movement
1970PolandFace of an AngelTwarz aniołaZbigniew ChmielewskiDrama. Children in Nazi concentration camp in Łódź, Poland
1970Italy
West Germany		The Garden of the Finzi-ContinisIl giardino dei Finzi ContiniVittorio De SicaVittorio De Sica, Ugo Pirro and The Garden of the Finzi-Continis by Giorgio Bassani
1970PhilippinesGuerrilla Strike ForceMaharlikaJerry HopperJapanese invasion of Manila Bay Released in 1987
1970
United States		Hell BoatsPaul WendkosBritish motor torpedo boats operating in Mediterranean
1970United States
Italy		Hornets' NestPhil Karlson, Franco CirinoUS paratrooper and boy partisans attack dam during Italian Campaign
1970United States
Yugoslavia		Kelly's HeroesBrian G. HuttonComedy drama about a group of US GIs who go AWOL to rob Nazi gold from a French bank
1970PolandKolumbowieKolumbowieJanusz MorgensternPolish underground Powstanie Warszawskie, 1944
1970Spain/ItalyThe Last Day of the WarEl último día de la guerraJuan Antonio BardemUS and German soldiers seek to find a German scientist
1970United KingdomWalter GraumanAllied commandos on mission to kidnap German scientists, 1945; shot in 1968
1970JapanSaigo no TokkotaiYahagi ToshihikoKamikaze attacks
1970Poland
Soviet Union		LegendaLegenda Sylwester ChęcińskiPolish resistance
1970ItalyIo non scappo... fuggoFranco ProsperiComedy. War in Sicily and in Italy
1970United Kingdom (Escape)Lamont JohnsonIrish intelligence officer investigates German POW camp disturbances in Scotland near end of war
1970DenmarkOctober Days OktoberdageBent Christensen
1970PolandOlympic FireZnicz olimpijskiLech LorentowiczZakopane, Polish resistance in Tatra Mountains
1970ItalyOperation Snafu (Situation Normal: AFU)Rosolino Paternò, soldato...Nanni LoyAmerican landing in Sicily
1970United StatesPattonFranklin Schaffner1970 Best Picture chronicling the campaigns of General George S. Patton
1970PhilippinesSantiago!Santiago!Lino BrockaLife in occupied Philippines
1970Italy
Soviet Union		SunflowerI GirasoliVittorio De SicaRomance-drama. End of war search for Italian soldier lost on Eastern Front[13]
1970United StatesToo Late the Hero (Suicide Run)Robert AldrichBritish commando raid in the Pacific Campaign
1970United States
Japan		Tora! Tora! Tora!Tora Tora Tora! (トラ・トラ・トラ)Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku, Toshio MasudaAttack on Pearl Harbor
1970JapanTurning Point of Showa History: The MilitaristsGekido no showashi 'Gunbatsu (激動の昭和史 軍閥)Hiromichi HorikawaHideki Tōjō's biography during Pacific War
1970United Kingdom/USA co-production shot in IrelandUndergroundArthur H. NadelFrench Resistance adventure
1971Japan (激動の昭和史 沖縄決戦)Kihachi OkamotoBattle of Okinawa through eyes of Japanese Army, Navy, aviation, civilians, and generals
1971United States (Colditz: Escape of the Birdmen) (TV)Philip LeacockAdventure. POWs in castle prison build glider
1971United KingdomDad's ArmyNorman CohenComedy based on Dad's Army TV series. British Home Guard
1971Italy La lunga ombra del lupoGianni ManeraItalian Civil War
1971South AfricaMr. Kingstreet's WarPercival RubensUS couple defend their land in Africa at the start of WWII
1971United KingdomMurphy's WarPeter YatesSurvivor of merchant ship looks to take revenge on U-boat that sunk him
1971YugoslaviaU gori raste zelen borAntun VrdoljakA Yugoslav Communist Party commissioner is sent to a lowland village to monitor the local partisans
1971United StatesRaid on RommelHenry HathawayNorth African campaign Reuses footage from Tobruk (1967)
1971PhilippinesSangreSangre Armando GarcesBattle of Filipino Guerrillas with the Imperial Japanese Army
1971PolandTrzecia część nocyAndrzej ŻuławskiPolish Resistance
1971BulgariaThree ReservistsTrimata ot zapasa (Тримата от запаса)Zako HeskijaComedy-drama. Bulgarian soldiers in Hungary, 1945
1971PolandTop AgentAgent nr 1Zbigniew KuźmińskiJerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz, Polish SOE agent in Greek Resistance
1971Soviet UnionTrial on the RoadProverka na dorogakh (Проверка на дорогах)Aleksei GermanFormer Russian POW joins partisans, Winter 1942
1971GreeceWhat Did You Do in the War, Thanasi?Ti ekanes ston polemo, Thanasi? (Τι έκανες στον πόλεμο, Θανάση)Dinos KatsouridisAnti-war comedy. Hapless man caught up between the Greek Resistance and the Germans
1972IndiaChallengeLalkaarRamanand SagarDrama based on book by Ramanand Sagar (writer). Indian Army and Indian Air Force action against a secret Japanese Air Strip construction between Burma and Assam, near Indian state of Nagaland, 1942
1972Soviet UnionA zori zdes tikhie (А зори здесь тихие)Stanislav RostotskyDrama based on book by Boris Vasilyev. Female Soviet anti-aircraft squad encounter with platoon of Nazi paratroopers on Karelian Front, 1941
1972Soviet UnionHot SnowGoryachiy Sneg (Горячий снег)Gavriil EgiazarovDrama based on Yuri Bondarev novel. German attempt to extract Sixth Army from Stalingrad in Winter of 1942
1972United KingdomBeyond the Call of Duty (Canada)/ Operation: Fred (US)Our Miss FredBob KellettDuring the Battle of France an RASC female impersonator entertaining the troops avoids capture when the Germans capture his audience. On his way to England he comes across an English girls school group and a downed RAF pilot, 1940
1972JapanUnder the Flag of the Rising SunGunki hatameku motoni (軍旗はためく下に)Kinji FukasakuJapanese veterans recall experiences to a war widow on quest to exonerate husband executed for desertion
1972YugoslaviaWalter Defends SarajevoValter brani Sarajevo (Валтер брани Сарајево)Hajrudin KrvavacPartisans try to prevent the Germans to use a fuel depot in Sarajevo during their retreat from the Balkans in late 1944
1973YugoslaviaSutjeska (Сутјеска)Stipe DelićBattle of the Sutjeska between Yugoslav partisans and the Germans
1973YugoslaviaBombers Bombaši (Бомбаши)Predrag GolubovićTwo Yugoslav partisans must blow up some bunkers in order to stop the Germans
1973United StatesDeath Race (State of Division) (TV)David Lowell RichGerman panzer chases American P-40 across North African desert, 1942
1973PhilippinesDugo ng BayanDugo ng BayanArmando A. HerreraRemake. Filipino Resistance.[14]
1973United Kingdom
Italy		Ennio De ConciniLast days of Hitler during Battle of Berlin
1973PolandHubalHubalBohdan PorębaHenryk Dobrzański in Polish Campaign, 1939–1940
1973ChinaLittle 8th Route ArmyXiaobalu (小八路)Lei YouAnimated. Sino-Japanese War
1973ItalyMassacre in RomeRappresagliaGeorge P. CosmatosArdeatine massacre by Germans of multiple Italian civiians as revenge for partisan attacks
1973France
Italy		Now Where Did the 7th Company Get to?Mais où est donc passée la septième compagnie? Robert LamoureuxComedy. French signal corpsmen during May 1940 débâcle; first of trilogy
1973Ukrainian SSROnly "Old Men" Are Going Into BattleВ бой идут одни «старики»Leonid Bykov
1973France (The Last Train)Le TrainPierre Granier-DeferreBased on Georges Simenon novel. Frenchman and Jewish-German woman meet on train while escaping German army to France
1973Hong Kong
South Korea		When Taekwondo StrikesTai quan zhen jiu zhou (跆拳震九州) Feng HuangMartial arts. Japanese occupation of Korea
1974United KingdomAdolf Hitler: My Part in His DownfallNorman CohenComedy. Basic training of British conscripts
1974FranceBlack ThursdayLes guichets du LouvreMichel MitraniFirst large-scale roundup of Jews in Paris and man saving as many as possible, 1942
1974Estonian SSROhtlikud mängud
Opasnye igry (Опасные игры) 		Veljo KäsperOccupation of Estonia by Nazi Germany
1974BulgariaDawn Over the DravaZarevo nad Drava (Зарево над Драва)Zako HeskijaDrama. Bulgarian army fights German troops at the Battle of the Drava, 1945
1974TaiwanYing lie qian qiu (英烈千秋)Tin Shan SuiBiography of Zhang Zizhong during Sino-Japanese War
1974United States (TV)Lamont JohnsonDrama based on William Bradford Huie book. Pvt. Eddie Slovik, the only US soldier to be executed for desertion during war
1974JapanFather of the KamikazeĀ Kessen Kōkūtai (あゝ決戦航空隊)Kosaku YamashitaDrama. Admiral Takijirō Ōnishi
1974PolandHeads Full of StarsGłowy pełne gwiazdJanusz KondratiukEastern Front and German Occupation of Poland, 1944
1974JapanKarafuto Summer 1945: Gate of Ice and SnowKarafuto 1945 Summer Hyosetsu no Mon (樺太1945年夏 氷雪の門)Mitsuo MurayamaSoviet invasion of Karafuto prompts nine Japanese women to commit suicide
1974France
West Germany
Italy		Lacombe Lucien (Lacombe, Lucien)Lacombe Lucien Louis MalleFrench Resistance and collaboration
1974ItalyLast Days of MussoliniMussolini ultimo attoCarlo LizzaniThe last days of Benito Mussolini
1974YugoslaviaRed Attack Crveni Udar (Црвени удар)Predrag GolubovićResistance in a mine in German-occupied Kosovo
1974Poland
Soviet Union		Remember Your NameZapamiętaj imię swoje
Pomni imya svoye (Помни имя свое) 		Siergiej KołosowTragedy of children in war
1974ItalySalvo D'AcquistoSalvo D'AcquistoRomolo GuerrieriSalvo D'Acquisto, an Italian policeman saved civilian hostages by surrendered to the Germans
1974United KingdomUndercovers HeroSoft Beds, Hard BattleRoy BoultingComedy. Brothel during the German occupation of France
1974YugoslaviaUžička republika (Ужичка република)Žika MitrovićDrama. Short-lived partisan Republic of Užice, 1941

Late 1970s

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1975PhilippinesDugo at Pag Ibig sa Kapirasiong LupaDugo at Pag Ibig sa Kapirasiong LupaDing M. De Jesus, Cesar Gallardo, Armando A. Herrera, Johnny Pangilinan, Romy SuzaraFilipino resistance from the Spanish period to the Japanese
1975YugoslaviaSalas u Malom Ritu (Салаш у Малом Риту)Branko BauerGerman occupation of the Banat
1975United StatesIlsa, She Wolf of the SSDon EdmondsExploitation film about sadistic Nazi prison camp commandant.
1975PolandIn the Days Before the SpringW te dni przedwiosenneAndrzej KonicEastern Front, 1945
1975East Germany
Czechoslovakia		Jacob the LiarJakob der Lügner Frank BeyerBased on Jurek Becker novel. Eastern European Jewish ghetto, 1944
1975PolandLeaves Have FallenOpadły liście z drzewStanisław RóżewiczPolish Resistance
1975PolandMy War – My LoveMoja wojna, moja miłośćJanusz NasfeterPolish Campaign, 1939
1975France
West Germany		 (Vengeance One by One)Le vieux fusilRobert EnricoFrench surgeon pushed to take revenge against SS atrocities in his village
1975RomaniaNo TrespassingPe aici nu se treceDoru NăstaseBattle of Păuliș in 1944 between Hungarian and Romanian troops, after Romania had joined the Allies.
1975Soviet UnionOnly Old Men Are Going to BattleV boy idut odni stariki (В бой идут одни старики)Leonid BykovComedy-drama. Soviet pilots
1975United States
Czechoslovakia		Operation Daybreak (The Price of Freedom)Lewis GilbertDrama based on Operation Anthropoid assassination of SS General Reinhard Heydrich in Prague
1975OverlordStuart CooperYoung soldier trains with East Yorkshire Regiment in preparation for Normandy landings
1975PolandPartita na instrument drewnianyJanusz ZaorskiPolish Resistance
1975ItalySalò, or the 120 Days of SodomSalò o le 120 giornate di SodomaPier Paolo PasoliniControversial horror art film. Wealthy fascist libertines after the fall of Mussolini's regime in the Republic of Salò, 1944
1975ItalySeven BeautiesPasqualino SettebellezzeLina WertmüllerSatirical dark comedy. Mobster is conscripted in Italian Army to avoid prison
1975FranceOn a retrouvé la septième compagnieRobert LamoureuxComedy. French signal corpsmen during May 1940 débâcle and in officers POW camp/castle; second of trilogy
1975FranceSpecial SectionSection spécialeCosta-GavrasSpecial court where judges condemn innocents to death to please Germans during occupation
1975Soviet UnionThey Fought for Their CountryOni srazhalis za Rodinu (Они сражались за Родину)Sergey BondarchukRearguard action of Soviet platoon during German drive on Stalingrad
1975GreeceO Thiasos (Ο Θίασος)Theodoros AngelopoulosGerman invasion and occupation of Greece
1976ItalyAnd Agnes Chose to DieL'Agnese va a morireGiuliano MontaldoItalian resistance movement
1976PolandBirds to BirdsPtaki, ptakom...Paweł KomorowskiSilesia Polish Campaign, 1939
1976DenmarkDen korte sommerEdward FlemingWoman falls in love with German soldier
1976United KingdomJohn SturgesGerman plot to kidnap Winston Churchill, based on novel by Jack Higgins.
1976United StatesFarewell to Manzanar (TV)John KortyJapanese American internment camp of Manzanar
1976YugoslaviaMaiden BridgeDevojački most (Девојачки мост)Miomir 'Miki' StamenkovicExchange of prisoners between Germans and Yugoslav partisans
1976United StatesMidway (The Battle of Midway)Jack SmightBattle of Midway between US Navy and Japanese carrier fleets in the Pacific
1976France
Italy		Mr. KleinMonsieur Klein Joseph LoseyFrench Resistance and collaboration
1976YugoslaviaVrhovi Zelengore (Врхови Зеленгоре)Zdravko VelimirovićBattle of Sutjeska between Yugoslav partisans and the occupying Germans
1976PolandPolish Roads (TV miniseries)Polskie drogiKrzysztof Prymek, Janusz MorgensternPoland, 1939–43; in four-parts
1976Italy
West Germany
France		Salon Kitty (Madam Kitty)Salon KittyTinto BrassExploitation. Nazi use of Salon Kitty brothel for espionage and Allied counter-espionage
1976Soviet Union
Bulgaria		Voynikat ot oboza (Войникът от обоза)
Bratyuzhka (Братюшка) 		Igor DobrolyubovSoviet army in Bulgaria [15]
1976PhilippinesThree Years Without GodTatlong taong walang DiyosMario O'HaraJapanese occupation of the Philippines
1976PolandTo Save the CityOcalić miastoJan ŁomnickiPolish resistance fight to save Kraków from destruction by retreating German forces in 1945
1976TaiwanVictoryMei hua (電影)Chia Chang LiuJapanese occupation of Taiwan (1937–1945)
1976United KingdomVoyage of the DamnedStuart RosenbergCapt. Gustav Schröder attempts to find port for German-Jewish refugees aboard ocean liner MS St. Louis, 1939
1976JapanZero PilotŌzora no samurai (天空的武士)Seiji MaruyamaBased on novel Samurai!; Saburō Sakai's biography while piloting Mitsubishi A6M Zero
1977Soviet UnionVoskhozhdeniye (Восхождение) Larisa ShepitkoSoviet partisans in Byelorussian village spotted by German patrol
1977CanadaBethune (TV)Eric TillDrama. Montreal doctor Norman Bethune in Spanish Civil War, then China for Sino-Japanese War
1977United Kingdom
United States		Richard AttenboroughOperation Market Garden, the failed Allied airborne operation against the Nazi-occupied Netherlands
1977AlbaniaTomka and his friendsTonka dhe shoket e tijXhanfise KikoChildren avenge the Nazi occupiers of their playing ground by collecting information for partisans and neutralizing the German Shepherd guard dog.
1977 United Kingdom
West Germany		Cross of IronSam PeckinpahGerman soldiers on the Russian Front
1977TaiwanBā bǎi zhuàngshì (八百壮士)Ting Shan-hsiDrama. Defense of Sihang Warehouse
1977France
Spain		Hitler's Last TrainTrain spécial pour SS Alain PayetRail journey of nightclub singer and young women in her charge drafted by Hitler for SS service
1977Poland (TV)Ostatnie okrążenieKrzysztof Rogulski, Ludmiła NiedbalskaGerman Occupation of Poland and Gestapo murder of Olympic gold-medalist Janusz Kusociński
1977United StatesMacArthurJoseph SargentGeneral Douglas MacArthur
1977East GermanyMama, I'm AliveMama, ich lebeKonrad WolfGerman POWs join Red Army then infiltrate Nazi lines
1977PolandPalace HotelPalace HotelEwa KrukPoland, 1939–44
1977FranceLa septième compagnie au clair de luneRobert LamoureuxComedy. French signal corpsmen resisting German invasion/occupation; last of trilogy
1977Soviet Union
Armenian SSR		The Soldier and the ElephantZinvorn u pighe (Солдат и слон)
(Զինվորն ու փիղը) 		Dmitri KesayantsSoldier brings an elephant from Germany to the Yerevan Zoo.
1977NetherlandsSoldier of Orange (Survival Run)Soldaat van OranjePaul VerhoevenDutch Resistance
1978YugoslaviaBattle for the RailwayDvoboj za juznu prugu (Двобој за јужну пругу)Zdravko VelimirovićYugoslav partisans fight against Germans and Bulgarians to interrupt a railroad in Southern Serbia
1978YugoslaviaBoško BuhaBoško Buha (Бошко Буха)Branko BauerYugoslav partisan hero Boško Buha
1978United States
West Germany
Switzerland		Brass TargetJohn HoughThe Algonquin Project 1974 novel by Frederick Nolan
1978United KingdomForce 10 from NavaroneGuy HamiltonBritish commando raid in Yugoslavia
1978ItalyIl grande attaccoUmberto LenziFive athletes of the Berlin Olympic Games fight in World War II
1978United StatesHolocaust (TV miniseries)Marvin J. ChomskyGerman-Jewish family enduring the Holocaust
1978PolandHospital of the TransfigurationSzpital przemienieniaEdward ŻebrowskiDrama. Polish psychiatric hospital and its Gestapo roundup for concentration camps, 1943
1978PolandSto koni do stu brzegówZbigniew KuźmińskiPolish soldier escapes Stalag tasked with delivering information across Europe while evading Gestapo
1978Italy (G.I. Bro / Counterfeit Commandos)Enzo G. CastellariAmerican soldiers escape military prison and aide French resistance on mission to steal Nazi V-2 prototype gyroscope
1978PolandOperation ArsenalAkcja pod ArsenałemJan ŁomnickiBased on an Aleksander Kamiński novel. Szare Szeregi and Operation Arsenal during occupation of Poland, 1943
1978NetherlandsPastorale 1943Pastorale 1943Wim VerstappenDutch Resistance
1978PolandShadow DeadUmarli rzucają cieńJulian DziedzinaSilesian Polish Resistance
1978PolandTo the Last Drop of BloodDo krwi ostatniejJerzy HoffmanCreation of the Polish 1st Infantry Division in the USSR during WW2 and its first battle
1978PolandWherever You Are, Mr. President... Gdziekolwiek jesteś Panie PrezydencieAndrzej Trzos-RastawieckiWarsaw – Polish Campaign, 1939
1979United KingdomThe PassageJ. Lee ThompsonStory of Basque guide helping chemist Bergson and his family escape over the Pyrenees with Nazi fanatic Capt. Von Berkow in hot pursuit.
1979YugoslaviaBattle SquadronPartizanska eskadrila (Партизанска ескадрила)Hajrudin KrvavacThe first Yugoslav partisan Air Force unit
1979West GermanyBreakthroughSteiner – Das Eiserne Kreuz, 2. Teil [16] Andrew V. McLaglenJuly 20 plot
sequel to Cross of Iron
1979PolandElegyElegiaPaweł KomorowskiPolish soldiers fighting the Nazis on the Eastern Front, 1945
1979United KingdomEscape to AthenaGeorge Pan CosmatosComedy-Drama about allied POWs and Greek resistance sabotaging a German rocket base.
1979Italy
Spain
France		From Hell to Victory"Hank Milestone"
(Umberto Lenzi)		Varying wartime experiences of six French friends
1979United Kingdom
United States		Hanover StreetPeter HyamsAmerican bomber pilot based in England, flying missions and his romance with an English nurse
1979United StatesIke (TV miniseries)Boris Sagal, Melville ShavelsonDrama. Wartime romance of General Dwight D. Eisenhower
1979PolandDroga daleka przed namiWładysław ŚlesickiPolish soldier's escape from Stalag
1979PolandMorning StarsGwiazdy poranneHenryk BielskiEastern Front, 1944
1979Estonian SSRNest in the WindsTuulte pesa Olav NeulandPartisan groups, known as Forest Brothers wage a guerrilla war verses German troops in the Baltic states
1979United StatesSteven SpielbergComedy. California coast one week after attack on Pearl Harbor
1979AlbaniaRadiostacioniRikard LjarjaBased on Ismail Kadare novel Novembre d'une capitale. Albanian Resistance attempt to take over Tirana Radio, November 1944
1979PolandSalad DaysZielone lataStanisław JędrykaDrama. Tragedy of Polish, Jewish and German children in Sosnowiec, Poland, 1939
1979PolandSecret of EnigmaSekret EnigmyRoman WionczekCryptologist Marian Rejewski and the Enigma machine
1979West Germany The Tin DrumDie BlechtrommelVolker SchlöndorffProfound yet hilarious perspective on Nazism and the human condition in Danzig he sees as filled with hypocrisy and injustice, and creates a disturbance by tin drum in order to bring attention to a cause.
1979United KingdomYanksJohn SchlesingerRelationships between US servicemen stationed in England, and local women during preparations for the D-Day landings.

Early 1980s

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1980United StatesSamuel FullerUS 1st Infantry Division in North Africa, Sicily, and Europe, 1942–45
1980PolandUrodziny młodego warszawiakaEwa Petelska, Czesław PetelskiPolish Campaign, 1939 and Polish Resistance, Warsaw Uprising, 1944
1980PolandWyrok śmierciWitold OrzechowskiPolish Resistance and Zamość, Poland
1980PhilippinesEagleAguilaEddie RomeroStory of elderly man's life, including his experiences during WW II
1980PolandOlimpiada '40Andrzej KotkowskiClandestine Olympiad held by Allied prisoners in German Stalag, 1940
1980PhilippinesKalibre .45Nilo SaezStory of vengeance near end of Japanese occupation of the Philippines
1980West GermanyGermany Pale MotherDeutschland bleiche MutterHelma Sanders-Brahmsyoung couple in Germany get married just before outbreak of war
1980FranceLe dernier métroFrançois TruffautGerman occupation of France
1980ItalyMen or Not MenUomini e noValentino OrsiniItalian resistance movement
1980
Switzerland
United States		Andrew V. McLaglenMembers of the British Calcutta Light Horse mission to sink a German merchant ship in Goa, India
1980PolandVistula DayDzień WisłyTadeusz KijańskiWarsaw Uprising, 1944
1980PolandGodzina "W"Janusz MorgensternPolish Resistance and Warsaw Uprising, 1944
1981Switzerland
West Germany
Austria		Das Boot ist vollMarkus ImhoofGerman and Austrian refugees escape to neutral Switzerland hoping to find asylum by posing as family
1981FranceBolero: Dance of LifeLes uns et les autresClaude LelouchMusical drama. Four musical families of different backgrounds and nationalities followed from 1930s–1980s as their paths cross; film also released as TV miniseries, 1981
1981United StatesGeorge SchaeferBased on book The Bunker. Last days of Hitler
1981West Germany (The Boat)Das BootWolfgang PetersenU-Boat crew fighting in the Battle of the Atlantic
1981United StatesEscape to Victory (Victory)John HustonPropaganda football match between German soldiers and Allied POWs
1981United KingdomEye of the NeedleRichard MarquandGerman spy in England before D-Day
1981Lithuanian SSRFaktasFaktas
Fakt (Факт) 		Almantas Grikevicius
1981PolandGeneral BoldynBołdynEwa Petelska, Czesław PetelskiPolish Resistance
1981NetherlandsHet meisje met het rode haarBen VerbongDutch Resistance
1981JapanRengo kantai (連合艦隊)Shūe MatsubayashiOperation Ten-Go and battleship Yamato
1981FranceLet's Go ChildrenAllons Z'enfantsYves BoissetDrama. Young Cadet in French military school who dislikes soldiering but conscripted into Phony War service, 1939–1940
1981PolandLynx: The Smile of the Evil EyeRyśStanisław RóżewiczPolish Resistance
1981ItalyThe SkinLa pelleLiliana CavaniAmerican occupation of Naples
1981Soviet Union
France
Switzerland
Spain		Teheran 43 (Assassination Attempt / The Eliminator)Tegeran-43 (Тегеран-43) Aleksandr Alov, Vladimir NaumovThriller. Assassination plot against Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin at Tehran Conference, 1943
1982Yugoslavia13th of July 13. jul (13. јул)Radomir SaranovićUprising in Montenegro, against new political leaders, 1941
1982PolandAsh Wednesday (TV)PopielecRyszard BerPolish village under German occupation
1982Australia
Taiwan		Attack Force Z (Z Force)Tim Burstall,Joint Australian, British,New Zealand commando unit, Z Special Unit fighting Japanese forces
1982PhilippinesGold, Silver, DeathOro, Plata, MataPeque GallagaFall of Corregidor completing the Japanese takeover of the Philippines in 1942
1982Australia
Japan
Singapore		 (The Southern Cross / Heroes of the Krait)Seiji Maruyama, Peter MaxwellAllied special forces unit undertake Operation Jaywick and Operation Rimau against the Japanese
1982Japan Himeyuri no Tō (ひめゆりの塔)Tadashi ImaiA group of high school girls trained as nurses witness the horrors of war first-hand on Okinawa[17]
1982AustraliaSarah (Sarah and the Squirrel)The Seventh MatchYoram Gross, Athol HenryAn orphaned girl successfully finishes a task, the local resistance were unable to.
1982ItalyLa Notte di San LorenzoPaolo Taviani, Vittorio TavianiComedy-drama. Italians hear rumors of Nazi plan to raze their town when Americans are about to liberate them, 1944
1982ItalyOdd SquadCiao nemicoEnzo BarboniComedy. Allied invasion of Sicily
1982United StatesSophie's ChoiceAlan J. PakulaPolish Catholic concentration camp survivor
1982PolandTribute to a Gray DayHaracz szarego dniaRoman Wionczek, Krzysztof PrymekPolish Resistance
1982PolandUpside DownDo góry nogamiStanisław JędrykaDrama. Polish Silesia and tragedy of children in war
1982West GermanyDie Weiße RoseMichael VerhoevenExecution of White Rose members who protested against the Nazi regime in Germany
1983Poland
West Germany		Wedle wyroków twoich...
Blutiger Schnee 		Jerzy HoffmanHolocaust in Poland
1983YugoslaviaBalkan ExpressBalkan ekspres (Балкан експрес)Lee H. KatzinComedy. Criminals earn living as fake musical band during Nazi occupation of Serbia
1983JapanBarefoot GenHadashi no Gen (はだしのゲン)Mori MasakiAnime. Dropping of Little Boy on Hiroshima, Japan
1983PolandKatastrofa w GibraltarzeBohdan PorębaDrama. General Władysław Sikorski, Prime Minister of Polish Government in Exile, Commander-in-Chief of Polish Armed Forces, 1943
1983PolandDawn Porter (TV)Tragarz puchuStefan SzlachtyczHolocaust in Poland
1983FranceGramps is in the ResistancePapy fait de la résistanceJean-Marie PoiréComedy. French Resistance in Occupied France
1983YugoslaviaGreat TransportVeliki transport (Велики транспорт)Veljko BulajićThe great transport of partisans from Vojvodina to Bosnia in 1943
1983Hong KongHong Kong, 1941Dang doi lai ming (等待黎)Leong Po-ChihJapanese occupation of Hong Kong
1983YugoslaviaIgmanski marš (Игмански марш)Zdravko ŠotraThe 1st Proletarian Brigade, pursued by the German 342. Infanterie-Division, crosses the Igman in what is known as the "Igman March" during Operation Southeast Croatia
1983United Kingdom
Japan		Merry Christmas, Mr. LawrenceSenjō no merī Kurisumasu (戦場のメリークリスマス) (Furyo / 俘虜)Nagisa OshimaDrama based on Laurens van der Post books. British POWs on Java
1983ChinaOne and EightYīge hé bāge (一个和八个)Zhang JunzhaoCriminals and Eighth Route Army deserters battle Japanese
1983PolandPostcard From a JourneyKartka z podróżyWaldemar DzikiHolocaust in Poland
1983HungaryJób lázadásaImre Gyöngyössy, Barna KabayChildless Jewish couple adopt Hungarian boy during war
1983PhilippinesRoman RapidoRoman RapidoArgel JosephBattle of Filipino soldiers and guerrillas with Imperial Japanese Army
1983United States
United Kingdom
Italy		 (TV)Jerry LondonDrama. Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty and anti-Nazi activity, 1943–45
1983PolandThere Was No Sun That SpringNie było słońca tej wiosnyJuliusz Janicki, Slawomir JanickiHolocaust in Poland
1983CanadaBonheur d'occasion Claude FournierDrama based on Gabrielle Roy novel. Quebec home front
1983United StatesTo Be or Not to BeAlan JohnsonComedy-drama. Polish actor and Nazi invasion of Poland; remake of 1942 To Be or Not to Be
1983Soviet UnionTorpedo BombersTorpedonostsi (Торпедоносцы)Semyon AranovichSoviet pilots fighting German bombers that are attacking British navy convoys
1983DenmarkTraitorsForræderneOle RoosDrama. Free Corps Denmark deserters from Eastern Front, 1945
1983United StatesWinds of War (TV miniseries)Dan CurtisDrama based on Herman Wouk novel. Family saga leading to Attack on Pearl Harbor
1984CanadaCharlie Grant's War (TV)Martin LavutDrama. Canadian Charlie Grant, Holocaust saviour [18]
1984ItalyClarettaClarettaPasquale SquitieriDrama. Mussolini's mistress Clara Petacci in 1943–45
1984PolandDzień czwartyLudmiła NiedbalskaWarsaw Uprising, 1944
1984PolandI Died to Live (TV)Umarłem, aby żyćStanisław JędrykaPolish Resistance, 1941
1984PolandI Shall Always Stand GuardNa straży swej stać będęKazimierz KutzPolish Resistance in Silesia, 1939–42
1984Australia (TV miniseries)George MillerWar from Australian perspective
1984Switzerland
France
Italy
West Germany
United States		Mussolini and I (TV miniseries)Io e il DuceAlberto NegrinGaleazzo Ciano and Mussolini
1984Italy
France		Nights and Fogs (TV miniseries)Notti e nebbie Marco Tullio GiordanaPolice of the Italian Social Republic
1984PolandRomance with the IntruderRomans z intruzemWaldemar PodgórskiInvasion of Poland, 1939
1983United StatesA Soldier's StoryNorman JewisonMystery drama adapted by Charles Fuller from his Pulitzer Prize-winning A Soldier's Play
1984Estonian SSRUnder a False NameVõõra nime allPeeter UrblaEstonians in Soviet gulag
1984West Germany (TV)Die WannseekonferenzHeinz SchirkGerman officials attend Wannsee Conference by SS Chief of Security Reinhard Heydrich to discuss Final Solution to Jewish question, 1942
1984ChinaYellow EarthHuáng tǔdì (黄土地)Chen KaigeSino-Japanese War

Late 1980s

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1985Arch of Triumph (TV)Waris HusseinRomance based on Erich Maria Remarque novel. Austrian anti-Nazi in Paris
1985United States
Italy		The Assisi UndergroundAlexander RamatiGerman occupation of Assisi
1985Soviet UnionBattalions Ask for Fire (TV miniseries)Batalyony prosyat ognya (Батальоны просят огня)Aleksandr Bogolyubov, Vladimir ChebotaryovSoviet battalion crossing Dnieper River to liberate Kiev from Germans, 1943
1985Soviet Union
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Vietnam		The Battle for MoscowBitva za Moskvu (Битва за Москву) Yuri OzerovOperation Barbarossa to Battle of Moscow
1985NetherlandsBitter SweetHet bittere kruidKees van OostrumJewish family hiding in wartime Amsterdam
1985JapanBiruma no tategoto (ビルマの竪琴)Kon IchikawaBurma campaign
remake version
1985United StatesJonathan SangerBattle of Normandy
1985Soviet UnionCome and SeeIdi i smotri (Иди и смотри)Elem KlimovIn early 1943, a teenage boy joins the partisans in the German-occupied Byelorussian SSR. He discovers the reality of war and the barbarity of the SS and collaborating auxiliary police on the civilian population.
1985Poland
Czechoslovakia		Cuckoo in a Dark ForestKukačka v temném lese
Kukułka w ciemnym lesie 		Antonín MoskalykGerman occupation of Czechoslovakia, concentration camp kommandant and child
1985PolandDadTateJan RutkiewiczHolocaust in Poland
1985United States (Dirty Dozen 2) (TV)Andrew V. McLaglenAllied convicts in elite unit on mission to "prevent" assassination of Hitler
1985United States (TV)Jim GoddardBrothers cope with life in Nazi Germany, 1932–45
1985United KingdomJohn FrankenheimerBased on Robert Ludlum novel. German General's son conspires to control hidden Nazi funds
1985NetherlandsDe IJssalonDimitri Frenkel FrankRomance between Dutch woman and Wehrmacht officer
1985PolandIn the Shadow of HatredW cieniu nienawiściWojciech ŻółtowskiHolocaust in Poland, 1943
1985Italy
France		Madman at WarScemo di guerra
Le fou de guerre 		Dino RisiA young Italian psychiatrist is sent to troops in Libya
1985United StatesMussolini and I (TV)Alberto NegrinDocudrama. Mussolini's son in-law Galeazzo Ciano
1985JapanSeburi monogatari (瀬降り物語)Sadao NakajimaHardships of nomadic Seburi of western Japan during war
1985FinlandTuntematon sotilasRauni MollbergFinno-Soviet Continuation War; remake of 1955 film The Unknown Soldier
1985RomaniaUs, The Frontline (The Last Assault)Noi, cei din linia întâiSergiu NicolaescuRomanians fighting on the Western Front and in Hungary
1985PhilippinesVirgin ForestPeque GallagaUro Q. Dela Cruz (as Rosauro Q. de la Cruz) & T.E. Pagaspas
1986NetherlandsDe AanslagFons RademakersDrama based on Harry Mulisch novel. Family killed by Germans as retribution for Dutch Resistance assassination [19]
1986PolandCrumbs of WarOkruchy wojnyAndrzej Barszczyński, Jan ChodkiewiczPolish Resistance
1986AustraliaDeath of a SoldierLeonskiPhilippe MoraBased on the life, capture and trail of American serial killer Eddie Leonski
1986United StatesEvery Time We Say GoodbyeMoshé MizrahiAmerican RAF pilot in Jerusalem has romance with a Jewish girl
1986PhilippinesIt's Night Time, CommanderGabi Na, KumanderPepe MarcosRene Villanueva, Jose N. Carreon (as Jose Carreon) & Bienvenido Bacalso
1986Poland
Switzerland		Kołysanka Efraim SevelaHolocaust in Poland
1986JapanUmi to dokuyaku (海と毒薬)Kei KumaiCaptured US pilots held by the Japanese during the Pacific War
1986NetherlandsShadow of VictoryIn de schaduw van de overwinningAte de JongDutch Resistance
1987FranceAu Revoir Les Enfants (Goodbye Children)Au revoir les enfantsLouis MalleJewish boys given shelter and new identity at Catholic boarding school in Vichy France
1987PhilippinesBalweg, the Rebel PriestBalwegButch Perez (as Antonio Perez)Biographical film inspired by the life of Catholic priest turned communist rebel Conrado Balweg
1987Argentina
Czechoslovakia		Beneath the World[20] Debajo del MundoBeda Docampo Feijóo A Jewish family is compelled to live underground during the Nazi occupation of Poland (based on actual events)
1987United States
Yugoslavia		 (Dirty Dozen 3) (TV)Lee H. KatzinAllied convicts trained for "do or die" mission in France
1987United StatesEmpire of the SunSteven SpielbergAllied prisoners in Shanghai Japanese internment camp
1987United Kingdom
Yugoslavia		Escape from Sobibor (TV)Jack GoldSobibor Uprising during Holocaust
1987United KingdomHope and GloryJohn BoormanA nine-year-old boy growing up in London during The Blitz
1987United States
United Kingdom
Yugoslavia		 (Wheels of Terror)Gordon HesslerPanzer unit on Eastern Front
1988Poland
United States		And the Violins Stopped PlayingI skrzypce przestały graćAlexander RamatiRomani people forced to flee from Nazis at height of Romani Holocaust
1988United StatesBiloxi BluesMike NicholsComedy based on the Neil Simon play. US Army basic training in Biloxi, Mississippi
1988SenegalCamp de ThiaroyeCamp de ThiaroyeOusmane Sembène
Thierno Faty Sow		Thiaroye massacre of repatriated French West African veterans by French forces
1988PolandCornflower BlueKornblumenblau Leszek WosiewiczPolish musician surviving in Auschwitz-Birkenau because of accordion talent
1988United States
Yugoslavia
Italy		 (Dirty Dozen 4) (TV)Lee H. KatzinAllied convicts trained for "do or die" mission to halt formation of Fourth Reich in Macedonia
1988ChinaEvening BellWǎn zhōng (晚钟)Wu ZiniuImmediate aftermath of Sino-Japanese War in China
1988United StatesFarewell to the KingJohn MiliusAnti-Japanese resistance on Borneo
1988Australia (TV)John DuiganAustralian war photographer Damien Parer
1988JapanGrave of the FirefliesHotaru no Haka (火垂るの墓)Isao TakahataAnime. Firebombing of Kobe and survival on Japan homefront
1988Canada (The King Chronicle, Part 3) (TV)Donald BrittainDrama. Canadian PM Mackenzie King and the Conscription Crisis of 1944[21]
1988Hong KongMen Behind the SunHēi tài yáng 731 (黑太阳731)Mou Tun FeiUnit 731 and Japanese human experimentation
1988Poland
Soviet Union		PassagePrzeprawa Wiktor TurowPolish Resistance, Soviet partisans, and Operation Sturmwind, 1944
1988ChinaRed SorghumHóng gāoliáng (红高粱)Zhang YimouWoman working at kaoliang wine distillery during Sino-Japanese War
1988United KingdomReturn from the River KwaiAndrew V. McLaglenBurma Railway and British POWs force-marched from Thailand to Japan
1988Italy
United States
Spain		Running Away (TV miniseries)La ciociaraDino RisiDrama. Italian mother and daughter raped by French Expeditionary Corps troops (Marocchinate)
1988Netherlands
United Kingdom		Shadow Man (Shadowman)SchaduwmanPiotr AndrejewPolish-Jewish refugee in hiding during German occupation of Amsterdam
1988United States (TV)Jack GoldFrench advocate imprisoned and condemned to death during German occupation of France. Based on Graham Greene novel
1988JapanTomorrowMíngrì (明日)Kazuo KurokiAtomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
1988United StatesWar and Remembrance (TV miniseries)Dan CurtisSaga of family and events after Pearl Harbor; sequel to Winds of War (TV miniseries). Based on novel by Herman Wouk
1989United KingdomAnd a Nightingale Sang (TV)Jack RosenthalWartime romance for a woman from a working-class Newcastle family. Based on C.P. Taylor play
1989JapanBlack RainKuroi ame (黒い雨)Shohei ImamuraAftermath of atomic bombing of Hiroshima
1989CanadaBye Bye BluesAnne WheelerRomance/Music drama. Woman joins jazz band on Canadian homefront
1989United KingdomThe Last Warrior (Coastwatcher)Martin WraggeAllied coastwatcher on remote island with Japanese warship at anchor for repairs
1989PhilippinesCelso Ad. CastilloFilipina comfort women and Japanese occupation of the Philippines.
1989United StatesFat Man and Little BoyRoland JofféAllied Manhattan project to develop the first nuclear weapons
1989JapanHarimauHarimau (ハリマオ)Ben WadaThe story of Japanese secret agent Tani Yutaka, known as "Harimau" (Malay word for "Tiger")
1989Soviet Union
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
United States		StalingradStalingrad (Сталинград) Yuri OzerovBattle for Stalingrad
1989ItalyTime to KillTempo di uccidereGiuliano MontaldoItalian occupation of Ethiopia
1989United StatesTriumph of the SpiritRobert M. YoungStory of boxer Salamo Arouch forced to fight fellow POWs by SS guards
1989PolandVirtutiVirtutiJacek ButrymowiczPolish Campaign, 1939
1989FinlandTalvisotaPekka ParikkaWinter War between Finland and the Soviet Union in late 1939

Since 1990

See main article: List of World War II films since 1990.

Science fiction, fantasy, and horror

See main article: List of World War II science fiction, fantasy, and horror films.

TV series

See main article: List of World War II TV series.

See also

Honorable mentions

References

Note

Sources

External links

Notes and References

  1. The Web site: director. . of this title is still unidentified (as of January 2015) on IMDb.
  2. Makapili stars Justina David.
  3. This film is an international co-production shot in English.
  4. Act of Love appears to have a significant amount of French language dialogue, with a separate credit for the French screenwriter, Joseph Kessel.
  5. https://www.flickr.com/photos/etecemedios/406565946/ Cine español y memoria asimétrica: La Patrulla
  6. Awards for La patrulla: Silver Shell for Best Director.
  7. Zhang, Yingjin. Chinese National Cinema, New York: Routledge, 2004, p. 166. . Sun, Moon and Star is a Hong Kong film in Mandarin, rather than Cantonese.
  8. . The film stars American humanitarian Gerald Tannebaum as Dr. Bethune.
  9. The IMDb does not define the nationality of this secondary title.
  10. Hell in the Pacific has a Japanese main character, but its dialogue is predominantly in English. Its original language is English.
  11. Shield and Sword runs over five hours in four parts.
  12. This film is available for download at the Internet Archive. Refer to the film's main page for the link.
  13. The first Occidental film made in the USSR.
  14. Some details of this film appear Web site: here. 24 September 2008 . .
  15. Regarding the storyline, BG Movies reads "Съветската армия в България".
  16. The German title Steiner – Das Eiserne Kreuz, 2. Teil translates as Steiner – The Iron Cross, Part 2.
  17. Remake of the 1953 movie with the same title and by the same director
  18. Charlie Grant's War stars R.H. Thomson.
  19. The Assault received the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.
  20. https://web.archive.org/web/20080215024532/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/61951/Debajo-del-Mundo/overview "From Argentina, How 6 Polish Jews Hid From the Nazis"
  21. http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/collection/film/?id=17930 The King Chronicle, Part 3: Mackenzie King and the Zombie Army

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