List of World War II films explained

This is a list of fictional feature films or miniseries which feature events of World War II in the narrative.

There is a separate list of World War II TV series.

Criteria

Fictional feature films specifically pertaining to the Holocaust appear in the List of Holocaust films#Narrative films.

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

Films made during the War of Ethiopia and the Sino-Japanese War

Before the Second World War explicitly began with the Nazi German, then later Soviet (Russian) invasions of Poland in September 1939, Germany had already absorbed Austria in the Anschluß of 1938, then the Czechoslovakian lands of Bohemia and Moravia. Meanwhile, Italy, Germany, and the Soviet Union were involved in the Spanish Civil War,[1] (1936–1939), and Italy had conquered Ethiopia (1935–1936) and Albania (1939). China had been fighting against Japan since the 1931 invasion of their northeastern province of Manchuria in a war that completely opened in 1937, called the Second Sino-Japanese War, until Japan attacked the U.S.A. at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, then the British Empire and the Dutch East Indies colonial possessions also in December 1941.

1936

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ItalyIl grande appelloMario CameriniItalian father and son in the War of Ethiopia
Nazi GermanyVerräterKarl RitterForeign spies in a German armaments factory

1937

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ItalySentinels of BronzeSentinelle di bronzoRomolo MarcelliniItalian colonial soldiers defeat the Ethiopian attack on Walwal
JapanSong of Marching Shingun no uta (進軍の歌)Yasushi SasakiVolunteer in the Japanese Army fighting in China

1938

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JapanChocolate and SoldiersChocolate to heitai (チョコレートと兵隊)Takeshi SatoJapanese Army soldier's battlefield letters with chocolate wrappers sent to son while fighting in China
Soviet UnionConcentration Camp (Bog Soldiers / Soldiers of the Swamp)Bolotnye soldaty (Болотные солдаты)Nazi concentration camp guards attempt to break spirits of Communists
ChinaBā bǎi zhuàngshì (八百壮士) Ying YunweiDefense of Sihang Warehouse
FranceIt Happened in GibraltarGibraltarFedor OzepBritish officer in Gibraltar pretends to be traitor
JapanInvisible InvaderSugata-naki shinnyūsha (姿無き侵入者)Shuzo FukudaForeign spies in Japan pretend to be travelers
ItalyLuciano Serra, PilotLuciano Serra pilotaGoffredo AlessandriniItalo-Abyssinian War
KoreaMilitary TrainGun'yō ressha (Japanese: 軍用列車)
Gun-yong-yeolcha (Korean: 군용열차)
Gwang-je SeoA Korean train conductor is involved in espionage on a Japanese military train
Japan (Five Scouts)Gonin no sekkôhei (五人の斥候兵)Tomotaka TasakaFive Japanese Army soldiers on reconnaissance mission behind Chinese lines
JapanTōyō heiwa no michi (東洋平和の道)Shigeyoshi SuzukiChinese farmers overcame their distrust of Japan after being helped by Japanese soldiers
FranceLe drame de ShanghaïGeorg Wilhelm PabstJapanese Black Dragon agents in Shanghai

Films made during the Second World War

Note: Soviet films are in Russian and originate in the Russian SFSR, unless otherwise noted.

1939

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ItalyBattles in the Shadow Lotte nell'ombraDomenico GambinoForeign spies steal the formula of a new explosive
United StatesConfessions of a Nazi SpyNazi spy ring in the United States
United StatesHitler, Beast of Berlin (Hell's Devils / Beasts of Berlin)Drama. German anti-Hitler political prisoner
RAF mobilization [2]
ItalyPiccoli naufraghiFlavio CalzavaraAdventure. Twelve Italian boys embark on a merchantman ship to fight in the War of Ethiopia, but are shipwrecked on an island. Then they manage to take control of another merchantman smuggling weapons to Ethiopia.
Japan EmpireMud and SoldiersTsuchi to heitai (土と兵隊)Drama based on Ashihei Hino novel. Effect of war on Japanese soldiers during Sino-Japanese War
United KingdomQ Planes (Clouds Over Europe)Thriller. Foreign spies suspected in disappearance of secret aircraft
United KingdomSecret Journey (Among Human Wolves)Based on Charles Robert Dumas' short story. British secret service agent on mission
Japan EmpireShanghai Landing SquadShanhai Rikusentai (上海陸戦隊)Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces
Nazi GermanyShoulder ArmsDas Gewehr überJürgen von AltenGerman emigrant in Australia returns to his country for military service in the Army
United StatesSouth of the BorderAction/Western. US Federal Agent on mission in Mexico to prevent German agents from gaining control of Mexican oil refineries and inciting revolution
Nazi GermanyThree Non-Coms Drei UnteroffiziereWerner HochbaumLuftwaffe NCO's
United KingdomTraitor Spy (The Torso Murder Mystery)Mystery thriller based on T. C. H. Jacobs novel. German spy employed in anti-submarine patrol boat and torpedo factory
United StatesWings of the NavyDrama. Experimental fighter for the US Navy

1940

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United StatesArise, My LoveMitchell LeisenRomantic comedy. Spanish Civil War through French capitulation, 1940
Nazi GermanyAttention! The Enemy Is Listening Achtung! Feind hört mit!Arthur Maria RabenaltForeign spies in a German armaments factory
Charles FrendEconomic blockade of Germany
Japan (The Burning Sky / Flaming Sky)Moyuru ōzora (燃ゆる大空)Yutaka AbeAction-drama. Imperial Japanese Army Air Service during Sino-Japanese War
Italy Il cavaliere di KrujaCarlo CampogallianiAdventure. An Italian journalist gets involved in the Albanian opposition to King Zog and is finally saved by the Italian invasion of Albania
United StatesComrade XKing VidorSpy drama. US journalist in the Soviet Union moonlights as spy.
United KingdomConvoyPen TennysonBattle of the Atlantic
Nazi GermanyEnemies FeindeViktor TourjanskyInvasion of Poland justified by Polish persecution of ethnic Germans
United StatesForeign CorrespondentAlfred HitchcockSpy thriller. American reporter tries to expose spies in Britain on the eve of World War II.
United StatesCharlie ChaplinSatire. Dictator Adenoid Hynkel is replaced by identical Jew
United StatesJohn FordBattle of the Atlantic
United States (I Married a Nazi)Irving PichelDrama. American woman's German husband develops Nazi sympathies
United KingdomNight Train to Munich (Gestapo)Carol ReedMystery-thriller. Inventor and daughter kidnapped by Gestapo then rescued by British agent
United StatesCharles BartonAction-mystery. Journalist and US Navy frogman investigate U-boat terror
Nazi GermanyRequest ConcertWunschkonzertEduard von BorsodyLuftwaffe airmen fighting over Poland and then the Atlantic
United StatesSki PatrolLew LandersOlympians oppose each other again in the Winter War
JapanNishizumi senshacho-den (西住戦車長伝)Kōzaburō YoshimuraJapanese tank commander fights in the Sino-Japanese War and dies in the Battle of Nanking
United KingdomTen Days in ParisJeremy BrownComedy mystery.
United StatesWaterloo BridgeMervyn LeRoyCalled-up British officer reminisces over World War I romance [3]
United StatesWomen in WarJohn H. AuerAction-drama. Allied nurses on pre-Dunkirk Battle of France front

1941

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Nazi GermanyAbove All in the World Über alles in der WeltKarl RitterGerman civilians abroad get involved in the beginning of World War II
United StatesAll Through the NightVincent ShermanLighthearted mystery-thriller. Nazi Fifth Columnists
Nazi GermanyAnnelieAnnelieJosef von BákyHeroic German mother during war
Nazi GermanyBomber Wing LützowKampfgeschwader LützowHans BertramA bomber crew takes part in invasion of Poland and attacks on British shipping
United StatesBuck PrivatesArthur LubinComedy. Abbott and Costello enlist in the Army
United StatesCaught in the DraftDavid ButlerComedy. Bob Hope gets drafted
United StatesConfirm or DenyArchie Mayo, Fritz Lang (uncredited)Comedy-drama. London Blitz
Cottage to Let (Bombsight Stolen)Anthony AsquithLighthearted mystery. Kidnapping of bombsight inventor from Scotland by Nazi agents
United StatesDangerously They LiveRobert FloreyNazi agents in US pursue Allied spy with secret of U-boat fleet off US coast
United KingdomDangerous MoonlightBrian Desmond HurstThe Battle of Britain
United StatesDive BomberMichael CurtizFlight surgeons and medical flight research on pilots in Pacific
HungaryEurope Doesn't Answer Európa nem válaszolGéza von RadványiSpies on board of a transatlantic at the beginning of World War 2
United Kingdom (The Invaders)Michael PowellBattle of the St. Lawrence and survivors of a sunken U-boat in Hudson Bay trek across Canada
United KingdomFreedom RadioAnthony AsquithGerman Resistance
Soviet UnionFrontovye podrugi (Фронтовые подруги)Viktor EisymontRussian woman volunteers as nurse on Finnish Front where she becomes involved with wounded soldiers; remade in US as Three Russian Girls
Nazi GermanyGoodbye, FranziskaAuf Wiedersehn, Franziska!Helmut KäutnerA German globetrotting reporter is drafted into a Wehrmacht Propagandakompanie
United StatesGreat GunsMonty BanksComedy. Laurel and Hardy are drafted into the US Army
Nazi GermanyHallgarten's Reconnaissance PatrolSpähtrupp HallgartenHerbert B. FredersdorfTwo German soldiers in the Norwegian Campaign
Nazi GermanyHomecomingHeimkehrGustav UcickyDrama. Poles persecute ethnic Germans
United StatesInternational LadyTim WhelanSpy drama.
Nazi GermanyIn the Eye of the StormMenschen im SturmFritz Peter BuchDrama. Serbs persecute ethnic Germans[4]
Soviet UnionIn the Rear of the EnemyV tylu vraga (В тылу врага)Yevgeni ShneiderComedy. Finnish War [5]
United StatesMan HuntFritz LangPrewar assassination attempt on Hitler
ItalyMen on the Sea FloorUomini sul fondoFrancesco De RobertisThe crew of an Italian submarine try to repair their damaged ship trapped on the sea bottom
United StatesParachute BattalionLeslie GoodwinsThree men join a parachute battalion
United KingdomPimpernel SmithLeslie HowardThe Scarlet Pimpernel updated
JapanPrayer to Mother Earth Daichi ni inoru (大地に祈る)Takeo MurataJapanese military nurses in China
United KingdomShips with WingsSergei NolbandovBattle of Taranto
Nazi GermanySix Days of Leave Sechs Tage HeimaturlaubJürgen von AltenGerman soldiers on leave
Nazi GermanySoldiers of Tomorrow Soldaten von morgenAlfred WeidenmannHitler Youth
United StatesSundownHenry HathawayThe North African Campaign
Nazi GermanyU-Boat, Course West!U-Boote westwärtsGünther RittauU-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic[6]
United StatesUndergroundVincent ShermanGerman Resistance
KoreaVolunteer Shiganhei (Japanese: 志願兵)
Chiwŏnbyŏng (Korean: 지원병)
Seok-yeong AhnKorean volunteers in the Japanese Army
Vichy FranceLa fille du puisatierMarcel PagnolA girl becomes pregnant by a military pilot, then shot down behind German lines during the Battle of France
ItalyLa nave biancaFrancesco De Robertis, Roberto RosselliniSailors on a hospital ship after wounds in battle (depicted by footage filmed during the Battle of Calabria and the Battle of Cape Spartivento)
United StatesHenry KingAmerican volunteers in the RAF
KoreaYou and Me Kimi to boku (Japanese: 君と僕)
Nŏ wa na (Korean: 너와 나)
"Eitaro Hinatsu" (Hae Yeong), Tomotaka TasakaKorean volunteer in the Japanese Army marries a Japanese woman

1942

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Nazi Germany5 JuneDer 5. JuniFritz KirchhoffBattle of France
United StatesAcross the PacificJohn Huston, Vincent ShermanSpy drama. Japanese plot against the Panama Canal
ItalyAlpha Tau! Alfa Tau!Francesco De RobertisItalian submarine warfare in Mediterranean Theatre
United StatesAtlantic ConvoyLew LandersAllied naval operations based in Iceland against U-boats in Atlantic
JapanHonkon kōryaku: Eikoku kuzururu no hi (香港攻略 英国崩るゝの日)Shigeo TanakaBattle of Hong Kong
ItalyBengasiBengasi (Bengasi anno '41)[7] Augusto GeninaItalian resistance to the British occupation of Benghazi in 1941
United StatesWilliam NighJapan's Black Dragon Society, in collaboration with Nazis, recruits a mad scientist to create likenesses of Western leaders[8]
United StatesS. Sylvan SimonCavalry and tank warfare
United StatesCaptains of the CloudsMichael CurtizCanadian bush pilots in the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan[9]
United StatesCasablancaMichael Curtiz1943 Best picture romantic-thriller set in Vichy-controlled Morocco
United StatesCommandos Strike at DawnJohn FarrowNorwegian resistance
United StatesAlbert HermanA Nazi spy ring is after a chemical formula
(The Avengers)Harold FrenchNorwegian resistance
United StatesDesperate JourneyRaoul WalshRAF aircrew escape from Germany through occupied Netherlands
ItalyDocument Z-3Documento Z-3Alfredo GuariniItalian agents in Yugoslavia in the last days before the invasion
United StatesEagle SquadronArthur LubinEagle Squadron, American volunteers in the RAF during the Battle of Britain
Georgian SSRElusive Ian Uchinari Jani (Georgian please)
Neulovimyy Yan (Неуловимый Ян)
Isidor Annensky, Vladimir PetrovConfrontation between Czechoslovak patriots and German fascists
JapanFear of the Fifth ColumnDaigoretsu no kyofu (第五列的恐怖)Hiroyuki YamamotoBritish and Chinese spies try to steal the projects of a Japanese airplane engine
United Kingdom (Spitfire)Leslie HowardDevelopment of the Spitfire
United States
United Kingdom
Flying FortressWalter FordeB-17 bombers
United StatesFlying TigersDavid MillerAmerican Volunteer Group in the Sino-Japanese War
United KingdomCharles FrendBattle of France
Nazi GermanyFront Theater FronttheaterArthur Maria RabenaltBattle of Greece
JapanGeneral, Staff Officer and Soldiers Shōgun to sanbō to hei (将軍と参謀と兵)Taguchi SatoshiSino-Japanese war
ItalyGiarabubGiarabubGoffredo AlessandriniThe Siege of Giarabub in 1941
Nazi GermanyDie große LiebeRolf HansenWar between Nazi Germany and USSR
KoreaHere We Go! Warera imazo yuku (Japanese: 吾等今ぞ征く)
Nanŭn kanda (Korean: 나는 간다)
Ki-chae ParkKorean volunteers in Japanese Army
United StatesHillbilly BlitzkriegRoy MackNazi spies steal rocket formula in the US
United StatesHitler – Dead or AliveNick GrindeThree American gangsters set out to collect the million-dollar reward for bringing Hitler to justice.
United KingdomIn Which We ServeNoël Coward, David LeanBased on the sinking of
United StatesJoan of ParisRobert StevensonDowned RAF aircrew meets the French Resistance
United StatesJungle SirenSam NewfieldFree French, with two Americans, sent to African village to build an airfield
United KingdomKing Arthur Was a GentlemanMarcel VarnelComedy, Musical, Romance. Soldier fantasizes about King Arthur as he takes on the Wehrmacht
United StatesLady from ChungkingWilliam NighSino-Japanese War
United KingdomLady from LisbonLeslie S. HiscottFarce. Nazi agents, Allied counterspies and several copies of the Mona Lisa
United StatesLet's Get Tough!Wallace FoxJuvenile delinquents battle Black Dragon Society saboteurs in New York
ItalyMASMASRomolo MarcelliniMAS (Italian torpedo boat)
United StatesWilliam Wyler1942 Best picture depicting the British home front
United StatesA. Edward SutherlandBattle of the Atlantic
United KingdomThorold DickinsonMessage that careless talk costs lives, and fictional commando raid
Italy
Romania
Odessa in FlamesOdessa in fiamme, Odessa în flăcări Carmine GalloneBattle of Odessa, 1941
United KingdomOne of Our Aircraft Is MissingMichael Powell, Emeric PressburgerAllied aircrew escape from the occupied Netherlands
United StatesPacific RendezvousGeorge SidneySpy drama. Cryptography in the Pacific War
JapanPatriotic FlowersAikoku no hana (愛國の花)Keisuke SasakiJapanese military nurses
United StatesJohn English"The Three Mesquiteers" battle Nazi agents on a Western ranch
United StatesIrving PichelDrama based on Nevil Shute novel. Holidaymaker rescues French children, 1940
ItalyUn pilota ritornaRoberto RosselliniGreco-Italian War
United StatesPrivate BuckarooEdward F. ClineMusical.
Nazi GermanyGPUKarl RitterGPU's plots in Rotterdam are foiled by the German occupation
United StatesReunion in FranceJules DassinFrench Resistance helps a downed US pilot
United KingdomSabotage at SeaLeslie S. Hiscott
United StatesSaboteurAlfred HitchcockAirplane factory worker falsely accused of sabotage
United StatesSeven Days' LeaveTim WhelanMusical comedy. Soldier on leave must marry to inherit
United StatesSherlock Holmes and the Secret WeaponRoy William Neill
United StatesSherlock Holmes and the Voice of TerrorJohn RawlinsSherlock Holmes vs. Nazi saboteurs
United StatesSomewhere I'll Find YouWesley RugglesWar correspondents in China and Pacific
JapanKanchō imada shisezu (間諜未だ死せず)Kōzaburō YoshimuraChinese and American spies in Japan
United StatesStand by for ActionRobert Z. LeonardUS Navy in the Pacific War
Nazi GermanyStukasStukasKarl RitterGerman dive bomber, the Stuka
United StatesThey Raid by NightSpencer Gordon BennetCommando raids in occupied Norway
ItalyI tre aquilottiMario MattoliThree young pilots of the Regia Aeronautica
United StatesErnst LubitschOccupied Warsaw, and Polish air squadron in London
United StatesTo the Shores of TripoliH. Bruce Humberstone
JapanTsubasa no gaika (翼の凱歌)Satsuo YamamotoTwo young Japanese become pilots of the Army Air Service[10]
Nazi GermanyTwo in a Big CityZwei in einer großen StadtVolker von CollandeLuftwaffe pilot meets a nurse while on leave in Berlin
United StatesWake IslandJohn FarrowBattle of Wake Island
JapanHawai Marē oki kaisen (ハワイまれ沖回線)Kajiro YamamotoAttack on Pearl Harbor and Malayan Campaign
United KingdomWent the Day Well?Alberto CavalcantiFictional German invasion of England (see Operation Sea Lion)
United StatesAlbert HermanJournalist exposes Nazis trying to start an Arab revolt in North Africa
United StatesGeorge B. SeitzBurma Road
United StatesYankee Doodle DandyMichael CurtizGeorge M. Cohan

1943

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United StatesAbove SuspicionRichard ThorpeHoneymooners spy on the Nazis
United StatesAction in the North AtlanticLloyd BaconThe Battle of the Atlantic
(Sabotage Agent)Harold S. BucquetBritish spy posing as Romanian Iron Guard officer aids Czech partisans
United StatesAerial GunnerWilliam H. PineThe B-34 Ventura in the Pacific
United StatesAir ForceHoward HawksB-17 bombers in the Battle of the Philippines
Japan Tekki raishū (敵機空襲)Hiromasa NomuraAir war over Japan
United StatesAir Raid WardensEdward SedgwickLaurel and Hardy try to stop Nazi spies in the USA
JapanAll-out Attack on Singapore Shingapōru sōkōgeki (シンガポール総攻撃)Koji ShimaJapanese conquest of Singapore
United StatesBackground to DangerRaoul WalshIntrigue involving Nazis in neutral Turkey
United StatesBataanTay GarnettThe Battle of Bataan, Philippines
United StatesBehind the Rising SunEdward Dmytryk
United KingdomBasil DeardenAuxiliary Fire Service during the Blitz
United StatesBombardierRichard WallaceB-17 bomber crewmen in the Pacific
United StatesBomber's MoonEdward Ludwig, Harold D. Schuster
United StatesBombs Over BurmaJoseph H. Lewis
United StatesSidney SalkowRussian children resisting Nazi forces at the Battle of Stalingrad
United StatesChetniks! The Fighting GuerrillasLouis KingChetniks – Yugoslav guerrillas under General Draza Mihailovich
United StatesChinaJohn Farrow
United StatesCorregidorWilliam NighThe Battle of Corregidor, Philippines
United StatesCorvette K-225Richard Rosson, Howard HawksThe Battle of the Atlantic, RCN corvette
United StatesCrash DiveArchie MayoUSN submarine in the North Atlantic
Nazi GermanyBesatzung DoraKarl RitterThe crew of a Ju 88 bomber is forced to land in the desert and is saved by an Italian SM.79
United StatesTay GarnettFrench Resistance
United StatesCry 'Havoc'Richard ThorpeDrama based on Allan Kenward play. Army nurses on Bataan work with civilians during the Battle of the Philippines (1941-42)
United StatesDestination TokyoDelmer DavesUSN submarine patrol for the Doolittle Raid
United StatesDestroyerWilliam A. SeiterFictional story of the destroyer USS John Paul Jones from commissioning
United StatesEdge of DarknessLewis MilestoneThe Norwegian resistance movement
KoreaFigure of Youth Wakaki sugata (Japanese: 若き姿)
Chŏlmŭn mosŭp (Korean: 젊은 모습)
Shirō ToyodaKorean volunteers in Japanese Army
United KingdomFires Were Started (I Was a Fireman)Humphrey JenningsDocudrama.[11] Firemen during the Blitz
United StatesFirst Comes CourageDorothy ArznerNorwegian resistance
United StatesFive Graves to CairoBilly WilderSpy drama set after the fall of Tobruk in the North African Campaign depicting an English soldiers interactions with Erwin Rommel
United KingdomJeffrey DellCommando raids in occupied Belgium
United StatesGangway for TomorrowJohn H. AuerAnthology film. Five stories of American defense workers on way to work at munitions factory
United StatesWilliam BeaudineGlimpy's newlywed sister and her husband buy a house next door to a nest of Nazi spies, but the East Side foil the Nazis' evil plot
United States (serial)Spencer Gordon Bennet, William Witney, William J. O'Sullivan
Nazi Germany Die goldene SpinneErich EngelsSoviet spies try to discover the secrets of a new German tank
United StatesGuadalcanal DiaryLewis SeilerUS Marines in Guadalcanal Campaign
United StatesGung Ho!: The Story of Carlson's Makin Island RaidersRay EnrightMarine Raiders in the Central Pacific
United StatesHangmen Also Die!Fritz LangOperation Anthropoid, the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich by the Czech resistance
Georgian SSRHe Would Come BackIs kidev dabrundeba (Georgian please)
On eshchyo vernyotsa (Он ещё вернётся)
Diomide Antadze, Nikoloz ShengelaiaKakhetian village and Battle of the Caucasus
United StatesHitler's Madman (Hitler's Hangman)Douglas SirkOperation Anthropoid, assassination of Nazi Reinhard Heydrich and revenge taken by the Germans
United StatesImmortal SergeantJohn M. StahlBritish and Canadian troops in the North Africa Campaign
United StatesJourney Into FearNorman Foster, Orson Welles (uncredited)Spy drama based on Eric Ambler novel. An American engineer, in neutral Turkey to help upgrade the Turkish navy, that is targeted by Nazi agents
ItalyLetters to the Second Lieutenant Lettere al sottotenenteGoffredo AlessandriniComedy. A girl writes letters to a young officer, but she does not want to meet him because she feels ugly
United KingdomMichael Powell, Emeric PressburgerThe Home Guard
JapanJūkei kara kita otoko (重慶から来た男)Hiroyuki YamamotoEnemy agents try to sabotage Japanese war production
ItalyL'uomo della croceRoberto RosselliniA chaplain of the Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia
ItalyMen of the MountainQuelli della montagnaAldo VerganoAlpini against France
United KingdomMillions Like UsFrank Launder, Sidney GilliatThe home front
United StatesMinesweeperWilliam Berke
United StatesMission to MoscowMichael CurtizA biopic of Ambassador Joseph E. Davies.
United StatesIrving PichelResistance
United StatesGeorge StevensComedy. Soldier on American home front with housing shortage
JapanNavy Kaigun (海軍)Tomotaka TasakaAttack on Pearl Harbor by Japanese midget submarines
United StatesNight Plane from ChungkingRalph Murphy
United StatesNorthern PursuitRaoul WalshRoyal Canadian Mounted Police uncover Nazi plot against Allied war effort to cripple transatlantic shipping of war materials
United States (Armored Attack)Lewis MilestoneGuerrilla warfare on the Eastern Front
Vichy FranceOccult ForcesForces occultes"Paul Riche"Freemasons work with Jews to bring France into the war
JapanOn the Eve of WarKaisen no zenya (开战前夜)Kōzaburō YoshimuraKempeitai fights American spies in Japan
JapanOur Planes Fly South Aiki minami e tobu (愛機南へ飛ぶ)Yasushi SasakiThe young pilot of a recon plane is shot down but survives
ItalyPeople of the Air Gente dell'ariaEsodo PratelliTwo brothers become pilots of the Regia Aeronautica
United StatesPilot #5George SidneyBattle of the Java Sea
United StatesRookies in BurmaLeslie GoodwinsThe Burma Campaign
United StatesSaharaZoltan KordaAllied troops at the Second Battle of El Alamein
United StatesSalute to the MarinesS. Sylvan SimonThe Battle of the Philippines
United StatesSecret Service in Darkest Africa (serial)Spencer Gordon Bennet
ItalySpies Among the Propellers Spie tra le elicheIgnazio FerronettiAn Italian detective discovers enemy agents sabotaging a warplanes factory
United StatesSherlock Holmes in WashingtonRoy William NeillSherlock Holmes travels to Washington D.C. in order to prevent a secret document that must be delivered to Congress from falling into Nazi hands.
United KingdomVernon Sewell, Gordon WellesleyDutch resistance [12]
United StatesSo Proudly We Hail!Mark SandrichArmy nurses and the Battle of the Philippines (1941-42)
ItalySpecial Correspondents Inviati specialiRomolo MarcelliniAn Italian journalist discovers an enemy female agent in the Spanish Civil War and then in Egypt during World War II
KoreaStraits of ChosunChōsen Kaikyō (Japanese: 朝鮮海峡)
Joseonhaehyeob (Korean: 조선해협)
Ki-chae ParkKorean man volunteers to serve in the Japanese Army
United StatesJames P. HoganMan with likeness for Adolf Hitler plans his assassination takeover of his identity
JapanSuicide Squad at the Watchtower Bōrō no kesshitai (望楼の決死隊)Tadashi ImaiJapanese, Koreans and Chinese cooperate against bandits near the Yalu river
United StatesTarzan TriumphsWilhelm ThieleGerman paratroopers invade Central Africa
United StatesThis Land Is MineJean RenoirFrench Resistance
Italy I trecento della SettimaMario BafficoAlpini on the Greek front
United StatesThousands CheerGeorge SidneyMusical comedy romance. Soldier wants to be airman
United StatesThree Russian GirlsHenry S. Kesler, Fyodor OtsepThe Eastern Front
United StatesTiger FangsSam NewfieldThriller. Nazis make man-eaters of Malayan tigers
Japan Marai no Tora (マライの虎)Koga MasatoThe story of Japanese secret agent Tani Yutaka, known as "Harimau" (Malay word for "Tiger")
United StatesTonight We Raid CalaisJohn Brahm
JapanToward the Decisive Battle in the Sky Kessen no ōzora e (決戦の大空へ)Kunio WatanabeTraining of young boys in the Yokaren, a program feeding new pilots into the Japanese Army and Navy
Italy Il treno crociatoCarlo CampogallianiItalian hospital-train on the Russian front
United KingdomUndercover (Underground Guerrillas)Sergei NolbandovYugoslav guerrillas in Serbia
United StatesWatch on the RhineHerman ShumlinNazi agents pursue a German freedom-fighter and his family to Washington
United KingdomAnthony AsquithSubmarine warfare during the Battle of the Atlantic
United States (Texas to Tokyo / Fighting Command)John RawlinsJapanese spies at Texas A&M University
United StatesWings Over the Pacific Phil RosenLuftwaffe and USAAF pilot meet in the South Pacific

1944

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United StatesAction in ArabiaLéonide MoguyIntrigue involving Nazis in Damascus, Syria
United StatesAddress UnknownWilliam Cameron MenziesGerman-American returns to Germany with his family and becomes a Nazi, cutting off contact with his Jewish friend in America
ItalyAir Base AeroportoPiero CostaItalian aviators flying for the Regia Aeronautica in the summer of 1943 and then, after the armistice, for the Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana
JapanBattle TroopRaigekitai shutsudo (来撃退しゅつど)Kajirō YamamotoTorpedo bomber squadron at war
Bees in ParadiseVal GuestMusical comedy. Allied bomber crashes on mysterious Atlantic island
JapanColonel Kato's Falcon Squadron (Colonel Kato's Flying Squadron)Kato hayabusa sento-tai (過渡ハヤブサ線と歌い)Kajiro Yamamoto
United StatesJean NegulescoSpy drama
JapanNichijō no tatakai (日常の戦い)Yasujirō ShimazuJapanese teacher of English language serves as an Army interpreter in South-East Asia
PhilippinesDawn of Freedom (Fire on That Flag!)Liwayway ng kalayaan
Ano hata o ute (Japanese: あの旗を撃て)
Gerardo de León, Yutaka AbeJapan–Philippines relations during Japanese occupation of the Philippines
United StatesDays of GloryJacques TourneurSoviet partisans
JapanKessen (決戦)Kōzaburō YoshimuraJapanese war production
Nazi GermanyDie DegenhardtsWerner KlinglerBombing of Lübeck on 28 March 1942
United StatesDragon SeedHarold S. Bucquet, Jack ConwayThe Sino-Japanese War
ArgentinaEnd of the NightEl Fin de la NocheLibertad Lamarque
Homero Cárpena
A female Argentine tango singer in occupied France gets romantically involved with a Resistance member
United StatesJohn M. StahlPhilippines campaign (1941–1942)
ItalyEveryday Is Sunday Ogni giorno è domenicaMario BafficoAn Italian soldier is wounded on the Greek front and his leg is amputated, but when he returns home his girlfriend still loves him
SwedenExcellency ExcellensenHasse EkmanAustrian poet opposes Nazism and therefore is imprisoned in a concentration camp
JapanField Army Band Yasen gungakutai (野戦軍楽隊)Masahiro MakinoMusic band of the Imperial Japanese Army in an occupied Chinese village
United StatesEdward LudwigUS Navy Seabees in the Pacific War
United States (The Sullivans)Lloyd BaconThe Sullivan brothers
United StatesFour Jills in a JeepWilliam A. SeiterFemale stars of USO shows [13]
United StatesGoing My WayLeo McCareyTed Haines Jr. fights in Africa
United StatesHail the Conquering HeroPreston SturgesComedy. Civilian with medical discharge befriends Marines
JapanHot Wind Neppū (熱風)Satsuo YamamotoWar production in a Japanese steel foundry
United StatesFrank TuttleDrama based on W. Somerset Maugham novel. Austrian refugee is Nazi spy preparing for German invasion of England
JapanNikudan teishintai (肉弾挺身隊)Shigeo TanakaGuadalcanal Campaign
United StatesL'ImposteurJulien DuvivierCondemned French killer escapes and joins Free French in Chad
United StatesIn the Meantime, DarlingOtto PremingerStateside military housing
SwedenThe Invisible Wall Den osynliga murenGustaf MolanderIn an unnamed country occupied by Nazis a girl becomes indirectly involved in a terrorist attack and helps Jews to escape
Soviet UnionJurgais pariJurgais pari (ჯურღაის ფარი)
(Щит Джургая)
Siko Dolidze, Davit Rondeli
United StatesLadies CourageousJohn RawlinsWomen's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron
United StatesLifeboatAlfred HitchcockDrama. Survivors adrift in Battle of the Atlantic
SwedenLive DangerouslyLev farligtLauritz FalkNorwegian resistance movement
Soviet UnionMalakhov HillMalakhov kurgan (Малахов курган)Iosif Kheifits, Aleksandr ZarkhiSiege of Sevastopol
United StatesMarine RaidersHarold D. SchusterBattle of Edson's Ridge during Battle of Guadalcanal, then Australian R&R
United StatesMarriage Is a Private AffairRobert Z. Leonard
United StatesMinistry of FearFritz LangThe Blitz
United StatesHerbert J. Biberman
United StatesPreston SturgesComedy. Young woman wants big send-off for departing soldiers
Japan Suihei-san (水兵さん)Kenkichi Hara
Korea Heitai-san (Japanese: 兵隊さん)
Byeongjeongnim (Korean: 병정님)
Han-jun BangYoung Korean men conscripted into the Japanese Army
United StatesAlfred E. Green
JapanIchiban utsukushiku (一番美しく)Akira KurosawaJapanese female workers in a war production factory
United StatesWilliam A. Berke
United StatesPassage to MarseilleMichael Curtiz
United StatesPassport to DestinyRay McCareyCharwoman travels to Germany to assassinate Hitler
United StatesLewis MilestonePOWs captured during Doolittle Raid
Soviet UnionRainbowRaduga (Радуга)Mark DonskoyDrama based on Wanda Wasilewska novel.
Australia (The Fighting Rats of Tobruk)Charles ChauvelSiege of Tobruk
United StatesRosie the RiveterJoseph SantleyMusical.
JapanSantarō Pitches In Santarō gambaru (三太郎頑張る)Hiromasa NomuraSantarō, a Japanese boy, works in a factory producing Zero fighters
United StatesSee Here, Private HargroveWesley RugglesComedy based on Marion Hargrove book. US Army training at Fort Bragg
United StatesSergeant MikeHenry LevinDog handler in the Pacific War
United StatesSince You Went AwayJohn CromwellHome front
JapanSinking the Unsinkable Fuchinkan gekichin (不沈艦撃沈)Masahiro MakinoJapanese workers in a factory increase their production of aerial torpedoes for the Japanese Navy after the sinking of the Prince of Wales
United StatesSong of RussiaGregory Ratoff
United StatesCecil B. DeMilleNavy doctor in the Battle of Java
ItalyStronghold CaposaldoAndrea MianoItalian and German soldiers of the Army Group Liguria fighting against partisans[14]
United StatesSunday Dinner for a SoldierLloyd BaconDrama. Home front
United StatesTampicoLothar MendesU-boat operations in Gulf of Mexico with sinking of Mexican oil tankers make Mexico an Allied nation
United StatesThirty Seconds Over TokyoMervyn LeRoyDoolittle Raid
United StatesTill We Meet AgainFrank Borzage
United StatesTo Have and Have NotHoward Hawks
United StatesLew Landers
United Kingdom (Two Thousand Women / House of 1,000 Women)Frank LaunderInternment camps for British women in occupied France
United States (Dangerous Mists)Lew LandersRescued seaman considered German agent amidst submarine warfare
United StatesUncertain GloryRaoul WalshCondemned French killer escapes and aids Resistance
United StatesWaterfrontSteve Sekely
United KingdomThe Immortal BattalionCarol ReedConscripts are trained and fight in the North African Campaign
United StatesClarence Brown
Italy
Romania
Squadriglia bianca
Escadrila albă
Ion SavaRoyal Romanian Air Force squadron of hospital airplanes piloted only by women
United States (The Story of Carrier X)Henry HathawayBattle of Midway
United StatesWinged VictoryGeorge CukorTraining of US Army Air Forces
Nazi GermanyYoung EaglesJunge AdlerAlfred WeidenmannYoung boy in a factory of warplanes

1945

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United StatesBack to BataanEdward DmytrykRaid at Cabanatuan, Battle of Bataan, guerrilla warfare in the Philippines, Battle of Leyte
JapanBelieve That Others Will Follow Ato ni tsuzuku o shinzu (後に続くを信ず)Kunio WatanabeThe actions of company commander Tōichi Wakabayashi in China, Singapore and Guadalcanal
United StatesBlood on the SunFrank LloydJournalist persecuted by Japanese militarist government
British IndiaQueen of Burma Burma RaniT. R. SundaramAn Indian spy ring in Japanese-occupied Burma
United StatesChina's Little DevilsMonta BellA group of Chinese children assist downed American pilots escape the Japanese
United StatesChristmas in ConnecticutPeter GodfreyComedy. A food columnist hosts a coming-home banquet for a war hero.
United StatesCorneredEdward DmytrykEx-Nazis in Argentina
United StatesCounter-AttackZoltan KordaEastern Front
MexicoEscuadrón 201Escuadrón 201Jaime Salvador201st Air Fighter Squadron of the Fuerza Aérea Expedicionaria Mexicana in the Battle of Luzon and Philippines Campaign
United StatesFirst Yank Into TokyoGordon DouglasAmerican agent has to rescue a scientist bearing valuable secrets about the atomic bomb.
JapanGirls of the Air Base Otome no iru kichi (乙女のゐる基地)Yasushi SasakiGirl mechanics work in a Kamikaze air base
United StatesGod Is My Co-PilotRobert FloreyDrama based on Robert Lee Scott, Jr. book. Flying Tigers
United StatesHenry HathawayDocudrama. Duquesne Spy Ring
United StatesIdentity UnknownWalter ColmesA soldier suffering from amnesia is the only survivor of four infantrymen. When the four men's dog tags were found the Army does not know which of the four the surviving soldier is. The soldier tries to discover his true identity by visiting the homes of the four different soldiers.
DenmarkDen usynlige hærJohan JacobsenDanish partisan
United StatesKeep Your Powder DryEdward BuzzellWomen's Army Corps
SwitzerlandDie letzte ChanceLeopold LindtbergEscaping Nazi prison train in Italy, an American and a British soldier head for Switzerland
Japan Saigo no kikyō (最後の桔梗)Shigeo Tanaka
Misao Yoshimura
Kamikaze
Nazi GermanyLife Goes OnDas Leben geht weiterWolfgang LiebeneinerGerman home front V-2 rockets will turn the tide of war in Germany's favour[15]
KoreaLove and the Vow Ai to chikai (Japanese: 愛と誓ひ)
Sarang kwa maengsŏ (Korean: 사랑과 맹서)
Tadashi Imai
In-kyu Ch'oe
Korean orphan living with Japanese parents volunteers in a Kamikaze unit
JapanMomotaro's Divine Sea WarriorsMomotaro no koumi no senshi (百田炉の香味の戦士)Mitsuyo SeoAnime. Japanese folk hero and animal buddies drive British soldiers off an island [16]
United StatesObjective, Burma!Raoul WalshBurma Campaign
United StatesOut of the DepthsD. Ross LedermanFictional rogue Japanese resistance during the surrender ceremony
United StatesPride of the MarinesDelmer DavesBattle of Guadalcanal and civilian readjustment
United StatesPrison ShipArthur DreifussRevolt of American POWs aboard a Japanese ship
DenmarkDe røde engeBodil Ipsen, Lau Lauritzen Jr.Young Danish saboteur
ItalyRome, Open CityRoma città apertaRoberto RosselliniItalian resistance in German-occupied Rome
United StatesSamuraiRaymond CannonJapanese spy in California
ItalyIl canto della vitaCarmine GalloneItalian partisan hiding in the countryside
JapanSpy Ship "Sea Rose"Kanchō Umi no bara (間諜海の薔薇)Teinosuke KinugasaKempeitai discover an American spy ring and help sinking the enemy spy-submarine Sea Rose
United StatesWilliam A. WellmanJournalist Ernie Pyle with Company C, 18th Infantry in the North African Campaign and the Battle of Monte Cassino
United StatesThey Were ExpendableJohn FordPT boats in the Battle of the Philippines (1941-42)
United StatesThis Man's NavyWilliam A. WellmanAdventure. US Navy airships
Italy La casa senza tempoAndrea ForzanoEnemy spies try to steal the blueprints of a new airplane [17]
United StatesToo Young to KnowFrederick De CordovaWar in the South Pacific separates young couple
ItalyTwo Anonymous LettersDue lettere anonimeMario CameriniItalian resistance and collaboration in German-occupied Rome
United StatesLewis MilestoneInvasion of Salerno
Anthony AsquithRAF and USAAF bomber crews stationed in England
United StatesWhat Next, Corporal Hargrove?Richard ThorpeComedy. Final adventures of Private Hargrove in Europe

Late 1940s

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1946FranceBattle of the RailsLa bataille du railRené ClémentResistance on French railways
1946ItalyBefore Him All Rome TrembledAvanti a lui tutta Roma tremavaCarmine GalloneItalian resistance in German-occupied Rome
1946United StatesWilliam Wyler1946 Best Picture depicting American servicemen struggling to return to civilian life after the war
1946United KingdomBasil DeardenBritish POWs in Germany
1946ItalyUn giorno nella vitaAlessandro BlasettiA group of Italian partisans seek refuge in a cloistered convent
1946PhilippinesDeath MarchLeopoldo SalcedoBataan Death March
1946PolandForbidden SongsZakazane piosenkiLeonard BuczkowskiMusical. Polish resistance 1939–1945 [18]
1946PhilippinesGarrison 13Gregorio FernandezWar crimes committed by Imperial Japanese Army in the Philippines
1946PhilippinesGolden ClockOrasang GintoManuel CondeBattle of Bataan and Battle of Corregidor
1946Poland
Italy
Wielka droga Michał WaszyńskiPolish Campaign 1939, Russia, Africa, Italy 1944
1946PhilippinesGuerilyeraGuerilyeraOctavio SilosGuerrilla movement in the Philippines during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines
1946CzechoslovakiaHrdinové mlčíMiroslav CikánResistance of Czech partisans
1946PhilippinesI Remember BataanDugo ng BayanFernando Poe, Sr.Filipino resistance
1946Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
In the Mountains of YugoslaviaV gorach Yugoslavii (В горах Югославии)
U planinama Jugoslavije
Abram RoomYugoslav partisans
Draza Mihailovich and Chetniks
1946United KingdomJourney TogetherJohn BoultingThree RAF pilots from recruitment to first combat
1946CzechoslovakiaMen Without WingsMuži bez křídelFrantišek ČápCzech resistance in occupied Prague Airfield
1946ItalyMonte CassinoMontecassino (Montecassino nel cerchio di fuoco)Arturo GemmitiBattle of Monte Cassino and destruction of the abbey
1946FranceMr. OrchidLe père tranquilleRené ClémentFrench Resistance
1946ItalyO sole mioO sole mioGiacomo GentilomoFour days of Naples
1946United StatesO.S.S.Irving PichelUS agents infiltrate in German-occupied France
1946United StatesRendezvous 24James TinlingGermans planning revenge on Allies through atomic weapons
1946ItalyOutcryIl sole sorge ancoraAldo VerganoItalian disbanded soldiers after the armistice and resistance
1946United KingdomSchool for SecretsPeter UstinovOperation Biting
1946United StatesOrson WellesA member of the United Nations War Crimes Committee hunts down a Nazi war criminal who has fled to Connecticut
1946United KingdomTheirs is the GloryBrian Desmond Hurst and Terence YoungOperation Market Garden
1946PhilippinesWalang KamatayanWalang KamatayanTor VillanoJapanese Occupation of the Philippines
1947ItalyChristmas at Camp 119Natale al campo 119Pietro FrancisciComedy-drama. Italian POWs in a US camp before repatriation
1947FranceLe Bataillon du ciel Sky BattalionAlexandre EswayParatroopers camp of Free France, England.
1947United KingdomFriedaBasil Dearden
1947ItalyHow I Lost the WarCome persi la guerraCarlo BorghesioComedy. An unlucky soldier fights in nearly every Italian campaign since the Second Italo-Ethiopian War
1947DenmarkJenny and the SoldierSoldaten og JennyJohan Jacobsen
1947PolandOstatni etapWanda JakubowskaAuschwitz-Birkenau
1947Occupied GermanyMarriage in the ShadowsEhe im SchattenKurt MaetzigSuicide of actor and Jewish wife
1947[19] ItalyMen and Skies Uomini e cieliFrancesco De Robertis
1947Seven Journeys (In Those Days) In jenen TagenHelmut KäutnerTwelve years of Nazi rule as experienced by a car
1947ChinaYījiāng Chūnshuǐ Xiàng Dōng Liú (一江春水向東流) Cai Chusheng, Zheng JunliSino-Japanese War
1947United StatesHenry HathawayUS agents infiltrate in German-occupied France
1947ItalyTo Live in PeaceVivere in paceLuigi ZampaTwo former American PoWs hide in an Italian village occupied by the Germans in 1944
1947JapanWar and PeaceSensō to heiwa (戦争と平和)Fumio Kamei
Satsuo Yamamoto
Japanese soldier falls prisoner of the Chinese and then returns to his home
1948Italy...And Not Say Goodbye ...E non dirsi addioSilvio Laurenti RosaThree escaped Allied PoWs and three German soldiers fraternize near Rome in November 1943
1948United KingdomAgainst the WindCharles CrichtonCommando raid into occupied Belgium
1948Austria (The Angel with the Trombone)Der Engel mit der PosauneKarl HartlDrama based on Ernst Lothar novel. Salzburg through both world wars
1948PolandBorder StreetUlica GranicznaAleksander FordHolocaust in occupied Poland
1948United Kingdom
Netherlands
But Not in VainNiet TevergeefsEdmond T. GrévilleDrama.[20]
1948United StatesCommand DecisionSam WoodCommand stresses in the US Eighth Air Force
1946ItalyDamned War!... Accidenti alla guerra!...Giorgio SimonelliComedy. An Italian disguises himself as a German soldier and is chosen to take part to the Lebensborn
1948United StatesFighter SquadronRaoul WalshP-47 fighters in the air war in Europe
1948Italy La grande stradaMichał Waszyński, Vittorio CottafaviPolish Campaign 1939, Russia, Africa, Italy 1944 [21]
1948United StatesJungle PatrolJoseph M. NewmanP-40 fighters in the air war in the New Guinea campaign
1948Italy La mascotte dei Diavoli BluCarlo BaltierAn Italian child becomes blind due to an accident with German cavalrymen during an American bombing, but regains his sight thanks to American physicians
1948Occupied GermanyMorituriMorituri (Freiwild)Eugen York[22]
1948YugoslaviaOn Their Own TerritoryNa svoji zemljiFrance Štiglic
1948Norway
France
La Bataille de l'eau lourde
Kampen om tungtvannet
Jean Dréville, Titus Vibe-MüllerDocudrama. Norwegian heavy water sabotage
1948ItalyPhantoms of the SeaFantasmi del mareFrancesco De RobertisThe effects of the Italian armistice on an Italian warship (based upon the facts happened on the battleship Giulio Cesare)
1948Soviet UnionTale of a True ManPovest' o nastoyashchem cheloveke (Повесть о настоящем человеке)Aleksandr StolperBiography of the fighter pilot Aleksey Maresyev
1948United States
Switzerland
[23] Fred ZinnemannDisplaced persons in postwar Germany
1948PolandStalowe sercaStanisław JanuszewskiSilesia, Poland 1944 / 1945
1948DenmarkThree Years After Tre år efterJohan JacobsenSituation after the war's end
1948DenmarkStøt står den danske sømandBodil Ipsen, Lau Lauritzen Jr.
1949United StatesI Was A Male War BrideHoward HanksComedy. A biography of Henri Rochard (pen name of Roger Charlier), a Belgian who married an American nurse. Cary Grant, Ann Sheriden
1949United StatesBattlegroundWilliam A. Wellman101st Airborne Division in the Battle of the Bulge
1949Soviet UnionStalingradskaya bitva (Сталинградская битва)Vladimir PetrovBattle of Stalingrad
1949PhilippinesCapasCapasGregorio FernandezBataan Death March survivor, appointed hometown mayor by Japanese, supports guerrilla activity
1949Soviet UnionEncounter at the ElbeVstrecha na Elbe (Встреча на Эльбе)Grigori Aleksandrov, Aleksei UtkinElbe Day
1949Soviet UnionPadeniye Berlina (Падение Берлина)Mikheil ChiaureliBattle of Berlin
1949ItalyLa fiamma che non si spegneVittorio CottafaviItalian hero Salvo D'Acquisto
1949United Kingdom
United States
Vincent ShermanBritish and US wounded soldiers in the Burma campaign
1949United StatesHome of the BraveMark RobsonBlack soldier paralyzed after unit attacked on Pacific island
1949United KingdomLandfallKen AnnakinPilot believes he has sunk a friendly submarine
1949United StatesLost BoundariesAlfred L. WerkerDrama. White US Navy officer is actually Negro
1949United StatesMalayaRichard ThorpeSmuggler paroled to sneak rubber crop out of Japanese-held Malaya
1949FranceMission in TangierMission à TangerAndré HunebelleJournalist carries documents to London from Tangiers
1949ItalyMonastery of Santa Chiara Monastero di Santa ChiaraMario SequiDrama. Naples during the German and then the Allied occupations
1949SpainNeutralityNeutralidad (Los caballeros del mar)Eusebio Fernández ArdavínA neutral Spanish merchantman rescues American sailors from a sunk ship
1949PolandZa wami pójdą inniAntoni BohdziewiczWarsaw, Polish resistance
1949United KingdomPrivate AngeloMichael Anderson, Peter UstinovLight-hearted story. Reluctantly conscripted Italian soldier
1949[24] ItalySailors Without Stars Marinai senza stelleFrancesco De RobertisItalian boys embark on a torpedo boat (depicted by a Gabbiano-class corvette)
1949United StatesSands of Iwo JimaAllan DwanBattle of Tarawa and Battle of Iwo Jima
1949CzechoslovakiaSilent BarricadeNěmá barikádaOtakar VávraNazi Resistance
1949United KingdomMichael Powell, Emeric PressburgerBomb disposal
1949DenmarkThat applies to us all Det gælder os alleAlice O'FredericksYoung survivor from a concentration camp
1949United KingdomThey Were Not DividedTerence YoungThe British Guards Armoured Division
1949United StatesTwelve O'Clock HighHenry KingB-17 bombers of the US Eighth Air Force

Films made during the Cold War

See main article: List of World War II films 1950–1989.

Late 1980s

Films made since the Cold War

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

In development

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.

Dramatised documentaries

A dramatised documentary is a documentary film which includes dramatised scenes using actors in costume.
This format is distinct from a docudrama, which is a fully dramatised fact-based fictional work in a documentary style.

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1940FranceMy Crimes After Mein KampfAprès Mein Kampf, mes crimes"Jean-Jacques Valjean"Assassinations of Ernst Röhm and Kurt von Schleicher on Night of the Long Knives, 1934, then Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuß, also 1934
1940Mein Kampf – My Crimes (After Mein Kampf?: The Story of Adolph Hitler)Norman Lee (uncredited)
1992Canada (TV)Brian McKennaDrama. Royal Rifles regiment at Battle of Hong Kong, 1941
1992Canada (TV)Brian McKennaDrama. RCAF Lancaster bombing of German cities
1992Canada (TV)Brian McKennaDrama. Black Watch regiment at Battle of Verrières Ridge, 1944
1995Canada (TV)Brian McKennaDrama.
1995Canada (TV)Brian McKennaDrama.
1996CanadaBrian McKennaDrama. Polish Gen. Wladyslaw Anders
2003United KingdomKilling Hitler (TV)Jeremy LoveringDrama. Operation Foxley plan to kill Hitler, 1944

Spanish Civil War

See main article: List of Spanish Civil War films.

In the Spanish Civil War, the Nationalists (the rebel side) are supported by Mussolini's Italy, Hitler's Germany, and a small number of internaxxxtional rightist volunteers. The Republicans (government side) are supported by Stalin's Soviet Union and a large number of leftist volunteers, the International Brigades.

The Nationalists under Francisco Franco win.

During World War II, Franco remains neutral – so Gibraltar is never overrun – but nevertheless he sends the Blue Division to fight for Germany on the Eastern Front.

For films about the Blue Division, see the List of World War II films since 1950.

See also

Of related interest

Notes

References

Sources

External links

Notes and References

  1. For movies set during the Spanish Civil War please refer to List of Spanish Civil War films
  2. This is the first World War II British propaganda film.
  3. Released on 17 May 1940, this is arguably the first Hollywood film set during the war.
  4. The IMDb, on the other hand, identifies the villainous Yugoslavs in Menschen im Sturm as Slovenians rather than Serbs.
  5. The IMDb lists In the Rear of the Enemy as V tylu vraga (1942) based on its 1942 release date in New York City.
  6. Available for viewing is this public domain World War II film at Google Videos. Refer to the film's main page for the link.
  7. New edition of the movie, released in theaters in 1955, with the addition of scenes before and after the original Bengasi, which now becomes a long flash-back recalled by an Italian woman visiting the cemetery of El-Alamein with a British officer ten years after the end of the war.
  8. This film is available at the Internet Archive. Refer to the film's main page for the link.
  9. Canadian World War I flying ace Billy Bishop appears as himself.
  10. A Triumph of Wings (1942) was co-written by Akira Kurosawa.
  11. Fires Were Started is often regarded as a documentary film.
  12. Available for viewing – from British libraries and universities only – are clips from this . Refer to the film's main page for the link.
  13. Actresses Betty Grable, Carole Landis and others play themselves.
  14. Released only to Italian fascist military units and maybe a few theaters around Genoa in the last months of the war
  15. Never released in theaters.
  16. The first feature-length anime film.
  17. Filmed in 1943, before the Italian Armistice, but released in theaters in 1945 after a relevant editing, which changed the nationality of the enemies.
  18. The first post-war Polish film.
  19. Filmed in 1943, but released in cinemas in 1947 after a slight editing
  20. This film is currently considered to be lost.
  21. Italian remake of Wielka droga
  22. First German film to show a concentration camp.
  23. This film is an international co-production shot in English.
  24. Filmed in 1943, but released in cinemas in 1949 after a slight editing