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The best World War II movies

The Second World War has given us some of the most powerful stories ever put on screen. Saving Private Ryan and Dunkirk put you in the middle of the fighting, Schindler's List and The Pianist show the courage it took to survive, and Jojo Rabbit finds heart in the unlikeliest place.

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  1. Saving Private Ryan poster Saving Private Ryan1998
  2. Schindler's List poster Schindler's List1993
  3. Inglourious Basterds poster Inglourious Basterds2009
  4. Dunkirk poster Dunkirk2017
  5. The Pianist poster The Pianist2002
  6. Hacksaw Ridge poster Hacksaw Ridge2016
  7. The Great Escape poster The Great Escape1963
  8. Casablanca poster Casablanca1943
  9. Fury poster Fury2014
  10. The Imitation Game poster The Imitation Game2014
  11. Oppenheimer poster Oppenheimer2023
  12. The Bridge on the River Kwai poster The Bridge on the River Kwai1957
  13. Jojo Rabbit poster Jojo Rabbit2019
  14. Darkest Hour poster Darkest Hour2017
  15. The Thin Red Line poster The Thin Red Line1998
  16. Where Eagles Dare poster Where Eagles Dare1968
  17. The Dirty Dozen poster The Dirty Dozen1967
  18. The Longest Day poster The Longest Day1962
  19. A Bridge Too Far poster A Bridge Too Far1977
  20. The Guns of Navarone poster The Guns of Navarone1961
  21. Kelly's Heroes poster Kelly's Heroes1970
  22. Patton poster Patton1970
  23. The Best Years of Our Lives poster The Best Years of Our Lives1946
  24. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas poster The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas2008
  25. Pearl Harbor poster Pearl Harbor2001
  26. Atonement poster Atonement2007
  27. The Book Thief poster The Book Thief2013
  28. Enemy at the Gates poster Enemy at the Gates2001
  29. Greyhound poster Greyhound2020
  30. Valkyrie poster Valkyrie2008
  31. Unbroken poster Unbroken2014
  32. Empire of the Sun poster Empire of the Sun1987
  33. The English Patient poster The English Patient1996
  34. To Be or Not to Be poster To Be or Not to Be1942
  35. Stalag 17 poster Stalag 171953
  36. Midway poster Midway2019
  37. Tora! Tora! Tora! poster Tora! Tora! Tora!1970
  38. Flags of Our Fathers poster Flags of Our Fathers2006
  39. Sands of Iwo Jima poster Sands of Iwo Jima1950
  40. Hell in the Pacific poster Hell in the Pacific1968
  41. Cross of Iron poster Cross of Iron1977
  42. The Big Red One poster The Big Red One1980
  43. The Eagle Has Landed poster The Eagle Has Landed1976
  44. The Train poster The Train1964
  45. Von Ryan's Express poster Von Ryan's Express1965
  46. Escape to Victory poster Escape to Victory1981
  47. The Colditz Story poster The Colditz Story1955
  48. King Rat poster King Rat1965
  49. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence poster Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence1983
  50. The Railway Man poster The Railway Man2013
  51. Allied poster Allied2016
  52. Anthropoid poster Anthropoid2016
  53. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare poster The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare2024
  54. Operation Mincemeat poster Operation Mincemeat2022
  55. Defiance poster Defiance2008
  56. The Zookeeper's Wife poster The Zookeeper's Wife2017
  57. The Diary of Anne Frank poster The Diary of Anne Frank1959
  58. Escape from Sobibor poster Escape from Sobibor1987
  59. The Grey Zone poster The Grey Zone2001
  60. A Hidden Life poster A Hidden Life2019
  61. Nuremberg poster Nuremberg2025
  62. Judgment at Nuremberg poster Judgment at Nuremberg1961
  63. Conspiracy poster Conspiracy2001
  64. From Here to Eternity poster From Here to Eternity1953
  65. The Caine Mutiny poster The Caine Mutiny1954
  66. Run Silent, Run Deep poster Run Silent, Run Deep1958
  67. The Enemy Below poster The Enemy Below1957
  68. The Cruel Sea poster The Cruel Sea1953
  69. Sink the Bismarck! poster Sink the Bismarck!1960
  70. In Which We Serve poster In Which We Serve1942
  71. Lifeboat poster Lifeboat1944
  72. Mrs. Miniver poster Mrs. Miniver1942
  73. A Matter of Life and Death poster A Matter of Life and Death1946
  74. Catch-22 poster Catch-221970
  75. Battle of Britain poster Battle of Britain1969
  76. The Dam Busters poster The Dam Busters1955
  77. Memphis Belle poster Memphis Belle1990
  78. Twelve O'Clock High poster Twelve O'Clock High1949
  79. Battle of the Bulge poster Battle of the Bulge1965
  80. The Bridge at Remagen poster The Bridge at Remagen1969
  81. Battleground poster Battleground1949
  82. The Young Lions poster The Young Lions1958
  83. Attack poster Attack1956
  84. Hell Is for Heroes poster Hell Is for Heroes1962
  85. They Were Expendable poster They Were Expendable1945
  86. Sahara poster Sahara1943
  87. Five Graves to Cairo poster Five Graves to Cairo1943
  88. Ice Cold in Alex poster Ice Cold in Alex1958
  89. 49th Parallel poster 49th Parallel1941
  90. Went the Day Well? poster Went the Day Well?1942
  91. Night Train to Munich poster Night Train to Munich1940
  92. The Heroes of Telemark poster The Heroes of Telemark1965
  93. The Night of the Generals poster The Night of the Generals1967
  94. Hope and Glory poster Hope and Glory1987
  95. Their Finest poster Their Finest2017
  96. Overlord poster Overlord2018
  97. The Six Triple Eight poster The Six Triple Eight2024
  98. Lee poster Lee2024
  99. Resistance poster Resistance2020

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