Best ii.world war movies -/ war at the front — military strategy, conflict, survival 1. Saving private ryan (saving private ryan, 1998) – imdb: 8.6 The story of a military unit that goes to save a mother's only son after…devamıBest ii.world war movies
-/ war at the front — military strategy, conflict, survival
1. Saving private ryan (saving private ryan, 1998) – imdb: 8.6
The story of a military unit that goes to save a mother's only son after the Normandy landing. With the war scenes where Spielberg broke ground in realism.
2. dunkirk (2017) – imdb: 7.8
An intense and minimal Christopher Nolan movie that tells the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of soldiers from the Dunkirk coast, from three different time periods.
The Thin Red Line (1998) – imdb: 7.6
The inner world and existential questioning of the soldiers trying to survive while fighting on the pacific front. Malick's poetic view.
4. tepe (the hill, 1965) – imdb: 7.9
A harsh anti-militarist film about the regime of repression in the British military prison.
5. hell is for heroes (hell is for heroes, 1962) – imdb: 6.9
A tense story in which a group of American soldiers tried to cross the Nazi defense line.
The Longest Day (The Longest Day, 1962) – IMDb: 7.7
The multi-fronted and multinational giant construction of the Normandy landing. It is full of legendary players of the period.
Flags of our fathers (2006) – imdb: 7.1
A stunning clint eastwood movie about the psychological burden behind the iwo jima victory photo and American propaganda.
The big red one (1980) – imdb: 6.8
The brutal process that an American infantry unit experienced during its European campaign.
-- human psychology of war — conscience, resistance, ethical questions
9. collapse (der untergang, 2004) – imdb: 8.2
A dark historical reconstruction that tells the last days Hitler spent in his bunker through the eyes of his secretary.
10. a hidden life (2019) – imdb: 7.4
The internal and social struggle of a farmer who defends the right to conscientious objection against Nazi oppression.
11. in the fog (in the fog, 2012) – imdb: 6.8
The ethical dilemmas about whether a man was resisting or cooperating in Belarus under the Nazi occupation.
12. counterfeiters (the counterfeiters, 2007) – imdb: 7.5
Conscientious test of a fraudulent group used for Nazi propaganda to survive.
13. katyn (2007) – imdb: 7.0
The historical and personal tragedy of the Polish officers massacred by the Soviets.
14th crime army (army of crime, 2009) – imdb: 6.7
A striking story about the immigrant heroes of the anti-Nazi resistance in Paris.
15. we shall overcome, 2006 – imdb: 7.5
The courageous resistance of a child who opposes the school order in Denmark, with the effect of post-war trauma.
-- war in cinema — movies about film / meta cinema
16. their best (their finest, 2016) – imdb: 6.8
The background of propaganda films shot to cheer up during the war.
17. safe conduct (safe conduct, 2002) – imdb: 7.0
The moral war of a filmmaker in Vichy France who does not want to cooperate with the Nazis.
-- dramatic love and family stories
18. english patient (the english patient, 1996) – imdb: 7.4
Passionate love of a slowly dying man and dark memories of the past. Oscar-winning visuals.
19. atonement (atonement, 2007) – imdb: 7.8
Epic love and war drama that shows how an innocent lie changes the fate of two lovers.
20th lore (2012) – imdb: 7.0
The story of a young girl trying to survive after her Nazi parents.
21. my country (land of mine, 2015) – imdb: 7.8
A dramatic, harsh film in which captive German child soldiers are forced to clear mines on the beaches of Denmark.
---Genocide, holocaust and camps
22. schindler's list (1993) – imdb: 9.0
The true story of an industrialist who saved hundreds of lives during the Jewish genocide of the Nazis in Poland.
23rd pianist (the pianist, 2002) – imdb: 8.5
Resistance of a Jewish pianist trying to survive in Poland to inhumane conditions.
24. shoah (1985) – imdb: 8.4
This 9-hour documentary is like an uninterrupted lament from the mouths of the witnesses of the holocaust.
25. saul'un oğlu (son of saul, 2015) – imdb: 7.5
A Jewish prisoner working in Auschwitz's attempt to perform a religious ceremony for his son's body.
26. paragraph 175 (paragraph 175, 2000) – imdb: 7.7
A documentary about the systematic oppression and genocide against homosexuals during the Nazi period.
27. yabancıların kollarına (into the arms of strangers, 2000) – imdb: 7.8
The struggle of Jewish children sent to England while experiencing the trauma of the war.
28. europe europe (europa europa, 1990) – imdb: 7.6
The tragicomic escape story of a Jewish teenager who hides his identity and participates in Hitler's youth.
-- history in biographical / documentary style
29. shoah (1985) – imdb: 8.4
A stunning documentary consisting of interviews with those who personally experienced the genocide.
30. blind spot: Hitler's secretary (blind spot, 2002) – imdb: 7.7
With the sincere narration of Hitler's secretary Traudl Junge, the last days of the führer.
31. Sophie Scholl: The Last Days (2005) – IMDb: 7.6
The capture of the symbolic name of the resistance, Sophie Scholl, and the process that leads to her execution.
The fog of war (2003) – imdb: 8.1
A documentary full of lessons on American war history from the mouth of Robert McNamara.
33. Patton (1970) – imdb: 8.0
General George S. Patton's commanding adventure full of anger, arrogance and success in World War II.
-- espionage / underground resistance
34. shadow army (1969) – imdb: 8.1
The internal conflicts of the French resistance fighters and their dramatic solidarity against the Nazi persecution.
The Great Escape (The Great Escape, 1963) – imdb: 8.2
With the brave plan and legendary motorcycle scene of allied officers trying to escape from the Nazi camp.
The bridge on the river kwai (1957) – imdb: 8.1
British soldiers in the Japanese prison camp building a bridge against the enemy without realizing that they were working.
37. to be or not to be (to be or not to be, 1942) – imdb: 8.2
The absurd but heroic resistance of a theater group in Nazi-invaded Poland.
38. Casablanca (casablanca, 1942) – imdb: 8.5
Set in Vichy France, a cult love movie full of love, escape and politics.
-- other styles / conceptual – artistic interpretations
39. fifth level (life and nothing but, 1989) – imdb: 7.4
A deep drama about the emotional and human losses of people looking for their losses after the war.
40. the wind rises (2013) – imdb: 7.7
The life of Japanese aircraft engineer Jiro is told with a poetic animation between war and love. from miyazaki.
41. seraphine (2008) – imdb: 7.4
The suppressed emotions and mental disorders of a painter before the war are shaped by the pressure of the period.