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1. Schindler's List (1993)
R | 195 min | Biography, Drama, History
In German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley, Caroline Goodall
Votes: 1,455,443 | Gross: $96.90M
2. Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
R | 139 min | Biography, Drama, History
World War II American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, serving during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor without firing a shot.
Director: Mel Gibson | Stars: Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer
Votes: 597,162 | Gross: $67.21M
3. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
PG | 130 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell
Votes: 500,315
4. Adolf Hitler: The Greatest Story Never Told (2013)
350 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Adolf Hitler, born in Braunau, a man who will forever change the history of the world.
Director: Dennis Wise | Stars: Eva Braun, Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle, Adolf Galland
Votes: 6,265
5. Island in the Sun (1957)
Approved | 119 min | Drama, Romance
This drama set during the 1950s on a British-ruled Caribbean island deals with local politics, interracial relationships, social inequality, racism, adultery, and murder.
Director: Robert Rossen | Stars: James Mason, Joan Fontaine, Dorothy Dandridge, Joan Collins
Votes: 1,418 | Gross: $8.00M
6. Hell to Eternity (1960)
Approved | 131 min | Biography, Drama, War
When his adoptive Japanese-American family is sent to Manzanar after Pearl Harbor, a young Chicano enlists in the marines to become a hero in the Battle of Saipan.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Jeffrey Hunter, David Janssen, Vic Damone, Patricia Owens
Votes: 1,598
7. Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
Not Rated | 119 min | Biography, Drama, War
During World War II, a recently widowed young woman is recruited to work as a spy in France.
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Virginia McKenna, Paul Scofield, Jack Warner, Denise Grey
Votes: 1,861
8. To Please a Lady (1950)
Passed | 91 min | Action, Romance, Sport
A former war hero and midget car racer meets his match in a feisty reporter who blames his reckless tactics for an accidental racing death.
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Clark Gable, Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, Will Geer
Votes: 1,143
9. Above and Beyond (1952)
Approved | 122 min | Biography, Drama, War
Col. Paul Tibbets piloted the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in World War II.
Directors: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama | Stars: Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker, James Whitmore, Larry Keating
Votes: 1,344
10. Thrill of a Romance (1945)
Approved | 105 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A swim teacher and a wealthy businessman are married after a brief courtship. A charming war hero falls in love with this newly-married woman, after her husband abandons her on their honeymoon for the sake of a business meeting.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Van Johnson, Esther Williams, Frances Gifford, Henry Travers
Votes: 911
11. Shuttlecock (2020)
TV-MA | 105 min | Drama
During a memorial for his father, WW II hero Major James Prentis confesses a dark family secret to his son, something he has harbored for more than 20 years.
Director: Andrew Piddington | Stars: Alan Bates, Lambert Wilson, David Oakes, Kenneth Haigh
Votes: 121
12. Monkey on My Back (1957)
Approved | 94 min | Biography, Drama
The true story of Barney Ross, a World War II hero and champion professional boxer, who became addicted to morphine.
Director: André De Toth | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Dianne Foster, Paul Richards, Jack Albertson
Votes: 388
14.
My Grandparents' War (2019– )
Episode:
Helena Bonham Carter
(2019)
47 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Helena Bonham Carter goes in search of the truth behind her relatives' involvement in World War II. Both sets of her grandparents, one pair in France the other in England, were unconventional war heroes.
Director: Francis Hanly | Stars: Helena Bonham Carter, Caroline Catz
Votes: 63
15.
The Pacific (2010)
Episode:
Iwo Jima
(2010)
Not Rated | 57 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Frustrated with his bond selling tour, Basilone goes back to training troops and, after marrying a pretty Marine sergeant, leads his men at Iwo Jima.
Directors: David Nutter, Jeremy Podeswa | Stars: James Badge Dale, Joseph Mazzello, Jon Seda, Dwight Braswell
Votes: 2,373
16.
Silk (2011–2014)
Episode:
The Bitter End
(2011)
TV-14 | 57 min | Drama
With female Q.Cs or 'silks' in a tiny minority, barrister Martha Costello of the Shoe Lane chambers, is anxious to join that elite number by progressing through the courts. Following a ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Offer | Stars: Maxine Peake, Rupert Penry-Jones, Neil Stuke, Tom Hughes
Votes: 223
17.
Traitor/Patriot (2022)
Episode:
The Soviet General Who Switched Sides
(2022)
Documentary, History, War
Arguably the greatest spy for the West during the Cold War, Dimitriy Polyakov was a Russian Military Intelligence General who turned on Russia. He was run by the CIA and FBI and betrayed by both Ames and Hanssen.
Directors: Maria Berry, Marek Bures | Stars: Eva Dillon, James M. Olson, Paul Joyal, Oleg Kalugin
18.
Serangoon Road (2013)
Episode:
Episode #1.9
(2013)
TV-14 | 56 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Sam's old friend Robert Collier is arrested for murdering his date, bartender and aspiring reporter Angelica Warnock. Convinced of his innocence, Sam tries to clear his name-but even Robert himself can't remember what happened that night.
Director: Tony Tilse | Stars: Don Hany, Joan Chen, Maeve Dermody, Alaric
Votes: 26
19.
Who Do You Think You Are? (2004– )
Episode:
Marvin Humes
(2018)
58 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Musician Marvin Humes discovers shocking dark secrets about some of his Jamaican ancestors.
Director: Robin Dashwood | Stars: Marvin Humes, Phil Davis
Votes: 46