WWII Movies/TV-series in chronological order
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- StarsPeter StormareFriedrich von ThunPeter O'TooleA profile of the life of Adolf Hitler with a unique slant, as a child and his rise through the ranks of the National Socialist German Workers Party prior to World War II.1899 - Hitler's Rise to Power
- DirectorHerbert WiseStarsRichard BurtonVirginia McKennaAngharad ReesThe story of British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, focusing on his place in British life just prior to World War II.1936 - Winston Churchill's Life Before the War
- DirectorStephen HopkinsStarsStephan JamesJason SudeikisEli GoreeJesse Owens' quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler's vision of Aryan supremacy.Aug 1936 - Showcase of Hitler's Third Reich at the Berlin Olympics
- DirectorHu GuanStarsZhizhong HuangJunyi ZhangHao OuIn 1937, 800 Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai battlefield, completely surrounded by the Japanese army.Battle of Shanghai (Second Sino-Japanese War)
- DirectorChuan LuStarsYe LiuWei FanHideo NakaizumiIn 1937, Japan occupied Nanjing, the Chinese capital. There was a battle and subsequent atrocities against the inhabitants, especially those who took refuge in the International Security Zone.Dec 1937 - Battle of Nanking (Second Sino-Japanese War)
- DirectorYimou ZhangStarsChristian BaleNi NiXinyi ZhangAn American finds refuge during the 1937 Japanese invasion of Nanking in a church with a group of women. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.Dec 1937 - Battle of Nanking (Second Sino-Japanese War)
- DirectorRoger SpottiswoodeStarsJonathan Rhys MeyersRadha MitchellChow Yun-FatAbout young British journalist, George Hogg, who with the assistance of a courageous Australian nurse, saves a group of orphaned children during the Japanese occupation of China in 1937.Dec 1937 - Battle of Nanking (Second Sino-Japanese War)
- DirectorBill GuttentagDan SturmanStarsHugo ArmstrongRosalind ChaoStephen DorffThrough readings of historical account by actors and the testimony of survivors, the events of the Nanjing Massacre are recounted.Dec 1937 - Battle of Nanking (Second Sino-Japanese War)
- DirectorFlorian GallenbergerStarsUlrich TukurDaniel BrühlSteve BuscemiA true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937-38.Dec 1937 - Battle of Nanking (Second Sino-Japanese War)
- DirectorRobert WiseStarsJulie AndrewsChristopher PlummerEleanor ParkerA young novice is sent by her convent in 1930s Austria to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer.Mar 1938 - Annexation of Austria by Germany
- DirectorChristian SchwochowStarsGeorge MacKayJannis NiewöhnerJeremy IronsA British diplomat travels to Munich in the run-up to World War II, where a former classmate of his from Oxford is also en route, but is working for the German government.Sep 1938 - Annexation of Sudetenland by Germany (Munich Agreement)
- DirectorPatrick LauStarsIan McKellenMichael AldridgeTony BrittonBased on a play, the story details the dramatic negotiations between the UK, France, Poland, Nazi Germany, and the U.S.S.R. from the day Czechoslovakia fell, until Britain's declaration of war on Germany, caused by Hitler's invasion of Poland.Mar 1939 - Occupation of Czech Rump State (Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia)
- DirectorKang Je-kyuStarsJang Dong-gunJoe OdagiriBingbing FanIn World War II-era Korea, rival runners, one Korean (Jang Dong-gun) and one Japanese (Joe Odagiri), go to war together against the Soviets.May 1939 - Battles of Khalkhin Gol (Battle at Nomonhan)
- DirectorPawel ChochlewStarsMichal ZebrowskiRobert ZoledziewskiJan EnglertSeptember 1st, 1939. German battleship Schleswig-Holstein marks the start of World War II by firing on the garrison stationed at the Westerplatte peninsula in Poland.Sep 1939 - Invasion of Poland / Battle of Westerplatte
Also known as Tajemnica Westerplatte and The Secret of Westerplatte. - DirectorJim GoddardStarsJohn SheaBill NighyLucy GutteridgeThe story of Helmut and Karl Hoffmann. Both come of age at the start of Hitler's power in Germany. Helmut joins the SS and eventually becomes a successful flag rank officer. Karl joins the SA and experiences the darker side of Nazism after the SA is disbanded and Karl is thrown into prison and later conscripted into the German army. Brother is pitted against brother until their relationship, and the Third Reich, stands in ruinsSep 1939 - Invasion of Poland / Battle of Westerplatte
- DirectorAgnieszka HollandStarsSolomon PerelMarco HofschneiderRené HofschneiderA boy in Nazi Germany, trying to conceal that he is Jewish, joins the Hitler Youth.Sep 1939 - Invasion of Poland / Battle of Westerplatte
- DirectorJon AvnetStarsLeelee SobieskiHank AzariaDavid SchwimmerJews rise up in the Warsaw Ghetto against the Nazis in 1943.Sep 1939 - Invasion of Poland / Battle of Westerplatte
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsAdrien BrodyThomas KretschmannFrank FinlayDuring WWII, acclaimed Polish musician Wladyslaw faces various struggles as he loses contact with his family. As the situation worsens, he hides in the ruins of Warsaw in order to survive.Sep 1939 - Invasion of Poland / Battle of Westerplatte
- DirectorAndrzej WajdaStarsAndrzej ChyraMaja OstaszewskaArtur ZmijewskiAn examination of the Soviet slaughter of thousands of Polish officers and citizens in the Katyn forest in 1940.Sep 1939 - Invasion of Poland / Battle of Westerplatte
- DirectorBrian PercivalStarsSophie NélisseGeoffrey RushEmily WatsonWhile subjected to the horrors of World War II Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. In the basement of her home, a Jewish refugee is being protected by her adoptive parents.Sep 1939 - Invasion of Poland / Battle of Westerplatte
- DirectorNiki CaroStarsJessica ChastainJohan HeldenberghDaniel BrühlKeepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Antonina and Jan Zabinski, must save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion in WWII Poland.Sep 1939 - Invasion of Poland / Battle of Westerplatte
- DirectorErnst LubitschStarsCarole LombardJack BennyRobert StackDuring the German occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.Sep 1939 - Invasion of Poland / Battle of Westerplatte
- DirectorTom HooperStarsColin FirthGeoffrey RushHelena Bonham CarterThe story of King George VI, his unexpected ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer.Sep 1939 - Britain and France Declare War on Germany
- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsGreer GarsonWalter PidgeonTeresa WrightA British family struggles to survive the first months of World War II.Sep 1939 - Britain and France Declare War on Germany
- DirectorPatrick LauStarsIan McKellenMichael AldridgeTony BrittonBased on a play, the story details the dramatic negotiations between the UK, France, Poland, Nazi Germany, and the U.S.S.R. from the day Czechoslovakia fell, until Britain's declaration of war on Germany, caused by Hitler's invasion of Poland.Sep 1939 - Britain and France Declare War on Germany
- DirectorJohn BoormanStarsSarah MilesDavid HaymanSebastian Rice-EdwardsBill, a young boy living on the outskirts of London experiences the exhilaration of World War II. During this period, Bill learns about sex, death, love, hypocrisy, and the faults of adults as he prowls the ruins of bombed houses.Sep 1939 - Britain and France Declare War on Germany
- DirectorOliver HirschbiegelStarsChristian FriedelKatharina SchüttlerBurghart KlaußnerIn November 1939, Georg Elser's attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler fails, and he is arrested. During his confinement, he recalls the events leading up to his plot and his reasons for deciding to take such drastic action.Nov 1939 - Assassination Attempt on Hitler by Georg Elser
- DirectorPekka ParikkaStarsTaneli MäkeläVesa VierikkoTimo TorikkaIn 1939, two Finnish brothers are conscripted in the army to fight in the war between Finland and the Soviet Union.Nov 1939 - Invasion of Finland (Winter War)
- DirectorLeidulv RisanStarsAnneke von der LippePeter SnickarsThomas KretschmannA Norwegian nurse falls in love with a Finnish soldier in the Winter War of 1939/40 between Finland and the USSR. After settling down World War II erupts, and he is lost in Finland, as she falls in love with Maximilian, a German soldier.Nov 1939 - Invasion of Finland (Winter War)
- DirectorMichael PowellEmeric PressburgerStarsJohn GregsonAnthony QuaylePeter FinchIn the first major naval battle of World War II, the British Navy must find and destroy a powerful German warship.Dec 1939 - First Naval Battle (Battle of the River Plate)
- DirectorOle Christian MadsenStarsThure LindhardtMads MikkelsenStine StengadeA drama centered on two fighters in the Holger Danske World War II resistance group.Apr 1940 - Invasion of Norway & Denmark (Operation Weserübung)
- DirectorPetter NæssStarsFlorian LukasDavid KrossLachlan NieboerWorld War II: After an aerial battle over Norway, British and German airmen find themselves stranded in the wilderness. Finding shelter in the same cabin, they realize the only way to survive the winter is to set aside the rules of war.Apr 1940 - Invasion of Norway & Denmark (Operation Weserübung)
- DirectorRoni EzraStarsPilou AsbækLars MikkelsenJoachim FjelstrupOn April 9, 1940 Germany invaded Denmark. Based on real events - in Southern Jutland a military unit on bicycles was sent south to help hold back the Germans until reinforcement.Apr 1940 - Invasion of Norway & Denmark (Operation Weserübung)
- DirectorErik PoppeStarsJesper ChristensenAnders BaasmoKarl MarkovicsApril 1940. Norway has been invaded by Germany and the royal family and government have fled into the interior. The German envoy to Norway tries to negotiate a peace. Ultimately, the decision on Norway's future will rest with the king.Apr 1940 - Invasion of Norway & Denmark (Operation Weserübung)
- DirectorJan TroellStarsMax von SydowGhita NørbyAnette HoffNorwegian Nobel Laureate Knut Hamsun's controversial support for the Nazi regime during World War II and its consequences for the Hamsun family after the war.Apr 1940 - Invasion of Norway & Denmark (Operation Weserübung)
- DirectorJoachim RønningEspen SandbergStarsAksel HennieAgnes KittelsenNicolai Cleve BrochThe true story about one of the most brilliant saboteurs during World War II and his battle to overcome his inner demons.Apr 1940 - Invasion of Norway & Denmark (Operation Weserübung)
- DirectorErik SkjoldbjærgStarsKristine HartgenCarl Martin EggesbøChristoph Gelfert MathiesenApril 1940. The eyes of the world are on Narvik, a small town in northern Norway, source of the iron ore needed for Hitler's war machinery. Through two months of fierce winter warfare, Hitler is dealt his first defeat.Apr 1940 - Invasion of Norway & Denmark (Operation Weserübung)
- DirectorGunnar VikeneStarsKristoffer JonerPål Sverre HagenIne Marie WilmannThe sailor Alfred is in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean when World War II breaks out. Suddenly the sailors are in the front of the war, without any weapons.Apr 1940 - Invasion of Norway & Denmark (Operation Weserübung)
- DirectorPaul VerhoevenStarsRutger HauerJeroen KrabbéSusan PenhaligonDuring World War II, Dutch students join the resistance movement against the German occupation of the Netherlands.May 1940 - Invasion of France (Battle of France) and Benelux / Dunkirk Evacuation (Operation Dynamo)
- DirectorYves BoissetStarsCharles BerlingElsa ZylbersteinÉmilie Dequenne* Plot (Add) * This movie is a rendition, by famed director Yves Boisset, of the WW II life (and death under torture) of Jean Moulin, head of the French Interior Resistance movements.May 1940 - Invasion of France (Battle of France) and Benelux / Dunkirk Evacuation (Operation Dynamo)
- StarsBernard FarcyDanièle LebrunDavid RyallThis film is a labor of love, delicious to watch and full of tenderness for General de Gaulle as a person. Made for TV, (two episodes 1 hour 3/4 each), it retraces some of the most salient events in the General's life, from the start of WW II up to his assuming power in 1959, events which are evoked through family conversations or meetings with his close companions, i.e. his supporters through his political career. There are also actual newsreels from these events. But the standpoint of the film is not primarily historical - a knowledge of the period's history being almost a prerequisite to fully understand the film's niceties -; the standpoint is mostly personal: an effort to recreate what it felt to live close to this great man. There are frequent flashbacks to de Gaulle's role during WW II, his dealings with Reynaud, Churchill, Roosevelt (and Gen. Giraud - his onetime American-backed rival). The second part of the film describes, no less interestingly, his life through the IVth Republic. Born in 1944, having lived in France through the post-war political turmoils and the Algerian "events", also most interested in the history of WW II, I have found this film very credible. The dialogues in French (or broken French in the case of Churchill), delivered by excellent actors, literally recreate the "look and feel" of those times. The film is such that the dialogues can be savoured primarily by fluent French speakers. I do not know of the version in English - which may nevertheless be of interest to those seeking a French viewpoint on de Gaulle's life. __ .May 1940 - Invasion of France (Battle of France) and Benelux / Dunkirk Evacuation (Operation Dynamo)
- DirectorJoe WrightStarsKeira KnightleyJames McAvoyBrenda BlethynThirteen-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.May 1940 - Invasion of France (Battle of France) and Benelux / Dunkirk Evacuation (Operation Dynamo)
- DirectorJoe WrightStarsGary OldmanLily JamesKristin Scott ThomasIn May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler, or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.May 1940 - Invasion of France (Battle of France) and Benelux / Dunkirk Evacuation (Operation Dynamo)
- CreatorEmmanuel DaucéFrédéric KrivinePhilippe TriboitStarsRobin RenucciAudrey FleurotThierry GodardTraces the experiences of various residents of a fictional small village just inside the occupation zone during WWII. Deals with issues including collaboration, the Resistance, the fate of French Jews, and war profiteering.May 1940 - Invasion of France (Battle of France) and Benelux / Dunkirk Evacuation (Operation Dynamo)
- DirectorChristian CarionStarsAugust DiehlOlivier GourmetMathilde SeignerA German communist flees to Northern France with his son. German troops follow May 1940. The son flees with the village towards Dieppe at the English Channel, as does the separated dad, joined by a Scottish officer.May 1940 - Invasion of France (Battle of France) and Benelux / Dunkirk Evacuation (Operation Dynamo)
- DirectorJonathan JakubowiczStarsJesse EisenbergClémence PoésyMatthias SchweighöferThe story of mime Marcel Marceau as he works with a group of Jewish boy scouts and the French Resistance to save the lives of ten thousand orphans during World War II.May 1940 - Invasion of France (Battle of France) and Benelux / Dunkirk Evacuation (Operation Dynamo)
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsFionn WhiteheadBarry KeoghanMark RylanceAllied soldiers from Belgium, the British Commonwealth and Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.May 1940 - Invasion of France (Battle of France) and Benelux / Dunkirk Evacuation (Operation Dynamo)
- DirectorJoram LürsenStarsJacob DerwigBarry AtsmaFockeline OuwerkerkIn Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, banker brothers Walraven and Gijs van Hall face their greatest challenge yet when they decide to help fund the Dutch resistance.May 1940 - Invasion of France (Battle of France) and Benelux / Dunkirk Evacuation (Operation Dynamo)
- DirectorRené ClémentStarsGeorges PoujoulyBrigitte FosseyAmédéeA young French girl orphaned in a German air attack is befriended by the son of a poor farmer, and together they try to come to terms with the realities of death.May 1940 - Invasion of France (Battle of France) and Benelux / Dunkirk Evacuation (Operation Dynamo)
- DirectorSaul DibbStarsMichelle WilliamsKristin Scott ThomasMargot RobbieDuring the early years of German occupation of France in World War II, romance blooms between Lucile Angellier (Michelle Williams), a French villager, and Lieutenant Bruno von Falk (Matthias Schoenaerts), a German soldier.May 1940 - Invasion of France (Battle of France) and Benelux / Dunkirk Evacuation (Operation Dynamo)
- DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsGlenn FordIngrid ThulinCharles BoyerIn Argentina, one daughter of patriarch Madariaga is married to a Frenchman while the other is married to a German thus leading to a crisis when Nazi Germany occupies France and some Madariaga family members fight on opposite sides.May 1940 - Invasion of France (Battle of France) and Benelux / Dunkirk Evacuation (Operation Dynamo)
- DirectorLeslie NormanStarsJohn MillsRichard AttenboroughBernard LeeA dramatization of the British Expeditionary Force's 1940 retreat to the beaches of France and the extraordinary seaborne evacuation that saved it from utter destruction by Nazi Germany.May 1940 - Invasion of France (Battle of France) and Benelux / Dunkirk Evacuation (Operation Dynamo)
- DirectorHenri VerneuilStarsJean-Paul BelmondoCatherine SpaakGeorges GéretIn June 1940, during the Dunkirk evacuation of Allied troops to England, French sergeant Julien Maillat and his men debate whether to evacuate to Britain or stay and fight the German troops that are closing-in from all directions.May 1940 - Invasion of France (Battle of France) and Benelux / Dunkirk Evacuation (Operation Dynamo)
- DirectorGuy HamiltonStarsMichael CaineTrevor HowardHarry AndrewsIn 1940, the British Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle to prevent the Luftwaffe from gaining air superiority over the English Channel as a prelude to a possible Axis invasion of the U.K.Jul 1940 - Battle of Britain
- DirectorLeslie HowardStarsLeslie HowardDavid NivenRosamund JohnAircraft designer/patriot R. J. Mitchell, alarmed at growing German militarism, works to perfect a defense against the German Messerschmidt at the cost of his health.Jul 1940 - Battle of Britain
Also known as The First of the Few. - DirectorJohn BoormanStarsSarah MilesDavid HaymanSebastian Rice-EdwardsBill, a young boy living on the outskirts of London experiences the exhilaration of World War II. During this period, Bill learns about sex, death, love, hypocrisy, and the faults of adults as he prowls the ruins of bombed houses.Sep 1940 - Bombing of London (The Blitz)
- DirectorBasil DeardenStarsTommy TrinderJames MasonPhilip FriendComedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service), the dedicated band who kept the fires of London under control during the blitz and fire bombings of WWII.Sep 1940 - Bombing of London (The Blitz)
Also known as The Bells Go Down. - DirectorHumphrey JenningsStarsPhilip DicksonGeorge GravettFred GriffithsA tale of firefighters in London during the Blitz.Sep 1940 - Bombing of London (The Blitz)
- DirectorMichael PowellEmeric PressburgerStarsRoger LiveseyDeborah KerrAnton WalbrookFrom the Boer War through World War II, a soldier rises through the ranks in the British military.Sep 1940 - Bombing of London (The Blitz)
- DirectorVincent PerezStarsLouis HofmannEmil von SchönfelsKatrin PollittAfter a Nazi German working class couple loses their son in World War II, they decide to retaliate by secretly leafletting handwritten cards in Berlin denouncing their government.Sep 1940 - Otto and Elise Hampel Encouraged Resistance Against the Third Reich
- DirectorDimis DadirasStarsKostas PrekasVera KrouskaHristos PolitisAfter the declaration of war by the Italians against Greece, a couple separates. The man is called to defend the homeland and the girl, whose father is Italian, is being held with her compatriots.Oct 1940 - Italian Invasion of Greece (Greco-Italian War)
- DirectorVasilis GeorgiadisStarsHristos PolitisStefanos StratigosGiorgos TzortzisDuring the German invasion of Crete, a unit of the Greek army, with heroic efforts, manages to escape the Greek gold to Egypt.Apr 1941 - German Invasion of Greece (Operation Marita)
Also known as Hell in the Aegean. - DirectorArthur HillerStarsRock HudsonGeorge PeppardNigel GreenA Canadian POW major is rescued by a special British military unit made up of Germans to help lead an attack on a major German fuel depot in Tobruk, Libya.Apr 1941 - Siege of Tobruk
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsJames MasonCedric HardwickeJessica TandyThe story of the final years of the respected World War II German general, Erwin Rommel.Apr 1941 - Siege of Tobruk
- DirectorRobert WiseStarsRichard BurtonJames MasonRobert NewtonRichard Burton plays a Scottish Army officer put in charge of a disparate band of ANZAC troops on the perimeter of Tobruk with the German Army doing their best to dislodge them.Apr 1941 - Siege of Tobruk
- DirectorMorten TyldumStarsBenedict CumberbatchKeira KnightleyMatthew GoodeDuring World War II, the English mathematical genius Alan Turing tries to crack the German Enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians while attempting to come to terms with his troubled private life.Jun 1941 - Breaking the Enigma Code
- StarsJoseph BottomsTovah FeldshuhRosemary HarrisThe saga of a Jewish family's struggle to survive the horror of Nazi Germany's systematic marginalization and extermination of their community.Jun 1941 - Invasion of USSR (Operation Barbarossa) / Defense of Brest Fortress
- DirectorKang Je-kyuStarsJang Dong-gunJoe OdagiriBingbing FanIn World War II-era Korea, rival runners, one Korean (Jang Dong-gun) and one Japanese (Joe Odagiri), go to war together against the Soviets.Jun 1941 - Invasion of USSR (Operation Barbarossa) / Defense of Brest Fortress
- DirectorAgnieszka HollandStarsSolomon PerelMarco HofschneiderRené HofschneiderA boy in Nazi Germany, trying to conceal that he is Jewish, joins the Hitler Youth.Jun 1941 - Invasion of USSR (Operation Barbarossa) / Defense of Brest Fortress
- DirectorEdward ZwickStarsDaniel CraigLiev SchreiberJamie BellJewish brothers in German-occupied Eastern Europe escape into a Belorussian forest, where they join Russian resistance fighters, and endeavor to build a village, in order to protect themselves and about one thousand Jewish non-combatants.Jun 1941 - Invasion of USSR (Operation Barbarossa) / Defense of Brest Fortress
- DirectorAleksandr BuravskiyStarsMira SorvinoArmin Mueller-StahlOlga SutulovaWinter, 1941. World War II rages on as Nazi troops invade the Soviet Union and besiege the devastated city of Leningrad. Foreign journalists are quickly evacuated, but in the chaos that ensues, Kate Davies is left behind.Jun 1941 - Invasion of USSR (Operation Barbarossa) / Defense of Brest Fortress
- DirectorPhilipp KadelbachStarsVolker BruchTom SchillingKatharina SchüttlerFive friends go out to war and promise each other to be back for Christmas.Jun 1941 - Invasion of USSR (Operation Barbarossa) / Defense of Brest Fortress
- DirectorSergey MokritskiyStarsYuliya PeresildEvgeniy TsyganovOleg VasilkovA story of Lyudmila Pavlichenko, the most successful female sniper in history.Jun 1941 - Invasion of USSR (Operation Barbarossa) / Defense of Brest Fortress
- DirectorAleksandr KottStarsAleksey KopashovAndrey MerzlikinPavel DerevyankoA war drama set during the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, in which Soviet troops held on to a border stronghold for nine days.Also known as The Brest Fortress.
- DirectorJacques TourneurStarsGregory PeckTamara ToumanovaAlan ReedA heroic guerrilla group fights back against impossible odds during the 1941 German invasion of the Soviet Union.Jun 1941 - Invasion of USSR (Operation Barbarossa) / Defense of Brest Fortress
- DirectorMikhail KalatozovStarsTatyana SamoylovaAleksey BatalovVasiliy MerkurevVeronica plans a rendezvous with her lover, Boris, at the bank of river, only for him to be drafted into World War II shortly thereafter.Jun 1941 - Invasion of USSR (Operation Barbarossa) / Defense of Brest Fortress
- DirectorVadim ShmelyovStarsArtyom GubinLubov KonstantinovaIgor YudinA film about the feat of the Podolsk cadets in October 1941 near Moscow. The cadets of the Podolsk artillery-infantry schools are ordered to take up defenses on the Ilyinsky line.Oct 1941 - Battle of Moscow (Operation Taifun)
- DirectorKim DruzhininAndrey ShalopaStarsMaksim AbrosimovSergey AgafonovPavel AseevIn November 1941, remaining squad of Soviet soldiers must stop a column of Nazi Germany tanks.Oct 1941 - Battle of Moscow (Operation Taifun)
- DirectorSergey MokritskiyStarsYuliya PeresildEvgeniy TsyganovOleg VasilkovA story of Lyudmila Pavlichenko, the most successful female sniper in history.Oct 1941 - Siege of Sevastopol
- DirectorWolfgang PetersenStarsJürgen ProchnowHerbert GrönemeyerKlaus WennemannA German U-boat stalks the frigid waters of the North Atlantic as its young crew experience the sheer terror and claustrophobic life of a submariner in World War II.Oct 1941 - German Submarine U-96 (Battle of Atlantic)
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsHumphrey BogartIngrid BergmanPaul HenreidA cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.Dec 1941 - Casablanca Days Before the Attack on Pearl Harbor
- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsBurt LancasterMontgomery CliftDeborah KerrAt a U.S. Army base in 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his commanding officer's wife and top aide begin a tentative affair.Dec 1941 - Battle of the Phillipines / Pearl Harbor / Japan's Invasion of Asia
- DirectorLeslie NormanStarsRichard ToddLaurence HarveyRichard HarrisIn 1942, a group of British soldiers is sent on a mission in the Malaysian jungle and gets lost into the Japanese controlled zone.Dec 1941 - Battle of the Phillipines / Pearl Harbor / Japan's Invasion of Asia
- DirectorRichard FleischerKinji FukasakuToshio MasudaStarsMartin BalsamSô YamamuraJason RobardsThe story of the 1941 Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor, and the series of preceding American blunders that aggravated its effectiveness.Dec 1941 - Battle of the Phillipines / Pearl Harbor / Japan's Invasion of Asia
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsChristian BaleJohn MalkovichMiranda RichardsonA young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation of China during World War II.Dec 1941 - Battle of the Phillipines / Pearl Harbor / Japan's Invasion of Asia
- DirectorMichael BayStarsBen AffleckKate BeckinsaleJosh HartnettA tale of war and romance mixed in with history. The story follows two lifelong friends and a beautiful nurse who are caught up in the horror of an infamous Sunday morning in 1941.Dec 1941 - Battle of the Phillipines / Pearl Harbor / Japan's Invasion of Asia
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsJohn BelushiDan AykroydTreat WilliamsHysterical Californians prepare for a Japanese invasion in the days after Pearl Harbor.Dec 1941 - Battle of the Phillipines / Pearl Harbor / Japan's Invasion of Asia
- DirectorOtto PremingerStarsJohn WayneKirk DouglasPatricia NealA Naval officer, reprimanded after Pearl Harbor, is later promoted to Rear Admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.Dec 1941 - Battle of the Phillipines / Pearl Harbor / Japan's Invasion of Asia
- DirectorBlake EdwardsStarsCary GrantTony CurtisJoan O'BrienDuring World War II, a commander finds himself stuck with a decrepit (and pink) submarine, a con man executive officer, and a group of army nurses.Dec 1941 - Battle of the Phillipines / Pearl Harbor / Japan's Invasion of Asia
- DirectorTay GarnettStarsRobert TaylorGeorge MurphyLloyd NolanIn 1942, in the Bataan peninsula of the Philippines, a ragtag American unit commanded by Sergeant Bill Dane attempts to blow-up a bridge in order to slow the Japanese advance.Jan 1942 - Battle of Bataan (Philippines Campaign)
- DirectorFrank PiersonStarsClare BullusStanley TucciSimon MarkeyAt the Wannsee Conference on January 20, 1942, senior Nazi officials meet to determine the manner in which the so-called "Final Solution to the Jewish Question" can be best implemented.Jan 1942 - Meeting of Nazi Senior Government Officials and SS Leaders (Wannsee Conference)
- DirectorHeinz SchirkStarsDietrich MattauschGerd BöckmannFriedrich G. BeckhausAt the Wannsee Conference on January 20, 1942, senior Nazi officials meet to determine the manner in which the so-called "Final Solution to the Jewish Question" can be best implemented.Jan 1942 - Meeting of Nazi Senior Government Officials and SS Leaders (Wannsee Conference)
- DirectorMatti GeschonneckStarsPhilipp HochmairJohannes AllmayerMaximilian BrücknerOn January 20, 1942, leading representatives of the German Nazi regime met in a villa in Berlin-Wannsee for a meeting that went down in history as the Wannsee Conference, at which the systematic murder of 11 million Jews was decided.Jan 1942 - Meeting of Nazi Senior Government Officials and SS Leaders (Wannsee Conference)
- DirectorScott HicksStarsEthan HawkeMax von SydowYûki KudôA Japanese-American fisherman is accused of killing his neighbor at sea. In the 1950s, race figures into the trial. So does reporter Ishmael.Feb 1942 - Incarceration of Japanese Americans (Executive Order 9066)
- DirectorAaron WilsonStarsKhan ChittendenMorning Tzu-Yi MoYoshi YamamotoSingapore, February 1942. An Australian fighter pilot is shot down over the jungle and must find his way back to Allied lines, through Japanese-held territory.Feb 1942 - British surrender in Singapore (Battle of Singapore)
- DirectorJonathan TeplitzkyStarsColin FirthNicole KidmanStellan SkarsgårdA former British Army officer, who was tortured as a prisoner of war at a Japanese labor camp during World War II, discovers that the man responsible for much of his treatment is still alive and sets out to confront him.Feb 1942 - British surrender in Singapore (Battle of Singapore)
- DirectorAaron SchneiderStarsTom HanksElisabeth ShueStephen GrahamSeveral months after the U.S. entry into World War II, an inexperienced U.S. Navy commander must lead an Allied convoy being stalked by a German submarine wolf pack.Feb 1942 - Multi-National Escort Destroyer Group (Battle of the Atlantic)
- DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsGlenn CloseFrances McDormandPauline CollinsA group of women who are imprisoned on the island of Sumatra by the Japanese during World War II use music to relieve their misery.Feb 1942 - Invasion of Sumatra (The Pacific War)
- DirectorBaz LuhrmannStarsNicole KidmanHugh JackmanShea AdamsIn 1939, an Englishwoman inherits a sprawling ranch in northern Australia and reluctantly makes a pact with a stockman to drive 2000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape.Feb 1942 - Bombing of Darwin (The Pacific War)
- DirectorDavid L. CunninghamStarsRobert CarlyleKiefer SutherlandCiarán McMenaminDuring World War II, four Allied POWs endure harsh treatment from their Japanese captors while being forced to build a railroad through the Burmese jungle.Feb 1942 - Fall of Singapore (Malayan Campaign)