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1. The Cursed (2021)
R | 111 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
In rural 19th-century France, a mysterious, possibly supernatural menace threatens a small village. John McBride, a pathologist, comes to town to investigate the danger - and exorcise some of his own demons in the process.
Director: Sean Ellis | Stars: Boyd Holbrook, Kelly Reilly, Alistair Petrie, Roxane Duran
Votes: 16,842
2. The Lost City of Z (2016)
PG-13 | 141 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
A true-life drama, centering on British explorer Major Percival Fawcett, who disappeared whilst searching for a mysterious city in the Amazon in the 1920s.
Director: James Gray | Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller, Tom Holland
Votes: 99,599 | Gross: $8.58M
3. Tolkien (2019)
PG-13 | 112 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Tolkien's novels were inspired by his mom's storytelling, falling in love with another orphan, Edith, forming a brotherhood with 3 other misfits at school, the trench war of WWI and later telling stories to his own kids.
Director: Dome Karukoski | Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Colm Meaney, Derek Jacobi
Votes: 46,699 | Gross: $4.54M
4. War Horse (2011)
PG-13 | 146 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A young farm boy enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry. His hopeful journey takes him out of England and onto the front lines as the war rages on.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, David Thewlis, Benedict Cumberbatch
Votes: 165,753 | Gross: $79.88M
5. Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017)
PG | 107 min | Biography, Drama, Family
The relationship between writer AA Milne and his son, Christopher Robin, and how this became the inspiration for Winnie the Pooh.
Director: Simon Curtis | Stars: Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie, Kelly Macdonald, Vicki Pepperdine
Votes: 29,889 | Gross: $1.74M
6. Testament of Youth (2014)
PG-13 | 129 min | Biography, Drama, History
A British woman recalls coming of age during World War I - a story of young love, the futility of war, and how to make sense of the darkest times.
Director: James Kent | Stars: Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington, Taron Egerton, Dominic West
Votes: 30,533 | Gross: $1.82M
7. The Trench (1999)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, History, War
June 1916. The British Army is planning a big offensive in the Somme region in France. We follow a platoon of British soldiers as they sit in a forward trench, anxiously awaiting the order to go over the top.
Director: William Boyd | Stars: Paul Nicholls, Daniel Craig, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Danny Dyer
Votes: 4,175
8. Anzacs (1985)
165 min | Drama, History, War
The lives of a dozen Australian soldiers who served in the ANZACs. Fighting first at Gallipoli in 1915, then on the Western Front for the remainder of WWI, it's the story of the hardships, camaraderie and casualties of war.
Stars: Andrew Clarke, Paul Hogan, Jon Blake, Megan Williams
Votes: 849
9. The Guns of August (1964)
100 min | Documentary, History, War
Traces the origins and actions of World War I, from the funeral of Britain's King Edward VII to the Versailles Treaty.
Director: Nathan Kroll | Stars: Fritz Weaver, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Winston Churchill, Georges Clemenceau
Votes: 181
10. Kitchener's Great Army in the Battle of the Somme (1916)
74 min | Documentary, War
Documentary (with some re-enacted footage) of the British army's participation in the Battle of the Somme in France during World War I.
Director: Geoffrey Malins | Star: Beauvoir De Lisle
Votes: 460
11. The Somme: From Defeat to Victory (2006 TV Movie)
58 min | Documentary, History, War
A recounting of the bloodiest single battle of World War One in its various aspects.
Director: Detlef Siebert | Stars: Peter Barich, Darren Black, Steffan Boje, Eric Carte
Votes: 42
12. 14-18: The Noise and the Fury (2008 TV Movie)
148 min | Documentary, History
A documentary of World War I, exploring how soldiers accepted their conditions in the trenches when no clear reason had been given for the fight.
Director: Jean-François Delassus | Star: Alexandre Astier
Votes: 129
13. For King and Empire (2001–2015)
Documentary, History, War
A documentary series about the Canadian Army's participation in World War I.
Stars: Norm Christie, R.H. Thomson, Victor A. Young, Matthew Sharp
Votes: 57
14. The Somme (1927)
80 min | War
Reconstruction of several battles which took place on the Somme.
Director: M.A. Wetherell | Stars: James Richardson, T.W.H. Veale
Votes: 21
16. The Pershing Story (1960)
Not Rated | Documentary, Biography
Biography documentary produced in the 1960's of famous American World War I General John Pershing. Special emphasis is given to his war exploits in Mexico pursuing folk rebel Pancho Villa.
17. Commemorating the Somme - 90 Years On (2006 TV Movie)
29 min | Documentary, History, War
The official BBC broadcast featuring the weekend of commemorations in northern France for the 90th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme - the bloodiest battle in the bloodiest war in our ... See full summary »
Director: Sally Norris | Stars: King Charles III, Princess Anne
18.
Who Do You Think You Are? (2004– )
Episode:
David Tennant
(2006)
Documentary, Biography, History
Tennant, knew little of his family history. He knew he had some Scottish roots but didn't know how far they grew. He learned that his grandfather was a Football star for some time before an... See full summary »
Director: Donna Sharpe | Stars: David Tennant, Mark Strong, Meg Douglass
Votes: 88
19.
Who Do You Think You Are? (2008– )
Episode:
Kurt Fearnley
(2019)
Documentary, Biography, History
Four-time Paralympian Kurt Fearnley wants to find out if the fighting spirit that propelled him to sporting stardom was inherited from his ancestors.
Director: Kay Pavlou | Stars: Kurt Fearnley, Richard Mellick
20.
The Great War: 1914-1918 (1996)
Episode:
Slaughter
(1996)
Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Isaac Mizrahi | Stars: Judi Dench, Salome Jens, Michael York, Jürgen Prochnow
Votes: 15
21.
OverSimplified (2016– )
Episode:
WW1: Part 2
(2016)
TV-14 | 7 min | Documentary, Animation, Comedy
Oversimplified explains World War 1, in two parts.
Director: Stuart Webster | Star: Stuart Webster
Votes: 39
22.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Who Killed the Red Baron?
(2003)
TV-PG | Documentary
Who killed Baron Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron)? Forensic evidence and recently discovered papers hold clues about why the celebrated WWI German air ace met his fate on April 21, 1918.
Director: Peter Nicholson | Stars: Oswald Boelcke, Roy Brown, Suzanne Fischer, Roland Garros
Votes: 18
23.
World War I in Colour (2003)
Episode:
Slaughter in the Trenches
(2003)
47 min | Documentary, History, War
"If any man tells you he went over the top and wasn't scared, he's a damn liar. HARRY PATCH: DUKE OF CORNWALL'S LIGHT INFANTRY. BORN 1898 - THESE YEARS WOULD PRODUCE A NEW AND DEADLY EXPRESSION - "GOING OVER THE TOP"
Stars: Arthur Barraclough, Kenneth Branagh, Malcolm Brown, Taff Gillingham
Votes: 37
24.
Great Military Blunders (1999– )
Episode:
Tin Soldiers
(2000)
Documentary, History, War
20th Century beliefs that a new military technology would bring about cleaner wars and reduce casualties are confounded in this look at modern warfare from the Battle of the Somme to the Gulf War.
Directors: Heenan Bhatti, Katharine English
25.
Downton Abbey (2010–2015)
Episode:
Episode #2.1
(2011)
TV-14 | 67 min | Drama, Romance
After Bates' mother dies, he hopes his inheritance will buy him a divorce and allow him to marry Anna, Matthew announces his engagement to Lavinia Swire, and Sybil gets involved in the war effort.
Director: Ashley Pearce | Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Brown Findlay, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter
Votes: 2,357
26.
Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode:
WWI: Germany's Secret Gambles
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War
As the armies of World War One struggled under an onslaught of terrifying weapons, the German government broke the stalemate and issued in a new era of warfare by turning to covert operations.
Stars: Charlton Heston, Jean-Jacques Becker, Jules Witcover, Mark Seaman
27.
Greatest Tank Battles (2010– )
Episode:
Tank Battles of the Great War
(2011)
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, History, War
In 1916 the British debut a new mobile weapon hoping to break the long bloody stalemate on the Western Front. This is the story of the first tanks and how they changed the face of the modern battlefield forever.
Directors: Paul Kilback, Peter Williamson | Stars: Gerard Bazin, David Fletcher, Ralf Raths, Andrew Robertshaw
Votes: 18
28.
TopTenz (2010– )
Episode:
10 Historic Landmarks That Were Shaped by War
(2022)
11 min | Documentary
Whistler identifies ten historic battle sites that are interpreted for visitors.
Star: Simon Whistler
29.
Simple History (2014– )
Episode:
Life Inside a WWI Mk.V Tank (Cross Section)
(2022)
11 min | Documentary, Animation, History
Like any new technology World War One tanks were loaded with design issues. That made life inside one as intolerable for the crew as it was terrifying to the enemy.
Star: Chris Kane
30.
Military Masterminds (2022)
Episode:
Combat Power
(2022)
52 min | Documentary, History, War
Combined arms operations use the force of different military corps to increase combat power. Combining these forces needs incredible planning and authority.
Director: Roberto Irwin | Stars: Dan Hill, Jenny Grant, Daniel L. Davis, Christopher Hickey
31.
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2012–2015)
Episode:
Death Comes Knocking
(2013)
TV-PG | 55 min | Crime, Drama, History
A séance aiming to return an ex-soldier his lost wartime memory leads to fresh murders over a ten-year-old battlefield incident.
Director: Ken Cameron | Stars: Essie Davis, Nathan Page, Hugo Johnstone-Burt, Ashleigh Cummings
Votes: 397
32.
Anzac Girls (2014)
Episode:
Love
(2014)
TV-MA | 61 min | Action, Drama, History
After the Gallipoli evacuation, the Lemnos nurses have returned, but all the nurses are then sent to France as fighting on the Western Front intensifies.
Director: Ian Watson | Stars: Georgia Flood, Antonia Prebble, Laura Brent, Anna McGahan
Votes: 56
33.
Our World War (2014)
Episode:
Pals
(2014)
Not Rated | 57 min | Action, Drama, War
A soldier in the Manchester Pals regiment finds himself fighting both the Germans and a system that requires him to execute one of his pals.
Director: Ben Chanan | Stars: Laurie Kynaston, Michael Socha, Hannah Britland, Stuart Graham
Votes: 139
34.
The Passing Bells (2014)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(2014)
TV-14 | 29 min | Drama, War
1916:- Both the German and British regiments arrive at the Western Front with Tommy being reunited with Joanna. She tells him that her brother has been killed in action and expresses her ... See full summary »
Director: Brendan Maher | Stars: Patrick Gibson, Jack Lowden, Wilf Scolding, Charles Furness
Votes: 38
35.
Beautiful Excursions (2006– )
Episode:
La Picardie à bras ouverts
(2016)
Documentary
A nice excursion of Jérôme from Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme and the Fort Mahon beach ( Lionel Boone and the "École de char à voile Eolia", the practice of land yachting at the Fort Mahon beach, ... See full summary »
Director: Olivier Corre | Star: Jérôme Pitorin
36.
The Great War in Numbers (2017)
Episode:
Descent into Hell
(2017)
45 min | Documentary, History, War
By January 1916 the war had become a stalemate. Millions had died and yet no side had achieved a decisive breakthrough. Austria-Hungary tripled the size of its armies to five million men. ... See full summary »
Stars: John Heffernan, Sascha Auerbach, Alexandra Churchill, Rob Johnson