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1. Legends of the Fall (1994)

R | 133 min | Drama, Romance, War

In the early 1900s, three brothers and their father living in the remote wilderness of Montana are affected by betrayal, history, love, nature, and war.

Director: Edward Zwick | Stars: Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Aidan Quinn, Julia Ormond

Votes: 183,302 | Gross: $66.64M

2. The Forgotten Battle (2020)

TV-MA | 124 min | Drama, War

1944, the Second World War. A British glider pilot, a Dutch boy fighting on the German side and a Dutch female resistance member all end up involved in the Battle of the Schelde. Their choices differ, but their goal is the same: freedom.

Director: Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. | Stars: Gijs Blom, Jamie Flatters, Susan Radder, Jan Bijvoet

Votes: 37,125

3. The Devil's Brigade (1968)

Approved | 130 min | Action, Drama, War

A US Army lieutenant colonel is tasked with forming an elite commando-style unit from crack Canadian troops and the dregs of the US Army.

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: William Holden, Cliff Robertson, Vince Edwards, Andrew Prine

Votes: 6,263

4. Hulk Vs. (2009 Video)

PG-13 | 82 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Two stories featuring Marvel's anti-hero The Incredible Hulk and his encounters with the X-Men Wolverine and the god known as Thor.

Directors: Sam Liu, Frank Paur | Stars: Fred Tatasciore, Matthew Wolf, Graham McTavish, Grey Griffin

Votes: 13,128

5. Passchendaele (2008)

R | 114 min | Drama, History, Romance

The lives of a troubled veteran, his nurse girlfriend and a naive boy intersect first in Alberta and then in Belgium during the bloody World War I battle of Passchendaele.

Director: Paul Gross | Stars: Paul Gross, Michael Greyeyes, James Kot, Jesse Frechette

Votes: 8,810

6. Primeval: New World (2012–2013)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Canadian spin-off of Primeval (2007). A new team of scientists from the Cross Photonics company in Vancouver track down dangerous creatures emerging through anomalies in time.

Stars: Niall Matter, Sara Canning, Danny Rahim, Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe

Votes: 4,869

7. Beans (2020)

92 min | Drama

Based on true events, Tracey Deer's debut feature chronicles the 78-day standoff between two Mohawk communities and government forces in 1990 Quebec.

Director: Tracey Deer | Stars: Kiawentiio, Rainbow Dickerson, Violah Beauvais, Paulina Alexis

Votes: 1,065

8. The Saddest Music in the World (2003)

R | 100 min | Comedy, Musical

A musical of sorts set in Winnipeg during the Great Depression, where a beer baroness organizes a contest to find the saddest music in the world. Musicians from around the world descend on the city to try and win the $25,000 prize.

Director: Guy Maddin | Stars: Isabella Rossellini, Mark McKinney, Maria de Medeiros, David Fox

Votes: 6,322 | Gross: $0.67M

9. The Arrow (1997)

180 min | Drama, History

The true story of how Canada built and destroyed the world's most advanced fighter plane back in the 1950s.

Stars: Dan Aykroyd, Sara Botsford, Ron White, Aidan Devine

Votes: 871

10. Wedding in White (1972)

R | 103 min | Drama

A father will do anything to protect his family's reputation when his unmarried teenage daughter becomes pregnant because she was raped by her brother's friend.

Director: William Fruet | Stars: Donald Pleasence, Carol Kane, Doris Petrie, Leo Phillips

Votes: 377

11. Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1993)

119 min | Documentary

A film account about the military 1990 siege of a Native American reserve near Oka, Quebec, Canada and its causes.

Director: Alanis Obomsawin | Stars: Jack Burning, Herbie Barnes, Alanis Obomsawin, Ethel Blondin

Votes: 483

12. Remember the Day (1941)

Passed | 86 min | Drama, Romance, War

Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls him as her student back in 1916 and his relation to Dan Hopkins, the man she married and lost.

Director: Henry King | Stars: Claudette Colbert, John Payne, Shepperd Strudwick, Ann E. Todd

Votes: 632

13. Heroes of the North (2010–2015)

Action, Adventure, Crime

The Canadian government creates a team of super heroes, who battle against Criminals, Terrorist Quebec Separates, and the evil Nazi Medusa organization.

Stars: Mike Donis, Jordana Lajoie, Helena Marie, Michael Mast

Votes: 16

14. Listen to Britain (1942)

Not Rated | 20 min | Documentary, Short

A depiction of life in wartime England during the Second World War. Director Humphrey Jennings visits many aspects of civilian life and of the turmoil and privation caused by the war, all without narration.

Directors: Humphrey Jennings, Stewart McAllister | Stars: Leonard Brockington, Joseph Macleod, Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen

Votes: 1,856

15. The Battle of Normandy: 85 Days in Hell (2019 TV Movie)

44 min | Documentary, History, War

An unprecedented look at the vicious three-month Battle of Normandy that took place after the D-Day invasion.

Director: Guilain Depardieu | Stars: John McManus, Anthony Beevor, Tim Cook, Geoffrey Bateman

Votes: 54

16. Clipped Wings (1937)

Approved | 63 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Ever since he was a boy, Mickey wanted to fly planes like his big brother, Jerry, who was shot down during a mission in World War I. Unfortunately, Mickey is booted from flight school.

Director: Stuart Paton | Stars: Lloyd Hughes, Rosalind Keith, William Janney, George Regas

Votes: 99

17. Bunker (II) (2014)

87 min | Drama, War

Two isolated Canadian soldiers come to grip with a difficult order: launch a nuclear strike against the former USSR, some 25 years after the end of the Cold War.

Directors: Patrick Boivin, Olivier Roberge | Stars: Alex Bisping, Martin Dubreuil, Tyler Hall, Julien Poulin

Votes: 72

18. Carry on, Sergeant! (1928)

117 min | Drama, War

A group of workers decide to join the army in the Great War. The indulge themselves in the side benefits to being soldiers, and one of them marries a French waitress.

Director: Bruce Bairnsfather | Stars: Jimmy Savo, Hugh Buckler, Nancy Ann Hargreaves, Niles Welch

Votes: 51

19. Battle for Cassino (1969 Video)

51 min | Documentary, History, War

In this World War II documentary, we examine several of the controversial bombings of the war. Included is Allies bombing of the Benedictine Monastery on Monte Cassino.

Director: Peter Batty | Stars: Bernard Archard, Allan Francis Harding, Dan Davin, Achim Oster

Votes: 13

20. Réservoir (2019)

87 min | Drama

Two brothers travel to Gouin Reservoir Quebec to try to find the boat-in family fishing cabin after losing their single father to a car accident. It ends up being quite a reuniting journey and a revelation.

Director: Kim St-Pierre | Stars: Yvan Benoît, Marco Collin, Martin Desgagné, Maxime Dumontier

Votes: 48

21. Opération Tango (1999)

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Director: Mark Blandford | Stars: Michael Sapieha, Jean-François Casabonne, Pierre Chagnon, Suzanne Clément

Votes: 25

22. 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

23. D-Day: Canada's 24 Hours of Destiny (2004)

96 min | Documentary, War

The role Canadian armed forces played on D-Day, their successes, their sacrifices, all in aid of defeating Hitler's Nazi forces in Europe.

Director: Lance Goddard | Star: Bruce Hayward

Votes: 11

24. History's Raiders: The Dieppe Raid 1942 (2001 TV Movie)

45 min | Documentary, History, War

In 1942, the British Chief of Combined Operations, Louis Mountbatten, ordered a reconnaissance-in-force to seize the French port of Dieppe. The Allies' objective was to determine if it was ... See full summary »

Director: Jonathan Martin

Votes: 9

25. 1943: Operazione Husky (2014 TV Movie)

73 min | Documentary

A group of Canadians set out to retrace the footsteps of the 1st Canadian Division by marching through the hills and countryside of Sicily, commemorating each stage of the battle.

Director: Giuseppe Di Tacchio | Stars: Agatino Acireale, Sheridan Atkinson, Phil Curran, Antonio Giorgi

26. Le 22e régiment en Allemagne (1955)

15 min | Documentary, Short

The billeting of Canadian soldiers of the Royal 22e Régiment is in Werl, Germany. Corporal Tardif's family and that of Sergeant Cyr are going to visit the zoo in Wuppertal, a city known for its suspended monorail.

Director: Bernard Devlin | Star: Gil Laroche

27. Nobody's shot et les super faucons (2007)

11 min | Short, Drama

In 1990, when the Gulf War breaks out, two young adults Jason and Cindy run off to Montreal. Jason wants Canada to participate so he could enlist and Cindy kiss another boy.

Director: Guillaume Roussel-Garneau | Stars: Alex Brisebois, Alexis Vaillancourt, François Veilleux, Pamela Vitale

28. The West Wall (2014 Video)

60 min | History, War

A documentary charting the construction and strategic development of the German Siegfried Line, which stretched from the Netherlands to Switzerland.

Director: Robert Garofalo | Stars: Jeremy Anthony, Winston Churchill, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Adolf Hitler

29. The Valour and the Horror (1992)
Episode: A Savage Christmas: The Fall of Hong Kong (1992)

104 min | Documentary, History, War

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Director: Brian McKenna | Stars: Terence McKenna, Andrew Tarbet, Jean-Michel Henry, Randy Hughson

Votes: 36

30. The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode: Morning: June-August 1944 (1974)

TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War

Four years after France fell the Allies invade Normandy. Caught by surprise the German defenses are quickly overcome. Heading inland the Allies win major victories against fierce resistance.

Director: John Pett | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Goronwy Rees, Louis Mountbatten, Kay Summersby

Votes: 375

31. Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode: Operation Market Garden (2001)

Documentary, History, War

Operation Market Garden was an attempt by the allies to use airborne units to seize key bridges and short-cut the slog into northern Germany thereby shortening the war. This is a look at the plan, the leaders and the equipment involved.

Directors: Andrew Aitken, Dave Flitton, James Wignall | Stars: Jonathan Booth, Wilhelm Bittrich, Omar N. Bradley, Lewis H. Brereton

Votes: 6

32. Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode: The Battle for Caen (2001)

Documentary, History, War

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Stars: Jonathan Booth, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Bernard L. Montgomery, Erwin Rommel

Votes: 14

33. Patton 360 (2009– )
Episode: Leading the Charge (2009)

TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, History, War

Despite the conservative orders of his commanders Patton strives to destroy the German army before it can escape through the Falaise Gap and regroup east of the Seine. As Patton pursues the... See full summary »

Stars: Martin K.A. Morgan, David Robb, E.J. Snyder, Bryan Stefancyk

Votes: 8

34. Battle Honours (2021– )
Episode: Desert Rats (2021)

Documentary, History, War

The story of the armoured units who landed in Normandy to spearhead the Allied advance into Nazi occupied Europe and break open the Third Reich's defences.

Directors: Adam Luria, Ian Bremner | Stars: Dick Taylor, Jon Trigg, Rodney Scott, Cecil Newton

35. Battle Honours (2021– )
Episode: Rangers (2021)

Documentary, History, War

America's first true Special Forces units, specially selected and trained with the help of British commandos, Rangers became the first US ground forces to see action in Europe.

Directors: Adam Luria, Ian Bremner | Stars: Edwin Roth, George Sabine, Flint Whitlock, Jon Trigg

36. World War Weird (2017– )
Episode: Episode #2.3 (2018)

Documentary, History, War

Crossword puzzles in a national newspaper begin to attract the attention of MI5, the answers are code words for the upcoming D-Day operation. Is this the work of a spy?

Director: Mike Ibeji | Stars: Andrew Robertshaw, Martin K.A. Morgan, Guy Walters, Joshua Levine

37. Adolf Hitler's War (2020)
Episode: Scorched Earth (2020)

Documentary, History, War

In Kursk, a battlefield the size of Wales, the tide turns and the Soviets push back, but as Germany retreats, they destroy all evidence of their genocidal activities.

Directors: Michael Cove, Mike Kenneally | Stars: Sergei Kudryashov, Alexander Vershinin, Ivan Patrylyak, Ihar Melnikau

38. The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022)
Episode: The Homeless, The Tempest-Tossed (1942-) (2022)

TV-14 | 131 min | Documentary, History

A group of government officials supports and finances rescue operations. Allied soldiers begin to liberate concentration camps and find mass graves. The public sees the sheer scale of the Holocaust.

Directors: Sarah Botstein, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, Daniel Mendelsohn, Deborah Lipstadt, Eva Geiringer

Votes: 146

39. The Armchair Historian (2017– )
Episode: Downfall of Germany: The Western Front (2021)

49 min | Documentary, Animation

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Director: Griffin Johnsen | Stars: Griffin Johnsen, James Cottle-Vinson, Robert Loria, Talen Weinman

40. The Armchair Historian (2017– )
Episode: Downfall of Germany: The Western Front (1/2) (2020)

28 min | Documentary, Animation

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Director: Griffin Johnsen | Stars: Griffin Johnsen, James Cottle-Vinson, Robert Loria, Talen Weinman

41. The Armchair Historian (2017– )
Episode: D-Day from the German Perspective/I (2019)

11 min | Documentary, Animation

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Director: Griffin Johnsen | Star: Griffin Johnsen

42. World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode: Closing the Ring (2009)

TV-MA | 51 min | Documentary, History, War

The Western Allies secure supply routes that will allow them to enter Germany, and the Ardennes counter-offensive fails. The Red Army advances rapidly, and Stalin shows uses the war for Empire-building. The SS implements the Holocaust.

Stars: Robert Powell, Joseph Stalin, Charles de Gaulle, Adolf Hitler

Votes: 221

43. World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode: Overlord (2009)

TV-MA | 51 min | Documentary, History, War

After a careful campaign of disinformation that throws the German defenders off-guard, the Western Allies finally land on Normandy. After fierce fighting, they establish a foothold in Europe. France is liberated.

Stars: Robert Powell, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Adolf Hitler

Votes: 227

44. Warographics (2021– )
Episode: D-Day from the Canadian Perspective - The Juno Beach Landing (2022)

16 min | Documentary

The invasion of Normandy wasn't accomplished solely by American and British forces. The 3rd Canadian infantry division stormed Juno Beach; their mission was to cut the Caen-Bayeux road, ... See full summary »

Star: Simon Whistler

45. World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode: Victory in Europe (2009)

TV-MA | 51 min | Documentary, History, War

In 1945, Germany is crumbly on both fronts. The Western Allies cross the Rhine and take most of Germany, while the Red Army quickly advances into Berlin. After Hitler's suicide, Germany surrenders and is divided among the allied powers.

Stars: Adolf Hitler, Gerd von Rundstedt, Albert Kesselring, Bernard L. Montgomery

Votes: 212

46. The Armchair Historian (2017– )
Episode: Fall of the German Empire: Hundred Days Offensive (2022)

20 min | Documentary, Animation

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Director: Griffin Johnsen | Star: Griffin Johnsen

47. The Armchair Historian (2017– )
Episode: D-Day from the Canadian Perspective (2023)

11 min | Documentary, Animation

Although the Americans and the British provided the bulk of the forces who landed at Normandy on D-Day, the Canadian army provided a substantial number of men as well. The Armchair ... See full summary »

Director: Griffin Johnsen | Star: Griffin Johnsen

48. The 100 Days: That Defined Modern History (2022–2023)
Episode: World War II: D-Day - 1944 (2023)

Documentary, History

On June 6th 1944, the largest amphibious invasion in military history commenced targeting the coast of Normandy in France.

Directors: Edmund Duff, Mike Kenneally | Stars: David Ulbrich, Ian Gooderson, Adrian Lewis, Adrian Gilbert

49. 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

50. How to Lose a War (2023)
Episode: The Homefront (2023)

Documentary, History, War

In our final episode, we examine how each Axis Power had troubles on their own home front, leading to disaster in the final days of the war.

Director: Tim Bosanquet | Stars: Alexander Henry, Giuseppe Finaldi, Russell A. Hart, Guy Walters