Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "german-occupation-of-belgium"

1. The Last Front (2024)

98 min | Action, Drama, History

Amidst World War I's chaos, a grieving father turns hero, leading villagers to safety while evading a relentless enemy driven by vengeance.

Director: Julien Hayet-Kerknawi | Stars: Sasha Luss, Iain Glen, Joe Anderson, David Calder

Votes: 192

2. Secret Army (1977–1979)

50 min | Drama, History, War

During World War II, a Belgian resistance movement called Lifeline, based in Brussels, organises the return of Allied airmen who have been shot down by the Luftwaffe to the United Kingdom.

Stars: Bernard Hepton, Angela Richards, Clifford Rose, Juliet Hammond

Votes: 1,618

3. Hitler: A Career (1977)

Not Rated | 150 min | Documentary, History

This meticulously assembled film dissects the Third Reich with an analytical blade, charting Hitler's improbable rise, his mastery of crowd psychology and his consummate skill in exploiting others' weaknesses.

Directors: Joachim Fest, Christian Herrendoerfer | Stars: Gert Westphal, Stephen Murray, Artur Axmann, General Bergeret

Votes: 3,040

4. 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

5. Blitz on Berlin (2014 Video)

56 min | Documentary, History, War

A detailed account of the allied bombing raids on the city of Berlin in World War Two.

Director: Stanley Joseph | Stars: Barbara Von Rimscha, Anne-Marie Von Mutius, Adolf Hitler, Kaiser Wilhelm II

Votes: 6

6. Secret Army (1977–1979)
Episode: Hymn to Freedom (1977)

54 min | Drama, History, War

Recognizing the value of a propaganda coup if successful, Curtis persuades Yvette to help smuggle a Belgian minister in the puppet regime to England. Meanwhile, Lifeline has been penetrated by another German agent.

Director: Kenneth Ives | Stars: Bernard Hepton, Jan Francis, Angela Richards, Christopher Neame

Votes: 57

7. Secret Army (1977–1979)
Episode: Suspicions (1977)

54 min | Drama, History, War

Curtis is under suspicion for subversive activity and possible murder. Kessler and Brandt trace him to the Café Candide, then take him for questioning.

Director: Kenneth Ives | Stars: Bernard Hepton, Jan Francis, Angela Richards, Christopher Neame

Votes: 58

8. Secret Army (1977–1979)
Episode: The Execution (1979)

Drama, History, War

Reinhardt is moved to a Canadian POW camp, and finds Kessler pretending to be a captured army officer. Reinhardt admits that he had given himself up to Albert in Brussels. Kessler betrays ... See full summary »

Director: Roger Cheveley | Stars: Bernard Hepton, Angela Richards, Clifford Rose, Juliet Hammond

Votes: 62

9. The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode: France Falls: May-June 1940 (1973)

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

French politics, the Maginot Line, the Saar Offensive, Blitzkrieg warfare and the Nazi invasion of France and the Low Countries.

Stars: Laurence Olivier, Edward Spears, Lawrence Durrell, Siegfried Westphal

Votes: 528

10. Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode: The Siege of Leningrad (2000)

Documentary, History, War

Tim Pigott-Smith narrates the story of one of the Second World War's most harrowing episodes - the 890-day siege of the Soviet Union's second city Leningrad which was not liberated until January 1944.

Stars: Tim Pigott-Smith, Rolf Carls, Karl Dönitz, Joseph Goebbels

Votes: 7

11. The Century: America's Time (1999– )
Episode: 1936-1941: Over the Edge (1999)

Not Rated | Documentary

The years 1936 thru 1941. From the Berlin Olympics, burning books and Kristallnacht, anti-Semitism eventually dominates German thinking. Fascists and world leaders utilize film, radio and ... See full summary »

Stars: Peter Jennings, Marian Anderson, Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill

Votes: 9

12. Apocalypse: Hitler Takes on the West (2021– )
Episode: Ultimes Combats (2021)

Documentary, History, War

France is in chaos. The French people take to the roads, trying to escape. The government signs an armistice as Germans take over half the country.

Directors: Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Stephen Rashbrook, Nathan Rippy, William C. Bullitt

Votes: 40

13. World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode: Lightning War (2009)

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

Country after European country falls before the unstoppable German blitzkrieg.

Stars: Robert Powell, Adolf Hitler, Wladyslaw Sikorski, Karl Dönitz

Votes: 345

14. 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: 222

15. Apocalypse, le crépuscule d'Hitler (2023)
Episode: Le dernier acte (2023)

Documentary, History, War

Its 1944, and as the Allied forces take over the West and Nazis retreat in the East, Hitler orders his country to its ruin from his underground bunker.

Directors: Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Stephen Rashbrook, Ahmed Ben Bella, Blondi

Votes: 7

16. How to Lose a War (2023)
Episode: The Right Tools (2023)

Documentary, History, War

Victory in war doesn't just require sound military strategy, vital resources and equipment are also critical. Discover how the Axis powers failed in this regard.

Director: Tim Bosanquet | Stars: Richard Hammond, Giuseppe Finaldi, Alexander Henry, Charles Schencking

17. Beyond the Myth: The SS Unveiled (2022– )
Episode: The Waffen-SS (2022)

Documentary, History, War

Masqueraded as military excellence, the reality was very different. Recruits were poorly trained and remorse was nonexistent, as SS troops killed mercilessly.

Director: Gabriele Rose | Stars: Richard John Evans, Jean-Luc Leleu, Bastian Hein, Jochen Böhler

18. Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode: The Battle of France (1995)

Documentary, History, War

A documentary look at Early World War Two, the invasion of Poland and France, the equipment, the leaders, and the strategy.

Stars: Tim Pigott-Smith, Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill, Maurice Gamelin

Votes: 16

19. Hitler's Circle of Evil (2018)
Episode: The Madness of Rudolf Hess (2018)

TV-14 | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, History

As Germany invades Poland and sparks World War II, loyal Deputy Fuhrer Rudolph Hess tries to reclaim his once lofty status among Hitler's senior staff.

Director: Guy Smith | Stars: Guy Walters, Frank McDonough, Michael Lynch, James Holland

Votes: 156

20. Hitler's Circle of Evil (2018)
Episode: The Rise and Fall of Reinhard Heydrich (2018)

TV-14 | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, History

SS head Heinrich Himmler orders his deputy Reinhard Heydrich to enact a plan of ethnic cleansing that becomes a blueprint for the Holocaust.

Director: Simon Deeley | Stars: Guy Walters, James Holland, Richard Overy, Frank McDonough

Votes: 160

21. Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode: The Battle of Britain (1995)

Documentary, History, War

A documentary look at the Battle of Britain, the leaders and the units involved, the events leading to the battle and the key factors in determining the outcome.

Stars: Tim Pigott-Smith, Winston Churchill, Hermann Göring, Adolf Hitler