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1. The Book Thief (2013)
PG-13 | 131 min | Drama, War
While 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.
Director: Brian Percival | Stars: Sophie Nélisse, Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, Ben Schnetzer
Votes: 142,550 | Gross: $21.49M
2. Blood & Gold (2023)
TV-MA | 98 min | Action, Drama, War
At the end of World War II, a German soldier is looking for his daughter while an SS troop is looking for a Jewish treasure.
Director: Peter Thorwarth | Stars: Jördis Triebel, Robert Maaser, Alexander Scheer, Marie Hacke
Votes: 17,412
3. Good (2008)
R | 92 min | Drama, Romance, War
John Halder, a German literature professor in the 1930s, is initially reluctant to accept the ideas of the Nazi Party. He is pulled in different emotional directions by his wife, his mother, his mistress, and a Jewish friend.
Director: Vicente Amorim | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Jason Isaacs, Jodie Whittaker, Steven Mackintosh
Votes: 7,850 | Gross: $0.02M
4. Max Schmeling (2010)
Not Rated | 123 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Max Schmeling's fights against Joe Louis are listed in the best ten boxing matches of all time.
Director: Uwe Boll | Stars: Henry Maske, Heino Ferch, Susanne Wuest, Vladimir Weigl
Votes: 1,224
5. Seven Journeys (1947)
111 min | Drama, War
A car tells its story and the story of its seven owners during the years of the Third Reich in Nazi Germany.
Director: Helmut Käutner | Stars: Gert Schäfer, Erich Schellow, Winnie Markus, Werner Hinz
Votes: 356
6. David (1979)
125 min | Drama, War
David (Mario Fischel), the son of a local rabbi (Walter Taub), sees the rise in anti-Semitism in 1930s Germany, but it isn't until his father's synagogue is burned down and his mother (... See full summary »
Director: Peter Lilienthal | Stars: Mario Fischel, Walter Taub, Irena Vrkljan, Eva Mattes
Votes: 171
7. Robbery of the Heart (2019)
63 min | Documentary
The tranquil feudal hamlet of Wetter, Germany was an ideal place to fall in love. It was not acceptable in the 1920's for a Jewess and a Christian to conceive of building a life together. ... See full summary »
Director: Micah E. Brandt | Stars: Martina Kepper, Harry Weichsel
Votes: 7
8. Carl Laemmle (2019)
91 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Carl Laemmle is a feature documentary about the extraordinary life story of Carl Laemmle, the German-Jewish immigrant who founded Universal Pictures, and saved over 300 Jewish families from Nazi Germany.
Director: James L. Freedman | Stars: Antonia Carlotta, Ahilan Arulanantham, Bob Balaban, Peter Bogdanovich
Votes: 233
9. The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe - 1933-1945 (1981)
89 min | Documentary, Drama, History
With a great archive footage coming from 16 countries, this Oscar nominated documentary briefly presents some of the most important facts about the Nazist persecution against Jews in Europe, starting with Hitler's rise to the power.
Director: Dieter Hildebrandt | Stars: Alexander Scourby, Holger Hagen, Helga Mayer-Maynard, Simon Wiesenthal
Votes: 116
10. Zkáza krásou (I) (2016)
90 min | Documentary, Biography
The story of Lída Baarová, famous Czech actress of the black and white era, who moved to Nazi Germany before WWII and formed a controversial relationship with Reich Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, who adored her.
Directors: Jakub Hejna, Helena Trestíková | Stars: Lída Baarová, Vladimír Borský, Frantisek Cáp, Gustav Fröhlich
Votes: 95
11. Journey to Justice (2006)
106 min | Documentary
The story of Howard Triest, a German Jew who fled Nazi Germany in 1939 when he was 16 years old, returned as a victorious American soldier and then served as an interpreter at the Nuremberg Tribunal.
Director: Steve Palackdharry | Stars: Margot Coville, Howard Triest
Votes: 23
12. Alle Juden raus! (1991)
82 min | Documentary, Biography, History
This film traces the story of the German-Jewish Auerbach family of Oppingen, Germany, from 1933 through 1945. The film begins with home movies in the 1930s and follows Inge Auerbach from ... See full summary »
Director: Emanuel Rund | Stars: Edith Auerbacher, Inge Auerbacher, Regina Auerbacher
Votes: 28
13. Die Feuerprobe - Novemberpogrom 1938 (1988)
80 min | Documentary
Directors: Erwin Leiser, Vera Leiser | Stars: Erwin Leiser, Georg Stefan Troller
14.
Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode:
The Holocaust Secret
TV-PG | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
An examination of one of the burning questions of WWII: How did the Nazi's hide their atrocities and what did the Allies know as the "final solution" was implemented across Europe? Secret ... See full summary »
Stars: Charlton Heston, Terry Charman, Aaron Breitbart, Ela Weissberger
15.
Passport to Freedom (2021)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2021)
52 min | Biography, Drama, War
The murder of a German diplomat, leads to the Night of Broken Glass. Helena tries to convince Vivi to spy on SS officers. Rudi is arrested.
Directors: Jayme Monjardim, Seani Soares | Stars: Sophie Charlotte, Rodrigo Lombardi, Peter Ketnath, Stefan Weinert
Votes: 33
16.
The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode:
A New Germany: 1933-1939
(1973)
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War
The rebirth of Germany and growth in power of the Nazi Party leading up to the outbreak of war.
Director: Hugh Raggett | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Hans Kehrl, Georg Konrad Morgen, Heinz Reinheimer
Votes: 704
17.
Rick Steves' Europe (2000–2023)
Episode:
Germany's Fascist Story
(2020)
TV-G | Documentary, Reality-TV
Traveling across Germany, we learn how fascism rose and then fell - and how we can recognize that hateful ideology as well as the tricks of wannabe dictators in our own age.
Director: Simon Griffith | Stars: Andreas Clemens, Georg Reichlmayr, Thomas Schmechtig, Rick Steves
Votes: 19
18.
Hitler's Bodyguard (2008– )
Episode:
Jewish and Emigre Attempts to Kill Hitler
(2010)
TV-14 | 47 min | Documentary, History
As the Nazis amped up their anti-Semitic and expansionist activities, Jewish groups, Soviet Communists, and Otto Strasser's rival Black Front all targeted Hitler.
Directors: Jonathan Martin, Philip Nugus | Stars: Haj Amin Al-Husseini, Yitzhak Ben-Ami, Kai-Shek Chiang, Sepp Dietrich
Votes: 41
19.
Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode:
Nazi Propaganda
TV-PG | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
Behind the Nazi war machine was a well-crafted secret propaganda campaign aimed at Germans and foreigners. From newsreels and newspapers to well choreographed spectacles, Nazi propaganda ... See full summary »
Stars: Charlton Heston, Robert Herzstein, Elke Fröhlich, Howard K. Smith
20.
Upstairs Downstairs (2010–2012)
Episode:
The Love That Pays the Price
(2012)
TV-PG | 62 min | Drama
After being told it is dangerous for her to have more children, Lady Agnes joins her husband in entertaining American ambassador Kennedy and his family, along with charming Jewish self-made... See full summary »
Director: Marc Jobst | Stars: Keeley Hawes, Ian Barritt, Neil Jackson, Laura Haddock
Votes: 144
21.
The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022)
Episode:
The Golden Door (Beginnings-1938)
(2022)
TV-14 | 129 min | Documentary, History
A xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but is unable to coordinate a response.
Directors: Sarah Botstein, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, Peter Hayes, Daniel Mendelsohn, Rebecca Erbelding
Votes: 203
22.
The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022)
Episode:
Yearning to Breathe Free (1938-1942)
(2022)
TV-14 | 138 min | Documentary, History
As WWII begins, Americans are divided over whether to intervene against Germany. Some individuals and organizations work tirelessly to help refugees escape. Germany invades the USSR and secretly begins the mass murder of European Jews.
Directors: Sarah Botstein, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, Daniel Mendelsohn, Guy Stern, Peter Hayes
Votes: 157
23.
Apocalypse: The Rise of Hitler (2011)
Episode:
Le Führer
(2011)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History, War
Was the support of a politically polarized minority of the population all Hitler needed to maneuver the Nazi party from a position of moderate influence to control of the government or was there more?
Directors: Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Richard Lintern, Doug Rand, Hans Baur
Votes: 140
24.
The Armchair Historian (2017– )
Episode:
Life in Nazi Germany
(2018)
9 min | Documentary, Animation
Director: Griffin Johnsen | Star: Griffin Johnsen
25.
How the Nazis Lost the War (2021)
Episode:
The Enemy Within
(2021)
TV-MA | 47 min | Documentary, History, War
In pursuit of their Aryan dream, the Nazis were encumbered by an ideological war from within that would undermine their ability to succeed in World War II, and ultimately led to the deaths of millions of the world's citizens.
Stars: Lloyd Clark, Anthony Eden, Albert Einstein, Dwight D. Eisenhower
Votes: 5
26.
The Infographics Show (2011– )
Episode:
What They Didn't Tell You About Concentration Camps
(2022)
Documentary, Animation
The Nazi concentration camp system began with Dachau in 1993 to hold various groups of undesirables beginning with political prisoners. Jews, though oppressed for years before, were not ... See full summary »
27.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
Nazi Town, USA
(2024)
TV-14 | 54 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The story of the German American Bund, a pro-Nazi group active across the US in the 1930's.
Director: Peter Yost | Stars: Arnie Bernstein, Sarah Churchwell, Father Coughlin, Martin Dies
Votes: 125
28.
SAS: Rogue Warriors (2017)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2017)
58 min | Documentary
Ben Macintyre raids the SAS archives to tell of the formation of the unit in the heat of the North African desert in 1941 when an eccentric young British Army officer had a vision for a new kind of war.
Director: Matthew Whiteman | Stars: Ben Macintyre, Isabella Whiteman, David Stirling, Jim Almonds
Votes: 17
29.
Five Came Back (2017)
Episode:
The Mission Begins
(2017)
TV-14 | 59 min | Documentary, Biography, History
When World War II breaks out, five of Hollywood's top directors leave their homes and careers to join the army and film the war effort.
Director: Laurent Bouzereau | Stars: Frank Capra, Francis Ford Coppola, Guillermo del Toro, John Ford
Votes: 363
30.
Hitler's Circle of Evil (2018)
Episode:
Rise of Antisemitism
(2018)
TV-14 | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Himmler, Goebbels and Göring fight for their position within in the party while its influence grows in Germany.
Director: Chris Roberts | Stars: Nigel Jones, Michael Lynch, Guy Walters, Toby Thacker
Votes: 209
31.
Rick Steves' Europe (2000–2023)
Episode:
The Story of Fascism in Europe
(2018)
TV-G | 56 min | Documentary, Reality-TV
Rick visits historical sites with local tour guides to explore the rise and fall of fascism in 20th-century Europe. He traces history after World War I to the rise of leaders who manipulated angry people to build totalitarian societies.
Stars: Rick Steves, Andreas Clemens, Alfio Di Mauro, Francesca Caruso
Votes: 96