Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "prisoner-of-war-executed"

1. Jojo Rabbit (2019)

PG-13 | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, War

A young German boy in the Hitler Youth whose hero and imaginary friend is the country's dictator is shocked to discover that his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home.

Director: Taika Waititi | Stars: Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Scarlett Johansson, Taika Waititi

Votes: 441,080 | Gross: $33.37M

2. Overlord (2018)

R | 110 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

A small group of American soldiers find horror behind enemy lines on the eve of D-Day.

Director: Julius Avery | Stars: Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, Mathilde Ollivier, Pilou Asbæk

Votes: 106,525 | Gross: $21.70M

3. Centurion (2010)

R | 97 min | Action, Drama, History

A splinter group of Roman soldiers fight for their lives behind enemy lines after their legion is devastated in a guerrilla attack.

Director: Neil Marshall | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Dominic West, Olga Kurylenko, Andreas Wisniewski

Votes: 86,345 | Gross: $7.89M

4. Black Moon (1975)

R | 100 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

To escape a gender war, a girl flees to a remote farmhouse and becomes part of an extensive family's unusual, perhaps even supernatural, lifestyle.

Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Cathryn Harrison, Therese Giehse, Alexandra Stewart, Joe Dallesandro

Votes: 6,220

5. The Naked and the Dead (1958)

Approved | 131 min | Drama, War

Set during the Pacific War against the Japanese, this WW2 drama discerns between achieving one's mission at any cost versus preserving the lives under one's command and enforcing discipline through fear as opposed to mutual respect.

Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Aldo Ray, Cliff Robertson, Raymond Massey, Lili St. Cyr

Votes: 1,785

6. Battle for the Bulge (1969)

48 min | Documentary, History, War

This WWII documentary uses current location filming and authentic historic film clips to document the Battle of the Bulge, the last big German offensive in World War II, which was launched ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Batty | Stars: Hasso von Manteuffel, Robert Hasbrouck, John Mace, David Belchem

Votes: 16

7. Flight Nurse (1953)

Approved | 90 min | Biography, Drama, War

During the Korean War, a United States Air Force nurse with the Medical Air Evacuation Unit flies on C-47 transport aircraft based in Japan where she ferries servicemen wounded in combat.

Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Joan Leslie, Forrest Tucker, Arthur Franz, Jeff Donnell

Votes: 154

8. Oyuki the Virgin (1935)

78 min | Drama, War

During a war in the 19th century, a village linked to rebellious forces is attacked by the government army, so a rich family decides to run away; two courtesans travel along them.

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Isuzu Yamada, Komako Hara, Daijirô Natsukawa, Eiji Nakano

Votes: 264

9. The Most Courageous Raid of WWII (2011 TV Movie)

49 min | Documentary, History, War

The story of the Cockleshell Heroes, who raided Nazi-occupied Bordeaux in 1942.

Director: Francis Whately | Stars: Paddy Ashdown, M.R.D. Foot, Norman Colley, Jeanne Baudray

Votes: 28

10. D.E.M. (2014)

19 min | Short, War

The film shows several war stories of sergeant Degtyaryov Evgeniy Mikhaylovich, that has become a soldier at the age of 16. His fight, his blood, his love.

Director: Yevgeniy Shibe | Stars: Artyom Andryushchenko, Yevgeniya Konaykina, Dmitriy Yegorov

11. Inés of My Soul (2020)
Episode: Sangre y fuego (2020)

Drama

BLOOD AND FIRE: Six months have passed since the Spanish expedition led by Valdivia arrived in Chile and founded the city of Santiago de Nueva Extremadura. Since then, Valdivia has been ... See full summary »

Directors: Alejandro Bazzano, Vicente Sabatini | Stars: Elena Rivera, Eduardo Noriega, Benjamín Vicuña, Enrique Arce

Votes: 24

12. The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode: Japan: 1941-1945 (1974)

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

After the victories in 1941-2, Japanese fortunes reverse as America succeeds in destroying their aircraft fleet and Pacific island bases. At home, shortages of goods and manpower lead to desperation for the population.

Director: Hugh Raggett | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Toshikazu Kase, Naoki Hoshino, Yuzuru Sanematsu

Votes: 349

13. Apocalypse: The Second World War (2009)
Episode: Le choc (2009)

TV-14 | 53 min | Documentary, History, War

As America joins the war and begins to re-arm, Hitler attacks the USSR to complete his domination of Europe before the U.S. can intervene.

Directors: Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Hermann Göring, Rudolf Hess, Adolf Hitler

Votes: 405

14. Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode: Hirohito's War

TV-PG | 50 min | Documentary, History, War

Japanese tradition made him a god, but Japanese law made him Commander in Chief of the Japanese Armed Forces. Never tried for war crimes or even interrogated, Hirohito was an enigmatic ... See full summary »

Stars: Charlton Heston, Herbert Bix, Edward Drea, Frank Gibney

15. Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode: Prisoners of War, Part One - The Barbed Wire Front (1998)

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

Examines the treatment of prisoners of war early in the 20th century. From capture to interrogation and internment, the fate of thousands of WWI prisoners was determined by their captors off the battlefield.

Stars: Charlton Heston, Dwight Messimer, Robert C. Doyle, Lew Carlson

Votes: 10

16. Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode: Prisoners of War, Part Three - Code of Conduct (1998)

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

From brainwashing in Korea to courageous acts of heroism in Vietnam and the Gulf War, a unique examination of POWs, their families, and their secrets.

Stars: John McCain, Robert C. Doyle, Carol North, Walter H. Constance

17. World on Fire (2019–2023)
Episode: Episode #2.5 (2023)

TV-14 | 56 min | Drama, Romance, War

Tragedy strikes at the heart of Harry's unit as the siege drags on in Tobruk. In Manchester, Kasia is confronted by more of the horrors of the war. In France, romance blossoms between David and Henriette.

Director: Meenu Gaur | Stars: Eugénie Derouand, Gregg Sulkin, Blake Harrison, Jonah Hauer-King

Votes: 136

18. Generation War (2013)
Episode: Eine andere Zeit (2013)

TV-MA | 91 min | Action, Drama, History

Five friends go out to war and promise each other to be back for Christmas.

Director: Philipp Kadelbach | Stars: Volker Bruch, Tom Schilling, Katharina Schüttler, Ludwig Trepte

Votes: 933

19. 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

20. Against the Odds (2014– )
Episode: Those Damn Engineers (2014)

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

In December of 1944, the seemingly defeated Germans secretly mustered 600,000 battle-hardened troops, including whole SS Panzer Divisions, into an all out offensive to capture Antwerp, the heart of the Allied supply chain.

Stars: Rod Paschall, Francis E. Hurd, Bob Creswell, Patrick Rizzieri

Votes: 10

21. The Great War (2010–2012)
Episode: The Defence of Sevastopol (2011)

44 min | Documentary, Drama, History

Erich von Manstein's soldiers have trapped a massive Soviet force in Crimea, but the doomed troops have no intentions of surrendering, obeying Stalin's brutal "Not A Step Back" order. ... See full summary »

Director: Anna Grazhdan | Stars: Anatoliy Bogush, Olga Radchuk, Evgeniy Sinchukov

Votes: 11

22. Game of Thrones (2011–2019)
Episode: The Last of the Starks (2019)

TV-MA | 78 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The Battle of Winterfell is over and a new chapter for Westeros begins.

Director: David Nutter | Stars: Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke

Votes: 170,744

23. Game of Thrones (2011–2019)
Episode: The Iron Throne (2019)

TV-MA | 80 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

In the aftermath of the devastating attack on King's Landing, Daenerys must face the survivors.

Directors: David Benioff, D.B. Weiss | Stars: Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke

Votes: 260,437

24. SAS: Rogue Warriors (2017)
Episode: Episode #1.3 (2017)

58 min | Documentary

Ben Macintyre concludes his history of the formation of the SAS. In 1943, the Service left the deserts of North Africa for mainland Europe and entered a darker and more complex theatre of war.

Director: Matthew Whiteman | Stars: Ben Macintyre, David Stirling, Jim Almonds, Bob Bennett

Votes: 10

25. BuzzFeed Unsolved: True Crime (2016–2021)
Episode: The Odd Vanishing of Amelia Earhart (2017)

TV-MA | 20 min | Documentary, Comedy, Crime

What truly happened to the Amelia Earhart? Ryan and Shane discuss on of the world's biggest unsolved disappearances.

Director: Ryan Bergara | Stars: Ryan Bergara, Shane Madej

Votes: 81

26. Nazi Mega Weapons (2013– )
Episode: Hitler's Artic Fortress (2017)

43 min | Documentary, History, War

Initially repelled by the British Navy, Hitler's invasion of France serves as a diversion allowing German forces to conquer Norway. By holding Narvik in the far north Germany is assured of ... See full summary »

Directors: Joshua Whitehead, Sid Bennett | Stars: Winston Churchill, Bradley Clarkson, Daniel D'Alessandro, Daniel D'Allesandro

Votes: 40

27. Secrets of the Dead (2000– )
Episode: Secrets of Spanish Florida (2017)

TV-PG | 115 min | Documentary, History, War

Long before the British invasion of America the Spanish had begun to settle in Florida. The land would become a multiracial community and its little known but colorful history would change the course of European and American history.

Director: Tony Haines | Stars: Jimmy Smits, Javier Cancio-Donlebun Ballve, Don Alvaro Armada Barcaiztegui, Robert Blount

Votes: 39