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1. Dunkirk (2017)
PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Drama, History
Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Commonwealth and Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Fionn Whitehead, Barry Keoghan, Mark Rylance, Tom Hardy
Votes: 741,100 | Gross: $188.37M
2. Battle of Britain (1969)
G | 132 min | Action, Drama, History
In 1940, the British Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle to prevent the Luftwaffe from gaining air superiority over the English Channel as a prelude to a possible Axis invasion of the U.K.
Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Harry Andrews, Curd Jürgens
Votes: 24,551 | Gross: $4.36M
3. 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: 106,644 | Gross: $21.70M
4. Battle Over Britain (2023)
80 min | War
During the height of the Battle of Britain, a flight of exhausted Spitfire pilots fight to the last man in defense of their country.
Director: Callum Burn | Stars: Callum Burn, Vin Hawke, David Dobson, Jeffrey Mundell
Votes: 233
5. Spitfire (III) (2018)
TV-PG | 99 min | Documentary, History, War
The story of the fighter plane and pilots that helped win the Battle of Britain in World War II.
Directors: David Fairhead, Ant Palmer | Stars: John Ackroyd, Charles Dance, Mary Ellis, Paul Farnes
Votes: 1,275
6. A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941)
Passed | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An American pilot impulsively joins His Majesty's Royal Air Force in Britain in an attempt to impress his ex-girlfriend.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Tyrone Power, Betty Grable, John Sutton, Reginald Gardiner
Votes: 1,572
7. Silver Spitfire - The Longest Flight (2022)
89 min | Documentary, Adventure
A British expeditionary team attempt a dangerous, world-first circumnavigation of the Earth in an 80-year-old vintage World War II fighter to inspire a new generation through the freedom of flight.
Director: Benjamin Uttley | Stars: Matt Jones, Lachlan Monro, Ian Smith, Benjamin Uttley
Votes: 15
8. The Battle of Britain (1943)
Not Rated | 54 min | Documentary, History, War
The official World War II US government account of Great Britain's stand against the Nazi war machine after the Dunkirk evacuation.
Directors: Frank Capra, Anthony Veiller | Stars: Douglas Bader, Arno Breker, Winston Churchill, Hermann Göring
Votes: 1,019
9. Probabilità zero (1969)
PG | 95 min | Action, Drama, War
Set in Norway and has a crack team of Allies sent to blow up an underground Nazi factory where the Germans have taken a crashed Spitfire that contains a new radar system that the krauts want to copy.
Director: Maurizio Lucidi | Stars: Henry Silva, Luigi Casellato, Riccardo Salvino, Ezio Sancrotti
Votes: 184
10. Battle of Britain (2005)
Documentary, History, War
A chronological history of the Battle of Britain between July 10th and September 30th 1940, featuring interviews with eyewitnesses including surviving British and German pilots.
Stars: Bob Doe, Cyril Bamberger, Thomas Neil, Ulrich Steinhilper
Votes: 10
11. Meet John Doughboy (1941)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Porky introduces a newsreel of wartime spot gags, including a spoof of the RKO Pictures logo, and caricatures of Jack Benny and Rochester.
Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Billy Bletcher, Robert C. Bruce, Robert Clampett
Votes: 396
12. Biggin Hill
Drama | Pre-production
Rupra is on a mission to fulfill his duty to the RAF during World War II. He is thousands of miles away from the life he knows back home with his family in India. He may be a fearless ... See full summary »
Stars: Andrew Shire, Zaff Malik, Gordon Bibby
13. Newsreel Nostalgia: Australian News and Events on Film 1908-1975 (1992 Video)
65 min | Documentary, History, News
Stars: Jack Davey, Charles Lawrence, Jack Brabham, Don Bradman
14. Blitz on London (2014 Video)
Documentary, History, War
A documentary which documents the massive bombing raids on Britain's capital city by the Luftwaffe during 1940 and 1941.
Director: Robert Garofalo | Stars: Roy Ward, Kai-Shek Chiang, Winston Churchill, Hugh Dowding
15. Legacy (IX) (2018)
2 min | Short, Action
A world war two pilot is transported into another dystopian dimension where he is met by a mysterious figure after trying to escape enemy planes through a large lightning storm.
Director: Ali Al-Tobi | Star: Daniel de Carvalho
16. The Blitz: Days That Changed WWII (2020 TV Special)
44 min | Documentary, History, War
From Black Saturday in the East End, to the ruins of Coventry Cathedral, to the all-out assault on St. Pauls, they filmed the Blitz and the everyday people who defied it.
Stars: Gavin Brocker, Stephan Bachenheimer, Robert Bass, Richard Cotton
17.
The Repair Shop (2017– )
Episode:
Leather Pouffe
(2019)
44 min | Documentary, Reality-TV
The team restores a hand-carved model Spitfire, a much-loved leather pouffe, and a battered silver purse holding treasured mementos of a beloved mother.
Director: Ben Borland | Stars: Jay Blades, Steven Fletcher, Suzie Fletcher, William Kirk
Votes: 13
18.
The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode:
Alone: May 1940-May 1941
(1973)
TV-PG | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
The Battle of Britain, defeats in Greece and Crete, Tobruk and life in Britain between the evacuation at Dunkirk and Operation Barbarossa.
Director: David Elstein | Stars: Laurence Olivier, John McBeath, Bertie Good, Max Aitken
Votes: 500
19.
Antiques Road Trip (2010– )
Episode:
Episode #20.21
(2020)
44 min | Reality-TV
Natasha Raskin Sharp Sharp and Raj Bisram travel through Kent in a 1960s Sunbeam rally car. Raj visits a very special village and Natasha helps get a Spitfire in the air and has a lesson in Morse code.
Directors: Ben Hewish, Sam Miles | Stars: Tim Wonnacott, Raj Bisram, Natasha Raskin Sharp
20.
Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode:
The Battle for the Mediterranean
(2002)
Documentary, History, War
We tell the story of the crucial battles for control of the Mediterranean, North Africa, and the irreplaceable oil fields in World War 2 and the story of the war in Greece.
Stars: Jonathan Booth, Harold Alexander, Claude Auchinleck, Winston Churchill
Votes: 6
21.
Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father (2017–2021)
Episode:
Episode #5.2
(2021)
TV-MA | 60 min | Documentary, Comedy
Jack And Michael visit Wales and Scotland.
Director: Leo McCrea | Stars: Jack Whitehall, Michael Whitehall, Hilary Whitehall
Votes: 86
22.
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
23.
Battle Plan Under Fire (2004– )
Episode:
Blitzkrieg
(2004)
Documentary, History, War
Exploring the history of military tactics - water covers almost two-thirds of the Earth's surface, and assaults from the sea range from massive invasions to spectacular raids.
Stars: Bruce Gudmundsson, Lloyd Clark, Eric Meyers, Tommy Franks
24.
World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode:
Britain at Bay
(2009)
TV-MA | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
Germany makes critical errors during the bombing of Britain.
Stars: Robert Powell, Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler, Erich Raeder
Votes: 312
25.
Real Engineering (2015– )
Episode:
The Secret Invention That Changed World War 2
(2023)
16 min | Documentary
The proximity fuse improved anti aircraft gun effective buy at least a factor of ten. Here is how this extremely challenging piece of engineering worked.
Star: Brian McManus
26.
The 100 Days: That Defined Modern History (2022–2023)
Episode:
World War II: Blitzkrieg - 1940
(2023)
Documentary, History
In May 1940, Churchill became Prime Minister and Germany launched its offensive. By mid-July, the Battle of Britain had begun.
Directors: Edmund Duff, Mike Kenneally | Stars: Steven P. Remy, Jonathon Riley, Peter Lieb, Richard John Evans
Votes: 5
27.
Nazi Mega Weapons (2013– )
Episode:
Hitler's Luftwaffe
(2017)
43 min | Documentary, History, War
Begun in secret, even before the rise of Adolf Hitler, the Luftwaffe became the spearhead of Hitler's Blitzkrieg. Tony Pollard visits the ruins of key Luftwaffe facilities set against the ... See full summary »
Directors: Anthony Barwell, Sid Bennett | Stars: Ted Duran, Tim Casey, Julian Forsyth, Hermann Göring
Votes: 39
28.
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
29.
Australian Biography (1992–2008)
Episode:
Charles "Bud" Tingwell
(2003)
27 min | Biography
Director: Rod Freedman | Stars: Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Robin Hughes