Best Liberation Movies

2002 • Rating 8.4 • drama, war

The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.

Genre: Drama, War

Style: Suspenseful

Audience: Adult, Date Night

Plot: Concert, Nazi, Resistance, Warsaw Ghetto, Polish Resistance, Homeland, Holocaust (Shoah), Hunger, World War Ii, Prisoner Of War

Time: Year 2002, 2000S, 2002-09-17

Place: France, Germany, Poland, United Kingdom, Russian

Cast: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman, Emilia Fox, Ed Stoppard

2001 • Rating 7.8 • animation, comedy, fantasy

It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing dragon, Shrek teams up with an unlikely compatriot -- a wisecracking donkey.

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Family

Style:

Audience: Family, Teens

Plot: Princess, Based On Novel Or Book, Magic, Fairy Tale, Donkey, Liberation, Lordship, Prince, Castle, Villain

Time: Year 2001, 2000S, 2001-05-18

Place: United States Of America, English

Cast: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, John Lithgow, Vincent Cassel, Peter Dennis

2003 • Rating 7.1 • adventure, fantasy, family

In stifling Edwardian London, Wendy Darling mesmerizes her brothers every night with bedtime tales of swordplay, swashbuckling and the fearsome Captain Hook. But the children become the heroes of an even greater story, when Peter Pan flies into their nursery one night and leads them over moonlit rooftops through a galaxy of stars and to the lush jungles of Neverland.

Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Family

Style:

Audience: Family, Teens

Plot: Flying, Crocodile, Liberation, Fairy, Mermaid, Pirate Gang, Pirate, Based On Children'S Book, Fantasy World, Pirate Ship

Time: Year 2003, 2000S, 2003-12-18

Place: United Kingdom, United States Of America, Australia, English, French

Cast: Jeremy Sumpter, Jason Isaacs, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Ludivine Sagnier, Olivia Williams, Harry Newell