Best World War Ii Movies

1993 • Rating 8.6 • drama, history, war

The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.

Genre: Drama, History, War

Style:

Audience: Adult, Date Night

Plot: Factory, Hero, Nazi, Concentration Camp, Ss (Nazi Schutzstaffel), Holocaust (Shoah), World War Ii, Ghetto, Jew Persecution, Kraków, Poland

Time: Year 1993, 1990S, 1993-12-15

Place: United States Of America, German, Polish, Hebrew, English

Cast: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Jonathan Sagall, Embeth Davidtz

1988 • Rating 8.4 • animation, drama, war

In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.

Genre: Animation, Drama, War

Style: Suspenseful

Audience: Adult, Date Night, Family

Plot: Sibling Relationship, Hunger, World War Ii, Wartime, Shelter, Struggle For Survival, Pacific Theater, Adult Animation, Semi Autobiographical, Anti War

Time: Year 1988, 1980S, 1988-04-16

Place: Japan, Japanese

Cast: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi, Masayo Sakai, Kozo Hashida

1997 • Rating 8.4 • comedy, drama

A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Style: Dark, Suspenseful

Audience: Date Night, Teens

Plot: Dying And Death, Bookshop, Love Of One'S Life, Nazi, Self Sacrifice, Loss Of Loved One, Italy, Riddle, Mass Murder, Concentration Camp

Time: Year 1997, 1990S, 1997-12-20

Place: Italy

Cast: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bini Bustric, Marisa Paredes

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

2026 • Rating 7.2 • crime, drama

After his estranged son gets embroiled in a Nazi plot, self-exiled gangster Tommy Shelby must return to Birmingham to save his family — and his nation.

Genre: Crime, Drama

Style: Gritty, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult, Date Night

Plot: England, Gangster, World War Ii, Period Drama, 1940S, Based On Tv Series, Haunted By His Demons, German Covert Operation, After His Estranged Son Gets Embroiled In A Nazi Plot, Self-Exiled Gangster Tommy Shelby Must Return To Birmingham To Save His Family

Time: Year 2026, 2020S, 2026-03-05

Place: United Kingdom, English

Cast: Cillian Murphy, Barry Keoghan, Rebecca Ferguson, Tim Roth, Stephen Graham, Sophie Rundle

1942 • Rating 6.7 • war, drama

This 1942 fictionalized biopic chronicles the true story of how two of the most remarkable men in aviation history - visionary Spitfire designer R.J. Mitchell and his test pilot Geoffrey Crisp - designed a streamlined monoplane that led to the development of the Spitfire.

Genre: War, Drama

Style:

Audience: Adult, Date Night

Plot: World War Ii, Biography, Aviation, Black And White, Spitfire, This, Fictionalized Biopic Chronicles The True Story Of How Two Of The Most Remarkable Men In Aviation History - Visionary Spitfire Designer R, Mitchell And His Test Pilot Geoffrey Crisp - Designed A Streamlined Monoplane That Led To The Development Of The Spitfire

Time: Year 1942, 1940S, 1942-09-14

Place: United Kingdom, English, German, Italian

Cast: Leslie Howard, David Niven, Rosamund John, Roland Culver, Anne Firth, David Horne