World War Two
"world war two" Movies and TV Shows
#1
The Zone of Interest
Synopsis:
The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.
Starring:
Christian Friedel,
Sandra Hüller,
Johann Karthaus
Plot:
holocaust,
world war two,
auschwitz,
auschwitz concentration camp,
nazi,
wartime romance,
love,
jewish,
garden,
based on novel
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#2
The Boy and the Heron
Synopsis:
While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy's mother. As he tries to adjust, this strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance of a persistent gray heron, who perplexes and bedevils Mahito, dubbing him…
Starring:
Masaki Suda,
Takuya Kimura,
Ko Shibasaki
Plot:
heron,
parakeet,
fire,
grief,
studio ghibli,
anime animation,
magic,
1940s,
year 1943,
world war two
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#3
Godzilla Minus One
Synopsis:
Postwar Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster, baptized in the horrific power of the atomic bomb.
Starring:
Minami Hamabe,
Ryunosuke Kamiki,
Munetaka Aoki
#4
Come Out Fighting
Synopsis:
In WWII, a squad of U.S. African-American soldiers are sent on a rescue mission behind enemy lines to locate their lost commanding officer and a downed fighter pilot.
Starring:
Kellan Lutz,
Michael Jai White,
Dolph Lundgren
#5
The Survivor
Synopsis:
Harry Haft is a boxer who fought fellow prisoners in the concentration camps to survive. Haunted by the memories and his guilt, he attempts to use high-profile fights against boxing legends like Rocky Marciano as a way to find his first love again.
Starring:
Billy Magnussen,
Danny DeVito,
Vicky Krieps
#6
Gold Run
Synopsis:
Fredrik isn’t the bravest of men, but now he is faced with a great responsibility and an enormous task - to get the entire Norwegian gold reserve away from the Nazis during the invasion of Norway.
Starring:
Thorbjørn Harr,
Gard B. Eidsvold,
Anatole Taubman
Plot:
world war ii,
stealing,
gold shipment,
stolen gold,
nazi invasion,
resistance,
lorry,
gold,
transport,
world war two
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#7
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Synopsis:
Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a child who flits in and out of his life as she grows up to be a dancer. Though he has all sorts of unusual adventures over the course of his life, it is his relationship with Daisy, and the hope that they will come…
Starring:
Brad Pitt,
Mahershala Ali,
Jared Harris
Plot:
diary,
navy,
funeral,
tea,
travel,
premature aging,
old age,
reverse aging,
no title at beginning,
no opening credits
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#8
Oppenheimer
Synopsis:
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
Starring:
Cillian Murphy,
Emily Blunt,
Kenneth Branagh
#9
Blood & Gold
Synopsis:
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.
Starring:
Alexander Scheer,
Robert Maaser,
Jördis Triebel
Plot:
soldier,
year 1945,
period drama,
based on true story,
gold,
mission,
exploration,
military,
world war,
world war two
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#10
Operation Seawolf
Synopsis:
During the last days of World War II, Germany, desperate for any last grasp to defeat the allied powers, looked to their last remaining weapons and soldiers. The German Navy and the last remaining U-Boats were formed together for one desperate last mission – a mission to attack the United States Homeland, known as Operation Seawolf. Captain Hans Kessler, a grizzled submarine commander from both W…
Starring:
Dolph Lundgren,
Frank Grillo,
Hiram A. Murray
Plot:
fictional war,
male nudity,
rear nudity,
defeat,
mission,
u boat,
german submarine,
world war two,
atlantic ocean,
prologue
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#11
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Synopsis:
Finding himself in a new era, and approaching retirement, Indy wrestles with fitting into a world that seems to have outgrown him. But as the tentacles of an all-too-familiar evil return in the form of an old rival, Indy must don his hat and pick up his whip once more to make sure an ancient and powerful artifact doesn't fall into the wrong hands.
Starring:
John Rhys-Davies,
Boyd Holbrook,
Harrison Ford
#12
Sisu
Synopsis:
Deep in the wilderness of Lapland, Aatami Korpi is searching for gold but after he stumbles upon Nazi patrol, a breathtaking and gold-hungry chase through the destroyed and mined Lapland wilderness begins.
Starring:
Aksel Hennie,
Jorma Tommila,
Jack Doolan
Plot:
one man army,
gun violence,
world war two,
1940s,
nazi,
gun,
handgun,
rifle,
woman with a gun,
world war
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#13
X-Men
Synopsis:
Two mutants, Rogue and Wolverine, come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team, the X-Men, must oppose a terrorist organization with similar powers.
Starring:
James Marsden,
Ray Park,
Ian McKellen
#14
Windtalkers
Synopsis:
Joe Enders is a gung-ho Marine assigned to protect a "windtalker" - one of several Navajo Indians who were used to relay messages during World War II because their spoken language was indecipherable to Japanese code breakers.
Starring:
Mark Ruffalo,
Nicolas Cage,
Peter Stormare
Plot:
navajo indian,
year 1944,
saipan,
military,
japanese army,
japanese soldier,
arizona,
tortoise,
semper fi,
bigotry
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#15
White Christmas
Synopsis:
Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. In time they befriend and become romantically involved with the beautiful Haynes sisters who comprise a sister act.
Starring:
Mary Wickes,
Dean Jagger,
Bing Crosby
Plot:
christmas,
train,
war veteran,
hotel,
ski lodge,
vermont,
sister sister relationship,
color in title,
snow,
christmas movie
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#16
Where Eagles Dare
Synopsis:
World War II is raging, and an American general has been captured and is being held hostage in the Schloss Adler, a Bavarian castle that's nearly impossible to breach. It's up to a group of skilled Allied soldiers to liberate the general before it's too late.
Starring:
Clint Eastwood,
Robert Beatty,
Richard Burton
#17
We All Loved Each Other So Much
Synopsis:
Three partisans bound by a strong friendship return home after the war, but the clash with everyday reality puts a strain on their bond.
Starring:
Vittorio Gassman,
Stefania Sandrelli,
Stefano Satta Flores
#18
Two Women
Synopsis:
Widowed shopkeeper Cesira and her 13-year-old daughter Rosetta flee from the allied bombs in Rome during the second World War; they travel to the remote village where Cesira was born. During their journey and in the village and onward, the mother does everything she can to protect Rosetta. Meanwhile, a sensitive young intellectual, Michele, falls in love with Cesira.
Starring:
Pupella Maggio,
Jean-Paul Belmondo,
Andrea Checchi
#19
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Synopsis:
In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words use by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had surprised the Americans, covers the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, which plunged America into the Second World War.
Starring:
James Whitmore,
Wesley Addy,
Martin Balsam
#20
To Have and Have Not
Synopsis:
A Martinique charter boat skipper gets mixed up with the underground French resistance operatives during WWII.
Starring:
Humphrey Bogart,
Walter Brennan,
Walter Sande
Plot:
french resistance,
famous line,
fishing,
stray bullet,
sidekick,
fishing boat,
fog,
bullet wound,
fishing line,
bar
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