Hope and GloryYear : 1987Rating : ⭐ 6.9A middle-aged man recalls his childhood growing up in and around London during World War II.
When the Wind BlowsYear : 1986Rating : ⭐ 7.5With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of war have changed from their romantic memories of World War II.
Waiting for AnyaYear : 2020Rating : ⭐ 6.3During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain.
One LifeYear : 2023Rating : ⭐ 7.8British stockbroker Nicholas Winton visits Czechoslovakia in the 1930s and forms plans to assist in the rescue of Jewish children before the onset of World War II, in an operation that came to be known as the Kindertransport.
The One That Got AwayYear : 1957Rating : ⭐ 6.8Based on the true story of Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the only German prisoner of war captured in Britain to escape back to Germany during the Second World War.
Darkest HourYear : 2017Rating : ⭐ 7.4In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.
Night Train to MunichYear : 1940Rating : ⭐ 7.2Czechoslovakia, March 1939, on the eve of World War II. As the German invaders occupy Prague, inventor Axel Bomasch manages to flee and reach England; but those who need to put his knowledge at the service of the Nazi war machine, in order to carry out their evil plans of destruction, will stop at nothing to capture him.
Empire of the SunYear : 1987Rating : ⭐ 7.5Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor, who looks out for him while they are in the camp together. Even though he is separated from his parents and in a hostile environment, Jamie maintains his dignity and youthful spirit, providing a beacon of hope for the others held captive with him.
ZooYear : 2018Rating : ⭐ 6.7Young Tom and his misfit friends fight to save 'Buster' the baby elephant during the German air raid bombings of Belfast in 1941.
The Bridge on the River KwaiYear : 1957Rating : ⭐ 7.8The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson, the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.
Anne of Green GablesYear : 2016Rating : ⭐ 7.2Anne Shirley, an orphan, is fostered by farmer Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla, who were expecting a boy to be sent them to help with their farm work. They accept Anne, who quickly endears herself to them and to the local villagers.
Sgt. Stubby: An American HeroYear : 2018Rating : ⭐ 7.9The true story of the most decorated dog in American military history - Sgt. Stubby - and the enduring bonds he forged with his brothers-in-arms in the trenches of World War I.
The Windermere ChildrenYear : 2020Rating : ⭐ 7.4The story of the pioneering project to rehabilitate child survivors of the Holocaust on the shores of Lake Windermere.
The Last RiflemanYear : 2023Rating : ⭐ 6.7A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding the courage to face the ghosts of his past.
The CardinalYear : 1963Rating : ⭐ 6.5A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Nazism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office of cardinal.
Mansfield ParkYear : 2007Rating : ⭐ 6.1Fanny Price is sent to live with her wealthy relatives, the Bertrams, where she is treated poorly by most except her cousin Edmund. Her life is complicated by the arrival of the worldly Mary and Henry Crawford
The Diary of Anne FrankYear : 1959Rating : ⭐ 7.2The true, harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends, is forced into hiding in an attic in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.
ExodusYear : 1960Rating : ⭐ 6.7Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyprus to Palestine on a ship named the Exodus. He faces obstruction from British forces, who will not grant the ship passage to its destination.
The Young LionsYear : 1958Rating : ⭐ 6.7The lives of three young men, a German and two Americans, during WWII.
The Elephant ManYear : 1980Rating : ⭐ 8.0A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity.