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51. Tears in the Rain (1988 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama, Romance, War
Casey's mother's dying wish was to deliver a letter to an English lord who Casey knows nothing about. While fulfilling her duty, Casey meets the Lord's son, who immediately falls for the American visitor.
Director: Don Sharp | Stars: Sharon Stone, Christopher Cazenove, Leigh Lawson, Paul Daneman
Votes: 684
52. 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: 1,276
53. These Foolish Things (2006)
Not Rated | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A struggling young actress, a fledgling director and an ambitious playwright become embroiled in an emotional love triangle as they strive for recognition, fame and fortune in a world on the brink of World War II.
Director: Julia Taylor-Stanley | Stars: Charlotte Lucas, Craig Rooke, Julia McKenzie, Roisin Goodall
Votes: 593
54. The Wooden Horse (1950)
101 min | Drama, History, War
True story of three British POWs and their attempt to escape from Nazi Germany.
Directors: Jack Lee, Ian Dalrymple | Stars: Leo Genn, David Tomlinson, Anthony Steel, David Greene
Votes: 1,596
55. Pathfinders (1972–1973)
60 min | Drama, War
World War II Royal Air Force squadron behind enemy lines.
Stars: Robert Urquhart, Jack Watling, Julian Orchard, Jack May
Votes: 80
56. Raiders in the Sky (1953)
Unrated | 96 min | Drama, Romance, War
War drama about the dangerous and stressful work of Lancaster bomber British crews during World War II.
Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Ian Hunter, Dinah Sheridan, Bryan Forbes
Votes: 826
57. Paratrooper (1953)
Approved | 88 min | Drama, War
In 1940, an American claiming to be Canadian volunteers for the British Army's paratroop school.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Alan Ladd, Leo Genn, Susan Stephen, Harry Andrews
Votes: 804 | Gross: $5.19M
58. Journey Together (1945)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama, War
British propaganda film from WWII stressing the importance of the navigator on RAF's bomber crews.
Directors: John Boulting, Roy Boulting | Stars: Richard Attenborough, Jack Watling, David Tomlinson, Stuart Latham
Votes: 266
59. The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961)
Approved | 124 min | Drama, Romance
While the Nazi regime subjugates European nations during World War II, in the Belgian Congo nurse Rachel Cade tries to cure the local people. Colonel Derode falls in love with her, but an injured young American pilot upsets his plans.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Angie Dickinson, Peter Finch, Roger Moore, Errol John
Votes: 607
60. Bon Voyage (1944)
TV-G | 26 min | Short, War
A young Scottish R. A. F. Gunner is debriefed by French officials about his escape from occupied territory, and in particular one person who may or may not have been a German Agent.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: John Blythe, Janique Joelle
Votes: 1,998
61. Over Here (1996 TV Movie)
185 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Comedy drama set in wartime Britain showing what can happen when British RAF men and airmen from the U.S. Army Air Force are forced to share barracks.
Director: Tony Dow | Stars: Samuel West, Martin Clunes, James Terry, Todd Boyce
Votes: 174
62. So Well Remembered (1947)
Passed | 114 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Mayor George Boswell recalls events of the previous 25 years in his home town of Browdley. As councilman and newspaper editor George has fought hard to better working and living conditions in the bleak Lancashire mill town.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: John Mills, Martha Scott, Patricia Roc, Trevor Howard
Votes: 587
63. Paris Calling (1941)
Passed | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
Marianne Jannetier, a well-to-do Parisian, engaged to Andre Benoit, a high-ranking government official, flee the city when the goose-stepping German storm troopers arrive. After her mother ... See full summary »
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Elisabeth Bergner, Randolph Scott, Basil Rathbone, Gale Sondergaard
Votes: 131
64. 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: 1,025
65. Joe Maddison's War (2010 TV Movie)
85 min | Drama, War
Tyneside ship-builder Joe Maddison lost his faith in the trenches at the Somme in 1916. Now that World War II has begun, he is too old to enlist alongside his son and son-in-law, and is ... See full summary »
Director: Patrick Collerton | Stars: Sammy T. Dobson, James Atherton, Angela Lonsdale, James Baxter
Votes: 242
66. Tomorrow We Live (II) (1942)
Approved | 85 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A mayor's daughter poses as collaborator to help British agent escape to England with vital information to help the allied war effort.
Director: George King | Stars: John Clements, Godfrey Tearle, Hugh Sinclair, Greta Gynt
Votes: 238
67. Paris Underground (1945)
Approved | 97 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Among the terrified refugees jamming the roads out of Paris in 1940 are Kitty de Mornay, a rich American divorced from her French husband, and her companion Emmyline (Emmy) Quayle. A German... See full summary »
Director: Gregory Ratoff | Stars: Constance Bennett, Gracie Fields, Jorge Rigaud, Kurt Kreuger
Votes: 321
68. Ain't Misbehavin' (1997)
TV-14 | 150 min | Comedy, Musical, War
Wartime comedy about two very different bandsmen (Eddie and Eric) and their misadventures with gangsters, romance, and black-marketing in Blitz-time London.
Stars: Jerome Flynn, Robson Green, Warren Mitchell, Julia Sawalha
Votes: 99
69. Body and Soul (1931)
70 min | Drama
Andress, Watson, and Johnson are with a Royal Air Force squadron in France. When Watson is killed in combat, Andrews tries to return the letters Watson received from a girl called "Pom-Pom.... See full summary »
Director: Alfred Santell | Stars: Charles Farrell, Elissa Landi, Humphrey Bogart, Myrna Loy
Votes: 133
70. Winter Flight (1984)
89 min | Drama, Romance
A young RAF serviceman and a local waitress fall for each other, but Falklands War looms in the background.
Director: Roy Battersby | Stars: Reece Dinsdale, Nicola Cowper, Gary Olsen, Sean Bean
Votes: 88 | Gross: $0.00M
71. The Bob Hope Christmas Special (1970 TV Special)
90 min | Documentary, Comedy, Music
Bob and crew entertain military personnel at stops through Southeast Asia and Europe.
Director: Mort Lachman | Stars: Bob Hope, Connie Stevens, The Golddiggers, Teresa Graves
Votes: 27
72. Cage of Gold (1950)
Approved | 83 min | Crime, Drama
In post-WW2 Britain, a young woman marries an old flame but after he disappears, and is later declared dead, she re-marries, only to be blackmailed by the supposedly-dead first husband who suddenly re-appears in her life, in need of money.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Jean Simmons, David Farrar, James Donald, Madeleine Lebeau
Votes: 551
73. Jenny's War (1985)
PG | 198 min | Drama, War
This fact-based story follows a woman who launches a rescue of her Royal Air Force pilot son, who was shot down over Germany in 1941. Getting no help from the underground, she sets up her own rescue mission.
Stars: Dyan Cannon, Elke Sommer, Robert Hardy, Patrick Ryecart
Votes: 166
74. Landfall (1949)
86 min | Drama, War
During WW2, an RAF pilot from coastal command is accused of sinking a British submarine that he mistook for a German one.
Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: Michael Denison, Patricia Plunkett, Edith Sharpe, Margaret Barton
Votes: 241
75. Stalag Luft (1993 TV Movie)
103 min | Comedy, Drama, War
During WW2, after the 'ingenious' desertion of the German guards, the Allied prisoners of a POW camp decide to remain in the camp, some masquerading as German guards, in order to fool the frequent SS inspections.
Director: Adrian Shergold | Stars: Stephen Fry, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Geoffrey Palmer, Sam Kelly
Votes: 180
76. The Lion Has Wings (1939)
Approved | 76 min | Drama, War
A look at the current might of the Royal Air Force. Place - Great Britain, time - two months after the start of World War ll.
Directors: Adrian Brunel, Brian Desmond Hurst, Michael Powell, Alexander Korda | Stars: Merle Oberon, Ralph Richardson, June Duprez, Flora Robson
Votes: 763
77. Target for Tonight (1941)
Approved | 48 min | Documentary, Drama, War
The planning and implementation of an RAF night raid on Germany in World War II, concentrating on a low level mission by a Wellington bomber on an oil storage facility by the Rhine.
Director: Harry Watt | Stars: John Cobb, Richard Peirse, Percy Charles Pickard, Robert Saundby
Votes: 410
78. Bomber Harris (1989 TV Movie)
85 min | Biography, Drama, History
The history of one of the key commanders of WW2, the head of RAF Bomber Command, Air Chief Marshall Sir Arthur "Bomber" Harris.
Director: Michael Darlow | Stars: John Thaw, Robert Hardy, Frederick Treves, Bernard Kay
Votes: 195
79. International Squadron (1941)
Passed | 85 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In 1941, an American flyer volunteers for the British RAF but must learn to be an obedient team player rather than a risky thrill-seeking individualist.
Directors: Lothar Mendes, Lewis Seiler | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Olympe Bradna, James Stephenson, William Lundigan
Votes: 117
80. Higher Than a Kite (1943)
18 min | Short, Comedy, War
After being accidentally dropped behind enemy lines, the Stooges disguise themselves and steal important plans from the Nazi high command.
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Dick Curtis
Votes: 555
81. Make Mine a Double (1959)
Approved | 86 min | Comedy, Thriller, War
A WWII British secret agent has a desperate mission in occupied France. An airman who is his double is enlisted in the scheme with the intention of confusing the enemy, but everyone gets confused.
Director: Darcy Conyers | Stars: Brian Rix, Cecil Parker, William Hartnell, Leslie Phillips
Votes: 177
82. This England (1941)
Approved | 84 min | Drama, History, Romance
A visiting American woman is shown how the people of an English village responded to invasions and threats through four historical vignettes.
Director: David MacDonald | Stars: Emlyn Williams, John Clements, Constance Cummings, Frank Pettingell
Votes: 94
83. Secret Flight (1946)
72 min | Drama, War
During World War II, on the eve of the Battle of Britain, British scientists develop the first radar systems to be employed against the German Luftwaffe.
Director: Peter Ustinov | Stars: Ralph Richardson, Raymond Huntley, John Laurie, Ernest Jay
Votes: 246
84. The Battle of Britain: 3 Days That Saved the Nation (2020)
45 min | Documentary, History, War
The Battle of Britain - A three-part guide to the critical aerial battle that changed the course of the Second World War, featuring personal stories of pilots, ground crews and members of the public.
Stars: Dan Snow, Kate Humble, David Baker, Mel McKellar
Votes: 20
85. Listen to Britain (1942)
Not Rated | 20 min | Documentary, Short
A depiction of life in wartime England during the Second World War. Director Humphrey Jennings visits many aspects of civilian life and of the turmoil and privation caused by the war, all without narration.
Directors: Humphrey Jennings, Stewart McAllister | Stars: Leonard Brockington, Joseph Macleod, Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen
Votes: 1,856
86. Chips with Everything (1963 TV Movie)
50 min | Drama
Director: John Dexter | Stars: Gary Bond, Tony Caunter, Alan Dobie, Derek Fowlds
87. Le rose del deserto (2006)
Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, War
A sanitary battalion of the Italian army is sent to Sorman Oasis in Libya during the African campaign in 1940. Soon, an Italian missionary living nearby succeeds in transforming the ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Monicelli | Stars: Michele Placido, Giorgio Pasotti, Alessandro Haber, Fulvio Falzarano
Votes: 449
88. Ant Pasted (1953)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Elmer Fudd, on a fourth of July picnic, throws some of his firecrackers into an ant colony, and the ants declare all-out war on him.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan
Votes: 337
89. Guy Martin: The Last Flight of the Vulcan Bomber (2015 TV Movie)
72 min | Documentary
Guy Martin helps restore XH558, the last airworthy Avro Vulcan bomber, to prepare it for its last ever flight, a 1000-mile farewell tour of Great Britain, before it is grounded.
Director: James Woodroffe | Stars: Guy Martin, Shaun Dooley, Kevin Stone, Ray Watts
Votes: 229
90. London Can Take It! (1940)
Approved | 9 min | Documentary, War, Short
A tribute to the courage and resiliency of Britons during the darkest days of the London Blitz.
Directors: Humphrey Jennings, Harry Watt | Stars: Quentin Reynolds, King George VI, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Votes: 711
91. For Those in Peril (1944)
67 min | Drama, War
An RAF officer wishes to fly, but isn't allowed and is posted to the RAF Air Sea Rescue operating in the English Channel.
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: David Farrar, Ralph Michael, Robert Wyndham, John Slater
Votes: 145
92. The Fighting 69½th (1941)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A picnic; no humans in sight. Both the red and black ant colonies spot it at the same time. Their scouts get into a fight over the first olive, and of course you know, this means war. The ... See full summary »
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Kent Rogers, The Sportsmen Quartet
Votes: 239
93. History's Raiders: The Sinking of the Tirpitz (2001 TV Movie)
45 min | Documentary, History, War
Traces the Allies' to destroy the German Bismarck-class battleship Tirpitz, whose fearsome reputation far out-stripped its accomplishments.
Director: Jonathan Martin
Votes: 15
94. A Captive in the Land (1990)
PG | 96 min | Drama
An American meteorologist spots an aircraft wreckage while flying over the Arctic. When he spots a badly injured Soviet airman, he parachutes down with first aid supplies, but an encroaching storm severely limits their chance of rescue.
Director: John Berry | Stars: Sam Waterston, Aleksandr Potapov, Keir Giles, Victor Ignatyev
Votes: 75
95. Stolen Paradise (1940)
79 min | Drama
Robert Gordon (Leon Janney), a sheltered 18-year-old youth reared in a Catholic school, believes he has a vocation for the priesthood. He is taken to live with his father in his palatial ... See full summary »
Director: Louis J. Gasnier | Stars: Leon Janney, Eleanor Hunt, Esther Muir, Wilma Francis
Votes: 30
96. 1944: Should We Bomb Auschwitz? (2019 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary, Drama, History
After two men escape from the death camp at Auschwitz to tell the world the details of the Nazi genocide there, the Allies face a moral dilemma: to stop further killings, should we bomb Auschwitz?
Director: Tim Dunn | Stars: Nikolaus Wachsmann, Deborah Lipstadt, Michael Berenbaum, Rebecca Erbelding
Votes: 87
97. Inglorious Bumblers (2009 Video)
Unrated | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Director: William Cheney | Stars: Jeremy Hill, Mike Konik, Dirk Benedict, Geoff Eyers
Votes: 35
98. All Along the Watchtower (1999– )
30 min | Comedy
RAF Auchnacluchnie is a nearly abandoned early-warning radar station situated in the highlands of Scotland overlooking a small village.
Stars: Chris Lang, Felix Bell, Roger Blake, Tony Roper
Votes: 24
99. Tonight We Raid Calais (1943)
Passed | 70 min | Action, Drama, Romance
During WW2, a British commando lands in German-occupied France to locate a German munitions plant and to mark the target with a beacon for the Allied night bombers sent to destroy it.
Director: John Brahm | Stars: Annabella, John Sutton, Lee J. Cobb, Beulah Bondi
Votes: 297
100. A Doctor's Sword (2015)
70 min | Documentary, Animation, War
An Irish doctor survived the atomic bomb attack on Nagasaki and was given a Samurai sword for the lives he saved. 70 years later his family searches for the origin of their father's sword.
Director: Gary Lennon | Stars: Adrienne MacCarthy, Aidan MacCarthy, Nicola MacCarthy
Votes: 84