Oppenheimer (2023)
Christopher Nolan's 2023 Manhattan Project biopic. Cillian Murphy as Oppenheimer.
Genre: World War II
Stories and films of the Second World War, from combat epics to quiet home-front dramas, reviewed with a history reader’s eye for what really happened.
BiopicSchindler’s List (1993)
Spielberg's 1993 Holocaust drama. Liam Neeson as Oskar Schindler, Fiennes as Goeth.
DramaThe English Patient (1996)
Anthony Minghella's 1996 wartime romance epic. Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas.
Comedy
Foreign MoviesCome and See (1985)
Klimov's 1985 Soviet WWII drama. A teenage boy joins partisans in Nazi-occupied Belarus.
Foreign MoviesDownfall (2004)
Hirschbiegel's 2004 German WWII drama. The film YouTube remix culture turned into meme footage.
DramaDas Boot (1981)
Petersen's 1981 German U-boat drama. Three-hour theatrical, six-hour director's cut, miniseries.
DramaCasablanca (1942)
Curtiz's 1942 wartime romance. Holds every position it took during shooting.
World War IIRun Silent, Run Deep (1958) Review
Run Silent, Run Deep is one of the great American submarine films and one of the most accomplished collaborations between Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster. Robert Wise had been one of the most accomplished American directors of the previous two…
True StoryMy Way (2011) Review
My Way is the most ambitious Korean war film ever produced. The film was the most expensive Korea.
revengeSisu (2022) and Sisu: Road to Revenge Review
Jalmari Helander's Finnish WWII revenge thrillers. Jorma Tommila as Aatami Korpi against Nazi forces in 1944 Lapland.
World War IIWhite Tiger (2012) Review
Karen Shakhnazarov's Russian Eastern Front tank film. Soviet T-34 hunting mysterious phantom German Tiger.