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.
BiopicChristopher Nolan's 2023 Manhattan Project biopic. Cillian Murphy as Oppenheimer.
BiopicSpielberg's 1993 Holocaust drama. Liam Neeson as Oskar Schindler, Fiennes as Goeth.
DramaAnthony Minghella's 1996 wartime romance epic. Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas.
Comedy
Foreign MoviesKlimov's 1985 Soviet WWII drama. A teenage boy joins partisans in Nazi-occupied Belarus.
Foreign MoviesHirschbiegel's 2004 German WWII drama. The film YouTube remix culture turned into meme footage.
DramaCurtiz's 1942 wartime romance. Holds every position it took during shooting.
DramaPetersen's 1981 German U-boat drama. Three-hour theatrical, six-hour director's cut, miniseries.
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