Download Film List for World War II Unit

Film List for World War II Unit
Mr. G. Jones
Au Revoir Les Enfants—French film about a Jewish boy who is hidden in a Catholic school
Band of Brothers-television series which follows a platoon of soldiers from training to V-E day
The Best Years of Our LivesThe Bridge at Remagen-war movie about battle to capture an important bridge in Belgium
The Bridge on the River Kwai-classic movie about British POWs forced by their Japanese captors to build a bridge
in the jungle of Malaysia
A Bridge Too Far-war movie about a failed Allied plan to bridge the Rhine River
The Caine Mutiny-classic film about a crazy commander of a US Navy ship who terrorizes his crew
Casablanca-classic love story starring Humphrey Bogart about a couple trying to escape the Nazis through Morocco
The Colditz Story-POW’s escape from a German prison that is supposed to be impossible to escape from
Das Boot-“The Boat”—German submarine sinks to the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea (in English or German)
The Dairy of Anne Frank-(several versions) famous story of Jewish family hiding in an attic in Amsterdam
Defiance-story of Jewish brothers who form an army of partisan fighters in the woods of Poland
Escape from Sobibor-true story about prisoners escaping from a Nazi death camp
Europe, Europa-foreign film about a Jewish boy who hides his identity by becoming a Hitler Youth (true story)
Fighting Sullivans-five brothers enlist in the Navy and serve together on the same ship which is attacked
Flags of Our Fathers-Clinton Eastwood produced this film about Americans in the Battle of Iwo Jima
From Here to Eternity-classic love story which encompasses the attack on Pearl Harbor
Go For Broke-1951 movie about a bigoted commander of the 442 nd Japanese American infantry unit
The Great Escape-biggest Allied escape from a POW camp in Nazi Germany (true story)
The Hiding Place-Dutch citizens hide Jews to save them from arrest
Holocaust—TV series about a German and German-Jewish family and what happens to each during the war years
Judgment at Nuremberg-film from the post-war period about the Nuremberg trials of top Nazi leaders
The Longest Day-classic film about the Allied invasion of Normandy of June 6, 1944
The Magic of Ordinary Days-Hallmark Hall of Fame love story about a woman who marries a man she does not
know because she is pregnant
Memphis Belle-film follows the crew of a US bomber as it departs England to bomb Germany (b/w or color)
A Midnight Clear-visually beautiful film about American soldiers in the December Battle of the Bulge
Midway-film about the battle of Midway that stopped the Japanese advance on Hawaii (includes actual footage)
Patton-biography of one of the most famous-and controversial-generals of World War II
The Pawnbroker-1965 with Rod Steiger
The Pianist-tells the true story of a Polish Jewish pianist who lives through the war with help from a Nazi officer
Playing for Time-true story of a famous French singer sent to Auschwitz and assigned to the band (Vanessa
Redgrave)
PT109-glorified story of President John Kennedy saving his crew after his ship is sunk (true but embellished)
The Reader-2008
Schindler’s List-true story of Nazi businessman who saves thousands of Jewish prisoners (Steven Spielberg)
Snow Falling on Cedars-love story set in the northwest USA; Caucasian man falls in love with a Japanese woman
A Soldier’s Story-story of racial prejudice against blacks in US Army training (Denzel Washington)
The Sound of Music-musical which tells the true story of the van Trapp family singers and their escape from Austria
South Pacific-musical about an American who falls in love with a South Pacific woman and suffers prejudice
Sophie Schol-recent drama about a group of college students who oppose the Nazis called the White Rose
Stalag 17-classic POW drama aobut Americans trying to escape a Nazi prisoner of war camp
Swing Kids-traces the lives of several German teenage friends who enjoy American swing music which the Nazis
prohibit
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo-glorified story of first American bombing raid on Tokyo, Japan
To Be or Not To Be-Polish theatre troupe is enlisted to rescue a downed Allied pilot (Jack Benny and Carole
Lombard)
Tora! Tora! Tora!-well done and factually accurate account of the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor
Triumph of the Will-Nazi propaganda film by Leni Riefenstahl documenting the Nuremberg rallies
The Tuskegee Airmen-true story of the famous African American fighter squadron and the prejudice they faced
Valkyrie-recent movie about the July 20th, 1944 plot to kill Hitler; stars Tom Cruise
Voyage of the Damned-true story of a passenger ship loaded with Jewish passengers trying to escape Nazi Germany
Yanks-love story about Americans in England waiting to invade Europe (stars Richard Gere)
Baseball movie in internment camp