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1. A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

PG | 104 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American girl.

Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: David Niven, Kim Hunter, Robert Coote, Kathleen Byron

Votes: 25,097

2. Saints and Soldiers (2003)

PG-13 | 90 min | Action, Drama, War

Four American soldiers and one Brit fighting in Europe during World War II struggle to return to Allied territory after being separated from U.S. forces during the historic Malmedy Massacre.

Director: Ryan Little | Stars: Corbin Allred, Alexander Polinsky, Kirby Heyborne, Larry Bagby

Votes: 21,454 | Gross: $1.31M

3. Charlotte Gray (2001)

PG-13 | 121 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

A young Scottish woman joins the French Resistance during World War II to rescue her Royal Air Force boyfriend who is lost in France.

Director: Gillian Armstrong | Stars: Cate Blanchett, James Fleet, Abigail Cruttenden, Charlotte McDougall

Votes: 13,210 | Gross: $0.67M

4. High Flight (1957)

Approved | 89 min | Drama, War

The Commanding Officer of an RAF Training School must deal with a difficult cadet, but the cadet reminds the C.O. of himself when young.

Director: John Gilling | Stars: Ray Milland, Bernard Lee, Kenneth Haigh, Anthony Newley

Votes: 291

5. The Day and the Hour (1963)

110 min | Action, Drama, Romance

In Nazi-occupied France during WWII, a French woman helps two downed Allied airmen to evade capture by the Germans and make their way into neutral Spain.

Director: René Clément | Stars: Simone Signoret, Stuart Whitman, Geneviève Page, Michel Piccoli

Votes: 433

6. 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

7. The Beasts of Marseilles (1957)

70 min | Drama, Romance, War

Escaping British prisoners of war hide out in German-occupied France.

Director: Hugo Fregonese | Stars: Stephen Boyd, James Robertson Justice, Kathleen Harrison, Tony Wright

Votes: 372

8. 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

9. Der Stern von Afrika (1957)

88 min | Drama, War

Biographic Movie of the German fighter ace, who was killed in a plane crash after over 150 kills in North Africa.

Director: Alfred Weidenmann | Stars: Joachim Hansen, Marianne Koch, Hansjörg Felmy, Horst Frank

Votes: 353

10. Battle of Britain (2005)

Documentary, History, War

A chronological history of the Battle of Britain between July 10th and September 30th 1940, featuring interviews with eyewitnesses including surviving British and German pilots.

Stars: Bob Doe, Cyril Bamberger, Thomas Neil, Ulrich Steinhilper

Votes: 10

11. The Blitz: Days That Changed WWII (2020 TV Special)

44 min | Documentary, History, War

From Black Saturday in the East End, to the ruins of Coventry Cathedral, to the all-out assault on St. Pauls, they filmed the Blitz and the everyday people who defied it.

Stars: Gavin Brocker, Stephan Bachenheimer, Robert Bass, Richard Cotton

12. Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode: The Battle for Caen (2001)

Documentary, History, War

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Stars: Jonathan Booth, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Bernard L. Montgomery, Erwin Rommel

Votes: 15

13. Antiques Roadshow Detectives (2015– )
Episode: Episode 8

Documentary

A holocaust survivor liberated by British soldiers wishes to thank the soldier who rescued her. A teenager's great-grandfather flew against the Red Baron.

Star: Fiona Bruce

14. The Danny Kaye Show (1963–1967)
Episode: Cyril Ritchard, Eddy Arnold (1966)

60 min | Comedy, Music

British actor Cyril Ritchard and country singer Eddy Arnold are Danny's guests for this week's show. Eddy and Danny sing a medley of songs about broken hearts. Cyril plays a frustrated ... See full summary »

Stars: Danny Kaye, Cyril Ritchard, Eddy Arnold, Harvey Korman

15. World War Weird (2017– )
Episode: Episode #2.4 (2018)

Documentary, History, War

Hukbalahap Rebels in the Philippines believe they have a new enemy - a vampire. The British claim that an RAF pilot's incredible night vision comes from eating carrots.

Director: Mike Ibeji | Stars: Joshua Levine, Guy Walters, Dominic Selwood, Andrew Robertshaw

16. Bomber: Terror of WWII (2022)
Episode: 'By Night & By Day' (2022)

Documentary, History, War

The bombing of Tokyo demonstrated the power of the B-29 bomber. The cost of creating this machine exceeds that of the Manhattan Project, which developed the first atomic bomb.

Director: Dan Jobson | Stars: Victoria Taylor, Ian Gooderson, John Buckley, Stephen Huggins

17. The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode: A Whale of a Tale or Thar She Blows Up/Fast and Moose or Charley's Antlers (1961)

TV-G | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Rocky and Bullwinkle "Wailing Whale" Part 13, Fractured Fairy Tales "Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess", Peabody's Improbable History "Ferdinand Magellan", Rocky and Bullwinkle "Wailing Whale" Part 14.

Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Pete Burness, William T. Hurtz, Ted Parmelee, Gerald Ray, Dun Roman, George Singer, Ernest Terrazas | Stars: Edward Everett Horton, June Foray, Paul Frees, William Conrad

Votes: 24