The Last Rifleman

Movie · 6.7 / 10 · 7 Dec 2023 · English

A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding the courage to face the ghosts of his past.

The One That Got Away

Movie · 6.8 / 10 · 22 Nov 1957 · English

Based on the true story of Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the only German prisoner of war captured in Britain to escape back to Germany during the Second World War.

Oranges and Sunshine

Movie · 6.9 / 10 · 8 Oct 2010 · English

The story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham, who uncovers one of the most significant social scandals in recent times – the forced migration of children from the United Kingdom to Australia and other Commonwealth countries. Almost singlehandedly, Margaret reunited thousands of families, brought authorities to account and worldwide attention to an extraordinary miscarriage of justice.

The Scarlet and the Black

Movie · 7.0 / 10 · 2 Feb 1983 · English

Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His activities become so large that the Nazis decide to assassinate him the next time he leaves the Vatican.

The Monuments Men

Movie · 6.1 / 10 · 24 Jan 2014 · English

Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on seven over-the-hill, out-of-shape museum directors, artists, architects, curators, and art historians who went to the front lines of WWII to rescue the world’s artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their rightful owners. With the art hidden behind enemy lines, how could these guys hope to succeed?

Cast a Giant Shadow

Movie · 6.4 / 10 · 30 Mar 1966 · English

An American Army officer is recruited by the yet to exist Israel to help them form an army. He is disturbed by this sudden appeal to his Jewish heritage. Each of Israel's Arab neighbors has vowed to invade the poorly prepared country as soon as partition is granted. He is made commander of the Israeli forces just before the war begins.

Radium Girls

Movie · 6.7 / 10 · 23 Oct 2020 · English

Young women toiling in a factory are exposed to hazardous material which takes a disastrous toll on their health.

The Young Lions

Movie · 6.8 / 10 · 2 Apr 1958 · English

The lives of three young men, a German and two Americans, during WWII.

Munich - The Edge of War

Movie · 6.9 / 10 · 31 Dec 2021 · English

At the tense 1938 Munich Conference, former friends who now work for opposing governments become reluctant spies racing to expose a Nazi secret.

Uprising

Movie · 6.5 / 10 · 4 Nov 2001 · English

In the Warsaw ghetto in 1943, Jews rise against the Nazis.

Operation Mincemeat

Movie · 6.5 / 10 · 1 Apr 2022 · English

In 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to drop a corpse with false papers off the coast of Spain would fool Nazi spies into believing the Allied forces were planning to attack by way of Greece rather than Sicily.

The Organization

Movie · 6.3 / 10 · 20 Oct 1971 · English

After a group of young revolutionaries break into a company's corporate headquarters and steal $5,000,000 worth of heroin to keep it off the street, they call on San Francisco Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs for assistance.