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51. Hitler: Uncovering His Fatal Obsession (2021)
90 min | Documentary, History, War
The story of Hitler and his penchant for barbarism and destruction, starting with his surprise Russian invasion and the anarchy that followed.
Stars: Max Hastings, Anthony Beevor, Richard John Evans, Klaus Schmider
Votes: 28
52. 1944: Should We Bomb Auschwitz? (2019 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary, Drama, History
After two men escape from the death camp at Auschwitz to tell the world the details of the Nazi genocide there, the Allies face a moral dilemma: to stop further killings, should we bomb Auschwitz?
Director: Tim Dunn | Stars: Nikolaus Wachsmann, Deborah Lipstadt, Michael Berenbaum, Rebecca Erbelding
Votes: 86
53. Beyond the Myth: The SS Unveiled (2022– )
Documentary, History, War
It showcases the twisted motivations and origins of the SS (the Schutzstaffel), which was Nazi Germany's paramilitary unit that was a key architect of the Holocaust.
Stars: Richard John Evans, Bastian Hein, James Newton, Alexandra Richie
Votes: 17
54. Hospital of the Transfiguration (1979)
90 min | Drama
The film is set in 1943 in an unusual mental asylum in the country. There are several incurable schizophrenic cases, the staff is bit strange, and a writer has voluntarily entered the ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Zebrowski | Stars: Piotr Dejmek, Jerzy Binczycki, Henryk Bista, Ewa Dalkowska
Votes: 436
55. Dracula: The True Story (1997 TV Movie)
43 min | Documentary
The Irish novelist, Bram Stoker, gave the world Dracula in 1897. This documentary explores the historical figure behind the fictional figure of horror and examines medical explanations for the myths of vampires.
Director: Matthias Kessler | Stars: Steve Barton, Dan Berindei, Brianna Caradja, Paul Daian
Votes: 85
56. Inhumanities II: Modern Atrocities (1989 Video)
76 min | Documentary, Horror, War
Compilation of newsreel footage of atrocities, murders, natural disasters, aircraft accidents, and other spectacles involving violent death or extremes of human suffering.
Director: Wesley Emerson | Stars: Ayatollah Khomeini, Jeff Doucet, Gary Plauche
Votes: 49
57. Enemy of Women (1944)
Approved | 72 min | Drama, War
Young Dr. Paul Joseph Göbbels, an unsuccessful playwright, is forced, in order to support himself, to take a position as tutor in the household of Herr Quandt. His first attempt to force ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred Zeisler | Stars: Claudia Drake, Wolfgang Zilzer, Donald Woods, H.B. Warner
Votes: 180
58. 68 (2008 TV Movie)
110 min | Documentary, History, War
From Washington to Saigon, Rome to Mexico, Paris to London, a wave of demonstrations shakes the world. 68 travels back in time to war torn Vietnam, freed and occupied Prague, Paris demonstrating, revolution in the Americas.
Director: Patrick Rotman | Stars: Édouard Balladur, The Beatles, Claude Berri, Leonid Brezhnev
Votes: 66
59. Imposztorok (1969)
104 min | Drama, History
Director: Félix Máriássy | Stars: Nándor Tomanek, Péter Huszti, István Iglódi, Margit Bara
Votes: 27
60. Zalazak stoljeca (Testament L.Z.) (1994)
201 min | Documentary, History, War
An epic documentary of rise and fall of Ustasha regime in Croatia.
Director: Lordan Zafranovic | Stars: Andrija Artukovic, Lordan Zafranovic
Votes: 100
61. The Harvest of My Lai (1970 TV Movie)
43 min | Documentary, War
Filmmaker Marcel Ophuls investigates the massacre of My Lai by U.S. soldiers.
Director: Marcel Ophüls | Stars: Georg Armin, Ingo Eggers, Eberhard Fechner, Axel Husner
Votes: 11
62. Wszystko, co najwazniejsze... (1992)
98 min | Biography, Drama, War
When the war breaks out, renowned Polish-Jewish poet Aleksander Wat leaves German-occupied Warsaw with his wife Ola and their son. In Lviv, however, they are arrested by the Soviets and separated. Ola and her son are sent to Siberia.
Director: Robert Glinski | Stars: Ewa Skibinska, Krzysztof Globisz, Adam Siemion, Grazyna Barszczewska
Votes: 83
63. Uciekinier (2007)
56 min | Documentary
It tells the extraordinary life story of Kazimierz Piechowski, former Auschwitz prisoner no. 918, who organized one of the most amazing escapes from the camp.
Director: Marek Tomasz Pawlowski | Star: Kazimierz Piechowski
Votes: 82
64. 14-18: The Noise and the Fury (2008 TV Movie)
148 min | Documentary, History
A documentary of World War I, exploring how soldiers accepted their conditions in the trenches when no clear reason had been given for the fight.
Director: Jean-François Delassus | Star: Alexandre Astier
Votes: 129
65. The Final Judgement (1992)
23 min | Fantasy, Short
A senseless war causes the destruction of the planet Earth. A pilot, sole survivor, lands before God, The Grim Reaper and Father Time, to be judged for all the sins of Mankind.
Director: Gustavo Fuertes | Stars: Andrea Guardiola, Irene Guerrero de Luna, Manuel Pereiro, Ángel Relló
66. Enas Germanos sta Kalavryta (1970)
89 min | Adventure, Drama
On his way to the heroic village of Kalavryta, a young doctor crosses paths with the former SS officer responsible for the annihilation of the community's entire male population. Will anyone ever forget the abominable December of 1943?
Director: Memas Papadatos | Stars: Angelos Antonopoulos, Spyros Kalogirou, Giorgos Tzortzis, Tonia Kaziani
Votes: 19
67. Rcheuli (1991)
110 min | Drama
In the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, a peasant boy aids a wounded partisan, leaving tragic results.
Director: Mikheil Kalatozishvili | Stars: Avtandil Makharadze, Nineli Chankvetadze, Larisa Guzeeva, Luka Khundadze
Votes: 33
68. Suicide Attack (1951)
Approved | 64 min | Documentary, News, War
This film was cobbled together from Japanese newsreels and propaganda films, to boost home-front morale, filmed during World War Two. It shows the early conquests of Japan, beginning with ... See full summary »
Director: Irving Lerner | Stars: Paul Dubov, Hideki Tôjô, Masaharu Homma, Jose P. Laurel
69. Am Wassergraben (1978)
16 min | Documentary, Short
Directors: Walter Heynowski, Gerhard Scheumann | Star: Gerhard Scheumann
Votes: 6
70. The Trees Will Remember (2016)
19 min | Short, Drama, History
11 long-take still scenes depicting fateful hours of a little Jewish boy, who's experiencing the first clashes with death in the dense forest, somewhere in the Nazi hell Europe.
Director: Ash Sumpter | Stars: Martin Púcek, Mária Kalmárová, Simon Simanský, Jozef Pastorek
71. A Nation Is Born (1947)
20 min | Documentary, Short, History
This RKO short, part of the "This is America" series, details (as much as possible in a 20-minute short) the transformation, following World War II, of the Philippine Islands, from a ... See full summary »
Director: David Griffin | Stars: Raoul De Leon, Douglas MacArthur, Thomas Briggs
Votes: 7
72.
Highlander (1992–1998)
Episode:
Brothers in Arms
(1995)
TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Duncan and Joe arrive at the San Francisco airport, where Duncan encounters Immortal Andrew Cord being shot by a masked man - who turns out to be Charlie DeSalvo. Joe recognizes Charlie's ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Wilkinson | Stars: Adrian Paul, Stan Kirsch, Jim Byrnes, Wolfgang Bodison
Votes: 174
73.
Kavanagh QC (1995–2001)
Episode:
Mute of Malice
(1997)
TV-MA | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An army chaplain is accused of killing his brother after returning home from duty in Bosnia, but he will or cannot speak in his own defense.
Director: Jack Gold | Stars: John Thaw, Mac Andrews, Robert Ashby, Linda Bassett
Votes: 119
74.
Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975)
Episode:
A Patriotic Offering
(1974)
TV-14 | 50 min | Drama
In a gesture of goodwill, the Bellamys offer generous hospitality to a family of Belgian refugees and Edward is feeling increased pressure to enlist.
Director: Derek Bennett | Stars: Gordon Jackson, Angela Baddeley, Jean Marsh, David Langton
Votes: 96
75.
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2001–2007)
Episode:
In the Blink of an Eye
(2006)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The murder of a former war photographer turned paparazzi seems linked is Bosnian war crimes and a prominent London crime kingpin.
Director: Brian Kelly | Stars: Richard Copestake, Sharon Small, Nathaniel Parker, Virginia Thompson
Votes: 268
76.
The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode:
Pacific: February 1942-July 1945
(1974)
TV-PG | 50 min | Documentary, History, War
The island hopping strategy of Admiral Nimitz and General MacArthur leads from one costly, battle after another. The Japanese fight fanatically as the war gets ever closer to home, but Americans finally use their newest weapon, the A-bomb.
Director: John Pett | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Roy Voris, Frank Manson, Douglas MacArthur
Votes: 357
77.
My Grandparents' War (2019– )
Episode:
Mark Rylance
(2019)
47 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Mark follows his grandfather's POW story, talks to the people whose families were also sent to the Japanese interment camps in Hong Kong and learns about the horrific devastation caused by the fire and atom bombs dropped on Japan.
Director: Leo Burley | Stars: Mark Rylance, Caroline Catz
Votes: 48
78.
Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode:
Campaign in the Balkans
(2004)
105 min | Documentary, History, War
We examine the course of savage fighting in the Balkans in the latter half of the conflict in World War 2 where after the uprising by the Romanians, the Soviet Army moved swiftly to capture Bucharest.
Stars: Jonathan Booth, Ion Antonescu, Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, Ernst Busch
Votes: 12
79.
Longines Chronoscope (1951–1955)
Episode:
Episode dated 16 November 1951
(1951)
News, Talk-Show
Huie and Ansel E. Talbert, editor of the New York Herald-Tribune, interview U.S. Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, a Republican from Wisconsin. Topics include reports of atrocities during the ... See full summary »
Stars: William Bradford Huie, Joseph McCarthy, Ansel E. Talbert
80.
Hollywood (1980)
Episode:
Hollywood Goes to War
(1980)
52 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Hollywood and its stars support the War effort with propaganda and patriotic films and war bond tours.
Directors: Kevin Brownlow, David Gill | Stars: James Mason, Karl Brown, Agnes de Mille, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Votes: 74
81.
Sectaurs (1985– )
Episode:
Spidrax Attacks
(1985)
Animation, Action, Adventure
Spidrax's forces destroy Sectaurs' village and steal a map that could take them to the planet's power source.
Director: John Kimball | Stars: Arthur Burghardt, Peter Cullen, Laurie Faso, Dan Gilvezan
82.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
My Lai
(2010)
TV-14 | 83 min | Documentary, Biography, History
American Experience investigates the My Lai massacre an atrocity during the Vietnam War that killed more than 300 unarmed civilians.
Director: Barak Goodman | Stars: Aubrey Daniel, Fred Widmer, Lawrence La Croix, Greg Olsen
Votes: 226
83.
Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
Episode:
Kommando
(2011)
TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Members of a squad of Canadian soldiers who were recently deployed to South Africa are stricken with a mysterious illness and others are being murdered.
Director: Harvey Crossland | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Helene Joy, Thomas Craig, Jonny Harris
Votes: 336
84.
Falling Skies (2011–2015)
Episode:
Prisoner of War
(2011)
TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Dr. Michael Harris joins the 2nd Mass to teach how to save the children captured by the aliens. Hal and Karen try to rescue Ben, but she is captured by the alien and Hal is forced to see ... See full summary »
Director: Greg Beeman | Stars: Noah Wyle, Moon Bloodgood, Drew Roy, Jessy Schram
Votes: 1,016
85.
The Conquerors (2005)
Episode:
Cromwell: Conqueror of Ireland
(2005)
Documentary, Biography, History
How English revolutionary Oliver Cromwell, who overthrew the unpopular king to become the de facto ruler of England, used his British New Model Army to brutally and mercilessly squash the Irish resistance force in 1649.
Stars: Dale Dye, Charles Carlton, Alan Marshall, J. Sears McGee
86.
Le monde en face (2009– )
Episode:
Wagner, l'armée de l'ombre de Poutine
(2022)
80 min | Documentary
It centers on the Wagner Group, a private Russian military force which is known as Putin's shadow army.
Directors: Ksenia Bolchakova, Alexandra Jousset | Stars: Marat Gabidullin, Vladimir Putin, Ruslan Leviev, Kevin Limonier
Votes: 75
87.
Rise of the Nazis (2019–2023)
Episode:
Barbarossa
(2022)
Documentary, History
At the peak of his power, Hitler now faces fellow ruthless dictator Stalin. He tries to deceive Stalin with a plan to invade Britain, all while preparing an attack on the Soviet Union.
Director: Julian Jones | Stars: Richard John Evans, Garry Kasparov, John Scarlett, Alexandra Richie
Votes: 64
88.
Rise of the Nazis (2019–2023)
Episode:
Stalingrad
(2022)
Documentary, History
The Nazis have lost in Moscow. Hitler and Stalin take charge of their armies - with no-one to hold them back. In Stalin, Hitler has met his match - it's now a fight to the death.
Director: Julian Jones | Stars: Richard John Evans, Richard Overy, Heike B. Görtemaker, Garry Kasparov
Votes: 70
89.
Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode:
Prisoners of War, Part Two - Battle for the Mind
(1998)
TV-PG | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
Examines the treatment of prisoners of war on both sides during WWII. From interrogation to housing to repatriation, civilian and military POWs were often used as pawns between warring nations.
Stars: Charlton Heston, Mark Seaman, Robert C. Doyle, Sydney Dowse
90.
Adolf Hitler's War (2020)
Episode:
This Has Happened
(2020)
Documentary, History, War
Hitler's War moves to its endgame as the Soviets cross the German border - with a death toll of over 40 million, a new scarred, Europe will emerge.
Directors: Michael Cove, Mike Kenneally | Stars: Aliaksandr Kakhanouski, David Stahel, Sergei Kudryashov, Dzmitry Kryvashei
91.
The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022)
Episode:
The Homeless, The Tempest-Tossed (1942-)
(2022)
TV-14 | 131 min | Documentary, History
A group of government officials supports and finances rescue operations. Allied soldiers begin to liberate concentration camps and find mass graves. The public sees the sheer scale of the Holocaust.
Directors: Sarah Botstein, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, Daniel Mendelsohn, Deborah Lipstadt, Eva Geiringer
Votes: 146
92.
World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode:
The Soviet Steamroller
(2009)
TV-MA | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
Their attack on the Soviet Union having failed, the German Army suffers a series of counter-offensives on the Eastern Front. Hitler's constant orders to stand ground backfire, and the ... See full summary »
Stars: Robert Powell, Adolf Hitler, Erich von Manstein, Walter Model
Votes: 243
93.
World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode:
Closing the Ring
(2009)
TV-MA | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
The Western Allies secure supply routes that will allow them to enter Germany, and the Ardennes counter-offensive fails. The Red Army advances rapidly, and Stalin shows uses the war for Empire-building. The SS implements the Holocaust.
Stars: Robert Powell, Joseph Stalin, Charles de Gaulle, Adolf Hitler
Votes: 222
94.
World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode:
The Island War
(2009)
TV-MA | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
The Marines succeed in the "island hopping" strategy against suicidal resistance. The US Navy establishes supremacy, cutting off Japan. Re-capturing the Phillipines and Burma is costly, but now Japan is fully in the defensive.
Stars: Robert Powell, Douglas MacArthur, Chester W. Nimitz, Hideki Tôjô
Votes: 212
95.
World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode:
Victory in Europe
(2009)
TV-MA | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
In 1945, Germany is crumbly on both fronts. The Western Allies cross the Rhine and take most of Germany, while the Red Army quickly advances into Berlin. After Hitler's suicide, Germany surrenders and is divided among the allied powers.
Stars: Adolf Hitler, Gerd von Rundstedt, Albert Kesselring, Bernard L. Montgomery
Votes: 214
96.
The Balkans in Flames (2021–2022)
Episode:
A State Falls Apart
(2021)
Documentary, History, War
We are in the fateful year of Yugoslavia's first free elections since World War II: 1990. It is the hour of the nationalists, and the collapse of the multi-ethnic state is only a matter of ... See full summary »
Stars: Vjekoslav Skrinjar, Marie-Janine Calic, Laura Silber, James Gow
97.
The Balkans in Flames (2021–2022)
Episode:
Yugoslavia In Ruins
(2021)
Documentary, History, War
The Srebrenica massacre is a wake-up call for the international community, which decides to intervene after four years of war. That same year, the warring parties sign a peace treaty. But ... See full summary »
Stars: Misha Glenny, James Gow, Marie-Janine Calic, Gerry Kremer
98.
First Tuesday (1983–1993)
Episode:
Four Hours in My Lai
(1989)
Documentary
"Four Hours in My Lai" is a documentary film made by Yorkshire Television in England concerning an infamous massacres of Vietnamese civilians in Tu Cung sub-hamlet, better known to the US ... See full summary »
Director: Kevin Sim | Stars: William Calley, Mark Halliley, Kenneth Hodges, Vo Thi Lien
Votes: 29
99.
Apocalypse, le crépuscule d'Hitler (2023)
Episode:
Le dernier acte
(2023)
Documentary, History, War
Its 1944, and as the Allied forces take over the West and Nazis retreat in the East, Hitler orders his country to its ruin from his underground bunker.
Directors: Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Stephen Rashbrook, Ahmed Ben Bella, Blondi
Votes: 8
100.
Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan (1954– )
Episode:
Episode dated 30 July 2023
(2023)
TV-PG | News, Talk-Show
Extreme heat hits worldwide; Florida's history revisionist education effort; Trump criminal indictments and Texas immigration cruelty.
Stars: Margaret Brennan, Nikki Haley, Asa Hutchinson, Neel Kashkari