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1

The Pianist(2002)

8.5 IMDb95% RT85 MetaFree on Tubi

The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café;

2

Paths of Glory(1957)

8.4 IMDb96% RT90 MetaFree on Tubi

A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.

3

Downfall(2004)

8.2 IMDb90% RT82 MetaFree on Tubi

In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich

4

The Great Escape(1963)

8.2 IMDb94% RT86 MetaFree on Tubi

The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder

5

Platoon(1986)

8.1 IMDb89% RT92 MetaFree on Tubi

As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.

6

Hotel Rwanda(2004)

8.1 IMDb91% RT79 MetaFree on Tubi

Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Ru

7

The Battle of Algiers(1966)

8.1 IMDb99% RT96 MetaFree on Tubi

Paratrooper commander Colonel Mathieu, a former French Resistance fighter during World War II, is sent to Algeria to reinforce efforts to squelch the uprisings of the Algerian War. There he faces Ali

8

Tangerines(2013)

8.1 IMDb88% RT73 MetaFree on Tubi

War in Abkhazia, 1992. An Estonian man Ivo has stayed behind to harvest his crops of tangerines. In a bloody conflict at his door, a wounded man is left behind, and Ivo is forced to take him in.

9

The Imitation Game(2014)

8 IMDb90% RT71 MetaFree on Tubi

Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Govern

10

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp(1943)

8 IMDb97% RTFree on Tubi

General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered out-of-touch with what's needed to win the war. Bu

11

Quo Vadis, Aida?(2021)

8 IMDb100% RT97 MetaFree on Tubi

Bosnia, July 1995. Aida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the

12

Threads(1985)

7.9 IMDb100% RT92 MetaFree on Tubi

Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of nuclear war on civilization.

13

Stalag 17(1953)

7.9 IMDb91% RT84 MetaFree on Tubi

After two American prisoners are killed by guards in the act of escaping from a German POW camp in World War II, barracks black marketeer J.J. Sefton is suspected of being an informer.

14

Battleship Potemkin(1925)

7.9 IMDb100% RT97 MetaFree on Tubi

A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing support, which brought on a police massacre.

15

The Train(1964)

7.8 IMDb94% RT80 MetaFree on Tubi

As the Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944, German Colonel Von Waldheim is desperate to take all of France's greatest paintings to Germany. He manages to secure a train to transport the valuab

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When the Wind Blows(1986)

7.7 IMDb88% RTFree on Tubi

With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of war have changed from their ro

17

Bullet in the Head(1990)

7.5 IMDb100% RTFree on Tubi

Three childhood friends from the slums of Hong Kong flee to war-time Saigon after accidentally murdering a gang leader, but their troubles only escalate.

18

71: Into the Fire(2010)

7.3 IMDbFree on Tubi

In August 1950, waiting for UN troops to arrive, the South Korean army assembled to protect Nakdong River. Only 71 student-soldiers are left behind to guard the city of Pohang. Now they are on a missi

19

The Round Up(2010)

7 IMDb57% RT49 MetaFree on Tubi

A faithful retelling of the 1942 "Vel' d'Hiv Roundup" and the events surrounding it.

20

Where Hands Touch(2018)

6.6 IMDb43% RT44 MetaFree on Tubi

Germany, 1944. Leyna, the 15-year old daughter of a white German mother and a black African father, meets Lutz, a compassionate member of the Hitler Youth whose father is a prominent Nazi soldier, and

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