German movies about the war

List of movies about the Second World War, the Great Patriotic War and other wars selected by visitors to our site: The Round Up, The Book Thief, The Turncoat, Inglourious Basterds, Fog in August, Waltz with Bashir, Wunderkinder, A Woman in Berlin, Valkyrie, Rommel.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 7.1
Genredrama, military, history
CountryFrance, Germany, Hungary
Duration01:55
CharactersJews
PlotWar, On real events, Survival
PlaceConcentration camp, France
TimeWorld War II
StyleMakes me think, Depressive, Serious

Joseph is eleven. And this June morning, he must go to school, a yellow star sown on his chest. He receives the support of a goods dealer. The mockery of a baker. Between kindness and contempt, Jo, his Jewish friends, their families, learn of life in an occupied Paris, on the Butte Montmartre, where they've taken shelter. At least that's what they think, until that morning on July 16th 1942, when their fragile happiness is toppled over.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genredrama, military
CountryUSA, Germany
Duration02:11
CharactersThieves, Jews
PlotWar, Death, Adoption
PlaceGermany
TimeWorld War II
StyleTo cry, Fascinating, Touching, Serious

While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refuge is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genredrama, military, history
CountryGermany
CharactersMilitary, Soldier
PlotWar, Diving, Gifts
PlaceTrains, Lake, Berlin
TimeWorld War II

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Markimdb: 8.3
Genreaction, comedy, drama, military
CountryUSA, Germany
Duration02:33
CharactersSpy, Hitler, Heroes, Jews, Military
PlotWar, Revenge, Fear, Self-sacrifice, Undercover
PlaceFrance, Germany
TimeWorld War II
StyleAction, Atmospheric, Fascinating, Heavy, Black humor

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genredrama, military
CountryGermany, Austria
CharactersSoldier
PlotWar, Survival, Death
PlaceConcentration camp, Psychiatric hospitals
TimeWorld War II
StyleTense, Makes me think, Serious, Disturbing

A Roma boy is placed in a mental hospital and experiences the Nazi euthanasia program. Aware of what was happening and attached to friends, the lad attempts to sabotage the program. The film addresses the complexities of the program director, the lives of the child victims, and the struggles of the child protagonist. More than five thousand children died in the Nazi euthanasia program.

Markimdb: 8
Genredrama, documentary, cartoon, detective, military, biography, history
CountryIsrael, France, Germany, USA, Finland, Luxembourg, Belgium, Australia
Duration01:30
CharactersDogs, Jews, Military, Soldier
PlotWar, Political, Lost memory
PlaceIsrael
StyleSoulful, Atmospheric, Heavy, Fancy, Makes me think

Much awarded animated documentary, in which director and Israeli army veteran Ari Folman interviews friends and former soldiers about their memories of the 1982 Lebanon war and especially the Sabra and Shatila massacre in Beirut. The usage on animation enabled Folman to illustrate their personal memories and dreams.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genredrama, military, music
CountryGermany
Duration01:40
CharactersMusicians, Jews, Friends
PlotWar, Friendship, Self-sacrifice
PlaceRussia, Ukraine
TimeWorld War II
StyleFascinating, Touching, Depressive, Serious

Three musically talented children look to the future, but their hopes crumble when Germany and Russia enter into war.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genredrama, military, biography, history
CountryGermany, Poland
Duration02:11
CharactersMilitary, Soldier
PlotWar, On real events, Survival
PlaceGermany
TimeWorld War II
StyleExplicit scenes, Depressive, Serious

A nameless woman keeps a diary as the Russians invade Berlin in the spring of 1945. She is in her early 30s, a patriotic journalist with international credentials; her husband, Gerd, a writer, is an officer at the Russian front. She speaks Russian and, for a day or two after the invasion, keeps herself safe, but then the rapes begin. She resolves to control her fate

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrethriller, drama, military, history
CountryUSA, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Japan, United Kingdom
Duration02:01
CharactersHitler
PlotWar, On real events, Friendship, Betrayal, Cheating
PlaceGermany
TimeWorld War II
StyleAction, Disturbing

Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler. When events unfold so that he becomes a central player, he finds himself tasked with both leading the coup and personally killing the Führer.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genreaction, drama, military, biography, history
CountryGermany, France, Austria
Duration02:00
CharactersHeroes, Military, Soldier
PlotWar, On real events, Intrigue, Rivalry
PlaceCourt, France, Beach
TimeWorld War II
StyleFascinating, Serious, Disturbing

The story of the final seven months in the life of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genredrama, military, biography, history
CountryGermany, Austria, Italy
Duration02:36
CharactersHitler
PlotWar
TimeWorld War II

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, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his generals and advisers to fight to the last man. When the end finally does come, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genredrama, military
CountryGermany
Duration02:14
CharactersMilitary, Soldier
PlotWar, Survival
TimeWorld War II

"Stalingrad" follows the progress of a German Platoon through the brutal fighting of the Battle of Stalingrad. After having half their number wiped out and after being placed under the command of a sadistic Captain, the Lieutenant of the platoon leads his men to desert. The men of the platoon attempt to escape from the city which is now surrounded by the Soviet Army.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genredrama, military, sport
CountryGermany
Duration01:55
PlotWar, Boxing, Friendship
PlaceGermany, Boarding school
StyleTo cry, Soulful, Fascinating, Depressive, Serious

In 1942, Friedrich Weimer's boxing skills get him an appointment to a National Political Academy (NaPolA) – high schools that produce Nazi elite. Over his father's objections, Friedrich enrolls. During his year in seventh column,Friedrich encounters hazing, cruelty, death, and the Nazi code. His friendship with Albrecht, the ascetic son of the area's governor, is central to this education.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genredrama, military
CountryAustralia, Germany, United Kingdom
Duration01:48
CharactersJews
PlotWar, Survival, Travel
PlaceGermany
TimeWorld War II
StyleAction, Soulful, Atmospheric, Tense, Gloomy

Lore leads her four younger siblings across a war-torn Germany in 1945. Amidst the chaos she encounters a mysterious refugee who shatters her fragile reality with hatred and desire.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genredrama, biography, history, sport
CountryGermany
CharactersBrothers
PlotWar
PlaceGermany

Two brothers start a sportswear company in the 1920s, hoping to make the best shoes in the world. Their relationship deteriorates until they become bitter rivals.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genredocumentary
CountryGermany, Lithuania
PlotWar, Holidays
PlaceGermany

Every year, on the 9th of May, people gather in Treptower Park in Berlin. They come dressed in their best outfits or in Soviet military uniform. They carry flags, banners and posters. They lay flowers at the monument to the Soviet soldier; they sing, dance and drink. They celebrate the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany.The film is a direct reportage from Treptower Park 72 years after the victory.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genredrama, crime, military, biography
CountryFrance, Germany, Romania
Duration01:43
PlotWar, Political
PlaceGermany
TimeWorld War II
StyleSoulful, Makes me think, Depressive, Disturbing

Kurt Gerstein—a member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS—is horrified by what he sees in the death camps. he is then shocked to learn that the process he used to purify water for his troops by using Zyklon-B, is now used to kill people in gas chambers.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genredrama, military, history
CountryGermany, France, Poland
Duration01:52
CharactersTeens, Heroes, Jews
PlotWar, On real events, Survival
PlaceGhetto, Germany, Berlin, Poland
TimeWorld War II
StyleAction, Epic, Makes me think

A Jewish boy separated from his family in the early days of WWII poses as a German orphan and is taken into the heart of the Nazi world as a 'war hero' and eventually becomes a Hitler Youth.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genreaction, drama, military, biography, history
CountryNorway, Denmark, Germany
Duration01:58
PlotWar, Fear
TimeWorld War II

Max Manus is a Norwegian 2008 biographic war film based on the real events of the life of resistance fighter Max Manus (1914–96), after his contribution in the Winter War against the Soviet Union. The story follows Manus through the outbreak of World War II in Norway until peacetime in 1945.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genredrama, military
CountryGermany, Russia, Ukraine
Duration01:33
CharactersMilitary, Soldier, Orphans
PlotWar, On real events, Friendship, Swimming
PlaceIslands, Beach, Germany
TimeGreat Patriotic War, World War II
StyleSoulful, By books, Makes me think, Touching, Serious

Germany, Baltic Sea coast, May 1945, a few days before the end of World War II. A small Soviet patrol arrives at an isolated house where an elderly baroness gives shelter to a group of orphan girls and a boy who is determined to continue the fight.

Markimdb: 5
Genrethriller, drama, military
CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany
Duration01:32
CharactersSpy
PlotWar, Missing people
PlaceEngland
TimeWorld War II
StyleAction, Serious, Disturbing

It is 1944 and the D-Day invasion has failed, Germany's army have successfully invaded England and the Nazi war-machine is now heading west towards Wales. A group of women in an isolated Welsh village near the English border wake up to discover all of the their husbands have mysteriously vanished. They have headed into the mountains to join the Resistance.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genredrama, military, history
CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Germany
Duration02:14
CharactersPolice
PlotWar, On real events, Death, Confrontation
PlaceCourt, Germany, Berlin
TimeWorld War II
StyleBy books, Tense, Heartbreaking, Disturbing

Berlin in June of 1940. While Nazi propaganda celebrates the regime’s victory over France, a kitchen-cum-living room in Prenzlauer Berg is filled with grief. Anna and Otto Quangel’s son has been killed at the front. This working class couple had long believed in the ‘Führer’ and followed him willingly, but now they realise that his promises are nothing but lies and deceit. They begin writing postcards as a form of resistance and in a bid to raise awareness: Stop the war machine! Kill Hitler! Putting their lives at risk, they distribute these cards in the entrances of tenement buildings and in stairwells. But the SS and the Gestapo are soon onto them, and even their neighbours pose a threat.

Markimdb: 8.6
Genredrama, military, music, biography
CountryFrance, Poland, United Kingdom, Germany
Duration02:29
CharactersGeniuses, Musicians, Jews, Pianists
PlotWar, On real events, Survival, Music, Hunger
PlaceConcentration camp, Ghetto, Poland
TimeWorld War II
StyleExciting, Tense, Depressive, Heartbreaking, Worth watching

The true story of pianist Wladyslaw 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; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genremelodrama, drama, military
CountryGermany
Duration01:45
PlotWar
PlacePrison, New York
StyleRomantic

Hannah, a young Jewish girl, is rescued from a concentration camp by her Polish boyfriend, and believes he died after their perilous escape. More than 30 years later, the married Hannah faces an emotional crisis when she learns he's alive.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrecomedy, drama, military
CountryRomania, Germany, Belgium
Duration01:25
CharactersLosers, Soldier
PlotWar, Friendship
PlaceVillage
TimeWorld War II
StyleLight, Fascinating, Fancy, Black humor

Set during World War II, somewhere in Eastern Europe. A German soldier is found dead near the village. The local authorities must find the culprit, or they will be all shot by the Nazis the morning after. There's no way to find the guilty one, but there's Ipu, the madman of the village, whom they promise a hero's funeral if he will claims responsibility and agrees to die in their place. He must decide, and time is running out.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genreaction, thriller
CountryGermany, Spain, USA
Duration02:02
CharactersDogs, Teens, Snipers, Mafia, Gangsters
PlotLove, War, Survival, Robbery, Revenge
PlaceEngland, Party, Mansions
StyleUnexpected ending, Exciting, Tense, Disturbing

An assassin forges an unlikely partnership with one of his targets: a woman seeking revenge for the murder of her family.

Markimdb: 8
Genredrama, documentary, military, biography
CountryGermany, United Kingdom, France
Duration01:20
CharactersHeroes, Military, Soldier
PlotWar, On real events, Survival
PlacePrison, Jungle, Vietnam, Germany, Asia
TimeWorld War II
StyleAction, Soulful, Fascinating, Serious

In 1966, Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos, captured, and, down to 85 pounds, escaped. Barefoot, surviving monsoons, leeches, and machete-wielding villagers, he was rescued. Now, near 60, living on Mt. Tamalpais, Dengler tells his story: a German lad surviving Allied bombings in World War II, postwar poverty, apprenticed to a smith, beaten regularly. At 18, he emigrates and peels potatoes in the U.S. Air Force. He leaves for California and college, then enlistment in the Navy to learn to fly. A quiet man of sorrows tells his story: war, capture, harrowing conditions, escape, and miraculous rescue. Where did he find the strength; how does he now live with his memories?

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrethriller, drama, military
CountryNetherlands, Germany, United Kingdom, Belgium
Duration02:25
CharactersSpy, Terrorists, Jews, Pianists, Singers
PlotWar, Survival, False accusations
TimeWorld War II
StyleAction, Twisted plot, Epic

In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrecomedy, drama, military
CountryUSA, Germany
Duration01:58
CharactersMilitary, Soldier, Architects
PlotWar, On real events, Art
PlaceGermany
TimeWorld War II
StyleExciting, By books, Serious, Disturbing

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?

Markimdb: 4.6
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany
Duration01:16
CharactersHeroes
PlotWar, Survival, Death
PlaceSpace
TimeFuture, Post apocalypse
StyleExciting, Fascinating, Serious, Disturbing

In 2065, the crew of the Pegasus are searching for a new home for humanity. As they approach their potential new world, the discovery of another ship could be the key to their salvation, or doom them and the rest of humanity to extinction.





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