swap_horiz Their Finest Alternatives

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Quo Vadis, Aida?

Quo Vadis, Aida? is a 2020 Bosnian war drama by Jasmila Zbanic, notable for its Srebrenica genocide setting and Oscar no...

Drama Bosnian War Srebrenica Un

8.7 Great

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Kanal

Kanal is Andrzej Wajda's 1957 Polish war film, notable as an early Warsaw Uprising drama and a Cannes Special Jury Prize...

Classic Poland Wwii Warsaw Uprising

8.2 Great

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Mandariinid

Mandariinid, or Tangerines, is a 2013 Estonian-Georgian war drama by Zaza Urushadze, notable for its 87th Oscars nominat...

Georgia Estonian Antiwar Abkhaz War

8.2 Great

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The Front Line

The Front Line is Jang Hoon's 2011 South Korean Korean War film, set around 1953 armistice fighting for contested hills.

Drama Korea Korean War Trenches

8.1 Great

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Katyn

Katyn is Andrzej Wajda's 2007 Polish historical drama, notable for portraying the 1940 Soviet massacre of Polish officer...

Poland Wwii Historical Massacre

7.5 Good

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The 12th Man

The 12th Man is a 2017 Norwegian war drama by Harald Zwart, notable for depicting Jan Baalsrud's escape to Sweden in 194...

Wwii Survival Resistance Norway

7.4 Good

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Fortress of War

Fortress of War is a 2010 Russian-Belarusian war film by Alexander Kott, notable for depicting the June 1941 defense of...

Siege Wwii Soviet Brest Fortress

7.4 Good

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The Dam Busters

The Dam Busters is Michael Anderson's 1955 British war film, notable for depicting RAF 617 Squadron's 1943 Operation Cha...

Raid Wwii British Aviation

7.4 Good

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When Trumpets Fade

When Trumpets Fade is a 1998 HBO war film by John Irvin, notable for its Battle of Hurtgen Forest setting in late World...

American Wwii Infantry Hurtgen Forest

7.4 Good

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Liberation

Liberation is Yuri Ozerov's 1970-1971 Soviet-led five-part World War II epic, notable for its 70 mm scale and Eastern Fr...

Epic Wwii Soviet Eastern Front

7.3 Good

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The Conference

The Conference is a 2022 German docudrama by Matti Geschonneck, notable for reenacting the 1942 Wannsee Conference on te...

German Wwii Holocaust Wannsee

7.1 Good

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Command Decision

Command Decision is a 1949 MGM war drama by Sam Wood, notable for focusing on the command costs of bombing Nazi Germany.

American Wwii Aviation Command

7.1 Good

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Operation Daybreak

Operation Daybreak is a 1975 war film by Lewis Gilbert, notable for dramatizing Operation Anthropoid, the assassination...

Wwii Resistance Czechoslovakia Assassination

7.0 Good

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The Tuskegee Airmen

The Tuskegee Airmen is a 1995 HBO film by Robert Markowitz, notable for portraying the first Black U.S. Army Air Corps c...

Wwii Biographical Aviation Tuskegee

7.0 Good

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Suite Francaise

Suite Francaise is a 2015 war romance by Saul Dibb, notable for adapting Irene Nemirovsky's posthumously published occup...

France Wwii Romance Occupation

6.7 Fair

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The Exception

The Exception is a 2016 romantic war film by David Leveaux, notable for fictionalizing Kaiser Wilhelm II's Dutch exile u...

Germany Drama Wwii Espionage

6.6 Fair

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Narvik

Narvik is a 2022 Norwegian historical war film by Erik Skjoldbjaerg, notable for dramatizing the 1940 Battles of Narvik.

Drama Wwii Norway Occupation

6.5 Fair

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Anzio

Anzio is a 1968 Italian-American war film co-directed by Edward Dmytryk and Duilio Coletti, notable for depicting Operat...

American Italy Wwii Amphibious

5.9 Mediocre

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The Battle of the Bulge

Battle of the Bulge is a 1965 American epic by Ken Annakin, filmed in Ultra Panavision 70 and loosely dramatizing the Ar...

Tank American Wwii Ardennes

5.8 Mediocre

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The Monuments Men

The Monuments Men is George Clooney's 2014 World War II film, notable for dramatizing the Allied effort to recover Nazi-...

Wwii Ensemble Art Recovery Allies

5.7 Mediocre