Movies About WWII

For some​ quarantine entertainment...

Time Out magazine's list of 50 best World War II films: 
https://www.timeout.com/london/film/50-best-world-war-ii-movies 

Indie Wire's list of the 10 best modern WWII movies: 
https://www.indiewire.com/2016/08/best-world-war-2-movies-fury-unbroken-1201714330/ 
My favorites on this list are Fury and Atonement.

If you enjoy historical accuracy over entertainment value: 
https://time.com/5826591/accurate-world-war-ii-movies/ 

Available to Stream:
WWII Movies on Netflix:

• Defiance (2008) – about the Nazi occupation of Belarus and the Jewish resistance
• The Pianist (2002) – the true story of a Polish Jewish pianist and the changes that took place in Warsaw during WWII
• Inglourious Basterds (2009) – NOT actual history, but we can put on our evaluative thinking caps: Does counter-factual or alternate history serve a purpose in the study of history, or is it a useless exercise? Does this film reveal more about the past or about present day, and in what ways?

WWII Movies on HBONow:

• Pearl Harbor (2001) – when you get past the cheesy love story there’s like 5 minutes of history in there
• The Tuskegee Airmen (1995) – about the first squadron of African American combat fighter pilots
• Valkyrie (2008) – if you can ignore Tom Cruise’s dead eyes, the true story of the plot to assassinate Hitler is pretty fascinating

I don’t have subscriptions to any other streaming platforms, but if you know of another World War II film that’s available for streaming let me know and I’ll add it to the list!