7 /10
During WWII, four North African men enlist in the French army to liberate that country from Nazi oppression, and to fight French discrimination.
Run Time: 128 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Sep 27, 2006
Director: Director: Rachid Bouchareb,
Stars: Jamel Debbouze, Samy Naceri, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila, Bernard Blancan,
6.5 /10
Fleeing the June 1940 arrival of Hitler's army in Paris, a young war widow and her two children are rescued from dive-bombing German fighters by a cocky, reckless teenager. He finds them refuge in an abandoned house, but despite the fact that the family quickly comes to be depending much on his cunning and survival abilities, their cohabitation proves uneasy.
Run Time: 95 Min . MMPA: 15 . Release: Aug 20, 2003
Director: Director: Andr Tchin,
Stars: Emmanuelle Bart, Gaspard Ulliel, Clmence Meyer, Samuel Labarthe, Jean Fornerod,
6.3 /10
An American-born Jewish adolescent, Hannah Stern is uninterested in the culture, faith and customs of her relatives. However, she begins to revaluate her heritage when she has a supernatural experience that transports her back to a Nazi death camp in 1941. There she meets a young girl named Rivkah, a fellow captive in the camp. As Rivkah and Hannah struggle to survive in the face of daily atrocities, they form an unbreakable bond.
Run Time: 95 Min . MMPA: 11 . Release: Mar 28, 1999
Director: Director: Donna Deitch,
Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Kirsten Dunst, Brittany Murphy, Mimi Rogers, Leonardas Pobedonoscevas,
7.6 /10
Summer of 1939. Zosia is a young Polish girl who is deeply in love with Ukrainian Petro. Their great love will be put to the test when her father decides to marry her to a wealthy widower Skiba. Right after wedding she is left alone because her husband is drafted to the Polish army for the war with Germany. Meanwhile, tensions grow due to Jews, Poles, and Ukrainians living side by side.
Run Time: 150 Min . MMPA: 18 . Release: Oct 07, 2016
Director: Director: Wojciech Smarzowski,
Stars: Michalina abacz, Arkadiusz Jakubik, Adrian Zaremba, Lech Dyblik, Jacek Braciak,
7.3 /10
Free-spirited writer Juliet Ashton forms a life-changing bond with the delightful and eccentric Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, when she decides to write about the book club they formed during the occupation of Guernsey in WWII.
Run Time: 124 Min . MMPA: 12 . Release: Apr 19, 2018
Director: Director: Mike Newell,
Stars: Lily James, Jessica Brown Findlay, Matthew Goode, Michiel Huisman, Katherine Parkinson,
7.3 /10
In occupied France, Maurice and Joseph, two young Jewish brothers left to their own devices demonstrate an incredible amount of cleverness, courage, and ingenuity to escape the enemy invasion and to try to reunite their family once again.
Run Time: 110 Min . MMPA: 13 . Release: Jan 18, 2017
Director: Director: Christian Duguay,
Stars: Dorian Le Clech, Batyste Fleurial, Patrick Bruel, Elsa Zylberstein, Christian Clavier,
6.5 /10
Gilda Bessé shares her Paris apartment with an Irish schoolteacher, Guy Malyon, and Mia, a refugee from Spain. As the world drifts toward war, Gilda defiantly pursues her hedonistic lifestyle and her burgeoning career as a photographer. But Guy and Mia feel impelled to join the fight against fascism, and the three friends are separated.
Run Time: 121 Min . MMPA: 18 . Release: Apr 29, 2004
Director: Director: John Duigan,
Stars: Charlize Theron, Penlope Cruz, Stuart Townsend, Thomas Kretschmann, Peter Cockett,
8.1 /10
Nine years later, Jesse travels across Europe giving readings from a book he wrote about the night he spent in Vienna with Celine. After his reading in Paris, Celine finds him, and they spend part of the day together before Jesse has to again leave for a flight. They are both in relationships now, and Jesse has a son, but as their strong feelings for each other start to return, both confess a longing for more.
Run Time: 80 Min . MMPA: 16 . Release: Feb 10, 2004
Director: Director: Richard Linklater,
Stars: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Vernon Dobtcheff, Louise Lemoine Torrs, Rodolphe Pauly,
8 /10
Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie—until a secret is revealed. Based on events from writer-director Malle’s own childhood, the film is a subtle, precisely observed tale of courage, cowardice, and tragic awakening.
Run Time: 105 Min . MMPA: 12 . Release: Oct 07, 1987
Director: Director: Louis Malle,
Stars: Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejt, Francine Racette, Stanislas Carr de Malberg, Philippe MorierGenoud,