World War 2 movies in chronological order of the real events.

World War 2 movies in chronological order.

37 movies in total

Actor with most appearances: Robert Mitchum

Highest rated movie: Schindler's List

Lowest rated movie: 1939 Battle of Westerplatte

HITLER: THE RISE OF EVIL. (2003) Director: Christian Duguay Starring Robert Carlyle & Peter O'Toole

Adolf Hitler's rise to power as leader of the Nazi party. 1899 - 1934.

THE FLOWERS OF WAR. (2011) Director: Zhang Yimou Starring Christian Bale & Ni Ni

the Nanking Massacre in the Second Sino-Japanese War. Dec 1937 - Jan 1938.

THE GATHERING STORM. (2002) Director: Richard Loncraine Starring Albert Finney & Vanessa Redgrave

War is declared against Germany and Winston Churchill is made First Lord of the Admiralty. 1934 - 1939.

1939 BATTLE OF WESTERPLATTE. (2013) Director: Paweł Chochlew Starring Michał Żebrowski & Piotr Adamczyk

The first battle in Germany's invasion of Poland. 1-7 September 1939.

BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE. (1956) Directors: Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger Starring Anthony Quayle & Peter Finch

the first naval battle in the Second World War. 13 December 1939.

THE WINTER WAR. (1989) Director: Pekka Parikka Starring Taneli Mäkelä & Vesa Vierikko

The Soviet Union invades Finland. 30 Nov 1939 - 13 Mar 1940.

APRIL 9TH. (2015) Director: Roni Ezra Starring Pilou Asbæk & Lars Mikkelsen

Germany invades Denmark. 9 April 1940.

DARKEST HOUR - DUNKIRK. (2017) Directors: Joe Wright & Christopher Nolan Starring Gary Oldman & Lily James Fionn Whitehead & Kenneth Branagh

Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister and British forces are evacuated from Dunkirk. 10 May - 4 June 1940.

BATTLE OF BRITAIN. (1969) Director: Guy Hamilton Starring Michael Caine & Laurence Olivier

The RAF battles the German Luftwaffe in the skies of Britain. 10 July - 31 Oct 1940.

DAS BOOT. (1981) Director: Wolfgang Petersen Starring Jürgen Prochnow & Klaus Wennemann

German U-Boats battle for control of the North Atlantic. Autumn 1941.

THE DESERT RATS. (1953) Director: Robert Wise Starring Richard Burton & James Mason

The siege of Tobruk during the North African campaign. 10 April - 27 November 1941.

THE BREST FORTRESS. (2010) Director: Alexander Kott Starring Alexey Kopashov & Andrey Merzlikin

Germany invades Russia. 22 Jun - 5 Dec 1941.

TORA! TORA! TORA! (1970) Directors: Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku & Toshio Masuda Starring Martin Balsam & So Yamamura

Japan attacks Pearl Harbor and America officially enters the war. 7 December 1941.

PANFILOV'S 28 MEN. (2016) Directors: Andrey Shalopa, Kim Druzhinin Starring Aleksandr Ustyugov & Yakov Kucherevskiy

28 Russian soldiers hold back the Germans during the Battle of Moscow. 2 Oct 1941 - 7 Jan 1942.

CONSPIRACY. (2001) Director: Frank Pierson Starring Kenneth Branagh & Stanley Tucci

Members of the Nazi High Command meet to discuss "the final solution." 20 Jan 1942.

CANOPY. (2014) Director: Aaron Wilson Starring Khan Chittenden & Morning Mo

An Australian pilot and a resistance fighter evade the Japanese during the Battle of Singapore. 7 Feb 1942 – 15 Feb 1942.

BATAAN. (1943) Director: Tay Garnett Starring Robert Taylor & Lloyd Nolan

The Battle of Bataan. 7 January - 9 April 1942.

30 SECONDS OVER TOKYO. (1944) Director: Mervyn LeRoy Starring Spencer Tracy & Val Johnson

Lt. Colonel James Doolittle leads a bombing raid over Tokyo. 15 April 1942.

ANTHROPOID. (2016) Director: Sean Ellis Starring Cillian Murphy & Jamie Dornan

Two Czech soldiers attempt to assassinate  Reinhard Heydrich. Dec 1941- June 1942.

MIDWAY. (1976) Director: Jack Smight Starring Charlton Heston & Henry Fonda

The American navy defeats Japan during the Battle of Midway. 4 Jun 1942 – 7 Jun 1942.

EL ALEMEIN: THE LINE OF FIRE. (2002) Director: Enzo Monteleone Starring Paolo Briguglia & Emilio Solfrizzi

Italian forces hold out against the Allies during the second battle of El Alamein. 23 Oct – 11 Nov 1942.

THE THIN RED LINE. (1998) Director: Terrence Malick Starring Jim Caviezel & Nick Nolte

The Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse, during the Guadalcanal campaign. 15 Dec 1942 - 23 Jan 1943.

ENEMY AT THE GATES. (2001) Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud Starring Jude Law & Ed Harris

A Russian sniper and a German sniper play cat and mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad. 23 Aug 1942 -2 Feb 1943.

BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI. (1957) Director: David Lean Starring Alec Guinness & Sessue Hayakawa

British prisoners of war build a railway bridge in Burma. Feb - May 1943.

THE DAM BUSTERS. (1955) Director: Michael Anderson Starring Richard Todd & Michael Redgrave

The British invent the bouncing bomb and use it to attack German dams. 17 May 1943.

THE GUNS OF NAVARONE. (1961) Director: J. Lee Thompson Starring Gregory Peck & David Niven

A team of soldiers must reach the island of Navarone to destroy German artillery cannons. 26 Sep - 16 Nov 1943.

WHERE EAGLES DARE. (1968) Director: Brian G. Hutton Starring Richard Burton & Clint Eastwood

A team of commandos infiltrate a German castle to rescue an American General. Late 1943 -  Early 1944.

THE GREAT ESCAPE. (1963) Director: John Sturges Starring Steve McQueen & Richard Attenborough

250 allied prisoners attempt to escape from Stalag Luft III. March 1944.

THE LONGEST DAY. (1962) Directors: Ken Annakin, Darryl F. Zanuck, Bernhard Wicki, Andrew Marton & Gerd Oswald Starring Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, Sean Connery, Rod Steiger & John Wayne

The allied forces prepare for the invasion of Normandy. 4 June 1944.

SAVING PRIVATE RYAN. (1998) Director: Steven Spielberg Starring Tom Hanks & Matt Damon

After the invasion of Normandy, a group of soldiers are sent behind enemy lines to rescue a lost Private. 4 June 1944.

ANZIO. (1968) Directors: Edward Dmytryk, Duilio Coletti Starring Robert Mitchum & Peter Falk

Allied forces invade Italy and fight against the Germans. 22 Jan 1944 - 5 Jun 1944.

A BRIDGE TOO FAR. (1977) Director: Richard Attenborough Starring Sean Connery, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins & Robert Redford

The Allies suffer a disastrous defeat during Operation Market Garden. 17 Sep 1944 - 25 Sep 1944.

BATTLE OF THE BULGE. (1965) Director: Ken Annakin Starring Henry Fonda & Robert Shaw

The last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front. 16 Dec 1944 - 25 Jan 1945.

LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA. (2006) Director: Clint Eastwood Starring Ken Watanabe & Kazunari Ninomiya

The United States Marine Corps and Navy capture the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Army. February 19 – March 26, 1945.

DOWNFALL. (2004) Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel Starring Bruno Ganz & Alexandra Maria Lara

Adolf Hitler commits suicide and Germany surrenders to the Allies. April 1945.

HIROSHIMA. (1995) Directors: Koreyoshi Kurahara, Roger Spottiswoode Starring Kenneth Welsh & Timothy West

The Americans drop an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. 6 Aug 1945 – 9 Aug 1945.

NUREMBERG. (2000) Director: Yves Simoneau Starring Alec Baldwin & Brian Cox

The surviving members of the Nazi High Command are put on trial for war crimes. 20 Nov 1945 - 1 Oct 1946.

SCHINDLER'S LIST. (1993) Director Steven Spielberg Starring Liam Neeson & Ralph Fiennes

Oskar Schindler attempts to save his Jewish employees from German concentration camps. The Holocaust.

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