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How chronology is used here
Works are ordered by the date of their principal event. Films that cover several years or the entire war belong mainly in Comprehensive, rather than being forced into a misleading precise timeline.
World War II — Cronologico
01.09.193902.09.1945
Event-led screen history from the Sino-Japanese War to the war-crimes trials, prioritizing works anchored to comparatively specific dates.
16 titoli33.3 ore note16 film · 0 documentari · 0 serie/episodi
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1937 · The war in China
1937
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Essenziale
南京!南京!
City of Life and DeathSTORIA RAPPRESENTATA 1937
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Begin the global background in East Asia, where large-scale Japanese–Chinese war preceded the European outbreak.
The film dramatizes the 1937 Nanjing massacre through composite characters. Its violence and historical setting are grounded in events, but individual stories are fictional.
132 minIMDb 7.7 · 12.6K voti
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1938 · Munich and appeasement
29.09.1938 → 30.09.1938
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Essenziale
Munich - The Edge of War
STORIA RAPPRESENTATA 29.09.1938 → 30.09.1938
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Understand failed diplomacy and the fear of another European war immediately before 1939.
The Munich Agreement was signed in September 1938. The espionage friendship at the film's centre is invented; the appeasement debate is simplified.
130 minIMDb 6.8 · 40.2K voti
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1939 · The European war begins
01.09.1939 → 07.09.1939
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Westerplatte
Westerplatte ResistsSTORIA RAPPRESENTATA 01.09.1939 → 07.09.1939
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See the invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 from the defenders' perspective.
The assault on Westerplatte accompanied the start of the European war. Dramatized disagreements among its defenders should not obscure the wider Polish campaign and Soviet invasion on 17 September.
91 minIMDb 7.0 · 572 voti
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1940 · The fall of Western Europe
09.05.1940 → 04.06.1940
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Essenziale
Darkest Hour
STORIA RAPPRESENTATA 09.05.1940 → 04.06.1940
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Follow Britain's wartime leadership crisis during the German assault on Western Europe.
Churchill became prime minister in May 1940 as the German offensive unfolded. The celebrated Underground encounter is fictionalized.
125 minIMDb 7.4 · 246K voti
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Dunkirk
STORIA RAPPRESENTATA 26.05.1940 → 04.06.1940
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Experience the evacuation from northern France through soldiers, civilians and airmen.
Operation Dynamo evacuated Allied troops in May–June 1940. The film uses fictional composite characters and interwoven timelines instead of a survey of the campaign.
107 minIMDb 7.8 · 829K voti
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1941 · Pearl Harbor
07.12.1941
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Essenziale
Tora! Tora! Tora!
STORIA RAPPRESENTATA 07.12.1941
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Examine the decisions and failures that preceded Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.
The 7 December 1941 attack brought the United States into war against Japan; the film presents events from US and Japanese perspectives, though dialogue is reconstructed.
144 minIMDb 7.5 · 40.3K voti
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1942 · The system of genocide
1942
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Essenziale
Conspiracy
STORIA RAPPRESENTATA 1942
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Understand how bureaucrats coordinated the machinery of genocide.
The Wannsee Conference met in January 1942 to coordinate policies for the genocide of Europe's Jews. Mass murder was already underway; this meeting did not mark its beginning.
96 minIMDb 7.6 · 31.0K voti
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1942–43 · Stalingrad
23.08.1942 → 02.02.1943
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Essenziale
Stalingrad
STORIA RAPPRESENTATA 23.08.1942 → 02.02.1943
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See the Eastern Front's human cost as Germany's 1942 offensive becomes a struggle for survival.
The Battle of Stalingrad lasted from 1942 into February 1943. This is a fictional German-unit perspective and should be paired with wider context on Soviet forces and civilians.
134 minIMDb 7.5 · 39.7K voti
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1943 · German resistance
1943
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Sophie Scholl – Die letzten Tage
Sophie Scholl: The Final DaysSTORIA RAPPRESENTATA 1943
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Discover civilian moral resistance inside Nazi Germany.
Sophie and Hans Scholl were arrested and executed in 1943 for White Rose resistance. The film uses surviving interrogation and trial records but reconstructs some conversations.
117 minIMDb 7.6 · 30.0K voti
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1944 · Normandy
06.06.1944 → 13.06.1944
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Essenziale
Saving Private Ryan
STORIA RAPPRESENTATA 06.06.1944 → 13.06.1944
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Enter the Normandy landings and the human cost of the liberation campaign.
The Omaha Beach opening evokes D-Day on 6 June 1944; the rescue mission and central characters are fictional.
169 minIMDb 8.6 · 1.7M voti
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1944 · Warsaw
01.08.1944 → 02.10.1944
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Miasto 44
Warsaw 44STORIA RAPPRESENTATA 01.08.1944 → 02.10.1944
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Understand the desperation and civilian catastrophe of the Warsaw Uprising.
The Home Army began the Warsaw Uprising on 1 August 1944. The young protagonists are fictional, and spectacle should not replace the military and diplomatic context.
127 minIMDb 6.6 · 7.4K voti
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1944 · Market Garden
17.09.1944 → 25.09.1944
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A Bridge Too Far
Quell'ultimo ponteSTORIA RAPPRESENTATA 17.09.1944 → 25.09.1944
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Follow Operation Market Garden and the risks of bold Allied offensives in 1944.
The September 1944 airborne offensive failed to secure a crossing of the Lower Rhine. The large ensemble compresses command decisions and battlefield experience.
175 minIMDb 7.4 · 68.8K voti
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1945 · Iwo Jima
19.02.1945 → 26.03.1945
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Essenziale
Letters from Iwo Jima
Lettere da Iwo JimaSTORIA RAPPRESENTATA 19.02.1945 → 26.03.1945
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View a key Pacific island battle through Japanese soldiers rather than a US-only perspective.
The battle of Iwo Jima ran from February to March 1945. The film fictionalizes personal stories while evoking the defenders' conditions.
141 minIMDb 7.8 · 178K voti
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1945 · Berlin
20.04.1945 → 02.05.1945
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Essenziale
Der Untergang
DownfallSTORIA RAPPRESENTATA 20.04.1945 → 02.05.1945
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Witness the collapse of Hitler's regime during the battle for Berlin.
The film reconstructs April 1945 around Hitler's bunker using testimony and memoirs. Its focus on individuals must not eclipse the regime's crimes.
155 minIMDb 8.2 · 405K voti
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1945 · Japan’s surrender
14.08.1945 → 15.08.1945
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Essenziale
日本のいちばん長い日
Japan's Longest DaySTORIA RAPPRESENTATA 14.08.1945 → 15.08.1945
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Follow the internal crisis surrounding Japan's decision to accept surrender in August 1945.
The atomic bombings, Soviet entry into the war and discussions around the emperor all shaped the decision. The film dramatizes deliberations and a failed coup attempt.
157 minIMDb 7.7 · 1.2K voti
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1945–46 · Nuremberg
1945 → 1946
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Opzionale
Nuremberg
STORIA RAPPRESENTATA 1945 → 1946
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Reflect on postwar accountability, propaganda and the effort to prosecute leading perpetrators.
The international trial began in November 1945. The film's psychiatric framing is a dramatized entry point, not a replacement for court evidence.
149 minIMDb 7.3 · 121K voti
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What happened next
In 1945, the war ended but occupation, reconstruction, displacement, decolonization and prosecution continued. The rivalry between the Soviet Union and Western powers reshaped international life. Continue with the Cold War journey; this is a future Watch Next editorial link, not yet an active app feature.