Zgodba spremlja ameriškega znanstvenika J. Roberta Oppenheimerja in njegovo vlogo pri razvoju atomske bombe. Znanstvenika Oppenheimerja je upodobil Cillian Murphy, njegovo ženo Katherine »Kitty« Oppenheimer, ki je biologinja in botaničarka, pa igralka Emily Blunt. Oskarjevec Matt Damon je upodobil generala Leslieja Grovesa ml., direktorja projekta Manhattan, igralec Robert Downey Jr. pa je ustanovni komisar ameriške komisije za jedrsko energijo Lewis Strauss.
1947. Na Madžarskem rojeni judovski arhitekt László Toth prispe v Pensilvanijo v Ameriki, da si tam zgradi novo življenje in upajoč, da se mu kmalu pridruži soproga, ki je obtičala v Vzhodni Evropi. Medtem ko opravlja priložnostna dela, njegov talent prepozna bogati industrialec Harrison Lee Van Buren, ki Lászlu naroči na videz sanjski projekt...
Film pripoveduje resnično zgodbo nacističnega poslovneža, kockarja in ženskarja Oskarja Schindlerja, ki je med drugo svetovno vojno gotove smrti rešil na tisoče Židov, tako da jih je zaposlil v svoji tovarni. Čeprav ga je sprva gnala le misel na denar in življenje v visokih družbenih krogih, ga je vojna spremenila v velikega človekoljuba, ki je bil za to, da bi rešil druge, pripravljen žrtvovati tudi lastno življenje ...
Vojna akcija. V glavni vlogi Brad Pitt. April, 1945. Iz zgodovine znan Shermanov tank in njegovih pet mož, ki se bojuje na sovražnikovi črti. Mlad vojak se prvič poda v boj, v samo srce Nacistov
Medtem ko divja druga svetovna vojna, se najstnik Mahito, ki ga preganja materina tragična smrt, iz Tokia preseli v mirno podeželsko hišo svoje nove mačehe Natsuko, ženske, ki je neverjetno podobna dečkovi materi. Medtem ko se skuša prilagoditi, postane ta nenavadni novi svet še bolj nenavaden, ko se pojavi vztrajna siva čaplja, ki Mahita zmoti in mu povzroča preglavice ter ga označi za "dolgo pričakovanega".
Provokativni režiser trilerjev Šund in Ubila bom Billa se je tokrat podal v čas 2. svetovne vojne, naravnost v žrelo pekla - za sovražnikove bojne linije. Smrtonosni vod neobrzdanih ameriških vojakov pod vodstvom odločnega Alda se odpravi v okupirano Francijo, kjer z brezkompromisnim nasiljem v sovražnikove vrste vnašajo strah in trepet. Njihove načrte atentata na vplivne nacistične voditelje pa prekriža želja osebnega maščevanja francoske lastnice manjšega kina.
Film pripoveduje malo znano zgodbo o Alanu Turingu, genialnem matematiku, ki ga je britanska vojska med drugo svetovno vojno najela, da bi razvozlal sporočila nemškega šifrirnega stroja Enigma. Turing se je s pisano druščino strokovnjakov podal v napeto bitko s časom, a uspeh, ki ga je nazadnje dosegel, je moral ostati strogo varovana državna skrivnost. Njegovo delo je bistveno pripomoglo k skrajšanju druge svetovne vojne in rešilo številna življenja, stroj, ki ga je iznašel, pa velja za prototip sodobnega računalnika. Leta 1952 so Turinga aretirali in obsodili zaradi homoseksualnosti. Dve leti kasneje je naredil samomor.
Režiser epopej Pogumno srce, Kristusov pasijon in Apokalipto predstavlja navdihujočo resnično zgodbo o bolničarju Desmondu, ki želi v času druge svetovne vojne pomagati tovarišem v boju. Spomladi leta 1945 – ko se je vojna na Tihem oceanu bližala svojim poslednjim, a najsmrtonosnejšim dnevom in so ameriške sile v Okinavi naletele na morda najbolj zagrizen odpor Japoncev – se je en vojak izkazal za neverjetnega junaka. Desmond T. Doss, ki je zaradi ugovora vesti odklanjal uporabo orožja in je zaprisegel, da nikoli ne bo ubil nikogar, je služil kot neoborožen bolničar… in je sam samcat – ne da bi izstrelil en sam naboj – rešil življenja na ducate svojih soborcev, ki so se opotekli pod streli sovražnika.
Začetek z zavezniško invazijo na Normandijo 6. junija 1944 se pripadniki drugega jurišnega bataljona pod kapitanom Millerjem borijo za nadzor nad plažo. V bojih sta dva brata ubita. Nekoliko prej je v Novi Gvineji ubit tudi tretji brat. Njegova mati, gospa Ryan, naj bi na isti dan prejela tri telegrame smrti. Vodja ameriške vojske George C. Marshall vidi priložnost, da ji olajša trpljenje, ko izve četrtega brata, zasebnika Jamesa Ryana, in se odloči poslati osem mož (kapitan Miller in izbrana skupina iz njegovega bataljona), da jih najde njega in ga vrni v materino hišo.
Resnična zgodba o tajni britanski organizaciji iz druge svetovne vojne: Special Operations Executive. Ustanovil jo je Winston Churchill, njihovi napadi na nemške sile za bojnimi linijami pa so pomagala spremeniti potek vojne in so botrovali nastanku sodobnih "črnih operacij".
Resnična zgodba pianista Wladyslawa Szpilmana in njegovega življenja v Varšavi med nacistično okupacijo.
Ganljiva pripoved o italijanskemu judovskemu knjigarnarju, ki živi veselo življenje, dokler njegove družine sredi druge svetovne vojne ne pošljejo v koncentracijsko taborišče. Da bi svojega sina rešil pred grozotami, ga prepriča, da je vse skupaj samo igra.
Režiser filmov Volkodlak in Jurski park 3 predstavlja zgodbo o rojstvu legende, prvega maščevalca najbolj znanih stripovskih junakov. Steve je krmežljav mladenič, ki ga zavrnejo na naboru za vojsko, toda ker se želi boriti proti nacistom, sprejme ponudbo sodelovanja pri nenavadnem poskusu. S pomočjo nenavadnega sevanja prejme nadnaravne moči in se poda na nevarno misijo, ki ga popelje v osrčje spopadov in tik pred vrata pekla.
Globoko v divjini Laponske Aatami Korpi išče zlato, a potem ko naleti na nacistično patruljo, se začne dih jemajoče in zlata željno preganjanje po uničeni in minirani divjini Laponske.
Na pragu II. svetovne vojne se mladi Gunnar Sønsteby iz Rjukana upre nacistom in s svojim prizadevanjem začrta novo pot za svojo prihodnost - postane vodja t.i. "tolpe iz Osla", ki izvede nešteto drznih sabotaž, s čimer postane največji norveški vojni junak.
Maj 1940, druga svetovna vojna. Nacisti so zaokrožili francosko pristaniško mesto Dunkirk (Dunkerque), z letaki tamkajšnjim prebivalcem in vojakom napovedujejo njihov na videz brezupen položaj. Zaradi sovražne vojske na eni strani in morja na drugi strani, se zdi, kot da ni možnosti za preživetje. Toda v Veliki Britaniji pripravljajo drzno reševalno akcijo, v uspeh katere sprva verjame zelo malo posameznikov. Kljub temu pa se nekaj pogumnih moških poda v boj, da bi rešili svoje tovariše. Na plažah pred Dunkirkom namreč 400.000 mož čaka na njihovo pomoč. Christopher Nolan je film režiral po lastnem scenariju in ga tudi produciral skupaj z Emmo Thomas. Izvršni producent je Jake Myers.
This series chronicles the adventures--in the air and on the ground--of the men of the 918th Bombardment Group of the U.S. Eighth Air Force. First commanded by irascible General Frank Savage--and later by Colonel Joe Gallagher, the son of a Pentagon General--the Group is stationed in England, and flies long-range bombing missions into German-held Europe.
The Sullivans is an Australian drama television series produced by Crawford Productions which ran on the Nine Network from 1976 until 1983. The series told the story of an average middle-class Melbourne family and the effect World War II had on their lives. It was a consistent ratings success in Australia, and also became popular in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands, Gibraltar and New Zealand.
Follow the deadliest conflict in human history in real time, week by week, blow by blow.
Hogan's Heroes is an American television sitcom that ran for 168 episodes from September 17, 1965, to July 4, 1971, on the CBS network. The show was set in a German prisoner of war camp during World War II. Bob Crane starred as Colonel Robert E. Hogan, coordinating an international crew of Allied prisoners running a Special Operations group from the camp. Werner Klemperer played Colonel Wilhelm Klink, the commandant of the camp, and John Banner was the inept sergeant-of-the-guard, Hans Schultz. The series was popular during its six-season run. In 2013, creators Bernard Fein through his estate and Albert S. Ruddy acquired the sequel and other separate rights to Hogan's Heroes from Mark Cuban through arbitration and a movie based on the show has been planned.
The dramatized World War II adventures of US Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington and his Marine Attack Squadron 214, AKA The Black Sheep Squadron.
WWII in HD is a 10-part American documentary television miniseries that originally aired from November 15 to November 19, 2009 on the History Channel. The program focuses on the firsthand experiences of twelve American service members during World War II, including an Army nurse, a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, a second generation Japanese American and prisoner of war, and an Austrian Jewish immigrant. The twelve members recorded their time in both theaters and some had later interviews; found footage from the battlefield was paired with the stories of the twelve service members. The episodes premiered on five consecutive days, with two episodes per day. The series is narrated by Gary Sinise and was produced by Lou Reda Productions in Easton, Pennsylvania, United States.
The Waltons live their life in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II.
Introducing the Walmington-On-Sea home guard. During WW2, in a fictional British seaside town, a ragtag group of Home Guard local defense volunteers prepare for an imminent German invasion.
The lives, loves and highs and lows of four members of the Women's Land Army working at the Hoxley Estate during World War II.
Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of American soldiers fighting the Germans in France during World War II. The program starred Rick Jason as platoon leader Second Lieutenant Gil Hanley and Vic Morrow as Sergeant "Chip" Saunders.
In a time filled with wars, environmental concerns and issues, there lives a gaggle of beautiful boys that are the personification of the world's countries. Japan, England, France, Finland, Germany and the rest of the boys attend the World Conference and tackle issues like global warming with a heavy dose of fun. Through multiple world wars the gang will traverse deserts, build mecha U-boats and solve the world's problems together!
World War II drama about covert organisation Lifeline helping allied airmen escape after being shot down in occupied Europe, working with the Resistance and hiding from the Gestapo.
Secrets are divulged and stories of espionage, conspiracy, murder, sabotage and greed are uncovered.
War and Remembrance is an American miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Herman Wouk. It is the sequel to highly successful The Winds of War.
The comic adventures of a group of misfits who form an extremely bad concert party touring the hot and steamy jungles of Burma entertaining the troops during World War II.
Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as their journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men from paratrooper training in Georgia through the end of the war. As an elite rifle company parachuting into Normandy early on D-Day morning, participants in the Battle of the Bulge, and witness to the horrors of war, the men of Easy knew extraordinary bravery and extraordinary fear - and became the stuff of legend. Based on Stephen E. Ambrose's acclaimed book of the same name.
The origin story of Bruce Wayne's legendary butler, Alfred Pennyworth, a former British SAS soldier who forms a security company in 1960s London and goes to work with young billionaire Thomas Wayne and his wife Martha, before they become Bruce Wayne’s parents.
As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Foyle's War opens in southern England in the year 1940. Later series sees the retired detective working as an MI5 agent operating in the aftermath of the war.
The stories of the people of Villeneuve, a fictional subprefecture, in the Jura, in German–occupied France during the Second World War.
During World War II, airmen risk their lives with the 100th Bomb Group, a brotherhood forged by courage, loss, and triumph.
