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1. Greyhound (2020)
PG-13 | 91 min | Action, Drama, History
Several months after the U.S. entry into World War II, an inexperienced U.S. Navy commander must lead an Allied convoy being stalked by a German submarine wolf pack.
Director: Aaron Schneider | Stars: Tom Hanks, Elisabeth Shue, Stephen Graham, Matt Helm
Votes: 115,098
2. Das Boot (1981)
R | 149 min | Drama, War
A German U-boat stalks the frigid waters of the North Atlantic as its young crew experience the sheer terror and claustrophobic life of a submariner in World War II.
Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch
Votes: 264,572 | Gross: $11.49M
3. Das Boot (1985)
TV-MA | 293 min | Drama, War
A World War II German U-Boat crew have a terrifying patrol mission in the early days of the war.
Stars: Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch
Votes: 33,459
4. Enigma (2001)
R | 119 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A young genius frantically races against time to crack an enemy code and solve the mystery surrounding the woman he loves.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Dougray Scott, Kate Winslet, Saffron Burrows, Jeremy Northam
Votes: 21,925 | Gross: $4.30M
5. The Cruel Sea (1953)
Approved | 126 min | Drama, War
The World War II adventures of a British convoy escort ship and its officers.
Director: Charles Frend | Stars: Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden, John Stratton, Denholm Elliott
Votes: 5,415
6. Bismarck: 24 Hours to Doom (2021 TV Special)
47 min | Documentary, History, War
Based on Iain Ballantyne's book, and shedding new light on one of World War II's most epic sea battles, this documentary provides a thrilling countdown of the Bismarck's final 24 hours.
Director: David Gilbert | Stars: Yves Dias, Chris Parry, Jane Harrold, Iain Ballantyne
Votes: 28
7. San Demetrio London (1943)
Approved | 104 min | Adventure, Drama, War
Rescue of the tanker MV San Demetrio by parts of her own crew after she had been set afire in the middle of the Atlantic by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer and then had been abandoned.
Directors: Charles Frend, Robert Hamer | Stars: Arthur Young, Walter Fitzgerald, Ralph Michael, Neville Mapp
Votes: 538
8. Victory at Sea (1954)
Approved | 98 min | Documentary, War
A feature-length condensed version of the documentary TV series Victory at Sea (1952).
Director: Isaac Kleinerman | Stars: Alexander Scourby, Harold Alexander, Alan Brooke, Winston Churchill
Votes: 177
9. Haie und kleine Fische (1957)
120 min | War, Drama
Four young German naval cadets begin their military service in 1940; only one of them will survive.
Director: Frank Wisbar | Stars: Hansjörg Felmy, Sabine Bethmann, Mady Rahl, Wolfgang Preiss
Votes: 201
10. Convoy: War for the Atlantic (2009– )
47 min | Documentary, History, War
The story of the World War II Battle of the Atlantic in which Nazi Germany's U-boat fleet attempted to strangle Allied naval shipping.
Stars: Jamie Lee, Andrew Lambert, Walter Wittig, Frank Scanlon
Votes: 63
11. U-Boats: The Wolfpack (1987 Video)
30 min | Documentary, Short, War
This documentary looks at the Nazi submarine threat, their fleet known as the "Wolf Pack," and how it almost helped to defeat the Allies in World War II.
Star: Edward Mulhare
Votes: 11
12. Churchill's Island (1941)
TV-PG | 21 min | Documentary, War, Short
The people of Britain resist the German air force and navy with help from North America.
Director: Stuart Legg | Stars: Lorne Greene, Gérard Arthur, Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler
Votes: 233
13. Hunt the Bismark (2021 Video)
Documentary, History
14 February 1939, the German pride of the Kriegsmarine, Bismarck was launched. In the early morning of 19 May 1941, Bismarck slipped out of harbour and made its way through the Baltic Sea on its maiden voyage, Operation Rheinubung.
Director: Mark Edgar | Stars: Dan Snow, Dave Roberts, Chris Wilson, Michael Penver
14. The Most Courageous Raid of WWII (2011 TV Movie)
49 min | Documentary, History, War
The story of the Cockleshell Heroes, who raided Nazi-occupied Bordeaux in 1942.
Director: Francis Whately | Stars: Paddy Ashdown, M.R.D. Foot, Norman Colley, Jeanne Baudray
Votes: 28
15. War at Sea: The Black Pit (1995)
48 min | Documentary, History, War
A film about the later years of Canada's World War II naval effort, focusing on the most dangerous Atlantic ocean region, nicknamed the Black Pit.
Director: Brian McKenna | Stars: Terence McKenna, Carl Marotte, Mathew Mackay, Martin Neufeld
Votes: 12
16. Days of Infamy (1962)
28 min | Short, Documentary
December 1941 - June 1942. The war is now global and pressures on Canada mount. Canadians adjust to food rationing, salvage drives. The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan is inaugurated in Canada.
Stars: Budd Knapp, John Bracken, Winston Churchill, William Lyon Mackenzie King
17. Turn of the Tide (1962)
25 min | Short, Documentary, War
October 1942 - July 1943. The inherent strength of the Allies begins to be felt. Canadian munitions factories operate at peak capacity. The R.C.A.F. joins in air strikes against Germany.
Stars: Budd Knapp, Winston Churchill, Karl Dönitz, Dwight D. Eisenhower
Votes: 9
18. The Battle of the Atlantic (1978 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary, War
The technical and tactical innovations that developed in the vital naval battle of the Eastern Theatre of World War II.
Stars: Patrick Beesly, Carl Emmermann, George King, Hans Meckel
19.
Victory at Sea (1952–1953)
Episode:
Design for War
(1952)
Documentary, Action, War
Design for War: Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1941. World War II begins and the Germans succeed in invading Poland and France. But it is restrained by the British thanks to the vital convoys... See full summary »
Director: M. Clay Adams | Stars: Leonard Graves, Winston Churchill, Karl Dönitz, Hermann Göring
Votes: 77
20.
Victory at Sea (1952–1953)
Episode:
Sealing the Breach
(1952)
Documentary, Action, War
Anti-submarine warfare, 1941-1943. With war now declared by the U.S., naval forces throughout the states have joined to bring convoys of supplies across the Atlantic Ocean to the Allies in ... See full summary »
Director: M. Clay Adams | Stars: Leonard Graves, Karl Dönitz, James Forrestal, Frank Knox
Votes: 68
21.
Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode:
The Ultra Enigma
(1998)
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War
Story of the Enigma Machine, the cracking of the Enigma codes and British disinformation campaigns.
Director: Chip Proser | Stars: Charlton Heston, David Kahn, Norman Polmar, Thomas B. Allen
Votes: 14
22.
The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode:
Wolf Pack: U-Boats in the Atlantic - 1939-1944
(1974)
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War
The submarine war emphasizing the North Atlantic. Tracks the development of the convoy system and German submarine strategy.
Director: Ted Childs | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Karl Dönitz, Otto Kretschmer, Robert Sherwood
Votes: 406
23.
Great Blunders of WWII (1998– )
Episode:
Hitler's Declaration of War on the U.S.
(1998)
Documentary, War
An examination of Nazi Germany's most seemingly needless diplomatic blunder, making the nation with the world's largest economy an official enemy.
Star: Stan Watt
Votes: 7
24.
Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode:
The War Against the U-Boats
(2002)
Documentary, History, War
An in depth look at the World War II Battle of the Atlantic, the people who commanded the fighting, the national leaders, and the equipment used.
Stars: Jonathan Booth, Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill, Martin Dunbar-Nasmith
Votes: 7
25.
Dangerous Missions (1999–2002)
Episode:
U-Boats
(2000)
46 min | Documentary, War
A look at the U-Boats of World War Two, their early successes, their strategies and the anti-submarine warfare developments and strategies that led to an over 70% death rate among u-boat crewmen.
Director: Mike Mathis | Stars: Beau Billingslea, Volkmär Konig, Horst von Schroeter, Erich Topp
26.
Kennedy (2023)
Episode:
Jack (1917-1940)
(2023)
Documentary, Biography, History
Kennedy navigates his formative years, including his time in school, relationship with his family, and his early interests in history and politics.
Director: Ashton Gleckman | Stars: Peter Coyote, Thomas J. Carty, David M. Kennedy, David Nasaw
Votes: 36
27.
World War Weird (2017– )
Episode:
Episode #2.1
(2018)
Documentary, History, War
Looking at some incredible tales from war, including Churchill's plan to create a giant ice ship, ghost planes that fly themselves and a Nazi treasure hunt for the Amber Room.
Directors: Mike Ibeji, Alex Turner | Stars: Martin K.A. Morgan, Guy Walters, Andrew Robertshaw, Joshua Levine
28.
World's Greatest Warships (2019)
Episode:
Bismarck: Hitler's Great Warship
(2019)
44 min | Documentary, History, War
Hitler's fearsome Bismarck and Tirpitz, America's iconic Iowa-class vessels and Japan's Yamato, the largest battleship ever built.
Director: Theo Williams | Stars: Nick Hewitt, Andrew Choong, Mark Stille, Jann Witt
29.
Battle Plan Under Fire (2004– )
Episode:
Blockade
(2004)
Documentary, History, War
We explore how blockades have the ability to destroy or at least damage a country's ability to wage war.
Stars: Bruce Gudmundsson, Lloyd Clark, Eric Meyers, Karl Dönitz
30.
Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode:
Churchill's Gambles
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, History, War
An inside look at the man who, more than any of his contemporaries, embraced secret intelligence operations, deception and code-breaking as viable instruments of modern war.
Stars: Charlton Heston, David A.T. Stafford, Christopher Andrew, John Charmley
31.
Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode:
Secret Submarines in WWII
TV-PG | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
From silent one-man midget subs to U-boats on secret missions, both sides used secret submersibles of all shapes and sizes to conduct clandestine warfare in the war. An examination of the murky world of underwater "sneak craft" in WWII.
Stars: Charlton Heston, Norman Polmar, Thomas B. Allen, Paul Kemp
32.
The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022)
Episode:
Yearning to Breathe Free (1938-1942)
(2022)
TV-14 | 138 min | Documentary, History
As WWII begins, Americans are divided over whether to intervene against Germany. Some individuals and organizations work tirelessly to help refugees escape. Germany invades the USSR and secretly begins the mass murder of European Jews.
Directors: Sarah Botstein, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, Daniel Mendelsohn, Guy Stern, Peter Hayes
Votes: 157
33.
World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode:
Lightning War
(2009)
TV-MA | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
Country after European country falls before the unstoppable German blitzkrieg.
Stars: Robert Powell, Adolf Hitler, Wladyslaw Sikorski, Karl Dönitz
Votes: 345
34.
World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode:
Britain at Bay
(2009)
TV-MA | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
Germany makes critical errors during the bombing of Britain.
Stars: Robert Powell, Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler, Erich Raeder
Votes: 312
35.
World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode:
Turning the Tide
(2009)
TV-MA | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
Allies turn the tide in the Atlantic, where initially German U-Boats harass freely convoys to supply Britain. The Kriegsmarine calls off their submarines. The route to bring American soldiers who will land on D-Day is clear.
Stars: Robert Powell, Winston Churchill, Arthur Harris, Adolf Hitler
Votes: 244
36.
How the Nazis Lost the War (2021)
Episode:
Military Blunders
(2021)
TV-PG | 47 min | Documentary, History, War
Early victories in World War II injected Hitler with a precipitous sense of over-confidence that was eventually tested and proven vulnerable, and as time would further reveal, his hubris and avarice ultimately led to Germany's defeat.
Stars: Winston Churchill, Lloyd Clark, Karl Dönitz, Colin Garnett
Votes: 5
37.
TopTenz (2010– )
Episode:
10 Important Canadian Operations During the Second World War
(2023)
18 min | Documentary
From supplying allied forces and holding prisoners of war to the Manhattend Project and some of the bloodiest battles of the war, Canadians were heavily involved in all aspects of World War Two.
Star: Simon Whistler
38.
Historigraph (2018– )
Episode:
How the Allies won WW2's Longest Battle
(2023)
11 min | Documentary
The longest battle of World War Two took place in the Atlantic Ocean as Nazi U-boats targeted convoys while the Allies targeted an eventually destroyed the U-boats.
Star: Josh Bassett
39.
How to Lose a War (2023)
Episode:
The Right Tools
(2023)
Documentary, History, War
Victory in war doesn't just require sound military strategy, vital resources and equipment are also critical. Discover how the Axis powers failed in this regard.
Director: Tim Bosanquet | Stars: Richard Hammond, Giuseppe Finaldi, Alexander Henry, Charles Schencking
40.
History Hunters (2022)
Episode:
A Special Collection
(2022)
History, Reality-TV, War
When Dave purchases the most expensive collection of memorabilia his company has ever invested in, he sends Steve to pick it up, and he is instantly mesmerized. The Nuwars also attempt to solve the mystery behind a missing dueling pistol.
Director: Donnovan Harris | Stars: Roy Bolton, Claire Cordier, Dave Nuwar, Steve Nuwar
42.
Antiques Road Trip (2010– )
Episode:
Episode #15.1
(2017)
Reality-TV
It's a Welsh road trip for Kate and Paul: fake currency and a leg of mutton could cause problems.
Stars: Tim Wonnacott, Kate Bliss, Paul Laidlaw
43.
Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode:
The Battle of the Atlantic
(1995)
Documentary, History, War
An analysis of the Battle for the Atlantic from September 1939 through the end of the war. Primarily a tale of the war against the U-Boats, background of Germany's experience during WWI, ... See full summary »
Star: Tim Pigott-Smith