War has become one of the most common scenarios in many of the best movies in history. Warlike conflicts that we have seen in the cinema for decades and that have brought us closer to the action, the pain and the consequences of the battle. Although there are many wars, conflicts or battles reflected in the films of all time, many of the best films of the last fifty years plunge us fully into the Second World War and these are the ones that we will collect below: what are some of the best World War II movies if you want to watch action and war movies in streaming.
From classics like Pearl Harbor to other options with a touch of humor (and a lot of violence) like Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds. Classic dramas that narrate horror and pain and others that put us squarely in the front line.
Pearl Harbor
World War II broke out in Europe but within a few years it became a global conflict. One of the highlights of the war and that changed the course of history was the Japanese attack on the US base at Pearl Harbor. A treacherous bombing on American soil that shocked the population and has given rise to many subsequent stories, such as this 2001 film that focuses on two brothers, Danny and Rafe. Enlisted in the army, they are involved in the Japanese attack on the naval base and the subsequent war in the Pacific. The film narrates the attack in great detail and has some impressive war scenes. A film that was very successful at its premiere and has become one of the favorites of lovers of historical cinema of the Second World War.
Platform : Disney+
Year : 2001
Duration : Three hours and three minutes
Theme : Romance, drama, history, action
Age : For over 12 years
Schindler’s List
One of the great classics if you are looking for World War II movies is Schindler’s List. Directed by Steven Spielberg , it takes us to the conflict to tell us a drama based on real events and that takes us away from the trenches to introduce us to Oskar Schindler, a businessman who seeks to win the sympathy of the Nazis. Schindler runs a factory in Krakow in which hundreds of Jews will work. But working on it not only helps it thrive, it helps save their lives. A seven-time Oscar-winning feature film that premiered in 1993 and is still essential today if you are looking for one of the great classics of cinema that you must see.
Platform : Netflix
Year : 1993
Duration : Three hours and 15 minutes
Theme : Nazism / Drama
Age : For over 16 years old
Watch Schindler’s List on Netflix
Dunkirk
Christopher Nolan once again raises a film that leaves no one indifferent due to the way it is presented. Dunkerke tells the story of the British soldiers who were trapped in that French town, in full retreat due to the German advance in World War II. A real and dramatic historical event in which the British army took refuge on the beaches of northern France while they waited for the rescue operation to be activated on the other side of the sea, in England. The film, with few dialogues, becomes distressing and is narrated in three parts that come together, by land, by sea and by air, to fully explain the tragedy and the experiences of the soldiers who lived through it. A film that will not only be admired by those who like war movies.
Platform : HBO Max
Year : 2017
Duration : 102 minutes long
Theme : war movies, drama
Age : For over 12 years
The pianist
Roman Polanski adapts the autobiographical novel by Wladyslaw Szpilman, The Pianist of the Warsaw Ghetto, with Adrien Brody in the title role. Szpilman is a Jewish pianist who plays on Polish radio, living in Warsaw when Germany declares war on Poland . He lives in his city the invasion and persecution of the Jews, but thanks to his friends he manages to escape from the trains that were going to the concentration camps and remains hidden, experiencing hardship and illness, in Warsaw. A hard film that recounts the difficulties of the Jews in Poland and also human relations in the midst of war.
Platform : Disney+ / Amazon Prime Video / Filmin / HBO Max
Year : 2002
Duration : Two hours and 23 minutes
Theme : War movies, drama, biography, history
Age : For over 16 years old
Watch The Pianist on Amazon Prime Video
Damn bastards
With a luxury cast, Tarantino’s is one of the best action movies and one of the best movies about World War II , although far from the realism or drama of other films on this list. Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, Melanie Laurent or Diane Kruge give life to the protagonists of this feature film of action, violence and humor. Pitt plays Aldo Raine, who is in charge of training a group of Jewish soldiers who are preparing to attack the Nazis. In addition, the film also tells us the story of Shosanna Dreyfus, a woman who flees to Paris from the Nazis and adopts a new identity. Both stories will intersect and converge in a single story with a single goal: revenge on the Nazis.
Platform : Movistar+ / Amazon Prime Video
Year : 2009
Duration : Two hours and 33 minutes
Theme : Action movies, violence, history, humor
Age : For over 16 years old
Watch Inglourious Basterds on Amazon Prime Video
See Inglourious Basterds on Movistar Plus
