Went the Day Well? (1942), Insyriated (2017), For Sama (2019), The Battle of Algiers (1966), A Taxi Driver (2017), Dunkirk (2017), Hotel Mumbai (2018), Bloody Sunday (2002) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Civilians movies.
Storyline: In this final installment of the "Why We Fight" propaganda series, the subject focuses on the United States of America. We learn of its good qualities and the things worth fighting for. With that established, we learn of the history of the United States' population shifting opinion towards siding with the Allies against the Axis until the attack on Pearl Harbour which brought America into full scale involvement in the war.—Kenneth Chisholm <kchishol@execulink.com>
Plot Keywords: documentary, world war ii, history, america, war, propaganda, military ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In this sprawling, star-laden film, we see the struggles of various French resistance factions to regain control of Paris near the end of World War II. The Nazi general in charge of Paris, Dietrich von Cholitz (Fröbe), is under orders from Hitler himself to burn the city if he cannot control it or if the Allies get too close. Much of the drama centers around the moral deliberations of the general, the Swedish ambassador (Welles), and the eager but desperate leaders of the resistance.—Carl J. Youngdahl <zomno@casbah.acns.nwu.edu>
Plot Keywords: war, world war ii, history, france, paris, nazi, liberation ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: It is early 1939 in Poland when Mrs. Bromley and Jennifer come to buy antiques for her business in London. Jennifer meets Count Stephen and they wine, dine and see the sights though out the city. He wishes to marry, but his family is against plain Jennifer. When she tries to leave, he catches her at the train station and they are married. To be self sufficient, they modernize the family farm with tractors and increase production, but then Germany starts the war.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>
Plot Keywords: war, history, documentary, world war ii, usa, 1940s, military ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A story of love, friendship and the pursuit of adventure during the bloody and brutal reality of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising.
Plot Keywords: war, history, world war ii, poland, uprising, documentary, military ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: During World War II, an Army Private hears rumors that his wife in London is becoming sweet on a smooth operator who has avoided being called up. The serviceman takes leave without permission to get to his house near Waterloo station to find out what's going on.—J-26
Plot Keywords: war, world war ii, british film, history, drama, romance, family ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In the Nazi occupied city of Rome, an assault on an SS brigade draws retaliation from the military governship. "Massacre in Rome" is the true story of how this partisan attack led to the mass execution of Italian nationals under the orders of SS-Lieutenant Colonel Kappler.—Anthony Hughes <husnock31@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: war, history, world war ii, nazis, italy, germany, resistance ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: At the outbreak of World War II, Celia (Patricia Roc) and her family must join the domestic British war effort. Celia is recruited to work in a munitions factory, where her co-workers represent a variety of social classes. She falls in love with Fred Blake (Gordon Jackson), a young pilot, and the two are married. Fred is soon deployed to battle, however, and Celia must face the harsh realities of life as a soldier's wife, while continuing her crucial work on the home front.
Plot Keywords: war, world war ii, britain, women, family, sacrifice, patriotism ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Set in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1972, the politically naïve Bernie McPhelimy (Dame Julie Walters) is trying to bring up a normal family in less than normal surroundings. Her best friend is accidentally shot and killed by the I.R.A., and her neighbors are constantly raided by the army. In this climate of fear and confusion, she dares to stand up and condemn the killings. Criticizing both factions equally, her public call for a ceasefire is interpreted by many as an attack against the I.R.A., and as her fledgling peace movement takes momentum, she and her family are placed in the frontline.—Dave F
Plot Keywords: war, conflict, family, mother, politics, community, violence ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A soldier enlists just before the 9/11. He is not a brave man--simply volunteering to defend freedom. Arriving in Iraq in 2003, just after the occupation of Bagdad, with a few soldiers of his infantry platoon, he is sent to provide water to a village whose infrastructure was destroyed. Simple things however, such as water transportation, water distribution and the reconstruction of the plumbing became a challenge in war environment.
Plot Keywords: war, iraq war, soldiers, war film, military operation, conflict, survival ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Christmas, 1983. A New York postal clerk, a Buffalo Soldier in Italy in World War II, shoots a stranger. In his apartment, police find a valuable Italian marble head, missing since the war. Flashbacks tell the story of four Black soldiers who cross Tuscany's Serchio River, dodging German and friendly fire. With a shell-shocked boy in tow, they reach the village of Colognora. Orders via radio tell them to capture a German soldier for questioning about a counteroffensive. In the village, a beautiful woman, partisans that include a traitor and a local legend, the boy, and the story of a recent massacre connect to the postal worker's anguish forty years later. And the miracle?
Plot Keywords: war, world war ii, history, italy, racism, friendship, courage ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: American journalists in Sudan are confronted with the dilemma of whether to return home to report on the atrocities they have seen, or to stay behind and help some of the victims they have encountered.
Plot Keywords: war, genocide, human rights, violence, conflict, refugees, documentary ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A group of British soldiers, retreating from the Germans toward Dunkirk in WW2 are captured. A renowned British boxer among them is forced in the ring to fight an equally talented German boxer as they struggle to escape.
Plot Keywords: war, history, world war ii, retreat, british, french, soldiers ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The co-founder (Josh Hartnett) of an Internet company tries to win back his lover (Naomie Harris), while his business teeters on the brink of disaster.
Plot Keywords: drama, war, history, soviet union, georgia, politics, international relations ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A family prepares to celebrate a wedding in a war-torn farming community outside of Gaza City.
Plot Keywords: war, documentary, conflict, family, trauma, survival, civilians ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Six vignettes from Roberto Rossellini focusing on American soldiers' experiences in World War II Italy.
Plot Keywords: war, world war ii, italy, 1940s, nazis, resistance, civilians ...
Movie Details Click Here !