Documentary, War
The extraordinary story of how Hollywood changed World War II – and how World War II changed Hollywood, through the interwoven experiences of five legendary filmmakers who went to war to serve their country and bring the truth to the American people: John Ford, William Wyler, John Huston, Frank Capra, and George Stevens. Based on Mark Harris’ best-selling book, “Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War.”
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Exode
The Last Drop
The Assault
The Cardinal
The Victors
Jean Moulin, une affaire française
Fanalysis
The Decision to Drop the Bomb
Charlotte
House of Flying Arrows
The Little Flying Fish Gets Sick
Jean Moulin, un homme de liberté
German Concentration Camps Factual Survey
Auschwitz, la machine de mort nazie
The Meme Machine
Power and Paranoia of the Third Reich
Heart of a Servant: The Father Flanagan Story
London 1948: The Austerity Olympics
The Maginot Line: France's Defensive Barrier
Sunflower
SIMILAR MOVIES
Exode
IMDB 8 | Oct , 2016
The Last Drop
IMDB 4.1 | Apr , 2006
Different factions in WWII-era Holland race to find a stash of Nazi gold.The Assault
IMDB 6.7 | Feb , 1986
At the end of WWII the Dutch resistance kills a German officer in front of the house of a Dutch family. Years after the war the young boy who witnessed the killing runs into the members of the resistance who committed the killing.The Cardinal
IMDB 6.5 | Dec , 1963
A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Nazism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office of cardinal.The Victors
IMDB 6.3 | Nov , 1963
Intercutting dramatic vignettes with newsreel footage, the story follows the characters from an infantry squad as they make their way from Sicily to Germany during the end of World War II.Jean Moulin, une affaire française
IMDB 7 | Jan , 2003
Drama set in the Second World War, focused on Jean Moulin, hero, martyr and symbol of the French resistance and the patriotism during the dark years of Nazi occupation.Fanalysis
IMDB 5 | Mar , 2002
Actor/cult icon Bruce Campbell examines the world of fan conventions and what makes a fan into a fanatic.The Decision to Drop the Bomb
IMDB 6.7 | Jan , 1965
J. Robert Oppenheimer and other key figures involved in the decision to drop the first atomic bomb discuss their motivations in this NBC News documentary. Originally produced and televised in 1965, two decades after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it was re-released in 2023 with an epilogue by Michael Beschloss, NBC News Presidential Historian.Charlotte
IMDB 0 | Feb , 1981
In 1939, Charlotte Salomon leaves Berlin to seek refuge at her grandparents' villa in the south of France. A little later, war breaks out, and Charlotte must, besides forgetting all she left behind, deal with her grandmother's depression, and her mother's suicide. To fight despair, Charlotte starts to paint, producing over one thousand images. "Is my life real, or is it theater?" This is the title she gives her body of work, which highlights her former life in Berlin. She finds herself though her art, but in 1943 is deported to Germany and Auschwitz.House of Flying Arrows
IMDB 6.4 | Nov , 2016
The popular rise of darts is charted in this pin-sharp documentary that follows the trajectory of arrows from local pub to beer-soaked arena. Featuring archive footage, behind-the-scenes access and interviews with current darting personalities such as Michael van Gerwen, Gary Anderson and Raymond van Barneveld, the film traces the sport's evolution from humble beginnings through to the glamorous heyday of the 1980s and on into the lucrative professional era.The Little Flying Fish Gets Sick
IMDB 0 | Sep , 1982
The peaceful passage of daily life in the Pacific Ocean is upended in a flash on March 1, 1954, with the first American nuclear test at Bikini Atoll. The far-reaching fallout forever changes the lives of the ocean’s cheerful inhabitants.Jean Moulin, un homme de liberté
IMDB 0 | Dec , 1983
German Concentration Camps Factual Survey
IMDB 7.3 | Jan , 2017
On the 29th September 1945, the incomplete rough cut of a brilliant documentary about concentration camps was viewed at the MOI in London. For five months, Sidney Bernstein had led a small team – which included Stewart McAllister, Richard Crossman and Alfred Hitchcock – to complete the film from hours of shocking footage. Unfortunately, this ambitious Allied project to create a feature-length visual report that would damn the Nazi regime and shame the German people into acceptance of Allied occupation had missed its moment. Even in its incomplete form (available since 1984) the film was immensely powerful, generating an awed hush among audiences. But now, complete to six reels, this faithfully restored and definitive version produced by IWM, is being compared with Alain Resnais’ Night and Fog (1955).Auschwitz, la machine de mort nazie
IMDB 7 | Sep , 2021
The Meme Machine
IMDB 7 | Dec , 2016
An exploration of the origins of memes, how they spread, and the stories behind some of the most popular “human memes” like Ermahgerd Girl, Overly Attached Girlfriend, and Chocolate Rain Guy.Power and Paranoia of the Third Reich
IMDB 7.8 | Oct , 2018
Heart of a Servant: The Father Flanagan Story
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2024
Father Edward J. Flanagan is a familiar name to many Americans, often for the Oscar-winning 1938 film starring Spencer Tracy about Flanagan’s groundbreaking child welfare organization. But the story extends far beyond that, to a man whose name and legacy are still well-known as far as Germany and Japan. Flanagan gained influence and admiration over the course of his life from Presidents, CEOs, celebrities and more, but none mattered more to him than that of the children for whom he tirelessly worked. A sobering reminder of this was during WWII, as Flanagan saw droves of former Boys Town citizens go off to war. In fact, so many former Boys Town boys named Flanagan as their next of kin that the American War Dads Association named him as America’s No. 1 War Dad.London 1948: The Austerity Olympics
IMDB 0 | Jul , 2024
How the 1948 Olympic Games came into being, as the world struggled to cope in the aftermath of the Second World War, and the Games were held for the first time in 12 years. With Britain in the midst of widespread poverty and rationing, hosting the event seemed unlikely, but existing venues were renovated despite a low budget and little time to play with, and the British people pulled together to make the Games a success.The Maginot Line: France's Defensive Barrier
IMDB 7 | May , 2022
The Maginot Line: thousands of subway bunkers and concrete defenses lining the French border from Belgium to the Mediterranean Sea, a monumental engineering feat that was celebrated as a technical masterpiece when it was created. When the impregnable wall was demolished by the unbeatable Nazi war machine in 1940, the conquered fortress became the shattered symbol of French defeat.Sunflower
IMDB 7.5 | Mar , 1970
After World War II, a woman refuses to believe her husband, missing on the Russian front, is dead. Flashbacks reveal their brief courtship and marriage. Years later, she travels to Russia with his photo, determined to find him. What will she discover?