History, War, Action, Crime
Max Manus is a Norwegian 2008 biographic war film based on the real events of the life of resistance fighter Max Manus (1914–96), after his contribution in the Winter War against the Soviet Union. The story follows Manus through the outbreak of World War II in Norway until peacetime in 1945.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Shadow in the Cloud
Juggernaut
Stalin and the Katyn Massacre
Le Trou
Fires on the Plain
Ivan's Childhood
The President's Man
The Man from London
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Nómadas
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
The Eichmann Trial
The Killer Is Loose
I See a Dark Stranger
Invisible Agent
Stolz der Nation
Universal Soldier: Regeneration
Survival
Above Us the Waves
SIMILAR MOVIES
Shadow in the Cloud
IMDB 5.8 | Jan , 2021
A WWII pilot traveling with top secret documents on a B-17 Flying Fortress encounters an evil presence on board the flight.Juggernaut
IMDB 6.2 | Sep , 1974
A terrorist demands a huge ransom in exchange for information on how to disarm the seven bombs he has planted aboard a trans-Atlantic cruise ship. Inspired by real events.Stalin and the Katyn Massacre
IMDB 6.9 | Feb , 2020
The Katyn massacre, carried out by the Soviet NKVD in 1940, was only one of many unspeakable crimes committed by Stalin's ruthless executioners over three decades. The mass murder of thousands of Polish officers was part of a relentless purge, the secrets and details of which have only recently been partially revealed.Le Trou
IMDB 8.2 | Mar , 1960
Four prison inmates have been hatching a plan to literally dig out of jail when another prisoner, Claude Gaspard, is moved into their cell. They take a risk and share their plan with the newcomer. Over the course of three days, the prisoners and friends break through the concrete floor using a bed post and begin to make their way through the sewer system – yet their escape is anything but assured.Fires on the Plain
IMDB 7.6 | Nov , 1959
In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his company and left to wander the Philippine island of Leyte.Ivan's Childhood
IMDB 7.8 | May , 1962
In WW2, twelve year old Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev works for the Soviet army as a scout behind the German lines and strikes a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers.The President's Man
IMDB 4.5 | Apr , 2000
To many, Joshua McCord is a charismatic Asian studies professor. To the President of the United States, he's America's greatest secret weapon; a covert operative charged with only the most sensitive and dangerous missions.The Man from London
IMDB 7.1 | Sep , 2008
A switchman at a seaside railway witnesses a murder but does not report it after he finds a suitcase full of money at the scene of the crime.The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
IMDB 7.3 | Apr , 2009
Irena Sendler is a Catholic social worker who has sympathized with the Jews since her childhood, when her physician father died of typhus contracted while treating poor Jewish patients. When she initially proposes saving Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto, her idea is met with skepticism by fellow workers, her parish priest, and even her own mother Janina.The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
IMDB 8.1 | Jan , 1959
After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. He accepts, and moves to Manchuria with his newly-wed wife Michiko, but when he tries to put his ideas of more humane treatment into practice, he finds himself at odds with scheming officials, cruel foremen, and the military police.Nómadas
IMDB 10 | Mar , 2024
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
IMDB 0 | Mar , 2026
Birmingham, 1940: Amidst the chaos of WWII, Tommy Shelby is driven back from a self-imposed exile to face his most destructive reckoning yet. With the future of the family and the country at stake, Tommy must face his own demons, and choose whether to confront his legacy, or burn it to the ground.The Eichmann Trial
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2025
In 1961, history was on trial... in a trial that made history. Just 15 years after the end of WWII, the Holocaust had been largely forgotten. That changed with the capture of Adolf Eichmann, a former Nazi officer hiding in Argentina. Through rarely-seen archival footage, The Eichmann Trial documents one of the most shocking trials ever recorded, and the birth of Holocaust awareness and education.The Killer Is Loose
IMDB 6.6 | Feb , 1956
A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies meek bank teller Leon Poole as the inside man. In capturing him, detective Sam Wagner accidentally kills Poole's young wife, and at his trial Poole swears vengeance against Wagner. Poole begins his plans to get revenge when he escapes his captors.I See a Dark Stranger
IMDB 6.4 | Jul , 1946
Proud Irishwoman Bridie Quilty journeys to Dublin while World War II rages across Europe. During her travels, she encounters J. Miller, who recruits her as a Nazi spy. She acquires the necessary information that leads to the breakout of a German spy who holds key information about the Allies' newest offensive plans. However, the arrival of British officer David Baynes and his romancing of Bridie lead to unexpected consequences.Invisible Agent
IMDB 5.8 | Jul , 1942
The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany.Stolz der Nation
IMDB 6.8 | Aug , 2009
Director Quentin Tarantino tasked Eli Roth to craft a mini-movie called Stolz der Nation (Nation's Pride) that will be included in the theatrical cut of Inglourious Basterds. To help promote Inglourious Basterds via the film-within-a-film, Roth has slapped together a trailer for Nation's Pride blending black and white photography with modern multi-layered camera effects.Universal Soldier: Regeneration
IMDB 5.7 | Feb , 2010
When terrorists threaten nuclear catastrophe at Chernobyl, the world's only hope is to reactivate decommissioned Universal Soldier Luc Deveraux. Rearmed and reprogrammed, Deveraux must take on his nemesis from the original Universal Soldier and a next-generation "UniSol" that seems almost unstoppable.Survival
IMDB 5 | Jan , 1992
In the news, there are increasing reports of illegal immigrants that attempted to cross the Mexican-American border mysteriously disappearing.Above Us the Waves
IMDB 6.1 | Mar , 1955
In World War II, the greatest threat to the British navy is the German battleship Tirpitz. While anchored in a Norwegian fjord, it is impossible to attack by conventional means, so a plan is hatched for a special commando unit to attack it, using midget submarines to plant underwater explosives.