Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "the-blitz"

1. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)

PG | 143 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

While playing, Lucy and her siblings find a wardrobe that lands them in a mystical place called Narnia. Here they realize that it was fated and they must now unite with Aslan to defeat an evil queen.

Director: Andrew Adamson | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Georgie Henley, William Moseley, Skandar Keynes

Votes: 428,184 | Gross: $291.71M

2. The Time Machine (1960)

G | 103 min | Adventure, Romance, Sci-Fi

A man's vision for a utopian society is disillusioned when travelling forward into time reveals a dark and dangerous society.

Director: George Pal | Stars: Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux, Sebastian Cabot

Votes: 44,863

3. Goodnight Sweetheart (1993–2016)

Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

British sitcom in which an unhappily married man discovers he can time travel back to 1940s war-torn London where he masquerades as an MI5 agent and part-time songwriter whilst courting the local barmaid.

Stars: Nicholas Lyndhurst, Victor McGuire, Christopher Ettridge, Elizabeth Carling

Votes: 3,339

4. Summerland (I) (2020)

PG | 99 min | Drama, Romance, War

During World War II, an Englishwoman opens her heart to an evacuee after initially resolving to be rid of him in this moving journey of womanhood, love and friendship.

Director: Jessica Swale | Stars: Gemma Arterton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Penelope Wilton, Tom Courtenay

Votes: 9,286

5. An Awfully Big Adventure (1995)

R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Set right after World War II, a naive teenage girl joins a shabby theatre troupe in Liverpool. During a winter production of Peter Pan, the play quickly turns into a dark metaphor for youth... See full summary »

Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, Georgina Cates, Alun Armstrong

Votes: 3,024 | Gross: $0.26M

6. Ethel & Ernest (2016)

Not Rated | 94 min | Animation, Drama, History

The life and times of the parents of the hailed British graphic novelist Raymond Briggs.

Director: Roger Mainwood | Stars: Jim Broadbent, Brenda Blethyn, Luke Treadaway, Macready Massey

Votes: 3,933

7. Titanic: Adventure Out of Time (1996 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Mystery

A video game about a british espionage agent sent back in time to a failed mission aboard Titanic. At stake: The fate of the entire world!

Stars: Kevin Garrett, Erik Sigvard Quist, Stephanie Quist, Lona Livingston

Votes: 328

8. An Englishman's Castle (1978)

144 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

In a world in which Germany won World War II and has occupied the United Kingdom, Peter Ingram is a writer on a popular soap opera called "An Englishman's Castle" that is set in London ... See full summary »

Stars: Kenneth More, Anthony Bate, Isla Blair, Kathleen Byron

Votes: 92

9. A House Through Time (2018– )

60 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Historian David Olusoga charts 180 years of British history as lived by the successive inhabitants of a single home in a British city - from its construction to the present day.

Stars: David Olusoga, Deborah Sugg Ryan, Ian Hislop, Gaynor Evans

Votes: 196

10. Let's Make Up (1954)

72 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

A young actress must decide which of two lovers will be her husband. She daydreams about each one to help her decide.

Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Errol Flynn, Anna Neagle, David Farrar, Kathleen Harrison

Votes: 197

11. Confirm or Deny (1941)

74 min | Drama, War

Newsman Mitch and teletype operator Jennifer, whose job is to see he doesn't send inappropriate stuff out of the country, dodge bombs during the blitz of London while falling in love.

Directors: Archie Mayo, Fritz Lang | Stars: Don Ameche, Joan Bennett, Roddy McDowall, John Loder

Votes: 311

12. The Beatles and India (2021)

96 min | Documentary, Music

Documentary exploring how John, Paul, George and Ringo fell in love with Indian culture while visiting the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at his Himalayan ashram in 1968.

Directors: Ajoy Bose, Peter Compton | Stars: Shankara Angadi, Sidharth Bhatia, Steve Turner, Ajoy Bose

Votes: 502

13. The Brighton Strangler (1945)

Approved | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

After suffering a head injury during the Blitz, an actor comes to believe himself to be the Brighton Strangler, the murderer he was playing onstage.

Director: Max Nosseck | Stars: John Loder, June Duprez, Michael St. Angel, Miles Mander

Votes: 538

14. The Blitz: London's Longest Night (2005 TV Movie)

90 min | Documentary, War

Details the German bombing of London the night of the 29th of December, in 1940.

Director: Louise Osmond | Stars: Dilly Barlow, Matt Day, Christopher Fox, Sally Leonard

Votes: 55

15. Lee Miller: Through the Mirror (1995 Video)

55 min | Documentary, Biography

Filmmaker Sylvain Roumette skillfully brings Lee Miller, this exceptional and extraordinary American woman - photographer, fashion model, 'surrealist' muse of Man Ray, war correspondent -, to life in 'Lee Miller ou La Traversée du Miroir'.

Director: Sylvain Roumette | Stars: Elizabeth Lee Miller, Antony Penrose, Roland Penrose, Man Ray

Votes: 24

16. War Story (1989)

5 min | Documentary, Animation, Short

This short animated piece uses a real interview as its soundtrack. Bill Perry relates stories about his youth, his tilted house, and adventures during WWII in Bristol, England during the blitz.

Director: Peter Lord | Stars: Bill Perry, Peter Lawrence

Votes: 272

17. Blitz on Hamburg (2014)

Documentary, History, War

A straightforward account of the experience of Hamburg and its inhabitants during World War II and its immediate aftermath under British occupation.

Director: Robert Garofalo | Stars: Jeremy Anthony, Lieslotte Bottger, Gunther Hossfeld, Ralf Ohlhagen

Votes: 8

18. Blitz on London (2014 Video)

Documentary, History, War

A documentary which documents the massive bombing raids on Britain's capital city by the Luftwaffe during 1940 and 1941.

Director: Robert Garofalo | Stars: Roy Ward, Kai-Shek Chiang, Winston Churchill, Hugh Dowding

19. Challenging Churchill (2012 TV Movie)

94 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Churchill, a name typically associated with braveness and altruism. Recently found evidence from Soviet and British sources however brings up questions about Churchill's doings in the ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Bardehle | Star: Winston Churchill

Votes: 17

20. The Blitz on the Midlands (2001 Video)

56 min | Documentary, History, War

This is a powerful account of the German bombing raids on the central towns and airfields of England, including the terrible blitz on Coventry and the smaller raids on the airfields of Lincolnshire and East Anglia.

Director: Stanley Joseph | Stars: Don Burbridge, Rudolf Hess, Adolf Hitler, King George VI

Votes: 6

21. Antiques Roadshow (1979– )
Episode: Eltham Palace 2 (2019)

TV-G | 58 min | Reality-TV

At Eltham Palace the experts examine a pair of exquisite duelling pistols, a typewriter with an incredible tale to tell, two Fijian war clubs and a stained glass panel made from the wreckage of the Houses of Parliament during the Blitz.

Directors: Mark Ashton, Rosemary Baker, Nick Denning, Julia Foot, Francois Gandolfi, Daniel Hardy Hall, Jason Holmes, Khalid Khan | Stars: Fiona Bruce, Ronnie Archer-Morgan, Paul Atterbury, Joanna Hardy

22. The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode: Home Fires: Britain - 1940-1944 (1974)

TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War

The war effort required total commitment from British citizens stretching their bodies and spirits to the breaking point and occasionally beyond it. As a result of grim news early in the ... See full summary »

Stars: Laurence Olivier, George Hodgkinson, Gwen Bunt, Lord Chandos

Votes: 363

23. My Grandparents' War (2019– )
Episode: Helena Bonham Carter (2019)

47 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Helena Bonham Carter goes in search of the truth behind her relatives' involvement in World War II. Both sets of her grandparents, one pair in France the other in England, were unconventional war heroes.

Director: Francis Hanly | Stars: Helena Bonham Carter, Caroline Catz

Votes: 62

24. World on Fire (2019–2023)
Episode: Wrong (2023)

TV-14 | 55 min | Drama, Romance, War

Harry has a second chance at saving Kasia from Warsaw. In Manchester, could Lois be set for happiness at last?

Director: Drew Casson | Stars: Julia Brown, Yrsa Daley-Ward, Carl Grübel, Zofia Wichlacz

Votes: 208

25. A House Through Time (2018– )
Episode: Episode #3.4 (2020)

59 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The third series concludes by tracing the lives of 10 Guinea Street's occupants through World War Two to the present day, discovering stories of love, loss and renewal.

Director: Edmund Moriarty | Star: David Olusoga

Votes: 7

26. The Winds of War (1983)
Episode: Defiance (1983)

Unrated | 94 min | Drama, Romance, War

At President Roosevelt's request, Pug Henry goes to London to meet with the British and provide him with his own personal view on how they are doing. Pug is amazed to find how efficient ... See full summary »

Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Ali MacGraw, Jan-Michael Vincent, John Houseman

Votes: 137

27. Squeamish About ... (2020)
Episode: London (2020)

14 min | Comedy

Squeamish tells the story of London. From the Great Fire to the Blitz, jellied eels to Howard Westend (after whom the West End is named) he offers some distinctive opinions on Britain's capital and the people who live there.

Star: Matt Berry

Votes: 9

28. Secrets of Royal Travel (2020– )
Episode: Royal Train (2020)

Unrated | 48 min | Documentary

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Stars: Nigel Havers, Emily Andrews, Phil Marsh, Kate Williams

Votes: 11

29. The Buildings That Fought Hitler (2021– )
Episode: Keep the Home Fires Burning (2021)

44 min | Documentary, History

With the blitz taking its toll, Britain had to keep it's manufacturing going. Shadow factories were born and were crucial in the production of ammunition.

Director: Nick Watts | Star: Rob Bell

30. The Queen Mother (2021)
Episode: War & Widowhood (2021)

45 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Royal insiders, historians and journalists discuss how World War II impacted the royal family as they became symbols of defiance against Germany.

Directors: Steve McConville, Mark Rainsforth | Star: Stephen Greif

31. Battle Honours (2021– )
Episode: The Mighty Eighth (2021)

Documentary, History, War

The 8th United States Army Air Force flew some of WW2's most daring raids and sorties over Germany and mainland Europe.

Director: Adam Luria | Stars: Robert Ricks, Bill Toombs, Flint Whitlock, Henry Hughey

32. World War Weird (2017– )
Episode: Episode #3.1 (2019)

Documentary, History, War

Bizarre events during wartime, featuring a Nazi anti-gravity device, phantom cities built during the Second World War, Stalin's cursed tomb and poultry of mass destruction.

Director: Mike Ibeji | Stars: Guy Walters, Alexandra Churchill, Joshua Levine, Klint Janulis

33. World War Weird (2017– )
Episode: Episode #3.3 (2019)

Documentary, History, War

The unfortunate fate of the world's first tank, which failed to make it onto the battlefield, and the case of the Japanese soldier who continued fighting - until 1974.

Directors: Mike Ibeji, Justine Ostrowska | Stars: Joshua Levine, Guy Walters, Alexandra Churchill, Dominic Selwood

34. Walking Wartime Britain (2021– )
Episode: London (2021)

45 min | Documentary, History

Arthur starts his walk around London at St Paul's Cathedral, which became the iconic symbol of the blitz, before learning how the blackout affected the city's nightlife.

Director: Steven Perring | Star: Arthur Williams

35. Apocalypse: Hitler Takes on the West (2021– )
Episode: Ultimes Combats (2021)

Documentary, History, War

France is in chaos. The French people take to the roads, trying to escape. The government signs an armistice as Germans take over half the country.

Directors: Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Stephen Rashbrook, Nathan Rippy, William C. Bullitt

Votes: 40

36. 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: 311

37. 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: 243

38. My Grandparents' War (2019– )
Episode: Keira Knightley (2022)

44 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Actress Keira Knightley learns new stories of her grandparents' amazing wartime feats.

Star: Keira Knightley

Votes: 27

39. World on Fire (2019–2023)
Episode: Episode #2.2 (2023)

TV-14 | 57 min | Drama, Romance, War

As Harry struggles to adapt to the reality of desert combat, Lois still longs to leave home. In Paris, Henriette is in grave danger, and a mysterious stranger arrives at Robina's.

Director: Barney Cokeliss | Stars: Jonah Hauer-King, Ceallach Spellman, Forrest Bothwell, Blake Harrison

Votes: 158

40. History Hunters (2022)
Episode: A Rare Revolver (2022)

History, Reality-TV, War

The team acquires a unique personalized Victorian pistol, but can they track down the man who originally owned the weapon? They also travel to Brecon Military Fair where they find a fireman's helmet that survived The Blitz in World War II.

Director: Donnovan Harris | Stars: Claire Cordier, Dave Nuwar, Steve Nuwar, Marie Westcott

41. Britain at War (1995)
Episode: The Victory Years: 1944 - 1945 (1995)

Documentary, History, War

The closing years of World War Two, where the D-Day invasion of Normandy brought victory one step closer while on the Home Front, people continued to endure rationing and German bombing.

Director: Sasha Upton | Stars: William Rushton, Eddie Cain, Justine Hodgkinson, Kit Nairne

42. Britain at War (1995)
Episode: The Blitz Years: 1939 - 1941 (1995)

60 min | Documentary, History, War

We look back to the bombing of London and other cities by the German Luftwaffe in 1940 and 1941, examining life between the air raids and the effects that they had on British society.

Director: Sasha Upton | Stars: William Rushton, Eddie Cain, Justine Hodgkinson, Kit Nairne

43. Battle of Britain (2005)
Episode: The Blitz (2005)

Documentary, History, War

During the first week of September 1940, Hitler decided to move the bombing strategy away from the airfields to civilian London.

Director: Stephen Saunders | Stars: Gordon Batt, Cyril Bamberger, Bob Doe, Ellen Saunders

44. A House Through Time (2018– )
Episode: Episode #1.3 (2018)

59 min | Documentary, Biography, History

This edition charts the fortunes of the various residents of the house during the turbulent period from 1891 to 1945 - encompassing two World Wars and the Great Depression.

Director: Stuart Elliott | Stars: David Olusoga, Deborah Sugg Ryan

Votes: 14

45. The Repair Shop (2017– )
Episode: Stuffed Toy Lamb (2018)

Documentary, Reality-TV

A very special music box damaged by a bomb during The Blitz, a stuffed toy lamb torn apart by a dog and a treasured pair of fire tongs all receive attention from the team of experts.

Stars: Jay Blades, Steven Fletcher, Steven Kember, William Kirk

Votes: 23

46. Greatest Events of WWII in Colour (2019)
Episode: Dresden Firestorm (2019)

50 min | Documentary, History, War

The Allies' bombing of the German city of Dresden was one of the most controversial of WWII. Rare archive footage tells the story as it's never seen before.

Stars: Derek Jacobi, Phillips O'Brien, Sönke Neitzel, James Holland

Votes: 458