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1. Holocaust (1978)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, History, Romance
The saga of a Jewish family's struggle to survive the horror of Nazi Germany's systematic marginalization and extermination of their community.
Stars: Joseph Bottoms, Tovah Feldshuh, Rosemary Harris, Tony Haygarth
Votes: 5,527
2. The Counterfeiters (2007)
R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, History
The story of the Operation Bernhard, the largest counterfeiting operation in history, carried out by Germany during World War II.
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky | Stars: Karl Markovics, August Diehl, Devid Striesow, Martin Brambach
Votes: 47,247 | Gross: $5.48M
3. The Vigil (2019)
PG-13 | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A man providing overnight watch to a deceased member of his former Orthodox Jewish community finds himself opposite a malevolent entity, in writer-director Keith Thomas' electrifying feature debut.
Director: Keith Thomas | Stars: Dave Davis, Menashe Lustig, Malky Goldman, Lynn Cohen
Votes: 9,886
4. The Last Days (1998)
PG-13 | 87 min | Documentary, War
In late 1944, even as they faced imminent defeat, the Nazis expended enormous resources to kill or deport over 425,000 Jews during the "cleansing" of Hungary. This Oscar-winning documentary... See full summary »
Director: James Moll | Stars: Bill Basch, Martin Basch, Randolph Braham, Alice Lok Cahana
Votes: 5,800 | Gross: $0.42M
5. Haven (2001 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 180 min | Biography, Drama, History
A U.S. official escorts Holocaust refugees from 1940s war-torn Europe to temporary shelter in America.
Director: John Gray | Stars: Natasha Richardson, Colm Feore, Henry Czerny, Sheila McCarthy
Votes: 536
6. Fateless (2005)
R | 140 min | Drama, Romance, War
14-year-old György's life is torn apart in WWII Hungary, as he is deported first to Auschwitz and then to Buchenwald, where he is forced to become a man in the midst of hatred, and what it really means to be Jewish.
Director: Lajos Koltai | Stars: Marcell Nagy, Béla Dóra, Bálint Péntek, Áron Dimény
Votes: 7,168 | Gross: $0.20M
7. The Ritchie Boys (2004)
90 min | Documentary, History, War
Holocaust survivors share their story of fleeing to the United States, joining the US Army, training in Military Intelligence, and returning to Europe to end Nazism by using their linguistic abilities.
Director: Christian Bauer | Stars: Michael Hanrahan, Werner Angress, Victor Brombert, Marlene Dietrich
Votes: 265
8. The Last Days of the Big Lie (2009 Video)
125 min | Documentary, History
A controversial documentary that debunks many of the facts presented in the Oscar winning Holocaust themed documentary The Last Days, produced by Steven Spielberg. Throughout the film, its ... See full summary »
Director: Eric Hunt | Stars: Nayirah al-Sabah, Saud Nasser Al-Saud Al-Sabah, Leon Bass, Michael Berenbaum
Votes: 100
9. Naked Among Wolves (1963)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, War
In the last weeks of World War II, inmates of Buchenwald concentration camp hide a Polish child from the SS guards, hoping that the advance of the American forces will set them free.
Director: Frank Beyer | Stars: Erwin Geschonneck, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Krystyn Wójcik, Fred Delmare
Votes: 839
10. Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II (1992 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary, War
An account of Black American soldiers in World War II who combated racism in the segregated military and on the home front. In April 1945, some Black American soldiers were among the first ... See full summary »
Directors: William Miles, Nina Rosenblum | Stars: Denzel Washington, Louis Gossett Jr., Leon Bass, Benjamin Bender
Votes: 99
11. Human Lampshade: A Holocaust Mystery (2012 TV Movie)
45 min | Documentary
The examination of a lampshade that might be made of the skin of Holocaust death camp victims is followed.
Director: Steven Hoggard | Stars: Liev Schreiber, Michael Berenbaum, Mark Jacobson, David Dominici
Votes: 88
12. The Boys of Buchenwald (2002 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A "gentle rekindling of the human spirit" brought child survivors of the Buchenwald concentration camp out of despair and moved them to create remarkable lives for themselves.
Director: Audrey Mehler | Star: Saul Rubinek
Votes: 21
13. Finding Manny (2020)
57 min | Documentary
The chance discovery of an online article sends Manny Drukier, a Holocaust survivor, on an unexpected trip to visit the orphanage where he was rescued to after the war.
Director: Kacey Cox | Stars: Manny Drukier, Anna Andlauer, Stephen Baldwin, Cindy Drukier
Votes: 28
14. Journey to Justice (2006)
106 min | Documentary
The story of Howard Triest, a German Jew who fled Nazi Germany in 1939 when he was 16 years old, returned as a victorious American soldier and then served as an interpreter at the Nuremberg Tribunal.
Director: Steve Palackdharry | Stars: Margot Coville, Howard Triest
Votes: 23
15. Zeitzeugengespräch (2021)
138 min | Documentary
Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Star: Leon Schwarzbaum
16. The Dancer (2016)
52 min | War
The Dancer is about a Romanian dancer, Lumina, who befriends a German concentration camp guard, Max, to try and save her life from the evils of the camp and its cruel commanders.
Directors: Olivia Krochko, Justin Pepe | Stars: Ana Marie Calise, Richard White, Bennett Leeds, Shirley Roberts
17. Neve diventeremo (2010)
4 min | Short, Drama
Inspired from the biography of the partisan Rado Zuccon ,who was imprisoned in the Buchenwald concentration camp during the second world war ,went free after the liberation of the camp by the American army in 1945
Director: Luca Tossani | Stars: Massimo Barberi, Mathias Braiucca, Sergio Cavadini, Egidio Misto'
18. Beyond the Fence: Memories of Buchenwald (2008 TV Movie)
Documentary
April 11, 1945. 3:15 in the afternoon. Five miles outside of Weimar, Germany. The inmates of the notorious Buchenwald concentration camp rise up from the horror of their imprisonment and ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Nahem | Stars: Bob Burrows, Abe Chapnick, Ernst Cramer, Jack Eckrich
19.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
Memory of the Camps
(1984)
TV-MA | 56 min | Documentary, News
In 1945, camera crews went with the American and British armies in the nazis death camps and filmed the horror they found there. A group of directors among whom was Alfred Hichcock ... See full summary »
Director: Sidney Bernstein | Stars: Trevor Howard, Sidney Bernstein, Alfred Hitchcock
Votes: 288
20.
The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode:
Nemesis: Germany - February-May 1945
(1974)
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War
The closing weeks of the European war bring retribution for Germany in the form of carpet bombing cities like Dresden, the collapse of the Whermacht, atrocities by Soviet forces, and finally the fall of Berlin and suicide of Hitler.
Director: Martin Smith | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Ursula Gray, Albert Speer, John Seney
Votes: 374
21.
Unsolved Mysteries of World War II (1992– )
Episode:
Hitler's Secret Weapons
(2004)
25 min | Documentary, History, War
During the war German Scientists invented a range of remarkable weapons. But the most awe inspiring of all was undoubtedly the long-range rocket known to history as the V-2. Why did Germans... See full summary »
Star: Patrick Allen
Votes: 5
22.
The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022)
Episode:
The Homeless, The Tempest-Tossed (1942-)
(2022)
TV-14 | 131 min | Documentary, History
A group of government officials supports and finances rescue operations. Allied soldiers begin to liberate concentration camps and find mass graves. The public sees the sheer scale of the Holocaust.
Directors: Sarah Botstein, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, Daniel Mendelsohn, Deborah Lipstadt, Eva Geiringer
Votes: 146
23.
Beyond the Myth: The SS Unveiled (2022– )
Episode:
Heinrich Himmler
(2022)
Documentary, History, War
An agriculturalist by trade, he went on to lead the SS and tried to escape responsibility at the end of the war. Who was Heinrich Himmler?
Director: Gabriele Rose | Stars: Christopher Browning, Alexandra Richie, Traudl Junge, Frank Bajohr
24.
Beyond the Myth: The SS Unveiled (2022– )
Episode:
The SS Death Head's Unit
(2022)
Documentary, History, War
Tasked with guarding concentration camps, this unit's actions knew no bounds, and, despite their heinous acts, still attended social gatherings.
Director: Carsten Binsack | Stars: Hans Münch, Richard John Evans, Christopher Browning, Harry Seidel