Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "nazi-occupation-of-poland"

1. The Zone of Interest (2023)

PG-13 | 105 min | Drama, History, War

Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his wife Hedwig strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden beside the camp.

Director: Jonathan Glazer | Stars: Christian Friedel, Sandra Hüller, Johann Karthaus, Luis Noah Witte

Votes: 92,574

2. The Painted Bird (2019)

Unrated | 169 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A young Jewish boy somewhere in Eastern Europe seeks refuge during World War II where he encounters many different characters.

Director: Václav Marhoul | Stars: Petr Kotlár, Nina Sunevic, Alla Sokolova, Stanislav Bilyi

Votes: 7,699

3. Escape from Sobibor (1987 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 143 min | Drama, History, War

German death camp in Sobibor, Poland, killed two hundred fifty thousand Jews. It had the most successful prisoner escape in World War II on October 14, 1943.

Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Alan Arkin, Joanna Pacula, Rutger Hauer, Hartmut Becker

Votes: 9,876

4. Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State (2005)

48 min | Documentary, History, War

The history of the Final Solution phase of the Nazi Holocaust, particularly with the most infamous of the death camps.

Stars: Samuel West, Linda Hunt, Gert Heidenreich, Horst Günter Marx

Votes: 4,661

5. My Name Is Sara (2019)

111 min | Biography, Drama, War

Sara is a a 13 year-old Polish Jew who finds refuge and is taken in by a farmer and his wife. She soon discovers the dark secrets of her employers' marriage, compounding the greatest secret she must strive to protect, her true identity.

Director: Steven Oritt | Stars: Zuzanna Surowy, Konrad Cichon, Pawel Królikowski, Piotr Nerlewski

Votes: 842

6. The Island on Bird Street (1997)

PG-13 | 107 min | Biography, Drama, War

During World War II a Jewish boy is left on his own for months in a ruined house in the Warsaw Ghetto, where he must learn all the tricks of survival under constantly life-threatening conditions.

Director: Søren Kragh-Jacobsen | Stars: Patrick Bergin, Jordan Kiziuk, Jack Warden, James Bolam

Votes: 1,903

7. Korczak (1990)

Unrated | 118 min | Biography, Drama, War

The last days of life of the legendary Polish pedagogue Dr. Janusz Korczak and his heroic dedication to protecting Jewish orphans in the Warsaw Ghetto.

Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Wojciech Pszoniak, Ewa Dalkowska, Teresa Budzisz-Krzyzanowska, Marzena Trybala

Votes: 1,607

8. How the Holocaust Began (2023)

59 min | Documentary, History, War

The Nazi evolution from murderous anti-semitism into organised death camps, as documented in this sober piece of historical excavation from Holocaust specialist James Bulgin, is truly ... See full summary »

Directors: Nic Young, Ben Holgate | Star: James Bulgin

Votes: 115

9. Warsaw: Year 5703 (1992)

110 min | Drama, Romance, War

In the winter of 1943 two young Jews, Alek and Fryda, escape, via sewer tunnels, from the atrocities underway in Warsaw ghetto. Alek, entrusted with undeveloped photos of the horrors within... See full summary »

Director: Janusz Kijowski | Stars: Lambert Wilson, Hanna Schygulla, Julie Delpy, Wladyslaw Kowalski

Votes: 192

10. In the Presence of Mine Enemies (1997 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 100 min | Drama, War

A Rabbi in the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland in 1942 fights to maintain his stance of peace and acceptance of his fellow man despite the growing turmoil and atrocities created by the Germans. ... See full summary »

Director: Joan Micklin Silver | Stars: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Charles Dance, Elina Löwensohn, Chad Lowe

Votes: 363

11. Powstanie Warszawskie (2014)

87 min | Documentary, Drama, War

"Powstanie Warszawskie" ("Warsaw Uprising") is the world's first feature film assembled entirely of documentary materials. The film tells the story of the Warsaw Uprising as seen by two ... See full summary »

Director: Jan Komasa | Stars: Piotr Adamczyk, Jacek Aleksandrowicz, Modest Aleksandrowicz, Piotr Bajor

Votes: 729

12. Ein Tag in Auschwitz (2020 TV Movie)

89 min | Documentary, History

One day in May 1944, Bernard Walter comes to work - his mission is to photograph the Auschwitz concentration camp. So based on his images, so are we in this film following victims and perpetrators during a day in Auschwitz.

Director: Winfried Laasch | Stars: Dario Gabbai, Irene Weiss, Stefan Hördler, Philipp Moog

Votes: 73

13. 1944: Should We Bomb Auschwitz? (2019 TV Movie)

59 min | Documentary, Drama, History

After two men escape from the death camp at Auschwitz to tell the world the details of the Nazi genocide there, the Allies face a moral dilemma: to stop further killings, should we bomb Auschwitz?

Director: Tim Dunn | Stars: Nikolaus Wachsmann, Deborah Lipstadt, Michael Berenbaum, Rebecca Erbelding

Votes: 87

14. Mein Leben - Marcel Reich-Ranicki (2009 TV Movie)

90 min | Biography, Drama

In 1929, the 9 year old Polish Jew Marcel Reich-Ranicki is sent by his artistic mother to Berlin to study. Marcel loves the German literature and music, but in October 1938 the Nazis deport... See full summary »

Director: Dror Zahavi | Stars: Matthias Schweighöfer, Katharina Schüttler, Maja Maranow, Joachim Król

Votes: 391

15. Battle for Warsaw (1978)

Not Rated | 48 min | Documentary, History, War

Using rare newly found footage and eye-witness accounts from survivors, 'Battle for Warsaw' tells the tragic story of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising in which nearly a quarter of a million Poles lost their lives.

Director: Peter Batty | Stars: Bernard Archard, Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler, Wladyslaw Sikorski

Votes: 16

16. Pierscionek z orlem w koronie (1992)

104 min | Drama, War

A young resistance fighter tries to deal with the harsh reality of post-war Poland, where Communists have come to power.

Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Rafal Królikowski, Adrianna Biedrzynska, Cezary Pazura, Jerzy Kamas

Votes: 328

17. Who Do You Think You Are? (2008– )
Episode: Dr Karl Kruszelnicki (2019)

Documentary, Biography, History

Aussie icon, Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, whose parents came from Europe to Australia just after WWII to create new life for themselves, is about to discover the tragic reasons why they never wanted to talk to him about their past or relatives.

Stars: Karl Kruszelnicki, Richard Mellick, Michael Schudrich

Votes: 5

18. The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode: Distant War: September 1939-May 1940 (1973)

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

The invasions of Poland, the Winter War, the sinking of the Graf Spee, the "phony war" and Norwegian Campaign, and the elevation of Winston Churchill to Prime Minister.

Director: David Elstein | Stars: Laurence Olivier, R.A. Butler, Bernard Kops, Robert Boothby

Votes: 565

19. The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode: Genocide: 1941-1945 (1974)

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

The history of the Nazi persecution of the Jews, showing events leading to the "Final Solution". Footage and Interviews with SS officers and Jewish survivors from various countries describe... See full summary »

Director: Michael Darlow | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Karl Wolff, Wilhelm Hoettl, Avraham Kochavi

Votes: 455

20. Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode: Campaign in the Balkans (2004)

105 min | Documentary, History, War

We examine the course of savage fighting in the Balkans in the latter half of the conflict in World War 2 where after the uprising by the Romanians, the Soviet Army moved swiftly to capture Bucharest.

Stars: Jonathan Booth, Ion Antonescu, Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, Ernst Busch

Votes: 12

21. Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode: The Siege of Leningrad (2000)

Documentary, History, War

Tim Pigott-Smith narrates the story of one of the Second World War's most harrowing episodes - the 890-day siege of the Soviet Union's second city Leningrad which was not liberated until January 1944.

Stars: Tim Pigott-Smith, Rolf Carls, Karl Dönitz, Joseph Goebbels

Votes: 7

22. Apocalypse Hitler attaque à l'Est (2021)
Episode: La Lutte décisive (2021)

Documentary, History, War

October 1941: as Hitler believes his triumph imminent, his men and tanks are freezing where they stand. Meanwhile, the Red Army consolidates his positions.

Directors: Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Stephen Rashbrook, Nathan Rippy, Lavrenti Beria

Votes: 35

23. Hitler's Bodyguard (2008– )
Episode: Bombs and Paranoia (2010)

TV-14 | 47 min | Documentary, History

Convinced that a failed bomb plot had roots in England, a Gestapo counterintelligence officer engineered an elaborate sting to snatch British agents.

Directors: Jonathan Martin, Philip Nugus | Stars: Eva Braun, Neville Chamberlain, Heinrich Himmler, Adolf Hitler

Votes: 38

24. Rise of the Nazis (2019–2023)
Episode: Barbarossa (2022)

Documentary, History

At the peak of his power, Hitler now faces fellow ruthless dictator Stalin. He tries to deceive Stalin with a plan to invade Britain, all while preparing an attack on the Soviet Union.

Director: Julian Jones | Stars: Richard John Evans, Garry Kasparov, John Scarlett, Alexandra Richie

Votes: 64

25. Adolf Hitler's War (2020)
Episode: Moscow Is Behind Us (2020)

Documentary, History, War

As Hitler's troops advance, occupants in Ukraine, Belarus and Poland take the brunt of the occupying forces cruelty; and the first concentration camps are created.

Directors: Michael Cove, Mike Kenneally | Stars: Vasil Pavlov, Vitaly Makarevich, Sergei Kudryashov, Liudmila Rybchenko

26. Adolf Hitler's War (2020)
Episode: Now People Rise Up! (2020)

Documentary, History, War

The Red Army develops strength and Hitler's Spring Offensive is stopped at Stalingrad; and in the largest ghetto the inhabitants fight back in the Warsaw Uprising.

Directors: Michael Cove, Mike Kenneally | Stars: Kate Reynolds, Alex J. Kay, Vasil Pavlov, David Stahel

27. Adolf Hitler's War (2020)
Episode: Scorched Earth (2020)

Documentary, History, War

In Kursk, a battlefield the size of Wales, the tide turns and the Soviets push back, but as Germany retreats, they destroy all evidence of their genocidal activities.

Directors: Michael Cove, Mike Kenneally | Stars: Sergei Kudryashov, Alexander Vershinin, Ivan Patrylyak, Ihar Melnikau

28. The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022)
Episode: Yearning to Breathe Free (1938-1942) (2022)

TV-14 | 138 min | Documentary, History

As WWII begins, Americans are divided over whether to intervene against Germany. Some individuals and organizations work tirelessly to help refugees escape. Germany invades the USSR and secretly begins the mass murder of European Jews.

Directors: Sarah Botstein, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, Daniel Mendelsohn, Guy Stern, Peter Hayes

Votes: 157

29. 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

30. World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode: The Soviet Steamroller (2009)

TV-MA | 51 min | Documentary, History, War

Their attack on the Soviet Union having failed, the German Army suffers a series of counter-offensives on the Eastern Front. Hitler's constant orders to stand ground backfire, and the ... See full summary »

Stars: Robert Powell, Adolf Hitler, Erich von Manstein, Walter Model

Votes: 243

31. Hitler: Uncovering His Fatal Obsession (2021)
Episode: Barbarossa Unleashed (2021)

45 min | Documentary, History, War

More than three million Axis soldiers, the largest invading force in history, storm across the Soviet Union border as if it didn't exist in June 1941.

Directors: Dominic Saville, Lyndy Saville | Stars: Max Hastings, Anthony Beevor, Richard John Evans, Donald Rayfield

Votes: 6

32. Bomber: Terror of WWII (2022)
Episode: War Without Boundaries (2022)

Documentary, History, War

When the Second World War broke out, bombers were one of the first weapons used in it. Bombings forced the use of gas masks and the construction of shelters, and children were evacuated from bombed-out cities.

Director: Dan Jobson | Stars: James S. Corum, Richard Muller, Stephen Huggins, John Buckley

33. 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

34. Hitler's Engineers: Building the Third Reich (2023–2024)
Episode: Hans Kammler (2023)

Documentary, History, War

Hans Kammler's fingerprints can be found all over the Third Reich's most prestigious and deadly engineering projects, including rockets and concentration camps.

Director: Matt Bone | Stars: Paul B. Jaskot, Michael Allen, Nigel Jones, Karina Urbach

35. 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

36. Hitler's Circle of Evil (2018)
Episode: The Madness of Rudolf Hess (2018)

TV-14 | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, History

As Germany invades Poland and sparks World War II, loyal Deputy Fuhrer Rudolph Hess tries to reclaim his once lofty status among Hitler's senior staff.

Director: Guy Smith | Stars: Guy Walters, Frank McDonough, Michael Lynch, James Holland

Votes: 157

37. Hitler's Circle of Evil (2018)
Episode: The Rise and Fall of Reinhard Heydrich (2018)

TV-14 | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, History

SS head Heinrich Himmler orders his deputy Reinhard Heydrich to enact a plan of ethnic cleansing that becomes a blueprint for the Holocaust.

Director: Simon Deeley | Stars: Guy Walters, James Holland, Richard Overy, Frank McDonough

Votes: 161