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1. Valkyrie (2008)

PG-13 | 121 min | Drama, History, Thriller

A dramatization of the July 20, 1944 assassination and political coup plot by desperate renegade German Army officers against Adolf Hitler during World War II.

Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: Tom Cruise, Bill Nighy, Carice van Houten, Kenneth Branagh

Votes: 260,043 | Gross: $83.08M

2. The Night of the Generals (1967)

Not Rated | 148 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In 1942, a Polish prostitute and German Agent is murdered in Warsaw. Suspicion falls on three Generals, and Major Grau of German Intelligence seeks justice which ends up taking decades.

Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay, Donald Pleasence

Votes: 8,823

3. Rommel (2012 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 120 min | Action, Biography, Drama

The story of the final seven months in the life of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel.

Director: Niki Stein | Stars: Ulrich Tukur, Tim Bergmann, Johannes Silberschneider, Benjamin Sadler

Votes: 2,503

4. The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)

Approved | 88 min | Biography, Drama, War

The story of the final years of the respected World War II German general, Erwin Rommel.

Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: James Mason, Cedric Hardwicke, Jessica Tandy, Luther Adler

Votes: 6,741

5. Hitler: A Career (1977)

Not Rated | 150 min | Documentary, History

This meticulously assembled film dissects the Third Reich with an analytical blade, charting Hitler's improbable rise, his mastery of crowd psychology and his consummate skill in exploiting others' weaknesses.

Directors: Joachim Fest, Christian Herrendoerfer | Stars: Gert Westphal, Stephen Murray, Artur Axmann, General Bergeret

Votes: 3,045

6. Stauffenberg (2004 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 92 min | Biography, Drama, History

In 1944, in fear of a complete German defeat in the World War II, a group of high command officers plot an attempt against Hitler, and one of the leaders of the conspiracy, Stauffenberg (... See full summary »

Director: Jo Baier | Stars: Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur, Hardy Krüger Jr., Christopher Buchholz

Votes: 2,689

7. The Plot to Kill Hitler (1990 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, History, Thriller

German Army colonel Count Claus von Stauffenberg plans to assassinate German leader Adolf Hitler on July 20th, 1944 with a briefcase bomb, while other high-ranking plotters in Berlin are preparing to take power in a coup.

Director: Lawrence Schiller | Stars: Brad Davis, Madolyn Smith Osborne, Ian Richardson, Kenneth Colley

Votes: 517

8. Christabel (1988– )

149 min | Biography, Drama

An English girl marries a German lawyer in the 1930s and they try to live as normal a life as they can in Hitler's Germany. When Allied bombs start falling on German cities, Christabel ... See full summary »

Stars: Elizabeth Hurley, Stephen Dillane, Nigel Le Vaillant, Geoffrey Palmer

Votes: 205

9. The Plot to Assassinate Hitler (1955)

97 min | Drama, History, Thriller

A disillusioned Wehrmacht officer named Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg and his co-conspirators attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler on 20 July 1944.

Director: Falk Harnack | Stars: Wolfgang Preiss, Annemarie Düringer, Robert Freitag, Fritz Tillmann

Votes: 192

10. It Happened on July 20th (1955)

75 min | Drama, History, Thriller

A dramatic reconstruction of the July 1944 attempt by German Army Officers to assassinate Hitler with a bomb and end the war before Germany was totally destroyed.

Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Bernhard Wicki, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Carl Wery, Erik Frey

Votes: 335

11. Witness Against Hitler (1996 TV Movie)

PG | 90 min | Drama, War

The true story of a Prussian aristocrat working for German military intelligence during World War II, who, with a group of fellow devout Christians, plotted to assassinate Hitler with a ... See full summary »

Director: Betsan Morris Evans | Stars: Helen McCrory, James Wilby, Ashley James, Colin Buchanan

Votes: 55

12. Die Stunde der Offiziere (2004 TV Movie)

90 min | Documentary, History, War

A well documented re-enaction of the July 20th, 1944 assassination attempt against Hitler, aka Operation Valkyrie.

Director: Hans-Erich Viet | Stars: Harald Schrott, Bernhard Schütz, Klaus J. Behrendt, Dieter Mann

Votes: 86

13. The German Liberation of Paris -1944 (2016 TV Movie)

53 min | Documentary, History, War

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Directors: Jürgen Eike, Michael Kloft | Stars: John Colclough, Roland Freisler, Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, Graham Hodgkins

14. The Hunt for Dr Carl Goerdeler - Hitler's Accountant (2016)

Documentary, War

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Directors: Jürgen Eike, Michael Kloft | Stars: Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager, Roland Freisler, Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, Marianne Goerdeler

15. Prozess 20. Juli 1944 vor dem Volksgerichtshof (1944)

45 min | Documentary

The show trial of eight men accused of conspiring in the 1944 attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler. All eight, whose guilt was decreed before the trial even began, were found guilty and executed.

Stars: Robert Bernardis, Roland Freisler, Erich Hoepner, Friedrich Karl Klausing

16. The Norman Summer (1962)

28 min | Documentary, War

June - September 1944. D-Day, June 6, 1944. In early morning hours, infantry carriers, including one hundred and ten ships of the Royal Canadian Navy, cross to the coast of France while Allied air forces pound enemy positions from the air.

Stars: Budd Knapp, Earl Cameron, H.D.G. Crerar, D.V. Currie

Votes: 7

17. Verräter vor dem Volksgericht II.Teil (1944)

97 min | Documentary

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Stars: Eduard Brücklmeier, Roland Freisler, Harry Giese, Carl Friedrich Goerdeler

18. Eye of the Dictator (1988)

Documentary, War

The story of Joseph Goebbels and the production of wartime Nazi newsreels.

Director: Hans-Günther Stark | Stars: Donald Arthur, Osman Ragheb, Heinz Braun, Karl-Friedrich Falcke

Votes: 10

19. Verräter vor dem Volksgericht (1944)

83 min | Documentary

From August 7, 1944 to March 1945, the trials of those involved in the assassination attempt on Hitler on July 20, 1944 took place in front of the People's Court in Berlin. These trials were filmed until October 20th.

Stars: Robert Bernardis, Roland Freisler, Wolf Helldorf, Erich Hoepner

20. Highlander (1992–1998)
Episode: The Valkyrie (1997)

TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

In a flashback, Duncan and immortal Ingrid tackle the Germans in 1935 Germany. In the present, Ingrid has assassinated a Russian politician and Duncan wants to stop her from killing her next target, an American white supremacist.

Director: Richard Martin | Stars: Adrian Paul, Stan Kirsch, Jim Byrnes, Peter Wingfield

Votes: 167

21. Red Dwarf (1988– )
Episode: Timeslides (1989)

TV-14 | 28 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

The developing fluid that Kryten uses to process old photographs mutates and the photographs come alive. The Red Dwarf crew find they can go into the photograph, and Lister finds that the ... See full summary »

Director: Ed Bye | Stars: Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules, Hattie Hayridge

Votes: 971

22. History (2000–2023)
Episode: Die Frauen des 20. Juli 1944 (2008)

Documentary, Drama, History

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Stars: Katharina Christiansen, Helmtrud de Roo, Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, Adolf Hitler

23. Hitler's Bodyguard (2008– )
Episode: Hitler's Dangerous Train Journeys (2010)

47 min | Documentary, History

British operatives targeted Hitler's special train, the Führer-Sonderzug--a rolling fortress on rails--despite its heavy armor and tight security measures.

Directors: Jonathan Martin, Philip Nugus | Stars: Martin Bormann, Sepp Dietrich, Reinhard Heydrich, Adolf Hitler

Votes: 35

24. Rise of the Nazis (2019–2023)
Episode: The Home Front (2022)

Documentary, History

Facing defeat on the Eastern Front, Hitler retreats. Deep rifts emerge, and his inner circle vies for power. The resistance gets a student voice, and an enemy within plots to kill Hitler.

Director: Julian Jones | Stars: Richard John Evans, Pablo de Orellana, Afua Hirsch, Christian Goeschel

Votes: 65

25. Adolf Hitler's War (2020)
Episode: This Has Happened (2020)

Documentary, History, War

Hitler's War moves to its endgame as the Soviets cross the German border - with a death toll of over 40 million, a new scarred, Europe will emerge.

Directors: Michael Cove, Mike Kenneally | Stars: Aliaksandr Kakhanouski, David Stahel, Sergei Kudryashov, Dzmitry Kryvashei

26. Hitler: Uncovering His Fatal Obsession (2021)
Episode: Time is Blood (2021)

45 min | Documentary, History, War

After a terrible winter, 1942 starts badly for Stalin due to a ruthless Nazi campaign that leaves millions of Soviets captive and without food.

Directors: Lyndy Saville, Cal Seville | Stars: Max Hastings, Anthony Beevor, Klaus Schmider, Richard John Evans

Votes: 6

27. World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode: Overlord (2009)

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

After a careful campaign of disinformation that throws the German defenders off-guard, the Western Allies finally land on Normandy. After fierce fighting, they establish a foothold in Europe. France is liberated.

Stars: Robert Powell, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Adolf Hitler

Votes: 228

28. Nazi Underworld (2011– )
Episode: Hitler's Desert Fox (2011)

Documentary

Rommel is an enigma. Was he the military genius he appeared to be or an impulsive leader who overcame adversaries with surprise or fortunate to be supplied with back channel intelligence? ... See full summary »

Directors: Christian Frey, Tim Versteegen | Stars: Winrich Behr, Allan Corduner, Sönke Neitzel, Richard Overy

Votes: 16

29. Apocalypse, le crépuscule d'Hitler (2023)
Episode: Le dernier acte (2023)

Documentary, History, War

Its 1944, and as the Allied forces take over the West and Nazis retreat in the East, Hitler orders his country to its ruin from his underground bunker.

Directors: Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Stephen Rashbrook, Ahmed Ben Bella, Blondi

Votes: 8

30. The 100 Days: That Defined Modern History (2022–2023)
Episode: World War II: D-Day - 1944 (2023)

Documentary, History

On June 6th 1944, the largest amphibious invasion in military history commenced targeting the coast of Normandy in France.

Directors: Edmund Duff, Mike Kenneally | Stars: David Ulbrich, Ian Gooderson, Adrian Lewis, Adrian Gilbert

31. How to Lose a War (2023)
Episode: The Homefront (2023)

Documentary, History, War

In our final episode, we examine how each Axis Power had troubles on their own home front, leading to disaster in the final days of the war.

Director: Tim Bosanquet | Stars: Alexander Henry, Giuseppe Finaldi, Russell A. Hart, Guy Walters

32. Nazi Mega Weapons (2013– )
Episode: The Wolf's Lair (2015)

TV-PG | 55 min | Documentary, History, War

Hitler becomes convinced of his own military genius, planning to invade Russia. He orders the construction of a huge command complex of bunkers and buildings named the Wolf's Lair.

Directors: Tom Lindley, Gary Johnstone | Stars: Tony Pollard, James Holland, Steve Remy, Patrick Bury

Votes: 66

33. Hitler's Circle of Evil (2018)
Episode: Beginning of the End (2018)

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

As the war fails, the inner circle responds with strategies to save itself, from plotting the Führer's assassination to negotiating with the Allies.

Director: Vicky Matthews | Stars: Emma Craigie, Thomas Weber, Guy Walters, Robert Gerwarth

Votes: 150

34. Charité (2017– )
Episode: Im Untergrund (2019)

TV-MA | 49 min | Drama, History, Sci-Fi

Nurse Christel presses Otto for an engagement. Artur makes arrangements for Karin behind Anni's back. A coup attempt has consequences for Sauerbruch.

Director: Anno Saul | Stars: Mala Emde, Ulrich Noethen, Jannik Schümann, Artjom Gilz

Votes: 143