Long before he was dueling Darth Vader in Star Wars, Sir Alec Guinness starred in this tour de force WWII film as Colonel Nicholson, a British POW who, with his unit, is tasked with building a railway ...

One of history’s darkest chapters, the Second World War (or World War II) has inspired countless movies and shows from around the globe for generations. Not all of them are necessarily great films — ...

The John Wick-style WW2 movie that took the world by storm in 2025 is quietly becoming a massive streaming success on HBO Max.

On Sept. 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland, starting the Second World War in 25 years. The massive and lengthy war resulted in an estimated 75 million deaths before it came to an end on Sept. 2, 1945, ...

The horrors of World War II have been depicted on screen by many incredibly talented filmmakers who've made stunning works about the global conflict. Recently, an uncompromising film that can be ...

If you think of the greatest World War 2 films of all time, Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-winning classic Saving Private Ryan and ...

Movies are my true calling, and when he isn't logging reviews on Letterbox, he is covering the latest happenings in the movie and TV world, with the occassional contrarian feature essay. War movies ...

No genre puts fans into intense, realistic situations more than the best war movies. The best in the genre have a strong mix of films from just about every war imaginable, from the wars in the ...

Erik Hawkins is an award-winning writer and editor who's been obsessed with cinema since he was old enough to hold Roger Ebert's Video Home Companion in his hands. He lives in NYC, where he rabidly ...