The short film compiles never before seen footage of the battle as it happened.
The Battle of Midway (1942)Īn important historical landmark according to many, ‘The Battle of Midway’, an 18-minute short on the event it is named after, termed the turning point for the American side in the Pacific theatre of war as Japanese attempts at another Pearl Harbour attack were thwarted. Regular Hollywood viewers might understandably be bereft of this piece of history, as was I, but the film helps you catch up to it just as well, even if some of it may be fictionally dramatized. The Resistance Banker (2018)Īnother story emerging from the period of the war that is worth telling, one of a pair of Dutch banker brothers who decide to fund the Dutch resistance in Nazi occupied Amsterdam. A simple film with a lot of unmet potential in its premise, watch it for the great cast. ‘Alone in Berlin’ is the story of a working class Nazi couple lose their son in the war, and move to denounce the fascist Nazi regime in the wake of their loss, even as the nation celebrates a momentous victory, doing so by dropping handwritten cards exposing the regime’s lies all over Berlin. Not a cinematic marvel by any yardstick, and barely long enough to qualify as an informative documentary, you have to be truly appreciative of the time, setting and circumstances this was released in, and the impact it would have had on an entire country. So, here’s the list of really good World War II movies on Netflix that are available to stream right now.Ī piece of propaganda cinema, the US’ official film statement from back in 1942 in defining the Allies, their enemies, and why they must be fought.
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Netflix being the new hub of streaming entertainment hosts some rare gems from the genre making for a truly great repository full of modern classics and ones for the ages. Whatever the sub-genre, the anti-war message in nearly all of them is clear as day.
As is the very nature of cinema, there exists a wide gamut of films on the rather academic topic, ranging from first-person accounts, to soul-stirring dramas, to action films, to real memoirs of survivors to even fantasy.
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