Films like Is Paris Burning?
Near the end of World War II, General Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it becomes clear the Allies are going to invade, or if he's unable to maintain control of the city. After much contemplation, Choltitz ignores orders, enraging the Germans and giving...
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Diplomacy
Film · 2014 · also drama and historyOn the night of August 24, 1944, the fate of Paris rests with General von Choltitz, who plans to destroy the city on Hitler's orders. As the general prepares to detonate...
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The Longest Day
Film · 1962 · also drama and historyThe retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being establ...
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The Children of the Resistance
Film · 2026 · also drama and historyDuring the German occupation of World War II, François, Eusèbe, and Lisa, three courageous children, embark on a secret adventure: resisting the Nazis in the heart of Fra...
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Army of Crime
Film · 2009 · also drama and historyThis gripping historical drama recounts the story of Armenian-born Missak Manouchian, a woodworker and political activist who led an immigrant laborer division of the Par...
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Lucie Aubrac
Film · 1997 · also drama and warA love story or a tale of the resistance, this poignant movie tells both the haunting story of a French resistance cell in Lyon but also the love of Lucie Aubrac for her...
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Napoleon
Film · 1927 · also drama and historyA biopic of former Emperor of France, Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign) to...
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The Battle of the Rails
Film · 1946 · also drama and warDuring the Second World War, many French railway workers participated in the resistance. Daily acts of sabotage, spectacular derailments: the railway network took many ac...
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The Bunker
Film · 1981 · also drama and warDramatization depicting the events surrounding Adolf Hitler's last weeks in and around his underground bunker in Berlin before and during the battle for the city.
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Chouans !
Film · 1988 · also drama and historyDirected by Philippe de Broca, the film recounts a bloody episode of the French Revolution. 1793, the Terror . In Vendée and in Bretagne, the chouans are revolting agai...
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Uprising
Film · 2001 · also drama and warIn the Warsaw ghetto in 1943, Jews rise against the Nazis.
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