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1. Flyboys (2006)
PG-13 | 140 min | Action, Drama, History
The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots.
Director: Tony Bill | Stars: James Franco, Jean Reno, Jennifer Decker, Scott Hazell
Votes: 44,497 | Gross: $13.08M
2. Paths of Glory (1957)
Approved | 88 min | Drama, War
After a failed attack on a German position, a general orders three soldiers, chosen at random, court-martialed for cowardice and their commanding officer must defend them.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou, George Macready
Votes: 212,320
3. Gallipoli (1981)
PG | 110 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey during World War I.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Mel Gibson, Mark Lee, Bill Kerr, Harold Hopkins
Votes: 41,975 | Gross: $5.73M
4. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Passed | 152 min | Drama, War
A German youth eagerly enters World War I, but his enthusiasm wanes as he gets a firsthand view of the horror.
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim, John Wray, Arnold Lucy
Votes: 67,699 | Gross: $3.27M
5. Joyeux Noel (2005)
PG-13 | 116 min | Drama, History, Music
In December 1914, an unofficial Christmas truce on the Western Front allows soldiers from opposing sides of the First World War to gain insight into each other's way of life.
Director: Christian Carion | Stars: Diane Kruger, Benno Fürmann, Guillaume Canet, Natalie Dessay
Votes: 31,997 | Gross: $1.05M
6. All Quiet on the Western Front (1979 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 150 min | Drama, War
A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Richard Thomas, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Ian Holm
Votes: 10,539
7. Sergeant York (1941)
Passed | 134 min | Biography, Drama, History
A Tennessee farmer and marksman is drafted in World War I, and struggles with his pacifist inclinations before becoming one of the most celebrated war heroes.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie, George Tobias
Votes: 19,792 | Gross: $16.40M
8. The Blue Max (1966)
Approved | 156 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A young pilot in the German air force of 1918, disliked as lower-class and unchivalrous, tries ambitiously to earn the medal offered for 20 kills.
Director: John Guillermin | Stars: George Peppard, James Mason, Ursula Andress, Jeremy Kemp
Votes: 7,626
9. Passchendaele (2008)
R | 114 min | Drama, History, Romance
The lives of a troubled veteran, his nurse girlfriend and a naive boy intersect first in Alberta and then in Belgium during the bloody World War I battle of Passchendaele.
Director: Paul Gross | Stars: Paul Gross, Michael Greyeyes, James Kot, Jesse Frechette
Votes: 8,806
10. The Red Baron (2008)
PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
German biopic loosely based on the World War I fighter ace Manfred Von Richthofen, nicknamed the Red Baron by friend and foe alike.
Director: Nikolai Müllerschön | Stars: Matthias Schweighöfer, Lena Headey, Til Schweiger, Joseph Fiennes
Votes: 13,158 | Gross: $0.04M
11. Beneath Hill 60 (2010)
R | 122 min | Drama, History, War
In 1916, the 1st Australian Tunnelling Company is tunneling beneath German fortifications and bunkers to detonate massive explosive charges.
Director: Jeremy Sims | Stars: Brendan Cowell, Harrison Gilbertson, Steve Le Marquand, Gyton Grantley
Votes: 8,810
12. Cavalcade (1933)
Passed | 112 min | Drama, Romance, War
A portrayal of the triumphs and tragedies of two English families, the upper-crust Marryots and the working-class Bridgeses, from 1899 to 1933.
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Diana Wynyard, Clive Brook, Una O'Connor, Herbert Mundin
Votes: 5,989 | Gross: $7.63M
13. When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story (2010 TV Movie)
PG | 92 min | Biography, Drama
Based on the true story of the enduring but troubled love between Lois Wilson, co-founder of Al-Anon, and her alcoholic husband Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Director: John Kent Harrison | Stars: Winona Ryder, Barry Pepper, John Bourgeois, Rosemary Dunsmore
Votes: 1,221
14. Aces High (1976)
PG | 114 min | Action, Drama, War
In World War I, the high casualty rate amongst the rookie pilots of the Royal Flying Corps puts an enormous strain on the survivors.
Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Christopher Plummer, Simon Ward, Peter Firth
Votes: 2,989
15. Sarah, Plain & Tall: Winter's End (1999 TV Movie)
95 min | Drama
On a cold winter day a mysterious stranger shows up at the Witting Farm. He is John Witting, the father of Jacob Witting who abandoned Jacob and his mother when Jacob was little. Jacob is ... See full summary »
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Glenn Close, Christopher Walken, Jack Palance, George Hearn
Votes: 1,034
16. Waterloo Bridge (1931)
81 min | Drama, Romance
A prostitute's self-loathing makes her reluctant to marry an idealistic soldier during World War I.
Director: James Whale | Stars: Mae Clarke, Douglass Montgomery, Doris Lloyd, Frederick Kerr
Votes: 3,168
17. Many Wars Ago (1970)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, War
On the Italian/Austrian front during World War I, a disastrous Italian attack upon the Austrian positions leads to a mutiny among the Italian troops.
Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Mark Frechette, Alain Cuny, Gian Maria Volontè, Giampiero Albertini
Votes: 1,922
18. Von Richthofen and Brown (1971)
PG-13 | 97 min | Action, Biography, Drama
The story of Manfred von Richthofen, the German air ace during World War I and his struggle with the enemy aces and some jealous German officers.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: John Phillip Law, Don Stroud, Barry Primus, Corin Redgrave
Votes: 1,384 | Gross: $0.17M
19. The Passing Bells (2014– )
TV-14 | Drama, War
An epic historical drama spanning the five years of the First World War, as seen through the eyes of two ordinary young soldiers.
Stars: Patrick Gibson, Jack Lowden, Hubert Burton, Adam Long
Votes: 1,238
20. Arsenal (1929)
Not Rated | 70 min | Drama, War
A soldier returns to Kyiv after surviving a train crash and encounters clashes between nationalists and collectivists.
Director: Aleksandr Dovzhenko | Stars: Semyon Svashenko, Georgi Khorkov, Amvrosi Buchma, Dmitri Erdman
Votes: 2,335
21. World War I in Colour (2003)
372 min | Documentary, History, War
Documentary using computer colorized footage from World War I to give the audience the feel of how it really looked back during the war.
Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Harry Patch, Hubert Williams, Arthur Barraclough
Votes: 916
22. Die Standarte (1977)
120 min | Action, Romance, War
The setting is Belgrade, Oct 1918, the closing days of World War 1, and the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian empire.
Director: Ottokar Runze | Stars: Simon Ward, Siegfried Rauch, Viktor Staal, Verónica Forqué
Votes: 85
23. 21 Brothers (2011)
Unrated | 96 min | Drama, History, War
Set in W.W.1 the film follows the story of the Canada's 21st battalion as it prepares for the battle of Courcelette in September 1916.
Director: Michael McGuire | Stars: Steve VanVolkingburgh, Clayton Garrett, Steven Spencer, Aaron Miedema
Votes: 129
24. The Hun (2018)
13 min | Short, War
During the late stages of World War I, a young American soldier, Private MacDonald, has just become his company's new message runner. Facing imminent German advances, MacDonald and his ... See full summary »
Director: Tyler Mendelson | Stars: Jonah Acosta, Andrew Albrecht, Cody Albrecht, Kyle Albrecht
Votes: 42
25. Their War (2018)
21 min | Short, War
Two soldiers on opposite sides of World War One must do all they can to survive and get back to the family they left behind. In doing so, both men must confront their own reservations about the reality of war.
Director: Max Mason | Stars: Hamish Riddle, Des Carney, Benjamin Hartley, Katharine Orchard
Votes: 31
26. The Conquerors (1932)
Passed | 86 min | Drama, Romance, Western
A newlywed couple journeys west to make their fortune, and begins a banking empire.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Richard Dix, Ann Harding, Edna May Oliver, Guy Kibbee
Votes: 346
27. Generale - Anatomie der Marneschlacht (1977 TV Movie)
89 min | War
Director: Franz Peter Wirth | Stars: Otto Kurth, Friedrich Gröndahl, Alexander Hegarth, Hans Daniel
Votes: 26
28. Fray Bentos (2014)
27 min | Short, Action, Drama
August 22nd 1917. A British tank and its crew are stranded for three days in no mans land.
Director: Callum Burn | Stars: David Dobson, Vin Hawke, Kris Saddler, Steven Hooper
Votes: 16
29. I Hate Christmas Too (1997 TV Short)
6 min | Short
An unhappy man has an encounter with the ghost of a World War I soldier, who tells him about the 1914 Christmas truce and gives him a new perspective on the season.
Stars: Peter Capaldi, Samuel West
30. Verdun : Ils ne passeront pas (2015 TV Movie)
82 min | Documentary, History
Director: Serge de Sampigny | Stars: Aristide Briand, Georges Clemenceau, Crown Prince Hohenzollern, Charles de Gaulle
Votes: 14
31. Footprints of Our Fathers (2016)
28 min | Short, Drama, History
A short film about a family from Wigton during the First World War.
Director: Lyndsey Walker | Stars: Curt John Martin, Samantha Lowthian, Paula Holden, N. Andrew Elliot
Votes: 10
32. Fight of the Marne (2018)
Short, Action, Drama
In the first and most brutal battle of WW1, we follow the story of two soldiers and their fight for survival.
Directors: Chas Harrington, Jack Miller | Stars: Craig Wake, Billy Pendray, Susan Taylor, Andreas Bedorf
33. The Jockstrap Raiders (2011)
TV-MA | 19 min | Animation, Short, Action
The Jockstrap Raiders takes place during World War I in Leeds, England. A group of underdog misfits are excluded from the war due to various abnormalities. Threatened by the invading German... See full summary »
Director: Mark Nelson | Stars: Anthony DiMonte, Fred Tatasciore, Devin Uzan
Votes: 85
34. The Life of Edward -- Britain's Ex-King (1937)
13 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
An overview of the Duke of Windsor's rise from teenage prince to King of England, his scandalous romance with Wallis Simpson and subsequent abdication, and finally his wedding to Simpson in France.
Stars: Duke of Windsor, John J. Pershing, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Duchess of Windsor
35. Wings of Glory (1995 Video Game)
Action, History, War
As a new rookie pilot fresh from the academy you get to join the British flying forces in 1916 in the middle of the First World War.
Director: Bill Baldwin
39.
Masters of Horror (2005–2007)
Episode:
Homecoming
(2005)
Not Rated | 58 min | Horror
A hotshot White House speech writer deals with the publicity nightmare of his life when recently deceased soldiers return from beyond the grave.
Director: Joe Dante | Stars: Thea Gill, Jon Tenney, Terry David Mulligan, Beverley Breuer
Votes: 4,429
40.
Who Do You Think You Are? (2004– )
Episode:
Sharon Osbourne
(2019)
Documentary, Biography, History
Sharon follows the story of her grandparents discovering what they got up to during wartime and she traces the steps of her great grandparents as they settled in America and how tragedy brought her grandmother to England.
Director: Tom McCarthy | Stars: Sharon Osbourne, Phil Davis
Votes: 54
41.
To Serve Them All My Days (1980–1981)
Episode:
Part One
(1980)
Drama
During WWI, an injured and shell-shocked David Powlett-Jones applies to teach history at an English boys' public school, but he is concerned about whether a lower-class product of the Welsh... See full summary »
Director: Ronald Wilson | Stars: John Duttine, Frank Middlemass, Alan MacNaughtan, Patricia Lawrence
Votes: 22
42.
To Serve Them All My Days (1980–1981)
Episode:
Part Two
(1980)
Drama
David goes home to Wales for the first time since he was invalided out, but his brother rags him about turning into an upper-class snob. He spends the day at the seaside and meets Elizabeth... See full summary »
Director: Ronald Wilson | Stars: John Duttine, Frank Middlemass, Alan MacNaughtan, Patricia Lawrence
Votes: 20
43.
Interview with the Vampire (2022– )
Episode:
Is My Very Nature That of a Devil
(2022)
TV-MA | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Louis grapples in a fight to retain some semblance of his humanity while struggling to identify the true nature of the identity of a vampire and the urges that come with it. Things escalate and soon take a turn for the worst.
Director: Keith Powell | Stars: Jacob Anderson, Sam Reid, Bailey Bass, Eric Bogosian
Votes: 1,442
44.
Z: The Beginning of Everything (2015–2017)
Episode:
Just Humans
(2017)
TV-14 | 31 min | Biography, Drama, History
As Scott pursues Zelda in Montgomery, she must decide what she can sacrifice to be with him.
Director: Mike Barker | Stars: Christina Ricci, David Hoflin, David Strathairn, Kristine Nielsen
Votes: 186
45.
Queers (2017)
Episode:
The Man on the Platform
(2017)
TV-14 | 20 min | Drama
1917. A soldier returned from the Great War recalls an officer with beautiful golden hair with whom he shared an idyllic afternoon; and a memory from his childhood of a prisoner on the train platform.
Director: Mark Gatiss | Star: Ben Whishaw
Votes: 137