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Showing results for WWI / WWII drama

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Blitz

Saoirse Ronan is outstanding as a mother searching for her missing son in the perilous landscape of London during wartime.

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The Tattooist of Auschwitz

Based on the eponymous novel by Heather Morris, Tali Shalom-Ezer directs this stirring six-part series set in Auschwitz concentration camp.

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A Forgotten Man

Adapted from Thomas Hürlimann’s play on the same subject, immerse yourself in this powerful exploration of wartime guilt.

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Dunkirk

Hans Zimmer’s devastating score permeates Christopher Nolan’s ambitious and wholly immersive World War Two epic.

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Freud's Last Session

Psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud and author C.S. Lewis embark on a fictitious meeting of minds in this fascinating drama.

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World on Fire (Season 2)

This ambitious drama shows World War II through the lives of the ordinary people who were forced to endure it.

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Oppenheimer

Cillian Murphy is astonishing in Christopher Nolan’s engrossing and expansive biopic about the creation of the atomic bomb.

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Six Minutes to Midnight

The UK’s Eddie/Suzy Izzard co-writes, co-produces and stars in this fascinating and fact-based World War Two spy drama.

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Lola

This captivating debut feature from writer-directed Andrew Legge expertly blends time travel and found footage in this smart ‘what-if’ drama.