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15. Unbroken
After a plane crash in WWII, Olympian Louis Zamperini survives 47 days on a raft before being captured and sent to a POW camp. | © Universal Pictures
14. 12 Years a Slave
In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. | © Searchlight Pictures
13. Downfall
Adolf Hitler's final days in his Berlin bunker are recounted through the perspective of his last secretary, Traudl Junge, as World War II comes to a close. | © Newmarket Films
12. The Thin Red Line
An adaptation of James Jones' autobiographical novel, this film explores the battle of Guadalcanal during World War II. | © 20th Century Studios
11. Valkyrie
A gripping dramatization of the July 20, 1944, plot by renegade German Army officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler and stage a political coup during World War II. | © 20th Century Studios
10. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
An eight-year-old boy befriends a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence, leading to unexpected and tragic consequences. | © Miramax Films
9. Life is Beautiful
A Jewish waiter and his son are sent to a concentration camp, where he uses humour and imagination to protect his son from the horrors of their reality. | © Miramax Films
8. The Killing Fields
A journalist and his Cambodian assistant struggle to survive Pol Pot's Year Zero cleansing, navigating the horrors of the Khmer Rouge regime. | © Columbia Pictures
7. Hacksaw Ridge
A WWII Army medic refuses to kill people and becomes the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor for saving lives during the Battle of Okinawa without firing a single shot. | © Summit Entertainment
6. Conspiracy
At the Wannsee Conference on January 20, 1942, senior Nazi officials gather to plan the most effective way to implement the so-called "Final Solution" during a high-level meeting. | © HBO Films
5. 20 Days in Mariupol
As the Russian invasion begins, a team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting the war's atrocities. | © PBS Distribution
4. The Lives of Others
In 1984 East Berlin, a secret police agent tasked with surveilling a writer and his lover becomes deeply absorbed by their lives. | © Warner Bros. Pictures
3. Hotel Rwanda
Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager in Rwanda, shelters over a thousand Tutsi refugees in his hotel, protecting them from the Hutu militia during the country’s brutal genocide. | © United Artists
2. The Pianist
During WWII, acclaimed Polish musician Wladyslaw faces numerous struggles after losing contact with his family, eventually hiding in the ruins of Warsaw to survive. | © BAC Films
1. Bucha
The story of a Jewish refugee from Kazakhstan who in the spring of 2022 saved hundreds of Ukrainians in Bucha and other cities and towns occupied by Russian troops. | © Netflix
