Top 10 – Films About World War II – USA (August 2009)
Connection number 1: Premiered July 24th 1998. Attendance in dollars is $216,5 million.
Connection number 2: Premiered May 25th 2001. Attendance in dollars is $198,5 million.
Connection number 3: Premiered December 15th 1993. Attendance in dollars is $96,1 million.
Connection number 4: Premiered December 25th 2008. Attendance in dollars is $83,1 million.
Connection number 5: Premiered April 21st 2000. Attendance in dollars is $77,1 million.
Connection number 6: Premiered March 16th 2001. Attendance in dollars is $51,4 million.
Connection number 7: Premiered June 14th 2002. Attendance in dollars is $40,9 million.
Connection number 8: Premiered December 25th 1998. Attendance in dollars is $36,4 million.
Connection number 9: Premiered October 20th 2006. Attendance in dollars is $33,6 million.
Connection number 10: Premiered October 12th 1990. Attendance in dollars is $27,4 million.
Connection number 2: Premiered May 25th 2001. Attendance in dollars is $198,5 million.
Connection number 3: Premiered December 15th 1993. Attendance in dollars is $96,1 million.
Connection number 4: Premiered December 25th 2008. Attendance in dollars is $83,1 million.
Connection number 5: Premiered April 21st 2000. Attendance in dollars is $77,1 million.
Connection number 6: Premiered March 16th 2001. Attendance in dollars is $51,4 million.
Connection number 7: Premiered June 14th 2002. Attendance in dollars is $40,9 million.
Connection number 8: Premiered December 25th 1998. Attendance in dollars is $36,4 million.
Connection number 9: Premiered October 20th 2006. Attendance in dollars is $33,6 million.
Connection number 10: Premiered October 12th 1990. Attendance in dollars is $27,4 million.
List activity
11 views
• 0 this weekCreate a new list
List your movie, TV & celebrity picks.
72 titles
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsTom HanksMatt DamonTom SizemoreFollowing the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.Connection number 1. (2 movies connected.)
- DirectorMichael BayStarsBen AffleckKate BeckinsaleJosh HartnettA tale of war and romance mixed in with history. The story follows two lifelong friends and a beautiful nurse who are caught up in the horror of an infamous Sunday morning in 1941.Connection number 2. (10 movies connected.)
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsLiam NeesonRalph FiennesBen KingsleyIn German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.Connection number 3. (No movie connected.)
- DirectorBryan SingerStarsTom CruiseBill NighyCarice van HoutenA dramatization of the July 20, 1944 assassination and political coup plot by desperate renegade German Army officers against Adolf Hitler during World War II.Connection number 4. (2 movies connected.)
- DirectorJonathan MostowStarsMatthew McConaugheyBill PaxtonHarvey KeitelA German submarine is boarded by disguised American submariners trying to capture their Enigma cipher machine.Connection number 5. (10 movies connected.)
- DirectorJean-Jacques AnnaudStarsJude LawEd HarrisJoseph FiennesA Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad.Connection number 6. (10 movies connected.)
- DirectorJohn WooStarsNicolas CageAdam BeachPeter StormareTwo U.S. Marines in World War II are assigned to protect Navajo Marines, who use their native language as an unbreakable radio cypher.Connection number 7. (10 movies connected.)
- DirectorTerrence MalickStarsJim CaviezelSean PennNick NolteAdaptation of James Jones' autobiographical 1962 novel, focusing on the conflict at Guadalcanal during the second World War.Connection number 8. (10 movies connected.)
Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 7". - DirectorClint EastwoodStarsRyan PhillippeBarry PepperJoseph CrossThe life stories of the six men who raised the flag at the Battle of Iwo Jima, a turning point in World War II.Connection number 9. (10 movies connected.)
- DirectorMichael Caton-JonesStarsMatthew ModineEric StoltzTate DonovanIn 1943, the crew of a B-17 based in the UK prepares for its 25th and final bombing mission over Germany before returning home to the USA.Connection number 10. (6 movies connected.)
- DirectorFrank DarabontStarsTom HanksMichael Clarke DuncanDavid MorseA tale set on death row, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the lead guard, Paul Edgecombe, recognizes John's gift, he tries to help stave off the condemned man's execution.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 1".
- DirectorEthan CoenJoel CoenStarsJeff BridgesMatt DamonHailee SteinfeldA stubborn teenager enlists the help of a tough U.S. Marshal to track down her father's murderer.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 1".
- DirectorMichael BayStarsBruce WillisBilly Bob ThorntonBen AffleckAfter discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas will impact Earth in less than a month, NASA recruits a misfit team of deep-core drillers to save the planet.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 2".
- DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsKenneth BranaghDerek JacobiSimon ShepherdIn the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 2".
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsJosh HartnettEwan McGregorTom SizemoreThe story of 160 elite U.S. soldiers who dropped into Mogadishu in October 1993 to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord, but found themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily armed Somalis.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 2 & 6".
- DirectorMark Steven JohnsonStarsBen AffleckJennifer GarnerColin FarrellA man blinded by toxic waste which also enhanced his remaining senses fights crime as an acrobatic martial arts superhero.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 2".
- DirectorKevin MacdonaldStarsSaoirse RonanTom HollandGeorge MacKayAn American girl, sent to the English countryside to stay with relatives, finds love and purpose while fighting for her survival as war envelops the world around her.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 2".
- DirectorMichael BayStarsShia LaBeoufMegan FoxJosh DuhamelAn ancient struggle between two Cybertronian races, the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons, comes to Earth, with a clue to the ultimate power held by a teenager.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 2".
- DirectorMichael MannStarsAl PacinoRobert De NiroVal KilmerA group of high-end professional thieves start to feel the heat from the LAPD when they unknowingly leave a verbal clue at their latest heist.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 2".
- DirectorPhilip KaufmanStarsSean ConneryWesley SnipesHarvey KeitelWhen an escort girl is found dead in the offices of a Japanese company in Los Angeles, detectives Web Smith and John Connor act as liaison between the company's executives and the investigating cop Tom Graham.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 2 & 5".
- DirectorJonathan SangerStarsEd HarrisMax von SydowHorst BuchholzEmerald is an agent the Germans "have" inside allied intelligence 1944/WWII. With "help" from Emerald, the Germans catch Wheeler, believed to know the when and where of D-Day. Emerald is sent to be Wheeler's cell mate. Let the game begin.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 2 & 10".
- DirectorLouis MalleStarsAmy MadiganEd HarrisHo NguyenA despondent Vietnam veteran in danger of losing his livelihood is pushed to the edge when he sees Vietnamese immigrants moving into the fishing industry in a Texas bay town.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 2".
- DirectorJames MangoldStarsTom CruiseCameron DiazPeter SarsgaardA young woman gets mixed up with a disgraced spy who is trying to clear his name.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 4".
- DirectorBrad BirdStarsTom CruiseJeremy RennerSimon PeggThe IMF is shut down when it's implicated in the bombing of the Kremlin, causing Ethan Hunt and his new team to go rogue to clear their organization's name.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 4".
- DirectorBill PaxtonStarsBill PaxtonMatthew McConaugheyPowers BootheA mysterious man arrives at the offices of an FBI agent and recounts his childhood: how his religious fanatic father received visions telling him to destroy people who were in fact "demons."Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 5".
- DirectorJonathan MostowStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerNick StahlKristanna LokenA machine from a post-apocalyptic future travels back in time to protect a man and a woman from an advanced robotic assassin to ensure they both survive a nuclear attack.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 5".
- DirectorJonathan MostowStarsBruce WillisRadha MitchellVing RhamesSet in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots, a cop is forced to leave his home for the first time in years in order to investigate the murders of others' surrogates.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 5".
- DirectorStephen HopkinsStarsDanny GloverGary BuseyKevin Peter HallThe Predator returns to Earth, this time to stake a claim on the war-torn streets of a dystopian Los Angeles.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 5".
- DirectorJames CameronStarsSigourney WeaverMichael BiehnCarrie HennDecades after surviving the Nostromo incident, Ellen Ripley is sent out to re-establish contact with a terraforming colony but finds herself battling the Alien Queen and her offspring.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 5".
- DirectorJames CameronStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerLinda HamiltonMichael BiehnA human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to execute a young woman whose unborn son is the key to humanity's future salvation.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 5".
- DirectorJames CameronStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerJamie Lee CurtisTom ArnoldA fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used-car salesman while terrorists smuggle nuclear war heads into the United States.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 5".
- DirectorSam RaimiStarsBill PaxtonBilly Bob ThorntonBridget FondaThree blue-collar acquaintances come across millions of dollars in lost cash and make a plan to keep their find from the authorities, but it isn't long before complications and mistrust weave their way into the plan.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 5".
- DirectorJohn BadhamStarsBridget FondaGabriel ByrneDermot MulroneyA government fakes the death of a criminal to turn this young woman into a killer on its service.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 5".
- DirectorAnthony MinghellaStarsJude LawNicole KidmanRenée ZellwegerIn the waning days of the American Civil War, a wounded soldier embarks on a perilous journey back home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina to reunite with his sweetheart.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 6".
- DirectorAlex CoxStarsEd HarrisRichard MasurRene AuberjonoisAn unconventional retelling of the life of William Walker, a 19th century American mercenary leader who became the president of Nicaragua.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 6, 7 & 9".
- DirectorAgnieszka HollandStarsChristopher LambertEd HarrisJoss AcklandA young priest speaks out against the Communist regime in Poland and is killed for it.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 6".
- DirectorMichael WinterbottomStarsRachel WeiszAlessandro NivolaLuka PetrusicA young boy and his sister are drawn into one man's obsessive pursuit of his former lover.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 6".
- DirectorOliver StoneStarsColin FarrellAnthony HopkinsRosario DawsonAlexander, the King of Macedonia and one of the greatest army leaders in the history of warfare, conquers much of the known world.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 6 & 8".
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsOrlando BloomEva GreenLiam NeesonBalian of Ibelin travels to Jerusalem during the Crusades of the 12th century, and there he finds himself as the defender of the city and its people.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 6".
- DirectorLarysa KondrackiStarsRachel WeiszMonica BellucciVanessa RedgraveA drama based on the experiences of Kathryn Bolkovac, a Nebraska cop who served as a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia and outed the U.N. for covering up a sex trafficking scandal.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 6".
- DirectorFernando MeirellesStarsRachel WeiszJude LawAnthony HopkinsA modern and stylish kaleidoscope of interconnected love and relationships linking characters from different cities and countries in a vivid, suspenseful and deeply moving tale of romantic life in the 21st century.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 6".
- DirectorTodd RobinsonStarsEd HarrisJulian AdamsDavid DuchovnyThe haunted Captain of a Soviet submarine holds the fate of the world in his hands. Forced to leave his family behind, he is charged with leading a covert mission cloaked in mystery.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 6".
- DirectorJohn WooStarsJohn TravoltaNicolas CageJoan AllenTo foil a terrorist plot, FBI agent Sean Archer assumes the identity of the criminal Castor Troy who murdered his son through facial transplant surgery, but the crook wakes up prematurely and vows revenge.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 7".
- DirectorJohn WooStarsJohn TravoltaChristian SlaterSamantha MathisTerrorists steal nuclear warheads from the U.S. military but don't count on a pilot and park ranger spoiling their plans.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 7".
- DirectorHarold BeckerStarsBruce WillisMiko HughesAlec BaldwinShadowy elements in the NSA target a nine-year old autistic savant for death when he is able to decipher a top secret code.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 7".
- DirectorMikael SalomonStarsMorgan FreemanChristian SlaterRandy QuaidThe partner and nephew of an armored-truck driver tries to prevent three million dollars from being taken by a gang during a catastrophic flooding caused by a severe storm.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 7".
- DirectorMel GibsonStarsMel GibsonSophie MarceauPatrick McGoohanScottish warrior William Wallace leads his countrymen in a rebellion to free his homeland from the tyranny of King Edward I of England.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 7 & 9".
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsDemi MooreViggo MortensenAnne BancroftLt. Jordan, a US Navy topographic analyst, joins the US Navy Special Warfare Group and struggles to prove her worth in a unit dominated by men. But a cynical woman Texan senator has sold her out.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 7".
- DirectorOliver StoneStarsHiep Thi LeTommy Lee JonesHaing S. NgorDuring the Vietnam War, a Vietnamese woman struggles hustling on the streets, where she comes face to face with those involved in the conflict around her.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 7".
- DirectorRichard AttenboroughStarsSean ConneryRyan O'NealMichael CaineOperation Market Garden, September 1944: The Allies attempt to capture several strategically important bridges in the Netherlands in the hope of breaking the German lines.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 7".
- DirectorOliver StoneStarsSean PennJennifer LopezNick NolteA man heading to Vegas to pay off his gambling debt before the Russian mafia kills him is forced to stop in an Arizona town where everything that can go wrong does go wrong.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 8".
- DirectorDavid O. RussellStarsGeorge ClooneyMark WahlbergIce CubeIn the aftermath of the Persian Gulf War, four soldiers set out to steal gold that was stolen from Kuwait, but they discover people who desperately need their help.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 8".
- DirectorJohn MooreStarsGene HackmanOwen WilsonGabriel MachtA disillusioned pilot shot down over war-torn Bosnia goes on the run from the local military and an assassin, as his commanding officer risks all to save him.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 8".
- DirectorBarbet SchroederStarsSandra BullockBen ChaplinRyan GoslingTwo gifted high school students execute a perfect murder - then become engaged in an intellectual contest with a seasoned homicide detective.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 8".
- DirectorJohn McTiernanStarsJohn TravoltaSamuel L. JacksonConnie NielsenA D.E.A. Agent investigates the disappearance of a legendary Army Ranger Drill Sergeant and several of his cadets during a training exercise gone severely awry.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 8".
- DirectorEdward ZwickStarsTom CruiseKen WatanabeBilly ConnollyNathan Algren, a US army veteran, is hired by the Japanese emperor to train his army in the modern warfare techniques. Nathan finds himself trapped in a struggle between two eras and two worlds.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 8".
- DirectorTerry GeorgeStarsDon CheadleSophie OkonedoJoaquin PhoenixPaul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager, houses over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda, Africa.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 8".
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsChristian BaleSteve ZahnJeremy DaviesA U.S. fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 8".
- DirectorEthan CoenJoel CoenStarsTommy Lee JonesJavier BardemJosh BrolinViolence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong and over two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 8".
- DirectorRandall WallaceStarsMel GibsonMadeleine StoweGreg KinnearThe story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War, and the soldiers on both sides that fought it, while their wives wait nervously and anxiously at home for the good news or the bad news.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 9".
- DirectorClint EastwoodStarsBradley CooperSienna MillerKyle GallnerNavy S.E.A.L. sniper Chris Kyle's pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and turns him into a legend. Back home with his family after four tours of duty, however, Chris finds that it is the war he can't leave behind.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 9".
- DirectorMark ChristopherStarsRyan PhillippeSalma HayekNeve CampbellThe famous 1970s New York City nightclub seen and told through the eyes of a young employee.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 9".
- DirectorHugh HudsonStarsAl PacinoDonald SutherlandNastassja KinskiA trapper and his young son get pulled into the American revolution early as unwilling participants and remain involved through to the end.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 9".
- DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsMichael J. FoxSean PennDon HarveyDuring the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 9".
- DirectorTerry GeorgeStarsBill PaxtonBo EasonWilliam L. ManseyTrue story of Army man John Paul Vann, whose military success provided him the fulfillment he never found in his personal life.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 9".
- DirectorEdward ZwickStarsMatthew BroderickDenzel WashingtonCary ElwesRobert Gould Shaw leads the U.S. Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army, and the Confederates.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 9".
- DirectorLuc BessonStarsMilla JovovichJohn MalkovichRab AffleckA young girl receives a vision that drives her to rid France of its oppressors.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 9".
- DirectorSteven ZaillianStarsJohn TravoltaRobert DuvallKathleen QuinlanA tenacious lawyer takes on a case involving two companies responsible for causing several children to be diagnosed with leukemia due to the town's water supply being contaminated, at the risk of bankrupting his firm and career.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 10".
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsMatthew ModineR. Lee ErmeyVincent D'OnofrioA pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 10".
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsJames CaanAnjelica HustonJames Earl JonesA Sergeant must deal with his desires to save the lives of young soldiers being sent to Viet Nam. Continuously denied the chance to teach the soldiers about his experiences, he settles for trying to help the son of an old Army buddy.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 10".
- DirectorGeorge ClooneyStarsDavid StrathairnGeorge ClooneyPatricia ClarksonBroadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 10".
- DirectorSpike LeeStarsDerek LukeMichael EalyLaz AlonsoSet in 1944 Italy, the story of four black American soldiers who get trapped in a Tuscan village during WWII.Kvikmyndir.is: Similar movie to "Connection number 10".