Here we've displayed a list of the best French Resistance films : Army in the Shadows(1969), Don't Look Now: We're Being Shot At(1966), The Children of Chabannes(1999), To Have and Have Not(1944), Lacombe, Lucien(1974), Orders to Kill(1958), The Accompanist(1993), Belle and Sebastian(2013), Female Agents(2008), Charlotte Gray(2001), Resistance(2020), Mosquito Squadron(1969) ... ...
War, Drama, History
France|Italy
1969
140 Minutes
Lino Ventura Paul Meurisse Jean-Pierre Cassel Paul Crauchet Claude Mann Christian Barbier Simone Signoret Serge Reggiani Alain Libolt
engineer rebel traitor nazi intense gritty passionate paris marseilles, france london france submarine prison french resistance world war ii prisoners of war nazism underdog sacrifice 1940s
An account of underground resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied France.
War, Comedy
France|UK
1966
130 Minutes
Bourvil Louis De Funès Terry-Thomas Marie Dubois Claudio Brook Benno Sterzenbach Colette Brosset Andréa Parisy Pierre Bertin Henri Genes Gabriel Gobin
conductor house painter german soldier amusing france paris escape french resistance world war ii escape 1940s
Several ordinary Frenchmen, helping British pilots avoid Nazi captivity, go on an epic voyage through the occupied country to the free zone.
Documentary
USA
1999
92 Minutes
Norbert Bikales Wolfie Blumenreich Rene Castille Collette Dony-Pascal Jerry Gerard Peter Gossels Lydia Jablonski Ruth Keller Serge Klarsfeld Yvonne Labrousse
father daughter jew foreigner teacher child moving inspiring france countryside school village holocaust courage deception french resistance château de chabannes rescue sacrifice 1990s
In the spirit of Louis Malle's "Au Revoir les Enfants" and Steven Spielberg's "Schindler's List," the Emmy® Award-winning film "The Children of Chabannes" (93 minutes), has been praised as ... See full summary »
Romance, Adventure
USA
1944
100 Minutes
Humphrey Bogart Lauren Bacall Walter Brennan Hoagy Carmichael Dan Seymour Marcel Dalio Dolores Moran Sheldon Leonard
fisherman resistance fighter alcoholic pianist wanderer playful patriotic martinique boat devil's island hotel smuggling french resistance dangerous job male bonding transformation love 1940s
During World War II, American expatriate Harry Morgan helps transport a French Resistance leader and his beautiful wife to Martinique while romancing a sensuous lounge singer.
Drama
France|Italy|West Germany
1974
135 Minutes
Pierre Blaise Aurore Clément Holger Löwenadler Therese Giehse Loumi Iacobesco Stéphane Bouy Rene Bouloc Pierre Decazes
peasant police officer pretty woman daughter father brooding france small town nazism betrayal ambition french resistance romance underdog transformation 1940s
In 1944, an 18-year old boy from small-town France, collaborates with the Nazi-regime and subsequently falls in love with a Jewish girl.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1958
93 Minutes
Eddie Albert Paul Massie Lillian Gish James Robertson Justice Irene Worth Leslie French John Crawford Lionel Jeffries Sandra Dorne Nicholas Phipps Anne Blake
pilot lawyer traitor assassin double agent husband gripping melodramatic bleak france hospital espionage world war ii moral dilemma french resistance kidnapping murder adventure quest transformation
American agent faces an engrossing moral dilemma when he is parachuted into France to eliminate a suspected traitor in the French Resistance.
Drama
France
1993
111 Minutes
Richard Bohringer Elena Safonova Romane Bohringer Laurence Monteyrol Samuel Labarthe Julien Rassam Bernard Verley Nelly Borgeaud Niels Dubost Sacha Briquet Claude Rich
pianist singer businessman nazi resistance fighter lover brooding paris family home stage backstage office london infidelity love triangle ambition world war ii french resistance transformation quest
In Nazi-occupied Paris, a young accompanist named Sophie Vasseur gets a job with famed singer Irene Brice. As Irene's husband Charles, a businessman collaborating with the Nazis, wrestles ... See full summary »
Adventure
France
2013
99 Minutes
Félix Bossuet Tcheky Karyo Margaux Châtelier Dimitri Storoge Andreas Pietschmann Urbain Cancelier Tom Sommerlatte Mehdi El Glaoui Jan Oliver Schroeder
boy dog grandmother suspenseful heartwarming village border france search capture french resistance rivalry
A six-year-old boy and his dog look to foil a Nazi effort to capture French Resistance fighters.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
France
2008
120 Minutes
Sophie Marceau Julie Depardieu Marie Gillain Déborah François Moritz Bleibtreu Maya Sansa Julien Boisselier Vincent Rottiers Volker Bruch Robin Renucci
frenchwoman resistance fighter british officer geologist ss officer german officer thrilling engaging suspenseful intense gripping emotional france london germany airplane hospital world war ii danger saving the world
London, 1944: SOE's section for French ops parachute 4 women into France, plus a woman there, to free an English geologist and kill SS colonel Heindrich.
Drama, Romance, War
UK|Australia|Germany
2001
121 Minutes
Cate Blanchett Billy Crudup Michael Gambon Rupert Penry-Jones Anton Lesser James Fleet Ron Cook Jack Shepherd Nicholas Farrell Helen McCrory Abigail Cruttenden
scottish person resistance fighter lover pilot communist nazi intense passionate patriotic thrilling england london france village countryside train station world war ii occupation politics french resistance
A young Scottish woman joins the French Resistance during World War II to rescue her Royal Air Force boyfriend who is lost in France.
Biography, Drama, History
UK|France|Germany|USA
2020
120 Minutes
Jesse Eisenberg Ed Harris Edgar Ramírez Clémence Poésy Matthias Schweighöfer Félix Moati Géza Röhrig Karl Markovics Bella Ramsey Alicia von Rittberg
resistance fighter resistance leader child jewish child jewish man nazi bleak brooding engaging gutsy heartwarming intense moving quirky sad suspenseful tense thrilling touching france
The story of mime Marcel Marceau as he works with a group of Jewish boy scouts and the French Resistance to save the lives of ten thousand orphans during World War II.
Drama, War
UK|USA
1969
90 Minutes
David McCallum Suzanne Neve David Buck David Dundas Dinsdale Landen Charles Gray Michael Anthony Vladek Sheybal Gordon Stone Robert Urquhart Bryan Marshall
fighter squadron leader wife brother nazi priest patriotic fiery melodramatic brooding england france air force base chateau world war ii air force french resistance friendship loyalty missing persons
In WW2, a RAF squadron leader mourns the death of a comrade and receives a bombing mission against a secret Nazi V-2 rocket testing facility in France.
Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Adventure
UK|USA
2005
75 Minutes
bird friend falcon sergeant courier prisoner amusing patriotic suspenseful london france training camp airplane world war ii friendship military mission basic training french resistance underdog
At the height of World War II, a tiny wood pigeon enlists in the elite Royal Homing Pigeon Service to serve Britain, as the fearsome General Von Talon (Tim Curry) and his deadly squadron of falcons patrol the English Channel. Is he a war-hero in the making?
Comedy
1975
95 Minutes
Peter Sellers Lila Kedrova Curt Jurgens Béatrice Romand Jenny Hanley Gabriella Licudi Francoise Pascal Rex Stallings Rula Lenska Daphne Lawson Hylette Adolphe
adolf hitler german troops gestapo major prostitute president cheeky charming creative witty hilarious brothel paris france europe bedroom french resistance secret plans surprises allied forces
A British Intelligence agent (Peter Sellers) uses an anti-Nazi bordello in Paris to hunt dangerous patrons.
Comedy, War, Drama
1950
82 Minutes
soldier instructor father bride resistance fighter brother amusing charming thrilling west virginia small town military base france missouri london world war ii military life masculinity secret mission french resistance
Unhappy about being stationed in his hometown, a World War II enlistee becomes involved with the French Resistance.
Drama
1994
99 Minutes
Irène Jacob Jean-Louis Trintignant Frédérique Feder Jean-Pierre Lorit Juliette Binoche Julie Delpy Benoît Régent Zbigniew Zamachowski
model judge boyfriend neighbor girlfriend dreamy emotional playful geneva english channel father/daughter relationship french resistance fate fraternity redemption discovery rescue transformation 1990s
Tapped phone lines connect a Swiss law student, a model (Irène Jacob) and an ex-judge (Jean-Louis Trintignant) who eavesdrops.
Comedy
1960
106 Minutes
Brigitte Bardot Jacques Charrier Francis Blanche Ronald Howard Michael Cramer Rene Havard Mona Goya
beautiful woman intelligence officer frenchman nazi captain amusing endearing lighthearted england france train world war ii french resistance espionage unlikely hero allied forces seduction sacrifice transformation 1940s
British intelligence sends pouting Babette (Brigitte Bardot) to occupied France to discredit a Nazi general.
Drama
1961
100 Minutes
Bradford Dillman Suzy Parker Harry Andrews Robert Stephens Paul Rogers John Welsh Ronald Allen A.J. Brown
captain lieutenant interrogator resistance fighter nazi dark intense suspenseful united kingdom france restaurant prison d-day french resistance world war ii secret mission guilt torture underdog quest
British spies (Harry Andrews, Suzy Parker) feed a Canadian officer (Bradford Dillman) false data which they hope he will reveal if captured.