Krakatoa: The Last Days (AKA: Krakatoa: Volcano of Destruction)

IMDB: 7.2/10

A documentary on the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa in the Sunda Strait of Indonesia, bringing tsunamis, rains of pumice and ash, and a deadly flow of hot steam, sulfuric acid, and ash. More than 36,000 died; survivors had bad burns.

A Bridge Too Far

IMDB: 7.4/10

Operation Market Garden, September 1944: The Allies attempt to capture several strategically important bridges in the Netherlands in the hope of breaking the German lines.

Conspiracy

IMDB: 7.6/10

At the Wannsee Conference on January 20, 1942, senior Nazi officials meet to determine the manner in which the so-called "Final Solution to the Jewish Question" can be best implemented.

Hitler: The Rise of Evil

IMDB: 7.2/10

A profile of the life of Adolf Hitler with a unique slant, as a child and his rise through the ranks of the National Socialist German Workers Party prior to World War II.

Cast Away

IMDB: 7.8/10

A FedEx executive undergoes a physical and emotional transformation after crash landing on a deserted island.

D-Day 6.6.1944 (2004)

IMDB: 7.2/10

Dramatised documentary, based on the experiences of the soldiers who invaded France in the D-Day Normandy Landings on 6 June 1944 which were instrumental in ending World War II.

Horror in the East

IMDB: 7.7/10

An examination of atrocities and depredations committed by Imperial Japanese military forces, from 1931 to 1945.

The English Patient

IMDB: 7.4/10

At the close of World War II, a young nurse tends to a badly burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.