Movies: Children in wartime

  • 2008
    The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

    The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)

    The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

    7.82008HD

    When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a Jewish pr...

    The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
  • 2006
    Pan's Labyrinth

    Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

    Pan's Labyrinth

    7.72006HD

    Living with her tyrannical stepfather in a new home with her pregnant mother, 10-year-old Ofelia feels alone until she explores a decaying labyrinth guarded by a mysterious faun who claims to know her destiny. If she wishes to return to her real fath...

    Pan's Labyrinth
  • 2019
    Jojo Rabbit

    Jojo Rabbit (2019)

    Jojo Rabbit

    8.02019HD

    A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in their attic. Aided only by his idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler, Jojo must confro...

    Jojo Rabbit
  • 1985
    Come and See

    Come and See (1985)

    Come and See

    8.31985HD

    The invasion of a village in Byelorussia by German forces sends young Florya into the forest to join the weary Resistance fighters, against his family's wishes. There he meets a girl, Glasha, who accompanies him back to his village. On returning home...

    Come and See
  • 1987
    Empire of the Sun

    Empire of the Sun (1987)

    Empire of the Sun

    7.51987HD

    Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor, who looks out for him while they are in the camp together. Even though he is...

    Empire of the Sun
  • 2013
    The Book Thief

    The Book Thief (2013)

    The Book Thief

    7.42013HD

    While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refugee is being sheltered by her adoptive parents....

    The Book Thief
  • 1971
    Bedknobs and Broomsticks

    Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)

    Bedknobs and Broomsticks

    7.01971HD

    Three children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinster. The children's initial fears disappear when they find out she is in fact a trainee witch....

    Bedknobs and Broomsticks
  • 2004
    Before the Fall

    Before the Fall (2004)

    Before the Fall

    72004HD

    In 1942, Friedrich Weimer's boxing skills get him an appointment to a National Political Academy (NaPolA) – high schools that produce Nazi elite. Over his father's objections, Friedrich enrolls. During his year in seventh column,Friedrich encounters ...

    Before the Fall
  • 2005
    Innocent Voices

    Innocent Voices (2005)

    Innocent Voices

    8.12005HD

    A young boy, attempting to have a normal childhood in 1980s El Salvador, is caught up in a dramatic fight for his life when he desperately tries to avoid the war that is raging all around him....

    Innocent Voices
  • 2015
    Beasts of No Nation

    Beasts of No Nation (2015)

    Beasts of No Nation

    7.62015HD

    Based on the experiences of Agu, a child fighting in the civil war of an unnamed, fictional West African country. Follows Agu's journey as he's forced to join a group of soldiers. While he fears his commander and many of the men around him, his fledg...

    Beasts of No Nation
  • 1962
    Ivan's Childhood

    Ivan's Childhood (1962)

    Ivan's Childhood

    7.81962HD

    In WW2, twelve year old Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev works for the Soviet army as a scout behind the German lines and strikes a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers....

    Ivan's Childhood
  • 1993
    Swing Kids

    Swing Kids (1993)

    Swing Kids

    6.61993HD

    The story of a close-knit group of young kids in Nazi Germany who listen to banned swing music from the US. Soon dancing and fun leads to more difficult choices as the Nazi's begin tightening the grip on Germany. Each member of the group is forced to...

    Swing Kids
  • 1952
    Forbidden Games

    Forbidden Games (1952)

    Forbidden Games

    7.71952HD

    Orphaned after a Nazi air raid, Paulette, a young Parisian girl, runs into Michel, an older peasant boy, and the two quickly become close. Together, they try to make sense of the chaotic and crumbling world around them, attempting to cope with death ...

    Forbidden Games
  • 1990
    Europa Europa

    Europa Europa (1990)

    Europa Europa

    7.31990HD

    A Jewish boy separated from his family in the early days of WWII poses as a German orphan and is taken into the heart of the Nazi world as a 'war hero' and eventually becomes a Hitler Youth....

    Europa Europa
  • 1987
    Au Revoir les Enfants

    Au Revoir les Enfants (1987)

    Au Revoir les Enfants

    7.51987HD

    Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie—until a secret is revealed...

    Au Revoir les Enfants
  • 1959
    The Diary of Anne Frank

    The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)

    The Diary of Anne Frank

    7.21959HD

    The true, harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends, is forced into hiding in an attic in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam....

    The Diary of Anne Frank
  • 1983
    Barefoot Gen

    Barefoot Gen (1983)

    Barefoot Gen

    7.51983HD

    A story about the effect of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people....

    Barefoot Gen
  • 1959
    The Bridge

    The Bridge (1959)

    The Bridge

    7.51959HD

    A group of German boys are ordered to protect a small bridge in their home village during the waning months of the second world war. Truckloads of defeated, cynical Wehrmacht soldiers flee the approaching American troops, but the boys, full of enthus...

    The Bridge
  • 2008
    The Children of Huang Shi

    The Children of Huang Shi (2008)

    The Children of Huang Shi

    6.72008HD

    About young British journalist, George Hogg, who with the assistance of a courageous Australian nurse, saves a group of orphaned children during the Japanese occupation of China in 1937....

    The Children of Huang Shi
  • 2005
    Grave of the Fireflies

    Grave of the Fireflies (2005)

    Grave of the Fireflies

    7.92005HD

    Hisako loses her home in Tokyo to Allied bombing. With her husband fighting somewhere in Asia, she and her two children evacuate to a suburb of Kobe, where they share a house with Hisako's cousin, Kyoko. Kobe is bombed and Kyoko is killed. Hisako is ...

    Grave of the Fireflies