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British WW2 films

By: Edna Sweetlo​ve

Please note that there are almost no decent ones made after 1960. Any additional suggestions are welcome, however.

AWOL from Mubi:
Secret Journey (1939)
Convoy (1940)
Freedom Radio (1941)
Ships With Wings (1941)
Target for Tonight (1941)
The Day Will Dawn (1942)
Flying Fortress (1942)
The Next of Kin (1942)
Sabotage at Sea (1942)
The Big Blockade (1942)
The Foreman Went to France (1942)
The Bells Go Down (1943)
The Silver Fleet (1943)
The Flemish Farm (1943)
Undercover (1943)
Yellow Canary (1943)
Journey Together (1946)
School for Secrets (1946)
Theirs is the Glory (1946)
Frieda (1947)
A Piece of Cake (1948)
They Were Not Divided (1949)
Angels One Five (1952)
The Red Beret (1953)
The Steel Bayonet (1957)
Seven Thunders (1957)
The Battle of the V1 (1958)
Conspiracy of Hearts (1960)
The Long and the Short and the Tall (1961)
Carry on England (1976)
The Land Girls (1998)

Almost-includeds:
Night Train to Munich (1940)
Dangerous Moonlight (1941)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
This Happy Breed (1944)
A Canterbury Tale (1944)
A Matter of Life and Death (1945)
I See a Dark Stranger (1946)
The Glass Mountain (1949)
The Sound Barrier (1952)
The Hill (1965)
Triple Cross (1966)
Don’t Look Now – We’re Being Shot At (1966)
Night of the Generals (1967)
Cross of Iron (1977)
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
Charlotte Gray (2001)

US-UK coproductions not to be included:
Tunisian Victory (1944)
Single-Handed (1953)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1958) → more “British” than some which have made my list (e.g. Heroes of Telemark) but made with US dosh.
The Guns of Navarone (1961)
633 Squadron (1964)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Attack on the Iron Coast (1968)
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Yanks (1979)
Hanover Street (1979)
The Sea Wolves (1980)
Hope and Glory (1987)
Memphis Belle (1990)
The English Patient (1996)
Enigma (2001)
Conspiracy (2001)
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Atonement (2007)

 

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Kenji

6Jan13

The 1943 film Yellow Canary should be on mubi

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Steven Grotte

23Nov11

I am curious, are ANY of the movies that you list viewable?

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    Edna Sweetlove

    24Nov11

    I doubt it. Mubi seems to cater mainly to American teenagers who are into the latest "cool" shite. Why don't you ask someone who knows/cares?

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Steven Grotte

10Sep11

I had signed up in the hopes of seeing some more British WWII movies, II have seen several of the ones that you have listed on U Tube< I can't even see them even though theyn are also listed on your list, it ALWAYS says unavaiable . Very disappointed with your service.

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Kenji

16Jun11

I think The Key has been added

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