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Triumph of the Will
Triumph of the Will (Triumph des Willens) is Leni Riefenstahl's 1935 black-and-white propaganda film of the 1934 Nuremberg Nazi Party Congress, commissioned by Hitler, premiered March 28, 1935, shown in German schools, banned by the Allies in 1945, and a lasting case study in propaganda film form.
Triumph of the Will (upcoming film)
Triumph of the Will (2026) is a WWII-era historical drama written and directed by Gabriel Nussbaum, starring Shira Haas, produced by Kaplan Morrison and Bank Street Films, in post-production. Distinct from Riefenstahl's 1935 propaganda film of the same title.
Two Women
Two Women (La ciociara) is Vittorio De Sica's 1960 Italian-French war drama adapted from Alberto Moravia's novel, starring Sophia Loren as widowed mother Cesira; it won her the 1962 Best Actress Oscar, the first for a foreign-language performance.
Under Capricorn
Under Capricorn (1949) is Alfred Hitchcock's Technicolor costume melodrama set in 1831 Sydney, starring Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, and Michael Wilding; the second and final Transatlantic Pictures release, known for long takes, a $1 million loss, and later French critical reevaluation.
United Red Army (実録・連合赤軍 あさま山荘への道程)
United Red Army (実録・連合赤軍 あさま山荘への道程) is Koji Wakamatsu's 190-minute 2007 Japanese docudrama on the United Red Army's 1971 formation, internal purge killings, and the 1972 Asama-Sanso siege; it won NETPAC and CICAE awards at Berlinale 2008.
Untold Herstory (流麻沟十五号)
Untold Herstory (流麻溝十五號) is a 2022 Taiwanese historical drama directed by Zero Chou, depicting women held for thought re-education on Green Island during the 1950s White Terror.
Viceroy's House (film)
Viceroy's House (Partition: 1947 in India) is Gurinder Chadha's 2017 historical drama about the 1947 Partition of India, starring Hugh Bonneville as Lord Mountbatten, with an upstairs-downstairs structure and a Churchill-conspiracy thesis drawn from Sarila's The Shadow of the Great Game.
Voyage of the Damned
Voyage of the Damned is a 1976 Stuart Rosenberg drama, based on Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts's 1974 book, dramatizing the 1939 MS St. Louis voyage of 937 Jewish refugees denied landing in Havana; three Oscar nominations.
Waterloo (1970 film)
Waterloo (1970), Sergei Bondarchuk's Italian-Soviet epic produced by Dino De Laurentiis with Mosfilm, depicts Napoleon's return from Elba and defeat by Wellington, staged with 17,000 Red Army extras in Ukraine; a box-office failure later prized for its battle spectacle.
Where Hands Touch
Where Hands Touch is a 2018 historical drama written and directed by Amma Asante, starring Amandla Stenberg and George MacKay, about a biracial German teen and a Hitler Youth member in 1944; Metascore 44, RT 43%.
White Bird (film)
White Bird (White Bird: A Wonder Story) is a 2024 Marc Forster drama adapted from R.J. Palacio's graphic novel, a Wonder companion film starring Helen Mirren, Ariella Glaser, and Gillian Anderson about a Jewish girl hidden in Nazi-occupied France; released October 4, 2024, Metascore 54, RT 75%.
White Vengeance (鸿门宴)
White Vengeance (鸿门宴传奇, Hong Men Yan) is Daniel Lee's 2011 Chinese historical action film about the Hongmen Banquet between Liu Bang (Leon Lai) and Xiang Yu (Feng Shaofeng), released 29 November 2011, grossing about 160 million yuan in China and $992,195 internationally.
Wil (film)
Wil (Will) is a 2023 Belgian historical drama by Tim Mielants, adapted from Jeroen Olyslaegers' 2016 novel, about two auxiliary policemen in Nazi-occupied Antwerp in 1942 torn between collaboration and resistance; released via Kinepolis and Netflix, Ensor winner.
Young Washington
Young Washington is a 2026 Jon Erwin historical biopic from Angel Studios and Wonder Project about George Washington's early years and the French and Indian War, starring William Franklyn-Miller, released July 3, 2026, grossing $20.8 million on opening weekend.