List of World War II short films


Below is a list of short films or animated cartoons that pertain to World War II, or the years leading up to it.

Restrictions

Films made after the war

2000s">2000s in film">2000s

YearCountryTitleDirectorEvents depictedView
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2003FranceThe ReleaseSebastien LabanAnimated film.
2003United States
Japan		Urda: The Third ReichRomanov HigaAnime in which the Nazi Party discovers a marooned spaceship capable of time travel when the war is going badly for them.
2004New ZealandTama TūTaika WaititiSix Māori Battalion soldiers camped in Italian ruins wait for night to fall. In the silence the bros-in-arms distract themselves with jokes. A tohu brings them back to reality and they gather to say a karakia before returning to the fray.
2005Germany
France		The Colonial Friend
Rachid BoucharebAnimated film.
2005Romania
France		Tertium non-daturLucian Pintilie
2007United StatesA Nazi prisoner faces ghosts from his past before meeting his end. Based on the short story, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge".
2008United StatesThe BridgeSheldon SchwartzFilm where a Japanese-American soldier in Italy embarks on a dangerous mission.
2008United KingdomRed LetterEdilberto RestinoDrama where a German soldier tries to kill Hitler in Paris, 1942.
Followed by Brunette Kiss.
2008CanadaServants of WarGillian MacLeodDrama depicting lives of sisters torn apart by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers invading their home
2009SpainCampásJairo IglesiasSpanish Civil War.
2009PhilippinesPedroRegeene HoDrama. A man, who refuses to surrender to Japanese soldiers, on his journey to go back to his wife & daughter after escaping from hanging execution.

2010s">2010s in film">2010s

YearCountryTitleDirectorEvents depictedView
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2010United StatesThe BridgeMarlon TorresDrama in which a deceased US Army medic meets soldiers from his past.
2010BrazilBrunette KissEdilberto RestinoDrama in which a German soldier tells his life story to his grandson, a boy with Down syndrome and a prodigious memory.
Sequel to Red Letter.
2010CanadaI Was a Child of Holocaust SurvivorsAnn Marie FlemingAnimated film.
2010Serbia
Switzerland		X & OAcim VasicShort film. In the depths of a snowy forest in an unknown wartime, two soldiers from opposing armies try to outwit each other in a perilous game of cat and mouse - until they find themselves outplayed by destiny.
2011United StatesBreakdownThomas LynskeyShort film. A vignette driven film about a Soviet trap against a squad of German soldiers.
2011United StatesCourage Too LateThomas LynskeyShort film. A romance brews between a male and female Soviet soldier while their platoon is sent to capture a German colonel.
2012TurkeyBiomen Shampoo commercialAd featuring film clip from Triumph of the Will
2013Japan艦隊これくしょん -艦これ-Kusakawa KeizouAnime which describes IJN warship to girls.
2016United KingdomOur FatherCalum RhysShort film. The Second World War is experienced through the journey of Private Cole - an odyssey of friendship, innocence and adventure set against a canvas of war-torn France.
2016FinlandRadio DoloresKatariina LillqvistStop motion puppet film of a Finnish volunteer of the Spanish Civil War.
2017United StatesFreundNathan CragunA German sniper questions the morality of his actions after coming face to face with his enemy.
2017United StatesEsperancaNathan CragunAfter being separated from his unit during the battle for Montese, a Brazilian soldier fights a battle with himself to continue on. He must see if he has the hope and will to move on.
2017AustraliaDaily BreadRuby ChallengerIn a WWII internment camp in Indonesia, Jeanne and a group of Dutch women and children face a daily struggle against abuse, disease, and starvation. Meanwhile, the camp commandant's beloved white fluffy cat is fed fresh juicy meat.
2019United StatesMinor Accident of WarDiane Fredel-WeisIn 1945, WWII veteran Edward Field, now 95 years of age, flew 27 missions over Germany during the war. On his 3rd mission, his plane was hit by flak and crash landed in the North sea. This is the story of Field's survival.