The Pianist (
2002) | IMDb:
8.5
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
Starring:
Adrien Brody
,
Thomas Kretschmann
,
Frank Finlay
,
Maureen Lipman
,
Emilia Fox
,
Ed Stoppard
Proof of Life (
2000) | IMDb:
6.3
Alice hires a professional negotiator to obtain the release of her engineer husband, who has been kidnapped by anti-government guerrillas in South America.
Jakob the Liar (
1999) | IMDb:
6.5
In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caught out after curfew. While waiting for the German Kommondant, Jakob overhears a German radio broadcast about Russian troop movements. Returned to the ghetto, the shopkeeper shares his information with a friend and then rumors fly that there is a secret radio within the ghetto.
Starring:
Robin Williams
,
Liev Schreiber
,
Hannah Taylor-Gordon
,
Alan Arkin
,
Michael Jeter
,
Bob Balaban
Schindler's List (
1993) | IMDb:
9
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
Starring:
Liam Neeson
,
Ben Kingsley
,
Ralph Fiennes
,
Caroline Goodall
,
Jonathan Sagall
,
Embeth Davidtz