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Top 10 Holocaust Movies: Best Holocaust Movies of All Time

Updated on August 15, 2014

Top 10 Movies to Remember Barbarism

The Top Ten Holocaust Movies will help us remember that our world is never safe from barbarism, that it has happened before and could happen again. We all have a duty to prevent a new Holocaust from happening again by looking at others, at those different from us, with human eyes and not, as the Nazis did, with monster eyes.

There are many other very good Holocaust movies that deserve to be on the Top 10 list. I have added Life is Beautiful and Holocaust in Amazon Spotlight on the right. Feel free to add your preferred Holocaust movie in the plexo.

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Screen capture from Schindler's List

Top 10 Holocaust Movies: The Pianist

PIANIST SINGLE SIDED VER DVD
PIANIST SINGLE SIDED VER DVD
It is difficult to emerge unscathed from Roman Polanski's The Pianist. The fate of the iconic virtuoso Wladyslaw Szpilman will upset you, but that's not all. The refined classicism and crude realism of the images t you will absorb you, will devour you, making words powerless. Then silence falls, and Chopin's "Nocturne", which seemed to have been stolen from us throughout the film, returns to haunt us long after the end of the credits. Little by little, everything goes back in place: the archive footage of Warsaw well alive, like the resurgence of the Polish-born filmmaker's memories in black and white, and then the vision of a walled city in agony, and then that of an eradicated people. The pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman, brilliantly played by Adrien Brody, is first and foremost a powerless witness to the unspeakable, almost indifferent to the horror. Yet it is he that Polanski's camera has chosen. Probably because music has no place in a ghetto. Neither does humanity. But music and humanity are omnipresent in the narrative. A paradox, as both had been wiped out at that sad moment of history. Yet, it is in this paradox that lies the magic of this great movie. One of the Best Holocaust Movies of All Time. Year of Production: 2002 Director: Roman Polanski Stars: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann and Frank Finlay The Pianist won the following awards: Academy Award for Best Actor - Adrien Brody; Academy Award for Best Director - Roman Polanski; Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay - Ronald Harwood; Palme d'Or, 2002 Cannes Film Festival; BAFTA Award for Best Film; BAFTA Award for Best Direction - Roman Polanski; Cesar Award for Best Actor; Cesar Award for Best Director; Cesar Award for Best Film; Cesar Award for Best Music Written for a Film; Cesar Award for Best Cinematography; Cesar Award for Best Production Design; and Cesar Award for Best Sound; Goya Award for Best European Film.
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Top 10 Holocaust Movies: The Diary of Anne Frank

The Diary of Anne Frank
The Diary of Anne Frank
In July 1942, in Nazi-occupied Holland, Anne Frank and her family settled in a secret apartment in the annex of a building. Anne took her diary with her, and during the two years she lives underground, she notes everything. She records her daily life in the secret annex, the fear of being discovered, and the vision of herself, that of a precocious teenager who tries to grow against all odds ... The Diary of Anne Frank is Upsetting. One of the Top 10 Holocaust Movies of All Time. Year of Production: 1959 Director: George Stevens Stars: Millie Perkins, Shelley Winters and Joseph Schildkraut Oscars won: Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Shelley Winters Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White: Lyle R. Wheeler, George W. Davis, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss Best Cinematography, Black-and-White: William C. Mellor Plus 5 nominations; also nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival
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Top 10 Holocaust Movies: The Murderers are Among Us

The Murderers Are Among Us
The Murderers Are Among Us
The Murderers Among Us is a very touching story. It was the first feature film to be produced in Germany after the Second World War. It is set in Berlin just after the surrender of the Nazis. The characters move through destroyed or half-destroyed building. Susanne Wallner is a concentration camp survivor, eager to taste life anew. Dr. Hans Mertens is a former Nazi officer, unable to cope with the guilt of what he and his fellow officers have done. Both must learn to live side by side as they start to reconcile themselves with the past. A beautiful and sensitive movie. Year of Production: 1946 Director: Wolfgang Staudte Stars: Ernst Wilhelm Borchert, Hildegard Knef and Arno Paulsen
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Top 10 Holocaust Movies: The Counterfeiters

The Counterfeiters
The Counterfeiters
Berlin, 1936. Salomon "Sally" Sorowitsch is the king of counterfeiters, an expert in bank notes. Jew betrayed in Nazi Germany, he is arrested by the Gestapo and interned in the Mauthausen camp. But Sally is soon transferred to the Sachsenhausen camp. He is welcomed by the Commissioner Herzog, who runs an undercover operation there. The Nazis want him to collaborate with them on Operation Bernhard: to weaken the economies of the allies... Another masterpiece. One of the Top 10 Holocaust Movies of All Time. Year of Production: 2007 Director: Stefan Ruzowitsky Stars: Karl Markovics, August Diehl and Devid Striesow Oscar won: Best Foreign Language Film of the Year: Austria
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Previous comments on this lens

1. "I am so impressed, Rafick, with the issues you choose to spotlight. The amazing thing to me is that there are still people who believe the Holocaust never happened. That's pretty shocking. I appreciate all that you communicate in terms of ensuring these atrocities never happen again. I've seen some of these exceptional movies, but not all of them. I hope to watch them all. Thank you for this excellent review." RenaissanceWoman2010

2. "Great movie list! I have seen about half of them.... Will definitely check out the other half! Congratulations on your 50 lenses!!! (And they are all awesome!)" GabrielaFargasch

3. "Anne Frank is the first of these movies that I've seen, so I'm partial to it." linhah

4. "I like this page. I haven't seen the movies, but have, of course, read the Diary of Anne Frank. I would like to see Schindler's List, and was happy to hear about Spielberg's efforts to preserve more stories from that horrible time." CruiseReady

5. "Great work here. Very nice reviews. I did want to read your review of the movie Life Is Beautiful. This is a great Holocaust movie. Very moving and sad as most are. Thanks for sharing." dthonstad

6. "I have seen them all apart from the Counterfeiters, Fateless and the Murderers are upon us which I will try to watch. I liked the different take that Life is Beautiful gave on the Holocaust as it depicted the betrayal by an in-law and the bond of family and creativity by the father in his dire position." julietarot

7. "Schindler's List is surely awesome !" thethemit

8. "I was just thinking of the atrocities of the Holocaust as I read another book (The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks). Stopped back by to revisit your reviews and to leave you a blessing. I am thankful for your continuous focus on the important things in life. You are appreciated!" RenaissanceWoman2010

9. "Very good page! I haven't seen all of these movies, I guess I should. Do you know 'Amen' by Constantin Costa-Gavras? It is very good, very interesting as well.' Quirina

10. "Excellent choices once again my friend, so hard to choose a favorite. I remember first seeing The Diary of Anne Frank in an assembly in junior high, and its impact has always stayed with me as has Schindler's List...there is the amazing capacity to do the right thing in all of us...blessed." Tipi

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