6 Best Resistance Fighter and Underground Movement Movies

By Vlad Zakh · April 24, 2026

The dangerous, clandestine work of wartime resistance fighters has powered some of cinema’s most tense and morally complex dramas. In Casablanca (1942): A cynical nightclub owner in wartime Morocco must choose between love and doing the right thing. Equally memorable is Army of Shadows (1969): French Resistance fighters navigate constant betrayal and danger under Nazi occupation.

A Call to Spy (2019)

TMDB ★ 6.6

Female spies are recruited by British intelligence to help organize resistance networks in occupied France.

Directed by Lydia Dean Pilcher · 2h 04m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Sundance Now · Rent: Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Defiance (2008)

TMDB ★ 7.2

Jewish brothers lead a growing group of refugees hiding in the Belarusian forest during the Holocaust.

Directed by Edward Zwick · 2h 17m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Paramount Plus Essential · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Black Book (2006)

TMDB ★ 7.8

A Jewish woman infiltrates Nazi headquarters as a spy for the Dutch resistance during World War II.

Directed by Paul Verhoeven · 2h 25m · Rated R

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Army of Shadows (1969)

TMDB ★ 8.1

French Resistance fighters navigate constant betrayal and danger under Nazi occupation.

Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville · 2h 25m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Train (1964)

TMDB ★ 7.7

French Resistance fighters race to stop a Nazi train from smuggling looted art treasures out of France.

Directed by John Frankenheimer · 2h 13m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Casablanca (1942)

IMDb ★ 8.5 RT 99% Metacritic 100

A cynical nightclub owner in wartime Morocco must choose between love and doing the right thing.

Directed by Michael Curtiz · 1h 42m · Rated PG

Won 3 Oscars18 wins & 12 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix, built to fix a specific annoyance: most recommendation sites are just algorithm-driven noise. Our lists are researched and organized by who's in a film, where it's from, and the mood you're actually in tonight.

6 Best Resistance Fighter and Underground Movement Movies

A Call to Spy (2019)

Defiance (2008)

Black Book (2006)

Army of Shadows (1969)

The Train (1964)

Casablanca (1942)

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