Father’s Day is this Sunday, June 21, and MISRYOUM Watch With Us is going with a family-friendly kind of adrenaline: five World War II movies now streaming on Netflix and HBO Max, plus Prime Video, Tubi, and more.
For dads, Father’s Day isn’t about a quiet chair and a blank remote. It’s about going somewhere loud in your head—battlefields, submarines, trials, and plots that feel like they could tip the world in one decision.
This Sunday, June 21, Watch With Us is keeping it tightly focused on one historical event: World War II. From Tom Cruise trying to kill Adolf Hitler in “Valkyrie” to Clark Gable leading a vendetta under the sea in “Run Silent. Run Deep. ” the picks are built for the kind of watch party where everyone pretends they’re not invested—until the final scene lands.
“Enemy at the Gates” (2001) – Paramount+
In the middle of World War II. the Soviets get their own kind of hero: Vassili Zaitsev (Jude Law). a Red Army sniper known for marksmanship that has taken out many of the invading German army. His friendship with his supervising officer. Danilov (Joseph Fiennes). turns complicated fast—because both men find themselves caught in the same pull toward Tania (Rachel Weisz). a private with a knack for translating German.
That shaky truce gets shattered when the Germans send Erwin König (Ed Harris), a sniper even better than Vassili. König is tasked with taking out Vassili and any Soviet soldier who crosses his path. The story’s love triangle may feel unbelievable. but the movie more than makes up for it with outstanding battle scenes and a climactic sniper-on-sniper duel between Vassili and Erwin. Watch it for the intensity, and for a Battle of Stalingrad depiction that lands with real weight.
“The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” (2024) – HBO Max
If your dad’s ideal war movie includes jokes that somehow still land between explosions, “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” is the ticket. The film is based on the nonfiction book “Churchill’s Secret Warriors” by Damien Lewis.
Henry Cavill plays Gus March-Phillipps. a real-life war hero who led a covert mission to destroy an Italian supply ship near a Spanish-controlled island. Gus can’t do it alone. so he assembles a “dirty half-dozen” of rogue officers. including Anders Lassen (Alan Ritchson) and Marjorie Stewart (Eíza Gonzalez).
Director Guy Ritchie plays fast and loose with some facts, adding gunfights and explosions that never actually happened. Still. the movie keeps moving—Henry Cavill as a former Superman going after Nazis. with Alan Ritchson in the mix as a Reacher star who’s all about breaking enemies down for the camera.
“Run Silent, Run Deep” (1958) – Prime Video
World War II isn’t just fought on land. It’s fought thousands of feet underwater, where revenge can become a dangerous obsession.
In “Run Silent, Run Deep,” submarine commander P.J. Richardson (Clark Gable) has one goal: get even. The Japanese destroyer Akikaze has sunk four American subs. including P.J.’s last ship. and he wants to stop it from doing it again. He finally gets his chance when he’s assigned to command the USS Nerka. but the Navy forbids him from going after the Akikaze.
P.J. ignores the orders and trains his crew to hunt and destroy his Japanese enemy. The problem is the resistance he encounters from one man on board: Lieutenant Jim Bledsoe (Burt Lancaster), who believes P.J.’s fixation will doom them all to a watery grave.
The movie is often compared to the 1995 Cold War thriller “Crimson Tide” with Gene Hackman and Denzel Washington. because both are built around two stars locked in a battle of wills while torpedoes are shot at them. But “Run Silent. Run Deep” leans harder into intensity. with crisp black-and-white cinematography that gives the fictional story a patina of realism. Late in his career. Gable delivers one of his best performances ever as an officer who isn’t exactly a gentleman—P.J.’s growing desperation is rendered with a kind of believability that keeps tension alive even in quieter stretches.
“Nuremberg” (2025) – Netflix
War doesn’t always end at the battlefield. Sometimes it moves straight into courtrooms—and into the question of whether accountability can reach all the way to the people who ordered atrocities.
Set in the beginning of the Nuremberg trials in 1945, “Nuremberg” asks what happens after war ends, when the enemy needs to be punished. Hitler’s second-in-command, Hermann Göring (Russell Crowe), is accused of mass murder. The prosecution must determine if he’s mentally fit to stand trial.
U.S. Army psychiatrist Douglas Kelley (Rami Malek) examines Göring. Kelley doesn’t quite believe that a man so civil to him—and caring for his family—could be capable of such atrocities. But as the trial proceeds and evidence is shown to the public. Kelley’s grip on what’s “knowable” about Göring begins to shift.
Unlike classic WWII movies like “Saving Private Ryan” and “Das Boot. ” this one stays focused on the aftermath—battles waged in the courtroom and in public opinion. The Nuremberg trials were. for many. the first real look at what the Germans had done to their Jewish prisoners. and the film conveys that dawning horror through Kelley’s perspective. Russell Crowe turns in one of his best performances in years. playing Göring as a “monster cosplaying as a family man. ” pretending denial can make what he did disappear.
“Valkyrie” (2008) – Tubi
Tom Cruise playing a Nazi isn’t something you forget—and in “Valkyrie,” it happens. The 2008 thriller stars Cruise as German soldier Claus von Stauffenberg, a man fed up with Hitler (David Bamber) and his cronies.
Claus decides to lead a resistance effort to assassinate Hitler so he can take over the military and end the war. That’s not the easy part. To get close enough to Hitler, Claus has to make sure everything goes right—without anyone discovering his real intentions.
Directed by Bryan Singer, “Valkyrie” retells a moment in history few people know about. There really was a Claus von Stauffenberg, and he did almost pull off an act that could have saved millions of lives. (As the movie’s premise makes clear, Claus was not successful in assassinating Hitler.)
Cruise is miscast as an eye-patch-wearing German officer. but the performance still works—especially when he’s spying on others and staging daring acts of subterfuge. He’s surrounded by a top-notch cast of British character actors. including Kenneth Branagh. Bill Nighy. and Terence Stamp. all of whom bring weight to Claus’ fellow soldiers who want to off their big boss.
This Father’s Day, the picks aren’t just war movies. They’re stories that keep resurfacing for a reason—sniper duels, covert operations, underwater standoffs, courtroom reckonings, and a plot to change the course of the war in a single, high-risk moment.
Father’s Day 2026 war movies World War II movies Netflix HBO Max Paramount+ Prime Video Tubi Enemy at the Gates The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare Run Silent Run Deep Nuremberg Valkyrie