# The most important films about the Holocaust

Features and documentaries to watch so as to remember. Based on the lists of Viva.pl, Emcek and Episodes from Auschwitz.

- 9 votes · 15 items
- Dec 14, 2025 · Bartosz Wiśniewski
- https://even.best/en/l/4062/the-most-important-films-about-the-holocaust

## Top 10

1. **Shoah (1985)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Claude Lanzmann's nine-hour documentary of testimonies.
2. **The Last Stage (1948)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Wanda Jakubowska, a former prisoner, filming at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
3. **The Zone of Interest (2023)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Daily life of commandant Höss's family behind the camp wall.
4. **Ida (2013)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A young nun discovers her Jewish roots; an Oscar for Paweł Pawlikowski.
5. **In Darkness (2011)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Hidden in the sewers of Lviv, by Agnieszka Holland.
6. **Korczak (1990)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Janusz Korczak and the orphanage children, by Andrzej Wajda.
7. **Passenger (1963)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Andrzej Munk's unfinished film about an Auschwitz guard.
8. **Sophie's Choice (1982)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Meryl Streep as an Auschwitz survivor.
9. **Schindler's List (1993)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Oskar Schindler, who saved over a thousand Jews; seven Oscars.
10. **The Pianist (2002)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Władysław Szpilman in the Warsaw Ghetto, by Roman Polański.
11. **Son of Saul (2015)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A Sonderkommando member in Auschwitz; Oscar for best foreign-language film.
12. **Life Is Beautiful (1997)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A father who turns the camp into a game to protect his son.
13. **Night and Fog (1956)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Alain Resnais's short documentary on the camps.
14. **The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A commandant's son befriends a boy behind the wire.
15. **The Counterfeiters (2007)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Prisoners forced to forge pounds; an Oscar for Austria.

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