该片改编自埃里希·玛利亚·雷马克撰写的同名经典小说，讲述在第一次世界大战期间，保罗·鲍曼和同学莱尔、米勒参加了德国国民志愿兵，被派往前线与法军作战。在战场上，他们目睹到了残酷的饥饿、血腥和死亡，战争的荒谬无情让保罗从迷恋战争到心灰意冷。
抗日战争胜利前夕，驻扎在我国东北的日本731细菌部队，为了封锁骇人听闻的用活人进行的细菌试验的真相，开始向韩国溃逃。他们杀害了用来做试验的人及员工，并将试验区夷为平地，自己的部分伤员也被全部毒死。“731”最终逃离了中国，但逃脱不了中国人民和世界人民的审判。二战结束后，731细菌部队的罪行很快公诸于世，它在日本的历史上永远留下耻辱的一页。
1939年冬，山东军区八路军某团被日军铁壁合围。特务连伤亡过半，强攻三大殿阵；以集结号为令，掩护主力突围，誓死不退。连长刘尚智带领48名战士绝地反击，与日军展开殊死搏斗，打退日军数次进攻，最终挫败日军阴谋；48名战士全部壮烈牺牲，无一生还。
May 1945: the end of the Second World War in the Tyrolean Alps. SS man Anton has deserted and been shot. On the run from his unit, he swaps his SS uniform for that of a dead Wehrmacht soldier and discovers a lonely mountain hut. Hannah, a Jewish woman, is hiding here. She takes Anton in and tends to his wounds. But there is great mistrust between the two. Together they cope with the harsh everyday life in the remote hut. They are looked after by 16-year-old peasant girl Charlotte, whose family pays Hannah not to betray them. And at night, they hear fighting between the German troops and Italian partisans. Over time, a cautious familiarity develops between Anton and Hannah - he, who has done terrible things in the war, she, who has lost her family and has been struggling with fear and loneliness up here in the mountains for months. They grow closer. Hannah finds out that Anton was no ordinary soldier. He was in the SS, a man of conviction, at least at first. Brutal truths come to light. The war is as good as over, but what kind of future awaits them? Georg turns up at the hut: He's been looking for Anton, hunting him down. He was the one who shot Anton - his best friend. Georg is fighting a battle that has long been hopeless, driven by hatred and the will to destroy. And he also wants to kill Hannah. High in the mountains, the decision is made. The Deserter is a story about war and guilt, but also about helpfulness and humanity.
1938年秋，华北地区日军占领安县县城，随即日军立刻开始布局围剿安县周边八路军抗日根据地，为保护抗日根据地军民的安全，八路军排长吕长顺临危受命带领战士以及残存的国民党队伍以简陋的武器在装备精良的日军面前展开最残酷的血战……
抗大一分校的17岁新学员苏凡（敖子逸 饰），千里迢迢从福建龙岩来到沂蒙山腹地的学校驻地报到。报到的第二天就遭遇了日本军数万人的“铁壁合围”大扫荡突袭，通过突围战斗的洗礼，苏凡成长为一名真正的战士。
It’s 1945 and Hitler is dead. The remaining Nazi leadership is expected to surrender any day but not all Nazis are in agreement. When the guards of the castle turned POW prison, Castle Itter, flee their post, a group of French political prisoners are forced to defend themselves. Rumors of a rogue Nazi captain hellbent on maintaining the Third Reich threaten the lives of all the prisoners at Castle Itter. With the help of members of the German resistance, a small band of American soldiers, and one Sherman tank, Castle Itter makes its final stand in the final hour of WW2.
二战期间，中国舟山附近海域，一艘载满英军战俘的日本货轮被击沉，上千名英军战俘被日军封锁于船舱内。绝境之时，东极岛上的一群渔民毅然前来。他们凭借骨子里的善良、野性与血性，在惊涛骇浪中，为落难的战俘打开一条生路。 取材自中国渔民营救英军战俘的真实事件。
战火撕裂温州，一对双胞胎走向殊途。叶宁沦为军国主义傀儡，叶清成长为游击神枪手。当血脉至亲阵前相向，家国大义与手足之情该如何取舍？影片以磅礴之势再现温州军民智勇抗争，直面人性裂变与牺牲抉择。一曲血火铸就的忠魂壮歌，警示和平可贵，国耻永铭！
该片是首部全景式展现中国人民14年抗战艰辛历程的纪录电影。它深刻铭记了80年前，中国人民经过长达14年艰苦卓绝的浴血奋战，打败了穷凶极恶的日本军国主义侵略者，取得了中国人民抗日战争的伟大胜利。作为纪念中国人民抗日战争暨世界反法西斯战争胜利80周年的重点作品，影片以线性叙事还原1931年至1945年间，从民族危机到团结抗争的历史脉络，深刻讲述一个国家和民族长达14年的救亡图存史。
影片以1945年抗日战争末期为背景，讲述冀热辽军区为配合苏联红军反攻承德，派出连长张峻开展里应外合作战的故事。途中智擒伪军队长吴德全，迫使其据点缴械，张峻利用汉奸闫世昌强娶赵佳慧之机设伏，歼灭日伪数人，佳慧击毙杀父仇人小林。手刃汉奸闫世昌。
机械厂钳工莫得闲（肖战 饰）拖家带口随逃难队伍躲进山区，与被大部队遗忘的防空炮长肖衍（彭昱畅 饰）及手下在“戈止镇”落脚。然而，莫得闲和妻子夏橙（周依然 饰）、老太爷（杨新鸣 饰）以及儿子莫等闲（严知度 饰）的平静生活因为一小队日本侦察兵的意外到来被打破。全镇百姓不忍不退，拼死守护家园，一场民间智慧对抗正规武装的殊死较量轰然展开。
