{"id":425240,"date":"2026-02-14T10:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T10:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/425240\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T10:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T10:52:10","slug":"one-of-the-most-underrated-war-movies-of-all-time-starring-cillian-murphy-now-streaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/425240\/","title":{"rendered":"One of the ‘most underrated war movies of all time’ starring Cillian Murphy now streaming"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\tA WWII film more people should have seen is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video (Picture: Everett\/Rex\/Shutterstock)<\/p>\n

A lesser-known war film from 2016 that viewers have praised for its power and \u2018superb acting\u2019 is now available on streaming.<\/p>\n

Telling the daring true story of two Czech resistance soldiers who parachuted into their occupied homeland in an attempt to assassinate a senior Nazi officer, the film stars Irish actors Cillian Murphy<\/a> and Jamie Dornan<\/a>, and Charlotte Le Bon.<\/p>\n

Murphy plays Jozef Gab\u010d\u00edk and Dornan plays Jan Kubi\u0161 in Anthropoid, named after the real-life war operation from 1942 that it recounts, targeting high-ranking SS and Nazi police official Reinhard Heydrich.<\/p>\n

He was one of the principal architects of the Holocaust and also one of the most sinister Nazi figures within the regime, whom Hitler called \u2018the man with the iron heart\u2019.<\/p>\n

The cast also includes Game of Thrones star Harry Lloyd and Toby Jones, with the independent flick \u2013 directed by Sean Ellis \u2013 made for just $9million (\u00a36.6m).<\/p>\n

Since then of course, Murphy has gone on to win the best actor Oscar<\/a> for another highly regarded WWII-based film<\/a>, Sir Christopher Nolan\u2019s Oppenheimer<\/a>, but Anthropoid has still captured plenty of fans in the decade since it was released.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\t\"For
\n\t\tAnthropoid, based on the true-life operation of that name, stars Jamie Dornan and Cillian Murphy (Picture: THA\/Shutterstock)<\/p>\n

As of this week, it\u2019s now available to stream on Amazon Prime Video in the UK for subscribers, where it\u2019s got a four-and-a-half star rating out of a possible five.<\/p>\n

\u2018This movie was insanely ahead of its time, from the pacing, to the cinematography, to the acting, to the production value itself,\u2019 enthused fan Kira H on Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2018This movie is a hidden gem, and one of Cillian Murphy\u2019s best films. I am in awe.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018This has to be the most underrated World War II movies of all time,\u2019 agreed Matt S. \u2018There are so many unknown amazing stories from the war and I\u2019m glad that the creators decided to shed light on this one. Amazing action and amazing drama; great movie!\u2019<\/p>\n

\t\t\"Editorial
\n\t\tThe movie has been praised as \u2018a hidden gem\u2019 and \u2018ahead of its time\u2019 (Picture: Everett\/Shutterstock)<\/p>\n

Many others also repeated their praise of Anthropoid, particularly for \u2018illuminating\u2019 a piece of history they \u2018had absolutely no idea existed\u2019.<\/p>\n

Another fan added in a five-star reaction, adding to the fresh audience rating of 71%: \u2018As a Slovak person, I am deeply touched by the performance of all actors. I\u2019d also like to note that the production included Czech actors to star in the film about Czechoslovakia. I find it a sign of respect.\u2019<\/p>\n

In rave reviews on Prime Video, fans also branded Anthropoid \u2018possibly the best World War II film ever\u2019 and said they had been \u2018totally enthralled\u2019 by it.<\/p>\n

Critics were a little less effusive, but still looked on the film mostly positively, as it sits on a 67% fresh score from 105 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.<\/p>\n

\t\t\"Editorial
\n\t\tMurphy plays real-life Czech soldier Jozef Gab\u010d\u00edk (Picture: Everett\/Shutterstock)<\/p>\n

The Seattle Times<\/a> called it \u2018a gripping picture\u2019, while The Washington Post<\/a>\u2019s full-marks review observed: \u2018War movies all too often take it for granted that some causes are worth dying for. To have characters grapple with that notion, imperfectly, is nothing short of cathartic.\u2019<\/p>\n

However The Scotsman<\/a>\u2019s critic felt that filmmaker Ellis \u2018doesn\u2019t really do it justice\u2019 and Rolling Stone<\/a> suggested it was \u2018an opportunity missed\u2019, adding: \u2018Anthropoid reduces a riveting and resonant piece of WW2 history to moral muddle and monotonous filmmaking.\u2019<\/p>\n

Empire Magazine<\/a> praised it as \u2018a compelling and moving interpretation of a largely forgotten moment in European history\u2019 and The Telegraph<\/a> rated it as a film \u2018that does every justice to the bravery of two men who undoubtedly altered the course of the Second World War\u2019.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tThe film\u2019s fans urge people to watch it \u2013 and now it\u2019s been added to Prime Video (Picture: James Lisle\/THA\/Shutterstock)<\/p>\n

Murphy, who has just been seen, slightly unexpectedly, in Taylor Swift\u2019s latest music video for Opalite<\/a>, will next be on our screens for his much anticipated return as Tommy Shelby in the Peaky Blinders movie<\/a> The Immortal Man.<\/p>\n

Dornan was last on the big screen in Sir Kenneth Branagh\u2019s Agatha Christie adaptation A Haunting in Venice<\/a> in 2023, and will next appear in Michael Cera\u2019s directorial debut Love Is Not the Answer with Pamela Anderson and Steve Coogan.<\/p>\n

Anthropoid is streaming now on Amazon Prime Video.<\/p>\n

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