Mrs. Miniver (1942)

Despite being dated, this is a good film nevertheless.
The film begins in the summer of 1939, just before the war starts in England. The Minivers (Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon) are a wealthy, care free couple frivolously spending money on fancy new cars and hats.
And then, the war comes. Their oldest son, Vincent (Richard Ney) joins the air force and falls in love with the wealthy Carol Benton (Teresa Wright), granddaughter of Lady Benton (Dame May Whitty), much to her dismay.
Clem (Pidgeon) joins the River force, and helps with evacuating Dunkirk. Yes, this film provides yet another take on Dunkirk. While away, his wife (Garson) deals with a escaped German pilot who holds her hostage at gunpoint. Though she is shaken, she instantly recovers for the sake of her young children and doesn't even want to tell her husband about the whole thing.
Then, her new daughter-in-law dies when a stray bullet hits her during an air raid. Several others also died tragically in that air raid. The church's vicar ends the film with a powerful speech of how this is the people's war. Unfortunately, he was right. More civilians died than before in any other war, as this war was beyond tragic and horrifying. Yet, the film manages to be as uplifting as it can be, with Vincent heading over to help his elderly grandmother-in-law hold her book of hymns, though they are both grieving.
This film also gives character actor Henry Travers (Clarence from It's a Wonderful Life) shine as Mr. Ballard, a stationmaster with a passion for growing roses, including one he names after Mrs. Miniver herself.
Now, the film is not without its flaws, including American accents (except from Ney) when they are supposed to be in England, the loving gazes Garson kept casting at Ney (he would soon become her second husband, after all) and the spank Clem gives Kay after he learns of the German soldier, which is just wrong and abusive. But, when this film was made, they certainly thought nothing of it. Times certainly have changed, certainly for the better.
Still, despite these problems, this film has a tight script, great performances (Pidgeon, Garson, Wright, Whitty and Travers would all receive Oscar nominations and Garson and Wright would win) and relevant message still carry this film. And the scene with the German soldier is powerful still and an unforgettable scene in cinematic history. Grade: A-