Films and TV shows that feel like We'll Meet Again by Vera Lynn

A tender, brave promise sung to soldiers and loved ones at parting, hope held steady against fear and separation during the Second World War.

1. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964): Lynn's song famously plays over the ending's mushroom clouds, the most iconic ironic use of it.
2. Dunkirk (2017): Soldiers waiting to get home and the civilians who come to bring them back capture the song's yearning for reunion.
3. Mrs. Miniver (1942): A contemporary portrait of an English family holding together through the war, full of courage and quiet hope.
4. Atonement (2007): Lovers torn apart by war, clinging to the promise of meeting again.
5. Goodnight, Mister Tom (1998): Evacuee children and wartime village life in a gentle, moving British story.
6. Foyle's War (2002): Home-front Britain during the war, with its strain, loss and resolve.
7. Darkest Hour (2017): The 1940 national mood of defiance and hope as Britain stands alone.
8. Dad's Army (1968): Affectionate comedy of the Home Guard that keeps the warm, stubborn wartime spirit.