This time too, the dilemma is how to narrow down a list of great films made on the Nazi-infused Jewish Holocaust. While the last piece explored the greatest Holocaust classics, this one explores the best of contemporary films on the Holocaust. However the dilemma persists - are the films great by themselves or is it the magnitude of the subject itself that makes them great cinema? You tell me.

By the grace of Google I know approximately 284 films have been made on one of the most malicious events in history - the Holocaust. The US Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) defines the Holocaust as “the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators.” But the concept of Holocaust cinema envelops films dealing not just with the Holocaust itself but World War II as well. This is simply because the two historic episodes are as inseparable as two sides of one coin. However, I have tried to stick to USHMM’s definition as much as possible, in selecting the greatest Holocaust films ever made. But before we get to the list I’d like to mention a quick disclaimer. This article is not a celebration of sadism. Some of the greatest films ever made happen to be Holocaust films