| Under Correction (2017) | 6.7 | |
| Frantz (2016) | 7.5 | |
| Small Island (2009) | 7.5 | |
| Lilies (2007) | 8.1 | |
| Peaky Blinders (2013) | 8.7 |
Post war movies and TV shows – page 2
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: France, Romania
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In 1958, in the French Alp, the young servant Anna Jurin arrives in Saint Ange Orphanage to work with Helena while the orphans moved to new families. Anna, who is secretly pregnant, meets the last orphan , Judith, left behind because of her mental ...
Style:
surprise ending, scary, suspenseful, bleak, psychological ...
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, female nudity, pregnancy, losing-it hero, haunted by the past, housekeeper, elevator, kitten, mirror, insanity, orphan ...
Time:
year 1958, 1950s, year 1946, post world war two, year 2004 ...
Place:
alps, france, europe
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273K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Germany, USA, Poland
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as ...
Style:
sexy, melancholic, touching, sexual, inspirational ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
forbidden love, older woman younger man relationship, age difference, coming of age, holocaust, nazi, first love, trial, world war two, older woman younger man sex, sex, unlikely couple ...
Time:
post world war two, year 1966, year 1958, year 2008, 20th century ...
Place:
germany, israel, west berlin west germany, hamburg germany, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An American journalist arrives in Berlin just after the end of World War Two. He becomes involved in a murder mystery surrounding a dead GI who washes up at a lakeside mansion during the Potsdam negotiations between the Allied powers. Soon his ...
Style:
neo noir, period piece, suspenseful, atmospheric, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, world war two, investigation, nazi, sex shop, justice, haunted by the past, journalism, uncover truth, love of one's life, love affair, cold war ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 2006, post world war two, year 1945 ...
Place:
germany, berlin germany, europe
Is relevant?
33K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A limited anthology series that explores terror in America.
Style:
anthology, suspense, twisted, social, spooky ...
Plot:
spell, propaganda, bullying, black, supernatural, cover-up, sex crime, occult, student, clergy, home invasion, mental illness ...
Time:
1950s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The Second World War has just ended and two old friends Rose and Antonia unexpectedly meet in London's Regent Street. Rose is a frustrated housewife married to civil servant with as many secrets as he has mistresses, while Antonia is sick of ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious, thrilling ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
murder, friendship, unlikely criminals, post war, spouse killer, couples, infidelity, dishonesty, couple relations, spouse in danger, dull life, female friendship ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
england
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
World War II vet Paul Sutton falls for a pregnant and unwed woman who persuades him -- during their first encounter -- to pose as her husband so she can face her family.
Style:
romantic, touching, sentimental, realistic, rom com ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
love, vineyard, happy ending, love and romance, interracial romance, pretend relationship, rich woman poor man, wine, love story, parents and children, estate, world war two ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 50s, post world war two, 90s
Place:
san francisco, california, sacramento california, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 28 min.
TV show
Story:
Just William is a television serial first broadcast on BBC One in December 2010. The serial is based on the Just William series of books by Richmal Crompton. This latest adaptation is written by Simon Nye. It is the first adaption of the books since ...
Style:
humorous, light hearted, feel good, funny, semi serious ...
Audience:
family friendly, family outing, kids
Plot:
children, friendship, post war, mischievous children, friends, best friend, lifestyle, child protagonist, child, friendship between boys, teenager, boy ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
england
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Follow Teresa Iorio, a young woman who leaves her rural Sicilian hometown for Milan to find work--and much more--at a newly opened department store: The Ladies' Paradise.
Style:
touching, suspenseful, sincere, dramatic, costume drama ...
Plot:
department store, love triangle, italian woman, post war, love hate relationship, initially antagonists, love and romance, romantic relationship, new job, bankruptcy, family relations, romantic triangle ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 60s, year 1950
Place:
milan italy, italy, sicily
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Just a few years prior, automata served as weapons in the great war. Now that the war has ended, these machines with human hearts search for their place in an unfamiliar, peaceful world — and their search begins at the Kuronekotei café.
Style:
anime, entertaining, captivating, emotional, reflective ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
slice of life, artificial intelligence, post war, androids, fictional country, empire, humanity, lifestyle, magical girl, female protagonist, magic, compassion ...
Time:
near future
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Thirteen years after the end of the Vietnam War, a family who was tragically affected by the war are forced to emigrate to America.
Style:
serious, sincere, bleak, inspirational, political ...
Plot:
vietnam war, human spirit, fighting the system, refugee, parents and children, political unrest, re-education, society, tragic hero, hopes, danger, military ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, asia, usa, california, indochina
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA, Germany, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of World War II, a British colonel and his wife are assigned to live in Hamburg during the post-war reconstruction, but tensions arise with the German widower who lives with them.
Style:
philosophical, realistic, melancholic, serious, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
post war germany, extramarital affair, unfaithful wife, cheating wife, husband wife relationship, adultery, horny wife, infidelity, love hate relationship, world war two, love triangle, cheating on husband ...
Time:
post world war two, 1940s, year 1945, year 2019, year 1942 ...
Place:
hamburg germany, alps, london, northern germany
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Russia, Lithuania
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
By miracle he avoided death and returns to the house where he was born. In the house now lives the love of his life. But the hope for happiness turns sour with a terrible discovery: his beloved is the daughter of his enemy.
Style:
emotional, captivating, disturbing, realistic, tense
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
forbidden love, unrequited love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love and romance, conflict, couple relations, society, family problems, forgiveness, relationship problems, love affair, father figure ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
British writer/director John Boorman (The Emerald Forest) draws us into an astonishing and exhilarating portrait of his own childhood, set against the terrors of a London torn apart by the onset of WWII. Seven-year-old Billy Rohan (Sebastian Rice ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, realistic, humorous, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
world war two, wartime, childhood, children in wartime, war, boy, youth, wartime life, coming of age, air raid, premarital sex, toy soldier ...
Time:
1940s, year 1939, year 1987
Place:
england, london, europe, big ben london, britain
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Alice and Jack are lucky to be living in the idealized community of Victory, the experimental company town housing the men who work for the top-secret Victory Project and their families. But when cracks in their idyllic life begin to appear, ...
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, psychedelic, surreal, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
housewife, women, undercover, social satire, feminism, passionate sex, orgasm, male female relationship, family life, oral sex, egg, captive ...
Time:
1950s, 2020s, 50s
Place:
palm springs california, california
Is relevant?
2.5M
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events - in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. Yet, despite all the things he has attained, his one true love eludes ...
Style:
inspirational, touching, feel good, sentimental, uplifting ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick, kids, teens ...
Plot:
life philosophy, philosophy, life, mentally challenged, destiny, storytelling, love, rise to the top, human spirit, selflessness, vietnam war, life & death ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 50s, 60s, 1950s ...
Place:
china, alabama, vietnam, america, savannah georgia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
It’s the first day of the 1963 school year at Voltaire High! And for the first time, girls and boys will mingle. This first year of coeducation is full of surprises, both for teachers and students.
Style:
thought provoking, humorous, disturbing, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
high school life, society, class differences, women, school, social differences, civil rights, civil rights movement, post war, high school, coming of age, adolescence ...
Time:
60s
Place:
france
Is relevant?
14K
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An adaptation of Annie Ernaux's eponymous novel, looking back on her experience with abortion when it was still illegal in France in the 1960s.
Style:
sad, independent film, crying, period drama
Plot:
abortion, unwanted pregnancy, illegal abortion, pregnancy, female protagonist, post war, unplanned pregnancy, dormitory, final exam, college student, injection, female college student ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s
Place:
france
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
As in the novel of the same title from Camilo Jose Cela, "La Colmena" is a sad composition with the stories of many people in the Madrid of 1942, just the postwar of the spanish civil war. The main theme of the film is the contrast between ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, gloomy, atmospheric ...
Plot:
post war, struggle, female nudity, freedom, lgbt, francisco franco, spanish history, spanish civil war, revolutionary, conflict, nude girl, revolutionary war ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
madrid, europe, spain
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
At the end of World War II Lena Kuchler arrives at a refuge camp in search of her disappeared family members. But at this place she can get no information in her case but only encounters hungry children.
Style:
heartbreaking, historical drama, emotional, melancholic, bleak ...
Plot:
post war, holocaust, survivor, orphan, refugee camp, jewish history, anti semitism, survival, community, resilience, solidarity, violence ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
poland
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A British military transport plane makes an emergency landing on Sado Island. The residents on the island take care of the crew members until the plane can take off once again despite knowing that Britishers are their enemies.
Style:
intercultural, historical drama, period drama
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
post war, compassion, reconciliation, empathy, friendship, community, heartwarming, hospitality, second chance, aviation, healing, language barrier ...
Time:
year 1946
Place:
japan
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In 1946 North Africa, two former US Air Force pilots are forced to work for an international smuggler to get money needed for their return to civilian life after fighting in World War II.
Style:
tense, crime thriller, crime drama, suspenseful, period piece ...
Plot:
world war two, post war, world war, war veteran, smuggling, desert, moral ambiguity, black market, air force, betrayal, corruption, desperation ...
Time:
1940s, year 1946
Place:
north africa, africa, algeria
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
At the end of World War Two, Polish people move to the western lands vacated by Germans. But some ruthless profiteers pose as government representatives and intend to make off with loot from a deserted town they took over. One honest man stands up ...
Style:
serious, tension, bleak, suspense, black and white
Plot:
post war, social justice, ethics, humanism, community, honor, social realism, solidarity, power struggle, lone hero, loot, resilience ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945
Place:
poland
Is relevant?
204
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Felix Zeiler doesn't return after the end of World War II. His wife - alone with 2 little children - meets Hans and they are slowly getting closer.
Style:
period piece, realistic, historical drama, melancholic
Plot:
world war two, post war, motherhood, family drama, survival, trauma, single mother, bombing, grief, missing husband, resilience, loss ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
germany, munich germany
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Croatia, Hungary
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Still today, years after the war, some regions are contaminated with broken families, poverty, crime and low-grade uranium. In the middle of nowhere in Western Herzegovina, at a NATO military training range, a nine-year-old girl called Alica, ...
Style:
poignant, emotional, bleak, melancholic, art house ...
Plot:
post war, cancer, child protagonist, poverty, grief, terminal illness, death, loss, family bonds, social realism, survival, desperation ...
Place:
bosnia herzegovina, balkan
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The Great Patriotic War is coming to an end. Six-year-old Zuriko lives with his grandmother in a small Georgian village. His mother abandoned him and his father is at the front. The boy waits for his father, but he doesn't come back from the ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, period piece
Audience:
adult
Plot:
stepmother, post war, grandmother, family conflict, child protagonist, childhood, domestic drama, innocence, social realism, abandonment, loss, getting home ...
Place:
caucasus
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Battling insomnia and undiagnosed PTSD, a war veteran works nights as a projectionist at a decrepit theater. While struggling to adapt to civilian life, he soon finds himself tangled in an inescapable web of seduction, addiction, and violence.
Style:
bleak, dark, tense, captivating, intense ...
Plot:
veteran, ptsd, post traumatic stress disorder, obsession, post war, loneliness, drug, character study, war trauma, society, social relations, social misfits ...
Place:
afghanistan
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Sri Lanka
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Returning to his community after defeat in the Sri Lankan civil war, a former Tamil rebel known only as "Him" faces hostility, suspicion and bitter recriminations in Asoka Handagama's beautifully elegiac meditation on the aftermath of ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, sincere, sinhala ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, hopes, starting over, politics, rebellion, state affairs, village, post war, poverty, loss of job, island, dead body ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, sri lanka
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Wagaya no Rekishi is a Japanese three-part television mini-series, shown on Fuji TV from April 9, 2010 to April 11, 2010 to celebrate its 50th Anniversary. The show was known for its star-studded cast.
Style:
family saga, disturbing, psychological, captivating, period piece ...
Plot:
post war, large family, family relations, japanese culture, family drama, post war japan, love and romance, kids and family, love affair, lifestyle, love interest, fall in love ...
Time:
post world war two, 60s, 1950s
Place:
japan
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
A nurse and her surgeon-lover are part of a resistance movement in 1940s Czechoslovakia. When they are discovered, her lover flees and she must find a place to hide. A patient whose life she saved, a man from a remote mountain village where time ...
Style:
touching, realistic, sincere, contemplative, epic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
world war two, redemption, small town, resistance, couple relations, marriage, betrayal, older man younger woman relationship, self discovery, life is a bitch, hopes, society ...
Time:
1940s, year 2003, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
central europe, prague, czechoslovakia, germany
Is relevant?
929
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 390 min.
TV show
Story:
A physician sues a novelist for publishing statements implicating the doctor in Nazi war crimes.
Style:
contemplative, realistic, serious, thought provoking, disturbing ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, war crime, lawsuit, polish, courtroom, post war, courtroom drama, writers, reflection, expatriate, nazi ...
Time:
1940s, 60s
Place:
europe, england, london
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