40s movies and TV shows – page 4
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List of 40s movies
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, Germany, Hungary
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A teenage orphan fights against the Red Army at the end of WWII and in the aftermath is 'adopted' by a Commissar. Years later he is sent to London during the Cold war to work for the KGB, where he questions his life.
Style:
serious, disturbing, captivating, realistic, political ...
Plot:
world war two, kgb, anal rape, secret agent, introspection, betrayal, haunted by the past, political unrest, undercover, dishonesty, moral dilemma, state affairs ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1945, post world war two
Place:
russia, london, england, soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Italy, France, Sweden, Hungary
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
It is the real story of Giorgio Perlasca (Luca Zingaretti). During the 1920s he was an Italian Fascist supporter, fighting in Africa an in the Spanish civil war where he deserved a safe conduct for Spanish embassies. After some years, disillusioned ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, emotional, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, nazism, idealism, genocide, fascism, deportation, concentration camp, hopes, nazi occupation, wartime life, political unrest ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 1920s, 80s, 20th century ...
Place:
hungary, budapest, italy, spain
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: Brazil, France, West Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Mauricio do Valle reprises his role as Antonio das Mortes, the troubled hitman from Black God, White Devil. A new incarnation of Cangaceiro bandits, led by Coirana, has risen in the badlands. A blind landowner hires Antonio to wipe out his old ...
Style:
allegory, political, social, dramatic, hilarious ...
Plot:
redemption, society, class struggle, blind man, poverty, massacre, revenge, corruption, landscape, underground, desert, revolution ...
Time:
year 1969, 20th century, 1940s
Place:
brazil, latin america
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Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
During World War II, three German soldiers are withdrawn from combat when one of them, Stroszek, is wounded. They are assigned to a small coastal community on the Greek island of Kos while Stroszek recuperates. The men become increasingly stir crazy ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
world war two, german soldier, psychiatry, losing-it hero, soldier, fortress, war, nazi, world war, german army, summer, mental illness ...
Time:
1940s, year 1968, 20th century
Place:
greece, germany, italy, mediterranean sea, europe
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Genre: Comedy, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A sanitary battalion of Italian Army is sent to Sorman oasis in Lybia during the Africa campaign in 1940. Soon an Italian missionary, living nearby, succeed to transform the occupation by Italian Army in a kind of humanitarian mission. In fact all ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, thought provoking
Plot:
world war two, bedouin, desert, friendship, state affairs, military, muslim, italian soldier, international relations, friends, society, soldier ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
africa, libya
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A biography of the English mathematician Alan Turing, who was one of the inventors of the digital computer and one of the key figures in the breaking of the Enigma code, used by the Germans to send secret orders to their U-boats in World War II. ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, sincere, contemplative
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
mathematics, world war two, gay, lgbt, computer, programmer, cryptography, mathematician, scientist, programming, world war, computer program ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, War
Country: Japan, France
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
At the end of WWII, Japanese doctor Akagi searches for the cure for hepatitis in the prisoner-of-war camp.
Style:
sexy, contemplative, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
world war two, nudity, world war, public nudity, naked in public, island, dark humor, social relations, pow, power relations, cure, village life ...
Time:
year 1998, 20th century, 1940s, year 1945
Place:
asia, japan
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
During the Second World War, Eugene enlists in the US Army during the last year of the War and is sent to basic training in Biloxi Mississippi. There he must live with a variety of fellow soldiers while enduring the whims of a mentally unstable ...
Style:
humorous, funny, realistic, clever, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, world war two, boot camp, basic training, military life, male virgin, military, virginity, adaptation, friendship, gay soldier, youth ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
mississippi, usa, arkansas, seattle, new york ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
An American spy behind the lines during WWII serves as a Nazi propagandist, a role he cannot escape in his future life as he can never reveal his real role in the war.
Style:
political thriller, political, independent film, contemplative, biting ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi, espionage, holocaust, politics, satire, chess, world war, radio station, book, guilt, propaganda ...
Time:
1940s, 60s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1996
Place:
germany, israel, new york, europe, usa ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
CW Briggs is a veteran insurance investigator, with many successes. Betty Ann Fitzgerald is a new employee in the company he works for, with the task of reorganizing the office. They don't like each other - or at least that's what they ...
Style:
humorous, witty, neo noir, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
hypnosis, investigation, roman empire, plot twist, insurance investigator, workplace, justice, unlikely criminals, love and romance, power relations, murder mystery, false accusation ...
Time:
1940s, year 2001, year 1940, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, istanbul turkey, madagascar ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport, War
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II.
Style:
dramatic, epic, motivational, uplifting, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
world war two, war, survival, soldier, jail, motivation, biopic, prisoners of war, hopes, prison, torture, captivity ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 2014, 2010s, 1930s ...
Place:
japan, pacific ocean, asia, germany, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Drama, Family, History, War
Country: Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Tuur and Lambert are best friends. But the war is closing in and is about to change their lives forever. Tuurs dad joined the resistance and even his big brother seems so be part of it. Lamberts family on the other hand choose to obey the Germans. ...
Style:
emotional, captivating, serious, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
friendship between boys, children in wartime, friendship, youth, coming of age, teenager, child, best friend, life is a bitch, unfulfillment, village life, world war two ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1943
Place:
holland
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
With the Nazi takeover of Europe underway, the Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich arrives in Prague and his underlings begin enforcing his authority in the towns and villages across the occupied country. In Lidice, the film's main protagonist, ...
Style:
disturbing, realistic, emotional, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
nazi occupation, political repression, world war two, mass murder, genocide, holocaust, life is a bitch, heroic mission, wartime life, social relations, against humanity, haunted by the past ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942, 20th century
Place:
prague, czech republic, czechoslovakia
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany, Liechtenstein, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In 1938 Hans Zeisig, an apolitical comedian, impersonator and cabaret actor, flees with a Russian passport (instead of American, which he would have preferred) from Nazi-Berlin, and finds himself in the legendary Hotel Lux, the 'lost ...
Style:
sexy, humorous, semi serious, realistic, sexual
Plot:
comedian, against humanity, hotel, artists and showbiz, society, state affairs, homecoming, nazi germany, holocaust, best friend, monkey, bully ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
russia, germany
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Brazil
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Based upon the true story of Olga Benário, the German-born wife of Brazilian communist leader Luís Carlos Prestes. During the dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas (1930-1945) she was arrested and sent to Nazi Germany, where she was put to death in a ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, emotional, contemplative ...
Plot:
nazi germany, world war two, concentration camp, holocaust, wartime life, life is a bitch, dictatorship, biopic, love affair, revolution, politics, confined ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
germany, rio de janeiro, europe, brazil
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
"Stalingrad" follows the progress of a German Platoon through the brutal fighting of the Battle of Stalingrad. After having half their number wiped out and after being placed under the command of a sadistic Captain, the Lieutenant of the ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, gloomy, epic ...
Plot:
world war two, war, battles, nazism, eastern front, soldier, german soldier, starvation, survival, military life, holocaust, winter ...
Time:
year 1942, year 1943, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
russia, germany, europe, italy, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, Japan, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The "Memphis Belle" is a World War II bomber, piloted by a young crew on dangerous bombing raids into Europe. The crew only have to make one more bombing raid before they have finished their duty and can go home. In the briefing before ...
Style:
serious, rough, period piece, suspense, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
world war two, bomber, military, war, battles, soldier, aerial combat, u.s. air force, friendship, mission, aerial combats, luftwaffe ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, 20th century
Place:
america, europe, england, united kingdom, germany ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 197 min.
Story:
Second silver screen adaption of the Finnish war book by Väinö Linna. The story is based on Linna's experiences as an infantry man in the Finnish army during the so called "Continuation War" (1941-1944).
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, captivating, rough ...
Plot:
infantry, russo finnish war, world war two, female nudity, nude girl, conservative, eastern front, world war one, soldier, escapades, state affairs, danger ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1941, year 1942, year 1943 ...
Place:
finland, europe, eastern europe, tokyo
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Norman Bates is again released from the mental hospital he was placed in at the end of Psycho III after serving another few years and is apparently rehabiliated for the second time. Norman is now married to a young nurse named Connie and is ...
Style:
slasher, psychological, scary, cult horror, suspense ...
Plot:
voyeur, split personality, childhood trauma, psycho killer, psychopath, double murder, poisoning, incestuous desire, schizophrenia, matricide, child abuse, oedipus complex ...
Time:
90s, 1940s, 80s, 50s, 20th century ...
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Hannah Stern, an American-born Jewish adolescent, is uninterested in the culture, faith and customs of her relatives; however, Hannah begins to revaluate her heritage when she has a supernatural experience that transports her back to a Nazi death ...
Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, sentimental, period piece ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, teens
Plot:
concentration camp, holocaust, world war two, nazi occupation, time travel, anti semitism, nazi, world war, human spirit, against humanity, hopes, survival ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
poland, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In a touring Shakespearean theater group, a backstage hand - the dresser, is devoted to the brilliant but tyrannical head of the company. He struggles to support the deteriorating star as the company struggles to carry on during the London blitz. ...
Style:
talky, psychological, realistic, touching, gloomy ...
Plot:
gay lead character, unrequited love, lgbt, gay, backstage, world war two, friendship, manic, shakespeare, actor, effeminacy, gay interest ...
Time:
1940s, year 1983, post world war two, 20th century
Place:
england, europe, london
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In a fantastical 1940s where magic is used by everyone, a hard-boiled detective investigates the theft of a mystical tome.
Style:
lovecraft, satanic, semi serious, futuristic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
private detective, spell, curses spells and rituals, magic, gangster, cthulhu, investigation, supernatural ability, chases and races, good versus evil, rivalry, danger ...
Time:
1940s, year 1948, 90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union, UK
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The political drama is set in the Stalin's Soviet Union after the Second World War. A British archaeologist Andrei Miller is working in Iran. He is mistakenly kidnapped and arrested by the KGB. He is falsely accused of spying and wrongfully ...
Style:
serious, realistic, thought provoking, disturbing, bleak
Plot:
gulag, survival, false accusation, prison, kgb, cold war, violence, prisoner, arrest, british, attempted rape, communist ...
Time:
1940s, 50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
iran, siberia, soviet union, ussr, russia ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, UK, West Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A small town band makes it big, but loses track of their roots, as they get caught up into the big-time machinations of the music biz. Now, they must thwart a plot to destroy their home town. Built around the music of the beatles, this musical uses ...
Style:
cult classic, independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
rock and roll, music, the beatles, video arcade, resurrection, greed, disco, hysteria, interracial, hippie, musician, billboard ...
Time:
1940s, year 1978, 1930s, 1920s, 1910s ...
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, West Germany, UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Two young boys from very different backgrounds become friends in 1933 Stuttgart. However, they don't realize how different they are until much later as one is the son of a well-to-do Jewish doctor and the other the son of a German aristocrat. ...
Style:
independent film, thought provoking, disturbing, serious, realistic
Plot:
world war two, anti semitism, friendship between boys, nazi, friendship, boyhood, religions or cults, against humanity, society, confined, coming of age, youth ...
Time:
1940s, year 1989, 1930s
Place:
europe, germany
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
An Alaskan gold prospector (Gene Hackman) lives in luxury with his family on an island gangsters want.
Style:
realistic, serious, stylized, atmospheric, erotic ...
Plot:
wealth, greed, gangster, family relations, rise and fall, dishonesty, parents and children, brutality, courtroom drama, father daughter relationship, island, male nudity ...
Time:
1940s, year 1983, 20th century, 1920s, year 1945
Place:
canada, bahamas, caribbean
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
March 1945 Asolo, Italy. Livia Mazzion, the attractive wife of a top ministry official, slips into the car of lawyer Ugo Oggiano, Livia's admirer and her husband's informer. Livia must reach Venice and her lover Helmut Schultz, a Wermacht ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, captivating, disturbing, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sex, fascism, affair, sexual relations, destiny, love affair, love triangle, unfaithful wife, infidelity, family problems, wartime life, danger ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
italy, venice, europe
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Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, History, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Russia, Japan, Canada
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Set during the opening days of World War II on the Eastern Front. Its main cast are a group of Soviet teenagers with extraordinary abilities; the teenagers have been drafted to form a special unit to fight the invading German army. They are opposed ...
Style:
anime, stylized, bleak, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
world war two, supernatural ability, escapades, danger, battles, heroes, military, soldier, supernatural, dead, world war, nazi occultism ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1942
Place:
soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport, War
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Fact based story about a former Greek Olympic boxer who was taken as a prisoner during World war II and placed in the Auschwitz prison camp. There he was permitted to survive as long as he fought for the amusement of his captors. His father and ...
Style:
disturbing, independent film, tense, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, boxing, ss, prison, boxer, prison escape, fight, nazi, biopic, shoah, judaism ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1943
Place:
middle east, poland, europe, greece
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Genre: Comedy, War
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A group of American executives making a film about World War II decide that since their lead is rather unglamorous, they will draft in an American G.I. to play the part of Winston Churchill. Their take on the war depicts a handsome Churchill falling ...
Style:
parody, humorous, semi serious, feel good, realistic ...
Plot:
satire, fall in love, heroes, working undercover, undercover, state affairs, war, head of state, save the world, battles, secret agent, world war two ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
europe, england, london, buckingham palace
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