Year 1937 movies and TV shows – page 2

List of year 1937 movies

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The Ghosts of Borley Rectory (2021)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Harry Price investigates the ghosts of Borley Rectory during his stay there.
Style: bleak, suspenseful, scary, psychotronic, stylized ...
Plot: paranormal investigation, ghost, demon, supernatural power, vengeful ghost, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, mission, revenge, hunting, peril, evil ...
Time: year 1937
Place: england
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 7.3
 575
The Fox (2022)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The true story of Franz Streitberger, the director’s great-grandfather, a motorcycle courier for the Austrian Army. At the beginning of the Second World War, this introverted young soldier comes across a wounded fox cub that he looks after and ...
Plot: poverty, motorcycle, fox, 18 year old, father son relationship, world war two, imprisonment, soldier, getting home, motorcycle with a sidecar, letter writing, motorcycle riding ...
Time: year 1941, year 1946, post world war two, year 1937, year 1939
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 6.9
 1K
Dawn of War (2020)
Genre: History, Thriller
Country: Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A historical spy-thriller set in 1939 about an Estonian intelligence agent tasked with uncovering the Soviet double agent in their ranks.
Style: captivating, tense, suspense, disturbing, psychological
Plot: world war two, spy, espionage, traitor, murder, secret agent, murder investigation, prospector, political conspiracy, crime solving, political unrest, love affair ...
Time: year 1939, year 1937, 1930s
Place: estonia, helsinki finland
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Death on the Nile (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Almost everyone on the S.S.Karnak, cruising the Nile, has a reason to want heiress Linnet Ridgeway dead. Her jewels are coveted by elderly Mrs. van Schuyler, her maid is upset because Linnet won't give her a promised dowry, writer Salome ...
Style: detective, captivating, costume drama, artsy, non-linear ...
Audience: adult
Plot: murder mystery, whodunit, murder, murder investigation, honeymoon, investigation, boat, investigator, private detective, ship, secret, heiress ...
Time: 1930s, pre world war two, 2020s, 1910s, year 1914 ...
Place: egypt, london, belgium
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Mussolini: The Untold Story (1985)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Yugoslavia, USA
Duration: 410 min.
TV show
Story: George C. Scott, Lee Grant, Virginia Madsen, Raul Julia, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Gabriel Byrne star in this Emmy-nominated program about the rise and fall of Italy's fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. Recounting his life with his wife, ...
Style: family saga, historical drama
Plot: world war two, fascism, world war, war, intrigue, villain as protagonist, ss, older man younger woman relationship, adulterer, adulterous husband, father daughter relationship, son in law ...
Time: 1940s, year 1939, year 1937, year 1941, year 1945 ...
Place: milan italy, switzerland, austria, italy
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Blithe Spirit (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A spiritualist medium holds a seance for a writer suffering from writers block but accidentally summons the spirit of his deceased first wife which leads to an increasingly complex love triangle with his current wife of five years.
Style: light, dark comedy, period piece, humorous, captivating ...
Plot: comedy of manners, love, supernatural, ghost, afterlife, true love, power of love, resurrection, loss of loved one, writer's life, writers, love story ...
Time: 20th century, future, 2020s, year 1937
Place: dover england, england
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 8.2
 189K
The Father (2020)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages and, as he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.
Style: sad, psychological, emotional, philosophical, social ...
Audience: date night
Plot: alzheimer's disease, elderly, memory loss, old man, dementia, caregiver, father daughter relationship, elderly man, human spirit, alone in the world, memory, aging ...
Time: 2020s, year 1937
Place: nebraska, london
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Malice in Wonderland (1985)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Struggling actress Hedda Hopper can't get a break in Hollywood, even though an acquaintence of hers is the extremely powerful gossip monger Louella Parsons - maker and breaker of careers (and lives) through her daily syndicated newspaper ...
Plot: hollywood, actress, gossip, gossip columnist, rivalry, restaurant, mother daughter relationship, rise to power, filmmaking, rags to riches, film industry, female protagonist ...
Time: year 1937, year 1942, 1920s, 1940s, 1930s ...
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The Eight Hundred (2020)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: China
Duration: 149 min.
Story: In 1937, eight hundred Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai battlefield, completely surrounded by the Japanese army.
Style: bleak, suspense, suspenseful
Audience: adult
Plot: chinese history, sino japanese war, japanese soldier, world war two, chinese army, siege, military, warehouse, military life, war, blood, military officer ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1937
Place: shanghai, china
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 6.5
 333
Red Kiss (1985)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story: 1952, Paris. Nadia, a Red Diaper baby, has a sister, Polish parents, and at 15 is an active Communist. When cops beat her during an anti-American demonstration, she's rescued by a "Match" photographer. As the friendship becomes a love ...
Style: serious, realistic, sexual, captivating
Plot: young love, age difference, state affairs, society, youth, love and romance, coming of age, politics, rebellion, friends, revolution, family relations ...
Time: 50s, year 1953, year 1952, year 1937, 1950s
Place: france, paris france, europe
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When Every Day Was the Fourth of July (1978)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A little girl convinces her attorney father to defend a mute war veteran accused of murdering a store owner.
Plot: lawyer, youth, war hero, war veteran, mute, false accusation, handyman, murder, anger, court, con artists
Time: year 1937, 1930s
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Blood & Orchids (1986)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
Story: Hester Murdoch is found naked and nearly beaten to death by four young Hawaiian men on the beach and taken to the hospital. Some of the men didn't want to get involved, fearing they might be blamed, because she was white, but do so anyway. ...
Plot: interracial relations, false accusation, trial
Time: 1930s, year 1937
Place: hawaii
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 8.0
 233K
Ip Man (2008)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, War
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A semi-biographical account of Yip Man, the first martial arts master to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun. The film focuses on events surrounding Ip that took place in the city of Foshan between the 1930s to 1940s during the Second ...
Style: heroic, epic, exciting, tense, uplifting ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, wing chun, human spirit, master warrior, courage, bravery, training, warrior, martial artist, ambition, fight scenes ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 20th century, 1940s, year 1937 ...
Place: china, east asia, seattle, asia, ancient china
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The Hindenburg (1975)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: In this highly speculative historical thriller, Colonel Franz Ritter (George C. Scott), a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to the great Hindenburg airship as its chief of security. As he races against the clock to ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, dieselpunk, tragic ending, serious ...
Plot: disaster, aviation, natural disaster, zeppelin, gestapo, conspiracy, world war two, ghost ship, nazi, technology, investigation, flying ...
Time: 1930s, year 1975, 20th century, year 1937
Place: new jersey, usa, europe, frankfurt germany, berlin germany ...
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 4.7
 195
Stand-ins (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Six women who came to Hollywood with the dream of becoming famous find themselves working as stand-ins for the glamorous stars of the late 1930s. Gathering for a birthday celebration at their local watering hole, they introduce a new member to the ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, stylized, atmospheric ...
Plot: hollywood, showbiz, filmmaking, couples, lifestyle, love and romance, actor's life, artists and showbiz, alcohol abuse, twists and turns, doppelganger, bigger dreams ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1937, pre world war two
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 7.2
 40K
Stan & Ollie (2018)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Family, History
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: With their golden era long behind them, comedy duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy embark on a variety hall tour of Britain and Ireland. Despite the pressures of a hectic schedule, and with the support of their wives Lucille and Ida – a formidable ...
Style: emotional, factual, touching, sincere, funny ...
Plot: friendship, comedy duo, betrayal, biopic, comedian, bromance, husband wife relationship, film history, coworker relationship, performer's life, dispute, family relations ...
Time: 1950s, 1940s, 2010s, year 1953, 1930s ...
Place: england, ireland, london, united kingdom, glasgow scotland
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The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, Music, Romance, War
Country: USA, Germany, Austria
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Agathe von Trapp, the eldest daughter of a well-known musical family, overcomes many obstacles to pursue her musical career and move to the United States.
Style: contemplative, unusual plot structure, psychological, touching, tense ...
Plot: family relations, father daughter relationship, world war two, husband wife relationship, brother brother relationship, marriage, father son relationship, teenage girl, sister sister relationship, relationships, love and romance, male female relationship ...
Time: 1930s, 1920s, year 1937, year 1938, year 1965
Place: austria, america
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There Be Dragons (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Spain, USA, Argentina
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Arising out of the horror of the Spanish Civil War, a candidate for canonization is investigated by a journalist who discovers his own estranged father had a deep, dark and devastating connection to the saint's life.While researching the life ...
Style: serious, captivating, realistic, thought provoking, stylized ...
Plot: priest, spanish civil war, catholic, saint, soldier, dying father, betrayal, journalist, redemption, self discovery, unfulfilled love, haunted by the past ...
Time: year 1936, 1930s, year 1937, 70s
Place: spain, europe
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The Grandmaster (2013)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Ip Man's peaceful life in Foshan changes after Gong Yutian seeks an heir for his family in Southern China. Ip Man then meets Gong Er who challenges him for the sake of regaining her family's honor. After the Second Sino-Japanese War, Ip ...
Style: visually stunning, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu master, kung fu, wing chun, vengeance, heroes, fight, opponent, instructor, rivalry, contests and competitions, heir ...
Time: 1930s, 2010s, year 2013, 1940s, 20th century ...
Place: china, japan, hong kong, east asia, asia
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A Prominent Patient (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany
Duration: 114 min.
Story: It is 1939. Flamboyant Czech diplomat Jan Masaryk has fled to America to escape his recent past. Germany has invaded Czechoslovakia and Masaryk is now a man with no nation. In America he tries to forget the personal and political betrayal he and his ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, stylized, serious
Plot: diplomacy, diplomat, czech history, european history, nazi germany, psychiatrist, life is a bitch, fascism, cold war, philosopher, post war, psychology ...
Time: pre world war two, year 1937, year 1938, year 1939, 1930s
Place: israel, prague, central europe
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 7.7
 4K
Nanking (2007)
Genre: Biography, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The story of the rape of Nanking, one of the most tragic events in history. In 1937, the invading Japanese army murdered over 200,000 and raped tens of thousands of Chinese. In the midst of this horror, a small group of Western expatriates banded ...
Style: realistic, serious, rough, depressing, suspense ...
Plot: world war two, against humanity, rescue, atrocity, japanese history, rape, invasion, testimony, daring rescue, survival, life is a bitch, danger ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1937, year 1938
Place: china, asia, japan, shanghai
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City of Life and Death (2009)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 132 min.
Story: City of Life and Death takes place in 1937, during the height of the Second Sino-Japanese War. The Imperial Japanese Army has just captured the then-capital of the Republic of China, Nanjing. What followed was known as the Nanking Massacre, or the ...
Style: disturbing, rough, bleak, black and white, tense ...
Plot: world war two, japanese army, sino japanese war, sexual abuse, war crime, japanese occupation of china, war atrocity, atrocity, japanese occupation, life is a bitch, mass murder, wartime ...
Time: 1930s, year 2009, 2010s, year 1938, 20th century ...
Place: china, asia, shanghai
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Me and Orson Welles (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: New York, 1937. A teenager hired to star in Orson Welles' production of Julius Caesar becomes attracted to a career-driven production assistant.
Style: talky, emotional, realistic, sentimental, touching ...
Audience: date night
Plot: coming of age, art, historical figure, actor's life, youth, teenage life, artists and showbiz, boss and employee, fall in love, blind ambition, mentor, self discovery ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 2008, year 1937
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, grand central station manhattan new york city
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 7.2
 7K
John Rabe (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France, China, Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, Belgium
Duration: 134 min.
Story: A true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937-38.
Style: tense, disturbing, realistic, bleak, serious ...
Plot: war, world war two, rescue, nazi, heroes, atrocity, confined, wartime life, lifesaver, life is a bitch, against humanity, danger ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, year 1938, year 1937
Place: china, japan, asia
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 6.7
 33K
Chronos (1992)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Faced with his own mortality, an ingenious alchemist tried to perfect an invention that would provide him with the key to eternal life. It was called the Cronos device. When he died more than 400 years later, he took the secrets of this remarkable ...
Style: gothic, surreal, scary, suspenseful, creepy ...
Plot: immortality, vampire, addiction, invention, supernatural, aging, blood, death, danger, haunted by the past, race against time, goth ...
Time: 90s, 1930s, 20th century, 16th century, year 1996 ...
Place: rome italy, mexico, latin america, los angeles, usa ...
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Before the Rains (2007)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, India, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Set in southern India in the late 1930s, this provocative tale traces the story of three people caught in an inexorable web of forbidden romance and dangerous secrets. After a British spice planter falls in love with his alluring servant, an ...
Style: sincere, touching, sentimental, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: forbidden love, interracial romance, taboo, master and servant, sex, love affair, social differences, love and romance, society, dishonesty, hindu, hidden treasure ...
Time: 1930s, year 2007, year 1937
Place: india, asia, england, europe
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The Last Circus (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The journey of Javier, the obese Sad Clown, starts during his childhood in the midst of the Spanish civil war in 1937. His father, one of Spain’s most prominent jesters, is detained and tortured by the fascist regime.
Style: disturbing, dark comedy, bleak, rough, psychological ...
Plot: clown, circus, rivalry, performer's life, uninhibited rivalry, life is a bitch, evil clown, killer clown, dark humor, sadism, graphic violence, violent content ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, 70s, 20th century, 1930s ...
Place: europe, spain, madrid
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 5.8
 14K
Amelia (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.
Style: factual, serious, stylized, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot: airplane, female pilot, biopic, flying, adventurer, aviation, ambition, depression, unlikely friendships, self fulfillment, follow your dream, lifestyle ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, year 2009, 1920s, year 1931 ...
Place: usa, chicago, long beach california, paris france, hawaii ...
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Hindenburg: The Last Flight (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: Discover the shocking secret behind one of the greatest disasters of the 20th century in this powerful, exhilarating, world war two thriller. When a chance encounter throws a young engineer into the depths of a deadly plot he begins a race against ...
Style: captivating, serious, stylized, suspenseful, realistic
Plot: zeppelin, airplane, danger, disaster, world war two, conspiracy theory, ghost ship, ship, world war one, fire, chaos and mayhem, escapades ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1937
Place: europe, new jersey, germany, usa
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 6.1
 8K
Good (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The rise of national socialism in Germany should not be regarded as a conspiracy of madmen. Millions of "good" people found themselves in a society spiralling into terrible chaos. A film about then, which illuminates the terrors of now.
Style: serious, realistic, disturbing, captivating, romantic drama ...
Plot: nazi, writers, politics, moral dilemma, state affairs, wartime life, political unrest, society, nazi germany, third reich, holocaust, mother son relationship ...
Time: 1930s, year 2008, 20th century, year 1937, year 1933 ...
Place: germany, europe, paris france, berlin germany
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