Keyword: 1940s

10 Rillington Place

7.6

1971

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What happened to the women at 10 Rillington Place? The story of British serial killer John Christie, who committed most or all of his crimes in the titular terraced house, and the miscarriage of justice involving Timothy Evans.

East of Elephant Rock

3.5

1978

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In 1948, a new British governor takes over a Far Eastern colony after his predecessor is murdered by terrorists.

An Awfully Big Adventure

6

1995

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Set right after World War II, a naive teenage girl joins a shabby theatre troupe in Liverpool. During a winter production of Peter Pan, the play quickly turns into a dark metaphor for youth as she becomes drawn into a web of sexual politics and intrigue.

Blood Oath

4.8

1990

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The island of Ambon in Indonesia, 1945. During the War, the number of Australian POWs on the island had dropped from 1100 to less than 300 due to abuses by their Japanese captors. Capt. Cooper is the chief prosecutor. In a mass grave, the bodies of 300 executed servicemen have been unearthed. Cooper assumes that the massacre was ordered by Baron Takahashi, Japanese commander on Ambon. But the one potential witness has gone mad and is due to be shipped back to Australia. No captured airmen were found alive on the island at all, not even the four-man crew of a reconnaissance plane shot down late in the War. Takahashi is returned to the island in the custody of an American officer, Maj. Beckett. But there is little evidence with which to prosecute the Baron. Cooper thinks he could make a case for the missing airmen if only their bodies could be located. And why does Maj. Beckett appear interested in not seeing Takahashi convicted? Cooper gets a break when Lt. Tanaka, a communications officer and a Christian, surrenders himself...

Warsaw 44

6.7

2014

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A story of love, friendship and the pursuit of adventure during the bloody and brutal reality of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising.

The Most Precious of Cargoes

7.1

2024

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During a war that plagues everything around, a lumberjacks wife finds an abandoned baby girl. This meeting transforms the life of the couple and those whose destinations intertwine with that of the child.

Carmen Jones

6.9

1954

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Contemporary version of the Bizet opera, with new lyrics and an African-American cast.

The United States vs. Billie Holiday

6.4

2021

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Follows Holiday during her career as she is targeted by the Federal Department of Narcotics with an undercover sting operation led by black Federal Agent Jimmy Fletcher, with whom she has a tumultuous affair.

Hope and Glory

7.4

1987

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Bill, a young boy living on the outskirts of London experiences the exhilaration of World War II. During this period, Bill learns about sex, death, love, hypocrisy, and the faults of adults as he prowls the ruins of bombed houses.

Shanghai Blues

7.2

1984

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In 1937 Shanghai, a soon-to-depart soldier meets a young woman under a bridge during a Japanese air raid. They vow to meet after the war ends, but they dont each others name or face. Ten years later, the young woman, a nightclub singer, takes in a naive girl fresh from the country. The country girl falls in love with the would-be song-writer upstairs who, unbeknownst to the singer, is none other than the soldier from the bridge.

Resistance: They Fought Back

7.9

2024

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Resistance: They Fought Back tells the largely unknown and incredibly courageous story of Jewish resistance during the Holocaust.

Swing Shift

5.9

1984

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A woman finds romance when she takes a job at an aircraft plant to help make ends meet after her husband goes off to war.