Keyword: 1940s

Pollock

5

2000

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A film about the life and career of the American painter, Jackson Pollock.

Sahara

7.8

1943

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After the fall of Tobruk in 1942, during the Allied retreat in the Libyan desert, an American tank picks-up a motley group of survivors but they face advancing Germans and a lack of water.

Fires on the Plain

8.2

1959

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In the closing days of WWII remnants of the Japanese army in Leyte are abandoned by their command and face certain starvation.

The Marriage of Maria Braun

7.9

1979

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Maria marries Hermann Braun in the last days of World War II, only for him to go missing in the war. Alone, Maria puts to use her beauty and ambition in order to find prosperity during Germanys economic miracle of the 1950s.

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.

White Mischief

6.3

1987

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In 1940s Kenya, a married couple join other affluent British expatriates in a lifestyle of recklessness and excess, but soon find themselves in a troubling situation.

Radio Days

7.6

1987

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A nostalgic look at radios golden age focusing on one ordinary family and the various performers in the medium.

Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

7.4

2005

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The life and times of Albert Pierrepoint - Britains most prolific hangman.

A Private Function

6.6

1984

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In post-World War II Britain, food rationing continues, leading a married couple to become involved in the flourishing bacon black market.

The Naked Civil Servant

7.9

1975

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The life and times of Quentin Crisp, an outrageous and flamboyant homosexual, coming of age and growing into old age in conservative England.

Whisky Galore!

7.3

1949

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Scottish islanders try to plunder 50,000 cases of whisky from a stranded ship.

The Young Lions

7.3

1958

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The lives of three young men, a German and two Americans, during WWII.