Keyword: 1940s

All Creatures Great and Small

6.7

1975

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The story of a young veterinarians apprenticeship to a somewhat eccentric older vet in the English countryside, and the young mans hesitating courtship of the daughter of a local farmer.

Alone in Berlin

6.3

2016

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After a Nazi German working class couple loses their son in World War II, they decide to retaliate by secretly leafletting handwritten cards in Berlin denouncing their government.

The Rape of Recy Taylor

5.6

2017

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Mrs. Recy Taylor was gang raped by six white boys in 1944 Alabama. Unbroken, she spoke up and fought for justice with help from Rosa Parks and legions of women.

Mr & Mrs Bridge

6.7

1990

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Set during World War II, an upper-class family begins to fall apart due to the conservative nature of the patriarch and the progressive values of his children.

The Taking of Tiger Mountain

6.5

2014

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A story focusing on a conflict between a Peoples Liberation Army squad and a bandit gang in north-east China during the Chinese revolution.

Cry, the Beloved Country

6.9

1995

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A South African preacher goes to search for his wayward son, who has committed a crime in the big city.

Come See the Paradise

6.7

1990

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The passionate romance between an Irish-American man and a Japanese-American woman is threatened when the Pearl Harbor attacks happen and the woman is forced into a prison camp because of her ethnicity.

Distant Voices, Still Lives

7.5

1988

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The lives of an English working-class family are told out of order in a free-associative manner. The first part, Distant Voices, focuses on the fathers role in the family. The second part, Still Lives, focuses on his children.

The Crossing II

6

2015

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A story of three couples and their intertwining love stories set in 1940s Taiwan and Shanghai, centered around the 1949 sinking of Taiping.

The Passage

6.3

1979

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During World War II, a Basque shepherd is approached by the underground, who wants him to lead a scientist and his family across the Pyrenees while being pursued by a sadistic German.

Diplomacy

7.1

2014

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A historical drama that depicts the relationship between Dietrich von Choltitz, the German military governor of occupied Paris, and Swedish consul-general Raoul Nordling.

Wife of a Spy

6.3

2020

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A Japanese merchant who leaves his wife behind in order to travel to Manchuria, where he witnesses an act of barbarism. His subsequent actions cause misunderstanding, jealousy and legal problems for his wife.