Keyword: 1940s

Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!

4

1948

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In 1948 rural America, two stepbrothers compete for the same gal and the younger brother buys two untamed mules for work projects while the older brother tries to sabotage him.

The Camp on Blood Island

6.5

1958

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Deep in Malaya, as World War II is rapidly coming to an end, men, women and children, trapped by the Japanese invasion, are held captive in the Blood Island prison camp. Knowing that Yamamitsu, the sadistic commandant, will murder them all when he learns of his countrys defeat, Dutch, a Dutch planter, smashes the camp radio. British officer Lambert and, in the womens prison, the recently-widowed Kate, join Dutch in arming the prisoners.

Map of the Human Heart

7.2

1992

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Arctic, 1965: Avik tells his story starting 1931. A mapmaker flies Avik, then a preteen Eskimo boy with TB, to a hospital in Montreal, where he meets Albertine. They meet again when Avik joins WWII in UK.

Pinjar

8

2003

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In the days leading up to Partition, a Hindu woman is abducted by a Muslim man. Soon, she finds herself not only forced into marriage, but living in a new country as the borders between India and Pakistan are drawn

Sophie and the Rising Sun

6.5

2016

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In a small Southern town in the autumn of 1941, Sophie’s lonely life is transformed when an Asian man arrives under mysterious circumstances. Their love affair becomes the lightning rod for long-buried conflicts that erupt in bigotry and violence with the outbreak of World War ll.

The Grass Harp

7

1995

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Based on the novel by Truman Capote, this often-witty coming-of-age drama looks at a young man growing up with an unusual family in the Deep South in the 1940s.

Our Miss Fred

5.8

1972

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Shakespearian actor Fred Wimbushs drafted during WWII. While entertaining the troops with his drag act one day, the Germans capture them. Thinking hes a girl, they let him go. He mustnt break his character until he reaches safety.

The Sting II

5.1

1983

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A team of cons is planning a new scam involving betting on a boxing match but one of its past victims aims to exact revenge by eliminating the whole group.

At War for Love

7

2016

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A tender love story intertwines with the allied conquer of Sicily during WWII, where the US Army had to find partners in the local society.

Topper Returns

7

1941

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A fun-loving young woman is murdered after trading bedrooms with her wealthy friend. Her ghost seeks aid from Topper to find the murderer.

My Childhood

7.4

1972

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The second part (My ain folk) of Bill Douglas influential trilogy harks back to his impoverished upbringing in early-40s Scotland. Cinema was his only escape - he paid for it with the money he made from returning empty jam jars - and this escape is reflected most closely at this time of his life as an eight-year-old living on the breadline with his half-brother and sick grandmother in a poor mining village.

Yanks

6.4

1979

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Joining WWII, USA ships soldiers to UK. Matt and John arrive in 1942. Each see a local woman - married or to be engaged with soldiers serving faraway.