Keyword: 1940s

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.

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

6.7

1988

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A full-length adaptation, originally staged as a play, of the court-martial segment from the novel The Caine Mutiny.

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.

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 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.

Odette

7

1950

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During WW2, a French woman living in England volunteers to work for British Intelligence in Nazi-occupied France.

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.

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

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.

Trouble Is My Business

6.1

2018

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Detective Roland Drake falls for two sisters from the Montemar family. One woman is dead and the other wants to kill him.

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.