Keyword: 1940s

The Man Who Planted Trees

1

1987

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The story of a shepherds single handed quest to re-forest a barren valley.

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.

Lost in Yonkers

6.7

1993

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In the summer of 1942, two young boys are sent to stay with their stern grandmother and their childlike aunt in Yonkers, New York.

Enemy Within

4.6

2019

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When a Japanese pilot crash-lands on the tiny remote Hawaiian island of Niihau, he is met with courtesy and traditional Hawaiian hospitality from the locals - until they discover he was part of the recent attack on Pearl Harbor.

The Trip to Bountiful

7.6

1985

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In 1940s Texas, an elderly woman is determined to visit her childhood home one last time.

Topper Returns

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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.

The Wasted Times

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2016

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Over the course of several decades, a deal between the Japanese army and criminals in Shanghai plays out with violence and betrayal.

Native Son

5.8

1986

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In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teenage daughter of the couple and then tries to cover it up.

Moloch

6.8

1999

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In 1942, in Bavaria, Eva Braun is alone, when Adolf Hitler arrives with Dr. Josef Goebbels and his wife Magda Goebbels and Martin Bormann to spend a couple of days without talking politics.

5 Fingers

7.8

1952

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During WWII the valet to the British Ambassador to Ankara sells British secrets to the Germans while trying to romance a refugee Polish countess.

Memorial Day

6.1

2012

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Memorial Day, 1993. When 13-year-old Kyle Vogel discovers the World War II footlocker belonging to his grandfather, Bud, everyone tells Kyle to put it back. Luckily, he ignores them. Although Bud has never talked about the war, he finds himself striking a deal with his grandson: Kyle can pick any three souvenirs, and Bud will tell him the stories behind each one. Memorial Day not only takes us on a journey into Buds complicated wartime past, but also into Kyles wartime future. As the two men share parallel experiences in combat, they come to realize how that magical day on the porch shaped both of their lives.