1940s

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Gangster Squad
6.7

Gangster Squad

Jan. 10, 2013

Gangster Squad

Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the ...
Farha
6.8

Farha

Oct. 21, 2022

Farha

Palestine, 1948. After the withdrawal of the British occupiers, tensions rise between Arabs and Jews. Meanwhile, Farha, the smart daughter of the ...
Monsieur Batignole
7

Monsieur Batignole

Mar. 06, 2002

Monsieur Batignole

In 1942, in an occupied Paris, the apolitical grocer Edmond Batignole lives with his wife and daughter in a small apartment in the building of ...
Evita
6.3

Evita

Dec. 14, 1996

Evita

The hit musical based on the life of Evita Duarte, a B-movie Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president and ...
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
7.4

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society

Free-spirited writer Juliet Ashton forms a life-changing bond with the delightful and eccentric Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, ...
Emperor
6.5

Emperor

Sep. 14, 2012

Emperor

As the Japanese surrender at the end of WWII, Gen. Fellers is tasked with deciding if Emperor Hirohito will be hanged as a war criminal. ...
Dunkirk
7.8

Dunkirk

Jul. 19, 2017

Dunkirk

The miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from ...
A Child in the Crowd
7.1

A Child in the Crowd

Jun. 04, 1976

A Child in the Crowd

Deserted by his father, and dislocated by the Second World War, Paul is a boy who wants affection and attention and cannot find it at home. For a ...
The Most Precious of Cargoes
7.1

The Most Precious of Cargoes

During a war that plagues everything around, a lumberjack’s wife finds an abandoned baby girl. This meeting transforms the life of the ...
Tea with Mussolini
6.9

Tea with Mussolini

Mar. 25, 1999

Tea with Mussolini

Semi-autobiographical film directed by Franco Zeffirelli, telling the story of young Italian boy Luca’s upbringing by a circle of English ...
The Brutalist
7.9

The Brutalist

Dec. 20, 2024

The Brutalist

When a visionary architect and his wife flee post-war Europe in 1947 to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern United States, their ...
Distant Voices, Still Lives
7.4

Distant Voices, Still Lives

The second film in Terence Davies’s autobiographical series (along with “Trilogy” and “The Long Day Closes”) is an ...
Devil in a Blue Dress
6.7

Devil in a Blue Dress

Sep. 15, 1995

Devil in a Blue Dress

In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, ...
Darkest Hour
7.4

Darkest Hour

Nov. 22, 2017

Darkest Hour

A thrilling and inspiring true story begins on the eve of World War II as, within days of becoming Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston ...
Yellow Caesar
6.1

Yellow Caesar

May. 24, 1941

Yellow Caesar

Using edited archive footage, mockery is made of Italy’s dictator Benito Mussolini. Release: Yellow Caesar 1941 480p BluRay AAC2 0 x264 ...
Carmen Jones
6.8

Carmen Jones

Oct. 28, 1954

Carmen Jones

Version of the Bizet opera set in World War II, with new lyrics and an African-American cast. Release: Carmen Jones 1954 720p BRRip H264 ...
Cannery Row
6.7

Cannery Row

Feb. 12, 1982

Cannery Row

A depressed section of Monterey, California is the backdrop for an offbeat romantic comedy about a pair of mismatched lovers. Doc is a lonely ...
Canopy
4.9

Canopy

Sep. 08, 2013

Canopy

An unlikely friendship between 2 young men becomes everything, when an Australian soldier takes refuge under the canopied jungles of Singapore, ...
Shanghai Blues
7.1

Shanghai Blues

Oct. 11, 1984

Shanghai Blues

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, ...
The Mystic Masseur
5.8

The Mystic Masseur

Oct. 05, 2001

The Mystic Masseur

Circa 1940 in Trinidad, still a British Colony, lives Ganesh Ramseyor, of East Indian origin, along with his wife, Leela. He longs to reach out ...