1940s Movies
- 2013
Gangster Squad
Gangster Squad6.3762013HD
Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns,...
- 1991
Bugsy
Bugsy6.3561991HD
New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. A sharp-dressing womanizer with a foul temper, Siegel doesn't...
- 2021
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
The United States vs. Billie Holiday6.52021HD
Billie Holiday spent much of her career being adored by fans. In the 1940s, the government targeted Holiday in a growing effort to racialize the war...
- 2016
In This Corner of the World
In This Corner of the World7.9052016HD
Japan, 1943, during World War II. Young Suzu leaves her village near Hiroshima to marry and live with her in-laws in Kure, a military harbor. Her...
- 2015
Suite Française
Suite Française7.2552015HD
France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law as...
- 1975
Operation: Daybreak
Operation: Daybreak6.8941975HD
Czechoslovakia, 1942. Three brave Czech patriots risk everything to rid their country of its brutal Nazi leader, SS-General Reinhard Heydrich.
- 1995
The Neon Bible
The Neon Bible6.021995HD
During a train ride, a teenager recalls his upbringing in 1940s small-town Georgia and the events that have led to this point.
- 2023
The Color Purple
The Color Purple7.0342023HD
A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to independence. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately...
- 1975
Tommy
Tommy6.4931975HD
After a series of traumatic childhood events, a psychosomatically deaf, dumb and blind boy becomes a master pinball player and the object of a...
- 1971
Dad's Army
Dad's Army4.91971HD
Dad's Army was a 1971 feature film based on the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army. Directed by Norman Cohen, it was filmed between series three and...
- 1962
Ivan's Childhood
Ivan's Childhood7.8261962HD
In WW2, twelve year old Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev works for the Soviet army as a scout behind the German lines and strikes a friendship with three...
- 1994
To Live
To Live8.0811994HD
Married couple Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in mid-20th century mainland China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy...
- 2021
The Shadow in My Eye
The Shadow in My Eye7.82021HD
On March 21st, 1945, the British Royal Air Force set out on a mission to bomb Gestapo's headquarters in Copenhagen. The raid had fatal consequences...
- 2023
The Problem of the Hero
The Problem of the Hero102023HD
In 1940, author Richard Wright turns to Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paul Green to help adapt his best-selling book, Native Son, into a Broadway...
- 2003
Saints and Soldiers
Saints and Soldiers6.32003HD
Five American soldiers fighting in Europe during World War II struggle to return to Allied territory after being separated from U.S. forces during...
- 1943
The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler
The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler4.61943HD
Austrian actor Franz Huber, known for his impressions, is captured by the Gestapo and forced into plastic surgery to become Hitler's body double....
- 1967
The Night of the Generals
The Night of the Generals6.8471967HD
A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He lands on three major Nazi generals as suspects,...
- 2014
Canopy
Canopy5.62014HD
Wartime, 1942. Singapore. An Australian fighter pilot shot down in combat awakens suspended in the treetops. As night devours day, he must navigate...
- 1993
Madadayo
Madadayo7.31993HD
In postwar Tokyo, beloved writer-professor Hyakken Uchida retires and is buoyed through hardship by the fierce devotion of his former students, who...
- 2019
Storm Front in Mayo
Storm Front in Mayo7.52019HD
Ireland, June 1944. The crucial decision about the right time to start Operation Overlord on D-Day comes to depend on the readings taken by Maureen...