1940s Movies

Based on Larry Loftis’ bestseller of the same name, Dusko Popov is a double agent during World War II who was also a suave and sophisticated...

A throwback musical comedy set in 1943, where clueless radio stars, The Apple Sisters botch a chance of a lifetime by forgetting their movie pitch to...

A feature adaptation of the 2022 Ann Petry novel about a young Black woman and her spirited struggle to raise her son amid the violence, poverty, and...

The film looks at men and women of color in the U.S. Merchant Marine from 1938-1975. Through chronicling the lives of these men and women who, with a...

Amid the hysteria of World War II, a Chinese-American private investigator meets with a Japanese-American client and must choose between his desire...

Germans come amid snow and winter. In the village only people remained are women, that fight until wounded partisans, sheltered in the village, will...

In 1948 Malaya, WWII vets Iz and Abe face vengeful ex-ally Chin Liu, who betrayed them during the war and now leads terrorists to their village....

A film about the collective psychological traumas of Ukrainians.

A captivating and personal detective story that uncovers the truth behind the childhood of Michaël Prazan's father, who escaped from...

In Fascist Albania 1942, Albanian partisans will do all they can to remove the Italian fascists from their country.

The Spanish journalist Manuel Chaves Nogales (1897-1944) was always there where the news broke out: in the fratricidal Spain of 1936, in Bolshevik...

After several farmyard analogies featuring chicks and calves, the well-spoken narrator and director of the film, Winifred Holmes, considers the...

It is the winter of 1943. Somewhere in central Greece. A captain and a sergeant of the Greek army are the only survivors of a failed sabotage attempt...

A film and novel of romance, drama, and strength. A story that highlights the beauty of Caribbean culture and tells the story of every Caribbean...

If your family photographs could speak, what stories would they share? Interweaving interviews with family artefacts, 'My Lovely Grandma' is an...

In Japanese, “shi kata ga nai” means “it can't be helped”. As a phrase, it represents the philosophical basis of the Japanese...

Film set in a remote mountainous area where work and living conditions are harsh.