Here we've displayed a list of the best 1940s films : Schindler's List(1993), Saving Private Ryan(1998), The Pianist(2002), Casablanca(1942), Inglourious Basterds(2009), The Philadelphia Experiment(2012), A Man Escaped(1956), The Boat(1981), Come and See(1985), Judgment at Nuremberg(1961), The Shop on Main Street(1965), Pan's Labyrinth(2006) ... ...
8.9/10
Drama, History
USA
1993
195 Minutes
Liam Neeson Ben Kingsley Ralph Fiennes Caroline Goodall Jonathan Sagall Embeth Davidtz Malgoscha Gebel Shmulik Levy Mark Ivanir Beatrice Macola
oskar schindler worker nazi businessperson brooding emotional krakow, poland auschwitz factory office world war ii nazism concentration camp horrors of war freedom transformation discovery rescue 1940s
In German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.
8.6/10
War, Drama, History
USA
1998
169 Minutes
Tom Hanks Ed Burns Tom Sizemore Jeremy Davies Vin Diesel Adam Goldberg Barry Pepper Giovanni Ribisi Matt Damon Dennis Farina Ted Danson
captain soldier brother enemy parachutist mother dark gritty gripping washington, d.c. france death world war ii invasion rescue honor horrors of war rescue quest 1940s
Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.
8.5/10
War, Drama, History
UK|France|Poland|Germany|USA
2002
148 Minutes
Adrien Brody Thomas Kretschmann Frank Finlay Maureen Lipman Emilia Fox Ed Stoppard Julia Rayner Jessica Kate Meyer Ruth Platt
musician pianist military officer jew bleak powerful disturbing warsaw radio station attic holocaust music world war ii adaptation escape pursuit 1940s
A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II.
8.5/10
Drama
USA
1942
102 Minutes
Humphrey Bogart Ingrid Bergman Paul Henreid Claude Rains Conrad Veidt Peter Lorre Sydney Greenstreet Dooley Wilson Marcel Dalio S.Z. Sakall Joy Page
expatriates nightclub owner resistance fighter nazi spy sad cool gripping casablanca paris nightclub airport world war ii rebellion virtue love triangle sacrifice 1940s
A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.
8.3/10
Drama, War, Comedy
USA|Germany
2009
152 Minutes
Brad Pitt Mélanie Laurent Christoph Waltz Eli Roth Michael Fassbender Diane Kruger Daniel Brühl Til Schweiger Gedeon Burkhard Jacky Ido B.J. Novak
soldier colonel adolf hitler mercenary heroine filmmaker thrilling gritty france theater bar restaurant farm forest violence betrayal military daunting task espionage dangerous assignment
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.
8.3/10
Sci-Fi, Action
UK
2012
90 Minutes
Nicholas Lea Michael Paré Ryan Robbins Gina Holden Emilie Ullerup Malcolm McDowell John Reardon Marsha Regis Chad Krowchuk Allison Hossack Tom McBeath
survivor granddaughter emotional philadelphia lost radar unintended consequences mystery 1940s
Recorded before 65,000 fans, this is the debut live film documenting The Prodigy's biggest concert to date. Directed by award winning director Paul Dugdale, the full length feature was ... See full summary »
8.3/10
Action
France
1956
102 Minutes
François Leterrier Charles Le Clainche Maurice Beerblock Roland Monod Jacques Ertaud Roger Treherne Jean Paul Delhumeau Jean-Philippe Delamare Jacques Oerlemans Klaus Detlef
prisoner of war cellmate guard tense somber cool prison cell lyon, france fort escape war nazism freedom adventure quest 1940s
A captured French Resistance fighter during WWII engineers a daunting escape from a Nazi prison in France.
8.3/10
War, Drama
West Germany
1981
150 Minutes
Jürgen Prochnow Herbert Grönemeyer Klaus Wennemann Hubertus Bengsch Martin Semmelrogge Bernd Tauber Erwin Leder Martin May Heinz Hoenig Uwe Ochsenknecht
captain reporter sailor soldier tense somber thrilling submarine underwater germany battle fatigue world war ii disillusionment military quest pursuit 1940s
The claustrophobic world of a WWII German U-boat; boredom, filth and sheer terror.
8.3/10
Drama
Soviet Union
1985
142 Minutes
Aleksey Kravchenko Olga Mironova L. Lautsyavichius Vladas Bagdonas Evgeny Tilicheev Aleksandr Berda
son girl peasant nazi mother eerie dreamy disturbing byelorussia forest village war massacre escape dreams survival world war ii growing up metamorphosis transformation
After finding an old rifle, a young boy joins the Soviet resistance movement against ruthless German forces and experiences the horrors of World War II.
8.2/10
Drama
USA
1961
186 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Burt Lancaster Richard Widmark Marlene Dietrich Maximilian Schell Judy Garland Montgomery Clift William Shatner Ed Binns Kenneth MacKenna Werner Klemperer
judge defendant lawyer military officer nazi widow dark disturbing courtroom nuremberg, germany world war ii nazism genocide court battles quest wretched excess 1940s
In 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazis judged for war crimes.
8.2/10
Drama
Czechoslovakia
1965
128 Minutes
Elmar Klos Jozef Kroner Ida Kaminska Hana Slivkova Frantisek Zvarik Helena Zvaríková Martin Hollý Martin Gregor Adam Matejka Mikulás Ladizinský Eugen Senaj
nazi storekeeper jew deaf person bleak somber intense czechoslovakia small town nazism anti-semitism holocaust collaboration corruption sacrifice rescue temptation 1940s
A carpenter in the Fascist Slovak State is appointed "Aryan controller" of a Jewish widow's store.
8.2/10
War, Fantasy, Drama
Mexico|Spain
2006
120 Minutes
Sergi López Maribel Verdú Ivana Baquero Álex Angulo Doug Jones Ariadna Gil Federico Luppi Roger Casamajor Manolo Solo
young girl mother military officer stepfather servant monster dark creative touching forest household spain war fascism rebellion fable death magic discovery escape
In the Falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.
8.2/10
War, Drama, History
Germany|Austria|Italy
2004
154 Minutes
Bruno Ganz Alexandra Maria Lara Corinna Harfouch Ulrich Matthes Juliane Köhler Heino Ferch Christian Berkel Matthias Habich Thomas Kretschmann Ulrich Noethen Gotz Otto
dictator eva braun josef goebbels wife secretary nazi frightening bleak fascinating shocking germany berlin bunker office world war ii adolf hitler disillusionment traudl junge paranoia defeat
Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII.
8.2/10
Comedy
USA
1942
99 Minutes
Carole Lombard Jack Benny Robert Stack Felix Bressart Lionel Atwill Stanley Ridges Sig Ruman Tom Dugan Charles Halton Peter Caldwell Helmut Dantine
actor actress lieutenant spy nazi madcap hilarious suspenseful poland warsaw love triangle adolf hitler impersonation resistance world war ii adventure 1940s
During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.
8.2/10
War, Drama, History
France|Italy
1969
140 Minutes
Lino Ventura Paul Meurisse Jean-Pierre Cassel Paul Crauchet Claude Mann Christian Barbier Simone Signoret Serge Reggiani Alain Libolt
engineer rebel traitor nazi intense gritty passionate paris marseilles, france london france submarine prison french resistance world war ii prisoners of war nazism underdog sacrifice 1940s
An account of underground resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied France.
8.2/10
War, Drama
USA
1963
172 Minutes
Steve McQueen James Garner Richard Attenborough Charles Bronson James Donald Donald Pleasence James Coburn David McCallum Gordon Jackson John Leyton Angus Lennie
military officer soldier prisoner nazi cheeky engaging gutsy spirited suspenseful germany pow camp escape deception confinement dangerous assignment prison rebellion escape quest pursuit
Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.
8.1/10
Romance, Drama
UK
1948
133 Minutes
Emeric Pressburger Moira Shearer Anton Walbrook Marius Goring Robert Helpmann Leonide Massine Albert Basserman Ludmilla Tcherina Esmond Knight
dancer instructor composer emotional passionate spirited france waterfront stage ambition dance love romance forbidden love rivalry discovery rise sacrifice 1940s
A young ballet dancer is torn between the man she loves and her pursuit to become a prima ballerina.
8.1/10
War, Drama
UK|USA
1957
161 Minutes
William Holden Alec Guinness Sessue Hayakawa Jack Hawkins James Donald Geoffrey Horne Andre Morrell Peter Williams John Boxer Percy Herbert Harold Goodwin
soldier captain rival prisoner of war captor gritty military base bridge burma world war ii munitions construction military battle bombing rivalry quest revenge 1940s
British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors, not knowing that the allied forces are planning to destroy it.
8.1/10
Crime, Drama
Italy
1970
115 Minutes
Gian Maria Volonte Florinda Bolkan Salvo Randone Gianni Santuccio Arturo Dominici Orazio Orlando Sergio Tramonti
police detective mistress police officer murderer victim colleague dark gutsy engaging crime scene italy police station corruption crime police work investigation law enforcement murder wretched excess mystery
A chief of detectives, homicide section, kills his mistress and deliberately leaves clues to prove his own responsibility for the crime.
8.1/10
Musical, Drama
India
1957
180 Minutes
Nargis Sunil Dutt Rajendra Kumar Mukri Raaj Kumar Kanhaiya Lal Jilloo Maa
wife husband peasant son money lender village elder melodramatic powerful touching moving india farm village field poverty perseverance injury motherhood death marriage
In this melodrama, a poverty-stricken woman raises her sons through many trials and tribulations. But no matter the struggles, always sticks to her own moral code.
8.1/10
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1949
104 Minutes
Orson Welles Joseph Cotten Trevor Howard Alida Valli Paul Hoerbiger Ernst Deutsch Erich Ponto Siegfried Breuer Bernard Lee Hedwig Bleibtreu Wilfrid Hyde-White
writer friend actress love interest thief suspenseful dark vienna cemetery hospital nightclub household accident investigation murder love triangle mistaken identity betrayal mystery pursuit
Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.
8.1/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1949
114 Minutes
James Cagney Virginia Mayo Edmond O'Brien Margaret Wycherly Steve Cochran John Archer Wally Cassell Fred Clark Ford Rainey G. Pat Collins Paul Guilfoyle
gangster mother undercover agent fence convict dark intense prison train car hideout factory heist mother/son relationship prison break murder crime fall pursuit 1940s
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist.
8.1/10
Romance
USA
1940
97 Minutes
Margaret Sullavan James Stewart Frank Morgan Joseph Schildkraut Sara Haden Felix Bressart William Tracy Inez Courtney Charles Halton Charles Smith Sarah Edwards
co-worker pen pal shopkeeper love interest amusing charming endearing budapest, hungary shop mistaken identity love confusion courtship love discovery transformation 1940s
Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand each other, without realizing that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.
8.1/10
War, Biography, Drama, History
Australia|USA
2016
139 Minutes
Andrew Garfield Sam Worthington Luke Bracey Teresa Palmer Hugo Weaving Rachel Griffiths Vince Vaughn Richard Roxburgh Luke Pegler Richard Pyros Firass Dirani
private conscientious objector soldier commander enemy president confident emotional uplifting tense moving raw okinawa, japan airplane ship bunker white house car conscience world war ii
World War II American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people, and becomes the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor without firing a shot.
8.1/10
Drama
Italy
1998
116 Minutes
Tim Roth Pruitt Taylor Vince Mélanie Thierry Bill Nunn Peter Vaughan Niall O'Brien Alberto Vázquez Clarence Williams III Gabriele Lavia Cory Buck Norman Chancer
pianist trumpeter mechanic jazz musician beautiful woman shopkeeper tender calm emotional fascinating music store ocean liner musicians outsider's life friendship orphans seafaring talent underdog discovery
A baby boy, discovered in 1900 on an ocean liner, grows into a musical prodigy, never setting foot on land.
8.0/10
Mystery & Thriller
France|USA
1973
150 Minutes
Steve McQueen Dustin Hoffman Victor Jory Don Gordon Anthony Zerbe Robert Deman Woodrow Parfrey Bill Mumy George Coulouris Ratna Assan William Smithers
convict forger prisoner doctor indian nun gritty brutal dark fiery tense emotional french guiana prison camp cell jungle colombia devil's island imprisonment escape
A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
8.0/10
War
Japan
1959
100 Minutes
Eiji Funakoshi Mantaro Ushio Yoshiro Hamaguchi Osamu Takizawa
soldier doctor dark chilling bleak island philippines hospital desertion starvation battle fatigue war survival world war ii quest escape fall 1940s
In the closing days of WWII remnants of the Japanese army in Leyte are abandoned by their command and face certain starvation.
8.0/10
Drama, History
UK|USA|Australia
2010
118 Minutes
Colin Firth Geoffrey Rush Helena Bonham Carter Guy Pearce Timothy Spall Derek Jacobi Jennifer Ehle Anthony Andrews Claire Bloom Eve Best Michael Gambon
prince actor speech therapist queen elizabeth ii uplifting fascinating england royal palace royalty stuttering unlikely friendship teaching public speaking king george vi rise transformation quest 1940s
The story of King George VI, his impromptu ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer.
8.0/10
Fantasy
France
1950
95 Minutes
Jean Marais María Casares François Périer Marie Déa Juliette Gréco Roger Blin Edouard Dermithe Henri Cremieux Pierre Bertin
poet princess chauffeur death wife creative playful eerie profound café underworld garage paris car inspiration poetry mythology love triangle death discovery
A poet in love with Death follows his unhappy wife into the underworld.
8.0/10
Drama
Italy|France|West Germany
1971
115 Minutes
Jean-Louis Trintignant Stefania Sandrelli Dominique Sanda Pierre Clémenti Gastone Moschin Enzo Tarascio José Quaglio
assassin wife professor driver blind person priest dark somber paris rome church family home highway car assassination fascism marriage transformation 1940s
A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.
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