Search results for "1944"
Dragon Seed

Dragon Seed

Dragon Seed
IMDb: 5.9
145

The lives of a small Chinese village are turned Upside down when the Japanese invade it. An heroic young Chinese woman leads her fellow villagers in an uprising against Japanese…

Genre: Drama, History, War
The Fighting Lady

The Fighting Lady

The Fighting Lady
IMDb: 7.1
61

Oscar winner William Wyler directed this 1944 “newsdrama,” narrated by Lieut. Robert Taylor, USNR (Bataan), and photographed in zones of combat by the U.S. Navy. The film follows one of…

When Strangers Marry

When Strangers Marry

When Strangers Marry
IMDb: 6.5
67

A naive small-town girl comes to New York City to meet her husband, and discovers that he may be a murderer.

Two Girls and a Sailor

Two Girls and a Sailor

Two Girls and a Sailor
IMDb: 6.6
124

A sailor helps two sisters start up a service canteen. The sailor soon becomes taken with gorgeous sister Jean, unaware that her sibling Patsy is also in love with him.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Enemy of Women

Enemy of Women

Enemy of Women
IMDb: 5
72

Playwright Joseph Goebbels turns Nazi propagandist and loses his girlfriend to another man.

Genre: Drama, War
Johnny Doesn’t Live Here Anymore

Johnny Doesn’t Live Here Anymore

Johnny Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
IMDb: 5.6
79

A young girl rents an apartment from a man who has recently enlisted in the Marines. The trouble is that he’s given out keys to a half-dozen of his friends,…

Genre: Comedy, Romance, War
Torment

Torment

Torment
IMDb: 7.3
101

Jan-Erik Widgren meets the lonely Bertha Olsson, a woman struggling with alcoholism. Though Bertha is already linked to Caligula, Jan-Erik’s heartless teacher, she begins a relationship with the boy anyway….

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Falcon in Mexico

The Falcon in Mexico

The Falcon in Mexico
IMDb: 6.1
70

The Falcon travels to Mexico where he gets involved with murder and a mysterious painting.

Between Two Worlds

Between Two Worlds

Between Two Worlds
IMDb: 7.1
112

Passengers on an ocean liner can’t recall how they got onboard or where they are going. Soon it becomes apparent that they all have something in common.

The Hairy Ape

The Hairy Ape

The Hairy Ape
IMDb: 6.1
92

Aboard ship, a spoiled woman (Susan Hayward) insults the brutish stoker (William Bendix) while watching him work.

Genre: Drama, Film-Noir
Kismet

Kismet

Kismet
IMDb: 6
103

Hafiz, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to royalty and to win the heart of the queen of the castle…

In Our Time

In Our Time

In Our Time
IMDb: 6.6
110

It is early 1939 in Poland when Mrs. Bromley and Jennifer come to buy antiques for her business in London. Jennifer meets Count Stephen and they wine, dine and see…

Broadway Rhythm

Broadway Rhythm

Broadway Rhythm
IMDb: 5.9
115

Broadway producer Johnny Demming is only interested in big-name talent and scoffs that his sister, father and other small-time talent could be used in a successful show.

Maisie Goes to Reno

Maisie Goes to Reno

Maisie Goes to Reno
IMDb: 6.2
90

A Brooklyn showgirl gets mixed up in a divorce between a soldier and his wife.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Girl Rush

Girl Rush

Girl Rush
IMDb: 4.9
65

During the California Gold Rush, two down-on-their-luck vaudevillians attempt to become wealthy by bringing a girlie show to an all-male western mining town.

The Last Ride

The Last Ride

The Last Ride
IMDb: 5.6
57

A police lieutenant is determined to bust the gang of crooks selling defective automobile tires.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Fighting Sullivans

The Fighting Sullivans

The Fighting Sullivans
IMDb: 7.4
112

The lives of a close-knit group of brothers growing up in Iowa during the days of the Great Depression and of World War II and their eventual deaths in action…

The Impostor

The Impostor

The Impostor
IMDb: 6.4
92

The story concerns a condemned murderer named Clement (Jean Gabin), who is “liberated” when the Nazis bomb the French jail that holds him. During his escape, Clement comes across the…

Genre: Drama, War
The Missing Juror

The Missing Juror

The Missing Juror
IMDb: 6.2
66

A newsman tracks down a phantom killer of murder-trial jurors.

Strange Affair

Strange Affair

Strange Affair
IMDb: 6.1
78

Eminent psychiatrist Dr. Brenner invites cartoonist Bill Harrison and his wife, Jack, to a banquet honoring war refugees. Bill volunteers to pick up fellow psychiatrist Dr. Baumler at the train…

The Eve of St. Mark

The Eve of St. Mark

The Eve of St. Mark
IMDb: 5.9
96

Quizz West is conscripted into the United States Army in late 1940. Prior to being shipped out first to San Francisco, then the Philippines, Quizz and his hometown girlfriend Janet…

Genre: Drama, War
Action in Arabia

Action in Arabia

Action in Arabia
IMDb: 6.2
75

Reporter Michael Gordon uncovers intrigue in Damascus, where the Allies and Nazis struggle for control of Arab sympathies.

My Pal, Wolf

My Pal, Wolf

My Pal, Wolf
IMDb: 6.2
75

A lonely child, neglected by her parents, encounters and befriends a German Shepherd, but she’s unaware the animal is a military dog being trained for service in WW2.

The Hour Before the Dawn

The Hour Before the Dawn

The Hour Before the Dawn
IMDb: 5.6
75

A beautiful Austrian refugee in England–who is also a Nazi agent–marries a scholarly English pacifist. He lives near a secret military base she needs to get information about so she…

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
The Memphis Belle

The Memphis Belle

The Memphis Belle
IMDb: 7.4
45

This WW2 documentary centers on the crew of the American B-17 Flying Fortress Memphis Belle as it prepares to execute a strategic bombing raid on Nazi submarine pens in Wilhelmshaven,…

Tall in the Saddle

Tall in the Saddle

Tall in the Saddle
IMDb: 6.9
87

When Rocklin arrives in a western town he finds that the rancher who hired him as a foreman has been murdered. He is out to solve the murder and thwart…

Genre: Western
None But the Lonely Heart

None But the Lonely Heart

None But the Lonely Heart
IMDb: 6.4
113

When an itinerant reluctantly returns home to help his sickly mother run her shop, they’re both tempted to turn to crime to help make ends meet.

Genre: Drama, Romance
To Have and Have Not

To Have and Have Not

To Have and Have Not
IMDb: 7.9
100

A Martinique charter boat skipper gets mixed up with the underground French resistance operatives during WWII.

In Society

In Society

In Society
IMDb: 6.9
75

Two bumbling plumbers are hired by a socialite to fix a leak. A case of mistaken identity gets the pair an invitation to a fancy party and an entree into…

Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Lost in a Harem

Lost in a Harem

Lost in a Harem
IMDb: 6.6
89

Two bumbling magicians help a Middle Eastern prince regain his rightful throne from his despotic uncle.

Genre: Comedy
The Mask of Dimitrios

The Mask of Dimitrios

The Mask of Dimitrios
IMDb: 6.1
95

A meek novelist investigates the mysterious death of a notorious scoundrel.

The Way Ahead

The Way Ahead

The Way Ahead
IMDb: 7.1
115

A mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry and Sergeant Ned Fletcher when they are called up to replace an infantry battalion that had suffered…

Genre: Drama, War
Murder, My Sweet

Murder, My Sweet

Murder, My Sweet
IMDb: 7.6
95

Detective Philip Marlowe is hired by hulking Moose Malloy to locate his old girlfriend that he lost track of while serving time in prison. With each lead he follows, Marlowe…

Laura

Laura

Laura
IMDb: 8.1
88

A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he’s investigating.

Gaslight

Gaslight

Gaslight
IMDb: 7.8
114

In the late 19th century, Paula Alquist is studying music in Italy, but ends up abandoning her classes because she’s fallen in love with the gallant Gregory Anton. The couple…

Meet Me in St. Louis

Meet Me in St. Louis

Meet Me in St. Louis
IMDb: 7.7
113

In the year before the 1904 St Louis World’s Fair, the four Smith daughters learn lessons of life and love, even as they prepare for a reluctant move to New…

Arsenic And Old Lace

Arsenic And Old Lace

Arsenic And Old Lace
IMDb: 8.0
118

Mortimer Brewster is a newspaperman and author known for his diatribes against marriage. We watch him being married at city hall in the opening scene. Now all that is required…

Double Indemnity

Double Indemnity

Double Indemnity
IMDb: 8.3
107

A rich woman and a calculating insurance agent plot to kill her unsuspecting husband after he signs a double indemnity policy. Against a backdrop of distinctly Californian settings, the partners…

The Three Caballeros

The Three Caballeros

The Three Caballeros
IMDb: 6.5
71

For Donald’s birthday he receives a box with three gifts inside. The gifts, a movie projector, a pop-up book, and a pinata, each take Donald on wild adventures through Mexico…

The Uninvited

The Uninvited

The Uninvited
IMDb: 7.4
99

A brother and sister move into an old seaside house they find abandoned for many years on the English coast. Their original enchantment with the house diminishes as they hear…