Highest-Rated Movies about 'Post-war Life', Sort by Popularity

A Year of the Quiet Sun (1985), A Month in the Country (1987), The Artist and the Model (2013), Another Shore (1949), The Love Lottery (1954), The Secrets We Keep (2020), Green Eyes (1977) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Post-war Life movies.

#2. A Month in the Country (1987)

Storyline: Five centuries ago, a mural was created in a country church in the north of England, and then hidden under layers of white paint. Looking at it again will be a distraction, the Reverend Mr. Keach tells World War I veteran Tom Birken, who will spend a month in the country restoring the mural. Another veteran, James Moon, is looking for the grave of an ancestor of the patroness of the church who fought in the Crusades. The rector's wife, Alice, comes to see the mural and later visits Birken's bell tower abode, bringing a basket of apples. Will she open the book in which he has pressed the yellow rose she gave him earlier?—Dale O'Connor <daleoc@interaccess.com>

Plot Keywords: veteran, soldier, archaeologist, stationmaster, vicar, wife, airy ...

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#3. The Artist and the Model (2013)

Storyline: Marc Cros, an elderly sculptor, lives with his wife Lea in the south of France, safe from the War that rages in the distance. He seems to have reached the end of his life and of his art. One day, Léa gives shelter to a beautiful young Spanish political refugee named Mercè. Marc soon understands that the girl, who agrees to pose for him, inspires him and that he has no choice but to embark on this last artistic (and sensual) adventure...—Guy Bellinger

Plot Keywords: sculptor, wife, political refugee, inspiring, emotional, workshop, post-war life ...

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#4. Another Shore (1949)

Storyline: Young Dubliner, Gulliver Sheils, fantasises about escaping his humdrum life and living in Tahiti. Lacking the money for such a venture, he takes to hanging around outside Trinity College in the hope of rescuing a wealthy person from a traffic accident who will reward him for his heroism. He ignores the affections of local beauty Jennifer, yet his patience pays off when befriends a tycoon who offers to take him to the South Seas. As the pair head off, they are themselves involved in a traffic accident, forcing Gulliver to realise his true feelings for Jennifer and stay in Dublin.—Alexander Lum

Plot Keywords: irishman, tycoon, socialite, wealthy man, schemer, boxer, amusing ...

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#5. The Love Lottery (1954)

Storyline: American Frank Pryor (Lloyd Bridges)) arrives in London to take up an interrupted romance with Pauline French (Moira Lister), whom he hasn't seen in six years. At the airport a man standing alongside Pryor is slain by an unseen sniper, and he is detained by Scotland Yard for questioning. Released, he goes to Pauline's apartment, and learns that she had an intimate association with the slain man and is not interested in talking about it. Scotland Yard also knows this and Pryor and Pauline are kept under surveillance. After complications involving the dead man's wife, it is found that the man Pauline knows isn't dead at all and isn't who he is supposed to be.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

Plot Keywords: movie star, actor, love interest, lover, beautiful woman, amusing, hilarious ...

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#6. The Secrets We Keep (2020)

Storyline: In post-WWII America, a woman (Rapace), rebuilding her life in the suburbs with her husband (Messina), kidnaps her neighbor (Kinnaman) and seeks vengeance for the heinous war crimes she believes he committed against her. The film is directed by Yuval Adler from a script by Yuval Adler and Ryan Covington.—Bleecker Street

Plot Keywords: refugee, husband, nazi collaborator, neighbor, son, thrilling, brutal ...

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#7. Green Eyes (1977)

Storyline: Lloyd Dubeck (Paul Winfield) is a Vietnam vet who, having been back in the states for a few years, just can't get the hang of civilian life. Feeling marginalized and misunderstood, he decides to return to Vietnam. His hope is that he'll find purpose in his life if he can locate the child that he fathered with a Vietnamese woman years before. Knowing only that he child has green eyes, his search proves difficult, and stirs up many old memories of the war.

Plot Keywords: vietnam vet, government agent, orphan, brooding, uneasy, sad, saigon, vietnam ...

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