To Have and Have Not (1944), Run the Wild Fields (2000), Elena and Her Men (1956), Block-Heads (1938), The Story of Adele H (1975), Shanghai Express (1932), Yossi & Jagger (2002), The End of the Affair (1999) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best War Setting movies.
Storyline: Aubrey Filmore (Red Skelton) is a bumbling bellboy in a Missouri town who pesters the Union officers there; he desperately wants to be a spy for the North in the American Civil War. When Filmore accidentally waylays an infamous Confederate spy known as "The Grey Spider" and is mistaken for him by the Rebels, the Union brass see it as an opportunity for real espionage - and though Filmore is a coward as well as a fool, his real motivation for derring-do is a sweet Southern girl named Sallyann, whom he will see again behind Southern lines.—Gary Dickerson <slug@mail.utexas.edu>
Plot Keywords: comedy, slapstick, american, 1940s, black and white, civil war, spy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In war-torn London, Maurice Bendrix (Van Johnson) falls in love with neighbor Sarah Miles (Deborah Kerr). They begin an illicit romance behind Sarah's husband's back. While war does not last forever, neither does love in this existentialist tale.—Robert Bole <rjbmbv@teleport.com>
Plot Keywords: romance, drama, british, 1950s, novel adaptation, extramarital affair, psychological conflict ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Living in Kentucky prior to the Civil War, Amantha Starr is a privileged young woman. Her widower father, a wealthy plantation owner, dotes on her and he sends her to the best schools. When he dies suddenly however, Amantha's world is turned upside down. She learns that her father had been living on borrowed money and that her mother was actually a slave and her father's mistress. The plantation is to be sold to pay off her father's debts and as the daughter of a slave, Amantha is also to be sold as property. She is bought by a Louisiana plantation owner, Hamish Bond and over time she grows to love him until she learns he was a slave-trader. She tries again to become part of white society but realizes that her future lies elsewhere.—garykmcd
Plot Keywords: drama, romance, historical, american civil war, race, slavery, adaptation ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: On a Greek island during the 1912 war, several people are trapped by quarantine for the plague. If that isn't enough worry, one of the people, a superstitious old peasant woman, suspects one young girl of being a vampiric kind of demon called a vorvolaka.—Ken Yousten <kyousten@bev.net>
Plot Keywords: horror, thriller, supernatural, psychological horror, curse, death, island ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Flying Tiger Fred Atwell sneaks away from his famous squadron's personal appearance tour and goes incognito for several days of leave. He quickly falls for photographer Joan Manion, pursuing her in the guise of a carefree drifter.—Diana Hamilton <hamilton@gl.umbc.edu>
Plot Keywords: romance, comedy, musical, song and dance, world war ii, pilot, romantic comedy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Bill (Pal) gets separated from his litter, making friends with the wild creatures until he's found and adopted by young Kathie Merrick (Dame Elizabeth Taylor). An accident separates him from her, and he's drafted into K-9 duty in the trenches until battle fatigue takes its toll and he turns vicious. And even though he finds his way back home, he may be condemned as a killer.—Kathy Li
Plot Keywords: family, adventure, dog, loyalty, friendship, courage, world war ii ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A photographer for Life magazine comes to London to do a story on a local theater troupe which never missed a performance during World War II. Flashbacks also reveal the backstage love affair between star Rosalind Bruce and a British flyer.—Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
Plot Keywords: musical, romance, world war ii, love, drama, song and dance, london ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A boy finds an interesting egg. His curiosity leads him to protect it and want to figure out what will come out of it. He didn't realize that it would turn into something magical. The boy and the Water horse grow a strong relationship together in this wonderful story.
Plot Keywords: fantasy, family, adventure, children, scotland, legend, world war ii ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Fleeing for their lives, a small party abandon their Civil War confederates and escape through an overgrown field. Thinking only of what lays behind, they are ambushed by two dangerous men and made to search the field. Psychedelia, madness, and chaotic forces slowly overtake the group as they question what treasure lies within the malignant field.—jessgiostan
Plot Keywords: historical, psychological thriller, surreal, black and white, british film, independent film, psychedelic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: This film is a compendium of the facts and fiction of the events leading up to the disaster. For dramatic effect, Sabotage was chosen as the cause, rather than electricity lashing out at a couple of tons of hydrogen.—Charles Holland <charley@themovies.com.au>
Plot Keywords: disaster, historical, suspense, drama, true story, conspiracy, adventure ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Shortly after WWII, flashbacks tell the story of Marise, her husband Paul, and Jean, who was imprisoned with Paul in a German camp. While attempting to escape from the camp Paul is shot, and Jean goes to see Marise, confirming the news she had gotten already about Paul's death. Jean has fallen in love with Marise through the stories Paul told him, and wants to stay with her in the seaside town in Brittany where Paul owned a small business.—Ron Kerrigan <mvg@whidbey.com>
Plot Keywords: drama, romance, film noir, suspense, psychological drama, marriage, betrayal ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: This chilling fable about the rise of fascism in the 20th Century tells the story of a young American boy living in France in 1918 whose father is working for the US government on the creation of the Treaty of Versailles. What he witnesses helps to mould his beliefs - and we witness the birth of a terrifying ego. Loosely inspired by the early childhood experiences of many of the great dictators of the 20th Century and infused with the same sense of dread as The Others and The Omen, The Childhood of a Leader is an ominous portrait of emerging evil.—Protagonist Pictures
Plot Keywords: history, psychological thriller, coming of age, political intrigue, european history, family conflict, childhood trauma ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Evan Bonner is an army deserter who returns home to deal with the fallout of his actions. He becomes distracted when he meets attractive model Diedre McCluskey, thinking he's fallen in love.
Plot Keywords: romance, drama, american film, 1970s, vietnam war, moral dilemma, love story ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Nanny McPhee arrives to help a harried young mother who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war, though she uses her magic to teach the woman's children and their two spoiled cousins five new lessons.
Plot Keywords: fantasy, comedy, family, magic, children, adventure, british ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Ex-WAVE encounters four fun-loving, work-hating men, all of whom want to marry her.
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, military, world war ii, retirement, female lead, romantic comedy ...
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