A Canterbury Tale (1944), Madame Curie (1943), A Soldier's Story (1984), Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943), Roughly Speaking (1945), The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter (1980), The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952), Carmen Jones (1954) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Wartime movies.
Storyline: A U.S. soldier (John Sweet), a British sergeant and a London girl (Sheila Sim) see minor miracles and catch a prude (Eric Portman).
Plot Keywords: english countryside, mystery, classic film, black and white, patriotism, cultural heritage, historical context ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Biopic of the famed scientist and the work she did with her husband Pierre in the discovery of radium. Marie was a student at the Sorbonne studying for her Master's degree in physics when they first met. She received permission to use space in Professor Pierre Curie's laboratory. They soon fall in love and are married, working together on trying to isolate a radioactive substance Marie has identified as radium. Years of painstaking research and experimentation led to success and Marie and Pierre Curie shared the Nobel Prize in Physics. Sadly, Pierre was killed crossing the street in the rain when he was run over by a horse and wagon. Marie continued to work and make major contributions to science.—garykmcd
Plot Keywords: biography, history, drama, scientist, nobel prize, poland, france ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A black soldier is killed while returning to his base in the deep south. The white people of the area are suspected at first. A tough black army attorney is brought in to find out the truth. We find out a bit more about the dead soldier in flashbacks - and that he was unpopular. Will the attorney find the killer ?—Colin Tinto <cst@imdb.com>
Plot Keywords: racial discrimination, race relations, african american, 1940s, hate crime, american south, detective story ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Two producers are putting together a Calvacade of Stars for a wartime charity show. Along with a list of well-knowns they promote the work of an unknown singer and songwriter.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
Plot Keywords: musical, comedy, all-star cast, song and dance, warner bros, 1940s, patriotic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In 1902, enterprising Louise Randall is determined to succeed in a man's world. She enrolls at business college but her plans for a career change when she falls in love with handsome Rodney Crane. Although the two have little in common and Rodney disagrees with Louise's views on the woman's role in society, they marry and have four children. Their personality differences eventually lead to a divorce. Louise eventually finds happiness with her second husband, eccentric Harold Pierson.
Plot Keywords: drama, family, biography, inspirational, female lead, american film, black and white ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Documentary about women working in factories during WWII and resultant loss of jobs after the war. Five women tell their stories. Fascinating clips of racist, sexist propaganda of the era.
Plot Keywords: documentary, world war ii, women, history, society, feminism, america ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In 1917, three shepherd children living just outside Fatima, Portugal have visions of a lovely lady in a cloud. The anticlerical government wishes to squelch the Church; reports of religious experiences are cause for serious concern. Yet the children stand by their story, and the message of peace and hope the Lady brings. In the last vision, attended by thousands of people, the Lady proves her reality with a spectacular miracle that is seen by everyone present. Based on actual events at Fatima in the summer of 1917.—Molly Malloy <mailcall@bluemarble.net>
Plot Keywords: religion, miracle, faith, children, prophecy, catholicism, church ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: At an all-black army camp, civilian parachute maker and "hot bundle" Carmen Jones is desired by many of the men. Naturally, she wants Joe, who's engaged to sweet Cindy Lou and about to go into pilot training for the Korean War. Going after him, she succeeds only in getting him into the stockade. While she awaits his release, trouble approaches for both of them. Songs from the Bizet opera with modernized lyrics.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: musical, romance, drama, adaptation, opera, african american, race ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A close-knit group of young kids in Nazi Germany listen to banned swing music from the U.S. Soon, dancing and fun lead to more difficult choices, as the Nazis begin tightening their grip on Germany. Each member of the group is forced to face some tough choices about right, wrong, and survival.
Plot Keywords: musical, world war ii, nazi germany, jazz, historical drama, germany, friendship ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Stefan Dangos immigrates to America and works his way up from the iron mines and steel mills to become a great American success story as an industrialist.—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
Plot Keywords: drama, romance, american, classic, black and white, historical, family ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Cynthia is swept off her feet and marries a rich and very successful business executive, but business affairs make him abandon her during their honeymoon. Cynthia is sad and while he's away, meets the charming war hero, Maj. Milvaine, who is on leave. Sparks fly. Will she choose wealth over love?—erasmus
Plot Keywords: musical, romance, comedy, song and dance, classic, hollywood, 1940s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Standing before a divorce court judge are Sergeant Andy Anderson and Janie Anderson asking him to dissolve their marriage. Janie's father, William Smith, objects and the judge allows him to give his version of their story. They had met in San Francisco fifteen months earlier and, after knowing each other only three days, had gotten married. Andy was sent overseas the day after the wedding and when he returns and despite the fact that Janie had borne him a son, they find they are almost strangers. Mr. Smith suggests, and the judge orders, that if they retrace their actions over the four days they knew each other they would regain their love. They return to the coffee counter where they met and, later, their actions and conversations in the hotel where they register in separate rooms arouses the suspicions of the hotel clerk and the old, ubiquitous wartime "bellboy" who set themselves up as Janie's guardian. Janie and Andy go to the license bureau and even go to the same minister, with his wife as the repeat witness, and get married again. While dining out, Janie becomes ill and they jest that Andy must have tried to poison her. The clerk and the bellboy overhear this and telephone Mr. Smith to come save his daughter, and he arrives with the military police only to find Andy smothering her with a pillow, and doesn't buy the explanation he was trying to cure her hiccups. Mr. Smith has him committed to a hospital. Janie explains everything to her father and they rush to the hospital to find that Andy has been discharged, and they have no idea where he has gone.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: romance, comedy, marriage, world war ii, reunion, misunderstanding, family ...
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: Danny inherits two houses so Pilon and his lazy, impoverished friends move in. One of them, Pirate, is saving money which Pilon hopes to steal till he learns it is being saved to buy a gold candlestick for St. Francis. When one of the houses burns down and Danny is hurt fighting, Pilon makes an effort to make life better for his friend.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
Plot Keywords: drama, romance, comedy, adaptation, usa, 1940s, classic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Madeline Goddard is a smart young woman who owns a fashionable dress shop in neutral Sweden during World War One. Though she is grateful to avoid the fighting, the courageous and stunningly pretty Madeline feels she should be doing more for her native France. She volunteers to work as an intelligence agent, smuggling maps and other documents within the fashionable garments she ships to wealthy customers in London. Madeline's activities are so successful that British intelligence soon comes to rely on her as their main pipeline for information. At about this time, a British official in Sweden asks her to cultivate the friendship of Baron Karl Von Marwitz, a tall, distinguished-looking German officer who is in charge of counter-espionage activities at the German embassy. Unknown to Madeline, the baron has been sent to Sweden for the express purpose of discovering and eliminating the top British spy who has been smuggling out German war plans. When Madeline and Karl meet, each recognizes the other as a deadly foe. But a smoldering attraction seems to grow each time they see each other. Madeline is dazed by her conflicting feelings and attempts to run away; however Von Marwitz is able to board her ship on the high seas and capture her as a spy. Soon afterwards, his own ship is torpedoed by a British destroyer sent to rescue Madeline. The mortally wounded Baron Von Marwitz dies in her arms, confessing his love. Madeline is hailed as a hero but turns to look out to sea, shedding tears over her gallant German lover.—Dan1863Sickles
Plot Keywords: spy, war, romance, drama, mystery, thriller, film noir ...
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