Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "pre-world-war-two"

51. Stand-ins (1997)

Not Rated | 89 min | Drama

A group of dysfunctional, disappointed actresses congregate in a Hollywood bar circa 1937.

Director: Harvey Keith | Stars: Katherine Morris, Costas Mandylor, Jordan Ladd, Daphne Zuniga

Votes: 198

52. Paragraph 175 (2000)

Not Rated | 81 min | Documentary, History, Romance

Historian Klaus Müller interviews survivors of the Nazi persecution of homosexuals because of the German Penal Code of 1871, Paragraph 175.

Directors: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | Stars: Rupert Everett, Klaus Müller, Karl Gorath, Pierre Seel

Votes: 2,196 | Gross: $0.07M

53. Playmates (1941)

Passed | 96 min | Comedy, Music

For the sake of a lucrative radio contract, John Barrymore agrees to turn bandleader Kay Kyser into a Shakespearian actor.

Director: David Butler | Stars: Kay Kyser, John Barrymore, Lupe Velez, Ginny Simms

Votes: 358

54. Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1990)

115 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

Canadian surgeon Dr. Norman Bethune (Donald Sutherland) journeys 1,500 miles into China to reach Mao Zedong's eighth route Army in the Wu Tai mountains where he will build hospitals, ... See full summary »

Director: Phillip Borsos | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Helen Mirren, Helen Shaver, Colm Feore

Votes: 414

55. Anni difficili (1948)

90 min | Drama, War

Aldo Piscitello, a minor government clerk, is forced in 1934 to join the Fascist party. When the war comes, he finds himself able only to talk ineffectually in secret against Mussolini, ... See full summary »

Director: Luigi Zampa | Stars: Umberto Spadaro, Ave Ninchi, Enzo Biliotti, Massimo Girotti

Votes: 231

56. Zavtra byla voyna (1987)

89 min | Drama, War

This movie is based on a novel by Boris Vasiliev and describes life in a small Russian provincial town in 1940 - one year before Germany invaded the Soviet Union.

Director: Yuriy Kara | Stars: Sergey Nikonenko, Nina Ruslanova, Vera Alentova, Irina Cherichenko

Votes: 972

57. Vabank II, czyli riposta (1985)

97 min | Comedy, Crime

Convict Kramer manages to escape from prison. Before leaving for Switzerland, he wants to take revenge on Kwinto, the man who sent him to jail.

Director: Juliusz Machulski | Stars: Jan Machulski, Leonard Pietraszak, Witold Pyrkosz, Bronislaw Wroclawski

Votes: 2,967

58. Bulldog Drummond's Bride (1939)

Approved | 56 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A bank robbery in London prevents - again - the marriage of Bulldog Drummond and his girlfriend. But this time, after the robbers are caught, it will be celebrated at last.

Director: James P. Hogan | Stars: John Howard, Heather Angel, H.B. Warner, Reginald Denny

Votes: 528

59. Don't Be a Sucker (1943)

Approved | 18 min | Short, History, War

Propaganda short film depicting the rise of Nazism in Germany and how political propaganda is similarly used in the United States to recruit Nazi sympathizers from the ranks of American racists.

Stars: Lloyd Nolan, Robert Adler, Richard Alexander, Robert Bailey

Votes: 353

60. Flight for Freedom (1943)

Approved | 102 min | Drama, Romance, War

The life of air pioneer Amelia Earhart is here given a fictionalized treatment, with a speculative conclusion.

Director: Lothar Mendes | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Fred MacMurray, Herbert Marshall, Eduardo Ciannelli

Votes: 305

61. From This Day Forward (1946)

Approved | 95 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Incidents of a marriage are recalled in flashback.

Director: John Berry | Stars: Joan Fontaine, Mark Stevens, Rosemary DeCamp, Harry Morgan

Votes: 475

62. Sweetheart of the Campus (1941)

Approved | 70 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

A college Principal objects to a nightclub opening near his campus.

Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Ruby Keeler, Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Nelson, Gordon Oliver

Votes: 193

63. Honeymoon in Bali (1939)

Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

A Manhattan career woman tries to resist a man who wants her to be his wife.

Director: Edward H. Griffith | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Madeleine Carroll, Allan Jones, Akim Tamiroff

Votes: 454

64. Hotel Shanghai (1997 TV Movie)

180 min | Drama, War

German two-part miniseries about the westerns staying at a popular hotel in Shanghai as the Japanese invasion of China also known as the Second Sino-Japanese War begins in 1937 as a precursor to WWII.

Director: Peter Patzak | Stars: Agnieszka Wagner, Nicholas Clay, James McCaffrey, Min Zhang

Votes: 34

65. Gilles' Wife (2004)

Not Rated | 103 min | Drama

Gilles' wife, Elise, who smiles when she thinks of him, cooks and scrubs and cheerfully makes love to him, suspects during her third pregnancy that he is having an affair with her ... See full summary »

Director: Frédéric Fonteyne | Stars: Emmanuelle Devos, Clovis Cornillac, Laura Smet, Colette Emmanuelle

Votes: 891 | Gross: $0.00M

66. Berlin 1933 - Tagebuch einer Großstadt (2023)

Documentary, History

Using extracts from individuals' diaries and some film records, this documentary series tells the story of the changes that occurred in Berlin (and Germany) during the pivotal year of 1933.

Stars: Tobias Büchner, Konstantin Achmed Bürger, Sophie Diernberger, August Diernberger

Votes: 73

67. Cipher Bureau (1938)

Passed | 64 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

The younger brother of an officer in a secret government code-breaking unit gets involved with a gang of spies and a beautiful double agent.

Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Leon Ames, Charlotte Wynters, Joan Woodbury, Don Dillaway

Votes: 101

68. Power Dive (1941)

Approved | 68 min | Adventure, Drama

Bradley Farrell, an ace test pilot for McMasters Aviation Corp., breaks his leg when a new airplane crashes because it is too heavy to get off the ground. When Brad's younger brother ... See full synopsis »

Director: James P. Hogan | Stars: Richard Arlen, Jean Parker, Helen Mack, Roger Pryor

Votes: 85

69. The Road to War (1989– )

50 min | Documentary

A thoughtful, detailed exposition of how and why the end of the Great War led inevitably to the Second World War, the most horrific in human history. Narrated by the great journalist Eric Sevareid.

Stars: Charles Wheeler, Joachim Fest, Ikuhiko Hata, Waldo Heinrichs

Votes: 112

70. Colonel Effingham's Raid (1946)

Passed | 72 min | Comedy

In 1940, Colonel Will Seaborn Effingham (Charles Coburn), a retired Army officer, returns to his home town of Fredericksville, Georgia, and is disturbed at the lack of civic pride. He ... See full summary »

Director: Irving Pichel | Stars: Charles Coburn, Joan Bennett, William Eythe, Allyn Joslyn

Votes: 448

71. Magnat (1987)

171 min | Drama, History

Film traces the fascinating saga of princely Polish dynasty in years 1900-1935. In 1900 Prince Hans von Teuss entertains Emperor Wilhelm II with a bison hunt at his palatial residence. He ... See full summary »

Director: Filip Bajon | Stars: Jan Nowicki, Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Jan Englert, Boguslaw Linda

Votes: 159

72. Lancer Spy (1937)

Passed | 78 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

An Englishman impersonates an imprisoned German officer and returns to Germany to become a national hero. A female German spy is assigned to check him out but falls in love with him.

Director: Gregory Ratoff | Stars: Dolores Del Río, George Sanders, Peter Lorre, Virginia Field

Votes: 212

73. The Gleiwitz Case (1961)

70 min | Drama, History, Thriller

Re-enacted true story of successful assault by Nazis, posing as Poles, on a German border radio station so that Hitler could "justify" thereby his invasion of Poland.

Director: Gerhard Klein | Stars: Hannjo Hasse, Christoph Beyertt, Wolfgang Kalweit, Georg Leopold

Votes: 339

74. Word of Honor (2001)

153 min | Comedy, Drama

Drama set in 1940 about a peasant who traverses Cyprus to pray at a monastery.

Director: Andreas Pantzis | Stars: Georges Corraface, Valeria Golino, Giannis Voglis, Ilias Aletras

Votes: 100

75. Calling All Marines (1939)

Approved | 71 min | Action, Drama

A gang member enlists in the Marines to help his boss steal secret military plans for an aerial torpedo. But will his new experiences with the camaraderie of fellow soldiers result in a moral transformation?

Director: John H. Auer | Stars: Don 'Red' Barry, Helen Mack, Warren Hymer, Robert Kent

Votes: 29

76. Tinerete franta (1991)

85 min | Drama, Romance

Two parallel stories about unhappy marriages that take place during inter-war period in the Banat village within Romanian minority in Serbia.

Director: Marija Maric | Stars: Radu Amzulescu, Iova Dalea, Lavinel Dudic, Silvia Pincu

Votes: 31

77. Four Sons (1940)

Approved | 89 min | Drama, History, War

After the Germans invade Czechoslovakia the four sons of a Czecho-German family follow different paths: Czech patriot, Nazi supporter, artist in America, and heroic German soldier.

Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Don Ameche, Eugenie Leontovich, Mary Beth Hughes, Alan Curtis

Votes: 147

78. Conspiracy (1939)

Approved | 58 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Radio officer Kendall discovers seaman Carlson sending unauthorized messages. Carlson is killed, and Kendall flees ashore, meeting Carlson's sister Nedra, part of a sabotage ring. Nedra seeks help as both saboteurs pursue Kendall.

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Allan Lane, Linda Hayes, Robert Barrat, Charley Foy

Votes: 194

79. Public Enemies (1941)

Passed | 68 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Bill Raymond, a hotshot newspaper reporter will all the trappings, is following a story about and looking for the leaders of an alien smuggling gang. Along the way he gets the aid of a ... See full summary »

Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Wendy Barrie, Phillip Terry, Edgar Kennedy, William Frawley

Votes: 34

80. Junior G-Men (1940)

Approved | 240 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A gang of street kids work with the FBI in their attempt to find and rescue their leader's father, a scientist who has been kidnapped by a terrorist group.

Directors: Ford Beebe, John Rawlins | Stars: Billy Halop, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, Bernard Punsly

Votes: 113

81. To Die in Madrid (1963)

85 min | Documentary

To Die in Madrid (French: Mourir à Madrid) is a 1963 French documentary film about the Spanish Civil War, directed by Frédéric Rossif. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

Director: Frédéric Rossif | Stars: Irene Worth, John Gielgud, Suzanne Flon, Germaine Montero

Votes: 424

82. Rookies on Parade (1941)

Approved | 77 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Song writer Duke Wilson and his showgirl sweetheart Lois Rogers have to keep breaking their engagement because Duke keeps losing his money playing poker...and Lois finally declares finis to... See full summary »

Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Bob Crosby, Ruth Terry, Gertrude Niesen, Eddie Foy Jr.

83. They Meet Again (1941)

Passed | 69 min | Drama, Musical

Dr. Christian takes time out from his appointed rounds to help clear a bank teller of embezzlement charges.

Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Jean Hersholt, Dorothy Lovett, Robert Baldwin, Maude Eburne

Votes: 117

84. Pacific Blackout (1941)

Passed | 76 min | Mystery

While bombers roar overhead during a practice blackout in a large American West coast city, Robert Draper, is among the prisoners in a police van. The inventor of a new range finder for ... See full summary »

Director: Ralph Murphy | Stars: Robert Preston, Martha O'Driscoll, Philip Merivale, Eva Gabor

Votes: 78

85. Bombay Clipper (1941)

Passed | 54 min | Mystery

An American foreign correspondent, Jim Wilson, and his wife Frankie, who wishes he would give up his traveling job and settle down in one location, get involved with some foreign spies of ... See full summary »

Director: John Rawlins | Stars: William Gargan, Irene Hervey, Charles Lang, Maria Montez

Votes: 90

86. Tanks a Million (1941)

Passed | 50 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance

An Army draftee with a good memory makes sergeant and saves the day.

Director: Fred Guiol | Stars: William Tracy, James Gleason, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Sawyer

Votes: 306

87. Canal Zone (1942)

Passed | 79 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A conceited, reckless society playboy, Harley Ames, arrives at Ginger Bar, a former banana-shipping depot on the edge of the Panama Canal, that has been converted to a training-and-relay ... See full summary »

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Chester Morris, Harriet Nelson, John Hubbard, Larry Parks

Votes: 58

88. Three Hearts for Julia (1943)

Approved | 83 min | Comedy, War

World War II home front romantic comedy in which a war correspondent's wife wants a divorce along with his help in choosing her next husband.

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Ann Sothern, Melvyn Douglas, Lee Bowman, Richard Ainley

Votes: 264

89. The Devil Pays Off (1941)

Passed | 70 min | Crime, Drama, War

Chris Waring (William Wright) is a government investigator trying to gather the necessary evidence to convict a shipping magnate, DeBrock (J.Edward Bromberg), of selling his ships to the ... See full summary »

Director: John H. Auer | Stars: J. Edward Bromberg, Osa Massen, William Wright, Margaret Tallichet

Votes: 94

90. Hitler vs Churchill: The Eagle and the Lion (2016– )

120 min | Documentary, History, War

A documentary which explores the remarkable parallels between the careers of Adolf Hitler and Winston Churchill, as well as their personal rivalry and animosity.

Stars: Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill

Votes: 82

91. Double crime sur la ligne Maginot (1937)

83 min | Drama

Murder on the Maginot LIne, a line of concrete fortifications, obstacles, and weapon installations built by France in the 1930s.

Director: Félix Gandéra | Stars: Victor Francen, Véra Korène, Jacques Baumer, Henri Guisol

Votes: 23

92. Down in San Diego (1941)

Approved | 70 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A group of neighborhood teenagers discover some suspicious goings-on near a naval base in San Diego, and suspect that a foreign espionage ring is at work trying to find out military secrets.

Director: Robert B. Sinclair | Stars: Bonita Granville, Ray McDonald, Dan Dailey, Leo Gorcey

Votes: 73

93. Top Sergeant Mulligan (1941)

Passed | 70 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Deadbeats Pat Dolan and Budd Doolittle are being harassed around the clock by Herman Mulligan, a no-excuses-accepted bill collector who has little use for people who don't pay their bills. ... See full summary »

Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Nat Pendleton, Carol Hughes, Sterling Holloway, Marjorie Reynolds

Votes: 25

94. Federal Fugitives (1941)

Passed | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Spotting a man in Washington D.C. that he thinks looks like Otto Lieberman, a fugitive that caused a plane crash that killed eight people, government-agent James Madison manages to identify... See full summary »

Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Neil Hamilton, Doris Day, Victor Varconi, Charles C. Wilson

Votes: 78

95. Swing It Soldier (1941)

Passed | 66 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

A DJ on radio station, who's husband is in the Army, gives her job to her twin sister, without letting anybody know about this.

Director: Harold Young | Stars: Ken Murray, Frances Langford, Don Wilson, Blanche Stewart

Votes: 42

96. Toybox Series #3: Picture Book 1936 (1934)

8 min | Animation, Short

Black-and-white propaganda film. Japanese folklore characters vs. evil Mickey Mouse-like creatures.

Directors: Takao Nakano, Yoshitsugu Tanaka

Votes: 59

97. Grzeszny zywot Franciszka Buly (1980)

98 min | Drama, Romance

Set in Silesia, a coalmining region of Poland in the 20's and 30's, between two world wars. The hero is a street performer. He is a quick- witted con-man belonging to a troupe of wandering actors roaming the countryside.

Director: Janusz Kidawa | Stars: Andrzej Grabarczyk, Jarek Antonik, Jerzy Cnota, Miroslaw Krawczyk

Votes: 86

98. I Was a Captive of Nazi Germany (1936)

72 min | Drama

The history of Germany from 1924 through Hitler's rise in power is described through newsreel footage. Freelance press representative Isobel Lillian Steele travels to Germany to work as a ... See full synopsis »

Director: Alfred T. Mannon | Star: Isobel Lillian Steele

99. Do svidaniya, malchiki! (1966)

82 min | Drama, War

Goodbye, Boys! is the coming-of-age tale of three teenagers graduating from a Communist school during World War II. It's summer, and their main goals are swimming in the Black Sea and ... See full summary »

Director: Mikhail Kalik | Stars: Natalya Bogunova, Evgeniy Steblov, Anna Rodionova, Nikolay Dostal

Votes: 271

100. Le pacte Hitler-Staline (2019 TV Movie)

102 min | Documentary, History

Chronicle of the diplomatic fiasco that lead to the pact between Hitler's Germany and Stalin's USSR

Director: Cédric Tourbe | Stars: Louis Barthou, Józef Beck, Eduard Benes, Georges Bonnet

Votes: 50