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20 results for “1940s period setting”

Still Shining

2026 ★ 10.0

In the 1940s, Soon-ok and Jeong-eem dream of leaving home to chase music and freedom. But a sudden tragedy in the community shatters innocence, forcing Soon-ok

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Remember WENN

1996 ★ 7.8

The personal and professional lives of the staff of fictional Pittsburgh radio station WENN in the early 1940s, before and during World War II. "Remember WENN"

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The Trip to Bountiful

1985 ★ 7.2

Carrie Watts is living the twilight of her life trapped in an apartment in 1940s Houston, Texas with a controlling daughter-in-law and a hen-pecked son. Her fon

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Éramos Seis

1994 ★ 9.3

Éramos Seis is a Brazilian period drama telenovela produced by SBT and originally broadcast from May 9 to December 5, 1994. Based on the 1943 novel of the same

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Fallen Angels

1993 ★ 6.6

A neo-noir anthology television series, set in somber Los Angeles right after World War II and before the election of American President John F. Kennedy. The ep

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The Chorus

2004 ★ 7.7

In 1940s France, a new teacher at a school for disruptive boys gives hope and inspiration. The film The Chorus is set in France. It takes place during a specifi

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The Sullivans

1976 ★ 5.4

The Sullivans is an Australian drama television series produced by Crawford Productions which ran on the Nine Network from 1976 until 1983. The series told the

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The Collection

2016 ★ 6.5

A gripping family drama and entrepreneurial fable, set in a post-war Paris fashion house. It exposes the grit behind the glamour of a rising business, spearhead

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The Gang

1977 ★ 6.2

In 1945, as World War Two comes to a close, five small time crooks unite to form a gang. After several bold robberies they become notorious as "the front-wheel

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All Things Fair

1995 ★ 6.4

In 1943 Malmö, 15-year-old Stig is attracted to his teacher Viola, 22 years his senior, who, drawn to his youth and innocence, believes the lad is a God-sent re

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Gyeongseong Creature

2023 ★ 7.9

Gyeongseong, 1945. In Seoul's grim era under colonial rule, an entrepreneur and a sleuth fight for survival and face a monster born out of human greed. The tele

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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

2022 ★ 8.0

During the rise of fascism in Mussolini's Italy, a wooden boy brought magically to life struggles to live up to his father's expectations. Guillermo del Toro's

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Invisible Life

2019 ★ 7.8

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1950. In the conservative home of the Gusmão family, Eurídice and Guida are two inseparable sisters who support each other. While Guida

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Foyle's War

2002 ★ 7.9

As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Foyle's War opens in sout

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A French Village

2009 ★ 7.5

The stories of the people of Villeneuve, a fictional subprefecture, in the Jura, in German–occupied France during the Second World War. A French Village is a te

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Fear Below

2025 ★ 6.1

A rag-tag team of divers attempting to salvage a sunken car from a river are thwarted by a highly aggressive bull shark. Fear Below is a 2025 film directed by M

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Miranda

1985 ★ 5.1

In 1950s Ferrara, a lonely innkeeper explores a series of relationships while awaiting her missing husband’s return from war. "Miranda" is a film set in 1950s F

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Ain't Misbehavin'

1997 ★ 7.0

During World War II, two very different bandsmen – one an ex-air force pilot, the other a draft dodging, scheming private detective – get caught up with gangste

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Lovers Woods

1960 ★ 5.0

1943, Christmas Eve in occupied Brittany. Charles, a member of the Resistance, is parachuted into the house of his mother, Madame Parisot, where he meets Herta,

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Lyrical Vengeance

2026 ★ 0.0

On crowded dance floors at queer club nights in Tokyo, Yogyakarta and Rotterdam, ravers celebrate the lives and works of Japanese author Fumiko Hayashi, Indones

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