The mass murder of Jewish people by the Nazi regime is chronicled, with a warning that anti-Semitism is on the rise and the events of the Holocaust could happen again. The history of European Jewish culture and events before and during the Holocaust are seen in newsreels, photographs, and animated segments. The words of the victims of the era are read, and footage from the liberation os a concentration camp is shown.

BUtterfield 8

1960

English

6.3

♡ 9

47%

Daniel Mann Director

Rudy Bond as Big Man

Jeffrey Lynn as Bingham Smith

Susan Oliver as Norma

Richard X. Slattery as State Trooper

Gloria Wandrous, a promiscuous fashion model, falls in love with Weston Liggett, the hard drinking son of a working class family who has married into money.

Dreamchild

1985

English

6.6

♡ 4

100%

Gavin Millar Director

Julie Walters as Dormouse

Peter Gallagher as Jack Dolan

Tony Haygarth as Mad Hatter

Steve Whitmire as Mock Turtle / Caterpillar

Eighty-year-old Alice Hargreaves is about to visit Columbia University to attend a reception in honor of author Lewis Carroll. As a child, Alice had a close friendship with the writer, and their relationship was the creative catalyst for Carroll's most beloved work. However, as Alice reflects on her experiences with the author, she realizes the complexity of their bond has had lasting, deeply felt ramifications.

Being Julia

2004

English

7.0

♡ 9

76%

older woman younger man relationship

Romance

stage actress

István Szabó Director

Sheila McCarthy as Grace Dexter

Bruce Greenwood as Lord Charles

Jeremy Irons as Michael Gosselyn

Tom Sturridge as Roger Gosselyn

Julia Lambert is a true diva: beautiful, talented, weathly and famous. She has it all - including a devoted husband who has mastermined her brilliant career - but after years of shining in the spotlight she begins to suffer from a severe case of boredom and longs for something new and exciting to put the twinkle back in her eye. Julia finds exactly what she's looking for in a handsome young American fan, but it isn't long before the novelty fling adds a few more sparks than she was hoping for. Fortuately for her, this surprise twist in the plot will thrust her back into the greatest role of her life.

Olympic Pride, American Prejudice

2016

English

7.3

♡ 4

Deborah Riley Draper Director

Blair Underwood as Narrator

Carl Lewis as Self

Tommie Smith as Self

Isiah Thomas as Self

In 1936, 18 African American athletes dubbed the "black auxiliary" by Hitler defied Nazi Aryan Supremacy and Jim Crow Racism to win hearts and medals at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in Berlin. The world remembers Jesse Owens. But, Olympic Pride American Prejudice shows how all 18 are a seminal precursor to the modern Civil Rights Movement.

Bloodrunners

2017

English

4.5

♡ 10

88%

Dan Lantz Director Ice-T

Ice-T as Chesterfield

Benjamin Kanes as Mr. Washington

Peter Patrikios as Victor Renfield

Tammy Jean as Violet

By 1933, Prohibition has proven a booming enterprise, where average citizens break the law, hide in the shadows and operate at night. The new world order has even lined the pockets of corrupt cops like Jack Malone. He collects a 'luxury tax' from every bootlegger and scofflaw in the small town he has sworn to protect. While shaking down the newest speakeasy in the local underground, Jack and his men uncover a clan of vampires hell bent on taking over the town. Now Chesterfield, an ancient vampire, and his horde must hide their secret at any cost. The bloody result leaves several bodies and innocent townsfolk taken as lambs to await the slaughter. With nowhere else to turn, Jack joins forces with a busboy and a crazy preacher to save the town and make a final stand against Chesterfield and his vampires.

Fabian: Going to the Dogs

2021

German

7.1

♡ 8

93%

75%

1930s

aspiring actress

based on novel or book

Dominik Graf Director

Julia Blankenburg as Buchhalterin

Sönke Möhring as Einarmiger

Michael Wittenborn as Justizrat Labude

Albrecht Schuch as Stephan Labude

In 1930s Berlin, Dr. Jakob Fabian, who works by day in advertising for a cigarette company and by night wanders the streets of the city, falls in love with an actress. As her career begins to blossom, prospects for his future begin to wane.

The Last Flight

2009

French

5.4

♡ 6

Karim Dridi Director

Guillaume Canet as Antoine

Swann Arlaud as Duclos

Marion Cotillard as Marie

Hassan Foullane as Moussa

Aviator Marie Vallières de Beaumont goes on a journey to find her lover Bill Lancaster after his plane disappears in the Sahara. After her plane is forced down in the Ténéré she meets Lieutenant Antoine Chauvet of the French Camel Corps who joins in the hunt for Lancaster. As the two endure hardships in the desert, they begin to develop feelings for each other.

The Only Son

1936

Japanese

7.7

♡ 7

86%

1930s

Drama

parent child relationship

tokyo, japan

Yasujirô Ozu Director

Mitsuko Yoshikawa as O-Taka

Chishû Ryû as Professor Ookubo

Masao Hayama as Ryosuke Nonomiya,

Yoshiko Tsubouchi as Sugiko

A silk factory worker is persuaded to support her son's education up to a college level despite their poverty. Many years later, she travels to Tokyo to visit her son.

A Good Woman

2004

English

♡ 12

37%

50%

1930s

based on play or musical

Mike Barker Director

Roger Hammond as Cecil

John Standing as Dumby

Stephen Campbell Moore as Lord Darlington

Scarlett Johansson as Meg Windermere

Fleeing 1930s New York and leaving behind a chequered past, the giltzy divorcee Mrs Stella Erlynne travels to Italy's sun-dappled Amalfi coast. Mrs Erlynne's appearance causes a stir amongst the visiting aristocracy. Based on the Oscar Wilde play "Lady Windemere's Fan."

Center Stage

1991

Cn

7.4

♡ 7

Stanley Kwan Director

Daisy Tian Dai as Hsiao-Yu

Carina Lau as Lily Li / Self

Waise Lee as Li Min-wei

Maggie Cheung as Ruan Ling-yu / Self

Based on the tragic true story of China's first prima donna of the silver screen, Ruan Lingyu, chronicling her rise to fame as a movie actress in Shanghai during the 1930s.

Big Time Gambling Boss

1968

Japanese

7.5

♡ 2

Kôsaku Yamashita Director

Ryôta Minowada as Sakichi Ichikawa

Kôji Tsuruta as Shinjirô Nakai

Tomisaburô Wakayama as Tetsuo Matsuda

Nobuo Kaneko as Tsasburô Sannami

Tokyo, 1934. The boss of the clan that controls gambling agonizes and some of his followers propose to Nakai to take his place, but he refuses the offer.

Shadow of the Wolf

1992

English

5.8

♡ 8

Jacques Dorfmann Director

Jennifer Tilly as Igiyook

Toshirô Mifune as Kroomak

Richard Zeman as Policeman

Nicholas Campbell as Scott

In the 1930s, Agaguk lives his traditional Inuit life. But one day, there is a murder in the tribe and Agaguk becomes a suspect. Soon he becomes persecuted by Henderson, a mean mountie, and he must flee through the cold winter of Northern Quebec.

The Silenced

2015

Korean

5.7

♡ 18

42%

1930s

Action

girls' boarding school

Horror

japanese occupation of korea

Mystery

school

Thriller

Hae-Young Lee Director

Kim Dong-Hyun as Driver

Ji-won Uhm as Headmistress

Bo-Young Park as Joo-ran

So-dam Park as Yeon-duk

A sickly girl Ju-ran transfers to a new sanitorium boarding school to regain health. But she discovers that students are disappearing and notices abnormal changes happening to her body. She suspects the school for what's happening and tries to discover what secret is hidden.

The Guide

2014

Ukrainian

7.7

80%

Oles Sanin Director

Aleksandr Kobzar as Comrade Vladimir Jamala

Jamala as Olga

Anton Sviatoslav Greene as Peter Shamrock

Oleh Prymohenov as Sytnyk

American boy Peter and blind minstrel Ivan are thrown together by fate amidst the turbulent mid-30s Soviet Ukraine.

The Group

1966

English

6.5

♡ 4

75%

based on novel or book

Drama

female friendship

graduation

Sidney Lumet Director

Richard Mulligan as Dick Brown

Joan Hackett as Dottie

Robert Emhardt as Mr. Andrews

Peter Boyle as (uncredited)

It's 1933, and eight young women are friends and members of the upper- class group at a private girl's school, about to graduate and start their own lives. The film documents the years between their graduation and the beginning of the World War in Europe, and shows, in a serialized style, their romances and marriages, their searches for careers or meaning in their lives, their highs and their lows.