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7.5

♡ 9

92%

84%

japanese invasion of korea

Action

based on novel or book

Elia Kazan Director

Albert Salmi as Hank Bailey

Bruce Dern as Jack Roper

Malcolm Atterbury as Sy Moore

Frank Overton as Walter Clark

A young bureaucrat for the Tennessee Valley Authority goes to rural Tennessee to oversee the building of a dam. He encounters opposition from the local people, in particular a farmer who objects to his employment (with pay) of local black laborers. Much of the plot revolves around the eviction of a stubborn octogenarian from her home on an island in the river, and the young man's love affair with that woman's widowed granddaughter. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation.

Assassination

2015

Korean

7.2

♡ 61

83%

independence movement

japanese occupation of korea

korean resistance

Thriller

Dong-hoon Choi Director

Ji-hyun Jun as An Ok-yun

Jung-woo Ha as Hawaii Pistol

Seung-woo Cho as Kim Won-bong

Jung-jae Lee as Yeom Seok-jin

In Japanese-occupied Korea, three freedom fighters are assigned a mission to assassinate a genocidal military leader and his top collaborator. But the plan goes completely awry amidst double-crossings, counter-assassinations, and a shocking revelation about one of the assassins' past.

Raven's End

1963

Swedish

7.3

♡ 3

Bo Widerberg Director

Thommy Berggren as Anders

Ingvar Hirdwall as Sixten

Keve Hjelm as The Father

Emy Storm as The Mother

In 1936 Sweden, a teenager drifts through life in his small town, hoping that a novel about the neighborhood he grew up and lives in will reverse the fortunes of his family.

We Have Never Been Modern

spanish civil war (1936-39)

Czech

7.1

♡ 3

Matej Chlupacek Director

Lubos Veselý as

Martha Issová as

Stanislav Paseka as Focus Puller

Zuzana Konecná as Vychovatelka

Helena, is about to give birth and face a rosy future in a modern city, as the pregnant wife of an important factory manager. However, all her illusions soon perish, as the dead body of a newborn intersex baby is found in the middle of their factory. Helena needs to find out what happened here for the safety of her own child, but she runs into her own prejudices.

Las 13 rosas

2007

Spanish

6.6

♡ 1

Emilio Martínez Lázaro Director

Luis Fernández de Eribe as

Goya Toledo as Carmen Castro

Adriano Giannini as Fontenla

Patrick Criado as Simón

True story of thirteen totally normal young women that suffered harsh questioning and were put in prison under made up charges of helping the rebellion against Franco back in the 1940s. Despite of their innocence, the thirteen were soon executed without even a trace of evidence of any wrong doing.

Bright Young Things

2003

6.5

♡ 6

65%

68%

aristocrat

based on novel or book

Stephen Fry Director

Stephen Campbell Moore as Adam

Imelda Staunton as Lady Brown

Julia McKenzie as Lottie Crump

James McAvoy as Simon Balcairn

During the 1930s in England, a group of young socialites dominate the national gossip with extravagant and outlandish antics. Among the group is the aspiring novelist Adam Fenwick-Symes, who is attempting to raise enough money to marry fellow member Nina Blount. However, after customs officials confiscate his first manuscript, Fenwick-Symes must recover from the financial setback and figure out new ways to earn money for a wedding.

Born to Ride

1991

5.1

♡ 4

Graham Baker Director

Teri Polo as Beryl Ann Devers

John Stamos as Cpl. Grady Westfall

Ed Bishop as Dr. Tate

Garrick Hagon as Jim Bridges, State Department Official

The US Army has decided to modernize its cavalry, so Colonel James E. Devers is ordered by a general to convert a horse unit to motorcycles, but his men are easily outclassed as riders by a pack of rowdies, especially Grady Westfall; when he is arrested risking a long jail term, he's given one way out: enlisting as Corporal, assigned as driving instructor. Unit commander Captain Jack Hassler reviles his unorthodox boyish methods as undermining discipline and tradition, not to mention flirting with the Colonels daughter Beryl Ann, but he's needed, especially when his unit is deployed on a secret mission in Spain.

Lucky Lady

1975

5.2

♡ 5

25%

san diego, california

Stanley Donen Director

Louis Guss as Bernie

William Bassett as Charley

Burt Reynolds as Ellison Walker

John McLiam as Rass Huggins

When an American booze smuggler gets murdered in Prohibition-era Mexico, his widow, a nightclub singer, joins forces with her lover and a desperate loner to become rum-runners to the U.S.

Invitation to a Murder

5.2

♡ 33

17%

Stephen Shimek Director

James Urbaniak as Gordon

Amy Sloan as Katherine

Grace Lynn Kung as Lu

Alex Hyde-White as Sean

A reclusive billionaire invites six seemingly random strangers to his island estate in the south of England. Aspiring detective Miranda Green finds the mysterious invitation too alluring to pass up. When another guest turns up dead, Miranda must get to the bottom of the malicious plot behind the gathering.

Hoodlum

1997

6.3

♡ 31

43%

Bill Duke Director

Laurence Fishburne as Bumpy Johnson

Tim Roth as Dutch Schultz

Beau Starr as Jules Salke

Andy Garcia as Lucky Luciano

In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem—is arrested, Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson takes over the business and must resist an invasion from a merciless mobster.

For Whom the Bell Tolls

1943

spanish civil war (1936-39)

6.8

♡ 18

64%

War

Sam Wood Director

Martin Garralaga as Captain Mora

Fortunio Bonanova as Fernando

Ingrid Bergman as María

Jean Del Val as The Sniper

Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil war going on and Jordan—who has joined up on the side that appeals most to idealists of that era—has been given a high-risk assignment up in the mountains. He awaits the right time to blow up a crucial bridge in order to halt the enemy's progress.

Shoshana

6.3

♡ 4

73%

Michael Winterbottom Director

Harry Melling as Geoffrey Morton

Oliver Chris as Ralph Cairns

Alex Norton as Tennant

Douglas Booth as Thomas Wilkin

In this edge-of-your-seat thriller inspired by real events, a British police officer and a Jewish woman fall in love amidst the political turmoil of 1930s Tel Aviv. With British control over Palestine precarious and conflict inevitable, everyone is forced to choose a side.

The Crime Is Mine

French

6.5

♡ 14

98%

François Ozon Director

Dany Boon as Fernand Palmarède

Myriam Boyer as Mme Jus, la concierge

Isabelle Huppert as Odette Chaumette

Rebecca Marder as Pauline Mauléon

In 1930s Paris, Madeleine, a pretty, young, penniless, and talentless actress, is accused of murdering a famous producer. Helped by her best friend, Pauline, a young, unemployed lawyer, she is acquitted on the grounds of self-defense. A new life of fame and success begins, until the truth comes out.

Cross Creek

1983

6.9

♡ 6

61%

77%

based on memoir or autobiography

Action

Martin Ritt Director

Dana Hill as Ellie Turner

Mary Steenburgen as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Malcolm McDowell as Max Perkins

Joanna Miles as Mrs. Turner

In the 1930s, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings moves to Florida's backwaters to write in peace. She feels bothered by affectionate men, editors and confused neighbors, but soon she connects and writes The Yearling, a classic of American literature.

I Capture the Castle

2003

6.8

♡ 12

78%

76%

father daughter relationship

Action

based on novel or book

castle

Drama

Romance

sibling relationship

teenage protagonist

Tim Fywell Director

James Faulkner as Aubrey Fox-Cotton

Bill Nighy as James Mortmain

Rose Byrne as Rose Mortmain

Henry Cavill as Stephen Colley

In 1930s England, 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain and her eccentric family struggle to survive in a decaying English castle.

Enid

2009

6.6

♡ 2

54%

James Hawes Director

Helena Bonham Carter as Enid Blyton

Matthew Macfadyen as Hugh Pollock

Denis Lawson as Kenneth Waters

Pooky Quesnel as Theresa Blyton

A poignant biography of one of the most successful and wildly-read writers of the 20th century. Her stories enthralled children everywhere but her personal struggles often proved too much.

Kansas City

1996

♡ 9

59%

Robert Altman Director

Jennifer Jason Leigh as Blondie O'Hara

John Durbin as Gas Station Attendant

Steve Buscemi as Johnny Flynn

Dermot Mulroney as Johnny O'Hara

A pair of kidnappings expose the complex power dynamics within the corrupt and unpredictable workings of 1930s Kansas City.

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