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6.3

♡ 36

60%

Philip Kaufman Director

Fred Ward as Henry Miller

Uma Thurman as June Miller

Gary Oldman as Pop

Kevin Spacey as Richard Osborn

While traveling in Paris, author Henry Miller and his wife, June, meet Anais Nin, and sexual sparks fly as Nin starts an affair with the openly bisexual June. When June is forced to return to the U.S., she gives Nin her blessing to sleep with her husband. Then, when June returns to France, an unexpected, and sometimes contentious, threesome forms.

The Children of Huang Shi

2008

Chinese

7.0

♡ 19

29%

66%

japanese occupation of china

based on a true story

War

Roger Spottiswoode Director

Jonathan Rhys Meyers as George Hogg

Radha Mitchell as Lee Pearson

Michelle Yeoh as Mrs. Wang

Shane Briant as Roger Appsley

About young British journalist, George Hogg, who with the assistance of a courageous Australian nurse, saves a group of orphaned children during the Japanese occupation of China in 1937.

Cradle Will Rock

1999

6.7

♡ 9

65%

Tim Robbins Director

Susan Sarandon as Margherita Sarfatti

Emily Watson as Olive Stanton

Tony Amendola as Riot - Carl Jasper

Jack Black as Sid

A true story of politics and art in the 1930s USA, centered around a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production.

In Dubious Battle

2016

6.0

♡ 22

26%

38%

James Franco Director

Ed Harris as Joy

James Franco as Mac

Analeigh Tipton as Vera

Josh Hutcherson as Vinnie

In the California apple country, 900 migratory workers rise 'in dubious battle' against the landowners. The group takes on a life of its own—stronger than its individual members, and more frightening. Led by the doomed Jim Nolan, the strike is founded on his tragic idealism—'courage, never submit, or yield'.

The Iron Orchard

2018

5.7

♡ 3

21%

50%

Ty Roberts Director

David Joyner as Clyde Montgomery

Ali Cobrin as Lee Montgomery

Hassie Harrison as Mazie Wales

Lew Temple as Ort Cooley

Jim McNeely thrust into the vibrant and brutal West Texas oilfields in 1939 and works his way through the ranks to ultimately become a formidable wildcatter.

Johnny Dangerously

1984

6.5

♡ 13

44%

Amy Heckerling Director

Chuck Hicks as Governor

Michael Keaton as Johnny Kelly / Johnny Dangerously

Rick Rosenthal as Judge

Shelley Pogoda as Woman

An honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills.

Disappearances

2006

5.0

♡ 3

52%

father son relationship

great depression

prohibition era

smuggling (contraband)

whiskey

Jay Craven Director

Luis Guzmán as Brother St. Hilaire

Gary Farmer as Herny Coville

William Sanderson as Rat Kinneson

Charlie McDermott as Wild Bill Bonhomme

Quebec Bill Bohomme is a hardy schemer and dreamer, who, desperate to raise money to preserve his endangered herd through the rapidly approaching winter, resorts to whiskey-smuggling, a traditional family occupation. Quebec Bill takes his son, Wild Bill, on the journey. Also Henry Coville, an inscrutable whiskey smuggler, and Rat Kinneson, Quebec Bill's perpetually disconsolate ex-con hired man. Together, they cross the border into vast reaches of Canadian wilderness for an unforgettable four days "full of terror, full of wonder."

A Month by the Lake

1995

6.2

♡ 10

71%

58%

John Irvin Director

Edward Fox as Major Wilshaw

Uma Thurman as Miss Beaumont

Vanessa Redgrave as Miss Bentley

Alida Valli as Signora Fascioli

For 16 years Miss Bentley has been spending April at an elegant hillside villa on Lake Como. This year, 1937, her London society artist father has recently died and the only other English-speaking guests are brash Americans. Then Major Wilshaw arrives. He suggests they meet for cocktails and Miss Bentley stands him up -- not even thinking about it -- as she helps the new nanny of an Italian family settle in. Miss Beaumont, a tall, young American who has dropped out of finishing school in Switzerland, is bored and finds some amusement in flirting with the major, whose libido is awakened for the first time since before the great war. And Miss Bentley now finds more about the major to admire than his ears.

Glorious 39

2009

6.4

♡ 19

44%

Stephen Poliakoff Director

Bill Nighy as Alexander

Juno Temple as Celia

Corin Redgrave as Oliver

Eddie Redmayne as Ralph

A mysterious tale set around a traditional British family on the eve of World War Two. Oblivious to the looming shadow of World War II, the wealthy Keyes maintain a confident façade in the British countryside until daughter Anne becomes an unexpected pawn. Her accidental discovery of secret recordings creates a rift in the family.

Ship of Fools

1965

7.0

♡ 7

63%

Stanley Kramer Director

Lee Marvin as Bill Tenny

Lilia Skala as Frau Hutten

John Wengraf as Graf

Hal Taggart as Man Awaiting Passengers

Passengers on a ship traveling from Mexico to Europe in the 1930s represent society at large in that era. The crew is German, including the ship's Dr. Schumann, who falls in love with one of the passengers, La Condesa. A young American woman, Jenny, is traveling with the man she loves, David. Jenny is fascinated and puzzled by just who some of the other passengers are.

Fools' Parade

1971

6.4

♡ 5

55%

Andrew V. McLaglen Director

David Huddleston as Homer Grindstaff

Kurt Russell as Johnny Jesus

William Windom as Roy K. Sizemore

Mike Kellin as Steve Mystic

When a trio of ex-convicts led by Mattie Appleyard is released from prison, they hope to open a general store using money Mattie has saved during his 40-year sentence. This attempt is met with great resistance from a corrupt prison official and the banker who issued Mattie the check.

Bitter Harvest

2017

5.9

♡ 18

15%

George Mendeluk Director

Terence Stamp as Ivan

Malcolm Freeman as Molotov

Edward Akrout as Professor Temchuck

Kane Ogieva as Willard

Set between the two World Wars and based on true historical events, Bitter Harvest conveys the untold story of the Holodomor, the genocidal famine engineered by the tyrant Joseph Stalin. The film displays a powerful tale of love, honour, rebellion and survival at a time when Ukraine was forced to adjust to the horrifying territorial ambitions of the burgeoning Soviet Union.

Draupadi Unleashed

2019

4.8

♡ 2

Tony Stopperan Director

Dominic Rains as Amar

Saad Siddiqui as Dev

Cas Anvar as Manu

Paras Patel as Pran

In 1930’s British India, sixteen-year-old Indira finds herself torn between true love, her duty to follow through with an arranged marriage, and the powerful allure of a mysterious guru. Through her heartbreaking journey to self-discovery, long-held secrets are brought to light and Indira discovers the strength within herself to break free.

A Tale of Three Cities

2015

Chinese

6.0

♡ 6

43%

Mabel Cheung Director

Miroslav Karel as Businessman

Wei Tang as Chen Yuerong

Tsukagoshi Hirotaka as Japanese lieutenant #1

Philip Chan as KMT Agent Chief

A former spy in the Chinese Nationalist Party falls for an opium-dealing widow, as China is ravaged by war and revolution.

The Widow Couderc

1971

French

6.9

♡ 4

72%

Pierre Granier-Deferre Director

Jean-Pierre Castaldi as

Alain Delon as Jean Lavigne

André Rouyer as Policeman

Simone Signoret as Veuve Couderc Tati

The relationship between a middle-aged French widow and a young drifter takes a turn when her young niece pays a visit.

Walk on the Wild Side

1962

6.7

♡ 6

60%

brothel

Drama

jealousy

new orleans, louisiana

Romance

Edward Dmytryk Director

Bill Walker as Black Man

Juanita Moore as Mama

Joanna Moore as Miss Precious

Richard Rust as Oliver

At a 1930s New Orleans bordello, Hallie is the main attraction for both clients and the shrewd madam. The arrival of Dove Linkhorn, her lovesick sweetheart from three years ago, disrupts the normal and triggers a chain of events involving a number of people, including the young woman he travelled with, who is now the Doll House's newest employee.

High Ground

2020

6.5

♡ 34

90%

australian aboriginal

australian outback

based on a true story

Stephen Johnson Director

Ryan Corr as Braddock

Caren Pistorius as Claire

David Field as Kurtz

Aaron Pedersen as Walter

In a remote corner of the wild country, a bloody war rages. Travis is a bounty hunter with one last hope of redemption. Gutjuk is a young Indigenous man trying to save the last of his family. Together they embark on a manhunt, which unravels a secret that ultimately pits them against each other.

In a Savage Land

1999

6.1

♡ 5

57%

Bill Bennett Director

Max Cullen as Douglas Stevens

Andrew S. Gilbert as Gerry

Rufus Sewell as Mick Carpenter

John Howard as Rev Macgregor

Two anthropologists married to each other go to an island off of Papua New Guinea for field research in pre-World War II. Eventually the war breaks out and many lives are disrupted and complicated.

I've Got to Sing a Torch Song

1933