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Sergey Bondarchuk Director

Pyotr Merkurev as (as P. Merkuryev)

Natalya Gundareva as Glikeriya

Yuriy Nikulin as Nekrasov

Vyacheslav Tikhonov as Nikolay Streltsov

In July 1942, in the Second World War, the rearguard of the Russian army protects the bridgehead of the Don River against the German army while the retreating Russian troops cross the bridge. While they move back to the Russian territory through the countryside, the soldiers show their companionship, sentiments, fears and heroism to defend their motherland.

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

1988

6.8

♡ 8

78%

based on play or musical

Robert Altman Director

Matt Malloy as Legal Assistant

Daniel Jenkins as Lt.

Peter Gallagher as Lt. Com. John Challee

Brian Haley as Party Guest

A full-length adaptation, originally staged as a play, of the court-martial segment from the novel "The Caine Mutiny".

Cry, the Beloved Country

1995

6.8

♡ 5

85%

Darrell Roodt Director

Ron Smerczak as Captain van Jaarsveld

Jerry Mofokeng as Hlabeni

Richard Harris as James Jarvis

Lillian Dube as Mrs. Lithebe

A South-African preacher goes to search for his wayward son who has committed a crime in the big city.

Donald's Tire Trouble

1943

6.6

♡ 18

Animation

anthropomorphic animal

Dick Lundy Director

Clarence Nash as Donald Duck

Donald, driving in the country, is frustrated in his attempts to fix a flat tire. The jack breaks, the radiator explodes, then the remaining three tires go flat. Donald gives up in disgust and drives on with the flats.

Churchill

2017

6.0

♡ 44

50%

Jonathan Teplitzky Director

Ella Purnell as Helen Garrett

Richard Durden as Jan Smuts

Jonathan Aris as Trafford Leigh-Mallory

Brian Cox as Winston Churchill

A ticking-clock thriller following Winston Churchill in the 24 hours before D-Day.

The Last Time I Committed Suicide

1997

occupied france (1940-44)

5.4

♡ 8

42%

Stephen Kay Director

Adrien Brody as Ben

Keanu Reeves as Harry

Amy Smart as Jeananne

Claire Forlani as Joan

Neal Cassady is living the beat life during the 1940s, working at The Tire Yard and philandering around town. However, he has visions of a happy life with kids and a white picket fence. When his girlfried, Joan, tries to kill herself he gets scared and runs away. But when Joan reappears will he take the chance at that happiness, or will he turn his back on it?

Lucie Aubrac

1997

French

6.6

♡ 3

74%

War

world war ii

Claude Berri Director

Peter Bonke as

Heino Ferch as Barbie

Jean-Roger Milo as Maurice

Daniel Auteuil as Raymond

A love story or a tale of the resistance, this poignant movie tells both the haunting story of a French resistance cell in Lyon but also the love of Lucie Aubrac for her husband...

Tucker: The Man and His Dream

1988

japanese occupation of korea

6.9

♡ 15

82%

based on a true story

Francis Ford Coppola Director

Marshall Bell as Frank

Christian Slater as Junior

Corin Nemec as Noble

Jeff Bridges as Preston Tucker

Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1945. Engineer Preston Tucker dreams of designing the car of future, but his innovative envision will be repeatedly sabotaged by his own unrealistic expectations and the Detroit automobile industry tycoons.

Dachimawa Lee

2008

Korean

5.2

♡ 3

32%

manchuria western

Western

Seung-wan Ryoo Director

Won-hui Lim as Dachimawa Lee

Sang-geon Jo as Kim Goo

Choon-ha Hwang as Tortured Man

Jeong-heon Lee as Yasi

Under Japanese imperialism, Korean national treasure Golden Buddha is stolen. More important to national security, the statue contains vital information concerning Korean freedom fighters and their whereabouts as well as their true identities. The interim Korean government appoints legendary Korean spy Agent Dachimawa Lee to recover the fabled statue and reveal the dark plot behind the theft.

The Wasted Times

2016

Chinese

6.9

♡ 9

20%

japanese occupation of china

shanghai, china

Er Cheng Director

Wallace Chung as

Tadanobu Asano as Watabe

Ziyi Zhang as Xiao Liu

Gillian Chung as Xiao Wu

Shanghai gangsters grapple with lust and loyalty on the eve of war with Japan as they try to navigate an alliance with the enemy's army.

Into the Storm

2009

7.0

♡ 5

63%

political negotiations

Thaddeus O'Sullivan Director

Terrence Hardiman as Captain Pim

Robert Pugh as General Ismay

Iain Glen as King George VI

Brendan Gleeson as Winston Churchill

This powerful follow-up to “The Gathering Storm” follows Churchill from 1940 to 1945 as he guided his beleaguered nation through the crucible of the war years--even as his marriage was encountering its own struggles.

The Hessen Conspiracy

2009

5.3

♡ 6

Paul Breuls Director

Billy Zane as Jack Durant

Noah Segan as Lt. David Pallard

Lyne Renee as Lt. Kathleen Nash

John B. Lowe as Rueben Markel

In 1945 a group of victorious American officers discover a stash of German jewels and try to fence them in New York.

The Neon Bible

1995

6.3

♡ 2

55%

46%

Terence Davies Director

Jacob Tierney as David, aged 15

Frances Conroy as Miss Scover

Peter McRobbie as Reverend Watkins

Diana Scarwid as Sarah

During a train ride, a teenager recalls his upbringing in 1940s small-town Georgia and the events that have led to this point.

The Aftermath

2019

♡ 72

26%

51%

James Kent Director

Tom Bell as Captain Eliot

Jason Clarke as Lewis Morgan

Keira Knightley as Rachael Morgan

Alexander Skarsgård as Stephen Lubert

In the aftermath of World War II, a British colonel and his wife are assigned to live in Hamburg during the post-war reconstruction, but tensions arise with the German widower who lives with them.

Iron Cross: The Road to Normandy

2022

teacher student relationship

3.0

♡ 6

Tino Struckmann Director

Damian Chapa as Brahms

Jack Dimich as General Grosswald

Tino Struckmann as Klaus Muller

Kim Sønderholm as Ulli

Captain Muller struggles to survive fighting overwhelming Russian forces. Wounded, he is sent to Normandy as Americans Lee and Trey prepare for D-Day. Soon, scores are settled and battle brings our GIs and Germans on the same path.

Madadayo

1993

Japanese

7.3

♡ 20

88%

tribute

Akira Kurosawa Director

Tetsu Watanabe as

Masuo Amada as

Hidetaka Yoshioka as Takayama's son

Tomoyuki Dan as (uncredited)

In postwar Tokyo, beloved writer-professor Hyakken Uchida retires and is buoyed through hardship by the fierce devotion of his former students, who honor him each year with a raucous “Not yet!” birthday toast. Told in warm, gently comic vignettes, Kurosawa’s farewell celebrates aging, friendship, and the sustaining ritual of teacher and pupils refusing to say goodbye.

From Time to Time

2009