Movies tagged as "1940s"

1941 [1979, USA ] starting from $1.99

A Comedy Spectacular!

Genres: Comedy, War Actors: Dan Aykroyd, Ned Beatty, John Belushi, Treat Williams, Nancy Allen, Robert Stack, Toshiro Mifune, Christopher Lee, Warren Oates, John Candy, Samuel Fuller Directors: Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Hysteria grips California in the wake of the bombing of Pearl harbour as an assorted group of defenders attempt to make the coast defensible against an imagined Japanese invasion in this big budget, big cast comedy. Members of a Japanese submarine crew scout out the madness.

Annie Hall [1977, USA ] starting from $1.99

A nervous romance.

Genres: Comedy, Romance Actors: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Carol Kane, Paul Simon, Shelley Duvall, Janet Margolin, Colleen Dewhurst, Christopher Walken, Donald Symington, Helen Ludlam, Mordecai Lawner, Joan Neuman, Jonathan Munk, Ruth Volner, Directors: Woody Allen Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   After breaking up with his girlfriend Annie Hall, neurotic comedian Alvy Singer goes on a stream of conciousness journey through his memories of their relationship, trying to find out what caused them to part ways. He often breaks the fourth wall, speaking to the camera, entering peoples' stories, and even using animation.

Atonement [2007, UK, France ] starting from $1.99

You can only imagine the truth.

Genres: Drama, Romance, War Actors: Saoirse Ronan, Brenda Blethyn, Julia West, James McAvoy, Harriet Walter, Keira Knightley, Juno Temple, Felix von Simson, Charlie von Simson, Alfie Allen, Patrick Kennedy, Benedict Cumberbatch, Peter Wight, Peter O'Connor, Daniel Mays, Directors: Joe Wright Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   In the summer of 1935, 13-year-old Briony Tallis observes a flirtation between a servant's son, Robbie, and her older sister, Cecilia, that she childishly misconstrues. Briony's misunderstanding leads to a terrible crime whose consequences follow them through World War II.

Australia [2008, Australia, USA ] starting from $1.99

Genres: Adventure, Drama, War, Western Actors: Bryan Brown, David Gulpilil, Hugh Jackman, Jacek Koman, Ben Mendelsohn, Barry Otto, Jack Thompson, Brandon Walters, David Wenham, Essie Davis, Nicole Kidman, Directors: Baz Luhrmann Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by Japanese forces firsthand.

Aviator, The [2004, Germany, USA, Japan ] starting from $1.99

For some men, the sky was the limit. For him, it was just the beginning.

Genres: Biography, Drama Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly, Alec Baldwin, Alan Alda, Ian Holm, Danny Huston, Gwen Stefani, Jude Law, Adam Scott, Matt Ross, Kelli Garner, Frances Conroy, Brent Spiner Directors: Martin Scorsese, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   The script begins as a young Hughes directs one of Scorsese's favorite films, Hell's Angels. Hughes was so obsessed with perfection in the aerial sequences that he waits forever for perfect conditions, right down to cloud formations. The Aviator ends in 1946, when Hughes was still a dashing young man and romancing actresses like Ava Gardner and Katharine Hepburn.

Bad Day at Black Rock [1955, USA ] starting from $1.99

Suddenly you realize murder is at your elbow! - and there's no way out!

Genres: Drama, Thriller, Western Actors: Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, Dean Jagger, Walter Brennan, John Ericson, Ernest Borgnine, Lee Marvin, Russell Collins, Walter Sande, Harry Harvey, Francis McDonald, Directors: John Sturges Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   John J. Macreedy doesn't know it, but when he steps off the train at the jerkwater town of Black Rock, he will soon find himself the object of fear, hatred, and even a murder plot! The altruistic Macreedy came to Black Rock to hand over a posthumous military award to a local man whose son had died gallantly in the Second World War. What Macreedy couldn't know when he stepped off of that train was that the town had a shameful secret, one that must be kept at all costs.

Beautiful Mind, A [2001, USA ] starting from $1.99

He Saw The World In A Way No One Could Have Imagined.

Genres: Biography, Drama, Mystery Actors: Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer, Paul Bettany, Adam Goldberg, Josh Lucas, Anthony Rapp, Jason Gray-Stanford, Judd Hirsch, Austin Pendleton, Vivien Cardone, Jill M. Simon, Victor Steinbach, Tanya Clarke Directors: Ron Howard, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   A biopic of the meteoric rise of John Forbes Nash Jr., a math prodigy able to solve problems that baffled the greatest of minds. And how he overcame years of suffering through schizophrenia to win the Nobel Prize.

Big Fish [2003, USA ] starting from $1.99

An adventure as big as life itself.

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy Actors: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Carter, Alison Lohman, Robert Guillaume, Marion Cotillard, Matthew McGrory, David Denman, Missi Pyle, Loudon Wainwright III, Ada Tai, Arlene Tai, Steve Buscemi Directors: Tim Burton, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   The story revolves around a dying father and his son, who is trying to learn more about his dad by piecing together the stories he has gathered over the years. The son winds up re-creating his father's elusive life in a series of legends and myths inspired by the few facts he knows. Through these tales, the son begins to understand his father's great feats and his great failings.

Black Book [2006, Netherlands, Germany, Belgium ] starting from $1.99

To fight the enemy, she must become one of them.

Genres: Drama, Thriller, War Actors: Ken Stott, Claire Price, Robert Cavanah, Jennifer Black, David Robb, Bryan Lowe, Lynsey Baxter, Sarah Collier, Ian Grieve, Stuart McQuarrie, John Bett, Rowena Cooper, James Grant, Directors: Roger Gartland Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   In 1944, in the occupied Holland, the Jewish Rachel Stein is hiding from the Nazis in a house of a Christian family. When her hiding place is bombed, Rachel escapes by chance, but she is found by a stranger called Van Gein that invites her to join a group of Jews in a boat to escape to Belgium on the next night. He advises her to bring money and jewels for her survival and very few luggage. Rachel visits lawyer and friend of her family Wim Small that gives her a large amount for her travel. When she meets the refugees, she finds that her family is in the group. While crossing the swamp, a Nazi patrol boat arrives and kills the fugitives, but Rachel is the only one to survive. Later she joins a cell of resistance leaded by the Dutch Gerben Kuipers under the identity of Ellis de Vries; after meeting the Nazi Officer Ludwig Müntze in a train, Kuipers proposes Ellis to work as a spy seducing Müntze. During her assignment, Rachel recognizes Günther Franken as the commander of the attack to the boat of refugees and later she discovers that the murders are part of a scheme with a traitor in the resistance team.

Borstal Boy [2000, UK, Ireland ] starting from $1.99

In 1942, acclaimed Irish poet Brendan Behan was sent to a reform school. What he learned was that love knows no prison.

Genres: Drama, Romance Actors: Shawn Hatosy, Danny Dyer, Lee Ingleby, Robin Laing, Eva Birthistle, Michael York, Mark Huberman, Jim Byrne, Garret Deady, Darren Donohue, Ronnie Drew, William Fitzpatrick, Luke Griffin, Trevor Hanly, Lukas Hassel, Directors: Peter Sheridan Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Brendan Behan, a sixteen year-old republican, is going on a bombing mission from Ireland to Liverpool during the second world war. His mission is thwarted when he is apprehended, charged and imprisoned in Borstal, a reform institution for young offenders in East Anglia, England. At Borstal, Brendan is forced to live face-to-face with those he perceived as "the enemy," a confrontation that reveals a deep inner conflict in the young Brendan and forces a self-examination that is both traumatic and revealing. Events take an unexpected turn and Brendan is thrown into a complete spin. In the emotional vortex, he finally faces up to the truth.

Bridge on the River Kwai, The [1957, UK, USA ] starting from $1.99

It spans a whole new world of entertainment!

Genres: Adventure, Drama, War Actors: William Holden, Jack Hawkins, Alec Guinness, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald, Geoffrey Horne, André Morell, Peter Williams, John Boxer, Percy Herbert, Harold Goodwin, Ann Sears, Heihachiro Okawa, Keiichiro Katsumoto, M.R.B. Chakrabandhu, Directors: David Lean Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   The film deals with the situation of British prisoners of war during World War II who are ordered to build a bridge to accommodate the Burma-Siam railway. Their instinct is to sabotage the bridge but, under the leadership of Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness), they are persuaded that the bridge should be constructed as a symbol of British morale, spirit and dignity in adverse circumstances. At first, the prisoners admire Nicholson when he bravely endures torture rather than compromise his principles for the benefit of the Japanese commandant Saito (Sessue Hayakawa). He is an honorable but arrogant man, who is slowly revealed to be a deluded obsessive. He convinces himself that the bridge is a monument to British character, but actually is a monument to himself, and his insistence on its construction becomes a subtle form of collaboration with the enemy. Unknown to him, the Allies have sent a mission into the jungle, led by Warden (Jack Hawkins) and an American, Shears (William Holden), to blow up the bridge.

Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The [2005, USA ] starting from $1.99

Some journeys take us far from home. Some adventures lead us to our destiny.

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy Actors: Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Tilda Swinton, James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent, Kiran Shah, James Cosmo, Judy McIntosh, Elizabeth Hawthorne, Patrick Kake, Shane Rangi, Brandon Cook, Cassie Cook Directors: Andrew Adamson, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Based on the classic novel by 'CS Lewis' (qv). Four London children are sent to a professor's country home in order for protection during World War II. There they find a magic wardrobe which leads to a mystical land called Narnia, which is being ruled by an evil witch. To defeat the witch, they must join forces with Aslan, the lion God of Narnia.

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind [2002, USA, UK, Germany ] starting from $1.99

Some things are better left top secret

Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller Actors: Rutger Hauer, George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jennifer Rae Westley, Dick Clark, Sam Rockwell, Michelle Sweeney, Drew Barrymore, Chelsea Ceci, Brad Pitt, Michael Cera, Matt Damon, Aimee Rose Ambroziak, Isabelle Blais, Melissa Carter, Jennifer Hall, Ilona Elkin, Sean Tucker, Jaye P. Morgan, Maggie Gyllenhaal, David Julian Hirsh Directors: George Clooney, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" is the story of a legendary showman's double life - television producer by day, CIA assassin by night. At the height of his TV career, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said.

Cry Danger [1951, USA ] starting from $1.99

Powell's on the Prowl!

Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir Actors: Dick Powell, Rhonda Fleming, Richard Erdman, William Conrad, Regis Toomey, Jean Porter, Jay Adler, Joan Banks, Gloria Saunders, Hy Averback, Renny McEvoy, Lou Lubin, Benny Burt, Robert Bice, Ralph Brooks, Directors: Robert Parrish Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   "Rocky" Mulloy is framed for a murder and a holdup he didn't commit and pulls a five year stretch in prison. He is finally pardoned when a friend returns from overseas to corroborate his testimony in court. "Rocky" then goes hunting for the real culprits so this his prison buddy, believed to be innocent, can also be pardoned. Nancy Morgan, wife of his friend, falls in love with him along the way, and he also has a few bullets fired at him by an oily character. "Rocky" finds the guilty party in a place he didn't think about looking.

Curse of the Jade Scorpion, The [2001, Germany, USA ] starting from $1.99

Love stings

Genres: Comedy, Crime, Mystery Actors: John Tormey, John Schuck, Woody Allen, Elizabeth Berkley, Kaili Vernoff, Brian Markinson, Maurice Sonnenberg, John Doumanian, Peter Gerety, Helen Hunt, Kevin Cahoon, Philip Levy, Wallace Shawn, Dan Aykroyd, Vince Giordano Directors: Woody Allen, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   CW Briggs is a veteran insurance investigator, with many successes. Betty Ann Fitzgerald is a new employee in the company he works for, with the task of reorganizing the office. They don't like each other - or at least that's what they think. During a night out with the rest of the office employees, they go to watch Voltan, a magician who secretly hypnotizes both of them, in order to use them for his dirty schemes. The next evening already, Briggs makes his first robbery, and when he wakes up in the morning he has no memory of it. Things get really complicated when he starts investigating the case. Will he be able to uncover... himself?