1940s - Story Timelines
1,197 Movies and TV Series
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The Haunting
― Dr. Markway, doing research to prove the existence of ghosts, investigates Hill House, a large, eeri..
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Tora! Tora! Tora!
― In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos ..
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Radio Days
― The Narrator (Woody Allen) tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In..
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Take The Money And Run
― The life and times of Virgil Starkwell, inept bank robber...
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Memphis Belle
― The "Memphis Belle" is a World War II bomber, piloted by a young crew on dangerous bombing raids int..
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Bugsy
― New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. A sharp-dressing wo..
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The Conformist
― A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of h..
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'Allo 'Allo
― 'Allo 'Allo! is a British sitcom broadcast on BBC One from 1982 to 1992 comprising eighty-five episo..
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The Way We Were
― Two desperate people have a wonderful romance, but their political views and convictions drive them ..
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Battle of Britain
― In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for contro..
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Catch-22
― A bombardier in World War II tries desperately to escape the insanity of the war. However, sometimes..
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The Final Countdown
― In 1980, the US Navy's most powerful warship, the USS Nimitz, is caught in a storm during routine ma..
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Europa
― An American, Leopold Kessler, goes to post-war Germany in 1945 to work as a railroad conductor for t..
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The Eagle Has Landed
― When the Nazi high command learns in late 1943 that Winston Churchill will be spending time at a cou..
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The Big Red One
― A veteran sergeant of the World War I leads a squad in World War II, always in the company of the su..
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Midway
― This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a tu..
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New York, New York
― An egotistical saxophone player and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and ro..
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The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
― The multigenerational saga of the rise and fall of the Corleone crime family...
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To Live
― Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy lan..
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Biloxi Blues
― During the Second World War, Eugene enlists in the US Army during the last year of the War and is se..