Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "post-war"

51. Stromboli (1950)

Approved | 81 min | Drama

Karin, a young woman from the Baltic countries, marries fisherman Antonio to escape from a prison camp. But she cannot get used to the tough life in Antonio's volcano-threatened village, Stromboli.

Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Mario Vitale, Renzo Cesana, Mario Sponzo

Votes: 8,018

52. Beanpole (2019)

Unrated | 130 min | Drama, War

1945, Leningrad. WWII has devastated the city, demolishing its buildings and leaving its citizens in tatters, physically and mentally. Two young women search for meaning and hope in the struggle to rebuild their lives amongst the ruins.

Director: Kantemir Balagov | Stars: Viktoria Miroshnichenko, Vasilisa Perelygina, Andrey Bykov, Igor Shirokov

Votes: 12,299

53. Madadayo (1993)

134 min | Drama

Following World War II, a retired professor approaching his autumn years finds his quality of life drastically reduced in war-torn Tokyo. Denying despair, he pursues writing and celebrates his birthday with his adoring students.

Directors: Akira Kurosawa, Ishirô Honda | Stars: Tatsuo Matsumura, Hisashi Igawa, George Tokoro, Masayuki Yui

Votes: 6,185 | Gross: $0.05M

54. Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future (1987–1988)

Not Rated | 30 min | Action, Sci-Fi

A group of guerrilla fighters battles the evil machine forces that dominate a future Earth.

Stars: Tim Dunigan, Peter MacNeill, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Maurice Dean Wint

Votes: 1,470

55. My Best Fiend (1999)

Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary, Biography

The love-hate relationship between Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski, the deep trust between the director and the actor, and their independently and simultaneously hatched plans to murder one another.

Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Werner Herzog, Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, Eva Mattes

Votes: 12,245 | Gross: $0.10M

56. A Foreign Affair (1948)

Approved | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

In occupied Berlin, an army captain is torn between an ex-Nazi café singer and the U.S. congresswoman investigating her.

Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Jean Arthur, Marlene Dietrich, John Lund, Millard Mitchell

Votes: 8,585

57. Rainbow: The Seven from Compound Two, Cell Six (2010)

TV-MA | 30 min | Animation, Crime, Drama

Set in 1955, the anime follows the story of seven teenagers locked in a reformatory, waiting for a ray of light in a daily hell of suffering and humiliation, focusing especially on how they faced the life once regained freedom.

Stars: Shun Oguri, Romi Park, Takaya Kuroda, Tatsuya Hasome

Votes: 3,010

58. Married Life (2007)

PG-13 | 91 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A 1940s-set drama where an adulterous man plots his wife's death instead of putting her through the humiliation of a divorce.

Director: Ira Sachs | Stars: Chris Cooper, Patricia Clarkson, Rachel McAdams, Annabel Kershaw

Votes: 9,772 | Gross: $1.51M

59. Figures in a Landscape (1970)

R | 110 min | Action, Thriller

Two escapees are on the run in the wilderness of an unspecified country. Wherever they go, they are followed by a menacing black helicopter.

Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: Robert Shaw, Malcolm McDowell, Andy Bradford, Pamela Brown

Votes: 1,705

60. Rats: Night of Terror (1984)

Unrated | 97 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

In a post-apocalyptic earth, where most of humanity lives underground, a group of surface people stumble upon an abandoned lab that was trying to bring life back to the earth's surface, but the place is run over by vicious rats.

Directors: Bruno Mattei, Claudio Fragasso | Stars: Ottaviano Dell'Acqua, Geretta Geretta, Massimo Vanni, Gianni Franco

Votes: 3,197

61. The Man Between (1953)

Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

In post-WW2 Berlin, when travel to the East was still possible, the sister of a British officer from West Berlin is abducted by Communist agents and taken into the Soviet sector where her eventual rescue is arranged by a German smuggler.

Director: Carol Reed | Stars: James Mason, Claire Bloom, Hildegard Knef, Geoffrey Toone

Votes: 2,555

62. Stryker (1983)

R | 86 min | Action, Sci-Fi

The world's water supply has dried up due to some sort of apocalypse. A beautiful woman holds the secret to where one of the last springs being guarded by a group of Amazons. A "Road ... See full summary »

Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Steve Sandor, Andria Savio, William Ostrander, Mike Lane

Votes: 813 | Gross: $1.72M

63. Line of Separation (2015–2018)

92 min | Drama, History

A story of one village in Germany at the end of WW2.

Stars: Johanna Bittenbinder, Jonathan Berlin, Henriette Confurius, Heiner Lauterbach

Votes: 1,344

64. Mother Night (1996)

R | 114 min | Drama, Romance, War

An American spy behind the lines during WWII serves as a Nazi propagandist, a role he cannot escape in his future life as he can never reveal his real role in the war.

Director: Keith Gordon | Stars: Nick Nolte, Sheryl Lee, Tony Robinow, Michael McGill

Votes: 5,605 | Gross: $0.39M

65. Sauna (2008)

Unrated | 83 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

As a 25-year war between Russia and Sweden concludes, two brothers who are part of an effort to outline new border accords become undone by their actions, and their mistreatment of a young woman during their journey.

Director: Antti-Jussi Annila | Stars: Ville Virtanen, Tommi Eronen, Viktor Klimenko, Rain Tolk

Votes: 7,499

66. Gate of Flesh (1964)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama

An injured thief on the run finds sanctuary within a brothel of united, ruthless women.

Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Jô Shishido, Kôji Wada, Yumiko Nogawa, Tomiko Ishii

Votes: 3,395

67. California (1977)

98 min | Drama, Western

After the Civil War, Michael "California" Random, is released from prison and goes to Missouri with his partner William. He is killed by bandits. California decides to return the belongings to his family and help them against outlaws.

Director: Michele Lupo | Stars: Giuliano Gemma, William Berger, Miguel Bosé, Chris Avram

Votes: 706

68. Brighton Rock (1948)

Not Rated | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

In Brighton in 1935, small-time gang leader Pinkie Brown murders a journalist and later desperately tries to cover his tracks but runs into trouble with the police, a few witnesses, and a rival gang.

Director: John Boulting | Stars: Richard Attenborough, Hermione Baddeley, William Hartnell, Harcourt Williams

Votes: 6,847 | Gross: $0.22M

69. This Special Friendship (1964)

Not Rated | 99 min | Drama, Romance

A tale of the tender relationship between a twelve-year-old boy and the upperclassman who is the object of his desire. All set in the rigid atmosphere of a Jesuit-run school.

Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Francis Lacombrade, Didier Haudepin, François Leccia, Dominique Maurin

Votes: 3,051

70. The Parade (2011)

Not Rated | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, History

A homophobic Serbian gangster is forced to make a deal with wedding planner gay activist, to assemble a team which will protect the upcoming Pride Parade in Belgrade, and in exchange his fiancée can get her dream wedding.

Director: Srdjan Dragojevic | Stars: Nikola Kojo, Milos Samolov, Hristina Popovic, Goran Jevtic

Votes: 12,999

71. Act of Violence (1948)

Passed | 82 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller

An embittered, vengeful POW stalks his former commanding officer who betrayed his men's planned escape attempt from a Nazi prison camp.

Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh, Mary Astor

Votes: 5,734

72. Indian Summer (1972)

132 min | Drama, Romance

In Italy, gambler and poetry professor Daniele Dominici arrives in the seaside town of Rimini and is hired to teach for four months at a high school, replacing another teacher. His ... See full summary »

Director: Valerio Zurlini | Stars: Alain Delon, Giancarlo Giannini, Sonia Petrovna, Renato Salvatori

Votes: 2,645

73. Shadow of Fire (2023)

95 min | Drama, History, Mystery

In the black market, a war orphan is confronted with the struggles of people living in the immediate aftermath of WWII.

Director: Shin'ya Tsukamoto | Stars: Shuri, Mirai Moriyama, Ouga Tsukao, Hiroki Kono

Votes: 187

74. Remember the Day (1941)

Passed | 86 min | Drama, Romance, War

Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls him as her student back in 1916 and his relation to Dan Hopkins, the man she married and lost.

Director: Henry King | Stars: Claudette Colbert, John Payne, Shepperd Strudwick, Ann E. Todd

Votes: 634

75. Miracle in Milan (1951)

Not Rated | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

An open-hearted, unrelentingly energetic orphan struggles to make the best of his life on the streets of Milan.

Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Emma Gramatica, Francesco Golisano, Paolo Stoppa, Guglielmo Barnabò

Votes: 8,592

76. Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)

PG-13 | 106 min | Drama, Thriller

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

Director: Darrell Roodt | Stars: Richard Harris, James Earl Jones, Vusi Kunene, Charles S. Dutton

Votes: 2,044 | Gross: $0.68M

77. Room at the Top (2012)

120 min | Drama, Romance

An adaption of John Braine's novel.

Stars: Matthew McNulty, Maxine Peake, Jenna Coleman, Tom Brooke

Votes: 373

78. QB VII (1974)

TV-MA | 390 min | Drama, Mystery

A physician (Sir Anthony Hopkins) sues a novelist (Ben Gazzara) for publishing statements implicating the doctor in Nazi war crimes.

Stars: Ben Gazzara, Anthony Hopkins, Leslie Caron, Dan O'Herlihy

Votes: 881

79. Mädchen in Uniform (1931)

Passed | 87 min | Drama, Romance

At an all-girls boarding school, Manuela falls in love with a teacher, to terrific consequences.

Directors: Leontine Sagan, Carl Froelich | Stars: Dorothea Wieck, Hertha Thiele, Emilia Unda, Hedy Krilla

Votes: 3,771

80. The German Lesson (2019)

125 min | Drama

Siggi is in prison during the post-war period and tasked to write an essay. He remembers that his father was supposed to ban his profession from a friend who was a painter and Siggi was supposed to help him but he rebelled.

Director: Christian Schwochow | Stars: Ulrich Noethen, Tobias Moretti, Levi Eisenblätter, Tom Gronau

Votes: 1,444

81. Town Without Pity (1961)

Approved | 105 min | Crime, Drama

Four American soldiers stationed near a German village face death in the rape of a local girl, and are defended by outside counsel Major Steve Garrett.

Director: Gottfried Reinhardt | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Barbara Rütting, Christine Kaufmann, E.G. Marshall

Votes: 1,988

82. The War at Home (1996)

R | 123 min | Drama

Haunted by his experiences in the Vietnam War, a young man returns home and has trouble adjusting back to civilian life, his family and his stern father.

Director: Emilio Estevez | Stars: Emilio Estevez, Kathy Bates, Martin Sheen, Kimberly Williams-Paisley

Votes: 2,605 | Gross: $0.04M

83. Ruckus (1980)

PG | 93 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A Vietnam veteran passing through a small town is harassed by local bullies but he fights back, using his wartime skills, and triggers a full-scale police manhunt.

Director: Max Kleven | Stars: Dirk Benedict, Linda Blair, Richard Farnsworth, Matt Clark

Votes: 801

84. The Destiny of a Man (1959)

103 min | Drama, War

A Soviet soldier, Andrei Sokolov, has been separated from his family by World War II. Suffering in German captivity, he dreams of meeting his darlings after the victory. But cruel fate turned out otherwise.

Director: Sergey Bondarchuk | Stars: Sergey Bondarchuk, Pavel Boriskin, Zinaida Kirienko, Pavel Volkov

Votes: 3,733

85. Hotel Fear (1978)

92 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A mother and her daughter run a hotel during the late stages of WWII. The mother suddenly dies, and the daughter finds herself alone with her sleazy guests.

Director: Francesco Barilli | Stars: Luc Merenda, Leonora Fani, Francisco Rabal, Jole Fierro

Votes: 936

86. As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (2001)

TV-G | 158 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A German Army officer is captured by the Soviets in World War II and sent to a labor camp in Eastern Siberia. After five years of enormous hardship he escapes, commencing an incredible, arduous, danger-filled journey.

Director: Hardy Martins | Stars: Bernhard Bettermann, Iris Böhm, Anatoliy Kotenyov, Michael Mendl

Votes: 8,111

87. The High Sun (2015)

123 min | Drama, Romance, War

Three different love stories, set in three consecutive decades, in two neighbouring Balkan villages burdened with a long history of inter-ethnic hatred: this is a film about the dangers - and the enduring strength - of forbidden love.

Director: Dalibor Matanic | Stars: Tihana Lazovic, Goran Markovic, Nives Ivankovic, Dado Cosic

Votes: 3,740

88. Street of Shame (1956)

Not Rated | 86 min | Drama

The personal tales of various prostitutes who occupy a brothel.

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Machiko Kyô, Aiko Mimasu, Ayako Wakao, Michiyo Kogure

Votes: 4,897

89. The Children's Train (2024)

Drama, History | Post-production

A seven-year-old boy named Amerigo who in 1946 leaves his impoverished family in Naples and gets on a train to go live with a wealthier family in the north as part of a postwar initiative to rescue children from poverty.

Director: Cristina Comencini | Stars: Stefano Accorsi, Barbara Ronchi, Francesco Di Leva, Serena Rossi

90. The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed (1979)

372 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

In post-war Moscow, two dissimilar police detectives follow the trail of a ruthless gang.

Stars: Vladimir Vysotskiy, Vladimir Konkin, Sergey Yurskiy, Aleksandr Belyavskiy

Votes: 5,066

91. Tokyo Twilight (1957)

Not Rated | 140 min | Drama

Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot take the truth of being abandoned as a child.

Director: Yasujirô Ozu | Stars: Setsuko Hara, Ineko Arima, Chishû Ryû, Isuzu Yamada

Votes: 4,987

92. Backfire (1987)

R | 90 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Disgruntled wife cheats on her well off husband, who's been suffering from PTSD ever since he came home from the Vietnam War. After an incident he ends up in a catatonic state. Soon, she begins to suspect that someone is after her.

Director: Gilbert Cates | Stars: Karen Allen, Keith Carradine, Jeff Fahey, Bernie Casey

Votes: 734

93. Citizen Gangster (2011)

Not Rated | 105 min | Crime, Drama

WWII vet Eddie Boyd is torn between providing for his young family and an unfulfilled dream of becoming a Hollywood star. He discovers a way to do both, but his dream leads him down a path of danger and tragedy.

Director: Nathan Morlando | Stars: Scott Speedman, Kelly Reilly, Kevin Durand, Joseph Cross

Votes: 4,602

94. My Gun Is Quick (1957)

Approved | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Private eye Mike Hammer passes over beautiful women and corpses to find stolen jewels.

Directors: Victor Saville, George White | Stars: Robert Bray, Whitney Blake, Donald Randolph, Richard Garland

Votes: 763

95. Broken Lullaby (1932)

Approved | 76 min | Drama

French soldier travels to Germany to find a family of a man he killed during World War I.

Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Nancy Carroll, Phillips Holmes, Louise Carter

Votes: 1,542 | Gross: $1.78M

96. Grey Wolf: Hitler's Escape to Argentina (2012)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Drama, History

Adolf Hitler the biggest criminal in history escaped from the ruins of Berlin and fled with his pregnant girlfriend Eva Braun to a life in the depths of Patagonia, Argentina where he died in 1962.

Director: Gerrard Williams | Stars: Dante Venesio, Maria Heller, Martin Gianola, Pietro Gian

Votes: 344

97. Under Ninja (2023)

TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

The story of a lower-class ninja assigned to a high-class mission.

Stars: Asami Seto, Rie Kugimiya, Atsumi Tanezaki, Daiki Yamashita

Votes: 296

98. Three Seasons (1999)

PG-13 | 104 min | Drama

Although the hearts and goals and desires are different for everyone in a culturally-shifting Ho Chi Minh City, the stories of four separate individuals paint a vivid picture of the past, present, and future of a city eking into a new era.

Director: Tony Bui | Stars: Ngoc Hiep Nguyen, Ngoc Minh, Phat Trieu Hoang, Diem Kieu

Votes: 3,305 | Gross: $2.02M

99. I'm All Right Jack (1959)

Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy

A naive aristocrat in search of a career becomes caught up in the struggles between his profit-minded uncle and an aggressive labor union.

Director: John Boulting | Stars: Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough

Votes: 4,383

100. The Big Night (1959)

95 min | Crime, Drama

In Rome, small-time thieves Scinttilone and Ruggeretto steal four rifles and catch prostitutes Anna and Supplizia on the street to mislead the police. They seek the jobber Mosciarella, but ... See full summary »

Director: Mauro Bolognini | Stars: Rosanna Schiaffino, Elsa Martinelli, Laurent Terzieff, Jean-Claude Brialy

Votes: 726