Movie List for "1940"

A Dead Dame in Hollywood (2018)

In the seedy world of 1940s Los Angeles, Private Detective Stone Evergreen investigates the suspicious suicide of a young actress. Year 2018.

Generes: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Director: Shawn Schminke
Writer: Shawn Schminke
Actors: Alan Maxson, Allie Rivera, Noel Jason Scott, Breeanna Judy

The Biscuit Eater (1972)

In this touching adventure, a remake of the popular 1940 film, two Georgia boys ignore their racial differences to team up and befriend a feral bird dog, whom they train to participate in a field trials. Year 1972.

Generes: Drama, Family
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: James Street (story), Lawrence Edward Watkin
Actors: Earl Holliman, Pat Crowley, Lew Ayres, Godfrey Cambridge

Submission (1976)

1940 France just before the great invasion. Eliane is a pharmacist who is married to her dull husband and has a teenage daughter. Eliane is an attractive woman who has let her passion fall … Year 1976.

Generes: Drama, War
Director: Salvatore Samperi
Writer: Ottavio Jemma (screenplay), Salvatore Samperi (screenplay & story)
Actors: Franco Nero, Lisa Gastoni, Raymond Pellegrin, Andréa Ferréol

Fancy Dancing (2002)

Thirty year old Torontonian Asa Gemmill loves movie musicals of the 1930s and 1940s, especially little known Canadian movies starring Mar Stoddart, who he views as the Canadian Fred Astaire… Year 2002.

Generes: Comedy, Musical
Director: Brock Simpson
Writer: Brock Simpson (screenplay)
Actors: Jason Priestley, Tanya Allen, Ewen Bremner, Dave Thomas

The Tramp and the Dictator (2002)

A look at the parallel lives of Charles Chaplin and Adolf Hitler and how they crossed with the creation of The Great Dictator (1940). Year 2002.

Generes: Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Kevin Brownlow, Michael Kloft
Writer: Kevin Brownlow (narration), Christopher Bird (narration)
Actors: Kenneth Branagh, Sydney Chaplin

My Dog Skip (2000)

A shy boy grows up in 1940s Mississippi with the help of his beloved dog, Skip. Year 2000.

Generes: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Director: Jay Russell
Writer: Willie Morris (book), Gail Gilchriest (screenplay)
Actors: Luke Wilson, Frankie Muniz, Kevin Bacon, Diane Lane

A Star for Two (1991)

Teenage lovers in the 1940s are separated by World War II and then later reunited in the 1980s, but encounter new complications when they try to rekindle their relationship.. Year 1991.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: Jim Kaufman
Writer: Christian Bel, Jim Kaufman
Actors: Lauren Bacall, Anthony Quinn, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Lila Kedrova