1940s English-language films

Rachel and the Stranger

Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1948 IMDB Rating: 7

A widowed farmer takes an indentured servant as his new wife, but the arrival of a passing stranger threatens their burgeoning relationship.

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Northwest Passage

Film Age rating: 5 Year: 1940 IMDB Rating: 7

Based on the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends who join Rogers' Rangers, as the legendary elite force engages the enemy during the French and Indian War....

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I Walked with a Zombie

Film Age rating: 7 Year: 1943 IMDB Rating: 7

A nurse in the Caribbean turns to voodoo in hopes of curing her patient, a mindless woman whose husband she's fallen in love with.

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3 Godfathers

Film Age rating: 5 Year: 1948 IMDB Rating: 7

Three outlaws on the run discover a dying woman and her baby. They swear to bring the infant to safety across the desert, even at the risk of their own lives.

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Sands of Iwo Jima

Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1950 IMDB Rating: 7

Haunted by personal demons, Marine Sgt. John Stryker is hated and feared by his men, who see him as a cold-hearted sadist. But when their boots hit the beaches, they begin to understand the reason for...

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Lured

Film Age rating: 6 Year: 1947 IMDB Rating: 7

Sandra Carpenter is a London-based dancer who is distraught to learn that her friend has disappeared. Soon after the disappearance, she's approached by Harley Temple, a police investigator who believe...

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Scott of the Antarctic

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1948 IMDB Rating: 7

The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man to discover the South Pole - only to find that the murderously cold weather and a riv...

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The First of the Few

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1942 IMDB Rating: 7

This 1942 fictionalized biopic chronicles the true story of how two of the most remarkable men in aviation history - visionary Spitfire designer R.J. Mitchell and his test pilot Geoffrey Crisp - desig...

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