Films and TV Shows from the 1940s

poster Roses Are Red
Roses Are Red
(3.1/5)
67mn - Drama, Crime
A crooked crime boss tries to put a crony into office.
poster Jungle Book
Jungle Book
(3.4/5)
108mn - Action, Adventure, Family
A young boy raised by wolves in the Indian jungle must navigate the dangers of the wild and the greed of humans when he returns to civilization.
poster Blackmail
Blackmail
(2.9/5)
67mn - Action, Crime, Romance
A private detective is offered a job protecting a rich business man from suspected blackmail. Before he can accept the case a murder is uncovered.
poster My Dear Secretary
My Dear Secretary
(2.9/5)
94mn - Drama, Romance
Aspiring writer Stephanie Gaylord thinks she's landed the perfect job as secretary to bestselling novelist Owen Waterbury, but her dreams quickly turn to frustration when she discovers her boss is more in…
poster The Great Flamarion
The Great Flamarion
(3.3/5)
78mn - Crime, Drama, Mystery
A beautiful but unscrupulous female performer manipulates all the men in her life in order to achieve her aims.
poster Behind Locked Doors
Behind Locked Doors
(3.3/5)
62mn - Drama, Crime, Thriller
Behind the locked doors of a mental institution resides crooked politico Judge Drake, free from prosecution so long as he pretends to be crazy. To get the goods on Drake, private detective Ross Stewart ha…
poster Hollow Triumph
Hollow Triumph
(3.4/5)
83mn - Thriller, Crime
Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.
poster Lady Gangster
Lady Gangster
(2.9/5)
62mn - Crime, Drama
An actress gets involved with a criminal gang and winds up taking the rap for a $40,000 bank robbery. Before being sent to prison, she steals the money from her partners and hides it, thinking to use it a…
poster The Web
The Web
(3.6/5)
87mn - Thriller, Drama
A brash young lawyer takes a short-term, high-paying job as bodyguard for a slick business exec being threatened by a former partner, and quickly realizes he may be in over his head.
poster Somewhere in the Night
Somewhere in the Night
(3.6/5)
110mn - Drama, Thriller, Crime
George Taylor returns from WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, while trying to track down his old identity, he stumbles onto a three year old murder case and a hunt for a missing $2 million.
poster Macbeth
Macbeth
(3.7/5)
92mn - Drama
Driven by a witch's prophecy and his wife's ambition, a Scottish general murders his king to take the throne, only to be consumed by guilt and paranoia.
poster The House on 92nd Street
The House on 92nd Street
(3.4/5)
88mn - Drama, Action, Thriller
The US Government tries to track down embedded Nazi agents in the States.
poster Port of New York
Port of New York
(3/5)
82mn - Crime
Two narcotics agents go after a gang of murderous drug dealers who use ships docking at the New York harbor to smuggle in their contraband.
poster That Uncertain Feeling
That Uncertain Feeling
(3.3/5)
84mn - Comedy, Romance
A happily married woman sees a psychoanalyst and develops doubts about her husband.
poster Lady of Burlesque
Lady of Burlesque
(3.2/5)
91mn - Comedy, Music, Mystery
When a series of shocking murders rocks a New York City burlesque theater, ambitious performer Dixie Daisy must uncover the killer lurking behind the curtain before she becomes the next victim.
poster Our Town
Our Town
(3.3/5)
90mn - Drama, Romance
In the quiet New Hampshire town of Grover's Corners, young love blooms between Emily Webb and George Gibbs as they navigate the timeless rhythms of small-town life. But when tragedy strikes and Emily dies…
poster That Hamilton Woman
That Hamilton Woman
(3.6/5)
125mn - Drama, History, Romance
The story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir William Hamilton and Admiral Horatio Nelson and her rise and fall, set during the Napoleonic Wars.
poster Second Chorus
Second Chorus
(2.9/5)
84mn - Comedy, Romance, Music
Two rival trumpeters in a college band sabotage each other at every turn while competing for the affections of their beautiful new manager Ellen Miller. When both men pursue spots in Artie Shaw's prestigi…
poster The Exile
The Exile
(3.4/5)
95mn - Adventure, Romance
In 17th-century England, Charles II, the rightful heir to the kingdom, is driven from his country by militants working for rogue leader Oliver Cromwell. Charles ends up in the Netherlands, where he falls …
poster Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
(3.5/5)
68mn - Crime, Drama, Mystery
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate a series of murders at Musgrave Manor, where a strange family ritual holds the key to a centuries-old puzzle.