1940

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows 1940

poster I'm in the Army Now
I'm in the Army Now
(3.0/5)
6mn - Animation, Comedy
Olive tells Popeye and Bluto that she loves a man in a uniform, so they try to sign up at the recruiting station - that can only take one of them.
poster The Town Went Wild
The Town Went Wild
(2.9/5)
77mn - Comedy, Romance
Comedy concerning two feuding fathers dealing with the shocking news that their sons were switched at birth, meaning that one of their daughters is about to marry her own brother.
poster The Midnight Limited
The Midnight Limited
(2.7/5)
0mn - Action, Adventure, Mystery
poster A Bridge Too Far
A Bridge Too Far
(3.7/5)
175mn - Drama, History, War
The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland allowing access over the Rhine into Germany. A …
poster What's the World Coming To?
What's the World Coming To?
21mn - Comedy
Short comedy which posits that in a hundred years men's styles will revert to Regency garb, and that there will be a complete gender role reversal, with husband Clyde Cook staying home alone while wife Ka…
poster Gung Ho!
Gung Ho!
(3/5)
88mn - Action, Adventure, Drama
A true-life epic that revolves around an exclusive bataillon of the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II, "Carlson's Raiders," whose assignment is to take control of a South Pacific island once possessed…
poster The False Faces
The False Faces
(3/5)
76mn - Action, War
During World War I, a professional thief known as The Lone Wolf is assigned to steal a cylinder with important information from behind the German lines and bring it to Allied intelligence headquarters. Ho…
poster Always Goodbye
Always Goodbye
(3.4/5)
75mn - Comedy, Drama, Romance
Following the death of her fiancé, Margot Weston is left pregnant and unmarried. Former doctor Jim Howard helps the desperate Margot. When her son is born, Jim helps her find a home for the baby with Phil…
poster Half Shot at Sunrise
Half Shot at Sunrise
(3.0/5)
78mn - Comedy
Two soldiers go absent without leave in Paris during World War I.
poster Waterloo
Waterloo
(3.7/5)
257mn - History, Action, Drama
After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the French Army to defect from the King back to him. The b…
poster Cry for Happy
Cry for Happy
(2.9/5)
110mn - Romance, Comedy
Army photographers on leave in Japan take over a geisha house.
poster From Morn to Midnight
From Morn to Midnight
72mn - Crime, Comedy
A cashier in a bank in a small German town is alerted to the power of money by the visit of a rich Italian lady. He embezzles 60,000 Marks and leaves for the capital city, where he attempts to find satisf…
poster The Mighty
The Mighty
(3.3/5)
72mn - Action, Drama, Crime
A hardened gangster's life transforms when he's drafted into World War I, rising from mob enforcer to decorated war hero. Upon returning home, he must honor a dying promise to a fallen comrade while accep…
poster Me and Marlborough
Me and Marlborough
(3.0/5)
84mn - Comedy, Romance
A woman disguises herself in men's clothes in order to follow her husband to the wars.
poster Mr. Imperium
Mr. Imperium
87mn - Music, Drama, Romance
A pretty singer/dancer is becoming an actress whereas the playboy crown prince is becoming a monarch. Each will have their clandestine romance interfered with by their changing circumstances.
poster Bowery at Midnight
Bowery at Midnight
(2.7/5)
61mn - Comedy, Crime, Horror
A seemingly charitable soup kitchen operator (who moonlights as a criminology professor) uses his Bowery mission as a front for his criminal gang. Police attempt to close in on the gang as they commit a s…
poster Children of Troubled Times
Children of Troubled Times
(2.8/5)
92mn - Drama
The young poet Xin Baihe flees Shanghai with his friend, Liang. Liang soon joins the resistance against the Japanese invaders, but Xin chooses to pursue a relationship with a glamorous and westernized wid…
poster Highway Dragnet
Highway Dragnet
70mn - Crime, Drama, Thriller
A wrongly accused Korean War veteran flees from a murder charge and hitches a ride with a female photographer and her model, but as the police dragnet closes in across the desert highways, dangerous secre…
poster Beyond Tomorrow
Beyond Tomorrow
(3.3/5)
84mn - Fantasy, Drama, Romance
The ghosts of three elderly industrialists killed in an airplane crash return to Earth to help reunite a young couple whom they initially brought together.
poster The Pay-Off
The Pay-Off
(2.8/5)
70mn - Drama, Crime
A thug robs a young engaged couple of their last few dollars. When the thug's gang boss hears of the robbery, he gives them back their money and takes them under his wing. The thug, resentful of the coupl…
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