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This Above All

This Above All

This Above All
IMDb: 6.6
110

In 1940 England, aristocratic Prudence Cathaway alarms her snobbish parents by joining the WAF service branch. She soon meets and falls in love with the brooding Clive Briggs, despite his…

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
IMDb: 6.4
65

England, at the start of World War Two. Mysterious wireless broadcasts, apparently from Nazi Germany are heard over the BBC. They warn of acts of terror in England, just before…

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
IMDb: 6.5
68

In the midst of World War II, Sherlock Holmes rescues the Swiss inventor of a new bomb-sight from the Gestapo and brings him to England, where he quickly falls into…

Roxie Hart

Roxie Hart

Roxie Hart
IMDb: 6.9
72

A café in Chicago, 1942. On a rainy night, veteran reporter Homer Howard tells an increasing audience the story of Roxie Hart and the crime she was judged for in…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Journey for Margaret

Journey for Margaret

Journey for Margaret
IMDb: 7.3
81

An American newspaperman and his wife, end up in London after several retreats in the opening days of WWII. After a shrapnel wound and loss of her baby she returns…

Genre: Drama, War
Suspicion

Suspicion

Suspicion
IMDb: 7.2
99

A sheltered heiress falls for a charming playboy and elopes with him, but soon discovers his gambling vice and mounting debts. As his lies deepen and those around them meet…

The Chocolate Soldier

The Chocolate Soldier

The Chocolate Soldier
IMDb: 6
102

Maria and Karl Lang are the singing duo of Vienna. Maria is very flirtatious and Karl very jealous. Karl decides to masquerade as a Russian guardsman and attempts to make…

Genre: Music
Susan and God

Susan and God

Susan and God
IMDb: 5.9
117

A flighty socialite neglects her family to promote a new religious group.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Rebecca

Rebecca

Rebecca
IMDb: 8.1
130

Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several…

Play Girl

Play Girl

Play Girl
IMDb: 6.3
77

When a gold digger starts to get a little old to ply her trade, she teaches a younger woman all her tricks.

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Lillian Russell

Lillian Russell

Lillian Russell
IMDb: 6.4
127

Alice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star.

Genre: Drama, Music
A Dispatch from Reuters

A Dispatch from Reuters

A Dispatch from Reuters
IMDb: 6.9
90

German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency.

Genre: Drama, History
The Blue Bird

The Blue Bird

The Blue Bird
IMDb: 6.2
88

Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the fairy Berylune. On their journey, they’re accompanied by the anthropomorphized…

Suez

Suez

Suez
IMDb: 6.6
104

Ferdinand de Lesseps, disappointed in love, is sent as a junior diplomat to the Isthmus of Suez, and realizes it’s just the place for a canal.

The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles
IMDb: 7.4
80

When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.

Becky Sharp

Becky Sharp

Becky Sharp
IMDb: 5.8
84

In early 19th century England, ambitious and ruthless orphan Rebecca Sharp advances from the position of governess to the heights of British society. The first feature length film to use…

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
IMDb: 6.8
96

A well-established tale of a long-running feud between two mountain clans.

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
IMDb: 6.4
98

A chic American jewel thief falls in love with one of her marks, an English lord.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Under Two Flags

Under Two Flags

Under Two Flags
IMDb: 6.4
98

Sergeant Victor comes to the French Foreign Legion after taking the blame for his brother’s crime. Cigarette falls in love with him though Major Doyle is in love with her….

The Charge of the Light Brigade

The Charge of the Light Brigade

The Charge of the Light Brigade
IMDb: 7
111

In 1853, as the British and Russian empires compete to gain and maintain their place in the dreadful Great Game of political intrigues and alliances whose greatest prize is the…

Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
She

She

She
IMDb: 6.4
101

Leo Vincey, told by his dying uncle of a lost land visited 500 years ago by his ancestor, heads out with family friend Horace Holly to try to discover the…

Thunder in the City

Thunder in the City

Thunder in the City
IMDb: 6.1
87

A visiting American engages in a bold business promotion, the likes of which the British have not seen.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
IMDb: 7.2
85

Having once again avoided criminal conviction, Professor Moriarity develops a murderous plan to “finish off” his last major nemesis, Sherlock Holmes, by making him fail to prevent the perfect crime….

The Scarlet Pimpernel

The Scarlet Pimpernel

The Scarlet Pimpernel
IMDb: 7.3
97

18th century English aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney leads a double life. He appears to be merely the effete aristocrat, but in reality is part of an underground effort to free…

Genre: Adventure, Drama
Treasure Island

Treasure Island

Treasure Island
IMDb: 7.1
103

In this early film adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, young Jim Hawkins is caught up with the pirate Long John Silver in search of buccaneer Captain…

Genre: Adventure, Family
The White Angel

The White Angel

The White Angel
IMDb: 6.6
92

In Victorian England, Florence Nightingale’s heroic measures slowly change the attitude towards nurses when it was considered a disreputable profession.

Genre: Drama
Jalna

Jalna

Jalna
IMDb: 6.1
78

A young poet, accompanied by his new bride, returns home to his large family at their Canadian farm.

Genre: Drama, Romance