Movies: 1930s

  • 1963
    The Insect Woman

    The Insect Woman (1963)

    The Insect Woman

    7.41963HD

    A woman, Tome, is born to a lower class family in Japan in 1918. The title refers to an insect, repeating its mistakes, as in an infinite circle. Imamura, with this metaphor, introduces the life of Tome, who keeps trying to change her poor life....

    The Insect Woman
  • 1944
    This Happy Breed

    This Happy Breed (1944)

    This Happy Breed

    7.11944HD

    In 1919, Frank Gibbons returns home from army duty and moves into a middle-class row house in the suburbs, bringing with him wife Ethel, carping mother-in-law Mrs. Flint, sister-in-law Sylvia and three children. Years pass, with the daily routine of ...

    This Happy Breed
  • 2004
    A Good Woman

    A Good Woman (2004)

    A Good Woman

    6.32004HD

    Fleeing 1930s New York and leaving behind a chequered past, the giltzy divorcee Mrs Stella Erlynne travels to Italy's sun-dappled Amalfi coast. Mrs Erlynne's appearance causes a stir amongst the visiting aristocracy. Based on the Oscar Wilde play "La...

    A Good Woman
  • 1943
    For Whom the Bell Tolls

    For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)

    For Whom the Bell Tolls

    6.51943HD

    Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil war going on and Jordan—who has joined up on the side that appeals most to idealists of that era—has been given a high-risk assignment up in the mountains....

    For Whom the Bell Tolls
  • 2020
    Six Minutes to Midnight

    Six Minutes to Midnight (2020)

    Six Minutes to Midnight

    6.12020HD

    Summer 1939. Influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English seaside town to learn the language and be ambassadors for a future looking National Socialist. A teacher there sees what is coming and is ...

    Six Minutes to Midnight
  • 1987
    Ironweed

    Ironweed (1987)

    Ironweed

    6.31987HD

    An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his hometown of Albany, New York after returning there for the first time in decades....

    Ironweed
  • 1947
    Monsieur Verdoux

    Monsieur Verdoux (1947)

    Monsieur Verdoux

    7.71947HD

    The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and t...

    Monsieur Verdoux
  • 2018
    Stan & Ollie

    Stan & Ollie (2018)

    Stan & Ollie

    6.92018HD

    With their golden era long behind them, comedy duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy embark on a variety hall tour of Britain and Ireland. Despite the pressures of a hectic schedule, and with the support of their wives Lucille and Ida – a formidable doubl...

    Stan & Ollie
  • 1984
    Places in the Heart

    Places in the Heart (1984)

    Places in the Heart

    7.21984HD

    In 1935 rural Texas, recently widowed Edna Spaulding struggles to survive with two small children, a farm to run, and very little money in the bank - not to mention a deadly tornado and the unwelcome presence of the Ku Klux Klan. Edna is aided by her...

    Places in the Heart
  • 1977
    A Special Day

    A Special Day (1977)

    A Special Day

    8.11977HD

    Two neighbours — a persecuted journalist and a resigned housewife — forge a strong bond on the day of Adolf Hitler's historic 1938 visit to Rome....

    A Special Day
  • 1961
    Pocketful of Miracles

    Pocketful of Miracles (1961)

    Pocketful of Miracles

    7.31961HD

    A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty....

    Pocketful of Miracles
  • 1975
    The Day of the Locust

    The Day of the Locust (1975)

    The Day of the Locust

    6.41975HD

    Hollywood, 1930s. Tod Hackett, a young painter who tries to make his way as an art director in the lurid world of film industry, gets infatuated with his neighbor Faye Greener, an aspiring actress who prefers the life that Homer Simpson, a lone accou...

    The Day of the Locust
  • 1993
    Cabaret

    Cabaret (1993)

    Cabaret

    7.71993HD

    Filmed live from the 1993 revival, Sam Mendes' directorial debut takes place at the Donmar Warehouse in London's West End. Jane Horrocks stars as cabaret girl Sally Bowles, Adam Godley as the bicurious Cliff, and Alan Cumming as the eccentric Emcee. ...

    Cabaret
  • 2016
    Structural Amendment

    Structural Amendment (2016)

    Structural Amendment

    02016HD

    Lucio, a piano teacher who cannot tolerate his loneliness, decides to rebuild his life based on the different ties he forges with his own students....

    Structural Amendment
  • 1976
    Voyage of the Damned

    Voyage of the Damned (1976)

    Voyage of the Damned

    5.91976HD

    A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany in a desperate fight for survival....

    Voyage of the Damned
  • 1981
    Ghost Story

    Ghost Story (1981)

    Ghost Story

    6.01981HD

    Four successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome, 50-year-old secret. When one of Edward Wanderley's twin sons dies in a bizarre accident, the group begins to see a pattern of frightening events developing....

    Ghost Story
  • 1995
    Shanghai Triad

    Shanghai Triad (1995)

    Shanghai Triad

    6.81995HD

    Shanghai, China, 1930. When young Shuisheng arrives from the countryside, his uncle Liushu puts him at the service of Bijou, the mistress of Laoda, supreme boss of the Tang Triad, constantly threatened by his enemies, both those he knows and those lu...

    Shanghai Triad
  • 1997
    Cats Don't Dance

    Cats Don't Dance (1997)

    Cats Don't Dance

    7.21997HD

    An ambitious singing and dancing cat in 1939 Hollywood overcomes several obstacles to fulfill his dream of becoming a movie star....

    Cats Don't Dance
  • 2019
    While at War

    While at War (2019)

    While at War

    7.02019HD

    Salamanca, Spain, 1936. In the early days of the military rebellion that began the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), writer Miguel de Unamuno supports the uprising in the hope that the prevailing political chaos will end. But when the confrontation become...

    While at War
  • 1999
    Tea with Mussolini

    Tea with Mussolini (1999)

    Tea with Mussolini

    6.41999HD

    In 1930s fascist Italy, adolescent Luca just lost his mother. His father, a callous businessman, sends him to be taken care of by British expatriate Mary Wallace. Mary and her cultured friends - including artist Arabella, young widow Elsa, and archae...

    Tea with Mussolini