Ključna beseda 1940s

Zgodba govori o bančniku Andyju Dufresneju, ki je leta 1947 obsojen umora svoje žene in njenega ljubimca, zaradi česar se znajde v zaporu Shawshank State Prison, izmišljeni kaznilnici v Maineu. Kljub vsem težavam v krutem okolju zapora, ki ga vodi pokvarjeni nadzornik Samuel Norton, zaradi vztrajnosti ne obupa. Andy, ki vseskozi trdi, da je bil po krivem obsojen umora svoje žene, ohrani upanje s pomočjo svoje iznajdljivosti in sojetnika Ellisa Boyda Reddinga, z vzdevkom Red, s katerim postaneta prijatelja. Tako Andy ugotovi, da Red v zapor lahko pretihotapi tudi stvari, ki jih sicer ni moč dobiti in preko njega si priskrbi geološko kladivce, s katerim nato iz različnih kamnov izdeluje šahovske figure.

Zgodba po romanu avtorja Maria Puza prinaša portret vzpona in skorajšnjega padca zločinskega klana s Sicilije, ki v New Yorku gradi imperij in pridobiva vpliv v kriminalnem podzemlju.

Vojna akcija. V glavni vlogi Brad Pitt. April, 1945. Iz zgodovine znan Shermanov tank in njegovih pet mož, ki se bojuje na sovražnikovi črti. Mlad vojak se prvič poda v boj, v samo srce Nacistov

Zgodba spremlja ameriškega znanstvenika J. Roberta Oppenheimerja in njegovo vlogo pri razvoju atomske bombe. Znanstvenika Oppenheimerja je upodobil Cillian Murphy, njegovo ženo Katherine »Kitty« Oppenheimer, ki je biologinja in botaničarka, pa igralka Emily Blunt. Oskarjevec Matt Damon je upodobil generala Leslieja Grovesa ml., direktorja projekta Manhattan, igralec Robert Downey Jr. pa je ustanovni komisar ameriške komisije za jedrsko energijo Lewis Strauss.

1947. Na Madžarskem rojeni judovski arhitekt László Toth prispe v Pensilvanijo v Ameriki, da si tam zgradi novo življenje in upajoč, da se mu kmalu pridruži soproga, ki je obtičala v Vzhodni Evropi. Medtem ko opravlja priložnostna dela, njegov talent prepozna bogati industrialec Harrison Lee Van Buren, ki Lászlu naroči na videz sanjski projekt...

Povojna Japonska je na najnižji točki, ko se pojavi nova kriza v obliki velikanske pošasti, krščene v grozljivi moči atomske bombe.

Resnična zgodba o tajni britanski organizaciji iz druge svetovne vojne: Special Operations Executive. Ustanovil jo je Winston Churchill, njihovi napadi na nemške sile za bojnimi linijami pa so pomagala spremeniti potek vojne in so botrovali nastanku sodobnih "črnih operacij".

Rudolf Höss je komandant v nemški vojski v drugi svetovni vojni. Skupaj z ženo Hedwig in otroki živi v idilični hiši, od katere je neokrnjena narava le korak oddaljena. To je popolno okolje za vzgojo otrok: tam se lahko v miru igrajo, medtem ko mati skrbi za vrt, ob koncu dneva pa se družina zbere pri večerji. Nekaj je pri Hössovih vendarle drugače. Njihovo posestvo meji na koncentracijsko taborišče Auschwitz. A to družine prav nič ne moti pri vsakodnevnih opravilih. Občasni streli, kriki in prah, ki ga prinese iz dimnikov, so samo bežna motnja v ozadju, ob kateri nihče ne trene z očesom.

Medtem ko se svet giblje na robu uničenja, se Dietrich Bonhoeffer pridruži smrtonosni zaroti za atentat na Hitlerja ter tvega svojo vero in usodo, da bi rešil milijone Judov pred genocidom.

Začetek z zavezniško invazijo na Normandijo 6. junija 1944 se pripadniki drugega jurišnega bataljona pod kapitanom Millerjem borijo za nadzor nad plažo. V bojih sta dva brata ubita. Nekoliko prej je v Novi Gvineji ubit tudi tretji brat. Njegova mati, gospa Ryan, naj bi na isti dan prejela tri telegrame smrti. Vodja ameriške vojske George C. Marshall vidi priložnost, da ji olajša trpljenje, ko izve četrtega brata, zasebnika Jamesa Ryana, in se odloči poslati osem mož (kapitan Miller in izbrana skupina iz njegovega bataljona), da jih najde njega in ga vrni v materino hišo.

Leta 1946 v Neaplju mati sprejme težko odločitev in svojega 7-letnega sina pošlje na sever, da bi v okviru povojne pobude za reševanje otrok iz revščine živel pri premožnejši družini, kjer se mu odpre pogled na novo življenje daleč od revščine.

Maj 1940, druga svetovna vojna. Nacisti so zaokrožili francosko pristaniško mesto Dunkirk (Dunkerque), z letaki tamkajšnjim prebivalcem in vojakom napovedujejo njihov na videz brezupen položaj. Zaradi sovražne vojske na eni strani in morja na drugi strani, se zdi, kot da ni možnosti za preživetje. Toda v Veliki Britaniji pripravljajo drzno reševalno akcijo, v uspeh katere sprva verjame zelo malo posameznikov. Kljub temu pa se nekaj pogumnih moških poda v boj, da bi rešili svoje tovariše. Na plažah pred Dunkirkom namreč 400.000 mož čaka na njihovo pomoč. Christopher Nolan je film režiral po lastnem scenariju in ga tudi produciral skupaj z Emmo Thomas. Izvršni producent je Jake Myers.

Resnična zgodba o fotografinji Elizabeth 'Lee' Miller, manekenki, ki je med drugo svetovno vojno postala priznana vojna dopisnica revije Vogue.

Pred nami je tretje nadaljevanje filmske uspešnice Mumija. 2000 let je že minilo, odkar je čarovnica Zi Yuan zloglasnega kitajskega cesarja in njegovo vojsko začarala in spremenila v mumije, ki se še vedno nahajajo v grobnici, globoko pod zemljo. Ko s pomočjo starodavnega diamanta kitajski cesar nenadoma oživi, mu morajo pogumni arheolog Rick O'Connell, njegova žena Evelyn in njun sin Alex preprečiti, da si podredi človeštvo. Ricka in njegovo druščino tako čaka ena najbolj razburljivih pustolovščin v življenju.

Štirje iznajdljivi in pogumni otroci družine Pevensie se vrnejo v pravljično deželo Narnijo, kjer je od njihovega odhoda minilo že 1300 let. Deželi so zavladali okrutni Telmarinci in uničili kraljestvo pravljičnih bitij, zato morajo mladi junaki združiti moči z vročekrvnim princem Kaspijanom, toda zmago v številnih divjih bitkah jim lahko prinese le popolno medsebojno zaupanje.

The Sullivans is an Australian drama television series produced by Crawford Productions which ran on the Nine Network from 1976 until 1983. The series told the story of an average middle-class Melbourne family and the effect World War II had on their lives. It was a consistent ratings success in Australia, and also became popular in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands, Gibraltar and New Zealand.

Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of American soldiers fighting the Germans in France during World War II. The program starred Rick Jason as platoon leader Second Lieutenant Gil Hanley and Vic Morrow as Sergeant "Chip" Saunders.

Seoul 1945 is a 2006 South Korean television series starring Ryu Soo-young, Han Eun-jeong, So Yoo-jin, Kim Ho-jin, and Park Sang-myun. It aired on KBS1 from January 7 to September 10, 2006 on Saturdays and Sundays at 21:30 for 71 episodes. Set around 1945 right after Korea's liberation from Japanese colonial rule when the nation was engulfed by ideological turmoil, the story revolves around the rivalry between Suk-kyoung, a renowned pianist and daughter of a rich pro-Japanese politician, and Hae-kyung, a headstrong servant; both women love Woon-hyuk, whose ambition to become a lawyer gets thwarted due to his political ideology.

The Waltons live their life in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II.

Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as their journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men from paratrooper training in Georgia through the end of the war. As an elite rifle company parachuting into Normandy early on D-Day morning, participants in the Battle of the Bulge, and witness to the horrors of war, the men of Easy knew extraordinary bravery and extraordinary fear - and became the stuff of legend. Based on Stephen E. Ambrose's acclaimed book of the same name.

Set in Shanghai in 1948. A traitor tells information about a high-level CCP undercover and Nationalist secret service tries to find him out.

Track the intertwined real-life stories of three U.S. Marines – Robert Leckie, John Basilone, and Eugene Sledge – across the vast canvas of the Pacific Theater during World War II. A companion piece to the 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers.

Charles Ryder, an agnostic man, becomes involved with members of the Flytes, a Catholic family of aristocrats, over the course of several years between the two world wars.

As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Foyle's War opens in southern England in the year 1940. Later series sees the retired detective working as an MI5 agent operating in the aftermath of the war.

The misadventures of hapless cafe owner René Artois and his escapades with the Resistance in occupied France.

Gyeongseong, 1945. In Seoul's grim era under colonial rule, an entrepreneur and a sleuth fight for survival and face a monster born out of human greed.

It's 1946, and peace has dealt Peggy Carter a serious blow as she finds herself marginalized when the men return home from fighting abroad. Working for the covert SSR (Strategic Scientific Reserve), Peggy must balance doing administrative work and going on secret missions for Howard Stark all while trying to navigate life as a single woman in America, in the wake of losing the love of her life - Steve Rogers.

In post-World War II Hollywood, an ambitious group of aspiring actors and filmmakers will do almost anything to make their showbiz dreams come true.

Homefront is an American television drama series created and produced by Lynn Marie Latham and Bernard Lechowick in association with Warner Bros. Television for ABC. The show was set in the fictional city of River Run, Ohio in 1945, 1946, and 1947. The show's theme song, "Accentuate the Positive", was written by Johnny Mercer and performed by Jack Sheldon. Forty-two episodes were broadcast in the United States over two seasons from 1991 to 1993. TV Guide, Abigail Van Buren, and fans showed determination in getting ABC to continue the show for a third season before it was cancelled.

Gary Sparrow is an ordinary bloke in 1990s Britain, married to the ambitious Yvonne and working as a TV repairman. Then his whole world changes when he stumbles upon a portal to WWII-era London and begins a dual life as an accidental time traveler.

A story about love and its different manifestations, told through the little boy Marcelino in search of his biggest dream: to meet his mother. Inspired by a famous book, the plot takes place in the 1940s.

Screen adaptation of the memoires of Daniel Cordier, a member of the French Resistance and close friend of Resistance leader, Jean Moulin.

Five-part adaptation of Anne Frank's famous wartime diaries in which a young teenager and her family go into hiding from the Nazis in wartime Amsterdam.

The stories of the people of Villeneuve, a fictional subprefecture, in the Jura, in German–occupied France during the Second World War.

World War II drama about covert organisation Lifeline helping allied airmen escape after being shot down in occupied Europe, working with the Resistance and hiding from the Gestapo.