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82
7.8
/80854/
75
/1380/
74
/1088/
4.2
/78573/
85
/146/
79
/1747/
84
/34/

The White Ribbon (2009)
An aged tailor recalls his life as the schoolteacher of a small village in Northern Germany that was struck by a series of strange events in the year leading up to WWI.
poster
Kanopy
79
7.4
/6745/
71
/83/
67
/132/
3.6
/2581/
88
/93/
80
/198/
84
/22/

Séraphine (2008)
The tragic story of French naïve painter Séraphine Louis aka Séraphine de Senlis (1864-1942), a humble servant who becomes a gifted self-taught painter. Discovered by prominent critic and collector William Uhde, she came to prominence between the wars grouped with other naïve painters like Henri Rouseau only to descend into madness and obscurity with the onset of the Great Depression and World War II.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
7.2
/6310/
70
/89/
69
/155/
3.7
/7504/
89
/19/
82
/54/

Two English Girls (1971)
In the early 20th-century, Frenchman Claude meets Englishwoman Ann in Paris. Ann invites him to her family home, intending him for her sister Muriel. Claude falls for Muriel, but families demand year-long separation before approving marriage.
poster
Kanopy
78
7.6
/26394/
75
/688/
76
/584/
3.9
/118728/
82
/34/
87
/328/
75
/14/

Maurice (1987)
After his lover rejects him, Maurice attempts to come to terms with his sexuality within the restrictiveness of Edwardian society.
poster
74
7.3
/11394/
73
/157/
70
/171/
3.7
/6240/
84
/19/
77
/121/
57
/8/

Ragtime (1981)
A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
67
6.7
/1624/
72
/24/
62
/21/
3.4
/484/
69
/13/
59
/4/

Pascali's Island (1988)
1908: Pascali, a spy for the Sultan, sends reports to Istanbul that nobody reads. His suspicions are roused when a British archaeologist appears, who may not be quite what he seems.
poster
Kanopy
65
7.2
/66022/
76
/4102/
72
/1526/
3.4
/31969/
62
/129/
71
/267/
56
/26/
cc age 12+

The Man Who Knew Infinity (2016)
Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.
poster
Disney Plus
63
6.6
/9994/
70
/350/
67
/320/
3.2
/5441/
67
/15/
66
/461/
56
/20/
cc age 8+

Iron Will (1994)
When Will Stoneman's father dies, he is left alone to take care of his mother and their land. Needing money to maintain it, he decides to join a cross country dogsled race. This race will require days of racing for long hours, through harsh weather and terrain. This young man will need a lot of courage and a strong will to complete this race.
poster
Criterion Channel
62
6.2
/2283/
67
/50/
59
/45/
3.4
/2848/
71
/14/
38
/18/

Elena and Her Men (1956)
Set amid the military maneuvers and Quatorze Juillet carnivals of turn-of-the-century France, Jean Renoir’s delirious romantic comedy Elena and her Men stars a radiant Ingrid Bergman as a beautiful, but impoverished, Polish princess who drives men of all stations to fits of desperate love. When Elena elicits the fascination of a famous general, she finds herself at the center of romantic machinations and political scheming, with the hearts of several men—as well as the future of France—in her hands.
poster
Hoopla
60
6.1
/12062/
59
/198/
60
/219/
3.0
/3451/
52
/137/
40
/567/
63
/27/

Chéri (2009)
The son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love.
poster
Criterion Channel
71
57
7.2
/2850/
64
/46/
65
/55/
3.7
/2942/
82
/839/

Young Törless (1966)
At an Austrian boys' boarding school in the early 1900s, shy, intelligent Törless observes the sadistic behavior of his fellow students, doing nothing to help a victimized classmate—until the torture goes too far. Adapted from Robert Musil's acclaimed novel, Young Törless launched the New German Cinema movement and garnered the 1966 Cannes Film Festival International Critics' Prize for first-time director Volker Schlöndorff.
poster
Kanopy
73
56
7.4
/3580/
67
/37/
69
/50/
3.7
/1380/
84
/854/

Colonel Redl (1985)
Set during the fading glory of the Austro-Hungarian empire, the film tells of the rise and fall of Alfred Redl, an ambitious young officer who proceeds up the ladder to become head of the Secret Police only to become ensnared in political deception.
poster
65
55
6.3
/3610/
67
/79/
57
/57/
3.2
/2170/
78
/9/
62
/159/

The Wind in the Willows (1996)
Jailed for his reckless driving, rambunctious Mr. Toad has to escape from prison when his beloved Toad Hall comes under threat from the wily weasels, who plan to build a dog food factory on the very meadow sold to them by Toad himself.
poster
59
53
6.4
/9685/
65
/143/
63
/187/
3.1
/5845/
50
/10/
55
/161/

The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)
An American showgirl becomes entangled in political intrigue when the Prince Regent of a foreign country attempts to seduce her.
poster
72
50
7.5
/2920/
70
/60/
71
/46/
3.6
/1566/

Cutting It Short (1981)
Francin, manager of a small-town brewery, has a charming wife whose abundant blonde locks are an adornment to the town. Maryska looks ethereal but loves meat and beer, while Francin is an ascetic. The strict members of the brewery board of directors come to audit the accounts, but are diverted from concentrating on Francin's detailed reports by Maryska, who has organized a pig-killing feast and is ably assisting the butcher. When she invites the old curmudgeons on the board to enjoy the fresh pork, they are too happy to agree. Francin doesn't know whether he is going to get a permanent contract. To make things worse his brother Pepin - eccentric, noisy and garrulous - turns up on an indefinite visit.
poster
Kanopy
43
5.7
/13281/
61
/660/
58
/293/
2.7
/6237/
18
/80/
36
/77/
39
/18/
cc age 14+

Queen of the Desert (2015)
A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire in the Near and Middle East at the dawn of the twentieth century. Her knowledge of the tribal leaders is used by the British to establish the Kingdoms of Iraq, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
poster
Kanopy
42
5.6
/4428/
57
/146/
53
/118/
2.7
/1439/
32
/41/
29
/39/
22
/6/

Summer in February (2013)
The Newlyn School of artists flourished at the beginning of the 20th Century and the film focuses on the wild and bohemian Lamorna Group, which included Alfred Munnings and Laura and Harold Knight. The incendiary anti-Modernist Munnings, now regarded as one of Britain's most sought-after artists, is at the centre of the complex love triangle, involving aspiring artist Florence Carter-Wood and Gilbert Evans, the land agent in charge of the Lamorna Valley estate. True - and deeply moving - the story is played out against the timeless beauty of the Cornish coast, in the approaching shadow of The Great War.
poster
Criterion Channel
69
40
6.7
/1220/
60
/21/
60
/37/
3.5
/627/
90
/232/

The Grand Manoeuvre (1955)
Armand, a boastful womaniser, makes a bet that he can seduce any girl he wants. He soon crosses paths with a beautiful Parisian divorcee, who is nothing like anyone he has ever met before.
poster
63
38
6.6
/3101/
67
/44/
67
/37/
3.3
/1009/
53
/18/

The Thirty Nine Steps (1978)
The year is 1914 and Richard Hannay, Mining Engineer who is visiting Britain for a short time before returning to South Africa, is shocked when one of his neighbours, Colonel Scudder, bursts into his rooms one night and tells him a story that Prussian 'sleeper' agents are planning to pre-start World War I by murdering a visiting foreign minister. However, Scudder is murdered and Hannay is framed for the death by the 'sleepers'. Fleeing to Scotland Hannay attempts to clear his name and to stop the agents with the aid of Alex Mackenzie but not only is he is chased by Chief Supt Lomas for Scudder's death but by the agents who are headed by Appleton who has managed to hide himself in a high-placed position in the British Government...
poster
Kanopy
42
37
5.8
/4705/
59
/171/
57
/137/
2.6
/2094/
13
/24/
24
/29/
36
/7/

A Promise (2013)
A romantic drama set in Germany just before WWI and centered on a married woman who falls in love with her husband's teacher. Separated by the war, they pledge their devotion to one another.
poster
Kanopy
63
35
6.8
/2181/
60
/18/
65
/27/
3.3
/672/
55
/284/

Summer and Smoke (1961)
In a small Mississippi town in 1916, an eccentric spinster battles her romantic yearnings for the randy boy next door.
poster
72
34
7.7
/1871/
73
/66/
70
/18/
3.5
/1086/

The Long Road to War (2018)
We all learned in schools that the WWI began with the assasination of Franz Ferdinand done by a young Bosnian Gavrilo Princip. In fact, the war was brewing much longer.
poster
Criterion Channel
64
29
6.7
/913/
55
/12/
57
/21/
3.7
/1642/

Loving Couples (1964)
As three pregnant women wait to have their babies in a hospital in Stockholm at the outbreak of the Great War, they relive their childhood and youthful experiences.
poster
64
10
6.7
/315/
57
/4/
62
/13/
3.5
/203/

Nightmares (1979)
Set before the first World War in part of Poland under Austrian occupation, the story of a young boy in primary school who later grows up to become a rebellious, poetic-minded teen in the same school when the national movement toward liberation is under way. The story of a country where church and state work together to suppress the human spirit.
poster
?
6.9
/56/
10
/1/
55
/2/

Espionage (1955)
Oberst Alfred Redl heads the military intelligence department of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Frequent letters from the Russian Empire, however, make him suspect of sharing his knowledge with unauthorized authorities.
poster
64
?
7.1
/192/
51
/6/
53
/9/
3.5
/216/

Paris 1900 (1948)
Nicole Védrès' chronicle of Paris from 1900 to 1914 is brought to life through the use of original material, all authentic, secured from more then 700 films belonging to public and private collections. A few of the celebrities of the time shown are Enrico Caruso, Sarah Bernhardt, and Maurice Chevalier.
poster
?
3.1
/10/
45
/6/

Temptations (1979)
Some years before WWI, art historian and priest Ciril from Ljubljana and his friend Fritz set out on a journey through Italy. Ciril hopes that his doctorate on Italian art would provide him inner peace, thus starting a new life. Emotionally disturbed Fritz, on the other hand, tries to escape everyday life, as well as from commitment he has to his female friend.
poster
?
5.6
/84/
30
/2/
62
/4/

Absences (1987)
A family story of incest, decadence and desolation. Greece, early twentieth century. A bourgeois family is on the verge of breaking up. The mother has abandoned the family, and the father, a retired officer, keeps his three daughters, as well as the illegitimate son of the oldest daughter, confined in the house. After his death, the three sisters live through their personal drama. The eldest, Eleni, imbued with the morals of the time and closely identifying with her father, tries to take his place. The middle one, Maria, representing rebellion, goes off with a captain of the sanitation service, while the youngest, Anna, skating on thin ice through all this, is completely destroyed.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
?
7.0
/85/
63
/10/
26
/3/
78
/2/

Absent (2011)
Documentary on the social pandemic of fatherlessness afflicting today's societies.
poster
?
6.5
/29/
45
/2/
73
/3/

Benito Mussolini (1962)
N/A
poster
?
6.0
/81/
70
/1/
53
/3/

Crimson Dynasty (1935)
Koenigsmark is a 1935 British-French drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Elissa Landi, John Lodge and Pierre Fresnay. The film is based on the novel Koenigsmark by Pierre Benoît. It's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand. The film was known in the United States as Crimson Dynasty.
poster
?
6.2
/17/

Forever After (1926)
A wounded captain recalls his youth, his time at college, and the woman he fell in love with.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
60
?
6.5
/636/
67
/30/
59
/7/
3.1
/209/
50
/9/

The Man Who Saved Christmas (2002)
Alfred Carlton Gilbert invented the Erector Set and is trying to get it onto the toy shelves of the country. A.C. is startled to be summoned to the White House, where top officials ask him to convert the toy factory into a weapons manufacturing company for the duration of the war. "No" is really not an option, for fear of being labeled unpatriotic so the switch is made. Later, government officials ask A.C. to be their spokesman for a campaign to avoid "toy giving" for the coming holidays and buy war bonds instead. With a young son himself, who looks forward to Christmas like any other child, what will A.C. do this time?
poster
56
?
6.4
/534/
57
/4/
61
/11/

The Magic Mountain (1982)
Hans Castorp, fresh from university and about to become a civil engineer, comes to the Sanatorium Berghof in the Swiss Alps to visit his cousin Joachim, an army officer, who is recovering there from tuberculosis. Intending to remain at the Berghof for three weeks, Hans is gradually contaminated by the morbid atmosphere pervading the place. Wishing very much to be considered a patient like the others, he achieves his ends and stays in the sanatorium for ...seven years. During this time, he has enough time to take part in the furious philosophical debates pitting against each other Settembrini, a secular humanist, and Naphta, a totalitarian Jesuit. And to fall in love with the beautiful but enigmatic Clawdia Chauchat. When he is finally discharged in 1914 - along with all the other patients - it is only to plunge into the horrors of World War I.
poster
?
7.6
/102/
40
/2/
35
/2/

Weights and Measures (1973)
Tells of the tribulations of a middle-aged official of the Austro-Hungarian Bureau of Weights and Measures in fighting the local shopkeepers and traders whose weights are frequently light.
poster
59
?
6.1
/127/
70
/2/
50
/2/

Atlantic City (1944)
In 1915, Atlantic City is a sleepy seaside resort, but Brad Taylor, son of a small hotel and vaudeville house proprietor, has big plans: he thinks it can be "the playground of the world." Brad's wheeling and dealing proves remarkably successful in attracting big enterprises and big shows, but brings him little success in personal relationships. Full of nostalgic songs and acts, some with the original artists. Reissued in 1950 as "Atlantic City Honeymoon".
poster
?
6.2
/72/
10
/1/
40
/2/

The Wars (1983)
Robert Ross (Brent Carver) lives a protected adolescence in a well-off Toronto suburb. Secretive and withdrawn, he shares his thoughts only with his sister Rowena (Anne-Marie MacDonald) who is mentally disabled. He feels compassion for his weak and conventional father. He avoids any confrontation with his mother (Martha Henry), a dominating woman whose despondency at having given birth to a handicapped child has turned to bitterness. Rowena occupies a central position in Robert's existence of daydreams and make-believe. When she dies, Robert clashes openly with his family, and decides to take himself in hand. It's 1914. He enrolls in the Canadian army, and, after training in Alberta and Montreal, he finds himself in England and France. The war becomes another way for him to resolve his conflicts, his dramas, his passions--his wars.
poster
?
8.0
/91/
55
/4/

The Confessions of Winifred Wagner (1978)
Hans-Jürgen Syberberg’s epic interview with Winifred Wagner in 1975.
poster
?
7.4
/19/

Gigolo (1926)
The heir to a family business travels to Paris to try to stop his youth-obsessed mother from squandering the family fortune with her new husband, who's married her for her money. After he returns from service in World War I, he finds his mother, now broke and abandoned by her gigolo husband....
poster
55
?
6.7
/250/
40
/6/
62
/16/

Four Flights to Love (1939)
In pre-World Ward I in Paris, a budding artist, Pierre LeBlanc, falls in love and marries Janine, a dressmaker's assistant. Pierre has a flair for designing clothes, and he and his bride live in a blissful paradise, until the war breaks out and he becomes a soldier. Janine dies in childbirth and, no longer desiring to live, Pierre volunteers for a dangerous patrol behind German lines. While recuperating in the hospital from a wound he received on the mission, Pierre spends his time drawing sketches of dresses. He becomes rich and famous after the war. Years later, after devoting himself to his daughter, Pierre seeks a marriage with a girl no older than his daughter. A conflict develops and to ensure his daughter's happiness, Pierre sacrifices his own plans.
poster
42
?
5.7
/327/
36
/3/
33
/3/

Passion (1999)
Passion concentrates on Grainger's unusual relationship with his mother and his sexual peculiarities (especially his obsessive self-flagellation, though homosexuality is also hinted at) which affect his relationship with a woman who comes to love him. It is set mainly in London in 1914, when Grainger's mother Rose was ill (she would later jump to her death in New York, upset by ill-founded rumours of incest with her son).
poster
Amazon Prime Video
54
?
6.2
/487/
56
/3/
49
/8/
50
/1/

Villa Des Roses (2002)
In 1913, a young woman starts work as a maid in a seedy Parisian boarding house full of eccentrics. When she falls in love with one of the guests, she must choose between her son and her new romance.
poster
?
6.6
/17/

Love Me and the World Is Mine (1927)
In Old Vienna in the days prior to The Great War, a beautiful woman, Hannerl, has her choice of two men; the first is a dashing young army officer who can provide blazing romance and little long-time security. The other is an older man, influential in the affairs of Austria, who could provide wealth...and tender devotion. Hannerl thinks about it.


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