Movies: Home front

  • 1992
    A League of Their Own

    A League of Their Own (1992)

    A League of Their Own

    7.21992HD

    As America's stock of athletic young men is depleted during World War II, a professional all-female baseball league springs up in the Midwest, funded by publicity-hungry candy maker Walter Harvey. Competitive sisters Dottie Hinson and Kit Keller spar...

    A League of Their Own
  • 1942
    Mrs. Miniver

    Mrs. Miniver (1942)

    Mrs. Miniver

    7.01942HD

    Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charming granddaughter of the local nobility as represented by Lady Beldon. Then the war comes and Vin jo...

    Mrs. Miniver
  • 1944
    A Canterbury Tale

    A Canterbury Tale (1944)

    A Canterbury Tale

    6.81944HD

    Three modern day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town on the way to Canterbury....

    A Canterbury Tale
  • 1949
    Whisky Galore!

    Whisky Galore! (1949)

    Whisky Galore!

    6.81949HD

    Based on a true story. The name of the real ship, that sunk Feb 5 1941 - during WWII - was S/S Politician. Having left Liverpool two days earlier, heading for Jamaica, it sank outside Eriskay, The Outer Hebrides, Scotland, in bad weather, containing ...

    Whisky Galore!
  • 1942
    Went the Day Well?

    Went the Day Well? (1942)

    Went the Day Well?

    7.11942HD

    The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England's radar network in preparation for a full scale German invasion. Once the villagers discover the true identity of the troops, ...

    Went the Day Well?
  • 1984
    Swing Shift

    Swing Shift (1984)

    Swing Shift

    5.71984HD

    In 1941 America, Kay and her husband are happy enough until he enlists after Pearl Harbor. Against his wishes, she takes a job at the local aircraft plant where she meets Hazel, the singer from across the way. The two soon become firm friends and wit...

    Swing Shift
  • 1987
    Hope and Glory

    Hope and Glory (1987)

    Hope and Glory

    6.81987HD

    A middle-aged man recalls his childhood growing up in and around London during World War II....

    Hope and Glory
  • 1943
    Northern Pursuit

    Northern Pursuit (1943)

    Northern Pursuit

    5.91943HD

    Canadian Mountie Steve Wagner captures a German Luftwaffe officer on a spy mission, who later escapes from the prison camp. To catch the spy ring, the Mounties employ a ruse so that the spies, believing Steve to be sympathetic, enlist him in their pl...

    Northern Pursuit
  • 1971
    Dad's Army

    Dad's Army (1971)

    Dad's Army

    4.81971HD

    Dad's Army was a 1971 feature film based on the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army. Directed by Norman Cohen, it was filmed between series three and four and was based upon material from the early episodes of the television series. The film told the st...

    Dad's Army
  • 1944
    Since You Went Away

    Since You Went Away (1944)

    Since You Went Away

    6.51944HD

    In 1943, several people enter, re-enter, and exit the difficult life of a Midwestern family whose patriarch has been called up to war, leaving behind his wife and two teen daughters....

    Since You Went Away
  • 1998
    The Land Girls

    The Land Girls (1998)

    The Land Girls

    6.21998HD

    During World War II, the organisation "The Women's Land Army" recruited women to work on British farms while the men were off to war. Three such "land girls" of different social backgrounds - quiet Stella, young hairdresser Prue, and Cambridge gradua...

    The Land Girls
  • 1962
    The Boys

    The Boys (1962)

    The Boys

    71962HD

    When Continuation War started in Summer 1941, German soldiers arrived to Oulu. With their charm they conquered women and town boys. Finnish boys communicated with them on many levels: had trades, worked as interpreters, rotated business, spied on Ger...

    The Boys
  • 1942
    The War Against Mrs. Hadley

    The War Against Mrs. Hadley (1942)

    The War Against Mrs. Hadley

    4.81942HD

    Wealthy American society matron, Stella Hadley refuses to sacrifice her material comforts to aid the war effort until she realizes that her selfishness is cheating the boys overseas who are fighting for her freedom....

    The War Against Mrs. Hadley
  • 1944
    Pin Up Girl

    Pin Up Girl (1944)

    Pin Up Girl

    6.11944HD

    Glamorous Lorry Jones, the toast of a Missouri military canteen, has become "engaged" to almost every serviceman she's signed her pin-up photo for. Now she's leaving home to go into government service (not, as she fantasizes, to join the USO). On a s...

    Pin Up Girl
  • 1943
    The Lamp Still Burns

    The Lamp Still Burns (1943)

    The Lamp Still Burns

    5.41943HD

    A tribute to the important work of female nurses during World War II....

    The Lamp Still Burns
  • 2001
    Back Home

    Back Home (2001)

    Back Home

    62001HD

    The war in Europe is over, but the one at home has only just begun. The Second World War is ending and throughout Britain, evacuees are returning home to their families - but not the families they remember. Like so many other women, Peggy’s life has ...

    Back Home
  • 1944
    The Ural Front

    The Ural Front (1944)

    The Ural Front

    61944HD

    August 1941. Residents of the Ural town escorted to the front of men. Left alone, women take on the most difficult cases, showing outstanding organizational skills and will. Together with the evacuated plant, refugees arrive in the town. The heroine ...

    The Ural Front
  • 1943
    Kirkastettu sydän

    Kirkastettu sydän (1943)

    Kirkastettu sydän

    4.81943HD

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    Kirkastettu sydän
  • 2011
    The Unknown Woman

    The Unknown Woman (2011)

    The Unknown Woman

    02011HD

    The Unknown Woman is a documentary film scripted and directed by Elina Kivihalme. It depicts the reality of Finnish agriculture and forestry during the war years, when the home front relied entirely upon the work and endurance of the women. All farm ...

    The Unknown Woman