1940 Movies

Vinski inherits a general store in Ihantala from his aunt, which he starts running with his friend Lapatossu. The friends face fierce competition from...

This film reveals the darker side of human nature, when lust for wealth cause others to suffer. The story is tangled with a tragic yet beautiful roman...

Khairiya is a wealthy girl engaged to her cousin Amin Al-Thara as well. Her family loses this wealth and the girl loses her fiancé, who refused to be...

Two movie actors are conscripted; at the regiments spies are trying to get hold of secret documents.

Edgar starts a trailer vacation with his wife Vivien and father-in-law, but doesn't get far before they are overtaken by two men from the finance comp...

During the war, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother) would often make morale-boosting visits throughout the UK.

This Lone Ranger spoof pits the Lonesome Stranger and his horse Sliver against a gang of Mexican banditos known as the Killer Diller Boys.

How did a beautiful American divorcee get into the bed of her best friend's fiancé right after returning to Budapest?

It all started when the family of a rich farmer, Stanek, moved to a small village and his daughter Liduška fell in love with a poor violinist, Toník....

Shipwrights, plate-fitters and riveters are busy at work in shipyards around Britain, but make time to talk to well-known newsreader, E.V.H. Emmett, a...

Love confusion between a girl and her benefactors.

A Terrytoons cartoon released 8 March 1940.

Kenny Harrington, the star football player of Gilmore College, leads his team to many victories, raising hopes that Gilmore will play in the "Peach Bo...

A timid little puppy suffers from an inferiority complex. But, once he gets away from home however, he has a grand time putting on the tough-dog air w...

This silent film documents a day at Washington School, a Black elementary school located at 1025 Washington, Topeka, Kansas. The film follows each gra...

Laxmi, an "untouchable" woman fights for her community's rights against societal discrimination. She faces personal hardship and resistance from autho...

A film directed by John Hunt

Wartime morale-boosting propaganda short, looking at the greatness of Britain and the efforts of all to preserve her power and integrity.