Drama Movies

A Man Betrayed (1941)

A Man Betrayed (1941)

A Man Betrayed (1941)
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82

Bucolic lawyer John Wayne takes on big-city corruption in A Man Betrayed. He sets out to prove that an above-suspicion politician (Edward Ellis) is actually a crook. The price of…

Rage in Heaven (1941)

Rage in Heaven (1941)

Rage in Heaven (1941)
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85

A jealous man frames his wife’s suspected lover for murder.

Genre: Drama, Thriller
So Ends Our Night (1941)

So Ends Our Night (1941)

So Ends Our Night (1941)
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117

An anti-Nazi refugee on the run and a young Jewish couple race across Europe trying to escape Hitler’s ever powerful influence.

Genre: Drama, War
Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941)

Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941)

Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941)
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95

Ella Bishop is an inhibited girl whose frustrations grow as she approaches womanhood. As a women, her ambitions to teach cause her to lose her only opportunity for true love….

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Nice Girl? (1941)

Nice Girl? (1941)

Nice Girl? (1941)
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91

Jane is a nice girl and has had her eyes on a young man who seems more interested in his hand-built car than in Jane. She decides to shed her…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Tobacco Road (1941)

Tobacco Road (1941)

Tobacco Road (1941)
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84

Shiftless Jeeter Lester and his family of sharecroppers live in rural Georgia where their ancestors were once wealthy planters. Their slapstick existence is threatened by a bank’s plans to take…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Hell of Angels (1941)

Hell of Angels (1941)

Hell of Angels (1941)
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96

Abandoned children, left to their own devices and a life of danger, are adopted by a kind man.

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Genre: Drama
Back Street (1941)

Back Street (1941)

Back Street (1941)
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89

Previously filmed in 1932, and remade a third time in 1961, this second film version of Fannie Hurst’s novel stars Margaret Sullavan as a fashion designer in love with a…

Genre: Drama
Freedom Radio (1941)

Freedom Radio (1941)

Freedom Radio (1941)
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95

Hitler’s doctor is gradually realising that the Nazi regime isn’t as good as it pretends to be when his friends start to “disappear” into the camps. His wife is courted…

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Genre: Drama, War
The Face Behind the Mask (1941)

The Face Behind the Mask (1941)

The Face Behind the Mask (1941)
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69

A sweet, enthusiastic, newly-arrived American immigrant from Hungary is forced to turn to a life of crime after his face is badly disfigured in a hotel fire.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror
Maisie Was a Lady (1941)

Maisie Was a Lady (1941)

Maisie Was a Lady (1941)
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79

Showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself once again out of work. She meets a wealthy playboy who hires her to be his family’s new maid. Maisie soon finds herself trying to…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
The Case of the Black Parrot (1941)

The Case of the Black Parrot (1941)

The Case of the Black Parrot (1941)
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60

Sandy Vantine and her uncle, Paul Vantine, return from Europe with an antique cabinet purchased during their trip. Jim Moore, a reporter who had met Sandy and fallen for her…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Request Concert (1940)

Request Concert (1940)

Request Concert (1940)
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101

The young, attractive Inge Wagner becomes acquainted with Herbert Koch during the Berlin Olympics, his flight officer insignia having first caught her eye. Sparks fly immediately between the two and…

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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Flight Command (1940)

Flight Command (1940)

Flight Command (1940)
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116

A rookie flyer, Ens. Alan Drake, joins the famous Hellcats Squadron right out of flight school in Pensacola. He doesn’t make a great first impression when he is forced to…

Genre: Drama, War
Chad Hanna (1940)

Chad Hanna (1940)

Chad Hanna (1940)
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86

Country boy joins a circus in the 1840s and falls in love with the bare-back rider. Later he falls in love with another circus runaway.

The Well-Digger’s Daughter (1940)

The Well-Digger’s Daughter (1940)

The Well-Digger’s Daughter (1940)
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142

A rural maiden’s two suitors go off to war, leaving her pregnant.

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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
The Son of Monte Cristo (1940)

The Son of Monte Cristo (1940)

The Son of Monte Cristo (1940)
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102

Rightful owner of the kingdom, the Duchess of Zona, is engaged in a power struggle with the evil General Gurko. Edmond, the son of Monte Cristo, dons many disguises to…

East of the River (1940)

East of the River (1940)

East of the River (1940)
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74

Two troublesome boys grow into very different men, one becoming a hoodlum and the other embracing college but both are in-love with the same girl.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Her Second Mother (1940)

Her Second Mother (1940)

Her Second Mother (1940)
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89

A young woman tries to repay her adoptive parents’ kindness by shielding their biological child, who has gotten involved with an embezzler, from the police.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Bitter Sweet (1940)

Bitter Sweet (1940)

Bitter Sweet (1940)
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94

A woman runs away with her music teacher in order to escape an arranged marriage, but they struggle to make ends meet.

Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Arise My Love (1940)

Arise My Love (1940)

Arise My Love (1940)
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110

A dashing pilot and a vivacious reporter have romantic and dramatic adventures in Europe as World War II begins.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
A Dispatch from Reuters (1940)

A Dispatch from Reuters (1940)

A Dispatch from Reuters (1940)
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90

German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency.

Genre: Drama, History
They Knew What They Wanted (1940)

They Knew What They Wanted (1940)

They Knew What They Wanted (1940)
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96

While courting a young woman by mail, a rich farmer sends a photograph of his foreman instead of his own, which leads to complications when she accepts his marriage proposal.

Genre: Drama, Romance
Down Argentine Way (1940)

Down Argentine Way (1940)

Down Argentine Way (1940)
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89

The story—in which an American heiress on holiday in South America falls in love with an Argentine horse breeder against the wishes of their families—takes a backseat to the spectacular…

Knute Rockne All American (1940)

Knute Rockne All American (1940)

Knute Rockne All American (1940)
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98

The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.

Genre: Drama
Angels Over Broadway (1940)

Angels Over Broadway (1940)

Angels Over Broadway (1940)
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79

Small-time businessman Charles Engle is threatened with exposure for embezzling $3,000 for his free-spending wife. Deciding on suicide, he scribbles a note, stuffs it in his pocket and goes for…

Genre: Crime, Drama
City for Conquest (1940)

City for Conquest (1940)

City for Conquest (1940)
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104

The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York City. When Peggy, hoping for something…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
I’m Still Alive (1940)

I’m Still Alive (1940)

I’m Still Alive (1940)
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72

Hollywood stuntman falls in love with a big name actress but still wants to pursue his risky career. The women gives him a choice-the stunts or her. He chooses the…

The Howards of Virginia (1940)

The Howards of Virginia (1940)

The Howards of Virginia (1940)
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116

Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she marries down-to-earth surveyor Matt Howard. Matt joins the Colonial forces in their fight for freedom against England….

Genre: Drama, History, War
Men Against the Sky (1940)

Men Against the Sky (1940)

Men Against the Sky (1940)
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75

A draftswoman, the sister of an aging, alcoholic pilot, secretly uses her brother’s ideas to solve design problems for an experimental military plane in an attempt to save the company…

Genre: Drama
Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940)

Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940)

Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940)
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79

A young doctor gives up big-city success to help his father set up a small-town clinic.

Genre: Drama
Night Train to Munich (1940)

Night Train to Munich (1940)

Night Train to Munich (1940)
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96

Czechoslovakia, March 1939, on the eve of World War II. As the German invaders occupy Prague, inventor Axel Bomasch manages to flee and reach England; but those who need to…

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Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Dance Girl Dance (1940)

Dance Girl Dance (1940)

Dance Girl Dance (1940)
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90

Judy O’Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash mantrap who leaves the struggling troupe for a career in burlesque. When…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Boom Town (1940)

Boom Town (1940)

Boom Town (1940)
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119

Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman. McMasters and Sand come to oil towns to get rich….

Young People (1940)

Young People (1940)

Young People (1940)
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79

Wendy Ballantine’s parents decide to retire from show biz so she can have a normal life. They are unwelcome in the small town until a storm lets the family show…

Genre: Drama
Flowing Gold (1940)

Flowing Gold (1940)

Flowing Gold (1940)
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81

In the American oilfields, a fugitive from justice’s destiny is intertwined with the fortunes and the misfortunes of a small oil company that hires him as a roughneck.

The Man I Married (1940)

The Man I Married (1940)

The Man I Married (1940)
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77

An American vacations in Europe with her husband and watches him turn into a Nazi.

Genre: Drama
The Lady in Question (1940)

The Lady in Question (1940)

The Lady in Question (1940)
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80

When a jury member takes in the defendant he couldn’t convict, she has a bad influence on his son.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Lucky Partners (1940)

Lucky Partners (1940)

Lucky Partners (1940)
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100

Two strangers split a sweepstake prize to go on a fake honeymoon with predictable results.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Gold Rush Maisie (1940)

Gold Rush Maisie (1940)

Gold Rush Maisie (1940)
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82

Maisie becomes attached to a dirt-poor farmer and his family as they try to make ends meet joining hundreds of others digging for gold in a previously panned-out ghost town.

Genre: Comedy, Drama