home front movies

A League of Their Own (1992)
7.2 / 10

Comedy, Drama

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...

Mrs. Miniver (1942)
7.021 / 10

Drama, Romance, War

Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the...

Whisky Galore! (1949)
6.832 / 10

Comedy, Crime

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,...

Swing Shift (1984)
5.8 / 10

Drama, Romance, War

In 1941 America, Kay and her husband are happy enough until he enlists after Pearl Harbor. Against his wishes, his wife takes a job at the local...

Northern Pursuit (1943)
5.9 / 10

Adventure, War, Drama

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,...

Hope and Glory (1987)
6.8 / 10

Drama, War, Family

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

Pin Up Girl (1944)
6.1 / 10

Music, Romance

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....

Dad's Army (1971)
4.7 / 10

Comedy, War

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...

A Canterbury Tale (1944)
6.9 / 10

Drama, Mystery, War, Comedy

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

Went the Day Well? (1942)
7.192 / 10

War, Thriller

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...

Since You Went Away (1944)
6.4 / 10

Drama, Romance, War

While husband Tim is away during World War II, Anne Hilton copes with problems on the homefront. Taking in a lodger, Colonel Smollett, to help make...

The Boys (1962)
6.958 / 10

Drama, War

When Continuation War started in Summer 1941, German soldiers arrived to Oulu. With their charm they conquered women and town boys. Finnish boys...

The Unknown Woman (2011)
0 / 10

Documentary

The Unknown Woman is a documentary film scripted and directed by Elina Kivihalme. It depicts the reality of Finnish agriculture and forestry during...

Kirkastettu sydän (1943)
4.8 / 10

Drama, War

The Land Girls (1998)
6.3 / 10

Drama, Romance, War

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...

The War Against Mrs. Hadley (1942)
4.8 / 10

Drama

Wealthy American society matron, Stella Hadley refuses to sacrifice her material comforts to aid the war effort until she realizes that her...

The Lamp Still Burns (1943)
5.4 / 10

Drama, Romance, War

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

Back Home (2001)
6 / 10

TV Movie, Drama

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...

The Ural Front (1944)
6 / 10

War, Drama

August 1941. Residents of the Ural town escorted to the front of men. Left alone, women take on the most difficult cases, showing outstanding...