Movie List for "1939"

Gone with the Wind (1939) Drama Romance War Movie

The manipulative daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a turbulent romance with a roguish profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction periods. Year 1939.

Generes: Drama, Romance, War
Director: Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood
Writer: Margaret Mitchell, Sidney Howard, Oliver H.P. Garrett
Actors: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Thomas Mitchell

Son of Frankenstein (1939) Drama Horror Sci-Fi Movie

Returning to the ancestral castle long after the death of the monster, the son of Dr. Frankenstein meets a mad shepherd who is hiding the comatose creature. To clear the family name, he revives the creature and tries to rehabilita… Year 1939.

Generes: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Director: Rowland V. Lee
Writer: Mary Shelley, Wyllis Cooper
Actors: Boris Karloff, Basil Rathbone, Bela Lugosi

The Roaring Twenties (1939) Crime Drama Film-Noir Movie

Three men attempt to make a living in Prohibitionist America after returning home from fighting together in World War I. Year 1939.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Director: Raoul Walsh
Writer: Jerry Wald, Richard Macaulay, Robert Rossen
Actors: James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Priscilla Lane

The Wizard of Oz (1939) Adventure Family Fantasy Movie

Young Dorothy Gale and her dog are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz, and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others’ wi… Year 1939.

Generes: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Director: Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Mervyn LeRoy
Writer: Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, Edgar Allan Woolf
Actors: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger

Zangiku monogatari (1939) Drama Romance Movie

The adopted son of a legendary actor, and an aspiring star himself, turns to his infant brother’s wet nurse for support and affection – only for her to give up everything for her beloved’s glory. Year 1939.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Writer: Matsutarô Kawaguchi, Shôfû Muramatsu, Yoshikata Yoda
Actors: Shôtarô Hanayagi, Kôkichi Takada, Ryôtarô Kawanami

Le jour se lève (1939) Crime Drama Romance Movie

After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events that led him to the killing. Year 1939.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Romance
Director: Marcel Carné
Writer: Jacques Viot, Jacques Prévert
Actors: Jean Gabin, Jacqueline Laurent, Arletty

El azima (1939) Drama Musical Romance Movie

The story of Mohammed the son of a barber who has recently got his degree, his lover Fatma, his rivel Al-Etr. Year 1939.

Generes: Drama, Musical, Romance
Director: Kamal Selim
Writer: Badi Khayri, Kamal Selim
Actors: Fatma Rouchdi, Mokhtar Osman, Zaki Rustum

La règle du jeu (1939) Comedy Drama Movie

A bourgeois life in France at the onset of World War II, as the rich and their poor servants meet up at a French chateau. Year 1939.

Generes: Comedy, Drama
Director: Jean Renoir
Writer: Jean Renoir, Carl Koch
Actors: Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost

The Wizard of Oz (1939) Adventure Family Fantasy Musical Movie

Dorothy Gale is swept away from a farm in Kansas to a magical land of Oz in a tornado and embarks on a quest with her new friends to see the Wizard who can help her return home to Kansas and help her friends as well. Year 1939.

Generes: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Director: Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Mervyn LeRoy, Norman Taurog, Richard Thorpe, King Vidor
Writer: Noel Langley (screenplay), Florence Ryerson (screenplay), Edgar Allan Woolf (screenplay), Noel Langley (adaptation), L. Frank Baum (from the book by)
Actors: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr

Gone with the Wind (1939) Drama History Romance War Movie

A manipulative woman and a roguish man conduct a turbulent romance during the American Civil War and Reconstruction periods. Year 1939.

Generes: Drama, History, Romance, War
Director: Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood
Writer: Margaret Mitchell (story of the old south “Gone with the Wind”), Sidney Howard (screenplay)
Actors: Thomas Mitchell, Barbara O’Neil, Vivien Leigh, Evelyn Keyes

The Roaring Twenties (1939) Crime Drama Film-Noir Thriller Movie

Three men attempt to make a living in Prohibitionist America after returning home from fighting together in World War I. Year 1939.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
Director: Raoul Walsh
Writer: Jerry Wald (screen play), Richard Macaulay (screen play), Robert Rossen (screen play), Mark Hellinger (from an original story by)
Actors: James Cagney, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart, Gladys George

A Hopeless Case (1939)

N/A Year 1939.

Generes: Comedy
Director: Erich Engel
Writer: Jochen Huth
Actors: Jenny Jugo, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Hannes Stelzer, Leo Peukert

13 Minutes (2015) Biography Drama War Movie

In November 1939, Georg Elser’s attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler fails, and he is arrested. During his confinement, he recalls the events leading up to his plot and his reasons for deciding to take such drastic action. Year 2015.

Generes: Biography, Drama, War
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Writer: Léonie-Claire Breinersdorfer, Fred Breinersdorfer
Actors: Christian Friedel, Katharina Schüttler, Burghart Klaußner

Six Minutes to Midnight (2020) Drama Thriller War Movie

UK, Aug. 15, 1939: 17 days before WWII, an English teacher and his camera disappear from a coastal boarding school with 20 German teen girls. Miller gets the job six days later, secretly trying to find out what happened. Year 2020.

Generes: Drama, Thriller, War
Director: Andy Goddard
Writer: Eddie Izzard, Celyn Jones, Andy Goddard
Actors: Nigel Lindsay, Judi Dench, Eddie Izzard