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1940s Independent Movies (Indie)

Public list by WPS with 14 movies or TV shows/series

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Rome, Open City(1945)

1h 43min | Drama, History, War
4.0/5 (with 361 votes)

During the Nazi occupation of Rome in 1944, the leader of the Resistance is chased by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a way to escape.

Detour(1945)

1h 7min | Drama, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 143 votes)

The life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend.

La Terra Trema(1948)

2h 45min | Drama
3.9/5 (with 65 votes)

In rural Sicily, the fishermen live at the mercy of the greedy wholesalers. One family risks everything to buy their own boat and operate independently.

Directed by Luchino Visconti, Francesco Rosi, Franco Zeffirelli - With Giuseppe Arcidiacono, Salvatore Vicari, Mario Pisu, Aci Trezza, Antonio Pietrangeli, Luchino Visconti, ...

Too Late for Tears(1949)

1h 39min | Crime, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 35 votes)

Through a fluke circumstance, a ruthless woman stumbles across a suitcase filled with $60,000, and is determined to hold onto it even if it means murder.

Meshes of the Afternoon(1943)

14min | Mystery, Fantasy
3.9/5 (with 153 votes)

A woman returning home falls asleep and has vivid dreams that may or may not be happening in reality. Through repetitive images and complete mismatching of the objective view of time and space, her dark inner desires play out on-screen.

Fireworks(1947)

14min | Fantasy
2.8/5 (with 26 votes)

Fireworks revolves around a young man associating with various navy sailors, who eventually turn on him, stripping him naked and beating him to death, ripping open his chest to find a clock ticking inside. Several fireworks then explode, accompanied by a burning Christmas tree and the final shot shows the young man lying in bed next to another topless man.

Directed by Kenneth Anger - With Kenneth Anger

Queen of the Amazons(1947)

1h 1min | Adventure
1.6/5 (with 6 votes)

Jean Preston is determined to find her fiancée, Greg Jones, who went on a safari and didn’t come back when expected. She travels to Akbar, India with Greg’s father, Colonel Jones, Wayne Monroe and the Professor. She asks about Jones at the front desk of the hotel where she stays.

Jack London(1943)

1h 34min | Drama, Adventure
2.9/5 (with 3 votes)

The adventurous and remarkable life of the US writer Jack London (1876-1916).

Native Land(1942)

1h 29min | Drama, History
3.1/5 (with 6 votes)

By the start of World War II, Paul Robeson had given up his lucrative mainstream work to participate in more socially progressive film and stage productions. Robeson committed his support to Paul Strand and Leo Hurwitz’s political semidocumentary Native Land. With Robeson’s narration and songs, this beautifully shot and edited film exposes violations of Americans’ civil liberties and is a call to action for exploited workers around the country. Scarcely shown since its debut, Native Land represents Robeson’s shift from narrative cinema to the leftist documentaries that would define the final chapter of his controversial film career.

Directed by Leo Hurwitz, Paul Strand - With Paul Robeson, Fred Johnson, Robert Strauss

Omoo-Omoo the Shark God(1949)

58min | Adventure, Action
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

The curse of a shark god follows a group of people who have violated a sacred jungle idol.

Directed by Leon Leonard - With Ron Randell

The Blood of Jesus(1941)

57min | Music, Drama, Fantasy
2.2/5 (with 7 votes)

Razz accidentally shoots his wife Martha when his hunting rifle drops on the floor and discharges. The church congregation gathers at Martha’s bedside to pray for her recovery, and during this period an angel arrives to take Martha’s spirit from her body, but she is tempted by the slick Judas Green, who is an agent for Satan.

Directed by Spencer Williams - With Spencer Williams, Spencer Williams

Sleepy Lagoon(1943)

1h 5min | Comedy, Crime
1.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Young radio personality Judy Joyner becomes mayor of the moribund town, Sleepy Lagoon, after running on an all women ticket and promptly sets out to turn the town around.

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Motion Painting No. 1(1947)

11min | Animation
3.2/5 (with 11 votes)

Motion Painting No. 1 is a 1947 experimental short animated film in which film artist Oskar Fischinger put images in motion to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto no. 3, BWV 1048. It is a film of a painting (oil on acrylic glass); Fischinger filmed each brushstroke over the course of 9 months. In 1997, this film was selected for inclusion in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”.

Directed by Oskar Fischinger

Mickey(1948)

1h 27min | Comedy, Drama
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

A pretty, tomboyish teenager comes of age in an American small town.

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