Movies and TvShows featuring "homefront-of-world-war-two" theme.

The Human Comedy follows the coming-of-age journey of a teenage boy in a small town during World War II. With the backdrop of the war, the boy experiences loss, love, and the realities of life. Through telegrams and letters, the boy becomes entwined with the lives of soldiers and their families, discovering the true meaning of bravery and resilience.

Tender Comrade follows the lives of a group of women who band together to support each other during World War II. They face challenges and hardships on the homefront while their husbands are away at war. The film explores themes of friendship, love, and the strength of women during difficult times.

Set during World War II in Nazi-occupied France, The Tenth Man tells the story of a wanted fugitive who returns to his village years later. The film explores themes of identity, self-sacrifice, and role reversal as the protagonist navigates the dangers of the French Resistance and the complex relationships within his community.

During World War II, a major is sent to Amsterdam with a soldier and a safe cracker to steal a stash of diamonds before the Nazis can get their hands on them. Based on a true story, this thrilling heist movie follows their dangerous mission and the obstacles they face along the way.

Evie's co-workers at the uniform shirt factory, and her almost-fiancée's inability to kiss, inspire her to slip a letter into a size sixteen-and-a-half shirt for some anonymous soldier. It's received by "Wolf" Larson, who immediately throws it away, but his sensitive, dreaming--and short--buddy John McPherson snags it, and begins a correspondence with Evie, pretending to be Wolf. But things get complicated when Evie wants to meet her tall, handsome soldier. And even more complicated when Wolf sees Evie and likes what he sees.

This short film shows how the war department utilizes a Ph.D., a chimp, and three dogs to help design aptitude tests for men applying for work.

A donkey, putting a small pile of rubber out for wartime recycling, is dismayed by the much larger piles his neighbors have put out. He goes into the backyard and finds, in his lawn, a huge buried inner tube - but it has a mind of its own.

Because of the war, a 12-year-old boy from England, Hugh, is sent to live with the Andrews family in Ohio. Don, the Andrews' 11-year-old son, eagerly accepts the English boy, and is happy when his school-friends do the same. But his isn't so happy when things begin to change when his father fore-goes their evening game of Chinese Checkers to play chess with Hugh, and Hugh shows himself to be a formidable scholar, and impresses Don's girlfriend Betty, and becomes more popular with the boys than Don was...and Don is beginning to think that Hugh is too much of a good thing. Don gets downright depressed and decides to run away. Uh, oh, here comes Hugh.