Movies Set in France in the 1940s
Kinora's catalogue lists 22 films set in France in the 1940s, spanning 1943–2018. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.
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- 1956
A Man Escaped
Urbandir. Robert Bresson - 1969
Army of Shadows
Urbandir. Jean-Pierre Melville - 1987
Au Revoir les Enfants
Ruraldir. Louis Malle - 2018
Cold War
Urban · Ruraldir. Paweł Pawlikowski - 1981
Das Boot
Off Worlddir. Wolfgang Petersen - 2017
Dunkirk
Coastal Seadir. Christopher Nolan - 1952
Forbidden Games
Ruraldir. René Clément - 2009
Inglourious Basterds
Urban · Ruraldir. Quentin Tarantino - 1970
Kelly's Heroes
Ruraldir. Brian G. Hutton - 1943
Le Corbeau
Ruraldir. Henri-Georges Clouzot - 1976
Mr. Klein
Urbandir. Joseph Losey - 1950
Orpheus
Urbandir. Jean Cocteau - 1970
Patton
Desert · Ruraldir. Franklin J. Schaffner - 1998
Saving Private Ryan
Ruraldir. Steven Spielberg - 1971
The Conformist
Urbandir. Bernardo Bertolucci - 1967
The Dirty Dozen
Ruraldir. Robert Aldrich - 1980
The Last Metro
Urbandir. François Truffaut - 1962
The Longest Day
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Ken Annakin - 1975
The Old Gun
Rural · Urbandir. Robert Enrico - 1948
The Red Shoes
Urbandir. Michael Powell - 1964
The Train
Rural · Urbandir. John Frankenheimer - 1983
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Urban · Rural · Wildernessdir. John Landis
Frequently asked
How many movies are set in France in the 1940s?
Kinora's catalogue lists 22 films set in France in the 1940s, spanning 1943–2018.
What are some movies set in France in the 1940s?
Films set in France in the 1940s in our catalogue include A Man Escaped (1956), Army of Shadows (1969), Au Revoir les Enfants (1987), Cold War (2018), and Das Boot (1981).
What is the oldest movie set in France in the 1940s?
Le Corbeau (1943) is the earliest film set in France in the 1940s in our catalogue; the most recent is Cold War (2018).