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Exploring the Human Experience: Top Movies and TV Shows about Post-War Life

Get ready to delve into the complexities of human nature as we explore the best movies and TV shows that capture the essence of post-war life. From the devastating effects of war on individuals and communities to the resilience and hope that emerges in the aftermath, these thought-provoking stories will leave you reflecting on the human experience.

Cast

Yui Ishikawa

Daisuke Namikawa

Takehito Koyasu

Aya Endo

Violet Evergarden (2018) TV Show

8.5 972 votes

Genre: Animation, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 13

Audience: TV-14

Story: The war is over, and Violet Evergarden needs a job. Scarred and emotionless, she takes a job as a letter writer to understand herself and her past.

Style: melancholy

Plot: self-discovery, letter, love, romance, slice of life, steampunk, tragedy, redemption, ...

Cast

Yui Ishikawa

Daisuke Namikawa

Takehito Koyasu

Hidenobu Kiuchi

Violet Evergarden: The Movie (2020)

8.3 522 votes

Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy

Country: Japan

Duration: 140 min.

Audience: PG

Story: As the world moves on from the war and technological advances bring changes to her life, Violet still hopes to see her lost commanding officer again.

Plot: letter, sequel, slice of life, steampunk, doll, missing person, post war, military, ...

Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll

Cast

Yui Ishikawa

Minako Kotobuki

Aoi Yuuki

Koki Uchiyama

Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll (2019)

8.1 467 votes

Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy

Country: Japan

Duration: 90 min.

Audience: 12

Story: Violet Evergarden, a former soldier returned from war, comes to teach at a women's academy and changes a young girl's life.

Plot: friendship, work, writing, adoption, letter, girls' boarding school, slice of life, steampunk, ...

Cast

Carey Mulligan

Jason Clarke

Jason Mitchell

Mary J. Blige

Mudbound (2017)

7.4 1.3K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 135 min.

Audience: R

Story: In the post–World War II South, two families are pitted against a barbaric social hierarchy and an unrelenting landscape as they simultaneously fight the battle at home and the battle abroad.

Plot: farm, post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), based on novel or book, war veteran, ku klux klan, mississippi river, air force, alcoholism, ...

Time: world war ii

Gangsta. (2015) TV Show

7.3 132 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Crime

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 12

Audience: TV-MA

Story: In the crime-ridden, mafia-governed city of Ergastulum, Worick and Nicolas are two “handymen” known as “Benriya” who would take any dirty job from either police or mafia, for a good price. After an assignment from police the two met and later joined by Alex, a former prostitute who got interested in the mysterious background of the team, in particular of Nicolas’ abilities.

Plot: child abuse, underground, swordplay, kidnapping, gangster, secret organization, dystopia, police, ...

The Master (2012)

7.1 3.3K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 137 min.

Audience: R

Story: Freddie, a volatile, heavy-drinking veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, finds some semblance of a family when he stumbles onto the ship of Lancaster Dodd, the charismatic leader of a new "religion" he forms after World War II.

Plot: post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), sexual obsession, religion, drifter, alcoholic, handjob, post war, cult leader, ...

Time: 1940s

Cast

Van Heflin

Robert Ryan

Janet Leigh

Mary Astor

Act of Violence (1949)

6.9 108 votes

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 82 min.

Audience: NR

Story: A former prisoner of war, Frank Enley is hailed as a hero in his California town. However, Frank has a shameful secret that comes back to haunt him when fellow survivor Joe Parkson emerges, intent on making Frank pay for his past deeds.

Plot: prostitute, war veteran, prisoner of war, housewife, stalker, revenge, film noir, on the run, ...

Cast

Julia Roberts

Kirsten Dunst

Julia Stiles

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Mona Lisa Smile (2003)

6.9 1.9K votes

Genre: Drama, History, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 117 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Katherine Watson is a recent UCLA graduate hired to teach art history at the prestigious all-female Wellesley College, in 1953. Determined to confront the outdated mores of society and the institution that embraces them, Katherine inspires her traditional students, including Betty and Joan, to challenge the lives they are expected to lead.

Plot: massachusetts, art school, inspiration, feminist, conservative, lgbt, post war, post world war ii, ...

Time: 1950s

Cast

Oliver Reed

Ann-Margret

Roger Daltrey

Elton John

Tommy (1975)

6.4 371 votes

Genre: Drama, Music

Country: United Kingdom

Duration: 111 min.

Audience: PG

Story: After a series of traumatic childhood events, a psychosomatically deaf, dumb and blind boy becomes a master pinball player and the object of a religious cult.

Plot: adultery, child abuse, christmas party, deaf-mute, musical, satire, christmas tree, death of father, ...

Time: 1970s, world war ii, 1940s, ...