Alternative History Movies

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This thread is for movies that fit loosely into the genre of alternative history. Happy for anyone to post films they think fit the bill. All films are decent DVD rips unless otherwise stated

Films posted:

It Happened Here (1965)

Fatherland (1994)

CSA: The Confederate States of America (2004)

Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)

White Man's Burden (1995)

Timequest (2000)

Time After Time (1979)

2009: Lost Memories (2002)

Death of a President (2006)

The Invention of Lying (2009)

Fido (2006)

The Philadelphia Experiment II

It Happened Here (1965)
Tagged as 'The Story of Hitler's England, this little known British film postulates what would have happened if the Nazis had successfully invaded Britain. The film opens with the statement: "The German invasion of Britain took place in 1940 after the retreat from Dunkirk". After months of fierce resistance, the occupying forces manage to restore order largely suppressing the resistance movement. However, due to demands from the Ural Mountains front, most German troops are eventually removed from Britain, and the garrisoning of Britain is largely carried out by British volunteers to the German army. Britain appears to be governed by the British Union of Fascists; the followers are referred to as "Blackshirts", wear uniforms with the Flash and Circle, and a framed portrait of Oswald Mosley appears in government buildings, alongside one of Adolf Hitler. The film follow a nurse who is decides to collaborate in order to get work and joins the "Immediate Action Organisation" (IAO) a kind of quasi-paramilitary medical corps of the ruling fascist party of England.

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Fatherland (1994)

Taken from Robert Harris' excellent book, this is a fictional account of what might have happend if Hitler had won the war. It is now the 1960s and Germany's war crimes have so far been kept a secret. Hitler wants to talk peace with the US President. An American journalist and a German homicide cop stumble into a plot to destroy all evidence of the genocide. This is either an ok dvd rip or a good VHS rip.

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CSA: The Confederate States of America (2004)
Set in an contemporary alternative world where the Confederate States of America managed to win the American Civil War, a British film 'documentary' examines the history of this nation. Beginning with its conquest of the northern states, the film covers the history of this state where racial enslavement became triumphant and the nation carried sinister designs of conquest. Interspersed throughout are various TV commercials of products of a virulent racist nature as well as public service announcements promoting this tyranny.

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Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)

Right Nineteen Eighty Four. OK, I know the original book wasn't alternative history, published as it was in 1948, but the film certainly is. A very good adaptation of George Orwell's classic (IMHO) this film is also notable for being Richard Burton's last film. Set in a dystopian future this films portrays a nightmare society where the state monitors practically all your activities, thinking the wrong thing is a crime and the country is permanently involved in a distant war with no end (perhaps this isn't alternative history after all...). Anyway if you haven't read the book, prepare to learn where the terms 'big brother' and 'room 101' came from. Actually, read the book too, it's a classic!

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White Man's Burden (1995)

The story takes place in alternative America where the blacks are members of social elite, and whites are inhabitants of inner city ghettos. Louis Pinnock is a white worker in a chocolate factory, loving husband and father of two children. While delivering a package for black CEO Thaddeus Thomas, he is mistaken for a voyeur and, as a result, loses his job, gets beaten by black cops and his family gets evicted from their home. Desperate Pinnock takes a gun and kidnaps Thomas, demanding justice.

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Timequest (2000)

A story about a man who travels back in time to Fort Worth, Texas on Novemeber 22, 1963 and prevents the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the consequences of his actions.

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Time After Time (1979)

H.G. Wells has just invented a time machine but hasn't tried it out yet. When he discovers that one of his friends is actually Jack the Ripper, Jack makes his escape using the time machine. Herbert follows Jack into the late 1970's where he meets Amy, a bank clerk, who teaches Herbert about life in 70's while they pursue Jack, who is enjoying the more violent society in which he continues his murderous activities.

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The Invention of Lying (2009)

It's an alternate world where everyone tells the truth - and just about anything they're thinking. Mark Bellison is a screenwriter, about to be fired. He's short and chunky with a flat nose - a genetic pool that means he won't get to first base with Anna, the woman he loves. Then, when his mother's on her deathbed, frightened of the eternal void that awaits her, Mark invents fiction. The hospital staff overhear his description of Heaven, believe every word, and tell others. Soon Mark is a prophet, his first inventive screenplay makes him rich, but will that be enough for Anna?

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Fido (2006)

This film takes place in a 1950s-esque alternate universe where radiation from space has turned the dead into zombies. This radiation still plagues humanity, as all those who die after the original contamination turn into the undead. In order to continue living normal lives, communities are fenced with the help of a governing corporation named Zomcon. Zomcon provides collars with accompanying remote controls to control the zombies' hunger for flesh so as to use them as slaves or servants. Timmy Robinson's best friend in the whole wide world is a six-foot tall rotting zombie named Fido. But when Fido eats the next-door neighbour, Mom and Dad hit the roof, and Timmy has to go to the ends of the earth to keep Fido a part of the family. A boy-and-his-dog movie for grown ups.

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The Philadelphia Experiment II (1993)

A sequel of sorts (different cast but the same main character) to the 1984 film The Philadelphia Experiment, which is time travel rather than alternative history. David Herdeg's participation in a failed 1943 experiment in radar invisibility has propelled him 40 years into the future. An aberration in his genetic makeup enabled him to pass through the portal of time. It has also made him sensitive to any alteration to the time continuum. Another disastrous experiment in 1993 sends a stealth aircraft through the time portal, into 1943 Germany. Simultaneously, Herdeg is pulled into the portal, and finds himself in the terrifying 1993 that resulted from a Nazi victory in World War II.

The first Philadelphia Experiment can be found here:

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