Some of the greatest drama movies of all time have a timeless quality that enables them to be moving and impactful for any number of generations. You could argue it's that way for any genre, but the category of "drama" - at its broadest - is all about exploring the human condition; looking at the highs and lows of getting by in a world shared by all.

75 years ago, the world at large was still in the process of moving on from World War II, which had been waged between 1939 and 1945, involved numerous countries, and cost untold millions of lives. Sure, some movies about World War II were made during the war, but the majority came in the years after, with Italian neorealism being one movement closely tied to these post-war years for numerous reasons.