| Beauty Spot (2011) | 7.8 | |
| Wicked Little Letters (2023) | 7.0 | |
| RRR (2022) | 7.8 | |
| Raise the Red Lantern (1991) | 8.1 | |
| Gypsy (1962) | 7.1 |
1920s movies and TV shows – page 3
Best films
New films
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
"This is an entirely imaginary story about the writer Dashiell Hammett, who... in the words of one of his most gifted contemporaries... helped get murder out of the vicar's rose garden and back to the people who are really good at it. The ...
Style:
neo noir, detective, noir, metafiction, stylized ...
Plot:
private detective, femme fatale, blackmail, murder, missing person, writers, prostitute, investigation, private investigator, chinese gangster, extortion, morgue ...
Time:
1920s, year 1982, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, usa, california
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A fragile Kansas girl's unrequited and forbidden love for a handsome young man from the town's most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness.
Style:
touching, sad, emotional, sentimental, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, forbidden love, small town, adolescence, love story, sexual repression, mental illness, teenager, suicide attempt, unrequited love, high school football, true love ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1961, future ...
Place:
kansas, yale university, new york, connecticut, usa ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy, Soviet Union
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
Torn by personal guilt Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his 1928 failed Arctic expedition aboard the airship Italia.
Style:
historical drama, realistic, serious, atmospheric, exciting ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
survival, aviation, arctic, interwar period, winter, space, conquistador, post soviet, 007, nature, rescue attempt, heroes ...
Time:
1920s, year 1969
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
A classic whodunit mystery, as the characters go about their lives in 1920s Italy, when Benito Mussolini's brand of fascism was on the rise.
Style:
tense, disturbing, captivating, period drama
Plot:
hotel, high society, seaside town, fascism, british, rich, workplace, political intrigue, female protagonist, lifestyle, hotel receptionist, society ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, 2020s
Place:
italy, turin italy
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Greece, USA, France
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A young female character, Nikki Douka, from Samothraki, is sailing to the U.S. to fulfill a marriage contract and save her family honor. Her skills as a seamstress keep her busily sewing throughout the voyage to alter wedding dresses for the ...
Style:
sexy, serious, realistic, emotional, depressing ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
couples, mail order bride, forbidden love, wedding, ship, fall in love, immigrant, love and romance, society, cruise, class differences, illicit affair ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
greece, new york, usa, ottoman empire
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138K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
As the face of law enforcement in America for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career and his life.
Style:
thought provoking, factual, political, compassionate, melancholic ...
Plot:
politics, homosexuality, gay, american history, fbi investigation, biopic, surveillance, corruption, fbi, fbi agent, investigation, abuse of power ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 1940s, year 2011, 1950s ...
Place:
washington d.c., usa, new jersey
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The story is about Iris's rise to the apex of a love/power triangle that includes her roguish English lover, McHeath, and Art, an earnest young boxer. Within the flawed moral landscape, each character struggles to establish their sovereignty.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, stylized, sexual ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
love triangle, underdog, love affair, moral dilemma, couples, ambition, love and romance, dishonesty, couple relations, boxing, femme fatale, rivalry ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
sydney australia, australia
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18K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In 1920s New York City, a Black woman finds her world upended when her life becomes intertwined with a former childhood friend who's passing as white.
Style:
black and white, anamorphic, feel good, period drama
Plot:
racism, childhood, friend, jealousy, african american, lesbian, best friend, lesbian subtext, ambiguity, friends, feeling, black ...
Time:
1920s, year 1929, 2020s
Place:
harlem, new york city, chicago, new york, harlem, hawaii
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Tensions rise when the trailblazing Mother of the Blues and her band gather at a Chicago recording studio in 1927. Adapted from August Wilson's play.
Style:
costume drama, rough, serious, suspense, period piece ...
Plot:
african american, musician, blues, black, racism, black american, lgbt, jazz, lesbian, black history, recording studio, bigger dreams ...
Time:
1920s, 2020s
Place:
chicago, harlem, atlanta georgia, birmingham alabama, georgia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Millie Dillmount, a fearless young lady fresh from Salina, Kansas, determined to experience Life, sets out to see the world in the rip-roaring Twenties. With high spirits and wearing one of those new high hemlines, she arrives in New York to test ...
Style:
romantic, rom com, semi serious, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
flapper, nobility, dancing, stenographer, love, american history, amateur detective, chase, theater, white slavery, bride and groom, passionate kiss ...
Time:
1920s, year 1967, 20th century, 70s, 60s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, california
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The story, set in Kansas during the 1920's, covers less than a year in the life of a black teenager, and documents the veritable deluge of events which force him into sudden manhood. The family relationships and enmities, the fears, ...
Style:
independent film, aesthetic, existential, semi autobiographical, contemplative ...
Plot:
coming of age, racism, teenager, black, small town, murder, racial issues, black american, segregation, african american, courtroom, racial segregation ...
Time:
1920s, year 1969
Place:
kansas, usa, africa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A railroad official, Owen Legate comes to Dodson, Mississippi to shut down much of the town's railway (town's main income). Owen unexpectedly finds love with Dodson's flirt and main attraction, Alva Starr. Alva and Owen then try to ...
Style:
southern gothic, romantic drama, technicolor, sentimental, touching ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
small town, railroad, mother daughter relationship, adolescence, dysfunctional family, forbidden love, boarding house, mental disorder, mother and daughter, deep south, swing, sad ending ...
Time:
1920s, year 1966, 1930s
Place:
mississippi, australia, tennessee, usa, new orleans
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A River Runs Through is a cinematographically stunning true story of Norman Maclean. The story follows Norman and his brother Paul through the experiences of life and growing up, and how their love of fly fishing keeps them together despite varying ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, period piece, inspirational, thought provoking ...
Plot:
coming of age, fishing, father son relationship, childhood, river, brother brother relationship, beautiful scenery, self discovery, brothers, wilderness, death of brother, gambling ...
Time:
1900s, 1920s, 1910s, year 1992, 1930s ...
Place:
montana, usa
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247K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, India
Duration: 191 min.
Story:
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of ...
Style:
spiritual, epic, political, inspirational, breathtaking ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
protest, idealism, biopic, freedom, politics, life philosophy, independence, british empire, leadership, religious intolerance, assassination, indian history ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, year 1948, 19th century, victorian era ...
Place:
india, south africa, britain, los angeles, new delhi ...
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101K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
"Frida" chronicles the life Frida Kahlo shared unflinchingly and openly with Diego Rivera, as the young couple took the art world by storm. From her complex and enduring relationship with her mentor and husband to her illicit and ...
Style:
visually appealing, independent film, sexy, emotional, sincere ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
painter, artist, art, painting, female artist, bohemian life, lgbtq, disability, feminism, female protagonist, life, relationships ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, year 2002, 1920s, 20th century ...
Place:
mexico, paris france, empire state building manhattan new york city, mexico city, america ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Follows the tale of a young woman’s sexual awakening and subsequent journey around the world in pursuit of her ideal lover. Encounters include an Arabian sheik and a Spanish bullfighter. Her friend and butler accompany her and help to arrange her ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, grindhouse, sex comedy ...
Plot:
sex scene, bullfighter, lust, erotica, loss of virginity, virgin, orgasm, impotence, blonde, coming of age, american abroad, seduction ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
spain, europe, north africa, morocco
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A romantic drama set in 1930's England, Paris, and Spain. Gilda Bessé shares her Paris apartment with an Irish schoolteacher, Guy Malyon, and Mia, a refugee from Spain. As the world drifts toward war, Gilda defiantly pursues her hedonistic ...
Style:
romantic, sexy, sentimental, captivating, erotic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
world war two, lesbian, love triangle, bisexual woman, spanish civil war, sexual relations, orgy, sex scene, nazi, love story, nazi occupation, fascism ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, 1920s, 1930s, year 1938 ...
Place:
paris france, spain, france, england, germany ...
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61K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Family, History
Country: USA, UK, India, China, Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The untold true story set in the winter of 1925 that takes you across the treacherous terrain of the Alaskan tundra for an exhilarating and uplifting adventure that will test the strength, courage and determination of one man, Leonhard Seppala, and ...
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, atmospheric, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, adult
Plot:
dog, dog sled, escapades, delivery, save the day, friendship, snow, puppy, plague, blizzard, winter, mountain ...
Time:
1920s, future, year 2019, 1910s
Place:
alaska, usa
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Genre: Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
An orphan boy of mixed race finds family with the newly arrived white village doctor in Hawaii. The boy can run like the wind, and begins bringing Doc's medicine to coffee pickers throughout the mountainous region. On an errand, the medicine ...
Style:
sincere, captivating, touching, sentimental, romantic ...
Plot:
forbidden love, love, racism, forest, jungle, medicine, prejudice, coming of age, race against time, love and romance, family relations, couples ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
hawaii
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: France, Czech Republic, Belgium
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Paris in the 1920s. Marguerite Dumont is a wealthy woman with a passion for music and the opera. For years, she has performed regularly for a circle of guests. But Marguerite sings tragically out of tune and no one has ever told her. Her husband and ...
Style:
light, captivating, humorous, sincere, crying ...
Plot:
opera, eccentricity, delusion, infidelity, opera singer, secret, bad singing, money, fan, women, doctor, female protagonist ...
Time:
1920s, year 1915, post world war one
Place:
paris france, france
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Genre: Action, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, Hungary, Russia, Hong Kong, Italy, USA, Czech Republic, Canada, Netherlands, Switzerland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Set in 1920's Vienna, this is the tale of a little girl, whose godfather gives her a special doll one Christmas Eve.
Style:
fairy tale, semi serious, atmospheric, exciting, entertaining
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
nutcracker, christmas, children, youth, toy comes to life, young heroes, godparent, good versus evil, save the day, danger, heroes, escapades ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
europe, vienna, austria
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Young Treasury Agent Elliot Ness arrives in Chicago and is determined to take down Al Capone, but it's not going to be easy because Capone has the police in his pocket. Ness meets Jimmy Malone, a veteran patrolman and probably the most ...
Style:
clever, suspenseful, period piece, inspirational, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
mafia, gangster, organized crime, corruption, prohibition era, mentor, shootout, smuggling, prohibition, police, tax evasion, gunfight ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, 20th century, year 1987
Place:
chicago, america, usa
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Australia
TV show
Story:
How many lifetimes will alter tomorrow? In attempt to salvage humanity, alchemists relocate a small group to an alternative world and grant them three lifetimes to restart the population. Now, after only a few centuries, those in the new world face ...
Style:
tense, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
fight, survival, end of the world, justice, violence, rescue, evacuation, equality, chase, alternate world, vestiges of humanity, civilization ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
australia
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Genre: Comedy, History
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
1920. Georges Clémenceau just lost the french presidential elections to the unknown Paul Deschanel, an idealistic who wants to change the country. But, one day, Deschanel falls from a train and disappear. At daybreak, France is looking for its ...
Style:
period piece, exciting, captivating, entertaining, humorous ...
Plot:
french politics, presidential election, french history, politics, french president, politician, leader, political leader, president, power struggle, rivalry, political intrigue ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
france, paris france
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Based on Elizabeth Von Arnim's novel, four Englishwomen rent an Italian villa on holiday.
Style:
period piece, talky, sentimental, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
friendship, castle, women, love, summer, holiday, self discovery, marriage, garden, socialite, retreat, passionate kiss ...
Time:
1920s, future, year 1991, 20th century, post world war one
Place:
italy, europe, london, england
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
1921 England is overwhelmed by the loss and grief of World War I. Hoax exposer Florence Cathcart (Hall) visits a boarding school to explain sightings of a child ghost.
Style:
gothic, scary, dark, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, haunted house, fear, boarding school, supernatural horror, afterlife, ghost child, death, macabre, writers, haunted by the past ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, year 2000, post world war one
Place:
england, europe, britain, seattle, london
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview moves to oil-rich California. Using his adopted son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. ...
Style:
serious, cerebral, epic, visually stunning, gloomy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
oil, character study, greed, money, capitalism, rise to the top, ambition, rivalry, father son relationship, abusive father, impostor, mission ...
Time:
1900s, 20th century, turn of the century, middle ages, 19th century ...
Place:
california, texas, pacific ocean, los angeles, america ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Italy, UK, USA
Duration: 197 min.
Story:
Doctor Zhivago is the filmed adapation of the Russian novel by Boris Pasternak from director David Lean that was an international success and today deemed a classic. Omar Sharif and Julie Christie play two protagonists who in fact love each other ...
Style:
costume drama, epic, period piece, breathtaking, visually stunning ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
world war one, revolution, war, communism, love story, train, forbidden love, rape, poet, deportation, love triangle, wartime ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, 1920s, 1940s, ancient times ...
Place:
russia, soviet union, moscow russia, ussr
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A journalist suffering from burn-out wants to finally say goodbye to his office – but his boss doesn’t like the idea one bit.
Style:
talky, light, humorous, hilarious, period piece ...
Plot:
newspaper, journalist, journalism, reporter, workplace, satire, media, friends, media satire, workplace situations, writers, scoop ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, year 1974, 1930s, 70s
Place:
chicago, usa, philadelphia
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
In this eleven parts British television serial, Charles Ryder's involvement with members of the aristocratic Marchmain/Flyte family is followed throughout the years between the two World Wars.
Style:
costume drama, avant garde, historical drama, sitcom, spiritual ...
Plot:
world war two, friendship, closeted homosexual, gay, atheist, homosexuality, catholicism, homosexual subtext, voice over narration, religion, forbidden love, illicit love ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 20th century, year 1981
Place:
oxford university, england, venice, paris france
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