| Chicago (2002) | 7.2 | |
| The Danish Girl (2015) | 7.1 | |
| Matewan (1987) | 7.9 | |
| Cable Girls (2017) | 7.5 | |
| Peaky Blinders (2013) | 8.7 |
1920s movies and TV shows – page 5
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A woman is wrongly accused of murdering her husband in Edwardian London. Just before the outbreak of World War I, Edith Graydon married her boyfriend Percy Thomson. He survives the war but theirs is not a happy marriage. She doesn't really love ...
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, romantic ...
Plot:
forbidden love, infidelity, murder, unlikely criminals, femme fatale, dangerous attraction, couples, rescue, dishonesty, life is a bitch, fall in love, love affair ...
Time:
1920s, 1910s
Place:
england, london
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750
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Grand is a British television drama series first broadcast on ITV in 1997–1998. It was written by Russell T Davies and set in a hotel in Manchester in the 1920s.
There are two series: eight episodes in the first series were broadcast from 4 ...
Style:
costume drama, sexual, serious, realistic, sexy ...
Plot:
hotel, great war, family relations, maid, prostitute, couples, siblings relations, infidelity, love and romance, couple relations, betrayal, vengeance ...
Time:
1920s, 1910s, 20th century, post world war one
Place:
england, europe, manchester
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516
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
The frustrated loves of Jean Cocteau and Raymond Radiguet at the beginning of the 1920s. The death of Radiguet that sank Cocteau into opium. A story under the influence of drugs. A narrative in the spirit of Cocteau. And all this in a musical.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, sincere, feel good, light ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
couples, couple relations, love and romance, love affair, artist, surrealism, cruise, music, gay, lgbt, gay subtext, writer's life ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Five best friends in their late 20's discover new truths about themselves and the friendships they thought would last forever.
Style:
sexy, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sincere ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, gay interest, friendship, young lovers, male homosexuality, hiv, best friend, friends, couples, wall street, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Time:
1920s, year 2006
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Dan'ka's and Ksanka's childhood in the village has been brutally ended when their father was killed by the White Guard officer in front of their eyes. Seeking revenge they join forces with an intellectual from the city Valerka and ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, touching, rough
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
obsessive quest, civil war, vengeance, vigilantism, russian civil war, righting the wronged, heroic mission, rivalry, escapades, siblings relations, revenge, friendship ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr
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51K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, History
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
An outcast half-wolf risks his life to prevent a deadly epidemic from ravaging Nome, Alaska.
Style:
sentimental, suspenseful, feel good, inspirational, sincere ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, teen drama ...
Plot:
dog, courage, wolf, danger, goose, cartoon wolf, wilderness, animal, disease, daring rescue, furry, dog sled ...
Time:
1920s, 90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
alaska, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A treasure hunt. An aging ex-nobleman of the Czarist regime has finally adjusted to life under the commisars in Russia. Both he and the local priest find that the family jewels were hidden in a chair, one of a set of twelve. They return separately ...
Style:
satirical, stylized, talky, philosophical, witty ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
treasure hunt, road trip, farce, corruption, betrayal, mentor, life philosophy, brutality, greed, storytelling, obsessive quest, odd couple ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
russia, soviet union, moscow russia, ussr
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The adventures of two retired vaudeville performers who become two of the best prohibition agents in the 1920's.
Style:
period piece, buddy comedy, lighthearted, historical drama, crime drama ...
Plot:
prohibition, friendship, vaudeville, bootlegging, speakeasy, mobster, organized crime, law enforcement, black market, undercover, prohibition era, silly humor ...
Time:
1920s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, Spain
TV show
Story:
Las Pelotaris 1926 tells the story of Chelo, Idoia and Itzi, three female pelota players who struggle to achieve their dreams in the 1920s, but these successful sportswomen will have to face the consequences of breaking the mold in a world where ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, historical drama, period piece
Plot:
gender roles, gender equality, feminism, female empowerment, women, coping, gender issues, female protagonist, society, athlete's life, professional sports, female athlete ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
spain, basque country
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 200 min.
TV show
Story:
Filmed on South Australia's glorious River Murray, this television mini-series is set during the 1920s and tells of the story of a runaway who escapes to the river to work on a paddle-boat steamer and his friendship with an old salt captain ...
Style:
period piece, historical drama, atmospheric, reflective, sentimental ...
Plot:
friendship, boat, small town life, coming of age, escape, outback, family drama, community, adaptation, working class, yacht, getting home ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
australia, south australia
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The Chicago Teddy Bears is an American sitcom that aired on CBS. The series was part of the network's 1971 fall lineup, premiering on September 17, 1971.
Style:
sitcom, situational comedy, period piece, lighthearted, retro ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
mobster, organized crime, speakeasy, prohibition, gangster, urban, bootlegging, small business, fish out of water, black market, prohibition era, mafia ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
chicago
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 360 min.
TV show
Story:
Story of the Irish-American Lonigan family between 1918 and 1930. The story centers on young Studs who is growing into adulthood in a city full of temptations.
Style:
historical drama, realistic, period piece, grim, intense ...
Plot:
coming of age, working class, family drama, loss of innocence, character study, urban, poverty, moral ambiguity, temptation, male protagonist, identity crisis, friendship ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, 1910s, 1930s
Place:
chicago
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: China, USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A chronicle of the events that led to the founding of the Chinese Communist Party.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, factual, banned
Plot:
politics, chinese history, revolution, society, state affairs, head of state, social differences, rebellion, communist party, chinese civil war, patriotism, rivalry ...
Time:
20th century, 1920s, 1910s
Place:
china, asia
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Estonia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The young country of Estonia is dancing to the jazzy tune of the 1920's when on December 1, 1924, the capital Tallinn is overrun by members of the Comintern in an attempt to stage a Communist coup. The film follows the fates of a young soldier ...
Style:
serious, rough, realistic, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
revolution, military, on the run, couple relations, wartime life, state affairs, heroes, anniversary, independence, civil unrest, nationalism, resistance ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
estonia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years is an 8-part 1981 drama serial based on the life of Winston Churchill, and particularly his years in enforced exile from political position during the 1920s and 30s. It was written and directed by Ferdinand ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, serious, reflective, melancholic ...
Plot:
winston churchill, exile, british politics, world war two, biopic, leadership, character study, resilience, mature, rise to power, isolation, conservative ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s
Place:
london
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
The Mystic Archives of Dantalian is a Japanese light novel series written by Gakuto Mikumo and illustrated by G-Yuusuke. The series started serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's light novel magazine The Sneaker on February 29, 2008. A manga ...
Style:
anime, gothic, seinen, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
magic, supernatural, demon, paranormal phenomena, supernatural power, ghost, paranormal, curses spells and rituals, exorcism, characters in danger, fear, violence ...
Time:
1920s, post world war one
Place:
england
Is relevant?
412
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Germany, Austria, Czech Republic
Duration: 187 min.
Story:
Bertolt Brecht, a theatre revolutionary, poet of the state, outsider, looks back on his life in 1956, the year of his death, in East Berlin: adolescent provocations in Augsburg during the First World War, early poetic and amorous flights of fancy in ...
Style:
tense, psychological, disturbing, thought provoking, humorous ...
Plot:
playwright, nazi, poet, nazism, world war one, german culture, literature, life, art, biopic, female nudity, poem ...
Time:
1920s, 1940s, 50s, 1950s, 1930s ...
Place:
germany, berlin germany, east germany
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Growing up in West Sumatra in the 1920s, Hamid and Zainab comes from families from very different social classes. Hamid is poor, while Zainab is wealthy. Hamid receives a scholarship from Zainab’s father and Hamid’s mother works for Zainab’s ...
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, emotional, historical drama ...
Plot:
forbidden love, fall in love, rich and poor, social differences, love and romance, society, youth, parents and children, teenage life, religions or cults, islam, class differences ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
indonesia
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: China
TV show
Story:
Set in 1928, it tells the story of Wei Ruolai and his determination to courageously pursue his strong aspirations in serving his country. He regarded Shen Tunan, a senior adviser, as his mentor when he was a low-level employee at a financial ...
Style:
period piece, thought provoking, historical drama, serious, tense ...
Plot:
political intrigue, patriotism, communist party, conspiracy, class struggle, idealism, sacrifice, betrayal, espionage, urban, biopic, office politics
Time:
1920s
Place:
shanghai
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
TV show
Story:
As WWI ends, housewife Kate Galloway sets up a nightclub in Soho to support her daughters. But Kate must contend with a dangerous gangster family and the police to survive.
Style:
suspense, period drama
Plot:
nightclub, gangster, survival, resilience, female empowerment, post war, organized crime, single mother, ambition, danger, crime family, gender roles ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
london
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Genre: Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A medicine woman - a giver of life - is asked to hide a secret which may protect one life but which will destroy another.
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, contemplative, gloomy
Plot:
woman, power relations, society, strong female presence, interracial relations, master and servant, hopes, culture clash, pregnancy, pacific islander, world war one, jazz ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
new zealand
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Argentina, Portugal
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Galicia, northern Spain, January 2, 1921. The steamship Santa Isabel, sailing towards Argentina with more than two hundred emigrants on board, sinks off the coast of Sálvora Island. Three island women, María, Josefa and Cipriana, who have bravely ...
Style:
historical drama, captivating, disturbing, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
castaway, problem, saving a life, secret, ship, sinking ship, island life, rescue, survival, resilience, moving, emigration ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
galicia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Denmark, Greenland
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Based on the journal of Knud Rasmussen's "Great Sled Journey" of 1922 across arctic Canada. The film is shot from the perspective of the Inuit, showing their traditional beliefs and lifestyle. It tells the story of the last great ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, atmospheric, psychological, philosophical ...
Plot:
shaman, husky dog, culture clash, family relations, religions or cults, couples, clergy, hopes, society, tradition, customs, frozen ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, 1910s
Place:
canada
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The story of the rise and fall of the infamous Chicago gangster Al Capone and the control he exhibited over the city during the prohibition years.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, prohibition, brutality, gunfight, rise and fall, mafia, murder, police investigation, hitman, gang war, violence, bare breasts ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, year 1975
Place:
chicago, usa, north america
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Professor David Ash exposes false spiritulists and mediums. He is invited to Edbrook to resolve the fears and torments within its secretive family. Soon after arriving Ash begins to doubt his own senses, and watching the strange behaviour of its ...
Style:
gothic, atmospheric, surprise ending, psychological, scary ...
Plot:
haunted house, haunting, ghost, murder, supernatural, betrayal, nanny, family relations, uncover truth, haunted by the past, siblings relations, mentally unstable ...
Time:
90s, 1920s
Place:
europe, england
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
A true-life drama in the 1920s, centering on British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, who discovered evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilazation in the Amazon and disappeared whilst searching for it.
Style:
inspirational, meditative, period piece, exciting, costume drama ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
explorer, jungle, survival, expedition, travel, archaeology, journey, tribe, amazon jungle, conquistador, world war one, destiny ...
Time:
1920s, year 2016, future, 1900s, year 2017 ...
Place:
south america, ireland, england, bolivia, america ...
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, West Germany, France, Spain
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
period piece, suspense, grim
Plot:
sahara desert, desert, french foreign legion, ufo, treasure hunt, archaeology, exploration, foreign legion, survival, ancient ruins, rescue mission, exotic locale ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
sahara
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29K
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 317 min.
Story:
Set in Bertolucci's ancestral region of Emilia, the film chronicles the lives of two men during the political turmoils that took place in Italy in the first half on the 20th century.
Style:
epic, controversial, compassionate, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
fascism, politics, world war two, italian history, friendship, revolution, class struggle, communism, peasant, socialist, sex, brutality ...
Time:
1900s, 1940s, 1920s, 1930s, 1910s ...
Place:
italy, paris france, france, europe
Is relevant?
405K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe ...
Style:
epic, inspirational, realistic, period piece, visually stunning ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mental illness, success, aviation, entrepreneurship, businessman, test pilot, entrepreneur, biopic, business, filmmaking, obsessive compulsive disorder, corruption ...
Time:
1930s, year 2004, 1920s, 1900s, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, california, connecticut, new york, usa ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Comedian Harmonists tells the story of a famous, German male sextet, five vocals and piano, the "Comedian Harmonists", from the day they meet first in 1927 to the day in 1934, when they become banned by the upcoming Nazis, because three of ...
Style:
visually stunning, sentimental, touching, visual, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi, sex worker, politics, music, bittersweet, holocaust, biopic, radio, friendship, musician, singer ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
germany, berlin germany, europe, new york, budapest ...
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