20s movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant 20s movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, captivating, melancholic, touching and sexy films and TV shows about / with love and romance, love, society, couples, couple relations, dialogue, marriage, nude, family relations and storytelling plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
20s movies
389
TOP 10 movies tagged as 20s: Sweet Land (2005), The Great Gatsby (2000), Start Love (2015), The Grass Is Always Grindr (2018), Miller's Crossing (1990), The Soul Keeper (2002), Easy Virtue (2008), Character (1997), Alex & Emma (2003), Intimate Affairs (2001).

List of 20s movies

 7.1
 4K
Sweet Land (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Set in 1920, Inge travels from Germany to rural Minnesota in order to meet the man destined to be her husband.
Style: touching, melancholic, sweet, sincere, stylized ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: countryside, citizenship, immigrant, prejudice, mail order bride, friendship, society, social issues, small town, farmer, wedding, fall in love ...
Time: 1920s, year 2005, 60s, 20th century, post world war one
Place: minnesota, usa, germany, europe
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The Great Gatsby (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Stock broker Nick Carraway consents to play Cupid for his rich married first cousin Daisy Buchanen and her former love, successful bootlegger and forger Jay Gatsby.
Style: captivating, stylized, sentimental, serious, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: tragic love, obsession, infidelity, lifestyle, love triangle, love affair, society, social differences, unfulfilled love, haunted by the past, dishonesty, love ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, oxford university, yale university, chicago
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 6.1
 15
Start Love (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 10 min.
TV show
Story: Start Love is a romance drama of a man and a woman in their 20’s that will depict the love story of them comically.
Style: light, entertaining, romantic, captivating, romantic comedy ...
Plot: relationships, love story, young romance, love and romance, couples, romantic relationship, male female relationship, in love, youth, couple relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love affair ...
Time: 1920s
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The Grass Is Always Grindr (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
TV show
Story: The series follows a young gay man, Joe (Denholm Spurr): master of the selfie. He spends his free time either trying to up his followers on Insta, or looking for guys on Grindr. One of those men turns out to be Adam (Taofique Folarin), a handsome ...
Style: psychological, captivating, thrilling, romantic drama, realistic ...
Plot: gay, social media, gay interest, gay relationship, lgbtq, relationships, homosexual, male homosexuality, couple relations, social issues, lgbt, homosexuality ...
Time: 1920s
Place: london
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Miller's Crossing (1990)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.
Style: neo noir, atmospheric, tense, stylized, cynical ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: organized crime, betrayal, mafia, corruption, gangster, shootout, irish mob, loyalty, love triangle, blackmail, mobster, prohibition era ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1990, 1920s
Place: usa, new orleans, new york
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The Soul Keeper (2002)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Italy, France, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In the present days, Maria Spielrein and Fraser are in Russia making a research about the life of Sabina Spielrein. In the beginning of the Twentieth Century, this Russian girl was a patient treated by Dr. Jung and later they fall in love for each ...
Style: psychological, sexual, serious, captivating, touching ...
Plot: love affair, mental institution, mental illness, psychology, nazi occupation, tragic hero, power relations, mentally unstable, doctors and patients, society, experimenting, sex scene ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, 1920s, 20th century, 1900s
Place: switzerland, russia, europe, zurich switzerland, geneva switzerland ...
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 6.6
 23K
Easy Virtue (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A young Englishman marries a glamorous American. When he brings her home to meet the parents, she arrives like a blast from the future - blowing their entrenched British stuffiness out the window.
Style: sexy, witty, period piece, costume drama, stylized ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, teens, teen drama
Plot: family relations, culture clash, high society, dysfunctional family, fish out of water, dishonesty, female nudity, love and romance, manipulation, father in law daughter in law relationship, country house, meet the parents ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century, year 2008, future, 1930s ...
Place: england, britain, europe, france, london
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 7.7
 12K
Character (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 122 min.
Story: J.W. Katadreuffe is the son of Joba Katadreuffe and A.B. Drevenhaven. Though fully neglected by Joba, Dreverhaven ensures the succesfull career of his son. Mostly unseen, though he sues his son a few times. The son Katadreuffe succeeds, but at great ...
Style: realistic, emotional, psychological, twisted, slasher ...
Plot: law, communism, family relations, chess, lawyer, court, dysfunctional family, love, mentor, poverty, hospital, corruption ...
Time: year 1997, 1920s, 20th century, 1900s, 1910s
Place: rotterdam netherlands, netherlands, poland
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 5.5
 14K
Alex & Emma (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Writer Alex Sheldon (Luke Wilson) must finish his novel within a month. If he doesn't, he won't get paid. And, if that happens, angry Mafia types to whom he owes money will come looking for him. In order to expedite things, Alex hires ...
Style: feel good, romantic, sweet, cute, light ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: writers, unlikely couple, gambling, happy ending, destiny, book, love triangle, workplace romance, casino, twists and turns, love affair, writer's life ...
Time: year 2003, 20th century, 1920s, 1930s
Place: boston, philadelphia, massachusetts, switzerland
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Intimate Affairs (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: When a scholar, is haunted by an overwhelming desire to understand the mystery of sex, he decides to conduct an investigation. With two beautiful assistants joining the case, the stakes are raised.
Style: sexy, talky, captivating, humorous, psychological ...
Plot: sex, making love, sexuality, dark humor, sexual relations, looking for sex, lifestyle, destructive relationship, sex scene, female nudity, erotica, voyeur ...
Time: year 2001, year 1929, 1920s
Place: europe, france, paris france
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 4.9
 896
Kung Fu Killer (2008)
Genre: Action
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 176 min.
Story: China is in unrest, as the Republic falls prey to Warlords like Kahn Xin, who holds an entire province hostage to the opium trade—and destroys all who oppose him. Only the revered Wudang monks dare stand in Kahn’s way in order to protect the ...
Style: exciting, serious, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, medieval, revenge, kung fu, escapades, tough heroes, race against time, rivalry, duel, village, chase, love ...
Time: 20th century, 1920s
Place: china, asia
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The House of the Spirits (1993)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Denmark, Portugal, USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: A rancher, his clairvoyant wife and their family face turbulent years in South America.
Style: sexy, emotional, touching, costume drama, family saga ...
Plot: coup d'etat, farm, politics, civil war, dictatorship, magic realism, sexualized violence, justice, rape, dysfunctional family, father daughter relationship, family relations ...
Time: 1940s, year 1993, 1930s, 1920s, 60s ...
Place: latin america, south america, chile
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 6.2
 2K
Infinity (1996)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Story of the early life of genius and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman.
Style: enigmatic, sincere, touching, realistic, serious ...
Plot: mathematics, couples, world war two, young lovers, love, scientist, science, storytelling, life philosophy, love and romance, catastrophe, death ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1996, 1920s
Place: new mexico, new york, new orleans, usa, albuquerque new mexico
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The Last September (1999)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story: In 1920s Ireland, an elderly couple reside over a tired country estate. Living with them are their high-spirited niece, their Oxford student nephew, and married house guests, who are trying to cover up that they are presently homeless. The niece ...
Style: period piece, gloomy, emotional, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: ira, nudity, attempted rape, murder, war, world war one, power relations, couples, social differences, infidelity, unfulfilled love, rich and poor ...
Time: year 1999, 1920s
Place: ireland, england, europe
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Lady Chatterley (1993)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: Lady Constance Chatterley is married to the handicapped Sir Clifford Chatterley, who was wounded in the First World War. When they move to his family's estate, Constance meets their tough-yet-quiet groundskeeper, Oliver Mellors. Soon, she ...
Style: erotic, costume drama, sensual, serious, historical drama ...
Plot: female pubic hair, naked man, sexual awakening, infidelity, paralysis, master and servant, male pubic hair, sexual attraction, unhappy marriage, extramarital affair, lust, sex scene ...
Time: 20th century, 1920s, 1910s
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Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: A sweeping romantic epic set in Japan in the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.
Style: captivating, sentimental, dramatic, serious, romantic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: love story, geisha, women, age difference, japanese culture, older man younger woman relationship, brothel, beauty, orphan, love and romance, mentor, femininity ...
Time: 1920s, 1940s, 1930s, ancient times, 20th century ...
Place: japan, asia, china, east asia, america ...
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 6.8
 21K
Shaolin (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: China is plunged into strife as feuding warlords try to expand their power by warring over neighboring lands. Fuelled by his success on the battlefield, young and arrogant Hao Jie sneers at Shaolin's masters when he beats one of them in a duel. ...
Style: serious, stylized, captivating, exciting, realistic ...
Plot: martial arts, shaolin monk, shaolin, shaolin kung fu, monk, martial artist, wu shu, dictatorship, conquering, kung fu, political unrest, hopes ...
Time: 2010s, 1920s, 20th century
Place: china, asia
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Killer: A Journal of Murder (1995)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Carl Panzram is sent to Leavenworth Prison for burglary. While there, he is brutally beaten by a guard. Neophyte guard Henry Lesser feels sympathy for Panzram, befriends him, and gets him to write his life story. Lesser learns that Panzram's ...
Style: disturbing, serious, realistic, rough, bleak ...
Plot: serial killer, death row, prison rape, killer, murder, true crime, prison, drinking, prisoner, chase, rape, violence ...
Time: 1930s, 1920s, 20th century
Place: rhode island, minnesota, new jersey, israel, africa ...
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 4.5
 2K
Summer Lover (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 88 min.
Story: On honeymoon on the island of Lesbos, a woman falls for the daughter of a Russian archaeologist.
Style: erotic, sexy, realistic, suspenseful, melancholic ...
Plot: lesbian relationship, love triangle, lesbian, impossible love, making love, tragic love, lesbian sex, dishonesty, topless woman, lgbt, sex scene, sex ...
Time: 20th century, 1920s
Place: greece, europe, ukraine
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Sentimental Destinies (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 180 min.
Story: In late nineteenth century Charante, Protestant minister Jean Barnery causes local disquiet when he arranges a separation from his obsessive wife...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, touching, gloomy ...
Plot: family business, divorce, love affair, social differences, society, crumbling marriage, fall in love, couples, clergy, world war one, priest, businessman ...
Time: 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, year 1929 ...
Place: switzerland, paris france, france, europe
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 7.2
 6K
American Pop (1981)
Genre: Animation, Drama, History, Music
Country: USA, Netherlands, UK, South Korea
Duration: 96 min.
Story: American Pop is an American animated film that tells the story of four generations of a Russian Jewish immigrant family of musicians whose careers parallel the history of American popular music.
Style: adult animation, intense, disturbing, sentimental, captivating ...
Audience: adult
Plot: jazz, music, music business, songwriter, rock and roll, justice, dark hero, dysfunctional family, multiple storylines, family relations, love and romance, musician's life ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1981, 80s, 70s ...
Place: new york, kansas, israel, russia, san francisco ...
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Chrono Crusade (2003)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Chrono Crusade, in first position known as Chrno Crusade due to a typo in the original logo, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Daisuke Moriyama. It was originally published by Kadokawa Shoten in Comic Dragon, then a special issue ...
Style: anime, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, serious ...
Plot: supernatural, destiny, exorcist, heroic mission, obsessive quest, imaginary, danger, clergy, escapades, battles, curses spells and rituals, rivalry ...
Time: 1920s
Place: new york, usa, san francisco
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Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long (1995)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A look at the life and career of controversial Louisiana governor Huey Long, whose nickname was "The Kingfish."
Style: political, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, sincere ...
Plot: corporation, politician, fascism, royalty, american politics, assassination, biopic, campaign, life is a bitch, human spirit, society, ambition ...
Time: 1930s, 1910s, 1920s
Place: louisiana, usa
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Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Set in 1920's New York City, this movie tells the story of idealistic young playwright David Shayne. Producer Julian Marx finally finds funding for the project from gangster Nick Valenti. The catch is that Nick's girl friend Olive Neal ...
Style: light, humorous, funny, witty, talky ...
Plot: mafia, gangster, satire, backstage, writers, theater, murder, playwright, actor, rehearsal, actress, showbiz ...
Time: 1920s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1994
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Tells the story of Fisher Willow, the disliked 1920s Memphis débutante daughter of a plantation owner with a distaste for narrow-minded people and a penchant for shocking and insulting those around her. After returning from studies overseas, Fisher ...
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, touching, gothic ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: true love, rich woman poor man, plantation, forbidden love, betrayal, dishonesty, family relations, love and romance, unlikely couple, rebellion, couples, power relations ...
Time: 20th century, year 2008, 1920s
Place: memphis, tennessee, usa
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The Princess and the Frog (2009)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Brazil, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A waitress, desperate to fulfill her dreams as a restaurant owner, is set on a journey to turn a frog prince back into a human being, but she has to face the same problem after she kisses him.
Style: fairy tale, feel good, witty, cute, romantic ...
Audience: kids, girls' night, family outing, chick flick, teens ...
Plot: princess, jazz, prince, good versus evil, magical, disney princess, love and romance, girl, cinderella story, happy ending, transformation, animal life ...
Time: 1920s, 1910s, 20th century, year 1912, 2000s
Place: new orleans, louisiana, usa, north america, mississippi
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Lady Chatterley (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 168 min.
Story: French adaption of DH Lawrence's infamous novel about forbidden passion across the class divide. Winner of the 2007 Cesar Award for Best Film.
Style: sexy, erotic, romantic, touching, sincere ...
Audience: adult
Plot: infidelity, lady, sex, husband wife relationship, extramarital affair, passion, female pubic hair, forbidden love, affair, sensuality, unhappy marriage, male nudity ...
Time: year 2006, 1920s, 20th century
Place: mediterranean sea, riviera, europe, france
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Under the Protection of Ka'Bah (2011)
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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 7.4
 4K
Warm Springs (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Franklin Roosevelt, left a paraplegic from polio at 39 years of age, seeks out a miracle cure in the backwoods of Georgia.
Style: sincere, realistic, sentimental, political, captivating ...
Plot: president, politics, disability, politician, political leader, ambition, rise and fall, rebellion, life is a bitch, hopes, introspection, world war two ...
Time: 1930s, 1920s, 20th century, 1940s
Place: georgia, usa, southern usa, new york state, washington d.c. ...
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 7.2
 92K
Out of Africa (1985)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 161 min.
Story: Out of Africa tells the story of the life of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself. The film is based on the autobiographical novel by Karen Blixen from 1937.
Style: touching, visually stunning, sexy, period piece, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: love story, writers, love and romance, colonialism, true love, love, infidelity, nobility, fall in love, destiny, tribal chief, hunter ...
Time: 1910s, 1920s, ancient times, 20th century, victorian era ...
Place: africa, kenya, south africa, denmark
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