Year 1952 movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant year 1952 movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, captivating, thought provoking, sincere and tense films and TV shows about / with husband wife relationship, society, death, doctor, flashback, kiss, love, family relations, murder and cigarette smoking plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Biography genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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year 1952 movies
TOP 10 movies tagged as year 1952: Carol (2015), Against the Law (2017), The Travelling Players (1975), Tell It to the Bees (2018), The Old Man & the Gun (2018), The Quiet American (2002), Cold War (2018), The Nun (2018), The Sergeant (1968), The Rocket (2005).

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Carol (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Australia
Duration: 118 min.
Story: In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.
Style: sexy, serious, emotional, realistic, heartbreaking ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, lesbian relationship, forbidden love, lesbian love, women, age difference, gays and lesbians, lgbtq, lesbian romance, sapphic, older woman younger woman relationship ...
Time: 50s, 1950s, year 1952, 2010s, year 2015 ...
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, indiana, idaho, chicago ...
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Against the Law (2017)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story: The film tells the story of Peter Wildeblood, a thoughtful and private gay journalist whose affair with a handsome serviceman he met in Piccadilly – during the time homosexuality was a crime – turned Queen's evidence against him in one of ...
Style: romantic, sentimental, tense, touching, sexy ...
Plot: gay, gay interest, lgbt, lgbtq, male homosexuality, gay relationship, prison, gay slur, lgbtqi, love and romance, gay couple, homosexuality ...
Time: year 1952, 1950s
Place: europe
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The Travelling Players (1975)
Genre: Drama, History, Music, War
Country: Greece
Duration: 230 min.
Story: This expansive Greek drama follows a troupe of theater actors as they perform around their country during World War II. While the production that they put on is entitled "Golfo the Shepherdess," the thespians end up echoing scenes from ...
Style: contemplative, slow cinema, road movie, art film, aesthetic ...
Plot: world war two, greek, masturbation, greek civil war, resistance, mythology, partisan, anarchist, sex crime, time travel, myth, world war ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, 1950s, year 1975, year 1952 ...
Place: greece, europe, ancient greece
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Tell It to the Bees (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Sweden
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Dr. Jean Markham returns to the town she left as a teenager to take over her late father's medical practice. When a school-yard scuffle lands Charlie in her surgery, she invites him to visit the hives in her garden and tell his secrets to the ...
Style: sad, psychological, thought provoking, touching, romantic drama ...
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lesbian romance, lesbian interest, lesbian couple, lesbian sex, lgbtq, female nudity, intolerance, emotional abuse ...
Time: 50s, year 1952, 1950s
Place: scotland
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The Old Man & the Gun (2018)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The true story of Forrest Tucker, from his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public. Wrapped up in the pursuit are a detective, who becomes ...
Style: captivating, suspenseful, humorous, tense, exciting ...
Audience: adult
Plot: heist, old man, prison, bank robber, bank, criminal, pursuit, widow, lie, investigation, chase, secret ...
Time: year 1936, year 1979, 90s, 2010s, 80s ...
Place: usa, texas, san francisco, california, milwaukee wisconsin ...
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The Quiet American (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Germany, USA, Vietnam, Australia, France, Canada, New Zealand
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A stylish political thriller where love and war collide in Southeast Asia. Set in early 1950s Vietnam, a young American becomes entangled in a dangerous love triangle when he falls for the beautiful mistress of a British journalist. As war is waged ...
Style: realistic, political, talky, intense, atmospheric ...
Plot: politics, older man younger woman relationship, journalism, war, cia, moral ambiguity, tragedy, complex characters, communism, reporter, cold war, political unrest ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, year 2002, 2000s, year 1952 ...
Place: vietnam, southeast asia, indochina, asia, hong kong ...
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 7.5
 62K
Cold War (2018)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Poland, UK, France, Belgium
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A Cold War-era love story follows the passionate love affair between a mismatched couple.
Style: black and white, romantic, sad, thought provoking, art film ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: cold war, musician, communism, audition, female singer, loveless marriage, love story, suicide, tragic love, jazz, folklore, defector ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, 60s, 2010s, 90s ...
Place: poland, paris france, east berlin, former yugoslavia, eastern europe ...
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 5.3
 169K
The Nun (2018)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When a young nun at a cloistered abbey in Romania takes her own life, a priest with a haunted past and a novitiate on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate. Together they uncover the order’s unholy secret. Risking ...
Style: scary, demonic, suspense, bleak, surprise ending ...
Audience: adult
Plot: exorcism, supernatural, ghost, supernatural horror, nun, paranormal, demon, evil nun, priest, murder, nightmare, suicide ...
Time: 2010s, year 1952, 1950s, 20th century
Place: romania, rome italy, xian
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 6.5
 688
The Sergeant (1968)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: THE SERGEANT is the story of the dark inner struggle of Master Sergeant Albert Callan to overcome the overwhelming attraction he feels for one of his charges. In the staid and stifling environment of a post-World War II army post in France, ...
Style: retro, sexual, disturbing, realistic, serious
Plot: gay, military training, lgbt, sexual repression, lgbtq, drug addiction, world war two, military, soldier, friendship, homosexual, sergeant ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944, year 1952, 1950s, 50s ...
Place: france, europe
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As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (2001)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 158 min.
Story: The German soldier Clemens Forel - determined to be reunited with his beloved family - makes a dramatic escape through bitter cold winters, desolate landscapes, and life threatening ventures from a Siberian labor camp after World War II. 8000 miles ...
Style: serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, sincere ...
Plot: world war two, survival, gulag, human spirit, pow, confined, getting home, captivity, wehrmacht, danger, jail, nazi ...
Time: 1940s, 50s, year 1939, year 1952, year 1947 ...
Place: ussr, germany, soviet union, siberia, baltics ...
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 7.6
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The Rocket (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 124 min.
Story: In the late 1930s, a young machinist named Maurice Richard distinguished himself as a ice hockey player of preternatural talent. Although that was enough to get him into the Montreal Canadiens, his frequent injuries cost him the confidence of his ...
Style: serious, sincere, touching, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot: ice hockey, hockey player, hockey, factory, discrimination, athlete's life, protest, follow your dream, contests and competitions, human spirit, rise to the top, hopes ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1955, year 1937 ...
Place: quebec, montreal, toronto ontario canada, new york, boston ...
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The Last Picture Show (1971)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The coming of age of a youth named Sonny in a small Texas town in the 1950s.
Style: black and white, sentimental, realistic, thought provoking, captivating ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, small town, friendship, high school, older woman younger man relationship, self discovery, teenager, elopement, nostalgia, graduation, death, depression ...
Time: 1950s, 20th century, 50s, year 1971, year 1951 ...
Place: texas, usa, austin texas, midwest, oklahoma ...
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A Painted House (2003)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A young boy, his family, and the migrant workers they hire to work their cotton farm struggle against difficult odds to raise and sell the crop. Meanwhile, the boy dreams of living in better conditions. However, with this particularly tough farming ...
Style: uplifting, sentimental, serious, touching, realistic ...
Plot: youth, coming of age, family relations, lifestyle, self discovery, hopes, farm, poverty, survival, nature, farmer, grandfather grandson relationship ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, year 1952
Place: arkansas, usa
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Lucky Luciano (1973)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Lucky Luciano is one of the bosses of the Mafia. He orders the slaughter of 40 other responsibles, therefore becoming the only boss. But a few years later he is put into jail. In 1946, he got a pardon and is sent back to Sicilia. There, he begins ...
Style: poliziottesco, historical drama, contemplative, serious, realistic ...
Plot: cosa nostra, mafia, mobster, ambition, organized crime, democrat, mafioso, gangster, american mafia, intelligence agency, biopic, life is a bitch ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, 50s, 20th century, post world war two ...
Place: italy, sicily, europe, usa, new york ...
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 5.3
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Golden Gate (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A brash 22-year-old FBI agent trumps up charges of Communist spying against a Chinese laundryman. Ten years later, he wants to make amends to the man and his teenage daughter.
Style: sensual, rough, realistic, serious, thought provoking ...
Plot: politics, injustice, white man asian woman relationship, legal investigation, espionage, state affairs, legal, life is a bitch, society, army investigation, law enforcement, fall in love ...
Time: year 1993, 60s, 50s, 1950s, year 1968 ...
Place: san francisco, california, usa, hong kong
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 6.3
 2K
DAU. Natasha (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Ukraine, UK, Russia
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Natasha runs the canteen at a secret 1950s Soviet research institute. This is the beating heart of the DAU universe, everyone drops in here: the institute's employees, scientists and visiting foreign guests. Natasha's world is a small one, ...
Style: captivating, tense, crying, neo noir
Plot: explicit sex, erection, kgb, scientist, secret agent, sexual humiliation, social problems, relationship problems, spy, espionage, sexual torture, sex scene ...
Time: 1950s, year 1952
Place: soviet union, ussr
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The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: The Manchurian Candidate is a political thriller from American director John Frankenheimer. An American soldier is brainwashed into being a killer for the communist Russians during the Korean War.
Style: political thriller, black and white, psychological, political, tense ...
Audience: date night
Plot: conspiracy, cold war, political conspiracy, brainwashing, assassin, senator, election, political intrigue, korean war, spy, manipulation, politics ...
Time: 20th century, year 1962, 50s, 1950s, year 1952
Place: new york, china, north korea, korea, usa ...
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 6.5
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Red Kiss (1985)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story: 1952, Paris. Nadia, a Red Diaper baby, has a sister, Polish parents, and at 15 is an active Communist. When cops beat her during an anti-American demonstration, she's rescued by a "Match" photographer. As the friendship becomes a love ...
Style: serious, realistic, sexual, captivating
Plot: young love, age difference, state affairs, society, youth, love and romance, coming of age, politics, rebellion, friends, revolution, family relations ...
Time: 50s, year 1953, year 1952, year 1937, 1950s
Place: france, paris france, europe
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Let Him Go (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Following the loss of their son, a retired sheriff and his wife leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from the clutches of a dangerous family living off the grid in the Dakotas.
Style: suspense, emotional, brutal, tense, rough ...
Plot: horse, grief, grandson, father in law daughter in law relationship, husband wife relationship, brutality, abusive husband, death, sheriff, retired, fight, grandparent grandchild relationship ...
Time: 60s, 2020s, year 1952
Place: north dakota, montana
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 7.3
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Red Scarf (1964)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 100 min.
Story: South Korean Air Force pilots engage in perilous missions against Communist North Koreans during the Korean War.
Plot: military, communism, anti communism, helicopter, patriotism, mountain, fighter pilot, air force, rescue, war widow, camaraderie, korean war ...
Time: 1950s, year 1952
Place: north korea, south korea
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The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA, France, Argentina, Peru, Chile, Germany
Duration: 126 min.
Story: "The Motorcycle Diaries" is based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. In his memoirs, Guevara recounts adventures he, and best friend Alberto Granado, had while crossing South America by motorcycle in the early ...
Style: road movie, touching, inspirational, political, breathtaking ...
Plot: self discovery, motorcycle, travel, freedom, on the road, revolutionary, poverty, revolution, road trip, journey, traveler, biopic ...
Time: 20th century, year 2004, 50s, y2k, 2000s ...
Place: latin america, chile, cuba, south america, argentina ...
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The Confession (1970)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 139 min.
Story: The vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia, knowing he's being watched and followed, is one day arrested and put into solitary confinement by his blackmailers.
Style: political, political thriller, cynical, sad, thought provoking ...
Plot: politics, communism, dictatorship, dictator, spy, anti communist, cold war, prison, protest, worker, espionage, radical ...
Time: year 1970, 1950s, year 1968, 20th century, 60s ...
Place: france, czechoslovakia, czech republic, soviet union, central europe ...
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The Grandmaster (2013)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Ip Man's peaceful life in Foshan changes after Gong Yutian seeks an heir for his family in Southern China. Ip Man then meets Gong Er who challenges him for the sake of regaining her family's honor. After the Second Sino-Japanese War, Ip ...
Style: visually stunning, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu master, kung fu, wing chun, vengeance, heroes, fight, opponent, instructor, rivalry, contests and competitions, heir ...
Time: 1930s, 2010s, year 2013, 1940s, 20th century ...
Place: china, japan, hong kong, east asia, asia
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An Ordinary Execution (2010)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: During the last days of Stalin's reign, a doctor (Marina Hands) tries to go unnoticed in a society of mutual dread where a neighbour or colleague might "denounce" you to the authorities at any moment.But tales of her healing touch ...
Style: thought provoking, serious, emotional, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: josef stalin, power relations, head of state, doctors and patients, moral dilemma, society, state affairs, life is a bitch, dictator, suffering, illness, kgb ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, year 1952
Place: soviet union, russia, ussr
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Christopher and His Kind (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In 1931 budding author Christopher Isherwood goes to Berlin at the invitation of his friend W. H. Auden for the gay sex that abounds in the city. Whilst working as an English teacher his housemates include bewigged old queen Gerald Hamilton and ...
Style: serious, sincere, realistic, sexual, crying ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, gender, lgbt, self discovery, gays and lesbians, lgbtq, lifestyle, writers, homosexual, sadomasochism, fall in love, society ...
Time: 1930s, post world war two, 20th century, year 1931, year 1933 ...
Place: germany, europe, berlin germany, england, hamburg germany ...
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Lilies (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: 1952: Bishop Bilodeau visits a québécois prison to hear the confession of a boyhood friend jailed for murder 40 years ago. The inmates force the prelate to watch a play depicting what really happened in 1912. We meet him as a young man, ...
Style: emotional, serious, enigmatic, captivating, historical drama ...
Plot: gay, prison, bishop, homosexuality, gender, vengeance, tragedy, love triangle, teachers and students, haunted by the past, homosexual, society ...
Time: 1950s, year 1952
Place: france
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Eva Peron: The True Story (1996)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Argentina
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Drama based on the life of Eva Peron, an obscure actress, who rose to become wife of Argentine strong-man President Juan Peron and one of the most powerful figures in Argentina until her death in 1952 at age 33.
Style: crying
Plot: women, restaurant, radio, military, horse, doctor, elevator, anger, photographer, map, little girl, soldier ...
Time: 20th century, year 1951, year 1945, year 1952, 1950s
Place: south america, latin america
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The Confessional (1995)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The year is 1952, in Quebec City. Rachel (16), unmarried and pregnant, works in the church. Filled with shame, she unburdens her guilt to a young priest, under the confidentiality of the confessional. In the present year of 1989, Pierre Lamontagne ...
Style: atmospheric, psychological, psychological thriller, manga, gloomy ...
Plot: lgbt, male nudity, lgbtq, religion, adoption, sex show, joan of arc, family relations, clergy, society, pregnancy, siblings relations ...
Time: 20th century, 50s, 80s, 1950s, year 1952 ...
Place: canada
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 7.6
 104K
Philomena (2013)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.
Style: touching, sentimental, realistic, captivating, sad ...
Plot: adoption, convent, catholic church, journalist, catholic, journalism, self discovery, religious intolerance, faith, nun, elderly, illegitimate son ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 1950s, 20th century, 50s ...
Place: ireland, england, washington d.c., britain, usa ...
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 7.8
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Thurgood (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: This one-man play stars Laurence Fishburne in his Tony-nominated performance as Thurgood Marshall, the remarkable Civil Rights lawyer and Supreme Court Justice.
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, minimal cast, one man show
Plot: legal, idealism, society, power relations, stubbornness, court martial, korean war, racism, lawyer, black, intrigue, african diaspora ...
Time: 20th century, year 1954, year 1952, 21st century
Place: baltimore, usa, nashville tennessee
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