| Chaplin (1992) | 7.5 | |
| Carol (2015) | 7.3 | |
| The Thief (1997) | 7.6 | |
| The Old Man & the Gun (2018) | 6.7 | |
| Marty Supreme (2025) | 8.1 |
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 realistic, serious, melancholic, touching, period piece and atmospheric films and TV shows about / with friendship, love, cigarette smoking, husband wife relationship, society, kiss, father son relationship, mentor, dialogue and death plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Biography genres shot in UK, USA, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as year 1952: Tell It to the Bees (2018), Carol (2015), Against the Law (2017), Caddo Lake (2024), The Old Man & the Gun (2018), The Quiet American (2002), Cold War (2018), The Nun (2018), The Sergeant (1968), The Rocket (2005).
Best films
New films
| Babylon (2022) | 7.1 | |
| The Nun (2018) | 5.4 | |
| Tell It to the Bees (2018) | 6.5 | |
| Marty Supreme (2025) | 8.1 | |
| Caddo Lake (2024) | 6.9 |
List of year 1952 movies
Genre: Drama, Romance
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, thought provoking, romantic drama, touching, period piece ...
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lesbian interest, lesbian attraction, lesbianism, lesbian couple, lesbian romance, female doctor, lesbian sex, love interest ...
Time:
year 1952, 50s, 1950s
Place:
austin texas, scotland
Is relevant?
153K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Australia, USA
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, erotic, serious, emotional, costume drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, forbidden love, lesbian love, lesbian relationship, women, sapphic, gays and lesbians, lesbian romance, lesbian interest, age difference, older woman younger woman relationship ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, year 1952, 2010s, year 2015 ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, columbus ohio, idaho, indiana ...
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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:
sexy, tense, psychological, suspenseful, romantic ...
Plot:
gay relationship, gay interest, male homosexuality, lgbt, gay, gay sex, gay couple, gay lead character, lovers, homosexuality, prison, gay slur ...
Time:
year 1952, 1950s, year 1955, year 1954, 50s
Place:
europe, england
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When an 8-year-old girl mysteriously vanishes on Caddo Lake, a series of past deaths and disappearances begin to link together, forever altering a broken family’s history.
Style:
atmospheric, twisted
Plot:
time travel, missing girl, mother daughter relationship, dam, sister sister relationship, mental illness, time portal, missing sister, alligator, missing person, missing child, mysterious disappearance ...
Time:
year 1952, 2000s, year 2005, 2020s, year 2003 ...
Place:
texas
Is relevant?
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:
suspenseful, captivating, humorous, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
bank robber, prison, old man, bank, heist, widow, pursuit, criminal, investigation, lie, chase, secret ...
Time:
year 1960, year 1936, year 1979, year 1952, year 1962 ...
Place:
usa, dallas texas, texas, columbus ohio, montana ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Germany, USA, Vietnam, France
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, period piece, intense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
politics, older man younger woman relationship, journalism, cia, love triangle, moral ambiguity, tragedy, complex characters, communism, reporter, cold war, dishonesty ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1952, 2000s, year 2002 ...
Place:
vietnam, southeast asia, indochina, asia, hong kong ...
Is relevant?
65K
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Poland, UK, France, Belgium, India
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A Cold War-era love story follows the passionate love affair between a mismatched couple.
Style:
black and white, thought provoking, romantic, sad, art film ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
cold war, musician, love story, communism, audition, female singer, loveless marriage, poet, border crossing, concert, marriage, older man younger woman relationship ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1952, year 1957, year 1949 ...
Place:
poland, paris france, former yugoslavia, east berlin, warsaw poland ...
Is relevant?
193K
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, religious horror, suspense, spooky ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
supernatural, exorcism, supernatural horror, ghost, nun, demon, paranormal, priest, evil nun, suicide, blood, demonic possession ...
Time:
year 1952, 2010s, 20th century, 1950s, 50s
Place:
romania, rome italy, xian
Is relevant?
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:
sergeant, military training, lgbt, army life, sexual perversion, military school, discipline, drug addiction, lgbtq, world war two, soldier, military ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, year 1952, 1950s, 50s ...
Place:
france, europe
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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, tense, realistic, breathtaking, suspenseful ...
Plot:
world war two, pow, survival, human spirit, gulag, confined, captivity, wehrmacht, danger, wilderness survival, nazi, fugitives ...
Time:
1940s, 50s, year 1937, year 1947, year 1951 ...
Place:
germany, ussr, soviet union, siberia, tehran iran ...
Is relevant?
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, realistic, sincere, touching, sentimental ...
Plot:
hockey player, ice hockey, hockey, factory, discrimination, athlete's life, protest, working class, contests and competitions, rise to the top, human spirit, underdog ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1955, year 1937 ...
Place:
quebec, montreal, toronto ontario canada, boston, new york ...
Is relevant?
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:
sexy, sentimental, teen, crying, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, small town, friendship, high school, self discovery, teenager, nostalgia, death, skinny dipping, elopement, teen angst, older woman younger man relationship ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 50s, year 1971, year 1952 ...
Place:
texas, usa, oklahoma, midwest, north america ...
Is relevant?
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, manga, psychological thriller, gloomy ...
Plot:
lgbt, sex show, joan of arc, gay interest, brother brother relationship, homosexual, lgbtq, religion, adoption, family relations, society, clergy ...
Time:
1950s, year 1952, 20th century, 50s, year 1989 ...
Place:
canada
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Japan, UK, Poland, Singapore
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Dual timelines explore a Japanese widow's memories spanning post-war Nagasaki in 1950s and England during 1980s Cold War era, unraveling secrets that intertwine her past and present experiences across borders.
Style:
period piece, reflective, melancholic, atmospheric, historical drama ...
Plot:
widow, female protagonist, trauma, grief, memory, secrets, post war, mother and daughter, loss, regret, family secret, identity ...
Time:
1950s, 60s, 80s, 20th century, year 1982 ...
Place:
england
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: France, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The Mambo Kings tells the story of César and Nestor Castillo, brothers and aspiring musicians who flee from Cuba to America in search of the American Dream.
Style:
sentimental, emotional, melancholic, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
music, true love, musician's life, rags to riches, performer's life, family relations, immigrant, brother brother relationship, sibling rivalry, fame, love story, dancing ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, 20th century, year 1952, year 1992
Place:
cuba, new york, havana cuba, america, usa ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, West Germany, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A gritty Brooklyn story about union corruption, violence, taboos and social norms. The stories told are of the sailors, the prostitute, the union bosses, the hooligans and the gay community set in the early 50s.
Style:
bleak, disturbing, rough, intense, period piece ...
Plot:
prostitute, rape, transsexual, gang rape, prostitution, sex, labor union, working class, outdoor sex, hooker, union, fight ...
Time:
50s, year 1989, 1950s, 20th century, year 1952
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, berlin germany
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
Man of Marble is a Polish film about a student making a film about a bricklayer who was once idolized. She interviews people who knew him and finds old footage that lead to an unfolding mystery that causes her producer to cancel the project.
Style:
emotional, meditative, compassionate, talky, disturbing ...
Plot:
politics, terrorist, visceral, communism, friendship, working class, honest, eviction, renaissance, heroes, journalism, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
70s, 1950s, year 1976, year 1977, 20th century ...
Place:
poland, eastern europe, europe, canada, japan ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Unbeknownst to her husband Soedjiman, Sulastri made a pact with the devil so that she could have children. She gave birth to twins, Kumala, who survived, and Sumala, who died. Kumala grew up to be a kind child, but she was also physically and ...
Style:
supernatural thriller, dark, brutal, sadistic
Plot:
supernatural horror, village, possessed, terror, ghost, devil, haunting, twins, survival, wife, ritual, deformity ...
Time:
1940s, year 1948, year 1947, year 1950, year 1955 ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Autumn 1968, the Australian running record holder Ron Clarke is coming to Prague, hoping that his old friend and role model, Emil Zátopek, the most famous Czech athlete of all time, will help him overcome the biggest crisis of his career.
Style:
captivating, psychological, crying, non-linear, period drama
Plot:
running, runner, endurance, olympics, biopic, role model, based on real people, athlete, problem, athlete's life, track and field, escape ...
Time:
60s, 1860s, year 1952, 1950s, 1940s ...
Place:
helsinki finland, prague, london, europe, central europe
Is relevant?
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:
sentimental, touching, serious, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
youth, coming of age, family relations, lifestyle, self discovery, hopes, farm, poverty, farmer, nature, survival, flood ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1952
Place:
arkansas, usa
Is relevant?
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.
Style:
tension, historical drama, period piece, melancholic
Plot:
air force, camaraderie, military, aerial combat, military aviation, brotherhood, bravery, sacrifice, patriotism, heroism, resilience, fatalism ...
Time:
1950s, year 1952, 50s
Place:
north korea, south korea, korea
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A fiercely independent cowboy arranges to have himself locked up in jail in order to then escape with an old friend who has been sentenced to the penitentiary.
Style:
black and white, existential, retro, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison escape, chase, friendship, truck, modern west, on the run, escape, wilderness, idealism, small town, cowboy, anarchist ...
Time:
20th century, year 1962, 1950s, 60s, year 1952 ...
Place:
albuquerque new mexico, new mexico, california, texas
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Africa, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A drama centered on two women who engage in a dangerous relationship during South Africa's apartheid era.
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, erotic, historical drama ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian relationship, lgbt, gender, lesbian love, sapphic, forbidden love, lesbianism, lesbian teen, love and romance, lesbian interest, lgbtq ...
Time:
ancient times, 20th century, year 1952
Place:
south africa, africa
Is relevant?
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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:
sexual, sincere, serious, realistic, crying ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, gay love, gay relationship, homosexuality, gay couple, gay interest, gender, homosexual, lgbt, lgbtq, fall in love, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
1930s, post world war two, 20th century, year 1933, year 1952 ...
Place:
germany, europe, berlin germany, hamburg germany, england ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Sir Roger Bannister's historic running of the sub-four-minute mile is celebrated in Four Minutes, an inspiring and respectably authentic TV movie about breaking the most famous barrier in the history of sports.
Plot:
running, runner, track and field, cambridge university, male female relationship, twenty something, jazz, new year, boat, dancer, bicycle, love ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, year 1946, year 1954, year 1952 ...
Place:
helsinki finland, oxford university, mount everest
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Ireland, France, UK, Romania
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
An Englishman who grew up in London during World War II joins the military to fight in the Korean War.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, captivating, historical drama ...
Plot:
skinny dipping, military life, military, soldier, disorder, friends, buddies, youth, boot camp, wartime life, training camp, bittersweet ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 20th century, year 1952, year 1953 ...
Place:
england, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.
Style:
exciting, tense, scenic, stylized, breathtaking ...
Audience:
family friendly, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
survival, natural disaster, ocean, disaster, courage, shipwreck, forces of nature, coast guard, storm at sea, daring rescue, fisherman, ship captain ...
Time:
1950s, year 2016, 20th century, year 1951, year 1952 ...
Place:
new england, boston, massachusetts, usa, england
Is relevant?
158K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Ellis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.
Style:
touching, sentimental, sweet, romantic, period piece ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night
Plot:
immigrant, love and romance, starting over, sex scene, marriage proposal, hopes, immigration, friendship, female protagonist, true love, love affair, homesickness ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 2010s, year 2015, 1900s ...
Place:
ireland, brooklyn new york city, new york, coney island brooklyn new york city, america ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In 1946, a soldier fathers a child then dies before its birth. Jump to 1952: on a train, the child and his mother meet a handsome soldier who makes a play for her. She accepts. Posing as a married family, the soldier finds them a rooming house where ...
Style:
bleak, realistic, sincere, serious, gloomy ...
Plot:
coming of age, death, betrayal, soldier, family relations, cons and scams, parents and children, hospital, drinking, orphanage, thief, passion ...
Time:
50s, post world war two, year 1997, 1940s, 20th century ...
Place:
russia, soviet union, black sea, siberia, new jersey
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Set in 1952, as England prepares for the coronation, The Scapegoat tells the story of two very different men who have one thing in common - a face.
Style:
atmospheric, period piece, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
lookalikes, scapegoat, dark humor, hidden identity, switching roles, family problems, dishonesty, family relations, disorder, coincidence, cons and scams, estate ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, 1950s, year 1952
Place:
england, europe
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