Nostalgia movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant nostalgia movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out feel good, sentimental, melancholic, humorous, realistic and weird films and TV shows about / with nostalgia, coming of age, friendship, dialogue, childhood, mentor, storytelling, flashback, family relations and teenager plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, France, Spain and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as nostalgia: La Belle Époque (2019), Midnight in Paris (2011), Last Night in Soho (2021), Cinema Paradiso (1988), The Last Picture Show (1971), Stand by Me (1986), Stealing Home (1988), Inside Out 2 (2024), Once Upon a Time in America (1984), Do Your Thing (2001).
Best films
List of nostalgia movies
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Victor, a disillusioned sexagenarian, sees his life turned upside down on the day when Antoine, a brilliant entrepreneur, offers him a new kind of attraction: mixing theatrical artifices and historical reconstruction, this company offers his clients ...
Style:
unusual plot structure, romantic, contemplative, humorous, psychological ...
Plot:
nostalgia, husband wife conflict, actress, sex orgy, orgy, dinner, theater, romanticism, husband and wife, party, drug, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
france
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France, Spain, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A romantic comedy about a family traveling to the French capital for business. The party includes a young engaged couple forced to confront the illusion that a life different from their own is better.
Style:
feel good, melancholic, romantic, sweet, sentimental ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
time travel, painter, literature, artist, bohemian life, magic realism, love and romance, love story, writers, nostalgia, writer's life, art ...
Time:
19th century, 2010s, year 2011, 20th century, 1920s ...
Place:
paris france, france, versailles, europe, montmartre paris ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, China
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A young girl, passionate about fashion design, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters her idol, a dazzling wannabe singer. But 1960s London is not what it seems, and time seems to be falling apart with shady consequences.
Style:
gothic, suspense, postmodern, psychological horror, psychotronic ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
murder, time travel, fashion designer, rape, nostalgia, nightmare, brothel, female serial killer, plot twist, grandmother granddaughter relationship, female teacher, suicide of mother ...
Time:
60s, 2020s, year 1960, year 1969, year 1965 ...
Place:
london, england
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 174 min.
Story:
A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.
Style:
touching, emotional, sad, uplifting, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult
Plot:
childhood, coming of age, first love, cinema, nostalgia, filmmaking, love story, flashback, haunted by the past, philosophy, friendship, adolescence ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1988, 1950s, year 1954 ...
Place:
italy, sicily, rome italy, europe, corsica
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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 ...
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482K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After the death of a friend, a writer recounts a boyhood journey to find the body of a missing boy.
Style:
sentimental, cult classic, atmospheric, emotional, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, family outing, kids, teen drama ...
Plot:
childhood, friendship, coming of age, stephen king, teenager, boy, children, youth, summer, friends, courage, on the road ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 20th century, year 1986, year 1959 ...
Place:
oregon, usa, normandy
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Billy Wyatt (Harmon), a former high school and minor-league baseball baseball player receives a telephone call from his mother revealing that his former child-sitter, and later in his teens, his first love, Katie Chandler (Foster), has died. Wyatt ...
Style:
emotional, sentimental, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
baseball, coming of age, love, memory, nostalgia, friendship, suicide, regret, summer, reminiscence, homecoming, friendship between men ...
Time:
80s, 1950s, 60s, 50s
Place:
new jersey, philadelphia
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Teenager Riley's mind headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions! Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust, who’ve long been running a successful operation by all accounts, ...
Style:
3d animation, computer animated, feel good, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, teen drama
Plot:
joy, puberty, coming of age, anxiety, anger, teenager, 13 year old, sadness, mind, friendship, memory, fear ...
Place:
san francisco, california
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 229 min.
Story:
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
Style:
ambiguous ending, melancholic, epic, breathtaking, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, adult
Plot:
gangster, organized crime, mafia, friendship, prohibition, rape, betrayal, childhood friend, gunfight, murder, corruption, flashback ...
Time:
1930s, 60s, 1920s, 20th century, year 1984 ...
Place:
new york, usa, bronx new york city, america, china ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 183 min.
Story:
Three inseparable childhood friends are just out of college. Nothing comes between them - until they each fall in love, and their wildly different approaches to relationships creates tension.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, sentimental, entertaining, funny ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
male bonding, friendship between men, youth, friendship, older woman younger man relationship, nostalgia, dating, painting, fall in love, painter, art gallery, end of friendship ...
Time:
y2k, 21st century
Place:
goa india, sydney australia, india, middle east, asia ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Gaynor Jacks, aged 29, returns to her mum and dad's house in Coventry after running off to find her place in the big wide world when she was 17-years-old.
Style:
sitcom, satirical, captivating, semi serious, feel good ...
Plot:
getting home, nostalgia, daughter, reunited friends, homecoming, social problems, social issues, female protagonist, lifestyle, satire, troubled past, mother and daughter ...
Time:
2000s, 90s
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Oh Young-Sim is single and in her 30's. She has worked as a TV variety show PD for 8 years. She wants to make people laugh with her TV shows, but they were always cancelled due to low popularity ratings. Her career is now in a crisis.
Style:
feel good, sentimental, humorous, sincere, funny ...
Plot:
nostalgia, childhood love, company, childhood, individuality, ceo, producer, love and romance, couples, love, single woman, slice of life ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The comic mishaps and adventures of a young boy named Ralph, trying to convince his parents, teachers, and Santa that a Red Ryder B.B. gun really is the perfect Christmas gift for the 1940s.
Style:
cult classic, christmas special, funny, period piece, hilarious ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
christmas, bullying, childhood, holiday, boy, school, coming of age, children, christmas season, childhood memory, bully, little boy ...
Time:
1940s, year 1940, year 1983, 20th century
Place:
indiana, columbus ohio, usa, canada
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Nostalgic for his glory days, a frustrated stay-at-home dad invites all of his high school Facebook friends to an 80s-themed surprise party for his exhausted corporate wife.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, entertaining, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
nostalgia, midlife crisis, friendship, relationships, identity crisis, party, satire, friends, husband wife relationship, high school reunion, surprise party, costume party ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Summer, 1984: 30 years after Duane captained the high school football team and Jacy was homecoming queen, this Texas town near Wichita Falls prepares for its centennial. Oil prices are down, banks are failing, and Duane's $12 million in debt. ...
Style:
independent film, crying, serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
depression, dysfunctional family, reconciliation, homecoming, midlife crisis, husband wife relationship, wealth, nostalgia, dysfunctional marriage, small town, dog, adultery ...
Time:
80s
Place:
texas, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
As America's stock of athletic young men is depleted during World War II, a professional all-female baseball league springs up in the Midwest, funded by publicity-hungry candy maker Walter Harvey (Garry Marshall). Competitive sisters Dottie ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, sweet, touching, teen ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, family outing, chick flick, teens
Plot:
baseball, world war two, feminist, sister sister relationship, friendship, sibling rivalry, alcoholic, coach, female friendship, female athlete, happy ending, female protagonist ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, 20th century, 90s
Place:
oregon, chicago, indiana, usa, midwest ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
While attending a retrospect of his work, a filmmaker recalls his life and his loves: the inspirations for his films.
Style:
philosophical, black and white, cult classic, postmodern, talky ...
Plot:
satire, artist, existentialism, weekend, filmmaking, discussion, alien, nostalgia, argument, childhood memory, price of fame, flashback ...
Time:
20th century, year 1980, 70s
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, France
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Clara, a 65-year-old widow and retired music critic, was born into a wealthy and traditional family in Recife, Brazil. She is the last resident of the Aquarius, an original two-story building, built in the 1940s, in the upper-class, seaside Boa ...
Style:
talky, realistic, melancholic, stylized, independent film ...
Plot:
real estate, family drama, horny woman, sex, fighting the system, nostalgia, lifeguard, orgy, class differences, female protagonist, manipulation, character study ...
Time:
2010s, year 1980, year 2016
Place:
northeast brazil, brazil
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Salvador Mallo, a filmmaker in the twilight of his career, reflects on the choices he's made in life as past and present come crashing down around him.
Style:
sincere, touching, disturbing, hispanic, psychological ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, introspection, lgbt, movie business, filmmaker, lgbtq, actor, nostalgia, childhood memory, death of mother, drawing ...
Time:
2010s, 1950s, year 1985, year 2019, year 1981 ...
Place:
spain, madrid
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 63 min.
Story:
Takaki and Akari are two classmates in elementary school. During their time together they have become close friends. Their relationship is tested when Akari moves to another city because of her parents' jobs. Both of them struggle to keep their ...
Style:
depressing, anime, touching, emotional, scenic ...
Audience:
kids, date night, teen drama
Plot:
love and romance, life philosophy, coming of age, relationships, lovers apart, young lovers, teenage love, nostalgia, hopes, love story, love, friendship ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, future, 90s, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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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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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Estranged brothers Jim and Dave must travel to Branson together when their father dies and leaves them the lake home. A series of hilarious mishaps and costly misadventures follow as they attempt to restore the house and rebuild their relationship.
Style:
slapstick, situational comedy, not serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
road trip, brother brother relationship, sibling rivalry, arrested development, nostalgia, bromance, coming of age, absurd humor, death of father, slacker, estrangement, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, missouri
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
My Mother's Castle (Le chateau de ma mere) is a sequel and companion piece to My Father's Glory (La Gloire de Mon Pere), both based on the childhood recollections of Marcel Pagnol. Like its predecessor, the movie explores the adventures ...
Style:
sexy, talky, touching, humorous, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
countryside, teacher, childhood, coming of age, friendship, little girl, nostalgia, farm, school, weekend, family relations, couples ...
Time:
1900s, year 1990, 20th century, 1910s, victorian era
Place:
provence, france, europe, marseille, tokyo ...
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A mother and her two teenage sons move to a seemingly nice and quiet small coastal California town yet soon find out that it's overrun by bike gangs and vampires. A couple of teenage friends take it upon themselves to hunt down the vampires ...
Style:
black comedy, cult classic, gothic, horror comedy, scary ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, teen drama ...
Plot:
vampire, small town, single mother, supernatural, amusement park, goth, teenage boy, vampire hunter, fear, coming of age, brother brother relationship, blood ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, wisconsin, pacific ocean, georgia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A small town girl and a city boy meet on the Sunset Strip, while pursuing their Hollywood dreams.
Style:
sexy, entertaining, feel good, visually appealing, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
rock, teenager, broadway, rock and roll, sex scene, dancing, music, nightclub, love story, fall in love, rock star, musician ...
Time:
80s, year 2012, 20th century, year 1987
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A malfunctioning time machine at a ski resort takes a man back to 1986 with his two friends and nephew, where they must relive a fateful night and not change anything to make sure the nephew is born.
Style:
funny, feel good, cult classic, hilarious, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
time travel, time machine, party, friendship, stupidity, changing the past or future, time loop, casual sex, ski resort, sex in a hot tub, sex scene, foul language ...
Time:
80s, year 1986, year 2010, 2010s, 20th century ...
Place:
usa, chernobyl, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In 1979, an Indian family moves to America with hopes of living the American Dream. While their 10-year-old boy Smith falls head-over-heels for the girl next door, his desire to become a "good old boy" propels him further away from his ...
Style:
intercultural, sentimental, entertaining, multicultural, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
first love, adolescence, father son relationship, vegetarian, bullying, halloween, nostalgia, culture clash, small town, deer hunting, brother sister relationship, killing an animal ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, india
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
By a little bay near Marseille lies a picturesque villa owned by an old man. His three children have gathered by his side for his last days. It’s time for them to weigh up what they have inherited of their father’s ideals and the community ...
Style:
psychological, touching, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, contemplative ...
Plot:
grief, nostalgia, family relations, soldier, frustration, dealing with the past, military, death, suicide, dead brother, inheritance, working class ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
south of france, mediterranean sea
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14K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A coming-of-age comedy set in the "go-go" 80s that is equal parts hijinks and heartfelt about a college student enjoying a last hurrah before summer comes to an end--and the future begins.
David Myers, an assistant tennis pro at the Red ...
Style:
erotic, period piece, sensual, light, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, college, nostalgia, teenage sexuality, college student, tennis, teenage protagonist, teenage boy, teenage life, teen romance, golf club, first love ...
Time:
80s, future, 20th century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Panama
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
An old Panamanian holiday tradition personified as a homeless man disrupts the life of a workaholic animal rescuer to show him the true meaning of love, friendship and family.
Style:
emotional, poignant, melancholic, reflective, surreal ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday, friendship, male pubic hair, nostalgia, lgbt, animal rescue, homelessness, gay, redemption, love, magic realism ...
Place:
panama
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