Year 1954 movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant year 1954 movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, realistic, serious, weird, cult classic and thought provoking films and TV shows about / with cigarette smoking, dancing, father son relationship, rain, husband wife relationship, flashback, kiss, friendship, boy and gun plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Biography genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
year 1954
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year 1954 movies
TOP 10 movies tagged as year 1954: Oppenheimer (2023), Novitiate (2017), Shutter Island (2010), Clue (1985), No Sudden Move (2021), Operation Finale (2018), The Battle of Algiers (1966), Murmur of the Heart (1971), Far from Men (2014), Cry-Baby (1990).

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 8.4
 660K
Oppenheimer (2023)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story: The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
Style: epic, dramatic, captivating, exciting, serious ...
Audience: adult
Plot: nuclear, world war two, atomic bomb, scientist, american politics, historical event, mastermind, top secret, physics, moral dilemma, guilt, arizona desert ...
Time: 1940s, year 1945, year 1943, 1950s, year 1954 ...
Place: new mexico, netherlands, germany
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 6.7
 5K
Novitiate (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: In the early 1960s, during the Vatican II era, a young woman training to become a nun struggles with issues of faith, sexuality and the changing church.
Style: thought provoking, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, controversial ...
Plot: nun, catholic church, monastery, lesbian, catholicism, vatican, priest, mother superior, confession, catholic, flagellation, lgbt ...
Time: year 1964, year 1954, 60s, year 2017, 90s
Place: tennessee
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 8.2
 1.4M
Shutter Island (2010)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by his troubling visions and also by a mysterious doctor.
Style: psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, suspense, confusing ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, adult
Plot: twists and turns, plot twist, investigation, mental illness, insanity, psychology, memory, paranoia, mental disorder, psychiatrist, schizophrenia, mental institution ...
Time: 1950s, year 2010, year 1954, 2010s, 2000s ...
Place: boston, persia, iran, america
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 7.2
 108K
Clue (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Clue finds six colorful dinner guests gathered at the mansion of their host, Mr. Boddy -- who turns up dead after his secret is exposed: He was blackmailing all of them. With the killer among them, the guests and Boddy's chatty butler must suss ...
Style: parody, funny, surprise ending, black comedy, humorous ...
Audience: chick flick, kids
Plot: whodunit, butler, multiple suspects, murder mystery, murder, mansion, investigation, twists and turns, old dark house, mystery killer, blackmail, dark and stormy night ...
Time: year 1954, 90s, 50s, 1950s, 20th century
Place: new england
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 6.4
 41K
No Sudden Move (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A group of criminals are brought together under mysterious circumstances and have to work together to uncover what's really going on when their simple job goes completely sideways.
Style: tense, captivating, neo noir, anamorphic, dramatic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: cons and scams, organized crime, mafia, gangster, fraud, uncover truth, partners in crime, con artists, teamwork, gang, attempted robbery, criminal gang ...
Time: 1950s, year 1954, 20th century
Place: detroit
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Operation Finale (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: In 1960, a team of Israeli secret agents is deployed to find Adolf Eichmann, the infamous Nazi architect of the Holocaust, supposedly hidden in Argentina, and get him to Israel to be judged.
Style: period piece, ambiguous ending, historical drama, tense, art house ...
Plot: war criminal, mossad, nazi hunter, world war two, nazi, holocaust, world war, chase, manhunt, israeli, secret agent, spy ...
Time: 60s, 1940s, year 1954, year 1960, year 1945 ...
Place: israel, argentina, buenos aires argentina, germany, tel aviv israel ...
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Justice League: The New Frontier (2008)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: The human race is threatened by a powerful creature, and only the combined power of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter and The Flash can stop it. But can they overcome their differences to thwart this enemy using the ...
Style: stylized, light, exciting, serious, anime ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids, pre-teens
Plot: superhero, justice league, monster, batman, superman, comic book, journalist, imaginary, heroic mission, master villain, cold war, cartoon violence ...
Time: 20th century, 1950s, year 1959, year 1960, year 1954 ...
Place: usa, washington d.c.
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The Battle of Algiers (1966)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy, Algeria
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Tracing the struggle of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale to gain freedom from French colonial rule as seen through the eyes of Ali from his start as a petty thief to his rise to prominence in the organisation and capture by the French in ...
Style: political, black and white, art house, realistic, bleak ...
Plot: revolution, freedom, colonialism, protest, torture, military, muslim, terrorism, french algerian war, revolutionary, resistance, insurrection ...
Time: year 1957, 20th century, 50s, year 1966, year 1954 ...
Place: algeria, africa, middle east, france, maghreb ...
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Murmur of the Heart (1971)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story: In the end of the first Indochina War, an open-minded teenage boy finds himself between the urge to discover love and the ever-present, dominating affection of his mother.
Style: sexy, disturbing, touching, sentimental, controversial ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: incest, mother son incest, coming of age, sexual initiation, oedipus complex, mother son relationship, sex, self discovery, parents and children, family relations, love, incestuous sex ...
Time: 1950s, year 1971, year 1954, 20th century, 50s
Place: france, israel, europe, indochina, paris france
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 7.2
 9K
Far from Men (2014)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A French teacher in a small Algerian village during the Algerian War forms an unexpected bond with a dissident who is ordered to be turned in to the authorities.
Style: serious, captivating, realistic, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot: teacher, journey, algerian war, french algerian war, forced into action, prisoner, hostage, danger, on the run, misfit partners, political unrest, on the road ...
Time: 20th century, year 2014, 1950s, year 1954, 50s
Place: algeria, france, nebraska, africa
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 6.5
 64K
Cry-Baby (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A prim and proper schoolgirl goes against her mother's wishes when she dates a motorcycle-riding juvenile delinquent.
Style: humorous, sentimental, light, parody, teen ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot: rock and roll, forbidden love, youth, music, gang, teenage love, juvenile delinquent, couples, juvenile delinquency, biker, teenager, teenage life ...
Time: 50s, 1950s, 90s, 20th century, year 1954
Place: baltimore, maryland, usa
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The 317th Platoon (1965)
Genre: War
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In Vietnam, 1954, a French platoon isolated behind enemy lines tries to come back. It is led by the inexperienced, idealistic sous-lieutenant Torrens, and by adjutant Willsdorf, a WWII veteran of the Werhmacht.
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, bleak, rough ...
Plot: vietnam war, military, war trauma, indochina war, soldier, parachute drop, jungle warfare, dying man, cold war, tropics, french soldier, behind enemy lines ...
Time: 20th century, year 1954, 1950s
Place: cambodia, indochina, vietnam, southeast asia, asia ...
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 8.5
 281K
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
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: sad, uplifting, inspirational, touching, emotional ...
Audience: teens, date night, adult
Plot: childhood, coming of age, friendship, first love, filmmaking, cinema, nostalgia, haunted by the past, adolescence, breast feeding, village, funeral ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1988, 1950s, year 1954 ...
Place: italy, sicily, europe, rome italy, corsica
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Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Godzilla returns to terrorize Japan! This time, however, Japan has two new weapons to defend themselves. The Gryphon, a high-tech ship, and the Dimension Tide, a device that creates artificial black holes! During a test of the Dimension Tide, eggs ...
Style: semi serious, suspenseful, suspense, natural horror, daikaiju ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: godzilla, kaiju, giant monster, save the world, space and aliens, survival, supernatural, disorder, chaos, imaginary, escapades, dangerous animal ...
Time: jurassic, 90s, 1950s, year 1954
Place: japan, tokyo, asia
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 7.2
 21K
Columbus (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: When a renowned architecture scholar falls suddenly ill during a speaking tour, his son Jin finds himself stranded in Columbus, Indiana - a small Midwestern city celebrated for its many significant modernist buildings. Jin strikes up a friendship ...
Style: captivating, sincere, touching, serious, cerebral ...
Plot: father son relationship, korean american, relationships, coma, small town, architecture, friendship, family relations, family life, social problems, family problems, couple relations ...
Time: 2010s, 90s, year 1950, year 1954, year 2008
Place: indiana, midwest
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 7.3
 35K
The Banker (2020)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: In the 1960s, two entrepreneurs hatch an ingenious business plan to fight for housing integration—and equal access to the American Dream.
Style: touching, inspirational, captivating, sincere, uplifting ...
Audience: adult
Plot: money, racism, banker, investor, black american, entrepreneurship, african american, black, new house, white supremacy, business, friendship between men ...
Time: 60s, 2020s, year 1939, 1950s, year 1963 ...
Place: los angeles, washington d.c., america
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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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 6.2
 29K
The Outsider (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A former American G.I. joins a yakuza family after his release from prison in post-World War II Osaka.
Style: realistic, suspense, serious, tense, intense ...
Plot: yakuza, mob boss, organized crime, japanese mafia, rivalry, gangsta, mafia, dishonesty, rise and fall, danger, society, heroin ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, post world war two, year 1954
Place: japan, america, osaka japan
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Ordeal by Innocence (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: Christmas 1954. Wealthy philanthropist Rachel Argyll is murdered at her family estate Sunny Point. Her adopted son Jack Argyll is arrested for her murder. He vehemently protests his innocence.
Style: enigmatic, tense, disturbing, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot: murder mystery, whodunit, murder, secret, alibi, homicide detective, country house, adopted son, adoptive mother, housekeeper, crime investigation, husband wife relationship ...
Time: year 1954, 1950s
Place: england
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Born to Be Blue (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Jazz legend Chet Baker finds love and redemption when he stars in a movie about his own troubled life to mount a comeback.
Style: touching, thought provoking, exciting, captivating, colorful ...
Plot: jazz musician, jazz, biopic, historical figure, musician, promise, trust, jealousy, father daughter relationship, drinking, friendship, flashback ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 90s, year 1988, 1950s ...
Place: usa, los angeles, new york, california, manhattan new york city ...
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 5.6
 42
Man-eater (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 169 min.
Story: Kazakhstan. 1954. Copper mines. Concentration camp. In the center of the plot - a revolt which prisoners raised in protest against the inhuman treatment.
Plot: riot, cannibalism, terror, lieutenant, old man, investigation, helicopter, violence, desert, prisoner, sadism, suicide ...
Time: year 1954
Place: kazakhstan, soviet union
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Inches from the Ground (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A border post in Bulgaria, 1954. The mind of little Michael is full of kaleidoscopic panoramas of naïve Socialism, Balkan Stalinism and the Cold War. His father is a strong lieutenant having his ideas of duty and lofty heroism. His mother in her ...
Style: grotesque
Plot: cold war, military, communism, stalinism
Time: year 1954
Place: balkan
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Common Ground (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: This movie contains three short stories dealing with the theme of homosexuality. In "A Friend of Dorothy", a woman joins the Navy during the 1950's and discovers lesbianism. In "Mr. Roberts", a teacher in a 1970's ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, sincere, anthology, captivating ...
Plot: gay bashing, lesbian, closeted homosexual, small town, navy, lgbt, couple relations, fall in love, lifestyle, best friend, teenage life, couples ...
Time: 70s, 50s, 1950s, 2000s, year 1974 ...
Place: connecticut
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 8.0
 6K
Tito and Me (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Goran Markovic, known more for his dramatic work, achieved something that's eluded many great filmmakers - both smart and funny comedy. Based loosely on his own life as a kid growing up in Tito's communist Yugoslavia in the 1950s, the ...
Style: sentimental, humorous, semi serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: coming of age, youth, dictatorship, boy, world war two, traumatic childhood, totalitarian regime, satire, obsession, politics, dystopia, revolution ...
Time: year 1992, 50s, year 1954, 1950s
Place: balkan, former yugoslavia, serbia, eastern europe, bosnia ...
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 6.8
 380
Four Minutes (2005)
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, pianist, race, patient ...
Time: 1950s, 1940s, year 1954, year 1952, year 1947 ...
Place: helsinki finland, oxford university, mount everest
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Seven Psychopaths (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.
Style: neo noir, dark comedy, talky, humorous, surreal ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: dark humor, dog, psychopath, screenwriter, serial killer, gangster, crime gone awry, strong violent content, gunfight, murder, mob boss, weirdo ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, year 1963, year 1954, year 1975 ...
Place: los angeles, california, united kingdom, america, usa ...
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 7.7
 157K
Ray (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story: Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern ...
Style: inspirational, touching, sincere, emotional, captivating ...
Audience: date night
Plot: jazz, addiction, musician, musician's life, music, african american, blindness, biopic, pianist, disability, blind character, heroin ...
Time: year 2004, 1930s, 20th century, 60s, 50s ...
Place: georgia, new york, indianapolis indiana, california, usa ...
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 6.2
 46K
Porky's (1981)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Set in 1954, a group of Florida high schoolers seek out to lose their virginity which leads them to seek revenge on a sleazy nightclub owner and his redneck sheriff brother for harassing them.
Style: teen sex comedy, sex comedy, funny, humorous, cult classic ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: virginity, loss of virginity, teenager, high school, revenge, teacher, virgin, prank, sex scene, strip club, public nudity, youth ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, 20th century, year 1954
Place: florida, everglades, miami, usa
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Heavenly Creatures (1994)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: New Zealand, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Based on the true story of Juliet Hulme and Pauline Parker, two close friends who share a love of fantasy and literature, who conspire to kill Pauline's mother when she tries to end the girls' intense and obsessive relationship.
Style: disturbing, psychological, surreal, enigmatic, atmospheric ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: lesbian, obsession, friendship, teenager, murder, coming of age, lesbian romance, teenage girl, mother daughter relationship, insanity, lgbtq, sexuality ...
Time: 1950s, 90s, year 1994, 50s, 20th century ...
Place: new zealand, oceania
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The Dominici Affair (1973)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In August 1952, a family of British tourists is found by the roadside in Haute Provence, brutally murdered. In the ensuing, very public, investigation a local landowner, 75 year old Gaston Dominici, is arrested for the murders, having been denounced ...
Style: serious, realistic, tense, sincere, factual
Plot: murder witness, false witness, police detective, murder, dishonesty, law enforcement, life is a bitch, legal, injustice, family relations, family problems, crime and punishment ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, post world war two, year 1954, year 1952 ...
Place: france, south of france
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