1930s movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant 1930s movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, period piece, period drama, stylized, talky and serious films and TV shows about / with runaway, storytelling, mentor, dialogue, adaptation, catastrophe, culture clash, destiny, betrayal and love plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as 1930s: I Capture the Castle (2003), Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989), Henry & June (1990), Billy Bathgate (1991), Once Upon a Time in America (1984), Gosford Park (2001), The Rocketeer (1991), And Then There Were None (2015), Burnt by the Sun (1994), Jimmy's Hall (2014).
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New films
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A love story set in 1930s England that follows 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain, and the fortunes of her eccentric family, struggling to survive in a decaying English castle. Based on Dodie Smith's 1948 novel with the same name.
Style:
atmospheric, touching, period piece, stylized, lyrical ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
castle, writers, coming of age, family drama, eccentricity, beautiful scenery, eccentric family, siblings relations, unrequited love, sisters, sister sister relationship, first love ...
Time:
1930s, year 1936, year 2003, 20th century
Place:
england, europe, london
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story:
From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.
Style:
clever, realistic, captivating, detective, serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
investigation, whodunit, private detective, murder, murder mystery, danger, murder investigation, who done it, riddles and clues, multiple suspects, private investigator, uncover truth ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
england, london, united kingdom, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
While traveling in Paris, author Henry Miller and his wife, June, meet Anais Nin, and sexual sparks fly as Nin starts an affair with the openly bisexual June. When June is forced to return to the U.S., she gives Nin her blessing to sleep with her ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, controversial, sensual, sexual ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
sexuality, sex, writers, affair, open relationship, unfaithful wife, love triangle, sexual promiscuity, sensuality, lesbian, lesbian sex, adultery ...
Time:
1930s, year 1931, year 1932, 20th century
Place:
paris france, europe, france
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In the year 1935, a teen named Billy Bathgate finds first love while becoming the protégé of fledgling gangster Dutch Schultz.
Style:
erotic, stylized, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
gangster, organized crime, nudity, teenage boy, lake, mafia, waterfall, great depression, jewish mob, coming of age, lawyer, murder ...
Time:
1930s, year 1991, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, bronx new york city
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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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101K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Multiple storylined drama set in 1932, showing the lives of upstairs guest and downstairs servants at a party in a country house in England.
Style:
detective, period piece, costume drama, biting, satirical ...
Plot:
murder, whodunit, society, murder mystery, country estate, estate, high society, murder investigation, butler, police investigation, twists and turns, servant ...
Time:
1930s, year 1932, 20th century, pre world war two, year 2001 ...
Place:
england, detroit, london
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Straight from the pages of a pulp comic from a past era, the Rocketeer recreates 1930s Hollywood, complete with gangsters, Nazi spies, and the growth of the Age of Aviation. Young pilot Cliff Secord stumbles on a top secret rocket-pack and with the ...
Style:
dieselpunk, exciting, entertaining, melancholic, light ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, teens
Plot:
superhero, treasure hunt, good versus evil, aviation, comic book, biplane, betrayal, adaptation, steampunk, world war two, villain, gangster ...
Time:
1930s, year 1991, future, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 57 min.
TV show
Story:
Ten strangers, drawn away from their normal lives to an isolated rock off the Devon coast. But as the mismatched group waits for the arrival of the hosts – the improbably named Mr and Mrs U.N. Owen – the weather sours and they find themselves ...
Style:
twist ending, psychological, suspenseful, detective, talky ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
murder mystery, island, whodunit, isolation, plot twist, survival, bully comeuppance, justice, death, accusation, mysterious death, supernatural ...
Time:
1930s, year 1939, 20th century
Place:
united kingdom, europe, britain, england
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia, France
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Russia, 1936: revolutionary hero Colonel Kotov is spending an idyllic summer in his dacha with his young wife and six-year-old daughter Nadia and other assorted family and friends. Things change dramatically with the unheralded arrival of Cousin ...
Style:
touching, stylized, captivating, sad, political ...
Plot:
politics, communist, stalinism, communism, father daughter relationship, nkvd, countryside, repression, symbolism, love, tragedy, redemption ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1994, year 1936
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr, poland
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, Ireland, France, Belgium, Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In the 1930s political activist Jimmy Gralton is deported from Ireland during the 'Red Scare'.
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, touching, political ...
Plot:
anti communism, rebellion, politics, catholic priest, priest, fighting the system, deportation, idealism, rebelliousness, social relations, injustice, clergy ...
Time:
1930s, 2010s, year 2014, 20th century, 1920s ...
Place:
ireland, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance ...
Style:
atmospheric, stylized, witty, surreal, visually appealing ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
hotel, art theft, mentor, mentor protege relationship, prison escape, murder, escapades, twists and turns, gunfight, painting, fictional country, lawyer ...
Time:
1930s, year 2014, 20th century, 60s, 80s ...
Place:
eastern europe, alps, europe, persia, america ...
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Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Bonnie and Clyde is based on the true stories of the gangster pair Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow who in the 1930s began robbing banks in U.S. cities until they were eventually killed. The film is a major landmark in the aesthetic movement known as ...
Style:
road movie, controversial, suspenseful, disturbing, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
lovers on the run, on the run, heist, bank robbery, fugitives, gang, true crime, bank robber, shootout, great depression, love and romance, crime spree ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1967, 60s
Place:
texas, oklahoma, missouri, midwest, usa ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in 1936, the show takes viewers, old and new, back to the lavish world of Belgravia, London. A new set of occupants reside at 165 Eaton Place and viewers see how external and internal influences of the tumultuous pre-war period shape and mould ...
Style:
realistic, historical drama, costume drama, period piece, stylized ...
Plot:
butler, high society, master and servant, marriage, family values, housewife, rich and poor, family life, lifestyle, millionaire, abbey, class differences ...
Time:
1930s, edwardian era, 20th century
Place:
england, wales, europe, london
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405K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe ...
Style:
epic, inspirational, realistic, period piece, visually stunning ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mental illness, success, aviation, entrepreneurship, businessman, test pilot, entrepreneur, biopic, business, filmmaking, obsessive compulsive disorder, corruption ...
Time:
1930s, year 2004, 1920s, 1900s, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, california, connecticut, new york, usa ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Eugene, a young teenage Jewish boy, recalls his memoirs of his time as an adolescent youth. He lives with his parents, his aunt, two cousins, and his brother, Stanley, whom he looks up to and admires. He goes through the hardships of puberty, sexual ...
Style:
funny, semi autobiographical, realistic, independent film, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
coming of age, jewish family, dysfunctional family, great depression, past, stage play, little boy, boy, family relations, eccentric family, parents and children, gambling ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1937
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.
Style:
suspense, detective, suspenseful, surprise ending, talky ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
train, whodunit, investigation, murder mystery, murder, twists and turns, justice, private detective, railway, multiple suspects, conspiracy, nobility ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1935, 70s
Place:
new york, turkey, persia, britain, greece ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK, Germany, China, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
The last movie from the team of Ismail Merchant, James Ivory, and Kazuo Ishiguro. Set in 1930s Shanghai, "The White Countess" is both Sofia (Natasha Richardson), a fallen member of the Russian aristocracy, and a nightclub created by a ...
Style:
romantic, sentimental, emotional, period piece, costume drama ...
Plot:
love story, couples, blindness, fall in love, couple relations, politics, nobility, countess, friendship, love and romance, unlikely couple, world war two ...
Time:
1930s, year 2005, 20th century, year 1937, year 1936 ...
Place:
china, shanghai, asia, hong kong, macau ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A headstrong young teacher in a private school in 1930s Edinburgh ignores the curriculum and influences her impressionable 12 year old charges with her over-romanticized world view.
Style:
sentimental, humorous, realistic, talky, funny ...
Audience:
girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
fascism, teacher, girls' school, female nudity, school, coming of age, unrequited love, boarding school, fascist, females talking about sex, dedicated teacher, lost love ...
Time:
1930s, year 1969, 1920s, 20th century, year 1932 ...
Place:
scotland, edinburgh scotland, europe, italy, britain ...
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
World War I has left golfer Rannulph Junuh a poker-playing alcoholic, his perfect swing gone. Now, however, he needs to get it back to play in a tournament to save the financially ravaged golf course of a long-ago sweetheart. Help arrives in the ...
Style:
inspirational, sentimental, period piece, romantic, light ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
golf, great depression, underdog, comeback, world war one, childhood, mysterious stranger, interracial friendship, friendship, love story, hopes, renewed love ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 1920s, y2k, year 2000
Place:
savannah georgia, georgia, america, usa, southern usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Luxembourg, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
English-language adaptation of Albert Cohen's epic Swiss tale of a tortured love affair between a high-ranking Jewish official and the protestant wife of one of his employees.
Style:
emotional, inspirational, realistic, touching, serious ...
Plot:
tragic love, love affair, sexual content, forbidden love, sex scene, husband and wife, illicit affair, caught cheating, nudity, love and romance, cheating wife, cuckolded husband ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
europe, switzerland
Is relevant?
14K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running "the numbers". When, Madam Queen, the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem, is arrested. Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson takes over the business and must ...
Style:
period piece, hood, stylized, neo noir, black and white ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, mafia, organized crime, african american, skinny dipping, black, gangsta, urban, black history, crime family, prison, violence ...
Time:
1930s, 90s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
harlem, new york, israel, illinois, usa ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.
Style:
political, art house, visual, breathtaking, sexual ...
Plot:
fascism, assassination, childhood trauma, italian fascism, fascist, professor, murder, betrayal, politics, homosexuality, chauffeur, honeymoon ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century, year 1970, year 1917 ...
Place:
italy, paris france, rome italy, france, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
It's 1933, and an older and greyer Hercule Poirot has fallen out of the public eye. When he receives anonymous letters threatening murder, he must take matters into his own hands.
Style:
suspense, atmospheric, stylized, bleak, detective ...
Plot:
serial killer, mysterious villain, investigation, british police, adaptation, danger, ritual, male protagonist, priest, train station, traveling salesman, christmas ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1933
Place:
scotland yard, belgium
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Beautiful and wealthy young socialite Iris Carr is used to being at the heart of her social group, but when her friends' raucous and unsociable behaviour escalates whilst on holiday in the Balkans she resolves to seek out some tranquillity and ...
Style:
psychological, tense, atmospheric, serious, period piece ...
Plot:
female protagonist, missing person, disappearance, amateur detective, twists and turns, investigation, fall in love, danger, dishonesty, mind game, train, missing woman ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Semi-autobiographical film directed by Franco Zeffirelli, telling the story of young Italian boy Luca's upbringing by a circle of English and American women, before and during World War II.
Style:
period piece, costume drama, light, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
world war two, women, stepmother stepson relationship, fascism, nazi, lesbian, friendship, coming of age, world war, abbey, youth, art ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, year 1999, 20th century, year 1935
Place:
italy, florence, germany, switzerland, zurich switzerland ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA, Hungary, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Julia Lambert is a true diva: beautiful, talented, weathly and famous. She has it all - including a devoted husband who has mastermined her brilliant career - but after years of shining in the spotlight she begins to suffer from a severe case of ...
Style:
period piece, entertaining, stylized, sincere, witty ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
midlife crisis, older woman younger man relationship, theater, adaptation, complex characters, women, loneliness, actor's life, love, adultery, art, backstage ...
Time:
1930s, year 2004, 20th century, year 1938, 50s ...
Place:
england, london, europe, west end london, canada ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant, he finds himself up against the entire Nazi regime.
Style:
exciting, breathtaking, perverse, epic, saga ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, date night, family friendly, manly ...
Plot:
treasure hunt, indiana jones, archaeologist, treasure, adventurer, archaeology, artifact, nazi, desert, chase, escapades, jungle ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1936, 90s, year 1981
Place:
egypt, africa, nepal, south america, himalaya ...
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Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, whose storied career includes the creation of the A-6M World War II fighter plane.
Style:
anime, touching, sentimental, emotional, adult animation ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens
Plot:
tuberculosis, world war two, dream, earthquake, inventions and discoveries, flying, hopes, aviation, biopic, love and romance, engineer, wartime ...
Time:
1930s, 2010s, year 2013, 1920s, 1940s ...
Place:
japan, germany, asia, tokyo
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Desperate characters stake their fortune on a Depression-era dance marathon.
Style:
depressing, disturbing, atmospheric, bleak, period piece ...
Plot:
depression, dancing, social commentary, survival, contest, competition, great depression, cynicism, mental breakdown, exhaustion, contests and competitions, heart attack ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1969, 1920s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, chicago, dallas texas ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Set in the Depression-era Franklin County, Virginia, a bootlegging gang is threatened by authorities who want a cut of their profits.
Style:
intense, suspense, sexy, period piece, neo noir ...
Plot:
mafia, smuggling, gang, gangster, bootlegging, violence, vigilante, greed, corruption, prohibition era, prohibition, robbery ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 2012, 2010s, year 1931 ...
Place:
virginia, usa, appalachia, america, north america ...
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