Period Dramas: 1920-1930's
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1. Magic in the Moonlight (2014)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A romantic comedy about an Englishman brought in to help unmask a possible swindle. Personal and professional complications ensue.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Colin Firth, Emma Stone, Marcia Gay Harden, Hamish Linklater
Votes: 70,835 | Gross: $10.51M
2. Upstairs Downstairs (2010–2012)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama
A new family and their servants live at the London townhouse at 165 Eaton Place in 1936.
Stars: Keeley Hawes, Ed Stoppard, Adrian Scarborough, Neil Jackson
Votes: 6,817
3. The Danish Girl (2015)
R | 119 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A fictitious love story loosely inspired by the lives of Danish artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda's marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili's groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.
Director: Tom Hooper | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Amber Heard, Ben Whishaw
Votes: 199,107 | Gross: $11.11M
4. Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2012–2015)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, History
A female sleuth sashays through the back lanes and jazz clubs of Melbourne in the late 1920s, fighting injustice with her pearl-handled pistol and her dagger-sharp wit.
Stars: Essie Davis, Nathan Page, Hugo Johnstone-Burt, Ashleigh Cummings
Votes: 17,695
5. Lady Chatterley's Lover (2015 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 89 min | Drama, Romance
In 1913 Connie Reid marries wealthy Nottingham colliery owner Sir Clifford Chatterley but he returns from the Great War disabled and in a wheelchair. Connie is loyal but begins to feel ... See full summary »
Director: Jed Mercurio | Stars: Holliday Grainger, Richard Madden, James Norton, Jodie Comer
Votes: 3,993
6. Jekyll and Hyde (I) (2015)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
10-part drama set in 1930s London focusing on Robert Jekyll, the grandson of the original doctor. The show will follow Robert Jekyll's quest to discover his real identity and the true nature of his family's cursed history.
Stars: Tom Bateman, Donald Sumpter, Stephanie Hyam, Natalie Gumede
Votes: 3,036
7. Angela (1973)
R | 113 min | Drama, History
An American returns to his native Dutch village in the 1930s and causes a sensation there. When his pregnant daughter starts an affair with the son of the local cheese-factory owner, the ... See full summary »
Director: Nikolai van der Heyde | Stars: Sandy van der Linden, Barbara Hershey, Ralph Meeker, Ward de Ravet
Votes: 164
8. Anglo Saxon Attitudes (1992)
229 min | Drama
Three-part miniseries about aging historian Gerald Middleton, who reflects on his youth, relationships (especially the one with his best friend's girl), career (shadowed by a scandal), and current issues, like his marriage and kids.
Stars: Richard Johnson, Douglas Hodge, Elizabeth Spriggs, Briony Glassco
Votes: 172
9. Brideshead Revisited (2008)
PG-13 | 133 min | Drama, Romance
A poignant story of forbidden love and the loss of innocence set in England prior to World War II.
Director: Julian Jarrold | Stars: Matthew Goode, Patrick Malahide, Hayley Atwell, Thomas Morrison
Votes: 13,661 | Gross: $6.41M
10. The Man Who Crossed Hitler (2011 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, History
In November 1930, brown-shirted storm troopers of Hitler's SA break into the Communist Eden Palace club, killing several members. Jewish lawyer Hans Litten prosecutes them and, at the ... See full summary »
Director: Justin Hardy | Stars: Ed Stoppard, Ian Hart, Bill Paterson, Sarah Smart
Votes: 361
11. Lassie (2005)
PG | 100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A family in financial crisis is forced to sell Lassie, their beloved dog. Hundreds of miles away from her true family, Lassie escapes and sets out on a journey home.
Director: Charles Sturridge | Stars: John Lynch, Samantha Morton, Peter O'Toole, Peter Dinklage
Votes: 4,689 | Gross: $0.65M
12. The Last Emperor (1987)
PG-13 | 163 min | Biography, Drama, History
Bernardo Bertolucci's Oscar-winning dramatisation of the life story of China's last emperor, Pu Yi.
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ruocheng Ying
Votes: 111,390 | Gross: $43.98M
13. The Age of Adaline (2015)
PG-13 | 112 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A young woman, born at the turn of the 20th century, is rendered ageless after an accident. After many solitary years, she meets a man who complicates the eternal life she has settled into.
Director: Lee Toland Krieger | Stars: Blake Lively, Michiel Huisman, Harrison Ford, Kathy Baker
Votes: 202,754 | Gross: $42.48M
14. Felix Manalo (2015)
178 min | Biography
Felix Ysagun Manalo is a sprawling historical epic that traces the origin of Iglesia Ni Cristo (The Church of Christ), established in the Philippines, from its humble beginnings in 1914 through to the present day.
Director: Joel Lamangan | Stars: AJ Muhlach, Alan Paule, Alex Medina, Alfred Vargas
Votes: 3,968
15. The Lady Vanishes (2013 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Mystery, Thriller
While traveling by train, a young socialite is befriended by a charming yet enigmatic older woman. However, when the woman disappears, the other passengers deny she ever existed.
Director: Diarmuid Lawrence | Stars: Charles Aitken, Paolo Antonio Simioni, Beatrix Biro, Marta Bolfan
Votes: 2,530
16. Houdini (2014)
TV-14 | 76 min | Biography, Drama
Follow the man behind the magic as he finds fame, engages in espionage, battles spiritualists and encounters the greatest names of the era, from U.S. presidents to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Grigori Rasputin.
Stars: Adrien Brody, Kristen Connolly, Evan Jones, Tim Pigott-Smith
Votes: 12,334
17. Peaky Blinders (2013–2022)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama
A gangster family epic set in 1900s England, centering on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby.
Stars: Cillian Murphy, Paul Anderson, Sophie Rundle, Helen McCrory
Votes: 647,854
18. Bugsy Malone (1976)
G | 93 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
The classic gangster story of Bugsy Malone told with an all-child cast.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Jodie Foster, Scott Baio, Florence Garland, John Cassisi
Votes: 19,377 | Gross: $2.78M
19. Dancing on the Edge (2013)
TV-MA | 449 min | Drama
Set in the 1930s, a black Jazz band rises in fame and popularity while becoming entangled in an intricate web of intrigue, mystery and suspense with the elite of London society.
Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Matthew Goode, Joanna Vanderham, Wunmi Mosaku
Votes: 2,837
20. The Audrey Hepburn Story (2000 TV Movie)
PG | 133 min | Biography, Drama
Biographic made-for-TV movie of the life of one of Hollywood's most famous actreses: Audrey Hepburn, spaning from her early childhood to the 1960's which details her life as Dutch ... See full summary »
Director: Steven Robman | Stars: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Frances Fisher, Keir Dullea, Gabriel Macht
Votes: 2,747
21. Serena (I) (2014)
R | 109 min | Drama, History, Romance
In Depression-era North Carolina, the future of George Pemberton's timber empire becomes complicated when he marries Serena.
Director: Susanne Bier | Stars: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Rhys Ifans, Toby Jones
Votes: 30,489 | Gross: $0.18M
22. Hoodlum (1997)
R | 130 min | Crime, Drama
Black gangsters in 1930 Harlem fights Dutch Schultz who is trying to horn in on their numbers racket.
Director: Bill Duke | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Tim Roth, Vanessa Williams, Andy Garcia
Votes: 12,550 | Gross: $23.46M
23. Lady Chatterley (2006)
R | 168 min | Drama, Romance
A French adaptation of the second (and much less well-known) version of D.H. Lawrence's erotic tale.
Director: Pascale Ferran | Stars: Marina Hands, Jean-Louis Coulloc'h, Hippolyte Girardot, Hélène Alexandridis
Votes: 4,771 | Gross: $0.69M
24. The Light Between Oceans (2016)
PG-13 | 133 min | Drama, Romance
A lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from a drifting rowing boat.
Director: Derek Cianfrance | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Rachel Weisz, Florence Clery
Votes: 60,060 | Gross: $12.55M
25. Falling for a Dancer (1998)
Unrated | 200 min | Drama, Romance
After a casual fling with an actor, a 1930s Irish woman becomes pregnant and avoids the stigma of raising a bastard child by marrying a boring older man.
Stars: Elisabeth Dermot Walsh, Liam Cunningham, Eleanor Methven, Maurice O'Donoghue
Votes: 723
26. Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky (2005– )
150 min | Drama, Romance
A story of unrequited love set in 1930s London.
Stars: Bryan Dick, Sally Hawkins, Zoë Tapper, Jacqueline Tong
Votes: 424
27. Bertie and Elizabeth (2002 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 99 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A chronicle of the life of George VI, who was forced to become King following the abdication of his brother Edward VIII, and his relationship with his wife, Elizabeth.
Director: Giles Foster | Stars: James Wilby, Alan Bates, Eileen Atkins, Dolly Wells
Votes: 704
28. The Durrells (2016–2019)
TV-PG | 46 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Louisa Durrell raises her four children single-handedly after her husband's death. Following a financial crisis, the family moves to the Greek island of Corfu and tries to adapt to life there.
Stars: Keeley Hawes, Josh O'Connor, Milo Parker, Daisy Waterstone
Votes: 14,141
29. La Vie En Rose (2007)
PG-13 | 140 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Biopic of the iconic French singer Édith Piaf. Raised by her grandmother in a brothel, she was discovered while singing on a street corner at the age of 19. Despite her success, Piaf's life was filled with tragedy.
Director: Olivier Dahan | Stars: Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Pascal Greggory, Emmanuelle Seigner
Votes: 90,686 | Gross: $10.30M
30. Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015)
Unrated | 105 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The venerated filmmaker Eisenstein is comparable in talent, insight and wisdom, with the likes of Shakespeare or Beethoven; there are few - if any - directors who can be elevated to such ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: Elmer Bäck, Luis Alberti, Maya Zapata, Lisa Owen
Votes: 3,098 | Gross: $0.03M
31. Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
PG-13 | 111 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg, Rebecca Ferguson
Votes: 59,535 | Gross: $27.38M
32. Life in Squares (2015)
171 min | Drama
An intimate and emotional drama for BBC Two about the revolutionary Bloomsbury group.
Stars: James Norton, Eve Best, Rupert Penry-Jones, Phoebe Fox
Votes: 846
33. Duell der Brüder - Die Geschichte von Adidas und Puma (2016 TV Movie)
115 min | Biography, Drama, History
In the 1920s the two brothers Adolf and Rudolf Dassler start manufacturing sport shoes. Adolf is a talented craftsman and his dream is that one day all the best sportsmen in the world will ... See full summary »
Director: Oliver Dommenget | Stars: Ken Duken, Torben Liebrecht, Jesse Albert, Florian Bartholomäi
Votes: 2,930
34. Christabel (1988– )
149 min | Biography, Drama
An English girl marries a German lawyer in the 1930s and they try to live as normal a life as they can in Hitler's Germany. When Allied bombs start falling on German cities, Christabel ... See full summary »
Stars: Elizabeth Hurley, Stephen Dillane, Nigel Le Vaillant, Geoffrey Palmer
Votes: 202
35. Wind at My Back (1996–2001)
60 min | Drama
A recently widowed mother loses her children to a cold mother-in-law in Ontario during the Great Depression.
Stars: Shirley Douglas, Kathryn Greenwood, Dylan Provencher, Tyrone Savage
Votes: 501
36. The Josephine Baker Story (1991 TV Movie)
R | 130 min | Biography, Drama, History
Born poor in St. Louis, Missouri, Josephine Baker achieved fame and fortune through her sizzlingly exotic, erotic performances. Starting life on the American Vaudeville circuit, success ... See full summary »
Director: Brian Gibson | Stars: Lynn Whitfield, Rubén Blades, David Dukes, Louis Gossett Jr.
Votes: 1,587
37. Faubourg 36 (2008)
PG-13 | 120 min | Drama, Music, Musical
When Chansonia, a nightclub, is shut down by the landlord, the stage manager Pigoil is forced to look for a new job. He finds hope when he discovers a young woman with a lovely singing voice.
Director: Christophe Barratier | Stars: Gérard Jugnot, Clovis Cornillac, Kad Merad, Nora Arnezeder
Votes: 2,935 | Gross: $0.85M
38. Mama Flora's Family (1998)
TV-PG | 175 min | Drama
Mama Flora reflects on her life from the 1910s through to the 1970s while trying to help her granddaughter get her life right and be a better mother for her son, all while bringing the family she has left back together.
Stars: Cicely Tyson, Erika Alexander, Blair Underwood, Queen Latifah
Votes: 623
39. Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 113 min | Drama, Romance
A drama set in the 1920s, where free-spirited Janie Crawford's search for happiness leads her through several different marriages, challenging the morals of her small town. Based on the novel by Zora Neale Hurston.
Director: Darnell Martin | Stars: Halle Berry, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Mel Winkler, Michael Ealy
Votes: 3,035
40. Midnight in Paris (2011)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, Kurt Fuller
Votes: 449,552 | Gross: $56.82M
41. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
PG-13 | 132 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
In 1926, magizoologist Newt Scamander arrives in New York during his worldwide tour to research and rescue magical creatures as something mysterious leaves trails of destruction in the city, threatening to expose the wizarding world.
Director: David Yates | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler
Votes: 507,320 | Gross: $234.04M
42. A Handful of Dust (1988)
PG | 118 min | Drama, Romance
The wife's affair and a death in the family hasten the demise of an upper-class English marriage.
Director: Charles Sturridge | Stars: James Wilby, Kristin Scott Thomas, Richard Beale, Jackson Kyle
Votes: 2,314 | Gross: $1.56M
43. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
PG-13 | 127 min | Action, Adventure
In 1938, after his father goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, Indiana Jones finds himself up against the Nazis again to stop them from obtaining its powers.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Alison Doody, Denholm Elliott
Votes: 810,240 | Gross: $197.17M
44. Swallows and Amazons (2016)
Not Rated | 96 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Four children (the Swallows) on holiday in the Lake District sail on their own to an island and start a war with rival children (the Amazons). In the meantime, a mysterious man on a houseboat accuses them of a crime they did not commit.
Director: Philippa Lowthorpe | Stars: Bobby McCulloch, Dane Hughes, Kelly Macdonald, Abbie Glozier
Votes: 3,533
45. Planetarium (2016)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
"Planetarium" follows the journey of sisters who are believed to possess the supernatural ability to connect with ghosts. They cross paths with a visionary French producer while performing in Paris.
Director: Rebecca Zlotowski | Stars: Natalie Portman, Lily-Rose Depp, Emmanuel Salinger, Amira Casar
Votes: 3,760
46. Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
PG | 130 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A few decades after her original visit, Mary Poppins, the magical nanny, returns to help the Banks siblings and Michael's children through a difficult time in their lives.
Director: Rob Marshall | Stars: Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer
Votes: 95,100 | Gross: $171.96M
47. The Witness for the Prosecution (2016)
Not Rated | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The hunt is on to find the murderer of a wealthy glamorous heiress who is found dead in her London townhouse. Based on the short story by Agatha Christie.
Stars: Billy Howle, Kim Cattrall, Monica Dolan, Andrea Riseborough
Votes: 5,620
48. Angel of Christmas (2015 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Comedy, Romance
After she finally gets the chance to pen her very first article, an aspiring newspaper writer digs into her family history to find the perfect Christmas story.
Director: Ron Oliver | Stars: Jennifer Finnigan, Jonathan Scarfe, Holly Robinson Peete, Christie Laing
Votes: 2,340
49. Maudie (2016)
PG-13 | 115 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
An arthritic Nova Scotia woman works as a housekeeper while she hones her skills as an artist and eventually becomes a beloved figure in the community.
Director: Aisling Walsh | Stars: Sally Hawkins, Ethan Hawke, Zachary Bennett, Gabrielle Rose
Votes: 21,491 | Gross: $6.17M
50. The Handmaiden (2016)
Not Rated | 145 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, but secretly she is involved in a plot to defraud her.
Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Kim Min-hee, Ha Jung-woo, Cho Jin-woong, Moon So-ri
Votes: 172,166 | Gross: $2.01M
51. The Promise (II) (2016)
PG-13 | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, The Promise follows a love triangle between Michael, a brilliant medical student, the beautiful and sophisticated Ana, and Chris - a renowned American journalist based in Paris.
Director: Terry George | Stars: Oscar Isaac, Charlotte Le Bon, Christian Bale, Daniel Giménez Cacho
Votes: 178,540
52. Frantz (2016)
PG-13 | 113 min | Drama, History, Romance
In the aftermath of WWI, a young German who grieves the death of her fiancé in France meets a mysterious Frenchman who visits the fiancé's grave to lay flowers.
Director: François Ozon | Stars: Pierre Niney, Paula Beer, Ernst Stötzner, Marie Gruber
Votes: 17,427 | Gross: $0.88M
53. Z: The Beginning of Everything (2015–2017)
TV-14 | 27 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, a brilliant and beautiful Southern belle who became the original flapper and icon of the wild, flamboyant Jazz Age.
Stars: Christina Ricci, David Hoflin, Kristine Nielsen, David Strathairn
Votes: 4,738
54. Walt Before Mickey (2015)
PG | 107 min | Biography, Drama
Based on the book "Walt Before Mickey" covers the early years of Walt Disney's career.
Director: Khoa Le | Stars: Thomas Ian Nicholas, Jon Heder, Armando Gutierrez, David Henrie
Votes: 6,350
55. Cable Girls (2017–2020)
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama
Set in the 1920s, this is the story of four women from different backgrounds newly hired as operators for a phone company.
Stars: Blanca Suárez, Yon González, Ana Fernández, Nadia de Santiago
Votes: 16,134
56. Woman in Gold (2015)
PG-13 | 109 min | Biography, Drama, History
Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family.
Director: Simon Curtis | Stars: Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Brühl, Katie Holmes
Votes: 63,153 | Gross: $33.31M
57. Kurt Seyit & Sura (2014)
90 min | Drama, History, Romance
The love story of Kurt Seyit, a Crimean Tatar army major, and Sura, a rich Russian woman during the Russian Revolution and in the last days of the Ottoman Empire.
Stars: Kivanç Tatlitug, Farah Zeynep Abdullah, Demet Özdemir, Caglar Ertugrul
Votes: 4,204
58. Babylon Berlin (2017– )
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Colognian commissioner Gereon Rath moves to Berlin, the epicenter of political and social changes in the Golden Twenties.
Stars: Volker Bruch, Liv Lisa Fries, Lars Eidinger, Fritzi Haberlandt
Votes: 29,906
59. The Hidden Sword (2017)
137 min | Action, Drama
Latest film of Xu Haofeng, a new master of Chinese Wu Xia films, screenwriter of Wong Kar-wai's The Grandmaster. The new film tells a Chinese Wu Xia story happened in 1930s, but with a new presentation.
Director: Haofeng Xu | Stars: Qing Xu, Jue Huang, Aoyue Zhang
Votes: 48
60. Anarchist from Colony (2017)
129 min | Biography, Drama
Life of a upcoming Korean patriot Park Yeol, who formed the anarchist organization "Black Wave" during the Japanese colonial period and attempted the assassination of the Japanese Crown Prince Hirohito.
Director: Joon-ik Lee | Stars: Lee Jehoon, Choi Hee-Seo, Wi Ha-joon, Kwon Hyeok-soo
Votes: 698
61. Frankie Drake Mysteries (2017–2021)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The series follows Frankie Drake, a female private detective operating in Toronto in the 1920s.
Stars: Lauren Lee Smith, Chantel Riley, Rebecca Liddiard, Sharron Matthews
Votes: 3,174
62. Wonderstruck (2017)
PG | 116 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Tells the tale of two children separated by fifty years. In 1927, Rose searches for the actress whose life she chronicles in her scrapbook; in 1977, Ben runs away from home to find his father.
Director: Todd Haynes | Stars: Oakes Fegley, Julianne Moore, Michelle Williams, Millicent Simmonds
Votes: 11,071 | Gross: $1.03M
63. 1922 (2017)
TV-MA | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A simple yet proud farmer in the year 1922 conspires to murder his wife for financial gain, convincing his teenage son to assist. But their actions have unintended consequences.
Director: Zak Hilditch | Stars: Thomas Jane, Molly Parker, Dylan Schmid, Kaitlyn Bernard
Votes: 71,576
64. Sami Blood (2016)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, History
A reindeer-breeding Sámi girl who is exposed to the racism of the 1930's at her boarding school, starts dreaming of another life. But to achieve it, she has to become someone else and break all ties with her family and culture.
Director: Amanda Kernell | Stars: Maj-Doris Rimpi, Olle Sarri, Ánne Biret Somby, Bo Lundmark
Votes: 8,284
65. Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
PG-13 | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a murder occurs on the train on which he's travelling, celebrated detective Hercule Poirot is recruited to solve the case.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Penélope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench
Votes: 296,168 | Gross: $102.83M
66. Cambridge Spies (2003)
235 min | Drama, History
The true story of a group of Cambridge University Students who are recruited to spy for the Soviet Union in the early 1930s.
Stars: Tom Hollander, Toby Stephens, Rupert Penry-Jones, Samuel West
Votes: 2,203
67. The Aviator (2004)
PG-13 | 170 min | Biography, Drama
A biopic depicting the early years of legendary director and aviator Howard Hughes' career from the late 1920s to the mid 1940s.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly
Votes: 383,790 | Gross: $102.61M
68. The Proposition (1998)
R | 110 min | Drama, Romance
Longing to have a baby, a sterile 1930s Bostonian hires a man to impregnate his wife.
Director: Lesli Linka Glatter | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Madeleine Stowe, William Hurt, Robert Loggia
Votes: 2,355 | Gross: $0.12M
69. I segreti di Borgo Larici (2014– )
80 min | Drama
In 1922 at Borgo Larici, Francesco returns home to his family's wealthy lifestyle after receiving an anonymous note claiming that the truth of his mother's death is not what he was always ... See full summary »
Stars: Giampiero Mancini, Adalberto Maria Merli, Giulio Berruti, Nathalie Rapti Gomez
Votes: 91
70. A Real Vermeer (2016)
115 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life story of Dutch painter Han van Meegeren, from his beginnings as a rebellious young artist in 1920s Amsterdam to his rise to infamy as one of the most ingenious art forgers of all time.
Director: Rudolf van den Berg | Stars: Jeroen Spitzenberger, Lize Feryn, Roeland Fernhout, Porgy Franssen
Votes: 585
71. Changeling (2008)
R | 141 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
After Christine's son goes missing, she reaches out to the LAPD to find him. But when they try to pass off an impostor as her son to quieten public protests, she refuses to accept him or give up hope.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Angelina Jolie, Colm Feore, Amy Ryan, Gattlin Griffith
Votes: 265,144 | Gross: $35.74M
72. Sweet Country (2017)
R | 113 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Western set on the Northern Territory frontier in the 1920s, where justice itself is put on trial when an aged Aboriginal farmhand shoots a white man in self-defense and goes on the run as a posse gathers to hunt him down.
Director: Warwick Thornton | Stars: Hamilton Morris, Shanika Cole, Ewen Leslie, Sam Neill
Votes: 9,258 | Gross: $0.10M
73. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
PG-13 | 134 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Gellert Grindelwald plans to raise an army of wizards to rule over non-magical beings. In response, Newt Scamander's former professor, Albus Dumbledore, seeks his help to stop him.
Director: David Yates | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Johnny Depp
Votes: 308,432 | Gross: $159.56M
74. The ABC Murders (2018)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In 1933, retired detective Hercule Poirot is targeted by a taunting killer who sends letters signed "ABC", which Poirot must decode in order to discover the identity of the murderer.
Stars: John Malkovich, Eamon Farren, Michael Shaeffer, Rupert Grint
Votes: 11,674
75. La Bolduc (2018)
103 min | Biography, Drama, Music
This is the life story of Mary Travers also known by her stage name of La Bolduc. Mary Rose-Anna Bolduc, née Travers, was a musician and singer of French Canadian music. She was known as ... See full summary »
Director: François Bouvier | Stars: Debbie Lynch-White, Anne-Charlotte Côté, Émile Proulx-Cloutier, Rose-Marie Perreault
Votes: 476
76. The Eternal Road (2017)
103 min | Drama, History
One night of 1930, nationalist thugs violently abduct Ketola from his home in Finland. Beaten and forced to walk the Eternal Road towards a foreign Soviet Russia, his only dream is to return to his family cost it what it may.
Director: Antti-Jussi Annila | Stars: Tommi Korpela, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Irina Björklund
Votes: 2,724
77. Timewasters (2017–2019)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
A struggling jazz band from South London are propelled back in time.
Stars: Daniel Lawrence Taylor, Kadiff Kirwan, Adelayo Adedayo, Samson Kayo
Votes: 719
78. Stan & Ollie (2018)
PG | 98 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Laurel and Hardy, the world's most famous comedy duo, attempt to reignite their film careers as they embark on what becomes their swan song: a grueling theatre tour of post-war Britain.
Director: Jon S. Baird | Stars: Steve Coogan, John C. Reilly, Shirley Henderson, Nina Arianda
Votes: 39,821 | Gross: $5.47M
79. Mack the Knife - Brecht's Threepenny Film (2018)
130 min | Biography, Drama
Against many odds, Bertolt Brecht's "The Threepenny Opera" becomes a phenomenal success. The film industry picks up the scent and seeks to make the master direct a film version of his "play... See full summary »
Director: Joachim Lang | Stars: Lars Eidinger, Tobias Moretti, Hannah Herzsprung, Joachim Król
Votes: 709
80. The Painted Veil (2006)
PG-13 | 125 min | Drama, Romance
Dr Walter gets married to the beautiful Kitty but soon finds out that she is cheating on him. Battling his way through problems, he heads to China to fight a dreaded disease spread in a small village.
Director: John Curran | Stars: Naomi Watts, Edward Norton, Liev Schreiber, Catherine An
Votes: 95,893 | Gross: $8.06M
81. And Then There Were None (2015)
TV-14 | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ten strangers are invited to an island by a mysterious host, and start to get killed one by one. Could one of them be the killer?
Stars: Maeve Dermody, Charles Dance, Toby Stephens, Burn Gorman
Votes: 43,791
82. Miss Fisher & the Crypt of Tears (2020)
TV-14 | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
After freeing a young girl from her unjust imprisonment in Jerusalem, Phryne Fisher begins to unravel a mystery concerning priceless emeralds, ancient curses and the truth behind the suspicious disappearance of Shirin's forgotten tribe.
Director: Tony Tilse | Stars: Essie Davis, Nathan Page, Rupert Penry-Jones, Miriam Margolyes
Votes: 4,884
83. Empire Rising
Drama | Announced
A construction worker on New York's Empire State Building during the early 1930s gets caught up in a gun smuggling ring for the IRA and a love triangle with a beautiful artist.
Director: Guy Ritchie
84. Viceroy's House (2017)
Not Rated | 106 min | Biography, Drama, History
The final Viceroy of India, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (Hugh Bonneville), is tasked with overseeing the transition of British India to independence, but meets with conflict as different sides clash in the face of monumental change.
Director: Gurinder Chadha | Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson, Manish Dayal, Huma Qureshi
Votes: 8,552 | Gross: $1.11M
85. Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017)
PG | 107 min | Biography, Drama, Family
The relationship between writer AA Milne and his son, Christopher Robin, and how this became the inspiration for Winnie the Pooh.
Director: Simon Curtis | Stars: Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie, Kelly Macdonald, Vicki Pepperdine
Votes: 29,801 | Gross: $1.74M
86. Agatha and the Truth of Murder (2018 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In 1926, with her personal life in tatters and her writing in crisis, a young Agatha Christie decides to solve a real-life murder.
Director: Terry Loane | Stars: Dean Andrews, Ruth Bradley, Bebe Cave, Amelia Dell
Votes: 5,545
87. Gun City (2018)
TV-MA | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
In 1921 a tough cop is sent from Madrid to Barcelona to locate stolen military weaponry.
Director: Dani de la Torre | Stars: Luis Tosar, Michelle Jenner, Vicente Romero, Manolo Solo
Votes: 4,326
88. The Chaperone (2018)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama
In the early 1920s, a Kansas woman finds her life forever changed when she accompanies a young dancer on her fame-seeking journey to New York City.
Director: Michael Engler | Stars: Elizabeth McGovern, Haley Lu Richardson, Géza Röhrig, Victoria Hill
Votes: 1,899 | Gross: $0.60M
89. The Lost City of Z (2016)
PG-13 | 141 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
A true-life drama, centering on British explorer Major Percival Fawcett, who disappeared whilst searching for a mysterious city in the Amazon in the 1920s.
Director: James Gray | Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller, Tom Holland
Votes: 99,384 | Gross: $8.58M
90. Resistance (2019– )
60 min | Drama
Set in late 1920, Resistance is a sequel series to the 2016 miniseries Rebellion, which was set during the 1916 Easter Rising.
Stars: Simone Kirby, Catherine Walker, Brian Gleeson, Conall Keating
Votes: 681
91. The Highwaymen (2019)
R | 132 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The untold true story of the legendary detectives who brought down Bonnie and Clyde.
Director: John Lee Hancock | Stars: Kevin Costner, Woody Harrelson, Kathy Bates, John Carroll Lynch
Votes: 103,342
92. Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
PG-13 | 145 min | Drama, Romance
The heartwarming tale of Nitta Sayuri, a young Japanese woman who transcended from her fishing-village roots and became one of Japan's most celebrated geisha.
Director: Rob Marshall | Stars: Ziyi Zhang, Ken Watanabe, Michelle Yeoh, Suzuka Ohgo
Votes: 160,573 | Gross: $57.49M
93. Red Joan (2018)
R | 101 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Joan Stanley, who was exposed as the K.G.B.'s longest-serving British spy.
Director: Trevor Nunn | Stars: Judi Dench, Sophie Cookson, Stephen Campbell Moore, Tom Hughes
Votes: 14,406 | Gross: $1.58M
94. A Gentleman in Moscow (2024– )
TV-14 | Drama, History, Thriller
A Russian aristocrat is spared from death and placed on house arrest while the Bolshevik Revolution plays out before him.
Stars: Ewan McGregor, Fehinti Balogun, Daniel Cerqueira, Johnny Harris
Votes: 1,711
95. Death on the Nile (2022)
PG-13 | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While on vacation on the Nile, Hercule Poirot must investigate the murder of a young heiress.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Tom Bateman, Annette Bening, Kenneth Branagh, Russell Brand
Votes: 188,276 | Gross: $45.63M
96. Chicago (2002)
PG-13 | 113 min | Comedy, Crime, Musical
Two death-row murderesses develop a fierce rivalry while competing for publicity, celebrity, and a sleazy lawyer's attention.
Director: Rob Marshall | Stars: Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Taye Diggs
Votes: 243,159 | Gross: $170.69M
97. Annie (1982)
PG | 127 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A spunky young orphan is taken in by a rich eccentric, much to the chagrin of the cantankerous woman who runs the orphanage.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Ann Reinking
Votes: 49,439 | Gross: $57.06M
98. Downton Abbey (2019)
PG | 122 min | Drama, Romance
1927. The Crawleys prepare to host King George V and Queen Mary at Downton Abbey.
Director: Michael Engler | Stars: Stephen Campbell Moore, Michael Fox, Lesley Nicol, Sophie McShera
Votes: 63,268 | Gross: $96.85M
99. Mr. Jones (2019)
119 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
A Welsh journalist breaks the news in the western media of the famine in Ukraine in the early 1930s.
Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: James Norton, Vanessa Kirby, Peter Sarsgaard, Joseph Mawle
Votes: 16,213
100. Sonora, the Devil's Highway (I) (2018)
TV-14 | 94 min | Drama, Thriller, Western
1931 in Mexico, under pressure from Sonora government, a group of people are forced to take a trip to Mexicali, where they will have to face the racism and other kind of dangers through the dangerous desert.
Director: Alejandro Springall | Stars: Fernando Becerril, Juan Manuel Bernal, Rafael Cebrián, Joaquín Cosio
Votes: 721
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