The Vault
Nanny
1981 ★ 6.7A divorced woman decides to train as a Nanny in 1930s England. Nanny is a BBC television drama series that originally ran between 1981 and 1983, spanning three
The Day of the Locust
1975 ★ 6.4Hollywood, 1930s. Tod Hackett, a young painter who tries to make his way as an art director in the lurid world of film industry, gets infatuated with his neighb
Cross Creek
1983 ★ 6.6In the 1930s, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings moves to Florida's backwaters to write in peace. She feels bothered by affectionate men, editors and confused neighbors,
Bright Young Things
2003 ★ 6.3During the 1930s in England, a group of young socialites dominate the national gossip with extravagant and outlandish antics. Among the group is the aspiring no
I Capture the Castle
2003 ★ 6.7In 1930s England, 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain and her eccentric family struggle to survive in a decaying English castle. Topic: Film "I Capture the Castle" (
Get Low
2010 ★ 6.7A movie spun out of equal parts folk tale, fable and real-life legend about the mysterious, 1930s Tennessee hermit who famously threw his own rollicking funeral
Life
1999 ★ 6.7Two men in 1930s Mississippi become friends after being sentenced to life in prison together for a crime they did not commit. The film "Life" is a drama that ta
Mank
2020 ★ 6.71930s Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay o
The Little Nyonya
2008 ★ 8.0A biographic flashback of an extended Peranakan family in Malacca; set in the 1930s, the story spans over 70 years and several generations of three families. Ta
The Heart of Me
2004 ★ 6.0Drama set in 1930s London with two sisters, Madeleine married to Rickie, and Dinah, who falls in love with him. Rickie and Dinah begin an affair which is to hav
Dancing on the Edge
2013 ★ 6.7An explosive 1930s drama following a jazz band in London at a time of huge change. Topic: Television series "Dancing on the Edge" (2013). Role: Meticulous telev
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
1970 ★ 7.0In 1930s Italy, a wealthy Jewish family tries to maintain their privileged lifestyle, hosting friends for tennis and parties at their villa. As anti-Semitism in
The Last Tycoon
2017 ★ 7.0From F. Scott Fitzgerald's last work, The Last Tycoon follows Monroe Stahr, Hollywood's Golden Boy as he battles father figure and boss Pat Brady for the soul o
The Party Is Over
1960 ★ 6.8This routine drama set in Argentina during the 1930s draws parallels between a family patriarch and a political despot who stoops to any corrupt means to increa
The Labyrinth of Love
1994 ★ 6.1Valerie, a maid of French descent (Monica Seller), comes to work for a family in Saigon of the 1930s/40s. One by one, she seduces the members of the family: the
What the Day Owes the Night
2012 ★ 7.6Algeria, the 1930s. Younes is nine years old when he is put in his uncle's care in Oran. Rebaptized Jonas, he grows up among the Rio Salado youths, with whom he
Young Dillinger
1965 ★ 7.3The 1930s outlaw teams up with Pretty Boy Floyd, Baby Face Nelson and Homer Van Meter. Young Dillinger is a 1965 crime and drama film that depicts the activitie
Borsalino
1970 ★ 6.9In 1930s Marseilles two small-time crooks decide to join forces when they meet while brawling over a woman. Starting with fixed horse races and boxing matches,
The Great War of Archimedes
2019 ★ 6.7It is the early 1930s and the command of the Japanese Imperial Navy determines to construct the world's biggest and most formidable battleship, Yamato. One of t
The Red Virgin
2024 ★ 7.1Hildegart is conceived and educated by her mother Aurora to be the woman of the future, to become one of the most brilliant minds of Spain in the 1930s and one
The Winds of War
1983 ★ 7.3Against the backdrop of world events that led to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, Victor 'Pug' Henry is a career naval officer who, along with his f
Amsterdam
2022 ★ 6.1In the 1930s, three friends—a doctor, a nurse, and an attorney—witness a murder, become suspects themselves and uncover one of the most outrageous plots in Amer
Banyon
1972 ★ 8.0The adventures of 1930's Los Angeles private eye Miles Banyon. The television series "Banyon" is a show that takes place in 1930s Los Angeles. The series revolv
Public Enemies
1996 ★ 3.9Ma Barker and her sons rob banks, shoot people and wind up at the top of the FBI's Most Wanted list in the 1930s. Task: Write a factual, original 150-190 word o