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24 results for “1950s setting”

Velvet

2014 ★ 6.2

In 1950s Spain, the heir to a fashion house romances a beautiful seamstress who works for the company, despite the objections of his family. Velvet is a Spanish

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The Gangster

2012 ★ 6.2

Set in 1950s and '60s Bangkok, this Thai crime drama tells the tale of Jod, a promising young gangster moving through the ranks of the city's mafia. Topic: Film

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Please Baby Please

2022 ★ 5.7

After witnessing a murder in the gritty streets of 1950s Manhattan, newlyweds Suze and Arthur become the dangerous obsession of a greaser gang that awakens a sl

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Mark Saber

1954 ★ 8.0

A half-hour 1950s detective television series that took different forms and titles during its run. From October 1951 to June 1954, ABC Mystery Theater stars Tom

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Lemmings

1979 ★ 4.0

This two-part drama examines the fate of the generation of Austrians which came of age after World War II. The first part, "Arcadia," depicts the generational g

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Lyrical Vengeance

2026 ★ 0.0

On crowded dance floors at queer club nights in Tokyo, Yogyakarta and Rotterdam, ravers celebrate the lives and works of Japanese author Fumiko Hayashi, Indones

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Dyed Red Hair

1992 ★ 7.6

Tormented by his memories, the writer Kostantis Manolopoulos takes stock of his life. Lost loves, old enmities, secret desires outline the Greece of the '50s, a

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House on Fire

1986 ★ 4.5

In the 50s, the complicated life of a popular writer who must share his life with his family, his numerous mistresses and his work House on Fire, also known by

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The Visitants

1986 ★ 4.2

In a neon-splashed 1950s, hijinks ensue after a teenage boy steals a ray gun from his bizarre neighbors, who just so happen to be aliens who've embedded themsel

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Celia

1989 ★ 6.3

In 1950s Australia, young Celia is growing up with a sense of isolation and mistrust of the world that surrounds her. Her mother and father won't let her play w

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Miranda

1985 ★ 5.1

In 1950s Ferrara, a lonely innkeeper explores a series of relationships while awaiting her missing husband’s return from war. "Miranda" is a film set in 1950s F

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Queer

2024 ★ 6.5

In 1950s Mexico City, William Lee, an American ex-pat in his late forties, leads a solitary life amidst a small American community. However, the arrival in town

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Partners in Crime

2015 ★ 7.1

Set in a 1950s Britain rising from the ashes of the Blitz into the grip of a new Cold War, our beekeeping duo stumble into a world of murder, undercover agents

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Lessons in Chemistry

2023 ★ 8.2

In the 1950s, Elizabeth Zott's dream of being a scientist is challenged by a society that says women belong in the domestic sphere. She accepts a job on a TV co

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A Place to Call Home

2013 ★ 7.3

A mysterious woman is perched between the harsh legacy of World War II and the hope of a new life in Australia. A sweeping romantic drama set in 1950s rural Aus

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The Darling Buds of May

1991 ★ 7.9

An idyllic picture of 1950's rural England as seen through the lives of the Larkins, a farm family living in Kent. The show revolves around Pa Larkin, a man of

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Fission

2026 ★ 0.0

A man recalls his childhood in 1950s West Germany as a nine-year-old boy discovering his father’s clandestine work with a dominant family guest—a time when his

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Ten Tall Men

1951 ★ 6.5

Sgt. Mike Kincaid of the French Foreign Legion learns, from a Riff prisoner, that an attack will soon be made by the villainous Hussin on the Legion's outpost o

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The Bletchley Circle

2012 ★ 7.6

The Bletchley Circle follows the journey of four ordinary women with extraordinary skills that helped to end World War II. Set in 1952, Susan, Millie, Lucy and

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Wildcat

2024 ★ 5.7

Can scandalous art still serve God? Does suffering precede all greatness? Can illness be a blessing? In 1950, writer Flannery O'Connor visits her mother Regina

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Undercover Girl

1958 ★ 5.4

Nightclub employee Joan Foster assists the brother of a murdered reporter to expose a drug ring. Undercover Girl is a 1958 British second feature crime film dir

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Get Some In!

1975 ★ 6.8

Get Some In! is a British comedy series set in the 1950's that focused on the Royal Air Force National Service. The show was broadcast between 1975 and 1978 by

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The Beast Is Loose

1959 ★ 6.4

Paul Lamiani, a wizened mobster, is asked to return to duty following the disappearance of secret documents of extreme importance. It is assumed that they are i

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Summer Place Wanted

1957 ★ 4.6

Married couple have romantic interludes in the summer, she at their summer cottage, him in the apartment in town. Summer Place Wanted is a 1957 comedy directed

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