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88
8.2
/651565/
79
/10162/
78
/5301/
4.1
/366806/
99
/165/
94
/6451/
91
/28/
cc age 17+

L.A. Confidential (1997)
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
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Amazon Prime Video
82
8.2
/1040120/
81
/21261/
78
/10734/
3.9
/544188/
74
/214/
93
/20844/
72
/33/
cc age 14+

A Beautiful Mind (2001)
From the heights of notoriety to the depths of depravity, John Forbes Nash Jr. experiences it all. As a brilliant but socially awkward mathematician, he made a groundbreaking discovery early in his career and stands on the brink of international acclaim. But as the handsome and arrogant Nash accepts secret work in cryptography, he becomes entangled in a mysterious conspiracy. His life takes a nightmarish turn and he soon finds himself on a painful and harrowing journey of self-discovery.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
81
7.3
/110984/
70
/4416/
70
/1433/
3.9
/700614/
93
/336/
80
/513/
90
/57/
cc age 17+

The Brutalist (2024)
When an innovative modern architect flees post-war Europe, he is given the opportunity to rebuild his legacy. Set during the dawn of the modern United States (in Pennsylvania), his wife joins him, and their lives are forever changed by a demanding, wealthy patron.
poster
81
7.8
/788/
80
/56/
79
/13/
3.8
/1092/
100
/44/
87
/8/
80
/12/

Coup 53 (2019)
Tehran, Iran, August 19, 1953. A group of Iranian conspirators who, with the approval of the deposed tyrant Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, have conspired with agents of the British MI6 and the US CIA, manage to put an end to the democratic government led by Mohammad Mosaddegh, a dramatic event that will begin the tragic era of coups d'état that, orchestrated by the CIA, will take place, over the following decades, in dozens of countries around the world.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
81
7.3
/151364/
73
/5655/
75
/3858/
4.0
/577213/
94
/322/
75
/1152/
94
/45/
cc age 16+

Carol (2015)
In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.
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Starz Apple TV Channel
80
7.7
/163543/
77
/3723/
74
/2114/
3.8
/88397/
79
/204/
87
/7336/
73
/40/
cc age 15+

Ray (2004)
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 musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered coupling gospel and country together.
poster
79
7.2
/70241/
70
/1346/
69
/988/
3.8
/68635/
95
/107/
83
/1849/
86
/31/
cc age 17+

Heavenly Creatures (1994)
Precocious teenager Juliet moves to New Zealand with her family and soon befriends the quiet, brooding Pauline through their shared love of fantasy and literature. This friendship gradually develops into an intense and obsessive bond.
poster
Hulu
79
7.3
/123992/
72
/6029/
70
/2038/
3.8
/261062/
94
/254/
79
/723/
88
/43/
cc age 15+

The Death of Stalin (2017)
When dictator Joseph Stalin dies, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to become the next Soviet leader. As they bumble, brawl and back-stab their way to the top, the question remains — just who is running the government?
poster
fuboTV
78
7.2
/38648/
72
/1508/
70
/477/
3.6
/67535/
96
/224/
91
/134/
81
/40/
cc age 13+

Living (2022)
London, 1953. Mr. Williams, a veteran civil servant, is an important cog within the city's bureaucracy as it struggles to rebuild in the aftermath of World War II. Buried under paperwork at the office and lonely at home, his life has long felt empty and meaningless. Then a devastating medical diagnosis forces him to take stock, and to try and grasp some fulfilment before it passes permanently beyond reach.
poster
77
7.2
/41312/
73
/2513/
69
/1101/
3.5
/31700/
92
/224/
83
/390/
75
/41/
cc age 10+

Stan & Ollie (2018)
With their golden era long behind them, comedy duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy embark on a variety hall tour of Britain and Ireland. Despite the pressures of a hectic schedule, and with the support of their wives Lucille and Ida – a formidable double act in their own right – the pair's love of performing, as well as for each other, endures as they secure their place in the hearts of their adoring public
poster
77
7.4
/34126/
70
/746/
71
/589/
3.8
/35978/
93
/28/
75
/413/
83
/15/

The Wrong Man (1956)
In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.
poster
77
7.2
/96917/
72
/1754/
68
/1103/
4.0
/80313/
86
/157/
77
/1905/
81
/36/
cc age 17+

Beginners (2011)
Oliver meets the irreverent and unpredictable Anna only months after his father Hal Fields has passed away. This new love floods Oliver with memories of his father, who, following the death of his wife of 44 years, came out of the closet at age 75 to live a full, energized, and wonderfully tumultuous gay life – which included a younger boyfriend.
poster
73
7.0
/40971/
71
/1236/
68
/673/
3.4
/28045/
89
/47/
71
/1829/
78
/8/
cc age 14+

The War of the Worlds (1953)
The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb.
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Amazon Prime Video
73
7.2
/526/
72
/25/
69
/12/
3.6
/989/
83
/23/
75
/4/
66
/12/

By Sidney Lumet (2015)
An analysis of director Sidney Lumet's work (12 Angry Men, Dog Day Afternoon, Before The Devil Knows You're Dead) in his own words, based on a five-day interview recorded shortly before his death.
poster
71
7.0
/2654/
71
/49/
63
/41/
3.6
/2061/
86
/22/
63
/31/

Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)
An aspiring Jewish actor moves out of his parents' Brooklyn apartment to seek his fortune in the bohemian life of Greenwich Village in 1953.
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74
71
7.5
/10743/
73
/286/
73
/208/
3.8
/9744/
64
/14/
85
/182/

10 Rillington Place (1971)
The story of British serial killer John Christie, who committed most or all of his crimes in the titular terraced house, and the miscarriage of justice involving Timothy Evans.
poster
70
6.9
/60110/
70
/1440/
70
/1162/
3.8
/97255/
73
/40/
77
/1884/
67
/16/

Naked Lunch (1991)
Blank-faced bug killer Bill Lee and his dead-eyed wife, Joan, like to get high on Bill's pest poisons while lounging with Beat poet pals. After meeting the devilish Dr. Benway, Bill gets a drug made from a centipede. Upon indulging, he accidentally kills Joan, takes orders from his typewriter-turned-cockroach, ends up in a constantly mutating Mediterranean city and learns that his hip friends have published his work -- which he doesn't remember writing.
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73
69
7.2
/9493/
73
/196/
72
/145/
3.5
/7868/
94
/16/
77
/224/
58
/10/

The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
A doctor treats a woman suffering from multiple personality disorder.
poster
69
7.3
/10151/
70
/180/
70
/175/
3.6
/6219/
68
/25/
73
/170/

The Front (1976)
A cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.
poster
The Roku Channel
69
6.6
/38254/
67
/1377/
66
/937/
3.6
/37494/
78
/139/
59
/656/
73
/37/
cc age 14+

The Grandmaster (2013)
Ip Man's peaceful life in Foshan changes after Gong Yutian seeks an heir for his family in Southern China. Ip Man then meets Gong Er who challenges him for the sake of regaining her family's honor. After the Second Sino-Japanese War, Ip Man moves to Hong Kong and struggles to provide for his family. In the mean time, Gong Er chooses the path of vengeance after her father was killed by Ma San.
poster
68
7.1
/5490/
68
/159/
70
/79/
3.5
/2217/
85
/55/
75
/25/
60
/13/

The Fencer (2015)
Fleeing from the Russian secret police, a young Estonian fencer is forced to return to his homeland, where he becomes a physical education teacher at a local school. The past however catches up and puts him in front of a difficult choice.
poster
68
6.9
/22332/
68
/1666/
68
/544/
3.3
/20554/
71
/1018/
cc age 13+

Justice League: The New Frontier (2008)
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 combined strength of their newly formed Justice League?
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Hoopla
67
7.0
/7460/
70
/167/
63
/105/
3.3
/1534/
64
/116/
78
/297/
55
/30/

Evelyn (2002)
Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment, and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care for the children—Evelyn, Dermot and Maurice—make it clear to the authorities this is an untenable situation. The Catholic Church and the Irish courts decide to put the Doyle children into Church-run orphanages.
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Kanopy
72
66
7.4
/17875/
69
/176/
69
/86/
3.8
/11433/
67
/6/
78
/75/

Lootera (2013)
In a village, a young archaeologist falls in love with a landlord's daughter. Their union seems doomed. But destiny brings them together a year later. Will they live happily ever after?
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Amazon Prime Video
71
66
7.3
/7465/
76
/194/
71
/191/
3.6
/3109/
71
/17/
79
/43/
59
/10/

The Front Line (2011)
In 1951 ceasefire is declared, but two remaining armies fought their final battle on the front line Towards the end of the Korean War, a South Korean battalion is fiercely battling over a hill on the front line border against the North in order to capture a strategic point that would determine the new border between two nations. The ownership of this small patch of land would swap multiple times each day. Kang is dispatched to the front line in order to investigate the tacit case that’s been happening there.
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Hulu
65
6.5
/72135/
65
/3579/
63
/1231/
3.2
/262513/
75
/200/
69
/290/
60
/40/
cc age 13+

See How They Run (2022)
In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. When world-weary Inspector Stoppard and eager rookie Constable Stalker take on the case, the two find themselves thrown into a puzzling whodunit within the glamorously sordid theater underground, investigating the mysterious homicide at their own peril.
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Amazon Prime Video
74
65
7.3
/11923/
71
/181/
69
/122/
3.4
/1334/
86
/14/
79
/238/

The Snow Walker (2003)
A bush pilot in nothern Canada who with the aid of modernity thinks he can handle it all & knows it all. After reluctantly agreeing to transport a local indian girl to a medical facility his light plane crashes & they have to survive whilst finding their way back to civilization. Along the journey the man finds a new respect for the native ways as they battle to survive the elements.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
65
6.5
/9851/
63
/202/
64
/157/
3.1
/1969/
69
/71/
51
/292/
62
/22/
cc age 15+

My One and Only (2009)
A mother takes her two sons on an unusual road trip from New York to Pittsburgh, St. Louis and eventually Hollywood in her quest to find a man to take care of them all.
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72
64
7.0
/5669/
71
/132/
66
/68/
3.5
/1719/
88
/8/
72
/64/

Pork Chop Hill (1959)
Korean War, April 1953. Lieutenant Clemons, leader of the King company of the United States Infantry, is ordered to recapture Pork Chop Hill, occupied by a powerful Chinese Army force, while, just seventy miles away, at nearby the village of Panmunjom, a tense cease-fire conference is celebrated.
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Kanopy
78
64
7.4
/6445/
75
/261/
74
/254/
3.7
/7233/
90
/10/
86
/8/

The Silent Revolution (2018)
Stalinstadt, East Germany, 1956. While the Hungarian uprising against Soviets is taking place, teenage members of a classroom of the local school perform a seemingly harmless act that causes unexpected consequences.
poster
64
6.5
/5812/
66
/315/
67
/167/
3.2
/3244/
39
/57/
90
/16/
51
/15/
cc age 13+

The Song of Names (2019)
A man searches for his childhood best friend, a Polish violin prodigy orphaned in the Holocaust, who vanished decades before on the night of his first public performance.
poster
64
6.6
/2375/
75
/48/
61
/32/
3.2
/975/
44
/9/
78
/46/

Ode to Billy Joe (1976)
Set in sultry 1950s Mississippi, two teenagers grapple with surging hormones and the enticing promise of love, unknowing of the tragedy that looms ahead.
poster
64
6.2
/1992/
55
/72/
60
/70/
3.0
/1399/
76
/89/
47
/28/
68
/28/
cc age 16+

Queen & Country (2014)
In this sequel to Hope and Glory (1987), Bill Rohan has grown up and is drafted into the army, where he and his eccentric best mate, Percy, battle their snooty superiors on the base and look for love in town.
poster
Disney Plus
63
6.0
/58601/
65
/4111/
71
/1779/
2.7
/215499/
65
/156/
47
/706/
56
/32/
cc age 10+

Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)
29 years since the Black Flame Candle was last lit, the 17th-century Sanderson sisters are resurrected, and they are looking for revenge. Now it's up to three high school students to stop the ravenous witches from wreaking a new kind of havoc on Salem before dawn on All Hallow's Eve.
poster
Kanopy
61
6.6
/97657/
69
/2212/
69
/1851/
3.7
/182499/
33
/149/
60
/3839/
45
/40/
cc age 15+

Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
Katherine Watson is a recent UCLA graduate hired to teach art history at the prestigious all-female Wellesley College, in 1953. Determined to confront the outdated mores of society and the institution that embraces them, Katherine inspires her traditional students, including Betty and Joan, to challenge the lives they are expected to lead.
poster
58
5.9
/499/
58
/10/
49
/14/
3.2
/328/
50
/6/
80
/3/

Union City (1980)
A 1950s accountant with a restless wife grows paranoid after hiding a milk thief's corpse next door.
poster
64
57
6.4
/4405/
68
/157/
58
/82/
3.5
/6709/
64
/14/
62
/109/

Black Caesar (1973)
Raised in Harlem, Tommy Gibbs becomes a successful mob boss but he clashes with the rival Mafia and his old enemy, dirty cop McKinney.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
57
56
6.2
/10824/
67
/324/
61
/227/
3.0
/8588/
62
/21/
46
/69/
47
/10/

The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
poster
Kanopy
55
5.9
/19719/
62
/977/
61
/618/
2.8
/8754/
49
/37/
42
/229/
49
/13/
cc age 15+

Haunter (2013)
A teenager is stuck in a time loop that is not quite the same each time. She must uncover the truth but her actions have consequences for herself and others.
poster
53
5.7
/78672/
64
/6280/
62
/3055/
2.5
/144617/
34
/110/
49
/1001/
49
/23/
cc age 14+

Insidious: The Last Key (2018)
Parapsychologist Elise Rainier and her team travel to Five Keys, NM, to investigate a man’s claim of a haunting. Terror soon strikes when Rainier realizes that the house he lives in was her family’s old home.
poster
Netflix
50
5.4
/77263/
54
/2911/
59
/1463/
2.1
/259255/
43
/320/
36
/524/
50
/57/
cc age 17+

Blonde (2022)
From her volatile childhood as Norma Jeane, through her rise to stardom and romantic entanglements, this reimagined fictional portrait of Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe blurs the lines of fact and fiction to explore the widening split between her public and private selves.
poster
Netflix
50
5.8
/26567/
60
/675/
58
/506/
2.6
/11228/
44
/25/
31
/1088/
52
/7/

Wind Chill (2007)
Two college students share a ride home for the holidays. When they break down on a deserted stretch of road, they're preyed upon by the ghosts of people who have died there.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
50
6.4
/79097/
66
/3296/
62
/1741/
2.9
/23053/
30
/84/
42
/444/
41
/25/
cc age 17+

Child 44 (2015)
Set in Stalin-era Soviet Union, a disgraced MGB agent is dispatched to investigate a series of child murders -- a case that begins to connect with the very top of party leadership.
poster
73
46
7.8
/2816/
73
/48/
71
/43/
3.7
/1113/

The Cold Summer of 1953 (1988)
In 1953, the year Stalin died, many prisoners (some political, but mostly common criminals) were released from the Soviet Gulags. This is the story of a remote settlement which was under attack by a bunch of these recently-released blood-thirsty thugs in the summer of 1953, and the townspeople, along with a two political prisoners, who try to stop them.
poster
Kanopy
74
43
6.8
/1430/
72
/48/
65
/33/
3.5
/1010/
100
/9/
68
/13/

The Devil's Playground (1977)
A powerful drama relating the intimate aspect of teenage boys and their priest/educators behind the walls of a religious institution where rigid discipline backfires natural feelings are deemed unnatural acts and human lives are controlled in the names of good intentions.
poster
60
42
6.1
/2474/
64
/42/
61
/59/
3.2
/1425/
80
/5/
35
/12/

Hell and High Water (1954)
A privately-financed scientist and his colleagues hire an ex-Navy officer to conduct an Alaskan submarine expedition in order to prevent a Red Chinese anti-American plot that may lead to World War III. Mixes deviously plotted schoolboy fiction with submarine spectacle and cold war heroics.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
53
39
5.7
/925/
55
/52/
59
/68/
2.8
/4127/
36
/22/
60
/10/
cc age 15+

Finally Dawn (2024)
A young Roman woman during the 1950s is on the verge of becoming engaged to a man. She goes to Cinecittà to do an audition as an extra and is thrust into this almost infinite night during which she discovers herself.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
44
39
4.3
/9600/
49
/142/
46
/141/
2.9
/8924/
39
/23/
33
/431/

Glen or Glenda (1953)
A psychiatrist tells two stories: one of a trans woman, the other of a pseudohermaphrodite.


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