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1920s movies 1920s films 1920s TV shows 1920s shows
1920s movies: Cable Girls (2017), The Painted Veil (2006), The House of Eliott (1991), The Cotton Club (1984), Peaky Blinders (2013), Beauty Spot (2011), Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2009), Raise the Red Lantern (1991), The Great Gatsby (2013), Blandings (2013)
Genre: Drama, History

Country: Spain

Duration: 50 min.

TV show

Story: In 1920s Madrid, four women at the National Telephone Company ring in revolution as they deal with romance, envy and the modern workplace.

Style: stylized, romantic, captivating, period piece, atmospheric ...

Audience: girls' night, chick flick

Plot: female protagonist, female friendship, job, women, workplace, independence, workplace romance, love and romance, strong female lead, class differences, lesbian, spanish civil war ...

Time: 1920s, 20th century, 1930s

Place: spain

Genre: Drama, Romance

Country: China, Canada, USA

Duration: 125 min.

Story: A British medical doctor fights a cholera outbreak in a small Chinese village, while also being trapped at home in a loveless marriage to an unfaithful wife.

Style: touching, emotional, scenic, captivating, heartbreaking ...

Audience: chick flick

Plot: infidelity, loveless marriage, love story, love and romance, cheating wife, couple relations, marriage, couples, extramarital affair, cholera, adultery, unfaithful wife ...

Time: 1920s, 20th century, year 2006, 50s, 19th century

Place: china, shanghai, africa, london, asia

Genre: Drama

Country: UK

Duration: 50 min.

TV show

Story: The House of Eliott is a British television series produced and broadcast by the BBC in three series between 1991 and 1994. The series starred Stella Gonet and Louise Lombard as two sisters in 1920s London who establish a dressmaking business and ...

Style: serious, realistic, costume drama, captivating, sincere ...

Plot: fashion, society, workplace, lifestyle, family relations, workplace situations, fashion designer, dressmaker, rise to the top, notoriety, sister sister relationship, siblings relations ...

Time: 1920s, 20th century

Place: england, london, britain

Genre: Crime, Drama, Music

Country: USA

Duration: 129 min.

Story: The story of the people that frequented Harlem's famous nightclubs, 'The Cotton Club', and those that ran it.

Style: intense, captivating, realistic, atmospheric, visually stunning ...

Plot: jazz, mafia, gangster, music, nightclub, prohibition, love triangle, ambition, rivalry, love and romance, flapper, mob boss ...

Time: 1920s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1929

Place: new york, usa, harlem, new york city, grand central station manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city ...

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: UK

Duration: 60 min.

TV show

Story: A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.

Style: serious, atmospheric, tense, captivating, stylized ...

Audience: teens, boys' night

Plot: organized crime, gangster, gang, mafia, gang war, determination, cruelty, crime boss, mob boss, power struggle, rivalry, criminal ...

Time: 1920s, 20th century, ancient times, 1910s, victorian era

Place: england, britain, ireland, birmingham alabama, london

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: France, Belgium, USA

Duration: 100 min.

Story: Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.

Style: black and white, romantic, touching, sentimental, feel good ...

Audience: chick flick, family friendly, teens, date night

Plot: hollywood, filmmaking, actor, movie star, showbiz, love and romance, dog, actor's life, fame, actress, love, art ...

Time: 1920s, 2010s, year 2011, 1930s, 1900s ...

Place: los angeles, usa, california, iran

Genre: Crime, Drama, History

Country: USA

Duration: 100 min.

Story: Chicago February 14th 1929. Al Capone finally establishes himself as the city's boss of organised crime. In a north-side garage his hoods, dressed as policemen, surprise and mow down with machine-guns the key members of Bugs Moran's rival ...

Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, suspense ...

Audience: boys' night

Plot: gangster, true crime, death, mafia, hitman, gunfight, historical figure, gang, law enforcement, criminal heroes, rivalry, battles ...

Time: 1920s, year 1967, 60s, 20th century, year 1929 ...

Place: chicago, usa, illinois

Genre: Drama, Romance

Country: Hong Kong, China

Duration: 125 min.

Story: China in the 1920s. After her father's death, 19 year old Songlian is forced to marry the much older lord of a powerful family. With three wives already, each living in a separate house within the great castle, there is fierce competition for ...

Style: visually stunning, depressing, stylized, intense, realistic ...

Plot: intrigue, polygamy, feminism, jealousy, wealth, teenage girl, women, mistress, massage, feminist, tragic event, dignity ...

Time: 1920s, 20th century, year 1991

Place: china, tibet, east asia, asia

Genre: Biography, Drama

Country: USA, Canada

Duration: 125 min.

Story: Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted with despair.

Style: intellectual, talky, witty, clever, heartbreaking ...

Plot: biopic, addiction, female nudity, loveless marriage, flapper, poetry, prohibition, women, female writer, friendship, hotel, writers ...

Time: 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, victorian era, year 1994 ...

Place: new york, usa

Genre: Drama, Romance

Country: Australia, USA

Duration: 143 min.

Story: An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby's nouveau riche ...

Style: sentimental, stylized, bad ending, romantic, colorful ...

Audience: chick flick, teens, date night, girls' night, adult

Plot: obsession, high society, social differences, love triangle, loneliness, love story, millionaire, love and romance, love, destructive relationship, unfulfilled love, infidelity ...

Time: 1920s, year 2013, 90s, 1900s, 2010s ...

Place: new york, usa, los angeles, long island, midwest

Genre: Comedy

Country: UK

Duration: 30 min.

TV show

Story: Blandings is a British comedy television series adapted by Guy Andrews from the Blandings Castle stories of P.G. Wodehouse. It was first broadcast on BBC One from 13 January 2013, and stars Timothy Spall, Jennifer Saunders and Mark Williams. The ...

Style: humorous, not serious, sitcom, feel good, captivating ...

Plot: eccentric family, english countryside, lord, master and servant, butler, family relations, estate, castle, power relations, pig, aristocrat, dysfunctional family ...

Time: 1920s, 20th century

Place: europe

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: Germany

Duration: 45 min.

TV show

Story: Colognian commissioner Gereon Rath moves to Berlin, the epicenter of political and social changes in the Golden Twenties.

Style: neo noir, atmospheric, captivating, tense, historical drama ...

Plot: espionage, social problems, political intrigue, interwar period, german history, unsolved crime, conspiracy, european history, police investigation, national socialism, world war two, political scandal ...

Time: 1920s, pre world war two, 1930s, year 1929, 20th century

Place: berlin germany, germany

Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance

Country: UK, Germany, Canada, USA

Duration: 114 min.

Story: Semi-true story of the Hollywood murder that occurred at a star-studded gathering aboard William Randolph Hearst's yacht in 1924.

Style: stylized, cynical, witty, tense, humorous ...

Plot: hollywood, murder, yacht, infidelity, adultery, police investigation, secrets, gossip, mistress, crimes of passion, artists and showbiz, actor's life ...

Time: 1920s, year 2001, 20th century

Place: california, greece, los angeles, usa, san diego california

Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama

Country: UK, USA, Germany, Denmark, Belgium, Japan

Duration: 119 min.

Story: When Gerda Wegener asks her husband Einar to fill in as a portrait model, Einar discovers the person she's meant to be and begins living her life as Lili Elbe. Having realized her true self and with Gerda's love and support, Lili embarks ...

Style: touching, emotional, romantic, captivating, serious ...

Audience: girls' night, chick flick

Plot: transsexual, lgbt, art, transgender, lgbtq, couple relations, painting, gay, artist, gays and lesbians, painter, love ...

Time: 1920s, 1930s, year 2015, 2010s, 20th century

Place: denmark, paris france, idaho, copenhagen, europe ...

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: USA

Duration: 129 min.

Story: A story set in the Prohibition Era and centered around a group of individuals and their dealings in the world of organized crime.

Style: neo noir, stylized, period piece, exciting, captivating ...

Audience: teens

Plot: organized crime, mafia, prohibition, gangster, revenge, betrayal, chase, crime family, criminal, friendship, murder, police ...

Time: 1920s, year 2016, 2010s, 1930s

Place: florida, boston, massachusetts, america, miami ...

Genre: Drama

Country: UK

Duration: 60 min.

TV show

Story: Lilies is a British period-drama television series, written by Heidi Thomas, which ran for one eight-episode series in early 2007 on BBC One. The show's tagline was "Liverpool, 1920. Three girls on the edge of womanhood, a world on the ...

Style: touching, realistic, serious, sincere, historical drama ...

Plot: post war, family problems, family relations, life is a bitch, society, youth, working class, parents and children, bittersweet, poverty, slum, world war one ...

Time: 1920s, 20th century, post world war one

Place: england, liverpool

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: USA

Duration: 126 min.

Story: Nick Hart is a struggling American artist who lives amongst the expatriate community in 1920s Paris. He spends most of his time drinking and socializing in local café's and pestering gallery owner Libby Valentin to sell his paintings. He ...

Style: clever, humorous, surreal, expressionism, realistic ...

Plot: art, artist, sensuality, painter, writers, painting, forgery, collector, drinking, love, world war one, nude photography ...

Time: 1920s, 20th century

Place: paris france, france, europe

Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Mystery

Country: Australia

Duration: 60 min.

TV show

Story: Our lady sleuth sashays through the back lanes and jazz clubs of late 1920’s Melbourne, fighting injustice with her pearl handled pistol and her dagger sharp wit. Leaving a trail of admirers in her wake, our thoroughly modern heroine makes sure ...

Style: realistic, clever, serious, detective, captivating ...

Plot: murder, investigation, private investigator, female detective, private detective, heroine, riddles and clues, murderer, evidence, aristocracy, intelligence agency, female protagonist ...

Time: 1920s, 20th century

Place: australia, melbourne

Genre: Drama, Romance

Country: USA

Duration: 120 min.

Story: In 1921 New York. an immigrant woman is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister who is being held in the confines of Ellis Island.

Style: atmospheric, harsh, emotional, suspenseful, captivating ...

Audience: teens

Plot: prostitution, immigrant, immigration, corruption, brothel, family relations, confession, american dream, love affair, exploitation, society, forceful separation ...

Time: 1920s, year 2013, 20th century

Place: poland, america, israel, usa, new york ...

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: Canada

Duration: 60 min.

TV show

Story: Toronto’s only female private detective in the 1920s takes on the cases the police don’t want or can’t handle. From airplanes and booze running to American G-men, Communists and union busters, Frankie’s fearless sense of adventure gets her ...

Style: exciting, captivating, tense, light, funny ...

Audience: family friendly

Plot: female detective, private detective, crime solving, investigation, pursuit, twists and turns, uncover truth, interwar period, police, women, intelligence agency, strength ...

Time: 1920s, future, 20th century

Place: toronto ontario canada, canada

Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance

Country: Italy, France

Duration: 128 min.

Story: The story of the descent into madness of Mussolini's secret first wife, Ida Dasler, who was seduced by his passion and vigour but blind to the fascist dictator's many flaws. A historical drama with the passion, lyricism and tragedy of a ...

Style: emotional, touching, sincere, realistic, political ...

Plot: dictatorship, fascism, world war one, politics, male star appears nude, world war two, destructive relationship, resistance, couples, family problems, obsession, state affairs ...

Time: 1920s, 1940s, 1930s, 1910s, year 2009 ...

Place: italy, rome italy, europe, milan italy

Genre: Comedy, Drama, History

Country: USA

Duration: 189 min.

Story: A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, tracing the rise and fall of multiple characters in an era of unbridled decadence and depravity during Hollywood's transition from silent films and to sound films in the late 1920s.

Style: thrilling, visual, atmospheric, visually appealing, entertaining ...

Audience: adult

Plot: filmmaking, film history, hedonism, orgy, party, movie star, hollywood, film industry, gambling, movie business, unrequited love, graphic violence ...

Time: 1920s, 20th century, 2020s, year 1932, 1930s ...

Place: los angeles, california, new york

Genre: Drama, Romance

Country: USA

Duration: 145 min.

Story: A sweeping romantic epic set in Japan in the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.

Style: sentimental, romantic, captivating, dramatic, serious ...

Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night, teen drama

Plot: geisha, love story, women, age difference, japanese culture, older man younger woman relationship, brothel, beauty, mentor, love and romance, femininity, orphan ...

Time: 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 20th century, year 2005 ...

Place: japan, asia, china, east asia, america ...

Genre: Drama, Romance

Country: UK, USA, China

Duration: 122 min.

Story: The beloved Crawleys and their intrepid staff prepare for the most important moment of their lives. A royal visit from the King and Queen of England will unleash scandal, romance and intrigue that will leave the future of Downton hanging in the ...

Style: family saga, sincere, captivating, period piece, costume drama ...

Audience: chick flick

Plot: estate, aristocracy, servant, intrigue, butler, country estate, domestic servant, class differences, closeted homosexual, country house, british royal family, aristocrat ...

Time: 1920s, 20th century

Place: england, yorkshire, london

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: USA, France

Duration: 97 min.

Story: Set in the 1920s French Riviera, a master magician is commissioned to try and expose a psychic as a fraud.

Style: romantic, period piece, light, humorous, romantic comedy ...

Audience: chick flick, date night

Plot: twists and turns, magic, relationships, love story, magician, cons and scams, fish out of water, plot twist, spiritualism, medium, love and romance, destiny ...

Time: 1920s, year 2014, 1930s, 20th century

Place: france, cote d'azur, provence, french riviera, england ...