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Movies set in the 1920s

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2101

7.4

7.7

Changeling (2008)

Year: 1928
Location: L.A., California (USA)

Anautix's rating:

1951

8.2

Some Like It Hot (1959)

Year: 1929
Locations: Chicago, Miami (USA)

Anautix's rating:

4516

8.6

The Godfather: Part II (1974)

Years (plot 1): 1901, 1920s, 1941
Years (plot 2): 1957-58
Locations (plot 1): Corleone, Sicily (Italy), New York (USA)

Anautix's rating:

347

6.3

6.4

The Great Gatsby (1974)

Year: 1922
Locations: Long Island, Manhattan (New York, USA)

I watched this movie a long time ago but I remember that it perfectly depicts the mood of the high society in The Roaring Twenties.

2330

7.7

7.8

The Untouchables (1987)

Years: 1929-31
Location: Chicago

Anautix's rating:

1543

7.8

7.9

The Artist (2011)

Years: 1927-29
Location: L.A., Hollywood, USA

Anautix's rating:

7.4

7.2

Rosewood

Year: 1923
Location: Rosewood, Florida (USA)

Anautix's rating:

751

6.8

7.2

Out of Africa (1985)

Years: 1913-31
Locations: Denmark, British East Africa

Anautix's rating:

292

6.4

6.5

The Cotton Club (1984)

Years: 1928-31
Locations: Cotton Club in Harlem, New York (USA)

Anautix's rating:

1136

7.8

7.7

Miller's Crossing (1990)

Years: 1920s (Prohibition-era)
Location: USA

Anautix's rating:

270

6.7

6.6

The Immigrant

Year: 1921
Locations: New York, Ellis Island (USA)

Anautix's rating:

144

5.9

6.4

Live by Night (2017)

Years: 1926-1930s
Locations: Boston, Florida (Ybor City, Tampa, Miami); Cuba (short scene)

Anautix's rating:

299

6.8

The Lover (1992)

Year: 1929
Location: French Indochina

Anautix's rating:

7.4

Downton Abbey (2019)

Year: 1927 (set 2 years after the end of the TV series)
Location: Downton Abbey (fictional) in Yorkshire

Anautix's rating:

7.1

7.4

Downton Abbey: A New Era

Year: 1928
Location: Downton Abbey (fictional) in Yorkshire; Southern France

Anautix's rating:

275

6.5

6.7

Easy Virtue (2008)

Years: 1928/29
Locations: Monaco, England

Anautix's rating:

157

6.7

7.2

Babylon

Years: 1926, 1928, 1932, 1952
Location: Hollywood, L.A.

Anautix's rating:

6.6

Passing

Years: 1920s
Locations: New York City (USA)

Anautix's rating:

6.6

6.9

Marguerite

Years: 1920+
Locations: Paris

Anautix's rating:

896

7.2

7.5

The Painted Veil (2018)

Years: 1923-early 1930s
Locations: China, England

Anautix's rating:

170

7.1

7.2

The Light Between Oceans (2016)

Years: 1918-1927, 1950
Locations: Janus Rock (a fictional isle off the south coast of Western Australia)

Anautix's rating:

204

7.8

7.7

The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)

Year: 1923
Location: Inisherin (fictitious island of the Aran Islands), Ireland

Anautix's rating:

577

6.7

7.2

A River Runs Through It (1992)

Years: 1917-41 (main plot in the 1920s)
Location: Missoula, Montana (USA)

I still have to watch it!

4967

6.6

7.1

The Mummy (1999)

Year: 1290 BC, 1923
Location: Egypt

Anautix's rating:

6.4

Berlin Eins

Years: 1920s
Location: Berlin (Germany)

This crime movie is about the struggle of a Kriminalkommissar (chief inspector) against an underworld boss. The film is based loosely on the story of the famous Berlin police officer Ernst Gennat.

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