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Movies set in the 1930s
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8
8.6
The Green Mile (1999)
Years: 1935, 1999 (present time)
Locations: Louisiana (USA)
Locations: Louisiana (USA)
Anautix's rating:
4624
6.5
7.2
Year: 1933
Locations: New York, Skull Island (fictional)
Locations: New York, Skull Island (fictional)
Anautix's rating:
1903
7
7.4
Years: late 1930s (story of the "English" patient), 1944 (story of the nurse)
Locations: Egypt, Italy
Locations: Egypt, Italy
Anautix's rating:
1078
7.4
7.7
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Years: 1920s/30s (Ninny's story) , 1980s (present story)
Locations: Whistle Stop, Birmingham (Alabama, USA)
Locations: Whistle Stop, Birmingham (Alabama, USA)
Anautix's rating:
128
6.5
6.9
The Highwaymen (2019)
Year: 1934
Locations: Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Louisiana (USA)
Locations: Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Louisiana (USA)
Anautix's rating:
310
6.5
6.6
Year: 1934+
Locations: California (USA)
Locations: California (USA)
Anautix's rating:
231
6.3
6.7
Brideshead Revisited (2008)
Years: 1920s-1940s
Locations: England, Italy, Morocco
Locations: England, Italy, Morocco
Anautix's rating:
233
6.4
6.6
Head In The Clouds (2004)
Years: (1920s), 1933-1944
Locations: England, Paris, Spain
Locations: England, Paris, Spain
Anautix's rating:
472
6.2
6.7
The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
Year: 1931
Location: Savannah, Georgia (USA)
Location: Savannah, Georgia (USA)
Anautix's rating:
2093
7.4
7.5
Hugo (2011)
Years: 1931 (and flashbacks into the 1900s, 1920s)
Location: Paris (France)
Location: Paris (France)
Anautix's rating:
859
7.6
8
Years: 1930s
Locations: France; penal colony on Devil's Island in French Guiana; Colombia
Locations: France; penal colony on Devil's Island in French Guiana; Colombia
85
6.7
7.2
Papillon (2018)
Years: 1930s, (1969)
Locations: Paris (France); penal colony on Devil's Island in French Guiana; Colombia
Locations: Paris (France); penal colony on Devil's Island in French Guiana; Colombia
Anautix's rating:
2038
8.3
8.3
Years: 1922 (plot 1), 1932/33 (plot 2), 1968 (plot 3)
Location: New York (USA)
The main plot is during 1932/33.
Location: New York (USA)
The main plot is during 1932/33.
Anautix's rating:
307
7.1
7.3
Murder in the First (1995)
Years: mid 1930s-early 1940s
Location: Alcatraz (USA)
Location: Alcatraz (USA)
Anautix's rating:
342
6.8
7.1
Year: 1939
Location: London (England)
Location: London (England)
Anautix's rating:
824
6.2
6.5
J. Edgar (2011)
Years: 1919-1960s
Locations: USA
The 30s are quite interesting in this movie.
Locations: USA
The 30s are quite interesting in this movie.
Anautix's rating:
91
6.5
7.1
Race (2016)
Years: 1933-36
Locations: Ohio, New York (USA); Berlin (Germany)
Locations: Ohio, New York (USA); Berlin (Germany)
Anautix's rating:
12
6.3
7
The Boys in the Boat (2023)
Year: 1936
Locations: Seattle (WA), New York (USA); Berlin (Germany)
Locations: Seattle (WA), New York (USA); Berlin (Germany)
Anautix's rating:
Years: 1924-54
Locations: Herzogenaurach, Berlin (Germany)
Locations: Herzogenaurach, Berlin (Germany)
Anautix's rating:
13
5.8
6.3
Year: 1936
Locations: various locations in Germany, Berlin (Germany); England
Locations: various locations in Germany, Berlin (Germany); England
Anautix's rating:
25
6.4
6.8
Years: 1932, 1938
Locations: Oxford, London (England); Munich (Germany)
Locations: Oxford, London (England); Munich (Germany)
Anautix's rating:
563
7.4
7.8
The Remains of the Day (1993)
Years: 1930s, 1956
Locations: West Country (England)
Locations: West Country (England)
Anautix's rating:
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6.8
7.7
Mildred Pierce (2011)
Years: 1931-37+
Location: Glendale, California (USA); other
Location: Glendale, California (USA); other
Anautix's rating:
My favourite movies and TV-Series set in the 1930s that were not made in that time.
(WW2 movies are not included, they are on seperate lists.)
⟸ 1920s | 1940s ⟹
(WW2 movies are not included, they are on seperate lists.)
⟸ 1920s | 1940s ⟹
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