Added by Anautix on 9 Sep 2014 10:21

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Movies set in the 1930s

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Decade: Rating: List Type:

5389

8.6

The Green Mile (1999)

Years: 1935, 1999 (present time)
Locations: Louisiana (USA)

Anautix's rating:

4556

6.5

7.2

King Kong (2005)

Year: 1933
Locations: New York, Skull Island (fictional)

Anautix's rating:

2154

8.1

Chinatown (1974)

Year: 1937
Locations: L.A., USA

Anautix's rating:

1325

7.2

Cinderella Man (2005)

Years: 1934 and later
Locations: USA

Anautix's rating:

3386

6.9

7.5

The Aviator (2004)

Years: (1913), 1927-47
Locations: California, USA

Anautix's rating:

1880

7.4

The English Patient (1996)

Years: late 1930s (story of the "English" patient), 1944 (story of the nurse)
Locations: Egypt, Italy

Anautix's rating:

1063

7.4

7.7

Fried Green Tomatoes (1992)

Years: 1920s/30s (Ninny's story) , 1980s (present story)
Locations: Whistle Stop, Birmingham (Alabama, USA)

Anautix's rating:

1976

8.2

8.4

Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

Years: 1922 (plot 1), 1932/33 (plot 2), 1968 (plot 3)
Location: New York (USA)

The film begins and ends in 1933, so I decided to put the movie only in the 30s list.

1529

7.7

7.8

Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

Years: 1930-1934
Locations: Texas, Oklahoma...(USA)

Anautix's rating:

2638

6.8

Public Enemies (2009)

Years: 1933-34
Locations: USA

Anautix's rating:

2228

7.2

7.7

Road to Perdition (2002)

Year: 1931
Location: Rock Island, Illinois (USA)

Anautix's rating:

498

6.2

6.4

Last Man Standing (1996)

Year: 1931
Locations: Texas (USA), Mexico

Anautix's rating:

306

6.5

6.6

The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)

Year: 1934+
Locations: California (USA)

Anautix's rating:

2764

7.8

The King's Speech (2010)

Years: 1925-1939
Locations: England

Anautix's rating:

6.9

7.4

North Face (2008)

Year: 1936
Locations: Germany, Switzerland

Anautix's rating:

6.6

George

Years: 1920s-1946 (mostly 1930s)
Locations: Germany, Berlin

Anautix's rating:

232

6.3

6.7

Brideshead Revisited (2008)

Years: 1920s-1940s
Locations: England, Italy, Morocco

Anautix's rating:

229

6.3

6.6

Head In The Clouds (2004)

Years: (1920s), 1933-1944
Locations: England, Paris, Spain

Anautix's rating:

462

6.1

6.7

The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)

Year: 1931
Location: Savannah, Georgia (USA)

Anautix's rating:

2058

7.4

7.5

Hugo (2011)

Years: 1931 (and flashbacks into the 1900s, 1920s)
Location: Paris (France)

Anautix's rating:

837

7.6

Papillon (1973)

Years: 1930s
Locations: France; penal colony on Devil's Island in French Guiana; Colombia

6.5

7.2

Papillon (2018)

Years: 1930s, (1969)
Locations: Paris (France); penal colony on Devil's Island in French Guiana; Colombia

Anautix's rating:

6.6

Genius (2016)

Years: 1929-1938
Locations: New York City, other (USA)

Anautix's rating:

302

7.1

7.3

Murder in the First (1995)

Years: mid 1930s-early 1940s
Location: Alcatraz (USA)

Anautix's rating:

497

7.2

7.5

Of Mice and Men (1992)

Years: early to mid 1930's (Great Depression)
Location: USA

398

6.9

7.2

Sweet and Lowdown (2000)

Years: 1930s
Locations: USA

Anautix's rating:

1123

8.3

The Sting (1973)

Year: 1936
Locations: Chicago; Joliet,IL (USA)

Anautix's rating:

338

6.8

7.1

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)

Year: 1939
Location: London (England)

Anautix's rating:

812

6.2

6.5

J. Edgar (2011)

Years: 1919-1960s
Locations: USA

The 30s are quite interesting in this movie.

Anautix's rating:

997

6.8

6.9

Water for Elephants (2011)

Years: 1931, present
Locations: USA

Anautix's rating:

6.6

7.1

Race (2016)

Years: 1933-36
Locations: Ohio, New York (USA); Berlin (Germany)

Anautix's rating:

Duell der Brüder - Die Geschichte von Adidas und Puma

7.3

6.9

Duell der Brüder - Die Geschichte von Adidas und Puma...

Years: 1924-54
Locations: Herzogenaurach, Berlin (Germany)

Anautix's rating:

6.3

Berlin'36

Year: 1936
Locations: various locations in Germany, Berlin (Germany); England

Anautix's rating:

132

6.3

6.5

A Good Woman (2005)

Year: 1930
Locations: Amalfi (Italy)

Anautix's rating:

539

7.4

7.8

The Remains of the Day (1993)

Years: 1930s, 1956
Locations: West Country (England)

Anautix's rating:

The Harmonists

Years: 1928-35
Location: Berlin (Germany)

277

6.5

6.3

Henry & June (1990)

Year: 1931
Loacation: Paris (France)

Anautix's rating:

290

6.3

6.6

Café Society (2016)

Years: end of 1930s
Locations: New York City, L.A. (USA)

Anautix's rating:

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7.5

7.7

Mildred Pierce (2011)

Years: 1931-37+
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.)

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