The lovely 50's
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Pleasantville (1998)
Plot: A guy and his sister are trapped in a TV-show of an indyllic 50's town. The 90's meets the extremely generalized 50's and as the 90's influenced the town, more and more things gets colored insteed of being black and white.












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Fido (2007)
Plot: When you die, you become a zombie, but in this world the zombies can be controlled and used as slaves, but not everyone like having zombies walking around them. Set in the 50's.





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Stand by Me (1986)
Plot: 4 friends are going on an adventure along the railroad seeking to find a dead body one of them heard about. This movie is set in September 1959 and in it contains great music from the time.




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Blast from the Past (1999)
Plot: Actually set in 1962 during the cold war. A family builds a bunker under their property in case of a nuclear attack. After 35 years of living underground their son finally seeks the new world but with a lot of surprises along the way.




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Hounddog (2007)
Plot: Growing up in a tough place can sometimes be hard, but this sweet girl is making a good effort. She is found of Elvis and likes to sing while dancing to the songs.






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Plot: Following someones childhood in the 50's with a strict father, and with a lot if Christian values. We get a philosophical turn with a lot of beautiful pictures of the universe, classical music, and fantastic cinematography.










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A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Plot: Based on a true story about the mathematical genius John Nash (1928-present) who put a radical change in the mathematics of economics with the game theory. This film begins in 1947 but most of the story takes place in the 50's and 60's.







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Plot: A young popular man are getting on a big adventure and leaving his small hometown. On the trip, he visits all kinds of unthinkable places, some seems to good to be true.









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Plot: Truman Burbank is the star of a TV show that air 24/7, it follows Truman from he wakes up until bedtime every day of his life. He lives in a created world with all the people in his life being actors and actresses. The world is supposed to be trapped in the lovely 50's, the American dream.






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Plot: A movie script writer looses his memory in an accident and find himself in a small town outside LA where he is welcomed as a lost son of one of the older men. Set in early 50's.





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Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
Plot: Julia Roberts is playing katherine Ann Watson, a 30 year old graduate student of art history. She is taking a position at Wellesley college of liberal arts but struggling to fit in the very conservative environment.











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Plot: Only the first few scenes are set in the 50's. Forrest Gump is telling the tale of his own life to strangers on a bus stop. He went to the war in Vietnam, run for the national rugby team, and became a millionair.
















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Planet 51 (2009)
Plot: An American astronaut is visiting a planet that happens to be populated. The inhabitants are alien to him but he is also alien to them. Set in an utopian and futuristic adaptation of the 50's.





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Back to the Future (1985)
Plot: A local scientist configured a car that can travel in time. A friend of his, a teenager, travels with him back 30 years, but they are caught up in some trouble and are trying to set things right again.





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