Movies Set in 1969

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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny(2023)

PG-13

3.3/5 (with 1,034 votes)

Finding himself in a new era, and approaching retirement, Indy wrestles with fitting into a world that seems to have outgrown him. But as the tentacles of an all-too-familiar evil return in the form of an old rival, Indy must don his hat and pick up his whip once more to make sure an ancient and powerful artifact doesn't fall into the wrong hands.

Directed by James Mangold - With John Rhys-Davies, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Mads Mikkelsen, Antonio Banderas, Boyd Holbrook, ...

Apocalypse Now(1979)

2h 27min | Drama, War

4.1/5 (with 3,606 votes)

At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola - With Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Dennis Hopper, Francis Ford Coppola, ...

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Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood(2019)

| 2h 42min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller

3.7/5 (with 5,896 votes)

Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie industry. Dalton is the neighbor of the young and promising actress and model Sharon Tate, who has just married the prestigious Polish director Roman Polanski….

Directed by Quentin Tarantino - With Leonardo DiCaprio, Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt, Zoë Bell, Kurt Russell, Burt Reynolds, ...

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Zodiac(2007)

| 2h 37min | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

3.8/5 (with 5,313 votes)

The zodiac murders cause the lives of Paul Avery, David Toschi and Robert Graysmith to intersect.

Directed by David Fincher - With Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Edwards, Brian Cox, Elias Koteas, ...

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Apollo 13(1995)

| 2h 20min | History, Drama, Adventure

3.7/5 (with 2,401 votes)

The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from Earth, the astronauts work furiously with the ground crew to avert tragedy.

Directed by Ron Howard - With Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, Kathleen Quinlan, ...

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Twister(1996)

PG-13

| 1h 53min | Action, Adventure, Drama

3.2/5 (with 1,368 votes)

An unprecedented series of violent tornadoes is sweeping across Oklahoma. Tornado chasers, headed by Dr. Jo Harding, attempt to release a groundbreaking device that will allow them to track them and create a more advanced warning system. They are joined by Jo's soon to be ex-husband Bill, a former tornado chaser himself, and his girlfriend Melissa.

Directed by Jan de Bont - With Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Jami Gertz, Cary Elwes, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Lois Smith, ...

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Sneakers(1992)

PG-13

| 2h 6min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

3.4/5 (with 377 votes)

When shadowy U.S. intelligence agents blackmail a reformed computer hacker and his eccentric team of security experts into stealing a code-breaking 'black box' from a Soviet-funded genius, they uncover a bigger conspiracy. Now, he and his 'sneakers' must save themselves and the world economy by retrieving the box from their blackmailers.

Directed by Phil Alden Robinson - With Robert Redford, Dan Aykroyd, Ben Kingsley, Mary McDonnell, River Phoenix, Sidney Poitier, ...

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Reagan(2024)

PG-13

| 2h 21min | Drama, History

3.1/5 (with 16 votes)

Told through the voice of former KGB agent Viktor Petrovich, whose life becomes inextricably linked with Ronald Reagan's when Reagan first caught the Soviets’ attention as an actor in Hollywood, Reagan overcomes the odds to become the 40th president of the United States.

Directed by Sean McNamara - With Dennis Quaid, David Henrie, Robert Davi, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Mena Suvari, Penelope Ann Miller, ...

Scrooged(1988)

PG-13

| 1h 41min | Fantasy, Comedy, Drama

3.4/5 (with 640 votes)

Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after firing staff member Eliot Loudermilk on Christmas Eve, Frank is visited by a series of ghosts who give him a chance to re-evaluate his actions and right the wrongs of his past.

Directed by Richard Donner - With Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe, John Glover, Bobcat Goldthwait, David Johansen, ...

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Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story(2009)

| 1h 26min | Drama

3.9/5 (with 248 votes)

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story is a movie based on the life story of world-renowned neurosurgeon Ben Carson from 1961 to 1987.

Directed by Thomas Carter - With Cuba Gooding Jr., Kimberly Elise, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

Blow(2001)

| 2h 4min | Crime, Drama

3.7/5 (with 1,917 votes)

A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes bankrupt. George does not want the same thing to happen to him, and his friend Tuna, in the 1960's, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California in the 1960's, yet he goes to jail, where he finds out about the wonders of cocaine. As a result, when released, he gets rich by bringing cocaine to America. However, he soon pays the price.

Directed by Ted Demme - With Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Franka Potente, Ray Liotta, Rachel Griffiths, Paul Reubens, ...

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Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me(1999)

PG-13

| 1h 35min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Science Fiction

3.2/5 (with 1,533 votes)

When diabolical genius Dr. Evil travels back in time to steal superspy Austin Powers's ‘mojo,’ Austin must return to the swingin' '60s himself - with the help of American agent, Felicity Shagwell - to stop the dastardly plan. Once there, Austin faces off against Dr. Evil's army of minions to try to save the world in his own unbelievably groovy way.

Directed by Jay Roach - With Heather Graham, Seth Green, Robert Wagner, Rob Lowe, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Hurley, ...

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Men in Black 3(2012)

PG-13

| 1h 46min | Action, Comedy, Science Fiction

3.3/5 (with 4,768 votes)

Agents J and K are back...in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K's life and the fate of the planet are put at stake, Agent J will have to travel back in time to put things right. J discovers that there are secrets to the universe that K never told him - secrets that will reveal themselves as he teams up with the young Agent K to save his partner, the agency, and the future of humankind.

Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld - With Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Jemaine Clement, Michael Stuhlbarg, Bill Hader, David Rasche, ...

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JFK(1991)

| 3h 9min | Drama, Thriller, History

3.8/5 (with 949 votes)

Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.

Directed by Oliver Stone - With Kevin Costner, Joe Pesci, Gary Oldman, Tommy Lee Jones, Sissy Spacek, Laurie Metcalf, ...

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Drag Me to Hell(2009)

PG-13

| 1h 39min | Horror, Thriller

3.2/5 (with 1,589 votes)

After denying a woman the extension she needs to keep her home, loan officer Christine Brown sees her once-promising life take a startling turn for the worse. Christine is convinced she's been cursed by a Gypsy, but her boyfriend is skeptical. Her only hope seems to lie in a psychic who claims he can help her lift the curse and keep her soul from being dragged straight to hell.

Directed by Sam Raimi - With Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Lorna Raver, Dileep Rao, David Paymer, Adriana Barraza, ...

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Awakenings(1990)

PG-13

| 2h | Drama

3.9/5 (with 1,054 votes)

Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment. His awakening, filled with awe and enthusiasm, proves a rebirth for Sayer too, as the exuberant patient reveals life's simple but unutterably sweet pleasures to the introverted doctor.

Directed by Penny Marshall, Alain Cuniot - With Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Julie Kavner, John Heard, Penelope Ann Miller, Max von Sydow, ...

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First Man(2018)

PG-13

| 2h 21min | History, Drama

3.5/5 (with 2,472 votes)

A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.

Directed by Damien Chazelle - With Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Corey Stoll, Kyle Chandler, Jason Clarke, Patrick Fugit, ...

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Inherent Vice(2014)

| 2h 29min | Drama, Mystery, Comedy

3.3/5 (with 1,105 votes)

In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.

Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson - With Benicio del Toro, Jeannie Berlin, Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Martin Short, ...

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Frequency(2000)

PG-13

| 1h 58min | Science Fiction, Thriller

3.6/5 (with 735 votes)

When a rare phenomenon gives police officer John Sullivan the chance to speak to his father, 30 years in the past, he takes the opportunity to prevent his dad's tragic death. After his actions inadvertently give rise to a series of brutal murders he and his father must find a way to fix the consequences of altering time.

Directed by Gregory Hoblit - With Dennis Quaid, Jim Caviezel, Andre Braugher, Elizabeth Mitchell, Noah Emmerich, Shawn Doyle, ...

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Universal Soldier(1992)

| 1h 42min | Thriller, Action, Science Fiction, Crime

3.1/5 (with 763 votes)

An American soldier who had been killed during the Vietnam War is revived 25 years later by the military as a semi-android, UniSols, a high-tech soldier of the future. After the failure of the initiative to erase all the soldier's memories, he begins to experience flashbacks that are forcing him to recall his past.

Directed by Roland Emmerich - With Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Ally Walker, Ed O'Ross, Jerry Orbach, Ralf Moeller, ...

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning(2006)

| 1h 31min | Horror, Thriller

3.1/5 (with 752 votes)

Chrissie and her friends set out on a road trip for a final fling before one is shipped off to Vietnam. Along the way, bikers harass the foursome and cause an accident that throws Chrissie from the vehicle. The lawman who arrives on the scene kills one of the bikers and brings Chrissie's friends to the Hewitt homestead, where young Leatherface is learning the tools of terror.

Directed by Jonathan Liebesman - With Andrew Bryniarski, Jordana Brewster, R. Lee Ermey, Matt Bomer, Taylor Handley, Diora Baird, ...

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Vice(2018)

| 2h 12min | Comedy, Drama

3.5/5 (with 1,482 votes)

George W. Bush picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co., to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No stranger to politics, Cheney's impressive résumé includes stints as White House chief of staff, House Minority Whip and Defense Secretary. When Bush wins by a narrow margin, Cheney begins to use his newfound power to help reshape the country and the world.

Directed by Adam McKay - With Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Alison Pill, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, Bill Pullman, ...

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Kingpin(1996)

PG-13

| 1h 54min | Comedy

3.2/5 (with 437 votes)

After bowler Roy Munson swindles the wrong crowd and is left with a hook for a hand, he settles into impoverished obscurity. That is, until he uncovers the next big thing: an Amish kid named Ishmael. So, the corrupt and the hopelessly naive hit the circuit intent on settling an old score with Big Ern.

Directed by Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly - With Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid, Vanessa Angel, Bill Murray, Chris Elliott, Richard Tyson, ...

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On Her Majesty's Secret Service(1969)

| 2h 22min | Adventure, Action, Thriller

3.3/5 (with 849 votes)

James Bond tracks his archnemesis, Ernst Blofeld, to a mountaintop retreat in the Swiss alps where he is training an army of beautiful, lethal women. Along the way, Bond falls for Italian contessa Tracy Draco, and marries her in order to get closer to Blofeld.

Directed by Peter R. Hunt - With George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, Bernard Lee, Gabriele Ferzetti, Lois Maxwell, ...

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The Butler(2013)

PG-13

| 2h 12min | Drama

3.7/5 (with 1,331 votes)

A look at the life of Cecil Gaines who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.

Directed by Lee Daniels - With Forest Whitaker, Alex Pettyfer, John Cusack, Robin Williams, Terrence Howard, James Marsden, ...

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Jumanji(1995)

| 1h 44min | Adventure, Fantasy, Kids & Family

3.6/5 (with 5,304 votes)

When siblings Judy and Peter discover an enchanted board game that opens the door to a magical world, they unwittingly invite Alan -- an adult who's been trapped inside the game for 26 years -- into their living room. Alan's only hope for freedom is to finish the game, which proves risky as all three find themselves running from giant rhinoceroses, evil monkeys and other terrifying creatures.

Directed by Joe Johnston - With Robin Williams, Kirsten Dunst, David Alan Grier, Bonnie Hunt, Jonathan Hyde, Bebe Neuwirth, ...

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Secretariat(2010)

| 2h 3min | Drama

3.7/5 (with 249 votes)

Housewife and mother Penny Chenery agrees to take over her ailing father's Virginia-based Meadow Stables, despite her lack of horse-racing knowledge. Against all odds, Chenery - with the help of veteran trainer Lucien Laurin - manages to navigate the male-dominated business, ultimately fostering the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years.

Directed by Randall Wallace - With Diane Lane, John Malkovich, Margo Martindale, AJ Michalka, Dylan Walsh, Scott Glenn, ...

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Jesus Revolution(2023)

PG-13

| 2h | Drama, History

3.4/5 (with 43 votes)

In the 1970s, aimless teenager Greg Laurie searches for all the right things in all the wrong places until he meets Lonnie Frisbee, a charismatic hippie/street preacher. Together with local pastor Chuck Smith, they open the doors of a languishing church to an unexpected revival.

Directed by Jon Erwin, Brent McCorkle - With Joel Courtney, Kelsey Grammer, Jonathan Roumie, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Ally Ioannides, Julia Campbell, ...

Air America(1990)

| 1h 52min | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama

2.9/5 (with 247 votes)

Air America was the CIA's private airline operating in Laos during the Vietnam War, running anything and everything from soldiers to foodstuffs for local villagers. After losing his pilot's license, Billy Covington is recruited into it, and ends up in the middle of a bunch of lunatic pilots, gun-running by his friend Gene Ryack, and opium smuggling by his own superiors.

Directed by Roger Spottiswoode - With Mel Gibson, Robert Downey Jr., Nancy Travis, Ken Jenkins, Art LaFleur, Marshall Bell, ...

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Mirror(1975)

1h 47min | Drama, History

4.0/5 (with 394 votes)

A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell of and juxtapose pivotal moments in Soviet history with daily life.

Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky - With Margarita Terekhova, Oleg Yankovsky, Anatoly Solonitsyn, Larisa Tarkovskaya, Alla Demidova, Nikolai Grinko, ...

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Movies Set in 1969

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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny(2023)

Apocalypse Now(1979)

Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood(2019)

Zodiac(2007)

Apollo 13(1995)

Twister(1996)

Sneakers(1992)

Reagan(2024)

Scrooged(1988)

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story(2009)

Blow(2001)

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me(1999)

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Men in Black 3(2012)

JFK(1991)

Drag Me to Hell(2009)

Awakenings(1990)

First Man(2018)

Inherent Vice(2014)

Frequency(2000)

Universal Soldier(1992)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning(2006)

Vice(2018)

Kingpin(1996)

On Her Majesty's Secret Service(1969)

The Butler(2013)

Jumanji(1995)

Secretariat(2010)

Jesus Revolution(2023)

Air America(1990)

Mirror(1975)

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