Movies Set in The 1950s

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Oppenheimer(2023)

4.1/5 (with 2,359 votes)

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.

Directed by Christopher Nolan - With Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, Rami Malek, ...

The Godfather(1972)

| 2h 55min | Drama, Crime

4.4/5 (with 9,480 votes)

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola - With Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard S. Castellano, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, ...

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The Shawshank Redemption(1994)

| 2h 22min | Drama, Crime

4.4/5 (with 12,480 votes)

Framed in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.

Directed by Frank Darabont - With Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, James Whitmore, Clancy Brown, ...

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The Brutalist(2023)

3h 35min | Drama

When visionary architect László Toth and his wife Erzsébet flee Europe to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern America, their lives are changed forever by a mysterious and wealthy client.

Directed by Brady Corbet - With Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Ariane Labed, ...

Forrest Gump(1994)

2h 22min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love

4.2/5 (with 13,877 votes)

A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.

Directed by Robert Zemeckis - With Tom Hanks, Gary Sinise, Sally Field, Robin Wright, Mykelti Williamson, Haley Joel Osment, ...

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Hellboy: The Crooked Man(2024)

1h 39min | Fantasy, Horror, Action

2.7/5 (with 144 votes)

Hellboy and a rookie BPRD agent get stranded in 1950s rural Appalachia. There, they discover a small community haunted by witches, led by a local devil with a troubling connection to Hellboy's past: the Crooked Man.

Directed by Brian Taylor - With Jack Kesy, Jefferson White, Adeline Rudolph

The Godfather Part II(1974)

| 3h 22min | Drama, Crime

4.3/5 (with 5,728 votes)

In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola - With Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, Talia Shire, Morgana King, ...

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GoodFellas(1990)

| 2h 25min | Drama, Crime

4.2/5 (with 6,528 votes)

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.

Directed by Martin Scorsese - With Joe Pesci, Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino, Frank Sivero, ...

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The Imitation Game(2014)

PG-13

| 1h 53min | History, Drama, Thriller, War

4.0/5 (with 7,736 votes)

Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.

Directed by Morten Tyldum - With Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Charles Dance, Mark Strong, Allen Leech, ...

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Elvis(2022)

PG-13

| 2h 39min | Drama, Music

3.8/5 (with 1,427 votes)

The life story of Elvis Presley as seen through the complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker.

Directed by Baz Luhrmann - With Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Olivia DeJonge, Yola, Luke Bracey, Kelvin Harrison Jr., ...

Elvis(2021)

2h 37min | Drama, Music

A biopic about Elvis Presley, with focus on his early years.

Directed by Baz Luhrmann - With Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Olivia DeJonge, Yola, Luke Bracey, Kelvin Harrison Jr., ...

Grease(1978)

| 1h 50min | Romance / Love, Comedy

3.7/5 (with 3,259 votes)

Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?

Directed by Randal Kleiser - With John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway, Barry Pearl, Michael Tucci, ...

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Queer(2023)

2h 15min | Drama

Lee is an insecure man afflicted with heroin withdrawal who is driven to pursue a young man named Allerton.

Directed by Luca Guadagnino - With Daniel Craig, Drew Starkey, Lesley Manville, Jason Schwartzman, Henry Zaga, Omar Apollo, ...

The Founder(2016)

PG-13

| 1h 55min | Drama, History

3.6/5 (with 2,147 votes)

The true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers’ speedy system of making the food and saw franchise potential. He maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire.

Directed by John Lee Hancock - With Michael Keaton, Laura Dern, Nick Offerman, John Carroll Lynch, Patrick Wilson, B. J. Novak, ...

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The Fabelmans(2022)

PG-13

| 2h 31min | Drama, Comedy

3.9/5 (with 928 votes)

Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth.

Directed by Steven Spielberg - With Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Paul Dano, Julia Butters, Oakes Fegley, Jeannie Berlin, ...

Blonde(2022)

NC-17

| 2h 46min | Drama

3.1/5 (with 590 votes)

From her volatile childhood as Norma Jeane, through her rise to stardom and romantic entanglements, this reimagined fictional portrait of Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe blurs the lines of fact and fiction to explore the widening split between her public and private selves.

Directed by Andrew Dominik - With Ana de Armas, Adrien Brody, Bobby Cannavale, Julianne Nicholson, Evan Williams, Xavier Samuel, ...

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The Irishman(2019)

| 3h 29min | Crime, Drama, History

3.8/5 (with 2,970 votes)

Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.

Directed by Martin Scorsese - With Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Bobby Cannavale, Harvey Keitel, Joe Pesci, Ray Romano, ...

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Lolita(1997)

| 2h 17min | Drama, Romance / Love

3.6/5 (with 901 votes)

Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita, the woman's teenaged daughter.

Directed by Adrian Lyne - With Jeremy Irons, Melanie Griffith, Dominique Swain, Frank Langella, Suzanne Shepherd, Ben Silverstone, ...

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Big Fish(2003)

2h 5min | Adventure, Fantasy, Drama

3.9/5 (with 3,224 votes)

Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures.

Directed by Tim Burton - With Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Carter, Alison Lohman, ...

A Beautiful Mind(2001)

PG-13

| 2h 15min | Drama, Romance / Love

3.9/5 (with 4,571 votes)

John Nash is a brilliant but asocial mathematician fighting schizophrenia. After he accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the nightmarish.

Directed by Ron Howard - With Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Paul Bettany, Vivien Cardone, Christopher Plummer, ...

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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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Raging Bull(1980)

| 2h 9min | Drama, History

4.0/5 (with 1,896 votes)

The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.

Directed by Martin Scorsese - With Joe Pesci, Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Frank Vincent, Nicholas Colasanto, Frank Adonis, ...

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Revolutionary Road(2008)

| 1h 59min | Drama, Romance / Love

3.5/5 (with 1,707 votes)

A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.

Directed by Sam Mendes - With Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Michael Shannon, Richard Easton, Jay O. Sanders, Kathryn Hahn, ...

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Cinema Paradiso(1988)

| 2h 4min | Drama, Romance / Love

4.2/5 (with 2,215 votes)

A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.

Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore - With Jacques Perrin, Marco Leonardi, Salvatore Cascio, Philippe Noiret, Agnese Nano, Brigitte Fossey, ...

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Frivolous Lola(1998)

1h 45min | Comedy, Romance / Love

2.4/5 (with 86 votes)

The story takes place in northern Italy in the 1950's. Lola and Masetto are about to get married. Masetto wants to keep Lola as a virgin until they are married. But Lola is impatient to remain in chastity until the wedding night. She wants to be sure that Masetto is a good lover, before she commits herself into marriage. She does everything to trick Masetto into breaking the moral tradition.

Directed by Tinto Brass - With Anna Ammirati, Max Parodi, Serena Grandi, Susanna Martinková, Antonio Salines, Francesca Nunzi, ...

Frankenweenie(2012)

| 1h 27min | Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family

3.5/5 (with 1,452 votes)

When a car hits young Victor's pet dog Sparky, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked "monster" wreaks havoc and terror in the hearts of Victor's neighbors, he has to convince them that Sparky's still the good, loyal friend he was.

Directed by Tim Burton

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Malcolm X(1992)

PG-13

| 3h 22min | Drama, History

3.8/5 (with 698 votes)

A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.

Directed by Spike Lee - With Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Albert Hall, Al Freeman Jr., Delroy Lindo, Spike Lee, ...

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Sunset Boulevard(1950)

| 1h 50min | Drama

4.2/5 (with 1,089 votes)

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.

Directed by Billy Wilder - With William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson, Fred Clark, Jack Webb, ...

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Ray(2004)

PG-13

| 2h 32min | Drama, Music

3.7/5 (with 833 votes)

Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered coupling gospel and country together.

Directed by Taylor Hackford - With Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Clifton Powell, Harry Lennix, Terrence Howard, Larenz Tate, ...

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Lolita(1962)

| 2h 34min | Drama, Comedy, Romance / Love

3.7/5 (with 859 votes)

Directed by Stanley Kubrick - With James Mason, Shelley Winters, Sue Lyon, Peter Sellers, Lois Maxwell, Marianne Stone, ...

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Movies Set in The 1950s

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Oppenheimer(2023)

The Godfather(1972)

The Shawshank Redemption(1994)

The Brutalist(2023)

Forrest Gump(1994)

Hellboy: The Crooked Man(2024)

The Godfather Part II(1974)

GoodFellas(1990)

The Imitation Game(2014)

Elvis(2022)

Elvis(2021)

Grease(1978)

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Queer(2023)

The Founder(2016)

The Fabelmans(2022)

Blonde(2022)

The Irishman(2019)

Lolita(1997)

Big Fish(2003)

A Beautiful Mind(2001)

Scrooged(1988)

Raging Bull(1980)

Revolutionary Road(2008)

Cinema Paradiso(1988)

Frivolous Lola(1998)

Frankenweenie(2012)

Malcolm X(1992)

Sunset Boulevard(1950)

Ray(2004)

Lolita(1962)

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