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Movies Set in 1951

Public list by WPS with 57 movies or TV shows/series

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Blonde(2022)

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.

Devotion(2022)

K12
| 2h 18min | War, Drama, Action
3.6/5 (with 240 votes)

The harrowing true story of two elite US Navy fighter pilots during the Korean War. Their heroic sacrifices would ultimately make them the Navy's most celebrated wingmen.

Raging Bull(1980)

16
| 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.

Brooklyn(2015)

1h 51min | Romance / Love, Drama
3.7/5 (with 1,431 votes)

In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Eilis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.

Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War(2004)

4.0/5 (with 293 votes)

When two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest missions if it will help shield the younger from battle.

The Finest Hours(2016)

Κ
| 1h 57min | Action, Drama, History, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 721 votes)

The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.

Hail, Caesar!(2016)

Κ
| 1h 46min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
3.0/5 (with 1,731 votes)

When a Hollywood star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming, the studio sends their fixer to get him back.

The Day the Earth Stood Still(1951)

3.8/5 (with 448 votes)

An alien and a robot land on Earth after World War II and tell mankind to be peaceful or face destruction.

L.A. Confidential(1997)

2h 18min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
3.9/5 (with 2,110 votes)

Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.

The Hours(2002)

1h 54min | Drama
3.6/5 (with 772 votes)

"The Hours" is the story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories intertwine, and finally come together in a surprising, transcendent moment of shared recognition.

M*A*S*H(1970)

1h 56min | Comedy, Drama, War
3.5/5 (with 424 votes)

The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and hijinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.

The Majestic(2001)

PG
| 2h 32min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 309 votes)

Set in 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a long-lost son.

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Hoosiers(1986)

1h 54min | Drama, Kids & Family
3.6/5 (with 206 votes)

High school basketball is king in small-town Indiana, and the 1954 Hickory Huskers are all hope and no talent. But their new coach -- abrasive, unlikable Norman Dale -- whips the team into shape ... while also inciting controversy.

Cadillac Records(2008)

1h 49min | Drama, History, Music
3.6/5 (with 185 votes)

The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.

The Dressmaker(2015)

Κ-12
| 1h 58min | Drama, Comedy, Western
3.5/5 (with 732 votes)

In 1950s Australia, beautiful, talented dressmaker Tilly returns to her tiny hometown to right wrongs from her past. As she tries to reconcile with her mother, she starts to fall in love while transforming the fashion of the town.

Jersey Boys(2014)

2h 14min | Music, Drama
3.4/5 (with 308 votes)

A musical biopic of the Four Seasons—the rise, the tough times and personal clashes, and the ultimate triumph of a group of friends whose music became symbolic of a generation. Far from a mere tribute concert, it gets to the heart of the relationships at the centre of the group, with a special focus on frontman Frankie Valli, the small kid with the big falsetto.

The Last Picture Show(1971)

1h 59min | Drama
3.9/5 (with 273 votes)

High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating a local beauty, while Sonny is having an affair with the coach's wife. As graduation nears and both boys contemplate their futures, Duane eyes the army and Sonny takes over a local business. Each struggles to figure out if he can escape this dead-end town and build a better life somewhere else.

Hollywoodland(2006)

3.1/5 (with 163 votes)

When Hollywood superstar George Reeves dies in his home, private detective Louis Simo is hired to investigate his death and gets caught in a web of lies involving a big studio executive's wife.

Psycho IV: The Beginning(1990)

1h 36min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
2.8/5 (with 101 votes)

Norman Bates recalls his childhood with his abusive mother on a radio show about boys who commit matricide.

MacArthur(1977)

2h 10min | Drama, History, War
3.1/5 (with 34 votes)

The film portrays MacArthur's (Gregory Peck) life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan, to 1952, the time after he had been removed from his Korean War command by President Truman (Ed Flanders) for insubordination, and is recounted in flashback as he visits West Point.

Trumbo(2015)

Κ-12
| 2h 4min | Drama
3.6/5 (with 708 votes)

The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklisted.

I Am David(2003)

1h 30min | Drama, Kids & Family
3.4/5 (with 40 votes)

Based on Anne Holm's acclaimed young adult novel North to Freedom, I Am David chronicles the struggles of a 12-year-old boy who manages to flee a Communist concentration camp on his own -- through sheer will and determination. All he has in his possession is a loaf of bread, a letter to deliver to someone in Denmark and a compass to help get him there.

Son of the South(2021)

1h 44min | History, Drama
3.4/5 (with 56 votes)

Based on a true story, Bob Zellner, grandson of a Klansman, comes of age in the Deep South and eventually joins the Civil Rights Movement.

Guilty by Suspicion(1991)

1h 40min | Drama, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 60 votes)

This compelling story vividly recreates Hollywood's infamous 'Blacklist Era'. The witch-hunt has begun and director David Merrill can revive his stalled career by testifying against friends who are suspected communists. Merrill's ex wife shares a whirlpool of scandals that draws them closer together while his chances for ever making movies again slips further away...

The Confession(1970)

2h 19min | Drama
3.6/5 (with 48 votes)

The vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia, knowing he's being watched and followed, is one day arrested and put into solitary confinement by his blackmailers.

Indignation(2016)

Κ-15
| 1h 50min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.2/5 (with 120 votes)

In 1951, Marcus Messner, a working-class Jewish student from New Jersey, attends a small Ohio college, where he struggles with anti-Semitism, sexual repression, and the ongoing Korean War.

The Krays(1990)

1h 59min | Drama, Crime, History
3.1/5 (with 44 votes)

The Krays is a film based on the lives and crimes of the British gangsters Ronald and Reginald Kray, twins who are often referred to as The Krays and were active in London in the 1960s.

Stone of Destiny(2008)

1h 36min | Drama, Crime, Comedy
3.3/5 (with 31 votes)

Tells of the daring heist of The Stone of Destiny in the 1950s by a charming group of idealistic Scottish undergraduates, whose action rekindled Scottish nationalistic pride.

Beat(2000)

1h 33min | Drama
2.6/5 (with 10 votes)

The true story of two murders that shaped the lives of several college students who went on to become some of the most influential writers of the "Beat Generation.".

Let Him Have It(1991)

1h 55min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 22 votes)

In 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by Chris Craig, a teenager with a fondness for American gangster films. Chris and Derek's friendship leads to their involvement in the true case which would forever shake England's belief in capital punishment.

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