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Movies Set in 1952

Public list by WPS with 43 movies or TV shows/series

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Babylon(2022)

R
| 3h 8min | Drama, Comedy
3.7/5 (with 1,186 votes)

A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, tracing the rise and fall of multiple characters in an era of unbridled decadence and depravity during Hollywood's transition from silent films to sound films in the late 1920s.

The Nun(2018)

R
| 1h 36min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
2.9/5 (with 2,818 votes)

When a young nun at a cloistered abbey in Romania takes her own life, a priest with a haunted past and a novitiate on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate. Together they uncover the order’s unholy secret. Risking not only their lives but their faith and their very souls, they confront a malevolent force in the form of the same demonic nun that first terrorized audiences in “The Conjuring 2” as the abbey becomes a horrific battleground between the living and the damned.

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.

Brooklyn(2015)

PG-13
| 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)

R
| 2h 29min | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
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)

PG-13
| 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.

L.A. Confidential(1997)

R
| 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.

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.

Witness for the Prosecution(1957)

NR
| 1h 56min | Drama, Mystery, Crime
4.1/5 (with 559 votes)

When Leonard Vole is arrested for the sensational murder of a rich, middle-aged widow, the famous Sir Wilfrid Robarts agrees to appear on his behalf. Sir Wilfrid, recovering from a near-fatal heart attack, is supposed to be on a diet of bland, civil suits—but the lure of the criminal courts is too much for him, especially when the case is so difficult.

Carol(2015)

R
| 1h 58min | Romance / Love, Drama
3.7/5 (with 1,761 votes)

In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.

Hoosiers(1986)

PG
| 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.

Ed Wood(1994)

2h 7min | Comedy, Drama, History
3.8/5 (with 1,034 votes)

The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever becoming famous or successful.

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The People vs. Larry Flynt(1996)

R
| 2h 10min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 466 votes)

Larry Flynt is the hedonistically obnoxious, but indomitable, publisher of Hustler magazine. The film recounts his struggle to make an honest living publishing his girlie magazine and how it changes into a battle to protect the freedom of speech for all people.

Heavenly Creatures(1994)

R
| 1h 49min | Drama, Fantasy
3.5/5 (with 385 votes)

Wealthy and precocious teenager Juliet transfers from England to New Zealand with her family, and soon befriends the quiet, brooding Pauline through their shared love of fantasy and literature. When their parents begin to suspect that their increasingly intense and obsessive bond is becoming unhealthy, the girls hatch a dark plan for those who threaten to keep them apart.

The Motorcycle Diaries(2004)

R
| 2h 6min | Drama
3.7/5 (with 562 votes)

Based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. In his memoirs, Guevara recounts adventures he and best friend Alberto Granado had while crossing South America by motorcycle in the early 1950s.

Jersey Boys(2014)

R
| 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.

Chaplin(1992)

PG-13
| 2h 23min | Drama
3.7/5 (with 450 votes)

An aged Charlie Chaplin narrates his life to his autobiography's editor, including his rise to wealth and comedic fame from poverty, his turbulent personal life and his run-ins with the FBI.

The Notorious Bettie Page(2005)

R
| 1h 31min | Comedy, Drama
3.2/5 (with 63 votes)

Bettie Page grew up in a conservative religious family in Tennessee and became a photo model sensation in 1950s New York. Bettie's legendary pin-up photos made her the target of a Senate investigation into pornography, and transformed her into an erotic icon who continues to enthrall fans to this day.

The Last Picture Show(1971)

R
| 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.

The Killer Inside Me(2010)

R
| 1h 49min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
2.9/5 (with 245 votes)

Deputy Sheriff Lou Ford is a pillar of the community in his small west Texas town, patient and apparently thoughtful. Some people think he is a little slow and maybe boring, but that is the worst they say about him. But then nobody knows about what Lou calls his "sickness": He is a brilliant, but disturbed sociopathic sadist.

MacArthur(1977)

PG
| 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)

R
| 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.

The Quiet American(2002)

R
| 1h 41min | Romance / Love, Thriller, Drama
3.3/5 (with 124 votes)

In early 1950s Vietnam, a young American becomes entangled in a dangerous love triangle when he falls for the beautiful mistress of a British journalist. As war is waged around them, the trio sinks deeper into a world of drugs, passion, and betrayal where nothing is as it seems.

Christopher and His Kind(2011)

NR
| 1h 30min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 38 votes)

In 1931, budding author Christopher Isherwood goes to Berlin at the invitation of his friend W. H. Auden for the gay sex that abounds in the city. He falls for street sweeper Heinz, paying medical bills for the boy's sickly mother, to the disapproval of her other son, Nazi Gerhardt.

The Scapegoat(2012)

1h 40min | Mystery, Drama, Adventure
3.3/5 (with 31 votes)

Set in 1952, as England prepares for the coronation, The Scapegoat tells the story of two very different men who have one thing in common - a face.

The Thief(1997)

R
| 1h 36min | Drama, Crime
3.6/5 (with 37 votes)

Katya and her 6-year-old son Sanya, who, in 1952, meet a veteran Soviet officer named Tolyan. Katya falls in love with Tolyan, who turns out to be a small time criminal, but who also becomes a father figure to Sanya ...

If These Walls Could Talk(1996)

1h 37min | TV Movie, Drama
3.3/5 (with 30 votes)

A powerful, intimate portrait of three women living in the same house during different eras who all face unplanned pregnancies. The vignettes follow a recently widowed nurse struggling to take control of her life in the early 50s, a mother of four balancing raising a family and maintaining a career in the 70s, and a student making a difficult decision with the help of one woman that will change the course of both their lives in the 90s.

Directed by Cher - With Demi Moore

Under the Flag of the Rising Sun(1972)

1h 36min | Drama, Mystery, War
3.7/5 (with 11 votes)

A war widow determined to clear the name of her disgraced husband, who was court-martialed for desertion and executed. Official records have been destroyed, and the ministry that distributes benefits continues to deny her a pension. Twenty-six years after the war, she seeks out four survivors of her husband's garrison. Each tells a dramatically different story about her husband's conduct, but she is determined to learn the truth.

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.

Pirate's Passage(2015)

3.1/5 (with 6 votes)

Set in 1952 Grey Rocks – a centuries old town that was famous 250 years ago as a favored port of pirates – Pirate’s Passage follows the story of 12-year-old Jim. Fraught by the death of his father and forced to endure schoolyard bullying each day, Jim manages to carry on, buoyed by his optimistic imagination and fueled by his sense of adventure. The sudden arrival of Captain Johnson, whose small sailboat has been thrown off course by a storm, changes Jim’s life. The Captain quickly becomes a mentor and friend to Jim, giving him extraordinary lessons in self-reliance and determination. Soon, Jim develops a liberating self-assurance that so deeply touches the Captain that he allows Jim to see evidence that the Captain may be more than meets the eye. Is Captain Johnson the same Charles Johnson who was a pirate there two hundred years ago? The lad goes with him on a literal journey into the past to find out and emerges able to navigate the course of his life.

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