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Movies Set in 1957

Public list by WPS with 79 movies or TV shows/series

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Ferrari(2023)

R
| 2h 10min | Drama, History
3.4/5 (with 128 votes)

Set during the summer of 1957. Ex-racecar driver, Enzo Ferrari, is in crisis. Bankruptcy stalks the company he and his wife, Laura, built from nothing ten years earlier. Their tempestuous marriage struggles with the mourning for one son and the acknowledgement of another.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull(2008)

PG-13
| 2h 2min | Adventure, Action
3.0/5 (with 3,586 votes)

Set during the Cold War, the Soviets—led by sword-wielding Irina Spalko—are in search of a crystal skull which has supernatural powers related to a mystical Lost City of Gold. Indy is coerced to head to Peru at the behest of a young man whose friend—and Indy's colleague—Professor Oxley has been captured for his knowledge of the skull's whereabouts.

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.

The Iron Giant(1999)

4.0/5 (with 2,439 votes)

In the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfishly saving people from their own fears and prejudices.

Directed by Brad Bird

Friday the 13th(1980)

R
| 1h 35min | Horror
3.2/5 (with 1,224 votes)

Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.

Flipped(2010)

PG
| 1h 29min | Romance / Love, Drama
4.0/5 (with 1,247 votes)

When Juli meets Bryce in the second grade, she knows it's true love. After spending six years trying to convince Bryce the same, she's ready to give up - until he starts to reconsider.

Frankenweenie(2012)

PG
| 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

Christine(1983)

R
| 1h 50min | Horror
3.4/5 (with 892 votes)

Geeky student Arnie Cunningham falls for Christine, a rusty 1958 Plymouth Fury, and becomes obsessed with restoring the classic automobile to her former glory. As the car changes, so does Arnie, whose newfound confidence turns to arrogance behind the wheel of his exotic beauty. Arnie's girlfriend Leigh and best friend Dennis reach out to him, only to be met by a Fury like no other.

Raging Bull(1980)

R
| 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.

Whiteout(2009)

R
| 1h 41min | Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
2.8/5 (with 314 votes)

The only U.S. Marshal assigned to Antarctica, Carrie Stetko will soon leave the harsh environment behind for good – in three days, the sun will set and the Amundsen-Scott Research Station will shut down for the long winter. When a body is discovered out on the open ice, Carrie's investigation into the continent's first homicide plunges her deep into a mystery that may cost her her own life.

Motherless Brooklyn(2019)

R
| 2h 25min | Drama, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 643 votes)

New York City, 1957. Lionel Essrog, a private detective living with Tourette syndrome, tries to solve the murder of his mentor and best friend, armed only with vague clues and the strength of his obsessive mind.

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris(2022)

PG
| 1h 32min | Drama, Comedy
3.6/5 (with 84 votes)

A 1950s London cleaning lady falls in love with an haute couture dress by Christian Dior and decides to gamble everything for the sake of this folly.

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The Devil All the Time(2020)

R
| 2h 18min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 1,440 votes)

In Knockemstiff, Ohio and its neighboring backwoods, sinister characters converge around young Arvin Russell as he fights the evil forces that threaten him and his family.

Bridge of Spies(2015)

PG-13
| 2h 21min | Thriller, Drama
3.6/5 (with 3,118 votes)

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.

Braindead(1992)

R
| 1h 43min | Horror, Comedy
3.7/5 (with 686 votes)

When a Sumatran rat-monkey bites Lionel Cosgrove's mother, she's transformed into a zombie and begins killing (and transforming) the entire town while Lionel races to keep things under control.

The Man in the Moon(1991)

PG-13
| 1h 39min | Drama, Kids & Family, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 120 votes)

Maureen Trant and her younger sibling Dani share a strong connection, but local boy Court Foster threatens to throw their bond off balance. Dani and Court meet first and have a flirtatious rapport -- but when he meets Maureen, he falls hard and they begin a passionate affair. The new couple try to keep their love hidden from Dani, but she soon learns the truth, disavowing her sister. But a heartbreaking accident later reunites the girls.

October Sky(1999)

PG
| 1h 48min | Drama, Kids & Family
3.8/5 (with 520 votes)

Based on the true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes, and eventually became a NASA scientist.

La Bamba(1987)

PG-13
| 1h 48min | Drama, Music
3.6/5 (with 299 votes)

Los Angeles teenager Ritchie Valens becomes an overnight rock 'n' roll success in 1958, thanks to a love ballad called "Donna" that he wrote for his girlfriend. But as his star rises, Valens has conflicts with his jealous brother, Bob, and becomes haunted by a recurring nightmare of a plane crash just as he begins his first national tour alongside Buddy Holly.

Flowers in the Attic(2014)

PG-13
| 1h 30min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller, TV Movie
3.3/5 (with 161 votes)

After the sudden death of their father, four children face cruel treatment from their ruthless grandmother.

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.

This Boy's Life(1993)

R
| 1h 55min | Drama
3.6/5 (with 449 votes)

When a son and mother move to Seattle in hopes for a better life, the mother meets a seemingly polite man. Things go south when the man turns out to be abusive, endangering their lives. As the mother struggles to maintain hope in an impossible situation, the son has plans to escape.

Justice League: The New Frontier(2008)

3.4/5 (with 218 votes)

The human race is threatened by a powerful creature, and only the combined power of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter and The Flash can stop it. But can they overcome their differences to thwart this enemy using the combined strength of their newly formed Justice League?

Palm Trees in the Snow(2015)

3.7/5 (with 245 votes)

Spain, 2003. An accidental discovery leads Clarence to travel from the snowy mountains of Huesca to Equatorial Guinea, to visit the land where her father Jacobo and her uncle Kilian spent most of their youth, the island of Fernando Poo.

Pumpkinhead(1988)

R
| 1h 26min | Fantasy, Horror
3.2/5 (with 186 votes)

After a tragic accident, a man conjures up a towering, vengeful demon called Pumpkinhead to destroy a group of unsuspecting teenagers.

The Right Stuff(1983)

PG
| 3h 13min | Drama, History, Adventure
3.7/5 (with 361 votes)

A chronicle of the original Mercury astronauts in the formation of America's space program: Alan Shepherd, the first American in space; Gus Grissom, the benighted astronaut for whom nothing works out as planned; John Glenn, the straight-arrow 'boy scout' of the bunch who was the first American to orbit the earth; and the remaining pilots: Deke Slayton, Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra, and Gordon Cooper.

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg(1964)

PG-13
| 1h 31min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 325 votes)

This simple romantic tragedy begins in 1957. Guy Foucher, a 20-year-old French auto mechanic, has fallen in love with 17-year-old Geneviève Emery, an employee in her widowed mother's chic but financially embattled umbrella shop. On the evening before Guy is to leave for a two-year tour of combat in Algeria, he and Geneviève make love. She becomes pregnant and must choose between waiting for Guy's return or accepting an offer of marriage from a wealthy diamond merchant.

The Night Porter(1974)

1h 58min | War, Drama, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 134 votes)

A concentration camp survivor discovers her former torturer and lover working as a porter at a hotel in postwar Vienna. When the couple attempt to re-create their sadomasochistic relationship, his former SS comrades begin to stalk them.

Bad Ass(2012)

R
| 1h 30min | Action, Drama
2.9/5 (with 171 votes)

Decorated Vietnam hero, Frank Vega returns home only to get shunned by society leaving him without a job or his high school sweetheart. It's not until forty years later when an incident on a commuter bus makes him a local hero where he's suddenly celebrated once again. But his good fortune suddenly turns for the worse when his best friend is murdered and the police aren't doing anything about it.

Great Balls of Fire!(1989)

PG-13
| 1h 48min | Drama, History, Music
3.2/5 (with 134 votes)

The story of Jerry Lee Lewis, arguably the greatest and certainly one of the wildest musicians of the 1950s. His arrogance, remarkable talent, and unconventional lifestyle often brought him into conflict with others in the industry, and even earned him the scorn and condemnation of the public.

Far from Heaven(2002)

PG-13
| 1h 47min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 263 votes)

In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife's life is upended by a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in society.

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