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The Hotel New Hampshire
New Hampshire 🇦🇹 Austria The 1950sIf you experienced "The World According To Garp" and found it witty, delightful and totally unpredictable, then be happily surprised all over again when you join the fun and games that go on at the...Hotel New Hampshire. — The film talks about a family that weathers all sorts of disasters and keeps going in spite of it all. It is noted for its wonderful assortment of oddball characters.
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Streets of Fire
Illinois The 1980s The 1950sTonight is what it means to be young. — Raven Shaddock and his gang of merciless biker friends kidnap rock singer Ellen Aim. Ellen's former lover, soldier-for-hire Tom Cody, happens to be passing through town on a visit. In an attempt to save his star act, Ellen's manager hires Tom to rescue her. Along with a former soldier, they battle through dangerous cityscapes, determined to get Ellen back.
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Before Stonewall
🇺🇸 United States of America The 1960s The 1950s The 1940s The 1930s The 1920s The 1910sNew York City's Stonewall Inn is regarded by many as the site of gay and lesbian liberation since it was at this bar that drag queens fought back against police June 27-28, 1969. This documentary uses extensive archival film, movie clips and personal recollections to construct an audiovisual history of the gay community before the Stonewall riots.
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Sam's Son
New Jersey The 1980s The 1950sAt 17, you think you can conquer the world. At 18, you know you can. His wildest dream is about to come true. — Michael Landon's semi-autobiographical sketch of his earlier life. It's the story of Gene Orowitz, a high school student struggling with his identity, who finds success as a javelin thrower on the track team.
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The Jesse Owens Story
Ohio Illinois Alabama 🇩🇪 Germany The 1960s The 1950s The 1930sBased on the inspiring true story — The Jesse Owens Story is a biographical film about the black athlete Jesse Owens. Dorian Harewood plays the Olympic gold-winning athlete. The drama won a 1985 Primetime Emmy Award and was nominated for two more.
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Pope John Paul II
🇵🇱 Poland The 1950s The 1960s The 1970s The 1940sBio-drama tracing the life and career of Polish cardinal Karol Wojtyla from his days as a young activist in Poland to his rise and installation in 1978 as Pope of the Catholic world.
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Caín
🇨🇴 Colombia The 1950sMid-1950s. Don Polo¸ rich and influential landed¸ has two children: legitimate and spoiled Abel¸ and Caín¸ born from the relationship with an employee of the ranch¸ and who since childhood has been treated as any pawn. Despite its condition¸ brothers¸ maintain a good friendship until that appears the restless Margarita¸ whose love face. The girl is forced to marry Abel¸ who dies at the hands of his older brother. Cain flees with Margarita to join the group commands the Bandit Pedro Palos. Violence is merciless in their lives.
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Christine
California Michigan The 1970s The 1950sHow do you kill something that can't possibly be alive? — 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.
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The Right Stuff
California The 1960s The 1950s The 1940sHow the future began. — 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 and Wally Schirra.
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Twilight Zone: The Movie
🇫🇷 France The 1960s The 1950s The 1940s1959. Friday nights. We time-travelled. Witnessed surprising twists. Entertained aliens. Experienced fear. And first journeyed to the "Twilight Zone" of Rod Serling's memorable TV series. And guided by four imaginative moviemakers, we travelled there again in 1983. Directors John Landis, Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante, and George Miller fashion stories based on or inspired by classic episodes. Landis weaves the tale of a bigot who gets a walloping dose of his own hatred. Spielberg takes over with a fable of senior citizens offered a magical rejuvenation. Dante serves up a terror trip with a child who uses his cartoon-inspired powers to enslave his family. Then fright goes aloft with Miller's finale about a neurotic passenger who sees a monster on the jetliner's wing. Or does he?
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Antarctica
🇦🇶 Antarctica The 1950sTwo Japanese scientists, Ushioda and Ochi, develop a bond with their sled dogs while on an expedition in Antarctica.
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Porky's II: The Next Day
Florida The 1950sIf you thought the night before was funny, wait till you see the next day. — When the students of Angel Beach High decide to stage "An Evening With Shakespeare," their efforts are threatened by Miss Balbricker, who views the works of Shakespeare as obscene. She enlists the help of Reverend Bubba Flavel, a religious fanatic who brings along his flock of followers to pressure the school into shutting down the production.
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Entre Nous
🇫🇷 France The 1950s The 1940sIn 1942 in occupied France, a Jewish refugee marries a soldier to escape deportation to Germany. Meanwhile a wealthy art student loses her first husband to a stray Resistance bullet; at the Liberation she meets an actor, gets pregnant, and marries him. Lena and Madeleine meet at their children's school in Lyon in 1952 and the intensity of their relationship strains both their marriages to the breaking point.
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Diary
🇮🇱 Israel 🇧🇷 Brazil The 1970s The 1980s The 1990s The 1950s The 2000sA film diary in which Perlov films the minutiae of his and his family's day-to-day life. From these small bits, he builds up a broad picture of life in Israel in the '70s and '80s.
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Strange Invaders
New York Illinois The 1950sOf all the worlds in all the galaxies...why did they pick this one? — Charlie's ex-wife disappears, and he goes to where she grew up--a rural town in the midwest--to look for her. But, surprisingly, nobody knows about her or any of her many relatives, the Newmans. He meets aliens; but when he contacts the FBI, they don't believe him. He tells his story to a tabloid; and suddenly, he is chased by the aliens.
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Daniel
New York District of Columbia California The 1960s The 1950s The 1940s The 1930sThe fictionalized story of Daniel, the son of Paul and Rochelle Isaacson, who were executed as Soviet spies in the 1950s. As a graduate student in New York in the 1960s, Daniel is involved in the antiwar protest movement and contrasts his experiences to the memory of his parents and his belief that they were wrongfully convicted.
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Michael Jackson's Thriller
The 1980s The 1950sA night at the movies turns into a nightmare when Michael and his date are attacked by a hoard of bloody-thirsty zombies.
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An Englishman Abroad
🇷🇺 Russia The 1950sActress Coral Browne travels to Moscow, and meets a mysterious Englishman. Turns out he's the notorious spy, Guy Burgess. Based on a true story, with Ms. Browne playing herself.
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Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists
🇺🇸 United States of America The 1920s The 1930s The 1950s The 1940sA unique documentary that looks at the political activities of the American Communist Party in the early to mid-twentieth century.
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Grace Kelly
🇲🇨 Monaco The 1970s The 1980s The 1960s The 1950sThe fairy tale story of the actress who became a princess is told in this biography that traces her rise from Philadelphia socialite to Hollywood movie star.
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Die wilden Fünfziger
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Flesh of Your Flesh
🇨🇴 Colombia The 1950sTakes place in 1956 under a militant dictatorship, but an uncontrollable crisis is about to take place in part of the country as buildings are blown up, people exterminated and a hidden evil force is unleashed. The supernatural force released starts to turn innocent people into bloodthirsty killers (a combination of zombies and vampires) but the military and most who live in the countryside of Cali are unaware of this. There is also a little political subtext when incest becomes involved, though if they are possessed, does that take on a new meaning?
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Liberty Belle
The 1960s The 1950sLiberty Belle tells the story of a group of student's involvement with a group who oppose the French Algerian war. The film premiered at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival.
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Veronika Voss
🇩🇪 Germany The 1950sIn Munich 1955, German film star Veronika Voss becomes a drug addict at the mercy of corrupt Dr. Marianne Katz, who keeps her supplied with morphine. After meeting sports writer Robert Krohn, Veronika begins to dream of a return to stardom. As the couple's relationship escalates in intensity, Veronika begins seriously planning her return to the screen -- only to realize how debilitated she has become through her drug habit.
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Frances
Washington The 1950s The 1940s The 1930sHer story is shocking, disturbing, compelling... and true. — The true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted.
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Pink Floyd: The Wall
The 1970s The 1950sThe Memories... The Madness... The Music... The Movie. — A troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.
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Diner
Maryland The 1950sSuddenly, life was more than French fries, gravy, and girls. — Set in 1959, Diner shows how five young men resist their adulthood and seek refuge in their beloved Diner. The mundane, childish, and titillating details of their lives are shared. But the golden moments pass, and the men shoulder their responsibilities, leaving the Diner behind.
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My Favorite Year
New York The 1950sNew York City, 1954: Benjy Stone is the junior writer on the top rated variety/comedy show. His idol Alan Swann, an actor with a drinking problem, is to be that week's guest star.
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Hey Good Lookin'
New York The 1980s The 1950sRalph Bakshi, creator of "Fritz the Cat" and "Heavy Traffic" brings you the outrageous '50s the way they really were. — An outrageous, affectionate look at coming of age in the Eisenhower era in Brooklyn.
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The Pokrovsky Gates
🇷🇺 Russia The 1960s The 1950sStories from the lives of the tenants of the Moscow's communal apartment: Kostik, who is a college student, lives with his aunt while studying; Arkady Velyurov who is a performing artist; Khobotovs, who are a divorced couple; and Sava, who is Margarita Khobotov's new fiancé. All these people live in one apartment and their lives constantly touch each other's.
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P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang
England The 1950sBased on Jack Rosenthal's childhood memories, Michael Apted's film, set in the summer of 1948, features 14-year-old Alan who has just three wishes: that there will be lasting peace, that England will win the Ashes and that he will finally kiss classmate Ann. So when he's cast opposite her in a play that requires a kiss and England seem to be doing well in the cricket, life couldn't be better.
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Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Texas The 1970s The 1950sA cup of coffee and a side of dreams. — The Disciples of James Dean meet up on the anniversary of his death and mull over their lives in the present and in flashback, revealing the truth behind their complicated lives.
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Blood Song
Oregon The 1980s The 1950sWhen he whistles this tune... The time for killing begins. — A psychopath escapes from a mental institution and starts a murder spree, which ends in the pursuing of a young handicapped girl, who once got a blood transfusion from him.
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Another Way
🇭🇺 Hungary The 1950sPolitical and sexual repression in Hungary, just after the revolution of 1956. In 1958, the body of Eva Szalanczky, a political journalist, is discovered near the border. Her friend Livia is in hospital with a broken neck; Livia's husband, Donci, is under arrest. In a flashback to the year before, we see what leads up to the tragedy. Eva gets a job as a writer. She meets Livia and is attracted to her. Livia feels much the same, but as a married woman, has doubts and hesitations. In their work, they (and Eva in particular) bang up against the limits of telling political truths; in private, they confront the limits of living out sexual and emotional truth.
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Inchon
🇰🇷 South Korea Tokyo Prefecture The 1950sLOVE. DESTINY. HEROES. War Changes Everything. — A noisy and absurd re-telling of the great 1950 invasion of Inchon during the Korean War which was masterminded by General Douglas MacArthur.
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Noa at 17
The 1950sAmid the political turmoil of 1950s Israel, a teenage girl named Noa (Dalia Shimko) is caught between her desire to go to college to express her individuality and her parents' wish to send her to a kibbutz -- a type of rural Jewish community based on the idea of communal property. Noa's middle-class upbringing and the options it affords her are catalysts for tension during a time of smoldering unrest.
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Eunice
Missouri The 1970s The 1960s The 1950sMoments in four different years in the lives of the Harper family beginning with 1955 as a hopeful Eunice prepares to go to a party, and her brother Phillip, a recent college graduate, departs for New York In 1963, a married Eunice and her husband Ed Higgins help Mama welcome novelist Phillip home for a visit. In 1973, a divorced Eunice is living with Mama. In 1978, Eunice, Ellen, and Phillip return from Mama's funeral and Eunice makes a painful realization about her life.
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Luz Del Fuego
🇧🇷 Brazil The 1950sBiography of a Brazilian dancer who lived on an island and practiced nudism when it was forbidden by law.
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The Long Summer of George Adams
Oklahoma The 1950sA middle-age man, in small-town Middle America, lives a momentous year in the mid-20th century.
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Side by Side: The True Story of the Osmond Family
The 1960s The 1950s The 1940sThis is the story of the Osmond Family and is based on the book written by Olive (Mother) Osmond. This film tells of the beginnings of this family and how they got to where they were by the late '70's.
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Lola
🇩🇪 Germany The 1950sGermany in the autumn of 1957: Lola, a seductive cabaret singer-prostitute exults in her power as a temptress of men, but she wants out—she wants money, property, and love. Pitting a corrupt building contractor against the new straight-arrow building commissioner, Lola launches an outrageous plan to elevate herself in a world where everything, and everyone, is for sale. Shot in childlike candy colors, Fassbinder’s homage to Josef von Sternberg’s classic The Blue Angel stands as a satiric tribute to capitalism.
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Porky's
Florida The 1950sKeep an eye out for the funniest movie about growing up ever made! — Set in 1954, a group of Florida high schoolers seek out to lose their virginity which leads them to seek revenge on a sleazy nightclub owner and his redneck sheriff brother for harassing them.
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Mommie Dearest
The 1970s The 1960s The 1950s The 1940sThe meanest mother of them all — In this biographical film, glamorous yet lonely star Joan Crawford takes in two orphans, and at first their unconventional family seems happy. But after Joan's attempts at romantic fulfillment go sour and she is fired from her contract with MGM studios, her callous and abusive behavior towards her daughter Christina becomes even more pronounced. Christina leaves home and takes her first acting role, only to find her mother's presence still overshadowing her.
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Tree of Knowledge
🇩🇰 Denmark The 1950sAs a group of Danish children pass into adolescence, gradually the most popular girl becomes an outcast, for trivial reasons that she never understands.
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Zombie Lake
🇫🇷 France The 1950sGod help us if they rise again! — In a small village, somewhere in France, German soldiers, killed and thrown into the lake by the Resistance during WW II, come back.
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American Pop
Kansas California The 1970s The 1980s The 1960s The 1950s The 1940s The 1930s The 1920s The 1910s The 1900s The 1890sAll those years, all those dreams, all those sons... one of them is going to be a star. — The history of American popular music runs parallel with the history of a Russian Jewish immigrant family, with each male descendant possessing different musical abilities.
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The Loveless
The 1950sSworn to Fun... Loyal to None!! — Trouble ensues when a motorcycle gang stops in a small southern town while heading to the races at Daytona.
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Bolero: Dance of Life
🇫🇷 France 🇩🇪 Germany 🇷🇺 Russia The 1930s The 1950s The 1960s The 1940sThe film is a musical epic and it is widely considered as the director's best work with Un Homme et une Femme. — The film follows four families, with different nationalities (French, German, Russian and American) but with the same passion for music, from the 1930s to the 1960s. The various story lines cross each other time and again in different places and times, with their own theme scores that evolve as time passes. The main event in the film is the Second World War, which throws the stories of the four musical families together and mixes their fates. Although all characters are fictional, many of them are loosely based on historical musical icons (Édith Piaf, Josephine Baker, Herbert von Karajan, Glenn Miller, Rudolf Nureyev, etc.) The Boléro dance sequence at the end brings all the threads together.
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Rich and Famous
New York California The 1950s The 1960sFrom the very beginning, they knew they'd be friends to the end. What they didn't count on was everything in between. — Two literary women compete for 20 years: one writes for the critics; the other one, to get rich.
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