3,596 Films & TV Shows Set In Europe During The 20th Century
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Wim Wenders, Desperado
๐ฉ๐ช Germany ๐ซ๐ท France Texas The 20th Century"Wings Of Desire" and "Buena Vista Social Club", "Paris, Texas" and "The State Of Things": Wim Wenders is considered one of the pioneers of New German Cinema and one of the most important and influential representatives of contemporary cinema. With never before shown archive material and extraordinary encounters with companions and contemporary witnesses such as Francis Ford Coppola, Willem Dafoe, Andie MacDowell, Hanns Zischler, Patti Smith and Werner Herzog, this documentary provides unique insights into the life and work of one of the most multifaceted artists of our times. Renowned documentary filmmaker Eric Friedler ("It Must Schwing. The Blue Note Story") and his co-director Andreas Frege were given the exclusive opportunity to portray Wenders for this film. From Dusseldorf to Paris, and all the way to the desert of Texas, the film traces iconic locations and decisive moments in Wenders' work as director, producer, photographer and author.
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Dara of Jasenovac
๐ญ๐ท Croatia The 20th CenturyDuring the Nazi-occupied Ustasha regime "NDH" in former Yugoslavia during WWII, little girl Dara is sent to the concentration camp complex Jasenovac in Croatia also known as "Balkan's Auschwitz".
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Glauber, Claro
๐ฎ๐น Italy The 1970sHis Italian years โ A deep dive into Glauber Rocha's years exiled in Italy in the 70s. Through a collection of interviews and archives, the movie shows the making of his film Claro (1975) and his relation with European auteurs in their filmic and political views.
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Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse
England The 1920sRoald & Beatrix, the tail of the curious mouse, a heart-warming Christmas film inspired by the true encounter between a six-year-old Roald Dahl and his idol Beatrix Potter. A magical story of what really can happen when you are brave enough to follow your dreams. Joining Dawn French who plays Beatrix, the cast includes Jessica Hynes, Rob Brydon, Alison Steadman, Nina Sosanya, Bill Bailey and Nick Mohammed.
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The Queen's Gambit: Limited Series
Kentucky Nevada New York Ohio ๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico ๐ท๐บ Russia The 1950s The 1960sIn a Kentucky orphanage in the 1950s, a young girl discovers an astonishing talent for chess while struggling with addiction.
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Shadowplay: Season 1
๐ฉ๐ช Germany The 1940sIn 1946 Berlin, an American cop searches for his missing brother while helping a novice German policewoman fight the violent crimes engulfing the city.
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The Crown: Season 4
England The 1970s The 1980sAs the 1970s are drawing to a close, Queen Elizabeth and her family find themselves preoccupied with safeguarding the line of succession by securing an appropriate bride for Prince Charles, who is still unmarried at 30.
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Call the Midwife: Series 9
England The 1950sDrama following the lives of a group of midwives working in the poverty-stricken East End of London during the 1950s, based on the best-selling memoirs of Jennifer Worth.
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Avengers: Endgame
New York New Jersey California ๐ณ๐ด Norway Tokyo Prefecture Africa - General The 1970s The 1940s The 2010s The 2020s The 2000sPart of the journey is the end. โ After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must assemble once more in order to undo Thanos' actions and restore order to the universe once and for all, no matter what consequences may be in store.
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Dark Phoenix
New York ๐ซ๐ท France Africa - General The 1970s The 1990sThe Phoenix will rise. โ The X-Men face their most formidable and powerful foe when one of their own, Jean Grey, starts to spiral out of control. During a rescue mission in outer space, Jean is nearly killed when she's hit by a mysterious cosmic force. Once she returns home, this force not only makes her infinitely more powerful, but far more unstable. The X-Men must now band together to save her soul and battle aliens that want to use Grey's new abilities to rule the galaxy.
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Pretenders
New York England ๐ซ๐ท France The 1970s The 1980sA love triangle involving a photographer, a director and an actress.
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Ford v Ferrari
Michigan California Florida ๐ซ๐ท France ๐ฎ๐น Italy The 1960s The 1950sThey took the American dream for a ride โ American car designer Carroll Shelby and the British-born driver Ken Miles work together to battle corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford Motor Company and take on the dominating race cars of Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966.
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A Hidden Life
๐ฆ๐น Austria ๐ฉ๐ช Germany The 1940s The 1930sBased on True Events โ Austrian farmer Franz Jรคgerstรคtter faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis during World War II.
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The Professor and the Madman
England The 1910s The 1900s The 1890s The 1870s The 1880sThe incredible true story that defined our world. โ Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.
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The Aftermath
๐ฉ๐ช Germany The 1940sIn the aftermath of World War II, a British colonel and his wife are assigned to live in Hamburg during the post-war reconstruction, but tensions arise with the German widower who lives with them.
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Stockholm
๐ธ๐ช Sweden The 1970sBased on an absurd but true story โ Based on the extraordinary true story of the European cityโs 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis that was documented in the 1974 New Yorker article โThe Bank Dramaโ by Daniel Lang. The events grasped the worldโs attention when the hostages bonded with their captors and turned against the authorities, giving rise to the psychological phenomenon known as โStockholm Syndrome.โ
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Gemini Man
Georgia Virginia ๐ง๐ช Belgium ๐ญ๐บ Hungary ๐จ๐ด Colombia The 1990s The 2010sWho will save you from yourself? โ Henry Brogan is an elite 51-year-old assassin who's ready to call it quits after completing his 72nd job. His plans get turned upside down when he becomes the target of a mysterious operative who can seemingly predict his every move. To his horror, Brogan soon learns that the man who's trying to kill him is a younger, faster, cloned version of himself.
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Long Shot
New York District of Columbia ๐ธ๐ช Sweden ๐ต๐น Portugal ๐ช๐ธ Spain ๐ท๐บ Russia ๐ต๐ญ Philippines ๐ป๐ณ Vietnam ๐จ๐ด Colombia The 2020s The 2010s The 1990sUnlikely but not impossible. โ Journalist Fred Flarsky reunites with his childhood crush, Charlotte Field, now one of the most influential women in the world. As she prepares to make a run for the Presidency, Charlotte hires Fred as her speechwriterโmuch to the dismay of her trusted advisers.
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Tolkien
England ๐ซ๐ท France The 1910sA Life of Love, Courage & Fellowship. โ England, early 20th century. The future writer and philologist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) and three of his schoolmates create a strong bond between them as they share the same passion for literature and art, a true fellowship that strengthens as they grow up, but the outbreak of World War I threatens to shatter it.
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Once Upon a Time in London
England The 1930s The 1940s The 1950sBilly Hill and Jack 'Spot' Comer were among the most notorious criminals in London up until the 1950s. Dramatising the violent reign of two of London's most notorious gangsters, Billy Hill (Leo Gregory) and Jack 'Spot' Comer (Terry Stone), ONCE UPON A TIME IN LONDON charts the legendary rise and fall of a nationwide criminal empire that lasted until the mid-fifties and which paved the way for the notorious Kray Twins and The Richardsons. This is the story of their rise and fall.
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The Souvenir
England ๐ฎ๐น Italy The 1980sThe past never stays in focus. โ A shy but ambitious film student falls into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship with a charismatic but untrustworthy older man.
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Tell It to the Bees
Scotland The 1950sSome secrets are too powerful to keep โ Dr. Jean Markham returns to the town she left as a teenager to take over her late father's medical practice. When a school-yard scuffle lands Charlie in her surgery, she invites him to visit the hives in her garden and tell his secrets to the bees, as she once did. The new friendship between the boy and the bee keeper brings his mother Lydia into Jean's world.
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Men in Black: International
New York England ๐ซ๐ท France ๐ฎ๐น Italy ๐ฒ๐ฆ Morocco The 1990s The 2010sThe universe is expanding โ The Men in Black have always protected the Earth from the scum of the universe. In this new adventure, they tackle their biggest, most global threat to date: a mole in the Men in Black organization.
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Anna
๐ท๐บ Russia New York The 1980s The 1990sNever make the weapon the target โ Beneath Anna Poliatova's striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the world's most feared government assassins.
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The Keeper
England The 1950s The 1940sHe won her love and our hearts and minds โ The story of a man whose love for football, for England and for the love of his life, Margaret, saw him rise from Nazi 'villain' to British hero. Bert Trautmann, the German goalkeeper won over even his harshest opponents by winning the FA Cup Final for Manchester City in 1956 - playing on with a broken neck to secure victory.
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