25 Films & TV Shows Set In Florida During The 1970s
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Aileen Wuornos: American Boogeywoman
Florida The 1970sAmerica's most notorious female serial killer. — Based on Aileen Wuornos’s early life, America’s most notorious female serial killer, who went on a killing spree in Florida in 1989 and 1990. What few people know, is that back in 1976 a young and beautiful Aileen Wuornos arrived in Florida searching for a new life that would help her escape her tragic past, married a wealthy Yacht Club President and had the chance to start again as part of Florida’s high society….or did she?
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Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Washington Utah Colorado Florida The 1970s The 1980s The 1960sThe story behind America's most notorious serial killer. — A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy, from the perspective of his longtime girlfriend, Elizabeth Kloepfer, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.
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Christine
Florida The 1970sBased on a true story. — The story of Christine Chubbuck, a 1970s TV reporter struggling with depression and professional frustrations as she tries to advance her career.
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Kate Plays Christine
Florida The 2010s The 1970sFollow actress Kate Lyn Sheil as she prepares for her next role: playing Christine Chubbuck, a Florida newscaster who committed suicide live on-air in 1974. As Kate investigates Chubbuck’s story, uncovering new clues and information, she becomes increasingly obsessed with her subject.
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Black Mass
Massachusetts California Florida The 1970sKeep your enemies close. — The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.
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The Big Short
New York Nevada Colorado Florida The 2000s The 1970sThis is a true story. — The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.
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Lovelace
New York California Florida The 1970s The 1980sThe truth goes deeper than you think. — Story of Linda Lovelace, who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her coercive husband, before taking control of her life.
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Free Ride
Florida The 1970sCrime pays... or it costs you everything. — A single mom in the 1970s raises her two daughters and becomes involved in illegal drug trade to make a better life.
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
New York Louisiana Florida 🇫🇷 France 🇷🇺 Russia 🇮🇳 India The 1970s The 1980s The 1990s The 1960s The 1950s The 1940s The 1930s The 1920s The 1910s The 2000sLife isn't measured in minutes, but in moments. — I was born under unusual circumstances. And so begins. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards: a man, like any of us, who is unable to stop time. We follow his story, set in New Orleans, from the end of World War I in 1918 into the 21st century, following his journey that is as unusual as any man's life can be. Directed by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett with Taraji P. Henson, Tilda Swinton, Jason Flemyng, Elias Koteas and Julia Ormond, Benjamin Button, is a grand tale of a not-so-ordinary man and the people and places he discovers along the way, the loves he finds, the joys of life and the sadness of death, and what lasts beyond time.
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In the Shadow of the Moon
Texas Florida The Moon The 1960s The 1970sArchival material from the original NASA film footage – much of it seen for the first time – plus interviews with the surviving astronauts, including Jim Lovell, Dave Scott, John Young, Gene Cernan, Mike Collins, Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean, Edgar Mitchell, Charlie Duke and Harrison Schmitt.
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Where the Truth Lies
New Jersey California Florida The 1970s The 1950sAn ambitious reporter probes the reasons behind the sudden split of a 1950s comedy team.
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Ray
Florida Washington Georgia California The 1970s The 1980s The 1960s The 1950s The 1940s The 1930sThe extraordinary life story of Ray Charles. — Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered coupling gospel and country together.
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Snow Dogs
Florida Alaska Alberta The 1970s The 2000sGet ready for mush hour! — When a Miami dentist inherits a team of sled dogs, he's got to learn the trade or lose his pack to a crusty mountain man.
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Shottas
Florida 🇯🇲 Jamaica The 1970s The 1990sFriendship, loyalty & greed. — A raw urban drama about two friends raised on the dangerous streets of Kingston, Jamaica. Biggs and Wayne take on the "Shotta" way of life to survive. As young boys, they begin a life of crime, eventually moving to the US where they begin a ruthless climb from the bottom. They remain bound to each other by their shottas loyalty as they aggressively take control of the Jamaican underworld.
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Ali
🇨🇬 Congo Florida New York 🇨🇩 Congo Democratic Republic of the The 1960s The 1970sFloat like a butterfly and sting like a bee. — In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self-confidence and his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all time. Yet at the top of his game, both Ali's personal and professional lives face the ultimate test.
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Donnie Brasco
Florida New York The 1970s The 1980sBased on a true story. — An FBI undercover agent infilitrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.
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Apollo 13
Texas Florida The Moon The 1970s The 1960sHouston, we have a problem. — The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from Earth, the astronauts work furiously with the ground crew to avert tragedy.
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The Doors
California Florida 🇫🇷 France The 1960s The 1970sThe Ultimate Story of Sex, Drugs & Rock 'N' Roll — The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.
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Born on the Fourth of July
Florida New York Texas 🇲🇽 Mexico 🇻🇳 Vietnam The 1960s The 1970sA story of innocence lost and courage found — The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
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Blood Rage
Florida The 1970s The 1980sNot all the evil is on Elm Street ... — In 1974, Terry commits a murder and pins it on his twin brother, Todd. Ten years later, Todd escapes from a mental institution on the same day as Terry’s murderous instincts resurface.
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Flight of the Navigator
Florida The 1980s The 1970sCome along on the greatest adventure of the summer! — 12-year-old David is accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, but when he awakens eight years have passed. His family is overjoyed to have him back, but is just as perplexed as he is that he hasn't aged. When a NASA scientist discovers a UFO nearby, David gets the chance to unravel the mystery and recover the life he lost.
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The Muppet Movie
California Florida Georgia New Mexico The 1970sMore entertaining than humanly possible — A Hollywood agent persuades Kermit the Frog to pursue a career in Hollywood. On his way there he meets his future muppet crew while being chased by the desperate owner of a frog-leg restaurant!
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The Crash of Flight 401
Florida The 1970sTrue story recounting the crash of Eastern Airlines flight 401, which crashed in the Everglades while on approach to Miami in December 1972. Accurate in many respects, the movie goes through the events leading up to the crash, the crash itself, and the rescue effort afterwards.
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All the President's Men
District of Columbia Florida The 1970sThe most devastating detective story of this century. — During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Richard Nixon to resign from his post.
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Four More Years
Florida The 1970sThis witty and startlingly candid look at the 1972 Republican National Convention is a classic work of guerrilla television, and an alternative time capsule of an era of dramatic change in American politics, media, and culture.
