247 Films & TV Shows Set In North America During The 1920s
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Legends of the Fall
Montana The 1960s The 1930s The 1920s The 1910s The 1900sAfter the Fall from Innocence the Legend begins. — An epic tale of three brothers and their father living in the remote wilderness of 1900s USA and how their lives are affected by nature, history, war, and love.
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Timecop
District of Columbia The 1990s The 1920s The 2000s The 1860sTurn back the clock and you're history. — An officer for a security agency that regulates time travel, must fend for his life against a shady politician who has a tie to his past.
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Bullets Over Broadway
New York The 1920sAfter young playwright, David Shayne obtains funding for his play from gangster Nick Valenti, Nick's girlfriend Olive miraculously lands the role of a psychiatrist—but not only is she a bimbo who could never pass for a psychiatrist—she's a dreadful actress. David puts up with the leading man who is a compulsive eater, the grand dame who wants her part jazzed up, and Olive's interfering hitman/bodyguard—but, eventually he must decide whether art or life is more important.
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Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
New York The 1950s The 1940s The 1930s The 1920sNew York in the 1920's. The only place to be was the Algonquin, and the only person to know was Dorothy Parker. — Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted with despair.
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Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
🇷🇺 Russia New York The 1920s The 1930s The 1940sAfter escaping Russia's communist revolution, Leon Theremin travels to New York, where he pioneers the field of electronic music with his synthesizer. But at the height of his popularity, Soviet agents kidnap and force him to develop spy technology. Steven M. Martin writes and directs this intriguing documentary about a man's "strange" music and his very interesting life as an inventor and influential musician.
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A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story
Massachusetts The 1920s The 1910sMargaret Mitchell, portrayed as rebellious and spirited as Scarlett O'Hara, grows up in a comfortably middle-class Atlanta home, absorbing her grandmother's stories of the Civil War and the burning of their city by the Yankees. Young Peggy, as she likes to be called, goes to Smith College in Massachusetts and hates it. Back in Atlanta, her mildly scandalous reputation is made more so by her first marriage, to Red Upshaw, a bootlegging rake. Later, her second husband encourages her to expand her writing talents beyond feature articles for The Atlanta Journal. Her first and only novel becomes one of the best-selling books of all time.
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Where the Rivers Flow North
Vermont The 1920sSleeper with a top notch cast in the story of a lone wolf logger who fights developers, bankers and the modern world to maintain his way of life.
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A River Runs Through It
Montana The 1980s The 1930s The 1920s The 1910sThe Story of an American Family. — A River Runs Through is a cinematographically stunning true story of Norman Maclean. The story follows Norman and his brother Paul through the experiences of life and growing up, and how their love of fly fishing keeps them together despite varying life circumstances in the untamed west of Montana in the 1920's.
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Malcolm X
Illinois Massachusetts Michigan New York 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia The 1920s The 1930s The 1940s The 1950s The 1960sA 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.
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Chaplin
California England 🇨🇭 Switzerland The 1970s The 1960s The 1950s The 1940s The 1930s The 1920s The 1910s The 1900s The 1890sEveryone has a wild side. Even a legend. — An elderly Charlie Chaplin discusses his autobiography with his editor, recounting his amazing journey from his poverty-stricken childhood to world-wide success after the ingenious invention of the Little Tramp.
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The Babe
Massachusetts Illinois The 1930s The 1920s The 1910s The 1900sThere Was Only One. — A chronicle of Babe Ruth's phenomenal story--from his hard knock beginnings at a Baltimore orphanage, to his meteoric rise to baseball superstardom and his poignant retirement from the game. His amazing career included seven American League pennants, four World Series championships, two tempestuous marriages and a wild lifestyle that earned him numerous suspensions.
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Mad Dog Coll
New York The 1930s The 1920sNew York City is torn apart by an all-out mafia war. With brother Peter at his side, Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll blasts his way from streetfighter to kingpin in the dangerous world of organized crime.
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Fried Green Tomatoes
Alabama Georgia The 1980s The 1930s The 1920sThe secret of life? The secret's in the sauce. — Amidst her own personality crisis, southern housewife Evelyn Couch meets Ninny, an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in Whistle Stop, Alabama in the 1920s.
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Mobsters
New York The 1930s The 1920s The 1910sThey didn't take orders...They took over. — The story of a group of friends in turn of the century New York, from their early days as street hoods to their rise in the world of organized crime...
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Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
New Jersey The 1930s The 1920sA runaway orphan, young Sonora, persists in a menial job mucking stables in Doc Carver's travelling stunt show. Her great wish is to become a death-defying "diving girl," but Doc refuses her pleas. Undaunted, Sonora's gutsy resolve finally convinces him to give her a break. On the brink of stardom, however, a cruel twist of fate threatens to destroy her dream.
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Immortal Sins
New York The 1920sCliff De Young is Michael, the heir to a cursed castle, who marries pretty Susan (Maryam d'Abo) and moves her in. Unfortunately for the newlyweds, an oversexed succubus named Diana (Shari Shattuck) is out to break up the couple.
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Bloodhounds of Broadway
New Jersey The 1920sWhen Life Was Glittering, Glamorous... And Dangerous... — This musical is based on four short stories by Damon Runyon. In one tale, gambler Feet Samuels sells his body to science just as he realizes that Hortense loves him and that he would rather live than die. In another story, Harriet's parrot is killed, and she has problems dealing with her loss. Then, there is a gambler, "Right", who has bloodhounds on his trail when he becomes a murder suspect. Finally, "The Brain" is bleeding profusely, and his friends search for a way to save his life through a blood transfusion.
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Wait Until Spring, Bandini
Colorado The 1920sRocklin Colorado, 1925. A hard cold winter. Young Arturo Bandini loves his father Svevo, his mother Maria and his brothers. Even though his bricklayer father wastes the little money he has in the Imperial Poolhall and his time with the rich American widow, Hildegarde. Even though his beautiful and pious mother lets his father get away with that, even if his little brother wets the bed. Arturo loves them all. He also loves to play baseball, even though he has to wait until spring. And he also loves the movies ... and Rosa. But she doesn't love him ...
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Sunset
California The 1920sThey broke every rule, loved every woman, took every risk and solved the most shocking murder in the history of Beverly Hills. And it's all true. Give or take a lie or two. — Tom Mix and Wyatt Earp team up to solve a murder at the Academy Awards in 1929 Hollywood.
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Mr. North
Rhode Island The 1920sSome say he's a miracle man. Some say he's a fraud. You are about to meet a most unusual young man. — Mr. North, a stranger to a small, but wealthy, Rhode Island town, quickly has rumors started about him that he has the power to heal people's ailments...
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Frank Nitti: The Enforcer
Illinois The 1920s The 1910sEvery great man needs an enforcer — Al Capone may be the most famous Chicago mobster, but his successor, Frank "The Enforcer" Nitti (Anthony LaPaglia), was just as ruthless. This biopic goes to great lengths to accurately trace Nitti's rise to the top of the Windy City's underworld, amid corruption, betrayal and violence. The result is an engrossing glimpse into mob life in the early 20th century.
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Pancho Barnes
Texas The 1920s"I may not be famous or blonde, but I'm one terrific pilot." — A made for TV movie in which Valerie Bertinelli portrays Florence Pancho Barnes, a bored socialite who decides to learn to fly
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Matewan
West Virginia The 1920sIt takes more than guns to kill a man. — Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan, a scab named "Few Clothes" Johnson and a sympathetic mayor and police chief heroically fight the power represented by a coal company and Matewan's vested interests so that justice and workers' rights need not take a back seat to squalid working conditions, exploitation and the bottom line.
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The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
Georgia The 1940s The 1920sThere is no prison strong enough to hold the human spirit. — The true story of Robert Elliot Burns, the prisoner who, after being sentenced to a Georgia chain gang, attempted two daring escapes.
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The Color Purple
Georgia The 1930s The 1920s The 1910s The 1900sIt's about life. It's about love. It's about us. — An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing 'Mister' Albert Johnson, things go from bad to worse, leaving Celie to find companionship anywhere she can. She perseveres, holding on to her dream of one day being reunited with her sister in Africa.
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