247 Films & TV Shows Set In North America During The 1920s
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The Aviator
Washington Idaho Nevada The 1920sA 1920s mail pilot and a rich man's daughter crash-land on a mountain full of hungry wolves.
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Caffe Italia Montréal
Quebec The 1900s The 1910s The 1920s The 1930s The 1940sUsing archival documents, fictions, current accounts, and excerpts from a theatrical creation, Paul Tana paints a nuanced portrait of the Italians of Montreal. From the first waves of immigration at the beginning of the century to the men and women taken to a prisoner of war camps during World War II, to the hardships and joys of building vibrant lives in Montréal. Caffè Italia Montréal chronicles a significant chapter in Canada’s history.
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Once Upon a Time in America
New York The 1960s The 1930s The 1910s The 1920sCrime, passion and lust for power. — A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
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The Cotton Club
New York The 1930s The 1910s The 1920sIt was the jazz age. It was an era of elegance and violence. The action was gambling. The stakes were life and death. — Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.
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The Natural
Illinois New York Pennsylvania The 1930s The 1920s The 1910sHe lived for a dream that wouldn't die. — An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the league.
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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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Class Relations
New York The 1920sA young man, recently arrived in New York from Europe, becomes swept up in a series of events that are beyond his knowledge or control.
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Zelig
New York The 1930s The 1920sYou wanted more when it was all over! — Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act like whoever is around him. Clever editing places Zelig in real newsreel footage of Woodrow Wilson, Babe Ruth, and others.
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Phar Lap
California The 1930s The 1920sHero to a Nation — Phar Lap, the big bold chestnut reigned as the king of the turf in the depression that gripped Australia of the 1930s. From his humble beginnings the New Zealand bred horse raced on to become the hero of a nation.
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Cross Creek
Florida The 1930s The 1920sThe portrait of a woman who, at the edge of survival, found a world of meaning. — In 1930's Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings moves to Florida's backwaters to write in peace. She feels bothered by affectionate men, editor and confused neighbors, but soon she connects and writes The Yearling, a classic of American literature.
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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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Dempsey
New York Utah California The 1930s The 1920s The 1910sAmerican. Champion. Legend. — Nominated for two primetime Emmy Awards in 1984, this made-for-TV movie follows the true story of American boxer Jack Dempsey, who became a media sensation in the 1920s as the world heavyweight champion. Based upon the book by Jack Dempsey and Barbara Piatelli Dempsey.
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Hajji Washington
District of Columbia The 1920sHajji Hossein-Gholi Noori (Haji Baba) goes to Washington D.C. as the first Iranian (Persian) ambassador to the United States of America. After he opens the embassy, he is unable to invite statesmen to visit him. Haji fires the embassy staff due to the inability of the Persian government to meet the embassy's needs. One night he is visited by President Grover Cleveland.
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The Beyond
Louisiana The 1920s The 1980sBeyond death... Beyond Evil... Beyond the dreaded gates of hell. — A young woman inherits an old hotel in Louisiana where, following a series of supernatural "accidents", she learns that the building was built over one of the entrances to Hell.
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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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El Salvador: Another Vietnam
🇸🇻 El Salvador The 1920s The 1930s The 1950s The 1960s The 1970s The 1940sThis political documentary illustrates the turbulent history of El Salvador from the 1920s-1970s, and the role of the U.S. government in that history. The most comprehensive film introduction to that country, examines the civil war there in light of the Reagan administration's decision to "draw the line" against "communist interference" in Central America. Archival material offers an overview of U.S. military and economic policy in Central America since 1948, while footage drawn from sources in the U.S., Mexico, and Europe provides extensive background to the current political and military situation.
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Valentino
California The 1920s The 1910sIn life he was a movie star, in death he became a legend. — In 1926 the tragic and untimely death of a silent screen actor caused female moviegoers to riot in the streets and in some cases to commit suicide...
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The World's Greatest Lover
California The 1920sGo ahead - laugh! — When frustrated movie studio mogul Adolph Zitz announces a talent search for a romantic leading man to rival the great Rudolph Valentino, thousands of hopefuls decend upon Hollywood. Rudy Valentine, a neurotic baker from Milwaukee, knows little about romance or acting. But when his wife leaves him for the real Valentino, Rudy goes to outrageous lengths to win the role of a lifetime and win back the love of his life.
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The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
District of Columbia The 1960s The 1950s The 1940s The 1930s The 1920sNot all the files were destroyed — The files that escaped the shredder have become an incredible motion picture. From the Kennedys to Martin Luther King. From cab drivers to Congressmen. From housewives to hostesses. He had something on 58 million people. It was all in his files. Now you can see how he used it.
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Mary White
Kansas The 1920s The 1910sIn Emporia, Kansas, in the late 1910s and early 1920s, Mary Katherine White, a teenage girl, comes of age. Having grown up in wealth and privilege, as a result she meets famous people of the day. In 1921, at age 16, she dies in a riding accident. Her story is recounted in flashback style by her father, a famous editor, author and publisher.
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Bugsy Malone
New York The 1920sEvery year brings a great movie. Every decade a great movie musical! — A pint-sized cast illuminates this musical that is unlike any other ever made. Set in 1929 New York City, Bugsy Malone captures a flashy world of would-be hoodlums, showgirls, and dreamers - all played by child actors! As Tallulah, the sassy girlfriend of the owner of Fat Sam's Grand Slam Speakeasy, future superstar Jodie Foster dances and sings her way into our hearts.
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Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
California The 1920sIntroducing The Dog Who Launched 1000 Stars. — A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a studio bus driver in the 1920s.
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Leadbelly
Texas Louisiana The 1930s The 1920s The 1910sYou can't bury a black legend like Leadbelly! — The life of Blues and folk singer Huddie Leadbetter, nicknamed Leadbelly is recounted. Covering the good times and bad from his 20s to 40s. Much of that time was spent on chain gangs in the south. Even in prison he became well known for the songs he had composed and sung during and before the time he spent there.
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The Fortune
California The 1920sSexier than the Marx Brothers, handsomer than Laurel and Hardy but not as smart as The 3 Stooges — Two bumbling hustlers in the 1920s attempt to gain the fortune of an heiress. Nothing will stop them, not even murder.
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Lies My Father Told Me
Quebec The 1920sNo one ever said it was easy being a child. — A Jewish boy grows up in 1920s Montreal with a grandfather who tells stories and a father who won't work.
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