93 Films & TV Shows Set In United Kingdom During The 1950s
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Call the Midwife: Series 2
England The 1950sThe second season sees young nurse Jenny Lee continue her work as a midwife in the local community alongside the Nuns of the Order of St. Raymond of Nonnatus.
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The Master
New York Massachusetts Pennsylvania Arizona California England The 1950s The 1940sEvery man needs a guide. — Freddie, a volatile, heavy-drinking veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, finds some semblance of a family when he stumbles onto the ship of Lancaster Dodd, the charismatic leader of a new "religion" he forms after World War II.
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The Scapegoat
England The 1950sSet in 1952, as England prepares for the coronation, The Scapegoat tells the story of two very different men who have one thing in common - a face.
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Call the Midwife: Series 1
England The 1950sIn season one we are introduced to the local community through the eyes of young nurse Jenny Lee as she lives and works as a midwife alongside the Nuns of the Order of St. Raymond of Nonnatus in the deprived Poplar district of London's desperately poor East End in the 1950s.
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The Deep Blue Sea
England The 1950sThe wife of a British Judge is caught in a self-destructive love affair with a Royal Air Force pilot.
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Eric & Ernie
Scotland England The 1950s The 1940s The 1930sSingle drama telling the story of Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise's formative years, from child stars to national treasures. 'Big head, short legs' is Eric Bartholomew's first impression of Ernie Wiseman, but their friendship endures and, encouraged by his well-meaning but determined mother Sadie, Eric became the funny man to Ernie's 'feed'. After a successful stint in children's variety, they work their way up the ladder of live performance, but after a disastrous television debut in the series Running Wild, Morecambe and Wise learn to trust their own instincts and just make people laugh.
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United
England 🇩🇪 Germany The 1950sThe true story of how the world's most popular team rose from the ashes — United is based on the true story of Manchester United's legendary "Busby Babes", the youngest side ever to win the Football League and the 1958 Munich Air Crash that claimed eight of the their number. The film draws on first-hand interviews with the survivors and their families to tell the inspirational story of a team and community overcoming terrible tragedy.
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The Iron Lady
England The 1970s The 1980s The 1990s The 1950s The 1940s The 2000sNever Compromise. — A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a focus on the price she paid for power.
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My Week With Marilyn
England The 1950sShe's worth all the trouble — London, 1956. Genius actor and film director Laurence Olivier is about to begin the shooting of his upcoming movie, premiered in 1957 as The Prince and the Showgirl, starring Marilyn Monroe. Young Colin Clark, who dreams on having a career in movie business, manages to get a job on the set as third assistant director.
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The Illusionist
Scotland The 1950sWhen life loses its wonder, all it takes is one person who still believes in magic — A French illusionist travels to Scotland to work. He meets a young woman in a small village. Their ensuing adventure in Edinburgh changes both their lives forever.
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Nowhere Boy
England The 1950s The 1940sAs a boy all John Lennon needed was love — The drama tells the story of John Lennon's teenage years in Liverpool and the start of his journey to becoming a successful musician. The story also examines the impact on his early life and personality of the two dominant females in his childhood.
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Enid
England The 1950s The 1940s The 1930s The 1920sEdwardian child Enid Blyton begins to tell stories to her brothers as an escape from their parents' rows before the father deserts the family...
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Hellboy II: The Golden Army
New York Northern Ireland The 2000s The 1950sBelieve it or not... He's the Good Guy. — Hellboy must stop an elven prince from locating an ancient force that can destroy humanity: the all-powerful Golden Army.
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Stone of Destiny
Scotland England The 1950sTells of the daring heist of The Stone of Destiny in the 1950s by a charming group of idealistic Scottish undergraduates, whose action rekindled Scottish nationalistic pride.
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Of Time and the City
England The 1950s The 1960s The 1940sA love song and a eulogy — A heart-stirring meditation on time, memory and mortality, “Of Time and the City” is Terence Davies’ poetic, conflicted ode to his birthplace of Liverpool, England. The visual content of the film consists largely of archival clips of the city from the 1940s to the 1960s, their nostalgic charm darkened by accompanying music and the counterpoint of Davies’ dry, at times dyspeptic, voice-over narration. His voice thickens with emotion as he recalls the delights of juvenile movie-going or the ritual of a holiday trip to New Brighton, across the River Mersey, and hardens with contempt when he turns his gaze on the hoopla surrounding Queen Elizabeth’s coronation in 1953. The film is a powerful evocation of the director's youth in post-war Britain and a reflection on how his home city has changed over the years.
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Savage Grace
New York England 🇫🇷 France The 1970s The 1960s The 1950s The 1940sTruth is more shocking than fiction. — This examination of a famous scandal from the 1970s explores the relationship between Barbara Baekeland and her only son, Antony. Barbara, a lonely social climber unhappily married to the wealthy but remote plastics heir Brooks Baekeland, dotes on Antony, who is homosexual. As Barbara tries to "cure" Antony of his sexuality -- sometimes by seducing him herself -- the groundwork is laid for a murderous tragedy.
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The Good Shepherd
Connecticut Virginia District of Columbia England 🇩🇪 Germany 🇨🇩 Congo Democratic Republic of the The 1960s The 1950s The 1940s The 1930sThe untold story of the most powerful covert agency in the world. — Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion, qualities that help him to be recruited for a career in the newly founded OSS. His dedication to his work does not come without a price though, leading him to sacrifice his ideals and eventually his family.
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Asylum
Wales England The 1950sPassion. Possession. — A woman becomes very curious about one of her psychiatrist husband's inmates, a man who was found guilty in the murder and disfigurement of his former wife.
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The Queen's Sister
England The 1950s The 1960s The 1970sAn in-depth biopic of Princess Margaret from the days following her father's death in 1952 until the 1970s. She was known to be a flamboyant royal but she remained a stickler for protocol. She had many controversial romances and also infamously kissed the daughter of the US ambassador. Also the film gives some focus on what others thought of Margaret, from normal people of the era to a backbench MP opposed to her 1961 wedding. Written by Reece Lloyd
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Vera Drake
England The 1950sWife. Mother. Criminal. — Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain – a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.
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Between Two Women
England The 1950sShe discovered love in the most unlikely place... — Set in a Yorkshire milltown in 1957, Ellen Hardy is unhappily married but is close to her ten-year-old son, Victor. The family has recently moved house and Victor has started at a new school where Ellen has become friendly with his teacher, Kathy Thompson, who is keen to encourage him at art. As the friendship between the two women grows, Ellen's millworker husband, Hardy, feels increasingly alienated at home.
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Young Adam
Scotland The 1950sEveryone has a past. Everyone has a secret. — A young drifter working on a river barge disrupts his employers' lives while hiding the fact that he knows more about a dead woman found in the river than he admits.
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Sylvia
England The 1960s The 1950sLife was too small to contain her... — Story of the relationship between the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath.
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The Hours
California New York England The 2000s The 1950s The 1940s The 1920sThe time to hide is over. The time to regret is gone. The time to live is now. — "The Hours" is the story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories intertwine, and finally come together in a surprising, transcendent moment of shared recognition.
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Spider
England The 1950sThe only thing worse than losing your mind... is finding it again. — A mentally disturbed man takes residence in a halfway house. His mind gradually slips back into the realm created by his illness, where he replays a key part of his childhood.
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