6 Films & TV Shows Set In Virginia During The 1950s
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Loving
Virginia District of Columbia The 1950sAll love is created equal — The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple, whose challenge of their anti-miscegenation arrest for their marriage in Virginia led to a legal battle that would end at the US Supreme Court.
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Flowers in the Attic
Pennsylvania Virginia The 1950sAfter the sudden death of their father, four children face cruel treatment from their ruthless grandmother.
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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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A Beautiful Mind
Massachusetts New Jersey Virginia The 1940s The 1950s The 1960s The 1970s The 1990sHe saw the world in a way no one could have imagined. — John Nash is a brilliant but asocial mathematician fighting schizophrenia. After he accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the nightmarish.
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Forrest Gump
Alabama Arizona California Georgia Louisiana New York Virginia District of Columbia 🇨🇳 China 🇻🇳 Vietnam The 1950s The 1960s The 1970s The 1980sLife is like a box of chocolates...you never know what you're gonna get. — A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.
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Greased Lightning
Virginia The 1960s The 1950s The 1930sHe drove 'em wild! — This film is based on the true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing champion in America.