Keyword: 1920s

Matewan

8.1

1987

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A labor union organizer comes to an embattled mining community brutally and violently dominated and harassed by the mining company.

Bugsy Malone

7.3

1976

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The classic gangster story of Bugsy Malone told with an all-child cast.

Burning Secret

6.6

1988

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While being treated for asthma at a country spa, an American diplomats lonely 12-year-old son is befriended and infatuated by a suave, mysterious baron. During a story of his war experiences, the baron reveals the scar of a wound from an American soldier and thrusts a pin through it, saying see-- no feeling. Little does the boy realize that it is his turn to be wounded. But soon his adored friend heartlessly brushes him aside and turns his seductive attentions to his mother. The boys jealousy and feelings of betrayal become uncontrollable.

Cutting It Short

7.6

1981

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An evocation of the childhood memories of Bohumil Hrabal in his provincial town of Nymburk, dominated by the local brewery.

Riefenstahl

7.1

2024

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Explores Leni Riefenstahls artistic legacy and her complex ties to the Nazi regime, juxtaposing her self-portrayal with evidence suggesting awareness of the regimes atrocities.

Flood in the Desert

7.4

2022

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Flood in the Desert tells the dramatic story of the March 1928 collapse of the St. Francis Dam and its aftermath, which was the second deadliest disaster in California history. The resulting flood killed over 400 people, destroyed millions of dollars of property, and washed away the reputation of one of the most celebrated men in Southern California, William Mulholland. A self-taught engineer, Mulholland had ensured Los Angeles remarkable growth by building a cement aqueduct that piped water from the Owens Valley across the Mojave Desert and into the arid city, 233 miles away. He had good intentions, but the bursting of his St. Francis Dam, the citys largest single reservoir, was a colossal engineering and human failure.

A Passage to India

7.4

1984

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Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.

Fireheart

6.5

2022

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Sixteen-year-old Georgia Nolan dreams of being the worlds first-ever female firefighter. When a mysterious arsonist starts burning down Broadway, New Yorks firemen begin vanishing. The Mayor of New York calls Georgias father Shawn out of retirement to lead the investigation into the disappearances. Desperate to help her father and save her city, Georgia disguises herself as a young man called Joe and joins a small group of misfit firefighters trying to stop the arsonist.

Mobsters

6.3

1991

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From start to finish, its a story of friendship between four street-wise males who dont mind using violence to achieve the lives that they want. They trust no one but each other, which is vital to their success as mobsters.

My Memories of Old Beijing

7.7

1983

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The film shows the society and life in Beijing in 1920s through the eyes of a 6 year old girl. Yingzi Lin moves to Beijing from Taiwan with her parents. They live in a lane in the southern part of the city. As an energetic but sensitive girl, she spends a lot of time hanging out with her friends. They run around the busy streets and lanes, and do a lot people watching. She meets all kinds of people, including a mad woman at the door of a guildhall, her playmate Niuer who was mistreated, a guy who steals to pay for his brothers tuition fees hiding himself in a deserted courtyard, Amah Song who was a wet nurse in her family and her loving father, a highly respected professor, who is seriously ill and dies of disease. After experiencing a bitter life, Yingzi leaves Beijing with her mother.

Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider

5

1979

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A World War I deserter competes in the first long-distance motorcycle race.

Thoroughly Modern Millie

7

1967

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In New York City during the Roaring Twenties, would-be flapper Millie Dillmounts self-appointed mission to marry her boss is complicated by white slavers and true love.