Movies about the 20th century

Movies about the 20th century
List of the best films about the 20th century according to the audience: American Hardcore, The Asphalt Jungle, The Coldest Game, A Day at the Races, The Crossing II, The Untold History Of The United States, In a Lonely Place, House of Strangers, Mission to Moscow, At the Circus.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Genre
Country
Markimdb: 7.3
Genredocumentary, music, history
CountryUSA
Duration01:40

Inspired by Steven Blush's book "American Hardcore: A tribal history" Paul Rachman's feature documentary debut is a chronicle of the underground hardcore punk years from 1979 to 1986. Interviews and rare live footage from artists such as Black Flag, Bad Brains, Minor Threat, SS Decontrol and the Dead Kennedys.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrethriller, drama, crime, film noir
CountryUSA
Duration01:52

Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrethriller, history, sport
CountryPoland, USA

During 1962's Cuban missile crisis, a troubled math genius finds himself drafted to play in a U.S.-Soviet chess match -- and a deadly game of espionage.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrecomedy, musical, sport
CountryUSA
Duration01:51

Doctor Hugo Hackenbush, Tony, and Stuffy try and save Judy's farm by winning a big race with her horse. There are a few problems. Hackenbush runs a high priced clinic for the wealthy who don't know he has his degree in Veterinary Medicine.

Markimdb: 6
Genremelodrama, drama, military, history
CountryChina, USA, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea
Duration02:34

A story of three couples and their intertwining love stories set in 1940s Taiwan and Shanghai, centered around the 1949 sinking of Taiping.

Markimdb: 8.5
Genredocumentary, military, history
CountryUSA

Oliver Stone documentary charted the post-WW2 history of the United States.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, detective, film noir
CountryUSA
Duration01:34

An aspiring actress begins to suspect that her temperamental boyfriend is a murderer.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrethriller, drama, crime, film noir
CountryUSA
Duration01:41

Gino Monetti is a ruthless Italian-American banker who engaged in a number of criminal activities. Three of his four grown sons, refuse to help their father stay out of prison after he's arrested for his questionable business practices. Three of the sons take over the business but kick their father out. Max, a lawyer, is the only son that stays loyal to his father.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genredrama, military, history
CountryUSA
Duration02:03

Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to America as an advocate of Stalinism.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrecomedy, musical
CountryUSA
Duration01:27

Jeff Wilson, the owner of a small circus, owes his partner Carter $10,000. Before Jeff can pay, Carter lets his accomplices steal the money, so he can take over the circus. Antonio Pirelli and Punchy, who work at the circus, together with lawyer Loophole try to find the thief and get the money back.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genremelodrama, drama, military
CountryUSA
Duration01:44

In 1918, Elizabeth MacDonald learns that her husband, John Andrew, has been killed in the war. Elizabeth bears John's son and eventually marries her kindly boss. Unknown to her, John has survived but is horribly disfigured and remains in Europe. Years later, on the eve of World War II, Elizabeth refuses to agree to her son's request to enlist and is stunned when an eerily familiar stranger named Kessler arrives from abroad and becomes involved.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genredrama, military
CountryUSA
Duration02:15

Shortly after Pearl Harbor, a squadron of PT-boat crews in the Philippines must battle the Navy brass between skirmishes with the Japanese. The title says it all about the Navy's attitude towards the PT-boats and their crews.

Markimdb: 5
Genrefantastic, comedy, detective
CountryUSA
Duration03:15

When Lou, who has become the "father of the Internet," is shot by an unknown assailant, Jacob and Nick fire up the time machine again to save their friend.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:51

A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language. Here he meets Sugarpuss O’Shea, a nightclub singer, who’s on top of all the slang—and, it just so happens, needs a place to stay.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genredrama, military, history
CountryMexico, USA
Duration02:16

An eight-year-old boy is willing to do whatever it takes to end World War II so he can bring his father home. The story reveals the indescribable love a father has for his little boy and the love a son has for his father.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genredrama, crime, film noir
CountryUSA
Duration01:26

Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is framed for murder, Taylor is forced to flee with his wife Joan Graham and baby. While escaping prison after being sentenced to death, Taylor becomes a real murderer, condemning himself and Joan to a life of crime and death on the road.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA, France
Duration01:31

    Kat Connors is 17 years old when her perfect homemaker mother, Eve, disappears. Having lived for so long in an emotionally repressed household, she barely registers her mother's absence and certainly doesn't blame her doormat of a father, Brock, for the loss. But as time passes, Kat begins to come to grips with how deeply Eve's disappearance has affected her. Returning home on a break from college, she finds herself confronted with the truth about her mother's departure, and her own denial about the events surrounding it...

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrecomedy, short
    CountryUSA

    Charlie takes care of a man in a wheelchair.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, musical
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:32

    Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the rich playboy, discovers her there and helps her get a job in a real Broadway musical being directed by Patch. Tod thinks he can get what he wants from Janie, Patch thinks Janie is using her charms rather than talent to get to the top, and Janie thinks Patch is the greatest. Steve, the stage manager, has the Three Stooges helping him manage all the show girls. Fred Astaire and Nelson Eddy make appearances as famous Broadway personalities.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genredrama, music, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:30

    The story of legendary blues performer, Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and '30s.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Australia

    A spiritualist medium holds a seance for a writer suffering from writers block but accidentally summons the spirit of his deceased first wife which leads to an increasingly complex love triangle with his current wife of five years.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller
    CountryUSA

    When a group of astronomers calculate a star is on a course to slam into Earth, a few days before, it's accompanying planet will first pass close enough to the Earth to cause havoc on land and sea. They set about building a rocket so a few selected individuals can escape to the planet.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genremelodrama, drama, musical
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:55

    A beautiful singer and a battling priest try to reform a Barbary Coast saloon owner in the days before the big earthquake.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, film noir
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:52

    Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they're holding hostage.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrecomedy, musical
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:37

    The famous Captain Spaulding returns from Africa and attends a gala party where a valuable painting is stolen.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:34

    It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean starts falling for her mark. When Charles suspects Jean is a gold digger, he dumps her. Jean, fixated on revenge and still pining for the millionaire, devises a plan to get back in Charles' life. With love and payback on her mind, she re-introduces herself to Charles, this time as an aristocrat named Lady Eve Sidwich.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrehorror, documentary
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:28

    This historical and critical look at slasher films, which includes dozens of clips, begins with Halloween, Friday the 13th, and Prom Night. The films' directors, writers, producers, and special effects creators comment on the films' making and success. During the Reagan years, the films get gorier, budgets get smaller, and their appeal wanes. Then, Nightmare on Elm Street revives the genre. Jump to the late 90s, when Scream brings humor and TV stars into the mix.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:58

    Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances, including a writer, James Lee Bartlow; a star, Georgia Lorrison; and a director, Fred Amiel. He is a hard-driving, ambitious man who ruthlessly uses everyone on the way to becoming one of Hollywood's top movie makers.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, musical, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:06

    New York singer and nightclub owner Lady Lou has more men friends than you can imagine. One of them is a vicious criminal who’s escaped and is on the way to see “his” girl, not realising she hasn’t exactly been faithful in his absence. Help is at hand in the form of young Captain Cummings, a local temperance league leader.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA, Republic of Ireland
    Duration02:09

    An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genreaction, drama, military
    CountryUSA

    Germany, May 1945, deep in the Harz Mountains a U.S. tank crew discovers a platoon of Germans preparing to ambush U.S. supply trucks.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:44

    Princess Beatrice's days of enjoying the regal life are numbered unless her only daughter, Princess Alexandra, makes a good impression on a distant cousin when he pays a surprise visit to their palace. Prince Albert has searched all over Europe for a bride and he's bored by the whole courtship routine. He is more interested in the estate's dairy than Alexandra's rose garden. And then he starts playing football with the tutor and Alexandra's brothers. Invite the tutor to the ball that night and watch how gracefully Alexandra dances with him.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family, biography
    CountryAustralia, USA
    Duration01:32

    Based on the legendary true story of the Red Dog who united a disparate local community while roaming the Australian outback in search of his long lost master.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrethriller, drama, family, history
    CountryGermany, France, USA

    Two families attempt a daredevil plan to escape the GDR with a homemade hot air balloon, but it crashes just before the border. The Stasi finds traces of this attempt to escape and immediately starts investigations, while the two families are forced to build a new escape balloon. With each passing day the Stasi is closer on their heels – a nerve-wracking race against time begins.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrecomedy, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:19

    A comedic look at the life of Steve Jobs.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genremelodrama, drama, music, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:52

    Legendary trumpeter Art Hazzard teaches young Rick Martin everything he knows about playing, so Rick becomes a star musician, but a troubled marriage and the desire to play pure jazz instead of commercial swing songs cause him problems.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genremelodrama, musical
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:47

    On the day before Easter in 1911, Don Hewes is crushed when his dancing partner (and object of affection) Nadine Hale refuses to start a new contract with him. To prove Nadine's not important to him, Don acquires innocent new protegee Hannah Brown, vowing to make her a star in time for next year's Easter parade.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:42

    A man and woman share a telephone line and despise each other, but then he has fun by romancing her with his voice disguised.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genrecomedy, drama, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
    Duration02:00

    Based on a true story, the film is set in the summer of 1984 – when Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is on strike. At the Gay Pride March in London, a group of gay and lesbian activists decides to raise money to support the families of the striking miners. But there is a problem - the union seems embarrassed to receive their support. However the activists are not deterred. They decide to ignore the union and go direct to the miners. They identify a mining village of Onllwyn, in the Dulais Valley in Wales, and later set off in a mini bus to make their donation in person. And so begins the extraordinary story of two seemingly alien communities who form a surprising and ultimately triumphant partnership.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genreaction, drama, military
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:33

    The captain of a submarine sunk by the Japanese during WWII is finally given a chance to skipper another sub after a year of working a desk job. His singleminded determination for revenge against the destroyer that sunk his previous vessel puts his new crew in unneccessary danger.

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