Movies Set in the 1920s

Kinora's catalogue lists 34 films set in the 1920s, spanning 1927–2023. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.

Explore all films set in the 1920s →

1992
A River Runs Through It
Montana — 1900s · 1910s · 1920s
Ruraldir. Robert Redford
2022
Babylon
Los Angeles · New York City — 1920s · 1930s
Urbandir. Damien Chazelle
2008
Changeling
Los Angeles — 1920s · 1930s
Urbandir. Clint Eastwood
1981
Chariots of Fire
England · Scotland · Paris — 1920s · 1910s · 1970s
Urbandir. Hugh Hudson
1941
Citizen Kane
New York City — 1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s
Urbandir. Orson Welles
1931
City Lights
1920s
Urbandir. Charlie Chaplin
1993
Farewell My Concubine
Beijing — 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s
Urbandir. Chen Kaige
1991
Fried Green Tomatoes
Alabama · Birmingham · Valdosta — 1980s · 1920s
Ruraldir. Jon Avnet
1982
Gandhi
India · South Africa — 1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s
Urban · Ruraldir. Richard Attenborough
1962
Jules and Jim
Paris — 1910s · 1920s
Urbandir. François Truffaut
2023
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oklahoma — 1920s
Ruraldir. Martin Scorsese
1994
Legends of the Fall
Montana — 1910s · 1920s · 1960s
Rural · Wilderness · Mountaindir. Edward Zwick
2011
Midnight in Paris
Paris — 2010s · 1920s
Urbandir. Woody Allen
2002
Millennium Actress
Japan · Manchuria — 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 2000s
Urbandir. Satoshi Kon
1990
Miller's Crossing
1920s
Urbandir. Joel Coen
1984
Once Upon a Time in America
New York City — 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1960s
Urbandir. Sergio Leone
1992
Porco Rosso
Milan · Italy — 1920s · 1930s
Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Hayao Miyazaki
1991
Raise the Red Lantern
China — 1920s
Urbandir. Zhang Yimou
1981
Reds
New York City · Russia — 1910s · 1920s
Urbandir. Warren Beatty
2022
RRR
Delhi — 1920s
Urban · Wildernessdir. S. S. Rajamouli
1952
Singin' in the Rain
Los Angeles — 1920s
Urbandir. Gene Kelly
1959
Some Like It Hot
Chicago · Miami — 1920s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Billy Wilder
1927
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1920s
Rural · Coastal Seadir. F. W. Murnau
2011
The Artist
Los Angeles — 1920s
Urbandir. Michel Hazanavicius
2022
The Banshees of Inisherin
1920s
Island · Ruraldir. Martin McDonagh
1985
The Color Purple
Georgia — 1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s
Ruraldir. Steven Spielberg
1974
The Godfather Part II
New York City · Sicily · Las Vegas · Havana — 1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1940s · 1950s
Urban · Ruraldir. Francis Ford Coppola
2013
The Immigrant
New York City — 1920s
Urbandir. James Gray
2010
The King's Speech
London — 1920s · 1930s
Urbandir. Tom Hooper
2021
The Power of the Dog
Montana — 1920s
Ruraldir. Jane Campion
2013
The Wind Rises
Japan · Germany — 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s
Urban · Ruraldir. Hayao Miyazaki
2006
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Ireland — 1920s
Rural · Mountaindir. Ken Loach
2007
There Will Be Blood
California — 1900s · 1910s · 1920s
Ruraldir. Paul Thomas Anderson
1983
Zelig
Germany — 1920s · 1930s
Urbandir. Woody Allen

Frequently asked

How many movies are set in the 1920s?

Kinora's catalogue lists 34 films set in the 1920s, spanning 1927–2023.

What are some movies set in the 1920s?

Films set in the 1920s in our catalogue include A River Runs Through It (1992), Babylon (2022), Changeling (2008), Chariots of Fire (1981), and Citizen Kane (1941).

What is the oldest movie set in the 1920s?

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) is the earliest film set in the 1920s in our catalogue; the most recent is Killers of the Flower Moon (2023).