Movies Set in the 1950s
Kinora's catalogue lists 77 films set in the 1950s, spanning 1950–2024. 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.
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- 1957
12 Angry Men
Urbandir. Sidney Lumet - 1991
A Brighter Summer Day
Urbandir. Edward Yang - 1959
Anatomy of a Murder
Ruraldir. Otto Preminger - 1987
Angel Heart
Urbandir. Alan Parker - 1985
Back to the Future
Suburbandir. Robert Zemeckis - 1989
Back to the Future Part II
Suburbandir. Robert Zemeckis - 1974
Badlands
Rural · Wildernessdir. Terrence Malick - 2003
Big Fish
Ruraldir. Tim Burton - 1996
Big Night
Coastal Seadir. Stanley Tucci - 2015
Bridge of Spies
Urbandir. Steven Spielberg - 2005
Capote
Ruraldir. Bennett Miller - 2000
Chocolat
Ruraldir. Lasse Hallström - 1988
Cinema Paradiso
Rural · Urbandir. Giuseppe Tornatore - 1980
Coal Miner's Daughter
Ruraldir. Michael Apted - 2018
Cold War
Urban · Ruraldir. Paweł Pawlikowski - 1967
Cool Hand Luke
Ruraldir. Stuart Rosenberg - 1989
Dead Poets Society
Ruraldir. Peter Weir - 1982
Diner
Urbandir. Barry Levinson - 1989
Driving Miss Daisy
Urbandir. Bruce Beresford - 1994
Ed Wood
Urbandir. Tim Burton - 2002
Far from Heaven
Suburbandir. Todd Haynes - 1993
Farewell My Concubine
Urbandir. Chen Kaige - 1994
Forrest Gump
Rural · Urban · Coastal Seadir. Robert Zemeckis - 2005
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Urbandir. George Clooney - 1990
GoodFellas
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 2016
Hidden Figures
Urbandir. Theodore Melfi - 1959
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Urbandir. Alain Resnais - 1986
Hoosiers
Ruraldir. David Anspaugh - 1952
Ikiru
Urbandir. Akira Kurosawa - 2014
Jersey Boys
Urbandir. Clint Eastwood - 2009
Julie & Julia
Urbandir. Nora Ephron - 1997
L.A. Confidential
Urbandir. Curtis Hanson - 1954
La Strada
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Federico Fellini - 2016
Loving
Ruraldir. Jeff Nichols - 1992
Malcolm X
Urbandir. Spike Lee - 2016
Maudie
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Aisling Walsh - 1988
My Neighbor Totoro
Ruraldir. Hayao Miyazaki - 1959
North by Northwest
Urban · Ruraldir. Alfred Hitchcock - 1999
October Sky
Rural · Undergrounddir. Joe Johnston - 1954
On the Waterfront
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Elia Kazan - 2023
Oppenheimer
Desert · Urbandir. Christopher Nolan - 2017
Phantom Thread
Urbandir. Paul Thomas Anderson - 1959
Pickpocket
Urbandir. Robert Bresson - 1960
Psycho
Ruraldir. Alfred Hitchcock - 1980
Raging Bull
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 1954
Rear Window
Urbandir. Alfred Hitchcock - 1996
Shine
Suburban · Urbandir. Scott Hicks - 2010
Shutter Island
Islanddir. Martin Scorsese - 1986
Stand by Me
Ruraldir. Rob Reiner - 1950
Sunset Boulevard
Urbandir. Billy Wilder - 1959
The 400 Blows
Urban · Coastal Seadir. François Truffaut - 1966
The Battle of Algiers
Urbandir. Gillo Pontecorvo - 2024
The Brutalist
Urbandir. Brady Corbet - 2017
The Death of Stalin
Urbandir. Armando Iannucci - 2022
The Fabelmans
Suburban · Urbandir. Steven Spielberg - 2016
The Founder
Suburbandir. John Lee Hancock - 1972
The Godfather
Urbandir. Francis Ford Coppola - 1974
The Godfather Part II
Urban · Ruraldir. Francis Ford Coppola - 2019
The Irishman
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 1999
The Iron Giant
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Brad Bird - 1971
The Last Picture Show
Ruraldir. Peter Bogdanovich - 1979
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Urban · Suburbandir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder - 2012
The Master
Urbandir. Paul Thomas Anderson - 2004
The Motorcycle Diaries
Mountain · Desert · Ruraldir. Walter Salles - 1994
The Postman
Island · Coastal Seadir. Michael Radford - 1983
The Right Stuff
Desert · Off Worlddir. Philip Kaufman - 1994
The Shawshank Redemption
Urbandir. Frank Darabont - 1999
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Anthony Minghella - 2011
The Tree of Life
Suburban · Off Worlddir. Terrence Malick - 1964
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Jacques Demy - 1953
The Wages of Fear
Desert · Wildernessdir. Henri-Georges Clouzot - 1994
To Live
Ruraldir. Zhang Yimou - 1953
Tokyo Story
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Yasujirō Ozu - 1958
Touch of Evil
Urbandir. Orson Welles - 1958
Vertigo
Urbandir. Alfred Hitchcock - 2005
Walk the Line
Rural · Urbandir. James Mangold - 1957
Wild Strawberries
Ruraldir. Ingmar Bergman
Frequently asked
How many movies are set in the 1950s?
Kinora's catalogue lists 77 films set in the 1950s, spanning 1950–2024.
What are some movies set in the 1950s?
Films set in the 1950s in our catalogue include 12 Angry Men (1957), A Brighter Summer Day (1991), Anatomy of a Murder (1959), Angel Heart (1987), and Back to the Future (1985).
What is the oldest movie set in the 1950s?
Sunset Boulevard (1950) is the earliest film set in the 1950s in our catalogue; the most recent is The Brutalist (2024).