Los Angeles, 1958: a detective holes up in a downtown hotel awaiting killers to come get him. During the course of one night he will meet various occupants of the hotel and the truth of how he came to be in his present situation will be revealed.

The Front Line

2011

Korean

7.3

♡ 14

71%

Hun Jang Director

Jo Min-ho as 2P radio soldier

Ok-bin Kim as Cha Tae-kyeong

Lee Jehoon as Shin Il-Young

Seo Joon-Yeol as Tobacco soldier

In 1951 ceasefire is declared, but two remaining armies fought their final battle on the front line Towards the end of the Korean War, a South Korean battalion is fiercely battling over a hill on the front line border against the North in order to capture a strategic point that would determine the new border between two nations. The ownership of this small patch of land would swap multiple times each day. Kang is dispatched to the front line in order to investigate the tacit case that’s been happening there.

BAB

2020

English

5.6

♡ 3

Joe DeBoer Director

Sarah Dumont as Bab

Robert Miano as Bascum

David Willis as Emmett

Maite Garcia as The Limbless Woman

In a dying 1950s town, a mysterious traveler propositions a young farmhand, Donnie, to help take down the town's tyrannical leader in exchange for the release of Donnie's mother from a primitive mind-rehabilitation center.

Color Adjustment

1992

English

7.4

♡ 1

80%

Marlon Riggs Director

David L. Wolper as Self

Sheldon Leonard as Self

Bruce Paltrow as Self

Steven Bochco as Self

From Amos 'n' Andy to Nat King Cole, from Roots to The Cosby Show, black people have played many roles on primetime television. Brilliantly weaving clips from classic TV shows with commentary from TV producers, black actors and scholars, Marlon Riggs blends humor, insight, and thoughtful analysis to explore the evolution of black/white relations as reflected by America's favorite addiction.

Ach spij kochanie

2017

Polish

5.6

♡ 2

Krzysztof Lang Director

Radoslaw Krzyzowski as Investigator

Tomasz Schuchardt as Karski

Ireneusz Czop as Major Gawlina

Krzysztof Zawadzki as Spanish Mustache

After a spate of mysterious disappearances in 1950s Kraków, young investigator Karski believes he's on the trail of a vicious serial killer. When his investigation points to wealthy and respected playboy Wladyslaw Mazurkiewicz,Karski finds himself up against his own supervisors, a mysterious woman and the hypnotic charms of Beautiful Wladek himself.

Saint Ange

2004

French

5.0

♡ 22

Pascal Laugier Director

Marin Chouquet as Alex

Virginie Ledoyen as Anna Jurin

Lou Doillon as Judith

Eric Prat as Le responsable des services sociaux

In 1958, in the French Alp, the young servant Anna Jurin arrives in Saint Ange Orphanage to work with Helena while the orphans moved to new families. Anna, who is secretly pregnant, meets the last orphan, Judith, left behind because of her mental problems, and they become closer when Anna find that Judith also hear voices and footsteps of children.

Women Without Men

2009

Persian

6.3

♡ 8

73%

Shirin Neshat Director

Bijan Daneshmand as Abbas

Navid Navid as Ali

Essa Zahir as Amir Khan

Nader Farman as Babak

Against the tumultuous backdrop of Iran's 1953 CIA-backed coup d'état, the destinies of four women converge in a beautiful orchard garden, where they find independence, solace and companionship.

Black and White

2002

English

6.7

♡ 4

33%

australian aboriginal

Craig Lahiff Director

Robert Carlyle as David O'Sullivan

Natasha Wanganeen as Extra

Penne Hackforth-Jones as Mrs. Aston

Charles Dance as Roderic Chamberlain

Australia, 1958. When a nine year old white girl is found murdered, police are quick to arrest illiterate Aborigine, Max Stuart. Under interrogation Max admits to the killing. With a legal system compromised by intimidation tactics, the skills of his two gifted but naïve defense lawyers are put to the test.

Eros

2004

English

5.9

♡ 20

33%

Steven Soderbergh Director

Alan Arkin as Dr. Pearl / Hal

Enrica Antonioni as Guest at the Restaurant Li Gong

Li Gong as Miss Hua

Robert Downey Jr. as Nick Penrose

A three-part anthology about love and sexuality: it features three different tales of passion. In "The Hand," young tailor Zhang (Chen Chang) is attracted to high-priced prostitute Miss Hua (Gong Li). Next is "Equilibrium," in which stressed businessman Nick (Robert Downey Jr.) explains his problems to unhelpful therapist Dr. Pearl (Alan Arkin). Finally, "The Dangerous Thread of Things" examines the relationship problems of Christopher (Christopher Buchholz) and Chloe (Regina Nemni), a couple on vacation in Tuscany.

Savage Dog

2017

English

5.0

♡ 114

71%

Jesse V. Johnson Director

Dennis Keiffer as Fighter

Matthew Marsden as Harrison

Scott Adkins as Martin

Keith David as Valentine

A story set in Indochina in 1959, a lawless land controlled by the criminal class: Vietnamese warlords and European war-criminals. Den-Dhin-Chan Labor Camp is run by four such dangerous men. The worst prison in the land, it is here that an Irish, former-champion boxer Martin Tillman has made a name for himself fighting tournaments, on which wealthy criminals gamble in high stakes events. When Tillman is due for release, he just wants to return home, but the corrupt forces running the jail will do everything in their power to keep him locked down. When all that Tillman holds dear is taken away in a vicious act of violence, he is forced to confront the men responsible and take his revenge. The birth of a legend.

Daniel

1983

English

6.6

♡ 5

43%

based on novel or book

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

Sidney Lumet Director

Daniel Stern as Artie Sternlicht

Colin Stinton as Dale

Norman Parker as East Bronx Children's Shelter Director

Alan Manson as Isaacson Rally Speaker

The fictionalized story of Daniel, the son of Paul and Rochelle Isaacson, who were executed as Soviet spies in the 1950s. As a graduate student in New York in the 1960s, Daniel is involved in the antiwar protest movement and contrasts his experiences to the memory of his parents and his belief that they were wrongfully convicted.

No Surrender

2018

Arabic

5.6

♡ 74

62%

Peter Mimi Director

Mostafa Khater as Asforh

Scott Adkins as The Crazy One

Amir Karara as Youssef EL Masry

Ghadah Abdulrazeq as Zauba

Alexandria, Egypt, 1940. Three young Egyptians come to the aid of a woman being attacked by three British soldiers. One of them is arrested and thrown in jail. When the military surrounds the police station and begins an all-out assault, it's up to one man, Gen. Youssef al-Masri, to defend his prison and protect his people.

Mariana, Mariana

1987

Spanish

7.1

♡ 2

62%

Alberto Isaac Director

Pedro Armendáriz Jr. as Carlos

Saby Kamalich as Carlos' Mother

Héctor Ortega as Priest

Dinorah Corti as Rosa Maria

The story runs in the 1940s Mexico City. A schoolboy (Carlos) falls in love with his best friend's mother (Mariana). Carlos is impressed because this family is not like the ordinary mexican families of the time, because they have many expensive American things, although they are not rich. The drama begins when Carlos gets out of school to go to declare his love to Mariana, and is discovered by his teachers.

Hair High

2004

English

6.7

♡ 7

75%

Bill Plympton Director

Peter Jason as Coach

Justin Long as Dwayne

Keith Carradine as JoJo

Dermot Mulroney as Rod

Rod and Cherri are the unmistakable king and queen of Echo High. When new kid Spud arrives, he makes a faux pas so bad that Rod forces him to be his girl's slave. What unfolds is the tale of Cherri and Spud's blossoming relationship behind Rod's back, and their untimely demise on the night of the prom. A tale of tragedy that could only be as irreverent and sensational through the pen (or pencils, if you will) of Bill Plympton.

Sweetwater

2023

English

6.1

♡ 7

26%

national basketball association (nba)

nba

Sport

Martin Guigui Director

Jim Meskimen as Desk Clerk

Jeremy Piven as Joe Lapchick

Eric Roberts as Judd

Jim Caviezel as Sports Writer

In 1990 Chicago, a taxi driver recounts to his passenger, a sportswriter, his life story. He reveals himself to be Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton, one of the first African Americans to play in the NBA.

Monstrous

2022

English

4.7

♡ 52

55%

63%

1950s

1957 chevy station wagom

Chris Sivertson Director

Carol Anne Watts as Jane

Christina Ricci as Laura

Lew Temple as Mr. Alonzo

Darin Cooper as Tow Truck Driver

Laura, traumatized by an abusive relationship, runs away from her former husband with her seven-year-old son Cody. But in their new, idyllic and remote sanctuary, they find they have another, bigger and more terrifying monster to deal with…

Sweet Dreams

1985

English

7.0

♡ 2

90%

Karel Reisz Director

Ed Harris as Charlie Dick

Ann Wedgeworth as Hilda Hensley

John Goodman as Otis

Jessica Lange as Patsy Cline

The story of Patsy Cline, the velvet-voiced country music singer who died in a tragic plane crash at the height of her fame.

Chronicle of My Mother

2011

Japanese

7.2

♡ 3

1950s

based on memoir or autobiography

Drama

emotionally distant

forgetfulness

semi autobiographical

Masato Harada Director

Tateto Serizawa as (as Okito Serizawa)

Rentarô Mikuni as Hayato

Tomomi Satô as Nipponmaru sailor

Takahiro Miura as Segawa

Best-selling novelist Kosaku Igami has made a career out of using his family as fodder for his novels, much to their dismay. When his mother, the spirited family matriarch, is diagnosed with dementia, Igami must come to terms with the toll his own behavior has taken on his increasingly distant family and resolve his own long-simmering resentments. Evocative of classic Ozu, this gorgeously wrought epic family portrait explores the tenderness and trappings of familial bonds.

The Bookshop

2017

English

6.5

♡ 21

57%

based on novel or book

Isabel Coixet Director

Bill Nighy as Edmund Brundish

Emily Mortimer as Florence Green

James Lance as Milo North

Patricia Clarkson as Violet Gamart

Set in a small English town in 1959, a woman decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop, a decision which becomes a political minefield.

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