Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "20th-century"

1. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024)

R | 120 min | Action, Drama, War

The British military recruits a small group of highly skilled soldiers to strike against German forces behind enemy lines during World War II.

Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Henry Cavill, Alan Ritchson, Alex Pettyfer, Eiza González

Votes: 34,544

2. Madame Web (2024)

PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Cassandra Webb is a New York metropolis paramedic who begins to demonstrate signs of clairvoyance. Forced to challenge revelations about her past, she needs to safeguard three young women from a deadly adversary who wants them destroyed.

Director: S.J. Clarkson | Stars: Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced, Celeste O'Connor

Votes: 65,468

3. The Apprentice (2024)

120 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of how a young Donald Trump started his real estate business in 1970s and 80s New York with the helping hand of infamous lawyer Roy Cohn.

Director: Ali Abbasi | Stars: Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong, Maria Bakalova, Martin Donovan

4. 3 Body Problem (2024– )

TV-MA | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

A fateful decision made in 1960s China reverberates in the present, where a group of scientists partner with a detective to confront an existential planetary threat.

Stars: Jovan Adepo, Liam Cunningham, Eiza González, Jess Hong

Votes: 116,095

5. X-Men '97 (2024– )

TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A band of mutants use their uncanny gifts to protect a world that hates and fears them; they're challenged like never before, forced to face a dangerous and unexpected new future.

Stars: George Buza, Cal Dodd, Holly Chou, Ray Chase

Votes: 25,953

6. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

This series follows the Special Victims Unit, a specially trained squad of detectives in the New York City Police Department that investigate sexually related crimes.

Stars: Mariska Hargitay, Christopher Meloni, Ice-T, Dann Florek

Votes: 126,129

7. Unfrosted (2024)

PG-13 | 97 min | Biography, Comedy, History

In 1963 Michigan, business rivals Kellogg's and Post compete to create a cake that could change breakfast forever.

Director: Jerry Seinfeld | Stars: Isaac Bae, Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rickett, Rachael Harris

Votes: 23,713

8. Supernatural (2005–2020)

TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Two brothers follow their father's footsteps as hunters, fighting evil supernatural beings of many kinds, including monsters, demons, and gods that roam the earth.

Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Jim Beaver, Misha Collins

Votes: 485,067

9. The Sopranos (1999– )

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama

New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano deals with personal and professional issues in his home and business life that affect his mental state, leading him to seek professional psychiatric counseling.

Stars: James Gandolfini, Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco, Michael Imperioli

Votes: 475,030

10. True Detective (2014– )

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Anthology series in which police investigations unearth the personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within and outside the law.

Stars: Vince Vaughn, Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch

Votes: 659,473

11. The Sympathizer (2024)

TV-MA | Comedy, Drama, History

Near the end of the Vietnam War, a plant who was embedded in the South Vietnam army flees to the United States and takes up residence in a refugee community where he continues to secretly spy and report back to the Viet Cong.

Stars: Hoa Xuande, Robert Downey Jr., Fred Nguyen Khan, Vy Le

Votes: 3,426

12. Mad Max (1979)

R | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

In a self-destructing world, a vengeful Australian policeman sets out to stop a violent motorcycle gang.

Director: George Miller | Stars: Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley

Votes: 225,969 | Gross: $8.75M

13. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2019– )

TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A family is attacked by demons and only two members survive - Tanjiro and his sister Nezuko, who is turning into a demon slowly. Tanjiro sets out to become a demon slayer to avenge his family and cure his sister.

Stars: Natsuki Hanae, Zach Aguilar, Abby Trott, Akari Kitô

Votes: 150,288

14. A Gentleman in Moscow (2024)

TV-14 | 55 min | Drama, History, Thriller

A Russian aristocrat is spared from death and placed on house arrest while the Bolshevik Revolution plays out before him.

Stars: Ewan McGregor, Johnny Harris, Leah Harvey, John Heffernan

Votes: 5,620

15. Oppenheimer (I) (2023)

R | 180 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.

Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr.

Votes: 745,454 | Gross: $326.11M

16. Outlander (2014– )

TV-MA | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Claire Beauchamp Randall, a nurse in World War II, mysteriously goes back in time to Scotland in 1743. There, she meets a dashing Highland warrior and gets drawn into an epic rebellion.

Stars: Caitríona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Sophie Skelton, Richard Rankin

Votes: 179,941

17. Godzilla Minus One (2023)

PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Post war Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster, baptized in the horrific power of the atomic bomb.

Director: Takashi Yamazaki | Stars: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Sakura Andô, Rikako Miura

Votes: 78,946

18. Peaky Blinders (2013–2022)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama

A gangster family epic set in 1900s England, centering on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby.

Stars: Cillian Murphy, Paul Anderson, Sophie Rundle, Helen McCrory

Votes: 654,653

19. Them (2021– )

TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

Anthology horror series with varying characters and locations by season, featuring different aspects of the horror genre.

Stars: Deborah Ayorinde, Ashley Thomas, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Alison Pill

Votes: 27,875

20. Fargo (2014– )

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Various chronicles of deception, intrigue, and murder in and around frozen Minnesota. All of these tales mysteriously lead back one way or another to Fargo, North Dakota.

Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Martin Freeman, Allison Tolman, Colin Hanks

Votes: 423,679

21. The Crown (2016–2023)

TV-MA | 60 min | Biography, Drama, History

Follows the political rivalries and romances of Queen Elizabeth II's reign and the events that shaped Britain for the second half of the 20th century.

Stars: Claire Foy, Olivia Colman, Imelda Staunton, Matt Smith

Votes: 257,863

22. X (II) (2022)

R | 105 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the crew find themselves fighting for their lives.

Director: Ti West | Stars: Mia Goth, Jenna Ortega, Brittany Snow, Kid Cudi

Votes: 175,948 | Gross: $11.77M

23. Midsomer Murders (1997– )

TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A veteran Detective Chief Inspector and his young Sergeant investigate murders around the regional community of Midsomer County.

Stars: John Nettles, Jane Wymark, Barry Jackson, Neil Dudgeon

Votes: 39,691

24. Law & Order (1990– )

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

New York's finest police detectives and prosecutors fight to make the city a safer place. With integrity as the guiding force from investigation to verdict, the teams weigh every perspective in their commitment to finding justice.

Stars: Jerry Orbach, Jesse L. Martin, Dennis Farina, Sam Waterston

Votes: 44,907

25. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

R | 142 min | Drama

Over the course of several years, two convicts form a friendship, seeking consolation and, eventually, redemption through basic compassion.

Director: Frank Darabont | Stars: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler

Votes: 2,900,007 | Gross: $28.34M

26. Seinfeld (1989–1998)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy

The continuing misadventures of neurotic New York City stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his equally neurotic New York City friends.

Stars: Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards, Jason Alexander

Votes: 353,122

27. The Wire (2002–2008)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

The Baltimore drug scene, as seen through the eyes of drug dealers and law enforcement.

Stars: Dominic West, Lance Reddick, Sonja Sohn, Wendell Pierce

Votes: 379,547

28. South Park (1997– )

TV-MA | 22 min | Animation, Comedy

Follows the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado.

Stars: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Isaac Hayes, Mona Marshall

Votes: 407,117

29. Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar (2024– )

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, History, Romance

Sanjay Leela Bhansali brings his majestic signature flair to stories of love and betrayal in the lives of courtesans in pre-independence India.

Stars: Manisha Koirala, Sonakshi Sinha, Aditi Rao Hydari, Richa Chadha

Votes: 25,593

30. Band of Brothers (2001)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, History, War

The story of Easy Company of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division and their mission in World War II Europe, from Operation Overlord to V-J Day.

Stars: Scott Grimes, Damian Lewis, Ron Livingston, Shane Taylor

Votes: 530,287

31. Golden Kamuy (2024)

127 min | Action, Adventure, History

In the early 20th century in Hokkaido, Japan, a treasure hunt between various parties takes place for a hidden stash of gold.

Director: Shigeaki Kubo | Stars: Kento Yamazaki, Anna Yamada, Yûma Yamoto, Gordon Maeda

Votes: 978

32. The Zone of Interest (2023)

PG-13 | 105 min | Drama, History, War

Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his wife Hedwig strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden beside the camp.

Director: Jonathan Glazer | Stars: Christian Friedel, Sandra Hüller, Johann Karthaus, Luis Noah Witte

Votes: 92,181

33. Archer (2009–2023)

TV-MA | 22 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

Covert black ops and espionage take a back seat to zany personalities and relationships between secret agents and drones.

Stars: H. Jon Benjamin, Judy Greer, Amber Nash, Chris Parnell

Votes: 166,462

34. The Bikeriders (2023)

R | 116 min | Crime, Drama

After a chance encounter, headstrong Kathy is drawn to Benny, member of Midwestern motorcycle club the Vandals. As the club transforms into a dangerous underworld of violence, Benny must choose between Kathy and his loyalty to the club.

Director: Jeff Nichols | Stars: Jodie Comer, Austin Butler, Tom Hardy, Michael Shannon

Votes: 1,285

35. Masters of the Air (2024)

TV-MA | 56 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

During World War II, five miles above the ground and behind enemy lines, ten men inside an aluminum bomber known as a "Flying Fortress" battle antiaircraft fire and unrelenting flocks of German fighters.

Stars: Callum Turner, Anthony Boyle, Austin Butler, Darragh Cowley

Votes: 46,467

36. Pearl (2022)

R | 103 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

In 1918, a young woman on the brink of madness pursues stardom in a desperate attempt to escape the drudgery, isolation, and lovelessness of life on her parents' farm.

Director: Ti West | Stars: Mia Goth, David Corenswet, Tandi Wright, Matthew Sunderland

Votes: 99,321 | Gross: $9.42M

37. Titanic (1997)

PG-13 | 194 min | Drama, Romance

A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.

Director: James Cameron | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates

Votes: 1,285,550 | Gross: $659.33M

38. Chernobyl (2019)

TV-MA | 41 min | Drama, History, Thriller

In April 1986, the city of Chernobyl in the Soviet Union suffers one of the worst nuclear disasters in the history of mankind. Consequently, many heroes put their lives on the line in the following days, weeks and months.

Stars: Jessie Buckley, Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, Adam Nagaitis

Votes: 871,747

39. Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)

R | 206 min | Crime, Drama, History

When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one - until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons

Votes: 244,980

40. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A young woman, destined to slay vampires, demons and other infernal creatures, deals with her life fighting evil, with the help of her friends.

Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, Anthony Head

Votes: 160,276

41. Perry Mason (1957–1966)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The trials of a master criminal defense attorney handling the most difficult cases in support of the innocent.

Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, Ray Collins

Votes: 11,945

42. Wonka (2023)

PG | 116 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

With dreams of opening a shop in a city renowned for its chocolate, a young and poor Willy Wonka discovers that the industry is run by a cartel of greedy chocolatiers.

Director: Paul King | Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Gustave Die, Murray McArthur, Paul G. Raymond

Votes: 146,160 | Gross: $218.40M

43. Murder, She Wrote (1984–1996)

TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Professional writer and amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher uses her intellect, charm, and persistence to get to the bottom of every crime she encounters.

Stars: Angela Lansbury, William Windom, Ron Masak, Louis Herthum

Votes: 29,445

44. ER (1994–2009)

TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Romance

The doctors who work in the ER at the County General Hospital in Chicago grapple with ups and downs in their personal and professional lives while trying to give apt medical care to their patients.

Stars: Anthony Edwards, George Clooney, Julianna Margulies, Eriq La Salle

Votes: 68,005

45. Mad Men (2007–2015)

TV-MA | 45 min | Drama

A drama about one of New York's most prestigious ad agencies at the beginning of the 1960s, focusing on one of the firm's most mysterious but extremely talented ad executives, Donald Draper.

Stars: Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, January Jones

Votes: 261,492

46. Ferrari (2023)

R | 130 min | Biography, Drama, History

Set in the summer of 1957, with Enzo Ferrari's auto empire in crisis, the ex-racer turned entrepreneur pushes himself and his drivers to the edge as they launch into the Mille Miglia, a treacherous 1,000-mile race across Italy.

Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Adam Driver, Shailene Woodley, Giuseppe Festinese, Alessandro Cremona

Votes: 46,325

47. Yellowjackets (2021– )

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A wildly talented girls high school soccer team become the unlucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the Canadian wilderness.

Stars: Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown

Votes: 86,757

48. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

R | 180 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime

Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey

Votes: 1,590,524 | Gross: $116.90M

49. Dark Waters (2019)

PG-13 | 126 min | Biography, Drama, History

A corporate defense attorney takes on an environmental lawsuit against a chemical company that exposes a lengthy history of pollution.

Director: Todd Haynes | Stars: Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins, Bill Pullman

Votes: 104,374

50. Inglourious Basterds (2009)

R | 153 min | Adventure, Drama, War

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.

Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth, Mélanie Laurent

Votes: 1,591,117 | Gross: $120.54M