Films set in the 1930s

Lawrence of Arabia

Film Age rating: 9 Year: 1962 IMDB Rating: 8.3

The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in th...

Find out more, including where to buy or rent Lawrence of Arabia

To Kill a Mockingbird

Film Age rating: 9 Year: 1962 IMDB Rating: 8.3

Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When At...

Find out more, including where to buy or rent To Kill a Mockingbird

Citizen Kane

Film Age rating: 9 Year: 1941 IMDB Rating: 8.3

Newspaper magnate, Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for th...

Find out more, including where to buy or rent Citizen Kane

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1932 IMDB Rating: 8.2

A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s falsely convicted of a crime and sent to work on a chai...

Find out more, including where to buy or rent I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

Paper Moon

Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1973 IMDB Rating: 8.1

During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl—who may or may not be his daughter—and the two forge an unlikely partnership.

Find out more, including where to buy or rent Paper Moon

Papillon

Film Age rating: 15 Year: 1973 IMDB Rating: 8

A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.

Find out more, including where to buy or rent Papillon

The Imitation Game

Film Age rating: 11 Year: 2014 IMDB Rating: 8

Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Govern...

Find out more, including where to buy or rent The Imitation Game

Gandhi

Film Age rating: 7 Year: 1982 IMDB Rating: 8

In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the...

Find out more, including where to buy or rent Gandhi