Tagged: set in the 1970s

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2010s / Drama / Musical

Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

Taking its title from what has become Queen’s most defining song, Bohemian Rhapsody is a biopic docudrama that examines the professional and personal life of Freddie Mercury, from his humble origins to becoming the...

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2010s / Comedy / Drama / Thriller

BlacKkKlansman (2018)

Spike Lee co-writes and directs this comedic drama that, like many of Spike’s films, dips back to the past to comment on the present day. In BlacKkKlansman, based on Ron Stallworth’s memoirs, published in 2014...

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2010s / Drama / Thriller

Bullitt County (2018)

Set in 1977, a few longtime friends gather together for a bachelor party of sorts for recovering alcoholic Vietnam vet Gordie (Mike C. Nelson, Minutes Past Midnight), taking a trip they’ve taken in their...

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2010s / Drama

The Post (2017)

Set in Washington DC in 1971, The Post covers the local newspaper, the Washington Post, who end up the recipients of what would come to be known as the Pentagon Papers, which is a top-secret government...

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2010s / Action / Comedy / Thriller

Free Fire (2016)

The premise of Free Fire is high concept, so much so that some people will immediately like the film just for that concept alone, regardless of whether it actually makes for a compelling way to tell...

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Action / Adventure / Fantasy / War

Kong: Skull Island (2017)

A quintessential popcorn flick, Kong: Skull Island doesn’t try to go deep with important themes or get entrenched in lots of set-up or explanation, built on the premise that audiences want lots of action and humor...

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2010s / Comedy / Drama

20th Century Women (2016)

Mike Mills writes and directs this textured semi-autobiographical drama, set in Santa Barbara in 1979 after the women’s liberation movement and free love have made way for a bohemian existence for the laid-back seaside...

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2010s / Action / Drama / Thriller / War

’71 (2014)

At its heart, ’71 is a standard caught-behind-enemy-lines story of someone trying desperately to make it back home alive, yet encountering trouble at seemingly every turn.  The sparsely worded script by Gregory Burke ups the...