[Req] Roaring Twenties Themed Movies

FrCrilly

Hi All,

I’m putting together a shopping list of movies based on the Roaring Twenties era. The kind of themes I’m looking for include:

Prohibition/Speak Easy Culture/ The Jazz Age
Stock Market Culture (“Everyone ought to be rich”)
American Optimism for the future
Glamourous City Lifestyle (Pin Striped Suits)
American home lifestyle/consumerism (“What will they think of next?”)

The most obvious example I have so far is James Cagney’s 1939 film “The Roaring Twenties”. [Other examples may include gangster films such as Scarface (1932) and Little Caesar (1931) however I am not exclusively looking for gangster films]

If anyone can recommend any others, I’m all ears.

Thanks In Advance for all responses

JP Liz

Bright Young Things

Nolanger

Bugsy Malone
Cotton Club
Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
St Valentine's Day Massacre

mike65

Thoroughly Modern Millie

Mike

SpitfireIV

'Road to Perdition'? But I think that after the Wall Street Crash, not roaring 20's so, but still has that theme running in it.


'Millers Crossing'

Havent seen it, but I believe 'The Aviator' is set around this period?

How about 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit'? :P

There are some more movies with this theme rattling around in my head, they'll come to me later....

Tomohawk

They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)

Of Men and Mice. (1939) (1992)

The Great Gatsby (1974)