Highest-Rated Movies about '20th Century', Sort by Popularity

Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story (2015), Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things (2019), Mike Wallace Is Here (2019), Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962), Forgiving Dr. Mengele (2006), Baadasssss! (2003), Larger Than Life: The Kevyn Aucoin Story (2017), The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story (2009) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best 20th Century movies.

#16. Wyeth (2018)

Storyline: WYETH tells the story of one of America's most popular, but least understood, artists. While his exhibitions routinely broke attendance records, art world critics continually assaulted his work. Through unprecedented access to Wyeth family members, archival materials, and his work, WYETH presents the most complete portrait of the artist ever - bearing witness to a legacy just at the moment it is evolving.

Plot Keywords: artist, painter, son, curator, interviewee, neighbor, inspiring ...

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#18. The Barrel of a Gun (2010)

Storyline: In 1981, black journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal was arrested for the murder of white Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner and was convicted of it in 1982. More than 25 years later, the case continues to spark controversy around the world, inspiring documentaries, books and intense debate. as the world's most celebrated death row inmate keeps his silence on his version of what actually happened in the middle of cold December night on a dark Philadelphia street.—Jennifer Treichler

Plot Keywords: songwriter, brother, coworker, friend, musician, inspiring, fascinating ...

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#19. The Sparks Brothers (2021)

Storyline: Growing up in the '60s, Los Angeles brothers Ron and Russell got by on a heavy diet of popcorn matinees and pop music until the spotlight of school talent shows illuminated their way on a musical journey as the Sparks and spawned 25 studio albums. Edgar Wright's vision brings five decades of invention to life through animations and interviews, digging deeply into the band's rich, career-spanning archival.—Sundance Film Festival

Plot Keywords: fan, musician, brother, celebrity, music lover, eccentric, fascinating ...

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#21. Listen to Me Marlon (2015)

Storyline: With exclusive access to his extraordinary unseen and unheard personal archive including hundreds of hours of audio recorded over the course of his life, this is the definitive Marlon Brando cinema documentary. Charting his exceptional career as an actor and his extraordinary life away from the stage and screen with Brando himself as your guide, the film will fully explore the complexities of the man by telling the story uniquely from Marlon's perspective, entirely in his own voice. No talking heads, no interviewees, just Brando on Brando and life.

Plot Keywords: actor, director, powerful, unrestrained, striking, united states, recordings ...

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#23. How to Draw a Bunny (2002)

Storyline: The cartoon rabbit that was artist Ray Johnson's signature serves as the inspiration for the title of this documentary that examines the work, life and untimely death of this one-of-a-kind artist. Interviews of fellow contemporary artists like Christo and Billy Name shine a light on the professional work and private life of Johnson, while archival video shows him in his element creating his unique artwork that combined everything from Pop Art images, rubber stamps and collage.

Plot Keywords: artist, quirky, somber, offbeat, united states, new york city, art ...

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#24. Sin City (2005)

Storyline: Four tales of crime adapted from Frank Miller's popular comics, focusing around a muscular brute who's looking for the person responsible for the death of his beloved Goldie, a man fed up with Sin City's corrupt law enforcement who takes the law into his own hands after a horrible mistake, a cop who risks his life to protect a girl from a deformed pedophile, and a hitman looking to make a little cash.

Plot Keywords: thug, tough guy, ex-convict, vigilante, girlfriend, killer, brutal ...

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#25. I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal (2007)

Storyline: After surviving the horrors of the Holocaust, architect Simon Wiesenthal dedicated the rest of his life to hunting down Nazis who escaped prosecution after the war. This documentary details his life and his work with the American War Crimes Unit, which tracked down more than 1,000 Nazi war criminals with his help. In interviews, various world leaders and Wiesenthal's friends discuss the motivations for his work, and how he manages to succeed even when facing seemingly insurmountable odds.

Plot Keywords: engineer, war criminal, nazi, holocaust survivor, friend, inspiring, incredible ...

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#26. Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind (2018)

Storyline: This intimate portrait examines one of the world's most beloved and inventive comedians. Told largely through Robin's own voice and using a wealth of never-before-seen archival footage, the film examines his extraordinary life and career and reveals the spark of madness that drove him.

Plot Keywords: actor, comedian, family, interviewee, inspiring, charming, cheeky ...

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#27. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003)

Storyline: In the midst of the Korean wilderness, a Buddhist master patiently raises a young boy to grow up in wisdom and compassion, through experience and endless exercises. Once the pupil discovers his sexual lust, he seems lost to contemplative life and follows his first love, but soon fails to adapt to the modern world, gets in jail for a crime of passion and returns to the master in search of spiritual redemption and reconciliation with karma, at a high price of physical catharsis...

Plot Keywords: monk, woman, mentor, boy, emotional, engaging, moving ...

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#30. Georgia (1995)

Storyline: Georgia Flood (Mare Winningham) is a well-to-do folk-singer with a stable family and a loving husband. Her younger sister, Sadie (Jennifer Jason Leigh), is the lead singer in a rowdy punk-rock band. Living in Georgia's shadow causes Sadie to become obsessed with her, and she tries everything she can to live up to her big sister's achievements. Unfortunately it is this very obsession --coupled with her self-destructive tendencies and rampant drug abuse-- that keep her spiraling down the drain.

Plot Keywords: singer, sister, drunk, mother, bleak, disturbing, bar ...

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