Films set in 1954

1994 American drama film directed by Frank Darabont

Shutter Island is a 2010 American neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese. The screenplay was adapted by Laeta Kalogridis from the 2003 novel by Dennis Lehane. It follows Deputy U.S. Marshal Edward "Teddy" Daniels and his partner Chuck, who come to the fictional Shutter Island in Boston Harbor to investigate its criminal psychiatric facility after one of its patients goes missing; Daniels has his own ulterior motives for taking the case. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo, with Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow and Michelle Williams in supporting roles.

2008 film by David Fincher

2014 film directed by Morten Tyldum

2014 film directed by Gareth Edwards

1955 film directed by Delbert Mann

1954 film directed by Ishirō Honda

2017 film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson

1966 film by Gillo Pontecorvo

2022 film directed by Baz Luhrmann

2002 film directed by Randall Wallace

2016 US film by John Lee Hancock

1994 film directed by Peter Jackson

2015 film by Jay Roach

Cry-Baby is a 1990 American teen musical romantic comedy film written and directed by John Waters. The film stars Johnny Depp as 1950s teen rebel Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker, and also features a large ensemble cast that includes Amy Locane, Susan Tyrrell, Iggy Pop, Ricki Lake, Traci Lords, and Polly Bergen, with appearances by Troy Donahue, Mink Stole, Joe Dallesandro, Joey Heatherton, David Nelson, Patricia Hearst, and Willem Dafoe. It was Waters' first film following the death of his muse and frequent collaborator Divine.

1979 film by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

White Christmas is a 1954 American Christmas musical film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen. Filmed in Technicolor, it features the songs of Irving Berlin, including a new version of the title song, "White Christmas", introduced by Crosby in the 1942 film Holiday Inn.

2018 film directed by Chris Weitz

'''''Porky's''''' is a 1981 sex comedy film written and directed by Bob Clark about the escapades of teenagers in 1954 at the fictional Angel Beach High School in Florida. The film stars Kim Cattrall, Scott Colomby, Kaki Hunter, Nancy Parsons, Alex Karras, and Susan Clark.

2014 film by Tate Taylor

1966 film by Mark Robson

2021 film by Steven Soderbergh

2014 film directed by João Jardim

1985 comedy film directed by Jonathan Lynn

2001 film by Shūsuke Kaneko

2003 film by Sönke Wortmann

1971 film directed by Louis Malle

1982 American comedy film directed by Richard Benjamin

2003 film by David Mackenzie

1999 film directed by Barry Levinson

2000 film by Masaaki Tezuka

2020 film directed by George Nolfi

2015 film by Fernando González Molina

1992 French film

1985 film by Nicolas Roeg

2001 film by Anil Sharma

1983 film by Bob Clark

1987 film by Robert Benton

2012 Hindi film series by Anurag Kashyap

2005 film by Mary Harron

2008 animated superhero film by Dave Bullock

1955 film by Phil Karlson

1987 film by Marek Piestrak

1958 film by Viktor Ivchenko

2014 film directed by David Oelhoffen

2001 film directed by Chuck Parello

1954 film by Nunnally Johnson

2018 film by Martin Zandvliet

2004 film directed by Michael McGowan

1959 film by Kaneto Shindō

1989 film by Régis Wargnier

1957 film by Samuel Fuller