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The 1910s: 1910–1919

Stories set in the 1910s — top stories

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The Titanic sank in 1912, Franz Ferdinand was shot in 1914, and four empires destroyed each other in the trenches before the Russian tsar fell in 1917 and flu killed millions in 1918-19. Women won the vote in several countries as a direct result of wartime work.

1912 sank a liner and 1914-18 sank a world order. Titanic sets its romance aboard the 1912 maiden voyage, and Lawrence of Arabia follows T.E. Lawrence's desert campaign of the First World War. Open the 1910s on the StoryTerra map and explore its stories by place.

Sets 1910–1919 automatically — all places

10 famous stories set in the 1910s

Live snapshot of the top 10 most popular catalogue items (2026-09-05). Click any card to open this entry on the live map.

Browse 379 books, 404 movies, 3 TV shows and 18 games set in the 1910s (1910–1919).

Titanic

Titanic

Paramount-20th Century Fox-Lightstorm Entertainment
movie

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class…

Setting: Atlantic OceanTime Period: 1912
Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman

Atlas Entertainment-Cruel & Unusual Films-DC Films
movie

An Amazon princess comes to the world of Man in the grips of the First World War to confront the forces of evil and bring an end to human conflict.

Setting: EuropeTime Period: World War I
Peaky Blinders

Peaky Blinders

tvshow

A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.

Setting: Birmingham, England, UKTime Period: 1919
Lawrence of Arabia

Lawrence of Arabia

Horizon Pictures
movie

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 the cause of Arab…

Setting: Arabian Desert; Syria; EgyptTime Period: World War I
Jungle Cruise

Jungle Cruise

Walt Disney Pictures-Seven Bucks Productions-Davis Entertainment-Flynn Picture Company-TSG Entertainment-Zaftig Films
movie

Dr. Lily Houghton enlists the aid of wisecracking skipper Frank Wolff to take her down the Amazon in his dilapidated boat. Together they search for an ancient tree that holds the power to heal – a discovery that will…

Setting: Amazon RiverTime Period: 1916
Anastasia

Anastasia

Fox Animation Studios-The Big Gun Project-20th Century Fox
movie

Ten years after she was separated from her family an eighteen-year-old orphan with vague memories of the past sets out to Paris in hopes of reuniting with her grandmother. She is accompanied by two con men who intend to…

Setting: Saint Petersburg, Russia; Paris, FranceTime Period: 1910s
Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins

Walt Disney Productions
movie

Mr Banks is looking for a nanny for his two mischievous children and comes across Mary Poppins an angelic nanny. She not only brings a change in their lives but also spreads happiness.

Setting: London, EnglandTime Period: 1910s
Paths of Glory

Paths of Glory

United Artists-Bryna Productions
movie

A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.

Setting: FranceTime Period: World War I
The Aristocats

The Aristocats

Walt Disney Productions
movie

When Madame Adelaide Bonfamille leaves her fortune to Duchess and her children—Bonfamille’s beloved family of cats—the butler plots to steal the money and kidnaps the legatees leaving them out on a country road. All…

Setting: Paris, FranceTime Period: 1910
The King's Man

The King's Man

Marv-Cloudy Productions-20th Century Studios
movie

As a collection of history's worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions one man must race against time to stop them.

Setting: UK, EuropeTime Period: World War I era

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