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Roaring Twenties America: 1920–1929

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USA · 1920–1929 · exact time + place

A decade of jazz, economic boom, and cultural transformation that defined modern America — stories of glamour and struggle from Gatsby's parties to Capone's Chicago. The button below opens StoryTerra with both the US and the 1920s already set.

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10 famous stories set in Roaring Twenties America

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Browse 158 books, 198 movies, 3 TV shows and 17 games set in United States of America.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Heyday Films-Warner Bros. Pictures
movie

In 1926 Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America with a magically expanded briefcase which houses a number of dangerous creatures and their habitats. When the creatures escape from…

Setting: New York USATime Period: 1920s
Killers of the Flower Moon

Killers of the Flower Moon

Apple Studios-Imperative Entertainment-Sikelia Productions-Appian Way
movie

When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.

Setting: Oklahoma, USATime Period: 1920s
The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

Village Roadshow Pictures-Warner Bros. Pictures-Bazmark Films-Red Wagon Entertainment-Spectrum Films-A+E Studios
movie

An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor Jay Gatsby. Soon enough however Carraway will see through the cracks of…

Setting: Long Island, New York, USATime Period: 1920s
The Princess and the Frog

The Princess and the Frog

Walt Disney Pictures-Walt Disney Animation Studios
movie

A waitress desperate to fulfill her dreams as a restaurant owner is set on a journey to turn a frog prince back into a human being but she has to face the same problem after she kisses him.

Setting: New Orleans, Louisiana, USATime Period: 1920s
The Kid

The Kid

Charles Chaplin Productions
movie

A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.

Setting: Los Angeles, USATime Period: 1920s
Singin' in the Rain

Singin' in the Rain

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
movie

In 1927 Hollywood a silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.

Setting: Hollywood, California, USATime Period: 1920s
Babylon

Babylon

Paramount-Marc Platt Productions-Material Pictures-C2 Motion Picture Group-Wild Chickens-Organism Pictures
movie

A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess tracing the rise and fall of multiple characters in an era of unbridled decadence and depravity during Hollywood's transition from silent films to sound films in the…

Setting: Hollywood, California, USATime Period: 1920s
Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot

The Mirisch Company-Ashton Productions-United Artists
movie

Two musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city before they are found by the gangsters. Their only opportunity is to join an all-girl band as they leave on a tour. To make their getaway they…

Setting: Chicago, USA; Florida, USATime Period: 1920s
Togo

Togo

Walt Disney Pictures
movie

The untold true story set in the winter of 1925 that takes you across the treacherous terrain of the Alaskan tundra for an exhilarating and uplifting adventure that will test the strength courage and determination of…

Setting: Alaska, USATime Period: 1925
Changeling

Changeling

Universal Pictures-Imagine Entertainment-Relativity Media-Malpaso Productions
movie

Christine Collins is overjoyed when her kidnapped son is brought back home. But when Christine suspects that the boy returned to her isn't her child the police captain has her committed to an asylum.

Setting: Los Angeles, California, USATime Period: 1920s

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