Great Depression Movies
- 1930
See America Thirst
See America Thirst01930HD
Two men, one timid and one aggressive, make out as comical criminals.
- 1981
The Plouffe Family
The Plouffe Family6.6431981HD
The lives of the average Quebecois Plouffe family during the final years of the depression and through World War II.
- 1934
Woman Unafraid
Woman Unafraid51934HD
A dedicated and compassionate policewoman risks her job by offering refuge to a young mother with mob associations. Crime drama.
- 1939
They All Come Out
They All Come Out5.61939HD
A down on his luck young man stumbles into a gang of robbers who all get landed in prison. Will he be reformed, or is he ensnared into a life of...
- 1933
Brief Moment
Brief Moment2.71933HD
A high living society playboy marries a nightclub singer, and she soon realizes that, though they're genuinely in love, the husband's endless...
- 1930
The Rounder
The Rounder5.51930HD
A drunkard climbs a ladder into a bedroom in the wrong house and gets romantically involved with the woman who lives there.
- 1933
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men71933HD
Tough Aggie gives a street guy polish and a rich kid gumption.
- 1977
Why Shoot the Teacher?
Why Shoot the Teacher?5.71977HD
It's the winter of 1935 and Max Brown is newly arrived in Willowgreen, Saskatchewan - a rural Canadian prairie town - on his first teaching job in a...
- 2009
Soul of a People: Writing America's Story
Soul of a People: Writing America's Story02009HD
In the grip of the Great Depression, unemployed men and women joined an unlikely WPA program to document America in guidebooks and interviews. With...
- 1934
Two Alone
Two Alone71934HD
Mazie, a poor orphan girl, is mistreated by cruel farmer Slag and his wife for whom she works. Mazie, who is growing into a woman, does not like...
- 1942
Juke Girl
Juke Girl6.51942HD
During the depths of the Great Depression a hitch-hiker Steve Talbot and jukebox-joint hostess Lola Mears stumble into Cat-Tail Florida where farmers...
- 2022
Cycle of Memory
Cycle of Memory02022HD
Mel Schwartz escaped the Great Depression on a bicycle adventure he'd remember for the rest of his life... until Mel lost his memory to Alzheimer's....
- 1974
The Last Angry Man
The Last Angry Man01974HD
In the midst of the Depression, a crotchety doctor, whose practice is in the Brooklyn slums, takes an interest in a local teenager, whose hostility...
- 1932
Prosperity
Prosperity51932HD
Longtime friends become feuding mothers-in-law when their children marry.
- 1935
Coronado
Coronado31935HD
Southern California's Hotel Coronado caters to and is frequented by members of the social upper-crust. Although she lives on the wrong side of the...
- 2005
FDR: A Presidency Revealed
FDR: A Presidency Revealed02005HD
For twelve years he stood as America's 32nd President, a man who overcame the ravages of polio to pull America through the Great Depression and WWII....
- 1935
Show Kids
Show Kids01935HD
During the Great Depression, vaudeville has fallen on hard times. The Palace Theater may have to close its doors, unless the proprietor, William...
- 1930
The Hard Guy
The Hard Guy6.11930HD
Guy and Ellen are desperate to find a way to get food and medicine for their sick child. Job are very hard to come by during the Great Depression...
- 1973
Book of Numbers
Book of Numbers61973HD
Two waiters in Depression-era Arkansas get involved in the numbers racket.
- 2006
Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home
Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home02006HD
Every American who has listened to the radio knows Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land." The music of the folk singer/songwriter has been recorded by...