Great Depression Movies

  • 1934
    Gentlemen Are Born

    Gentlemen Are Born

    Gentlemen Are Born

    6.51934HD

    A well-cloistered and protected-against-reality group of college students get their diplomas in the heart of the Great Depression, and quickly learn...

    Gentlemen Are Born
  • 1934
    Woman Unafraid

    Woman Unafraid

    Woman Unafraid

    51934HD

    A dedicated and compassionate policewoman risks her job by offering refuge to a young mother with mob associations. Crime drama.

    Woman Unafraid
  • 1932
    Prosperity

    Prosperity

    Prosperity

    4.71932HD

    Longtime friends become feuding mothers-in-law when their children marry.

    Prosperity
  • 1981
    Of Mice and Men

    Of Mice and Men

    Of Mice and Men

    7.11981HD

    George and Lenny travel through the Depression-era west working at odd jobs, hoping to make enough money to buy their own farm. George must always...

    Of Mice and Men
  • 1933
    Man's Castle

    Man's Castle

    Man's Castle

    6.81933HD

    Bill takes Trina into his depression camp cabin. Later, just as he finds showgirl LaRue who will support him, Trina becomes pregnant.

    Man's Castle
  • 1995
    Brothers' Destiny

    Brothers' Destiny

    Brothers' Destiny

    61995HD

    Threatened with separation, two young brothers escape from an orphanage and make a perilous journey from New York to Boys' Town in Nebraska.

    Brothers' Destiny
  • 2025
    Blue Remedy

    Blue Remedy

    Blue Remedy

    02025HD

    A man comes to sit alone at an isolated bus stop. Followed by a stranger. Then they both converse about how they once killed someone.

    Blue Remedy
  • 1930
    The Hard Guy

    The Hard Guy

    The Hard Guy

    6.11930HD

    Guy and Ellen are desperate to find a way to get food and medicine for their sick child. Jobs are very hard to come by during the Great Depression...

    The Hard Guy
  • 2006
    Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home

    Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home

    Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home

    02006HD

    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...

    Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home
  • 1930
    See America Thirst

    See America Thirst

    See America Thirst

    01930HD

    Two men, one timid and one aggressive, make out as comical criminals.

    See America Thirst
  • 2009
    Eliot Ness vs. Al Capone

    Eliot Ness vs. Al Capone

    Eliot Ness vs. Al Capone

    62009HD

    January, 1947. The public receives the news of Al Capone's death with indifference, although twenty years earlier he had ruled Chicago's crime...

    Eliot Ness vs. Al Capone
  • 2005
    FDR: A Presidency Revealed

    FDR: A Presidency Revealed

    FDR: A Presidency Revealed

    02005HD

    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....

    FDR: A Presidency Revealed
  • 1989
    Nick's Thanksgiving Fest

    Nick's Thanksgiving Fest

    Nick's Thanksgiving Fest

    01989HD

    Two segments (“Thanksgiving Nightmare” and “Thanksgiving Dreams”) and several mini segments explore the traditions, fun, and...

    Nick's Thanksgiving Fest
  • 1973
    Book of Numbers

    Book of Numbers

    Book of Numbers

    61973HD

    Two waiters in Depression-era Arkansas get involved in the numbers racket.

    Book of Numbers
  • 2007
    Disappearances

    Disappearances

    Disappearances

    4.72007HD

    Quebec Bill Bohomme is a hardy schemer and dreamer, who, desperate to raise money to preserve his endangered herd through the rapidly approaching...

    Disappearances
  • 1996
    The Money Masters

    The Money Masters

    The Money Masters

    7.31996HD

    A documentary that traces the origins of the political power structure that rules our nation and the world today. The modern political power...

    The Money Masters
  • 2024
    Dream oddity

    Dream oddity

    Dream oddity

    02024HD

    Following the death of his brother, Frederick attempts to write a screenplay, but can’t due to his ongoing battle with grief. His entire life...

    Dream oddity
  • 1933
    Three-Cornered Moon

    Three-Cornered Moon

    Three-Cornered Moon

    5.21933HD

    Elizabeth Rimplegar inhabits a household populated by virtual lunatics. Her mother, Nellie, mishandled the family fortune, and, alas, the stock...

    Three-Cornered Moon
  • 1981
    The Plouffe Family

    The Plouffe Family

    The Plouffe Family

    6.61981HD

    The lives of the average Quebecois Plouffe family during the final years of the depression and through World War II.

    The Plouffe Family
  • 1972
    Awake and Sing!

    Awake and Sing!

    Awake and Sing!

    01972HD

    The Bergers, a blue-collar Jewish family living in an overstuffed tenement and undone by the Depression, struggle through hard times and dream of a...

    Awake and Sing!