Great Depression Movies

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

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...

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

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

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

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

Husband and father Will Rogers tells his spoiled wife and children that they have to economize.

A high living society playboy marries a nightclub singer, and she soon realizes that, though they're genuinely in love, the husband's endless...

Depression Era story set in London about a wealthy shop owner who goes bankrupt and is forced to fire his faithful staff.

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

In this Depression-era tale, Calef McKinney, traveling from Michigan to California, stops in Spooner, Missouri, where Lute hires him for odd jobs....

At the height of the Great Depression, the showman of a renowned circus leads his troupe through the devastated American landscape, lifting the...

As the Great Depression progressed economic collapse took its toll on rural America. Crops went unsold, farm mortgages were called in by banks,...

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...

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...

This film takes us into the harsh realm of BC's early coal mines, canneries, and lumber camps; where primitve conditions and speed-ups often cost...

During the Great Depression, vaudeville has fallen on hard times. The Palace Theater may have to close its doors, unless the proprietor, William...

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....

Black and white evokes nostalgia for The Great Depression. Things were so cheap, including lives. We see daredevils (desperate people) compete for...

Exploring the devastation of the 1930s, Lisa Jackson shapes amateur-shot archival film from a South Dakota town and audio interviews of residents who...