Great Depression Movies
- 1937
The Go-Getter
The Go-Getter5.31937HD
A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.
- 2009
Eliot Ness vs. Al Capone
Eliot Ness vs. Al Capone62009HD
January, 1947. The public receives the news of Al Capone's death with indifference, although twenty years earlier he had ruled Chicago's crime...
- 1979
An American Christmas Carol
An American Christmas Carol6.21979HD
In Depression-era New England, a miserly businessman named Benedict Slade receives a long-overdue attitude adjustment one Christmas Eve when he is...
- 1933
She Had to Say Yes
She Had to Say Yes5.81933HD
Florence Denny is Tommy Nelson's girlfriend and secretary at a clothing manufacturer during the Great Depression. In order to boost sales they have...
- 1935
One More Spring
One More Spring51935HD
Three people live together in the maintenance shed at Central Park as an alternative to living on the streets.
- 1975
Hearts of the West
Hearts of the West5.41975HD
Lewis Tater writes Wild West dime novels and dreams of actually becoming a cowboy. When he goes west to find his dream he finds himself in possession...
- 1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?5.71975HD
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
- 1931
The Easiest Way
The Easiest Way5.31931HD
Growing up in a poor working-class family, Laura decides not to marry the boy-next-door and instead accepts wealthy, older Will Brockton's invitation...
- 1932
Beauty and the Boss
Beauty and the Boss71932HD
An ultra-efficient Plain Jane secretary blossoms when she accompanies her boss on a business trip to Paris.
- 1934
Gentlemen Are Born
Gentlemen Are Born6.51934HD
A well-cloistered and protected-against-reality group of college students get their diplomas in the heart of the Great Depression, and quickly learn...
- 1933
Three-Cornered Moon
Three-Cornered Moon51933HD
Elizabeth Rimplegar inhabits a household populated by virtual lunatics. Her mother, Nellie, mishandled the family fortune, and, alas, the stock...
- 1941
Million Dollar Baby
Million Dollar Baby61941HD
A sudden windfall has unexpected consequences on a working class girl during the Great Depression.
- 1982
The Day the Bubble Burst
The Day the Bubble Burst21982HD
A fictionalized account of how the 1929 stock market crash hurt the elite and the struggling, and the forces that may have caused the crash to occur.
- 1932
Under Eighteen
Under Eighteen6.61932HD
Working girl Margie Evans has decided there are two kinds of opportunities for a slum kid during the Depression: Those you make and those you take....
- 1932
Faithless
Faithless6.81932HD
Socialite Carol Morgan romps through the Depression and her wealth while breaking up with Bill Wade and getting back together with him.
- 1932
They Never Come Back
They Never Come Back5.51932HD
Prizefighter Jimmy Nolan, facing an opportunity to get a championship fight, is knocked out when he sustains what is apparently a permanent injury to...
- 1981
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men6.41981HD
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...
- 1972
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...
- 1938
Young Fugitives
Young Fugitives11938HD
A young man befriends the last surviving Civil War veteran, intending to rob him of $50,000.
- 1933
Looking Forward
Looking Forward6.21933HD
Depression Era story set in London about a wealthy shop owner who goes bankrupt and is forced to fire his faithful staff.