Great Depression Movies

  • 2006
    Ask the Dust

    Ask the Dust

    Ask the Dust

    5.3742006HD

    Mexican beauty Camilla hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. That is complicated by meeting Arturo Bandini, a...

    Ask the Dust
  • 1973
    Emperor of the North

    Emperor of the North

    Emperor of the North

    6.71973HD

    Hobos encounter a sadistic railway conductor that will not let anyone "ride the rails" for free.

    Emperor of the North
  • 1939
    The Roaring Twenties

    The Roaring Twenties

    The Roaring Twenties

    7.491939HD

    After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie...

    The Roaring Twenties
  • 1984
    Places in the Heart

    Places in the Heart

    Places in the Heart

    7.1991984HD

    In 1935 rural Texas, recently widowed Edna Spaulding struggles to survive with two small children, a farm to run, and very little money in the bank -...

    Places in the Heart
  • 1991
    Rambling Rose

    Rambling Rose

    Rambling Rose

    6.21991HD

    Rose is taken in by the Hillyer family to serve as a 1930s housemaid so that she can avoid falling into a life of prostitution. Her appearence and...

    Rambling Rose
  • 1975
    Hard Times

    Hard Times

    Hard Times

    6.81975HD

    In the depression, Chaney, a strong silent streetfighter, joins with Speed, a promoter of no-holds-barred street boxing bouts. They go to New Orleans...

    Hard Times
  • 1981
    Pennies from Heaven

    Pennies from Heaven

    Pennies from Heaven

    61981HD

    During the Great Depression, a sheet music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through popular music and a love affair with an innocent school...

    Pennies from Heaven
  • 1985
    The Journey of Natty Gann

    The Journey of Natty Gann

    The Journey of Natty Gann

    6.91985HD

    America is in the depths of the Great Depression. Families drift apart when faraway jobs beckon. A courageous young girl confronts overwhelming odds...

    The Journey of Natty Gann
  • 1965
    Mudhoney

    Mudhoney

    Mudhoney

    6.1031965HD

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

    Mudhoney
  • 1933
    Gold Diggers of 1933

    Gold Diggers of 1933

    Gold Diggers of 1933

    7.21933HD

    During the Great Depression, all Broadway shows are closed down. A group of desperate unemployed showgirls find hope when a wealthy songwriter...

    Gold Diggers of 1933
  • 1957
    The Tarnished Angels

    The Tarnished Angels

    The Tarnished Angels

    6.71957HD

    In the 1930s, once-great World War I pilot Roger Shumann performs as a daredevil barnstorming pilot at aerial stunt shows while his wife, LaVerne,...

    The Tarnished Angels
  • 1982
    Honkytonk Man

    Honkytonk Man

    Honkytonk Man

    6.41982HD

    During the Great Depression, a young boy leaves his family's Oklahoma farm to travel with his country musician uncle who is trying out for the Grand...

    Honkytonk Man
  • 1941
    Sullivan's Travels

    Sullivan's Travels

    Sullivan's Travels

    7.41941HD

    Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise...

    Sullivan's Travels
  • 1991
    Wildflower

    Wildflower

    Wildflower

    5.9051991HD

    One day Sammy and his younger sister Ellie happen upon a cabin where Alice, a young, partially deaf girl with epilepsy is being kept by her abusive...

    Wildflower
  • 1983
    Zelig

    Zelig

    Zelig

    7.4331983HD

    Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act...

    Zelig
  • 1996
    The Funeral

    The Funeral

    The Funeral

    6.81996HD

    After the funeral of one of their own, a criminal family decides to embark on an emotionally unnerving journey in an attempt to exact bloody revenge.

    The Funeral
  • 1991
    Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken

    Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken

    Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken

    7.41991HD

    A runaway orphan, young Sonora, persists in a menial job mucking stables in Doc Carver's travelling stunt show. Her great wish is to become a...

    Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
  • 1993
    King of the Hill

    King of the Hill

    King of the Hill

    6.81993HD

    Based on the Depression-era bildungsroman memoir of writer A. E. Hotchner, the film follows the story of a boy struggling to survive on his own in a...

    King of the Hill
  • 1933
    Dancing Lady

    Dancing Lady

    Dancing Lady

    6.91933HD

    Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the rich playboy, discovers her there and helps her...

    Dancing Lady
  • 1933
    Dinner at Eight

    Dinner at Eight

    Dinner at Eight

    6.7121933HD

    An ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband, Oliver, contends with financial woes, causing a lot of...

    Dinner at Eight