Great Depression Movies
- 1972
Sounder
Sounder7.41972HD
The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for...
- 1933
Dancing Lady
Dancing Lady6.91933HD
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...
- 2005
The 12 Dogs of Christmas
The 12 Dogs of Christmas4.9582005HD
This holiday tale has all the elements of a classic heartwarmer--cuddly dogs, small town spirit, and even a full-fledged Christmas pageant. Set...
- 1965
Mudhoney
Mudhoney6.1031965HD
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...
- 1957
The Tarnished Angels
The Tarnished Angels6.71957HD
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,...
- 1939
The Roaring Twenties
The Roaring Twenties7.491939HD
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...
- 1933
Gold Diggers of 1933
Gold Diggers of 19337.21933HD
During the Great Depression, all Broadway shows are closed down. A group of desperate unemployed showgirls find hope when a wealthy songwriter...
- 1984
Places in the Heart
Places in the Heart7.21984HD
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 -...
- 1993
King of the Hill
King of the Hill6.81993HD
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...
- 1991
Rambling Rose
Rambling Rose6.21991HD
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...
- 1975
Hard Times
Hard Times6.81975HD
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...
- 1933
Dinner at Eight
Dinner at Eight6.71933HD
An ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband, Oliver, contends with financial woes, causing a lot of...
- 1941
Sullivan's Travels
Sullivan's Travels7.41941HD
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...
- 1991
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken7.41991HD
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...
- 2006
Ask the Dust
Ask the Dust5.3742006HD
Mexican beauty Camilla hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. That is complicated by meeting Arturo Bandini, a...
- 1985
The Journey of Natty Gann
The Journey of Natty Gann6.91985HD
America is in the depths of the Great Depression. Families drift apart when faraway jobs beckon. A courageous young girl confronts overwhelming odds...
- 1974
Mame
Mame6.21974HD
The madcap life of eccentric Mame Dennis and her bohemian, intellectual arty clique is disrupted when her deceased brother's 10-year-old son Patrick...
- 1991
Wildflower
Wildflower5.9051991HD
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...
- 1939
They Shall Have Music
They Shall Have Music6.1111939HD
The future is bleak for a troubled boy from a broken home in the slums. He runs away when his step father breaks his violin, ending up sleeping in...
- 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...