Great Depression Movies

  • 1983
    Zelig

    Zelig

    Zelig

    7.4321983HD

    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
  • 1986
    Brighton Beach Memoirs

    Brighton Beach Memoirs

    Brighton Beach Memoirs

    6.51986HD

    Eugene, a young teenage Jewish boy, recalls his memoirs of his time as an adolescent youth. He lives with his parents, his aunt, two cousins, and his...

    Brighton Beach Memoirs
  • 1976
    Bound for Glory

    Bound for Glory

    Bound for Glory

    6.8821976HD

    A biography of Woody Guthrie, one of America's greatest folk singers. He left his dust-devastated Texas home in the 1930s to find work, discovering...

    Bound for Glory
  • 1935
    One More Spring

    One More Spring

    One More Spring

    5.751935HD

    Three people live together in the maintenance shed at Central Park as an alternative to living on the streets.

    One More Spring
  • 1940
    The Great McGinty

    The Great McGinty

    The Great McGinty

    6.91940HD

    Told in flashback, Depression-era bum Dan McGinty is recruited by the city's political machine to help with vote fraud. His great aptitude for this...

    The Great McGinty
  • 1975
    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    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.

    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
  • 1932
    Under Eighteen

    Under Eighteen

    Under Eighteen

    6.61932HD

    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....

    Under Eighteen
  • 1982
    The Day the Bubble Burst

    The Day the Bubble Burst

    The Day the Bubble Burst

    21982HD

    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.

    The Day the Bubble Burst
  • 1933
    Parachute Jumper

    Parachute Jumper

    Parachute Jumper

    6.11933HD

    An Air Force washout and his buddy room with a pretty young lady. Desperate for jobs during the Depression, they finally land employment with the mob.

    Parachute Jumper
  • 1983
    Phar Lap

    Phar Lap

    Phar Lap

    7.21983HD

    Phar Lap, the big bold chestnut reigned as the king of the turf in the depression that gripped Australia of the 1930s. From his humble beginnings the...

    Phar Lap
  • 1939
    Of Mice and Men

    Of Mice and Men

    Of Mice and Men

    7.31939HD

    An intellectually disabled giant and his level headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's ranch in depression era America.

    Of Mice and Men
  • 1932
    Faithless

    Faithless

    Faithless

    6.81932HD

    Socialite Carol Morgan romps through the Depression and her wealth while breaking up with Bill Wade and getting back together with him.

    Faithless
  • 1932
    Blondie of the Follies

    Blondie of the Follies

    Blondie of the Follies

    61932HD

    New York City tenement dwelling neighbors Blondie and Lottie are longtime best friends. When Lottie makes the cast of the Follies and moves up in the...

    Blondie of the Follies
  • 1941
    Million Dollar Baby

    Million Dollar Baby

    Million Dollar Baby

    61941HD

    A sudden windfall has unexpected consequences on a working class girl during the Great Depression.

    Million Dollar Baby
  • 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
  • 1979
    An American Christmas Carol

    An American Christmas Carol

    An American Christmas Carol

    6.21979HD

    In Depression-era New England, a miserly businessman named Benedict Slade receives a long-overdue attitude adjustment one Christmas Eve when he is...

    An American Christmas Carol
  • 1933
    Heroes for Sale

    Heroes for Sale

    Heroes for Sale

    71933HD

    Tom Holmes is someone guided by honesty and moral rectitude, a heroic veteran of the World War I marked by the unbearable suffering caused by his...

    Heroes for Sale
  • 1937
    The Go-Getter

    The Go-Getter

    The Go-Getter

    5.81937HD

    A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.

    The Go-Getter
  • 1945
    Roughly Speaking

    Roughly Speaking

    Roughly Speaking

    6.81945HD

    In the 1920s, enterprising Louise Randall is determined to succeed in a man's world. Despite numerous setbacks, she always picks herself back up and...

    Roughly Speaking
  • 1934
    Two Alone

    Two Alone

    Two Alone

    71934HD

    Mazie, a poor orphan girl, is mistreated by cruel farmer Slag and his wife for whom she works. Mazie, who is growing into a woman, does not like...

    Two Alone