Great Depression Movies
- 1983
Zelig
Zelig7.4321983HD
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...
- 1986
Brighton Beach Memoirs
Brighton Beach Memoirs6.51986HD
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...
- 1976
Bound for Glory
Bound for Glory6.8821976HD
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...
- 1935
One More Spring
One More Spring5.751935HD
Three people live together in the maintenance shed at Central Park as an alternative to living on the streets.
- 1940
The Great McGinty
The Great McGinty6.91940HD
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...
- 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.
- 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....
- 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.
- 1933
Parachute Jumper
Parachute Jumper6.11933HD
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.
- 1983
Phar Lap
Phar Lap7.21983HD
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...
- 1939
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men7.31939HD
An intellectually disabled giant and his level headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's ranch in depression era America.
- 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
Blondie of the Follies
Blondie of the Follies61932HD
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...
- 1941
Million Dollar Baby
Million Dollar Baby61941HD
A sudden windfall has unexpected consequences on a working class girl during the Great Depression.
- 1981
Pennies from Heaven
Pennies from Heaven61981HD
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...
- 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
Heroes for Sale
Heroes for Sale71933HD
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...
- 1937
The Go-Getter
The Go-Getter5.81937HD
A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.
- 1945
Roughly Speaking
Roughly Speaking6.81945HD
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...
- 1934
Two Alone
Two Alone71934HD
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...