Great Depression Movies

Two waiters in Depression-era Arkansas get involved in the numbers racket.

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

Two men, one timid and one aggressive, make out as comical criminals.

Depression Era story set in London about a wealthy shop owner who goes bankrupt and is forced to fire his faithful staff.

Riding the Rails offers a visionary perspective on the presumed romanticism of the road and cautionary legacy of the Great Depression. The filmmakers...

A young man befriends the last surviving Civil War veteran, intending to rob him of $50,000.

A dedicated and compassionate policewoman risks her job by offering refuge to a young mother with mob associations. Crime drama.

Story of the trials and tribulations of a German who emigrates to the US during the Great Depression.

Husband and father Will Rogers tells his spoiled wife and children that they have to economize.

Southern California's Hotel Coronado caters to and is frequented by members of the social upper-crust. Although she lives on the wrong side of the...

A documentary that traces the origins of the political power structure that rules our nation and the world today. The modern political power...

At the height of the Great Depression, the showman of a renowned circus leads his troupe through the devastated American landscape, lifting the...

A high living society playboy marries a nightclub singer, and she soon realizes that, though they're genuinely in love, the husband's endless...

Mel Schwartz escaped the Great Depression on a bicycle adventure he'd remember for the rest of his life... until Mel lost his memory to Alzheimer's....

As the Great Depression progressed economic collapse took its toll on rural America. Crops went unsold, farm mortgages were called in by banks,...

This film takes us into the harsh realm of BC's early coal mines, canneries, and lumber camps; where primitve conditions and speed-ups often cost...

During the Great Depression, vaudeville has fallen on hard times. The Palace Theater may have to close its doors, unless the proprietor, William...

Guy and Ellen are desperate to find a way to get food and medicine for their sick child. Jobs are very hard to come by during the Great Depression...

Black and white evokes nostalgia for The Great Depression. Things were so cheap, including lives. We see daredevils (desperate people) compete for...

In his first one hundred days in office, in a effort to stem the effects of the Great Depression, President Roosevelt created many new federal...