Great Depression Movies
- 2022
The Easy Way Out
The Easy Way Out02022HD
Set during the height of the Great Depression, a young man gets a job as a photographer and comes face to face with a test of his morals.
- 1981
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men7.1431981HD
George and Lenny travel through the Depression-era west working at odd jobs, hoping to make enough money to buy their own farm. George must always...
- 1938
Young Fugitives
Young Fugitives11938HD
A young man befriends the last surviving Civil War veteran, intending to rob him of $50,000.
- 2022
Cycle of Memory
Cycle of Memory02022HD
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....
- 1930
See America Thirst
See America Thirst01930HD
Two men, one timid and one aggressive, make out as comical criminals.
- 1933
Brief Moment
Brief Moment2.71933HD
A high living society playboy marries a nightclub singer, and she soon realizes that, though they're genuinely in love, the husband's endless...
- 2005
FDR: A Presidency Revealed
FDR: A Presidency Revealed02005HD
For twelve years he stood as America's 32nd President, a man who overcame the ravages of polio to pull America through the Great Depression and WWII....
- 2024
Dream oddity
Dream oddity02024HD
Following the death of his brother, Frederick attempts to write a screenplay, but can’t due to his ongoing battle with grief. His entire life...
- 1932
They Never Come Back
They Never Come Back5.51932HD
Prizefighter Jimmy Nolan, facing an opportunity to get a championship fight, is knocked out when he sustains what is apparently a permanent injury to...
- 2025
Blue Remedy
Blue Remedy02025HD
Following the mind of a serial killer who kills people out of empathy. Plot TBA.
- 1933
Looking Forward
Looking Forward6.21933HD
Depression Era story set in London about a wealthy shop owner who goes bankrupt and is forced to fire his faithful staff.
- 1931
The Easiest Way
The Easiest Way5.41931HD
Growing up in a poor working-class family, Laura Murdock decides not to marry the boy next door and instead accepts wealthy, older William Brockton's...
- 1933
Three-Cornered Moon
Three-Cornered Moon5.21933HD
Elizabeth Rimplegar inhabits a household populated by virtual lunatics. Her mother, Nellie, mishandled the family fortune, and, alas, the stock...
- 1995
Brothers' Destiny
Brothers' Destiny61995HD
Threatened with separation, two young brothers escape from an orphanage and make a perilous journey from New York to Boys' Town in Nebraska.
- 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...
- 1930
The Rounder
The Rounder5.51930HD
A drunkard climbs a ladder into a bedroom in the wrong house and gets romantically involved with the woman who lives there.
- 1930
The Hard Guy
The Hard Guy6.11930HD
Guy and Ellen are desperate to find a way to get food and medicine for their sick child. Job are very hard to come by during the Great Depression...
- 1933
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men7.251933HD
Tough Aggie gives a street guy polish and a rich kid gumption.
- 1997
Riding the Rails
Riding the Rails5.51997HD
Riding the Rails offers a visionary perspective on the presumed romanticism of the road and cautionary legacy of the Great Depression. The filmmakers...
- 1972
Awake and Sing!
Awake and Sing!01972HD
The Bergers, a blue-collar Jewish family living in an overstuffed tenement and undone by the Depression, struggle through hard times and dream of a...