Great Depression Movies

  • 2022
    The Easy Way Out

    The Easy Way Out

    The Easy Way Out

    02022HD

    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.

    The Easy Way Out
  • 1981
    Of Mice and Men

    Of Mice and Men

    Of Mice and Men

    7.1431981HD

    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...

    Of Mice and Men
  • 1938
    Young Fugitives

    Young Fugitives

    Young Fugitives

    11938HD

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

    Young Fugitives
  • 2022
    Cycle of Memory

    Cycle of Memory

    Cycle of Memory

    02022HD

    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....

    Cycle of Memory
  • 1930
    See America Thirst

    See America Thirst

    See America Thirst

    01930HD

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

    See America Thirst
  • 1933
    Brief Moment

    Brief Moment

    Brief Moment

    2.71933HD

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

    Brief Moment
  • 2005
    FDR: A Presidency Revealed

    FDR: A Presidency Revealed

    FDR: A Presidency Revealed

    02005HD

    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....

    FDR: A Presidency Revealed
  • 2024
    Dream oddity

    Dream oddity

    Dream oddity

    02024HD

    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...

    Dream oddity
  • 1932
    They Never Come Back

    They Never Come Back

    They Never Come Back

    5.51932HD

    Prizefighter Jimmy Nolan, facing an opportunity to get a championship fight, is knocked out when he sustains what is apparently a permanent injury to...

    They Never Come Back
  • 2025
    Blue Remedy

    Blue Remedy

    Blue Remedy

    02025HD

    Following the mind of a serial killer who kills people out of empathy. Plot TBA.

    Blue Remedy
  • 1933
    Looking Forward

    Looking Forward

    Looking Forward

    6.21933HD

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

    Looking Forward
  • 1931
    The Easiest Way

    The Easiest Way

    The Easiest Way

    5.41931HD

    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...

    The Easiest Way
  • 1933
    Three-Cornered Moon

    Three-Cornered Moon

    Three-Cornered Moon

    5.21933HD

    Elizabeth Rimplegar inhabits a household populated by virtual lunatics. Her mother, Nellie, mishandled the family fortune, and, alas, the stock...

    Three-Cornered Moon
  • 1995
    Brothers' Destiny

    Brothers' Destiny

    Brothers' Destiny

    61995HD

    Threatened with separation, two young brothers escape from an orphanage and make a perilous journey from New York to Boys' Town in Nebraska.

    Brothers' Destiny
  • 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
  • 1930
    The Rounder

    The Rounder

    The Rounder

    5.51930HD

    A drunkard climbs a ladder into a bedroom in the wrong house and gets romantically involved with the woman who lives there.

    The Rounder
  • 1930
    The Hard Guy

    The Hard Guy

    The Hard Guy

    6.11930HD

    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...

    The Hard Guy
  • 1933
    Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men

    Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men

    Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men

    7.251933HD

    Tough Aggie gives a street guy polish and a rich kid gumption.

    Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
  • 1997
    Riding the Rails

    Riding the Rails

    Riding the Rails

    5.51997HD

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

    Riding the Rails
  • 1972
    Awake and Sing!

    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...

    Awake and Sing!