Great Depression Movies

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

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

Mexican beauty Camilla hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. That is complicated by meeting Arturo Bandini, a...

In the midst of the Depression, a crotchety doctor, whose practice is in the Brooklyn slums, takes an interest in a local teenager, whose hostility...

The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for...

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

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

This holiday tale has all the elements of a classic heartwarmer--cuddly dogs, small town spirit, and even a full-fledged Christmas pageant. Set...

In Depression-era Winnipeg, a legless beer baroness hosts a contest for the saddest music in the world, offering a grand prize of $25,000.

Lewis Tater writes Wild West dime novels and dreams of actually becoming a cowboy. When he goes west to find his dream he finds himself in possession...

A true story of Peter Kurten, a serial killer who committed nine murders and many other offenses in Dusseldorf during the Great Depression era.

Jussi Ketola, returns to Finland from the great depression struck America only to face growing political unrest. One summer night of 1930,...

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

Forced to travel West in search of a promised land, the Joad family embark on an epic journey across America in the hope of finding work and a new...

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

The madcap life of eccentric Mame Dennis and her bohemian, intellectual arty clique is disrupted when her deceased brother's 10-year-old son Patrick...

In the 1930s, once-great World War I pilot Roger Shumann performs as a daredevil barnstorming pilot at aerial stunt shows while his wife, LaVerne,...

Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.

An ultra-efficient Plain Jane secretary blossoms when she accompanies her boss on a business trip to Paris.

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...