Great Depression Movies

January, 1947. The public receives the news of Al Capone's death with indifference, although twenty years earlier he had ruled Chicago's crime...

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...

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....

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

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

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

Longtime friends become feuding mothers-in-law when their children marry.

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

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

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

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

Showcases incidents based on the life of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. This mostly accurate privately produced biography of FDR is a cinema and...

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....

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

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...

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

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...

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...

A film documenting work shortages during the Depression of the 1930s and the attempts to deal with the unemployed, in particular young men. The film...

As the unemployed Frank is sinking into depression, his son's naive but optimistic twist on the situation could be Frank's way out.