Great Depression Movies

  • 1999
    The Green Mile

    The Green Mile

    The Green Mile

    8.5031999HD

    A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments....

    The Green Mile
  • 2005
    King Kong

    King Kong

    King Kong

    6.8882005HD

    In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter...

    King Kong
  • 1946
    It's a Wonderful Life

    It's a Wonderful Life

    It's a Wonderful Life

    8.2741946HD

    George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the...

    It's a Wonderful Life
  • 2012
    Lawless

    Lawless

    Lawless

    7.0622012HD

    In 1931, the Bondurant brothers of Franklin County, Virginia, run a multipurpose backwoods establishment that hides their true business —...

    Lawless
  • 1940
    The Grapes of Wrath

    The Grapes of Wrath

    The Grapes of Wrath

    7.811940HD

    Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his...

    The Grapes of Wrath
  • 1933
    Brief Moment

    Brief Moment

    Brief Moment

    2.21933HD

    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
  • 1934
    Woman Unafraid

    Woman Unafraid

    Woman Unafraid

    51934HD

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

    Woman Unafraid
  • 1965
    The Vampire of Dusseldorf

    The Vampire of Dusseldorf

    The Vampire of Dusseldorf

    5.31965HD

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

    The Vampire of Dusseldorf
  • 2019
    THE WHOLE SHEBANG

    THE WHOLE SHEBANG

    THE WHOLE SHEBANG

    02019HD

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

    THE WHOLE SHEBANG
  • 1939
    Of Mice and Men

    Of Mice and Men

    Of Mice and Men

    7.31939HD

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

    Of Mice and Men
  • 1981
    Pennies from Heaven

    Pennies from Heaven

    Pennies from Heaven

    6.0491981HD

    During the Great Depression, a sheet music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through popular music and a love affair with an innocent...

    Pennies from Heaven
  • 1941
    Sullivan's Travels

    Sullivan's Travels

    Sullivan's Travels

    7.41941HD

    Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise...

    Sullivan's Travels
  • 1939
    The Roaring Twenties

    The Roaring Twenties

    The Roaring Twenties

    7.51939HD

    After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie...

    The Roaring Twenties
  • 1973
    Book of Numbers

    Book of Numbers

    Book of Numbers

    61973HD

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

    Book of Numbers
  • 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
  • 1981
    The Plouffe Family

    The Plouffe Family

    The Plouffe Family

    6.7331981HD

    The lives of the average Quebecois Plouffe family during the final years of the depression and through World War II.

    The Plouffe Family
  • 1976
    Bound for Glory

    Bound for Glory

    Bound for Glory

    6.91976HD

    A biography of Woody Guthrie, one of America's greatest folk singers. He left his dust-devastated Texas home in the 1930s to find work, discovering...

    Bound for Glory
  • 2002
    Road to Perdition

    Road to Perdition

    Road to Perdition

    7.3442002HD

    Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure, however after his son is witness to a killing,...

    Road to Perdition
  • 1935
    If You Could Only Cook

    If You Could Only Cook

    If You Could Only Cook

    7.41935HD

    An auto engineer and a professor's daughter pose as married servants in a mobster's mansion.

    If You Could Only Cook
  • 1991
    Wildflower

    Wildflower

    Wildflower

    5.71991HD

    One day Sammy and his younger sister Ellie happen upon a cabin where Alice, a young, partially deaf girl with epilepsy is being kept by her abusive...

    Wildflower