Great Depression Movies

  • 1933
    Parachute Jumper

    Parachute Jumper

    Parachute Jumper

    5.8951933HD

    An Air Force washout and his buddy room with a pretty young lady. Desperate for jobs during the Depression, they finally land employment with the mob.

    Parachute Jumper
  • 1934
    Gentlemen Are Born

    Gentlemen Are Born

    Gentlemen Are Born

    6.51934HD

    A well-cloistered and protected-against-reality group of college students get their diplomas in the heart of the Great Depression, and quickly learn...

    Gentlemen Are Born
  • 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
  • 2017
    The Eternal Road

    The Eternal Road

    The Eternal Road

    6.6592017HD

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

    The Eternal Road
  • 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
  • 1979
    An American Christmas Carol

    An American Christmas Carol

    An American Christmas Carol

    6.11979HD

    In Depression-era New England, a miserly businessman named Benedict Slade receives a long-overdue attitude adjustment one Christmas Eve when he is...

    An American Christmas Carol
  • 1932
    Under Eighteen

    Under Eighteen

    Under Eighteen

    6.1671932HD

    Working girl Margie Evans has decided there are two kinds of opportunities for a slum kid during the Depression: Those you make and those you take....

    Under Eighteen
  • 1933
    Wild Boys of the Road

    Wild Boys of the Road

    Wild Boys of the Road

    6.7651933HD

    At the height of the Great Depression, Tommy's mother has been out of work for months when Eddie's father loses his job. Eager not to burden their...

    Wild Boys of the Road
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1972
    Sounder

    Sounder

    Sounder

    7.51972HD

    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...

    Sounder
  • 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
  • 2009
    The Butterfly Circus

    The Butterfly Circus

    The Butterfly Circus

    7.3362009HD

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

    The Butterfly Circus
  • 1983
    Phar Lap

    Phar Lap

    Phar Lap

    7.21983HD

    Phar Lap, the big bold chestnut reigned as the king of the turf in the depression that gripped Australia of the 1930s. From his humble beginnings the...

    Phar Lap
  • 1939
    They All Come Out

    They All Come Out

    They All Come Out

    5.61939HD

    A down on his luck young man stumbles into a gang of robbers who all get landed in prison. Will he be reformed, or is he ensnared into a life of...

    They All Come Out
  • 1933
    Dancing Lady

    Dancing Lady

    Dancing Lady

    6.81933HD

    Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the rich playboy, discovers her there and helps her...

    Dancing Lady
  • 2009
    Soul of a People: Writing America's Story

    Soul of a People: Writing America's Story

    Soul of a People: Writing America's Story

    02009HD

    In the grip of the Great Depression, unemployed men and women joined an unlikely WPA program to document America in guidebooks and interviews. With...

    Soul of a People: Writing America's Story
  • 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
  • 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!
  • 1970
    The Butterfly Circus

    The Butterfly Circus

    The Butterfly Circus

    01970HD

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

    The Butterfly Circus