Great Depression Movies

  • 1938
    Young Fugitives

    Young Fugitives

    Young Fugitives

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

    Young Fugitives
  • 2009
    Eliot Ness vs. Al Capone

    Eliot Ness vs. Al Capone

    Eliot Ness vs. Al Capone

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

    Eliot Ness vs. Al Capone
  • 1934
    The Prodigal Son

    The Prodigal Son

    The Prodigal Son

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

    The Prodigal Son
  • 1945
    Roughly Speaking

    Roughly Speaking

    Roughly Speaking

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    In the 1920s, enterprising Louise Randall is determined to succeed in a man's world. Despite numerous setbacks, she always picks herself back up and...

    Roughly Speaking
  • 1933
    Brief Moment

    Brief Moment

    Brief Moment

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    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

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    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
  • 2022
    Cycle of Memory

    Cycle of Memory

    Cycle of Memory

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    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
  • 1996
    The Money Masters

    The Money Masters

    The Money Masters

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

    The Money Masters
  • 1930
    See America Thirst

    See America Thirst

    See America Thirst

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

    See America Thirst
  • 1997
    Riding the Rails

    Riding the Rails

    Riding the Rails

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    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
  • 1934
    Woman Unafraid

    Woman Unafraid

    Woman Unafraid

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

    Woman Unafraid
  • 1970
    The Great Depression: The Road to Rockbottom

    The Great Depression: The Road to Rockbottom

    The Great Depression: The Road to Rockbottom

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    As the Great Depression progressed economic collapse took its toll on rural America. Crops went unsold, farm mortgages were called in by banks,...

    The Great Depression: The Road to Rockbottom
  • 1970
    The Butterfly Circus

    The Butterfly Circus

    The Butterfly Circus

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    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
  • 1935
    Show Kids

    Show Kids

    Show Kids

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    During the Great Depression, vaudeville has fallen on hard times. The Palace Theater may have to close its doors, unless the proprietor, William...

    Show Kids
  • 2011
    These were the reasons

    These were the reasons

    These were the reasons

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    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...

    These were the reasons
  • 1930
    The Hard Guy

    The Hard Guy

    The Hard Guy

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    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...

    The Hard Guy
  • 1933
    The Fighting President

    The Fighting President

    The Fighting President

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

    The Fighting President
  • 2024
    Dream oddity

    Dream oddity

    Dream oddity

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    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
  • 1979
    For Twenty Cents A Day

    For Twenty Cents A Day

    For Twenty Cents A Day

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    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...

    For Twenty Cents A Day
  • 2016
    The Dust Bowl

    The Dust Bowl

    The Dust Bowl

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    Exploring the devastation of the 1930s, Lisa Jackson shapes amateur-shot archival film from a South Dakota town and audio interviews of residents who...

    The Dust Bowl