Great Depression Filmes

Haunted by his mysterious past, a devoted high school football coach leads a scrawny team of orphans to the state championship during the Great...

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

Based on the Depression-era bildungsroman memoir of writer A. E. Hotchner, the film follows the story of a boy struggling to survive on his own in a...

The film follows Samuel Murphy who, after the death of his wife, is imprisoned in a labor camp run by Clancy, an unscrupulous overseer, Murphy only...

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

A drunkard climbs a ladder into a bedroom in the wrong house and gets romantically involved with the woman who lives there.

America is in the depths of the Great Depression. Families drift apart when faraway jobs beckon. A courageous young girl confronts overwhelming odds...

Eugene, a young teenage Jewish boy, recalls his memoirs of his time as an adolescent youth. He lives with his parents, his aunt, two cousins, and his...

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

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....

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.

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

Told in flashback, Depression-era bum Dan McGinty is recruited by the city's political machine to help with vote fraud. His great aptitude for this...

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

The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his...

Elizabeth Rimplegar inhabits a household populated by virtual lunatics. Her mother, Nellie, mishandled the family fortune, and, alas, the stock...

An ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband, Oliver, contends with financial woes, causing a lot of...

Hobos encounter a sadistic railway conductor that will not let anyone "ride the rails" for free.

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

A runaway orphan, young Sonora, persists in a menial job mucking stables in Doc Carver's travelling stunt show. Her great wish is to become a...