Here we've displayed a list of the best Great Depression films : They Shoot Horses, Don't They?(1969), The Wind Rises(2013), The Purple Rose of Cairo(1985), The Public Enemy(1931), Easy Living(1937), The Fighting Sullivans(1944), Wild Boys of the Road(1933), King of the Hill(1993), Emperor of the North(1973), Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken(1991), Heroes for Sale(1933), Seabiscuit(2003) ... ...
7.9/10
Drama
USA
1969
121 Minutes
Jane Fonda Michael Sarrazin Susannah York Gig Young Red Buttons Bonnie Bedelia Bruce Dern Michael Conrad Al Lewis Robert Fields Severn Darden
failed actress sailor bombshell farmer wife emcee bleak disturbing ballroom santa monica, calif. dance marathon great depression underdog wretched excess 1930s
The lives of a disparate group of contestants intertwine in an inhumanely grueling dance marathon.
7.8/10
Anime, Biography, Drama, History
Japan|France|USA
2013
126 Minutes
pilot designer engineer dreamy spectacular profound striking uplifting heartwarming japan town biography world war ii airplanes great depression japanese history love work adventure love
A look at the life of Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed Japanese fighter planes during World War II.
7.7/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1985
82 Minutes
Mia Farrow Jeff Daniels Danny Aiello Dianne Wiest Van Johnson Zoe Caldwell John Wood Milo O'Shea Deborah Rush Irving Metzman John Rothman
waitress husband producer actor archaeologist countess quirky amusing touching new jersey theater apartment street hollywood, calif. airplane loneliness marriage magic great depression poverty
In New Jersey in 1935, a movie character walks off the screen and into the real world.
7.7/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1931
84 Minutes
James Cagney Jean Harlow Mae Clarke Edward Woods Beryl Mercer Donald Cook Joan Blondell
gangster bootlegger police officer veteran friend melodramatic brash gripping suspenseful prison chicago slum nightclub bar organized crime gangs prohibition great depression family dysfunction growing up
An Irish-American street punk tries to make it big in the world of organized crime.
7.6/10
Comedy
USA
1937
86 Minutes
Jean Arthur Edward Arnold Ray Milland Luis Alberni Mary Nash Franklin Pangborn Barlowe Borland William Demarest Andrew Tombes Esther Dale Harlan Briggs
office worker wealthy man son wife hotel owner stockbroker cheeky playful frenetic new york city bus office hotel automat chance meeting class distinctions misunderstanding great depression rags to riches romance
A wealthy banker throws his wife's expensive fur coat off the roof of a building; it lands on the head of a stenographer, leading to everyone assuming she is his mistress and has access to his millions.
7.5/10
Drama
USA
1944
111 Minutes
Anne Baxter Thomas Mitchell Selena Royle Ward Bond Bobby Driscoll Addison Richards Edward Ryan Trudy Marshall John Campbell James Cardwell John Alvin
brother soldier sister mother father wife emotional tense patriotic iowa household guadalcanal ship world war ii siblings death patriotism great depression u.s. navy rise
The lives of a close-knit group of brothers growing up in Iowa during the days of the Great Depression and of World War II and their eventual deaths in action in the Pacific theater are ... See full summary »
7.5/10
Drama
USA
1933
68 Minutes
Frankie Darro Dorothy Coonan Edwin Phillips Rochelle Hudson Sterling Holloway Arthur Hohl Ann Hovey Minna Gombell
teen boy high-school student police officer teen girl aunt panhandler gritty dark profound train cleveland chicago camp dump new york state great depression unemployment child labor friendship quest
In the depths of the Depression, two teenage boys strike out on their own in order to help their struggling parents and find life on the road tougher than expected.
7.4/10
Drama
USA
1993
102 Minutes
Jesse Bradford Jeroen Krabbé Lisa Eichhorn Karen Allen Spalding Gray Elizabeth McGovern Joe Chrest Adrien Brody Cameron Boyd Chris Samples Katherine Heigl
young boy mother father brother charming emotional winsome st. louis hotel abandonment brotherhood coming of age great depression insanity growing up adventure underdog love 1930s
A young boy struggles on his own in a run-down motel after his parents and younger brother are separated from him in 1930s Depression-era Midwest.
7.3/10
Adventure
USA
1973
118 Minutes
Lee Marvin Ernest Borgnine Keith Carradine Charles Tyner Harry Caesar Malcolm Atterbury Simon Oakland Matt Clark Elisha Cook Jr.
hobo conductor police officer tense spirited railway railyard west coast train travel railroad showdown homelessness great depression rivalry pursuit underdog 1930s
In 1933, during the Depression, Shack the brutal conductor of the number 19 train has a personal vendetta against the best train hopping hobo tramp in the Northwest, A No. 1.
7.3/10
Kids & Family, Drama
USA
1991
88 Minutes
Gabrielle Anwar Michael Schoeffling Cliff Robertson Dylan Kussman Kathleen York Frank Renzulli Nancy Moore Atchison Lisa Norman
teen girl horse horse trainer orphan aunt boyfriend emotional endearing inspiring incredible fair atlantic city, n.j. stable swimming pool cemetery paddock horsemanship performance stunts coming of age
Thrilled by a performance she sees at a fair, Sonora tries to land a spot as a daredevil who rides horses off of high dives.
7.3/10
Drama
USA
1933
73 Minutes
Richard Barthelmess Loretta Young Aline MacMahon Gordon Westcott Robert Barrat Berton Churchill Grant Mitchell Robert McWade Charley Grapewin James Murray Edwin Maxwell
veteran soldier businessman communist wife doctor bleak gritty chicago laundromat hospital prison pennsylvania capitalism communism labor union drug addiction great depression social activism discovery
A veteran fights drug addiction to make his way in the business world.
7.3/10
Drama
USA
2003
140 Minutes
Tobey Maguire Jeff Bridges Chris Cooper Elizabeth Banks Gary Stevens William H. Macy Kingston DuCoeur Eddie Jones Ed Lauter Michael O'Neill Michael Angarano
horse owner jockey horse horse trainer wife child uplifting engaging emotional inspiring california mexico racetrack great depression horse racing unlikely hero death of a child rise rivalry transformation
True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation.
7.3/10
Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
1966
125 Minutes
Jack Lemmon Walter Matthau Ron Rich Cliff Osmond Judi West Lurene Tuttle Harry Holcombe Les Tremayne Marge Redmond Noam Pitlik Harry Davis
lawyer cameraman doctor athlete ex-wife investigator witty suspenseful cleveland stadium hospital household bar insurance friendly fire parallel universe food industry inventions great depression quest
A crooked lawyer persuades his brother-in-law to feign a serious injury.
7.0/10
Drama
USA
1956
121 Minutes
Burt Lancaster Katharine Hepburn Wendell Corey Lloyd Bridges Earl Holliman Cameron Prud'Homme Wallace Ford
woman sheriff con artist farmer brother suitor charming lighthearted small town ranch kansas great depression marriage love poverty con game love transformation 1930s
During the Depression, a con-man promises rain to a desperate drought-ridden Kansas town and marriage to a local desperate spinster.
7.0/10
Drama
USA
1934
74 Minutes
Karen Morley Tom Keene Barbara Pepper Addison Richards John Qualen Lloyd Ingram Sidney Bracey Henry Hall Nellie V. Nichols Frank Minor
husband wife farmer carpenter plumber musician uplifting tense spirited apartment farm countryside great depression agriculture commune farming love triangle rise transformation temptation
A group of down-on-their-luck workers combine their abilities to make a Gallafentian-style commune... and bread!
7.0/10
Action, Crime, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|Japan
2009
140 Minutes
Johnny Depp Christian Bale Marion Cotillard Billy Crudup Stephen Dorff Stephen Lang Channing Tatum Stephen Graham Giovanni Ribisi Jason Clarke David Wenham
outlaw detective baby face nelson girlfriend pretty boy floyd dark gritty intense thrilling indiana jail woods arizona wisconsin restaurant john dillinger fbi manhunt robbery great depression
The Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s.
6.8/10
Drama
USA
1932
76 Minutes
Tallulah Bankhead Robert Montgomery Hugh Herbert Maurice Murphy Louise Closser Hale Anna Appel Lawrence Grant Henry Kolker Sterling Holloway Phil Tead Jack Clifford
socialite executive millionaire brother mistress suitor emotional spirited household street wealth poverty romance great depression social standing love transformation sacrifice 1930s
Socialite Carol Morgan romps through the depression and her wealth while breaking up with Bill Wade and getting back together with him.
6.7/10
Drama
USA
1987
141 Minutes
Jack Nicholson Meryl Streep Tom Waits Carroll Baker Michael O'Keefe Diane Venora Fred Gwynne Margaret Whitton Jake Dengel Nathan Lane James Gammon
baseball player singer wife homeless person bleak witty powerful street albany, n.y. bar factory great depression homelessness alcoholism love regret fall discovery 1910s
An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his home town of Albany, New York after returning there for the first time in decades.
6.7/10
Musical
USA
1938
70 Minutes
Shirley Temple Joan Davis Charles Farrell Amanda Duff Bill Robinson Bert Lahr Franklin Pangborn Cora Witherspoon Claude Gillingwater Bennie Bartlett Hal K. Dawson
young girl tycoon father chauffeur janitor airy charming positive melodramatic hotel basement great depression youth optimism dance father/daughter relationship underdog rise 1930s
Shirley helps her idealistic architect father get his dream of a slum clearance project; The little miss dances with bill "Bojangles" robinson. Based on paul gerard smith's book, "Lucky penny".
6.7/10
Drama
USA
2000
126 Minutes
Will Smith Matt Damon Charlize Theron Bruce McGill Joel Gretsch Lane Smith Harve Presnell J. Michael Moncrief Peter Gerety Michael O'Neill Thomas Jay Ryan
golfer coach caddy socialite ex-girlfriend alcoholic uplifting heartwarming savannah, ga. golf course family home golf redemption lost loves faith self-discovery great depression underdog transformation 1930s
A down-and-out golfer attempts to recover his game and his life with help from a mystical caddy.
6.6/10
Musical, Comedy, Drama
UK|USA|Germany
2003
99 Minutes
Mark McKinney Isabella Rossellini Maria de Medeiros David Fox Ross McMillan Brent Neale Erik Berg Darcy Fehr Claude Dorge
baroness composer producer cellist father amputee quirky amusing emotional winnipeg, canada hall factory competition musicians grief performance search great depression love quest
A young Englishman is sent to Malaysian Borneo in the 1930s to stay with a tribe as UK's colonial representative. A local woman (J.Alba) helps him understand local tradition and language. He falls in love with her etc. despite the taboo.
6.6/10
Drama
USA
1938
60 Minutes
widow daughter son aunt wealthy woman mother bleak melodramatic inspiring house yard poverty family great depression scandal loneliness mother/son relationship fall love transformation
The town of Colbrook, Massachusetts was founded by the family of the same name, and as such they are its leading family. Widowed Mrs. Reginald Colbrook - Mary - has had to manage the family... See full summary »
6.6/10
Crime, Drama
West Germany|USA
1981
123 Minutes
Jack Nicholson Jessica Lange John Colicos Michael Lerner Christopher Lloyd John P. Ryan Anjelica Huston Jon Van Ness
drifter restaurant owner wife prosecutor shocking hedonistic suspenseful sultry road small town diner california infidelity lust murder plot insurance fraud marriage great depression temptation wretched excess
The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.
6.6/10
Biography
USA
1952
109 Minutes
Will Rogers Jr. Jane Wyman
vaudevillian cowboy actor comedian wife woodrow wilson inspiring positive emotional incredible santa monica, calif. oklahoma st. louis world's fair stage new york city rodeo show business great depression will rogers
The homespun humorist and social critic starts as a cowboy and goes on to vaudeville, movies, radio.
6.6/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1932
67 Minutes
Jean Harlow Mae Clarke Walter Byron Marie Prevost Andy Devine Natalie Moorhead Jameson Thomas Armand Kaliz
model friend roommate married man wife chauffeur cheeky small town new york city apartment department store love triangle divorce city vs. country affair deception great depression forbidden love adventure discovery
Cassie moves to New York and jumps from one job to another until she lands a modeling gig.
6.5/10
Musical, Romance
USA
1981
107 Minutes
Steve Martin Bernadette Peters Christopher Walken Jessica Harper Vernel Bagneris John McMartin John Karlen Jay Garner Robert Fitch Tommy Rall
salesman wife schoolteacher pretty woman homeless person creative melodramatic chicago bank diner aspirations infidelity great depression romance prostitution love discovery 1930s
During the Great Depression, a sheet-music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through popular music and a love affair with an innocent schoolteacher.
6.4/10
Drama
Australia
1976
107 Minutes
Helen Morse Takis Emmanuel Jack Thompson Jacki Weaver Melissa Jaffer
single mother abusive husband immigrant child bookie womanizer disheartening emotional sydney bar apartment great depression infidelity single parents poverty marital problems underdog quest 1930s
Sydney, Australia in the mid-1920's. Proud and classy Caddie Marsh is forced to get a job as a barmaid and raise two children on her own after her rich cad husband walks out on her. Despite... See full summary »
6.4/10
Drama
USA
1933
87 Minutes
Walter Huston Arthur Byron Karen Morley Franchot Tone Dickie Moore C. Henry Gordon David Landau Samuel S. Hinds William Pawley Jean Parker Claire DuBrey
president chief of staff secret police secretary of state lover gangster creative dark incredible white house washington, d.c. politics dictatorship crime visions divine intervention great depression transformation quest rise
A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis into an incorruptible statesman after a near-fatal accident.
6.3/10
Drama
UK
1943
89 Minutes
shipbuilder millionaire passenger soldier captain thrilling brooding profound suspenseful intense melodramatic ship boat great depression world war ii shipbuilding tragedy quest rise rivalry
A generation of shipbuilders is nearly wiped out by the Great Depression, but a second Great War gets them back to work.
6.2/10
Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Action
USA|UK
2007
114 Minutes
king warrior troll mother beowulf grendel tense gritty brutal kingdom denmark lair battle mission heroism revenge great depression adventure temptation rise
The warrior Beowulf must fight and defeat the monster Grendel, who is terrorizing Denmark, and later, Grendel's Mother, who begins killing out of revenge.
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